Fr. John How interesting. It just didn't occur to me that the War played a role. Good grief, duh!! Now I'm wondering if one of the husband's of the witnesses was called into war as they are also ancestors. Does this family history search ever stop? Well, no.... Thanks a lot, Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fr John L" <owentagart@aol.com> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Bergeron-Ladner > > According to church law, only those marriages are valid which are > contracted before the pastor of the parish, the Bishop of the diocese, or > a priest delegated by either of them, and at least two witnesses. (1918 > Code of Canon Law) > > The same rule applied before the Code took effect. There has never been a > norm regarding the gender of the witnesses. In fact, at the wedding of > my parents, the witnesses were my father's brother and my mother's father. > The custom of having a "best man" and a "maid [or matron] of honor" is a > rather recent development, which may have begun in the 1940's, when a lot > of men between their 20s and their 40s were otherwise occupied in Europe > or in the Pacific. > > > Fr John L > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> > To: acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 11:43 am > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Bergeron-Ladner > > > Marsha > The date is what causes me to believe the info is correct. Wasn't it > ess than 30 days after Pearl Harbor? We had already been under > eneral mobilizing for several years. > The men were gone and it was better to have a family member sign as > itness rather than an unknown male. > Pere Jean - any church requirements about gender of witnesses? > Please send me a copy of the document & I will look. > You could contact the Archdiocese and get a fresh copy. Ask them to > erify the names. > ttp://www.archdiocese-no.org/archives/genealogy.php > You can also get a copy of the (civil) license from the secretary of > tate it may be different. > ttp://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/633/Default.aspx > Paul > -----Original Message----- > rom: mladner > > Am in need of some help with my Brgeron/Ladner line. Would someone > e so > ind as to do a look-up for me? > Edgar M. Ladner (Leon & Angeline Seal) m Anne Mae Bergeron > Robert O. & > ntoinette Marie Babin Dec. 31, 1941 at St. Theresa Church New Orleans, > a. > I am very confused as to who the witnesses were. According to > y copy > f the marriage record, the two witnesses were female. I have never > een this > efore. I wonder if this is a transcription error. Can someone do a > ook up > nd let me know who the witnesses were? > Thanks, Marsha > ------------------------------- > o check our Archive > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------ > o subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the > essage. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" > nrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he message > > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the > "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message