Hi Gordon, 1) Adelphina ( listed as Adolphina)Zeringue married to Alexis Nezat dIed 16 DeC. 1866 at age 18 yrs. (Opel Ch.: v.2, p. 212 (SWLR) 2) Now for the 2nd marriage: Alexis Nezat married 9 May 1867 (Opel Ch. v. D, #282/Opel Ct Hse: Mar #3495 on 23 April 1867 ) to Bone Nezat (/Bonne Alexandre & Virginie Patten). 3) Now for the boy, Antoine, (Alexis and Adelphine BANGER) bt. on 6 Feb, 1867 at 2 mths of age. (I believe this is where the mix-up is) 4) Virginie (Alexandre & Virginie Patin) Nezat married 31 Oct. 1888 Henri Oneil (Laf. Ch v.7, p. 57) Hope this clears things up for you. Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:40:41 -0400 Gordon Bonnet <jaggy227@fltg.net> wrote: > Hi y'all > > I'm hoping someone can help me sort out one of those online messes, > > where a variety of sources list conflicting information for the same > > people. > > I'm trying to figure out the various marriages of Alexis Nezat (b. > 1843, son of Antoine & Adeline (Roy) Nezat). As far as I can tell >-- > and none of this is documented (a situation I'd like to remedy) -- > his first marriage was in Opelousas, 11 May 1865, to Adelphine > Zeringue (Telesphore and Genevieve (Close) Zeringue). They had one > > child, Antoine, b. 6 Feb 1867. This is when the problems start, > however, because one source says that Adelphine died in December of > > 1865 (which would make it impossible for her to be Antoine's >mother); > others say "died about 1867" which would lead me to believe that the > > people who wrote that really had no idea when she _did_ die. > > Allegedly Alexis' second wife was Virginie Nezat. She is supposedly > > the Virginie Nezat b. 19 January 1850 to Pierre Alexandre and > Virginie (Patin) Nezat. Several of these sources say that she died > > "about 1870" after giving birth to a child, Pierre Zacharie Nezat, >in > 1869. However, other sources state that Virginie was still alive >in > 1888 when she married Henri O'Neil in Lafayette! > > I'm happy to say that I haven't found any conflicts around Alexis' > alleged third wife, Marie Constance Lalonde (Jean Baptiste and Marie > > Odile (Wyble) Lalonde) in 1888. I'd still like to document the > marriage, however... > > Can anyone help sort out this mess? > > thanks, > > Gordon > ------------------------------- > 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