Marsha The date is what causes me to believe the info is correct. Wasn't it less than 30 days after Pearl Harbor? We had already been under general mobilizing for several years. The men were gone and it was better to have a family member sign as witness 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 verify the names. http://www.archdiocese-no.org/archives/genealogy.php You can also get a copy of the (civil) license from the secretary of state it may be different. http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/633/Default.aspx Paul -----Original Message----- From: mladner Am in need of some help with my Brgeron/Ladner line. Would someone be so kind as to do a look-up for me? Edgar M. Ladner (Leon & Angeline Seal) m Anne Mae Bergeron (Robert O. & Antoinette Marie Babin Dec. 31, 1941 at St. Theresa Church New Orleans, La. I am very confused as to who the witnesses were. According to my copy of the marriage record, the two witnesses were female. I have never seen this before. I wonder if this is a transcription error. Can someone do a look up and let me know who the witnesses were? Thanks, Marsha

Paul, Thank you Paul. Don't know why it didn't dawn on me regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Edgar entered the Army on January 9, 1942 and was d/c Aug. 1945. He served in Europe. Will send you a copy of the marriage certificate separately. Thanks, Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul L LeBlanc" <pleblan@aim.com> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Bergeron-Ladner > Marsha > > The date is what causes me to believe the info is correct. Wasn't it > less than 30 days after Pearl Harbor? We had already been under > general mobilizing for several years. > > The men were gone and it was better to have a family member sign as > witness 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 > verify the names. > http://www.archdiocese-no.org/archives/genealogy.php > > You can also get a copy of the (civil) license from the secretary of > state it may be different. > http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/633/Default.aspx > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: mladner > > > Am in need of some help with my Brgeron/Ladner line. Would someone > be so > kind as to do a look-up for me? > > Edgar M. Ladner (Leon & Angeline Seal) m Anne Mae Bergeron > (Robert O. & > Antoinette Marie Babin Dec. 31, 1941 at St. Theresa Church New Orleans, > La. > > I am very confused as to who the witnesses were. According to > my copy > of the marriage record, the two witnesses were female. I have never > seen this > before. I wonder if this is a transcription error. Can someone do a > look up > and let me know who the witnesses were? > > Thanks, Marsha > > ------------------------------- > 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

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