snip  Do you believe the DOBR family Boudier is pertinent in this case?  snip    snip  DOBR has two other spelling of his name. Bourier & Boudier.  snip    Marsha    Please remember that our names were spelt phonetically. (It wasn't until Teddy Rosevelt was president where when we started having standard spelling of words. )    The Spanish priest wrote what he though he heard from the informant.    I usually expect the informant to be the bride's father or older brothers. Anyone have a different "rule of thumb"    In this marriage it was probably Pierre Landry. (without looking I would start assuming he was a Brother in Law.)    In DOBR v 2 I could not find it under your spelling. I went to the Trahan page (703) they had him as Philippe Bourier with Boudier in Quotes.    With this info I went to p 139 which had Philippe half of the marriage & the baptisimal of son Joseph Rafael. They have a sometimes Bourin.    Hope this helps.    Paul Le B  l'Ascension  Louisiane    PS anyone remember the cousin we lost who said we should not keep a list of the different spelling that were used by/for an individual during his lifetime.