Cousins Another Gumbo family. If you need help setting up your questions please send them to me like Daniel did (below). Or you can post direct to the list & we will help you rephrase. Joel must have come down the river on a flat boat(?) to trade and ended up staying. Does anyone have anything more on the family. (What I found on Pere Hebert CD below) Daniel is looking for anything more on his parents & siblings. I am interested in the parents of the 2nd wife (& her first marriage?) Anyone going to the Diocese in Lafayette or Courthouse in Opelosas any time soon? Did I read the Diocese correct originals kept at the church & copies at the archive? Paul Le B l'Ascension Louisiane ==========================  VANAY, Joe 35 yrs. old of Campbell County, Tennessee (Jesse & Sally  MOREY) m. 8 June 1837 Marie Frances SINGLETON of Opel. (Opel. Ch.: v.  2, p. 118)  SINGLETON, Marie Frances of Opel. (Elsie & Jeanne ROBERTSON) m. 8  June 1837 Joe VANAY 35 yrs. old of Tenn. (Opel. Ch.: v. 2, p. 118)    VANAY, Joel m. 13 May 1837 Mary Francis SINGLETON (Opel. Ct. Hse.:  Mar. #56)  SINGLETON, Mary Francis m. 13 May 1837 Joel VANOY (Opel. Ct. Hse.:  Mar. # 56)    VANNAY, Joel m. 9 Oct. 1850 Marguerite HEBERT (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Mar. #  811)  HEBERT, Marguerite m. 9 Oct. 1850 Joel VANNAY (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Mar. #  811)    SINGLETON, Francis Marie m. Joel VANNOY Succ. dated 12 June 1849  (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #1428)  VANNOY, Joel m. Francis Marie SINGLETON In Succ. of Francis Marie  SINGLETON dated 12 June 1849 (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Succ. # 1428)    VANNOY, Joel Succ. dated 5 July 1864 (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Succ. # 2654)    ====================================================    Weneed Jesse Vannoy and his wife's full names translated  from Joel Vannoy's marriage document. The priest's handwriting (ReverendFlavie Henri Rossi) is difficult to read and it is apparently written in French. It looks as though Joel gave his father's full name and his mother's full maiden name but Jesse Vannoy's first name and I think Sally's Mores' middle name have not been translated. The information is located at the Catholic Church in Opelosas,  Louisiana. ThankYou    Daniel