Hello Gordon The first thing we need to remember is that records of transactions weren't placed in succession files only because the subject person had died. Marie Irma Boutte had her four children with Eloy Broussard after this record was filed; and after Eloy died she was married and had three children with Joseph Loreau. My assumption (even though I have not visited this succession) is that it was a declaration of separate property she received when her mother died. Anything she had received would have been held in guardianship until she were married or reached the age of majority. A transfer of this type would have been placed in a new succession file. C ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Bonnet<mailto:jaggy227@fltg.net> To: acadian@rootsweb.com<mailto:acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:47 AM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Broussard Eloi Hi all, Just have a question about the recent posts regarding Eloi Broussard & his family. Below are the entries posted for Marie Irma Boutte, Eloi Broussard's second wife: On Jan 25, 2010, at 8:51 PM, pleblan@aim.com<mailto:pleblan@aim.com> wrote: > BOUTTE, Marie Irma - native of this parish (minor daughter of Louis > Hilaire - inhabitant of St. Landry parish of Opeloussas & dec. Marie > Lucile DECUIR) m. 31 July 1822 Eloy BROUSSARD - native and > inhabitant > of this parish in the fausse pointe area; widower of Marie BROUSSARD > (major son of dec. Amand & Anne BENOIST - inhabitant of the same area > at la fausse pointe) Wits: Nicolas GODRAN, Eloi DUGAS fils, Camille > BROUSSARD, Pierre BROUSSARD fils, Paul BRIANT, widow Amand BROUSSARD, > Francois BERNARD. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #302) > > BOUTTE, Marie Irma m. Eloi BROUSSARD Succ. dated 15 April 1824 (SM > Ct.Hse.: Succ.#506) But check out the following: Broussard, Marie Lucille (Eloi & Marie Irina Boutte) b. 21 July 1829, bt. 21 March 1830 Pats: Amand Broussard & Anne Benoit; Mats: Antoine Boutte & Marie Lucille Decuir; Spons: Eugene Decuir & Louise Boutte. Fr. Marcel Borella (SM Ch.: v.7, #2337) How could Marie Irma Boutte have a child in 1829 if she died, and her succession was filed, in 1824? cheers, g ------------------------------- To check our Archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/> ------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto: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<mailto:ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message