In SWR V. 1(1750-1800) page 19: Arceneaux, Pierre - of the Mississippi (River) (Pierre Arsonnau & Marie Josephe Gaudin) m. to Angelique Bourgeois, bur. 5 Jan. 1799 at age 34yrs, Fr. Mich3l Bernard Barriere (SM Ch: v.4, #171) I believe this entry would eliminate the following entry as the same people: The very next entry in vol. 2, p. 27 has: Pedro (parents not given) m. 24 Apr. 1787, Angela BURSUA (parents not given) wit. Miguel Gode, Eleonor Presan (SJA-2, 3) Shirley T. LeBlanc ----- Original Message ----- From: <KATheriot@aol.com> To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: [Acadian-Cajun] Marriage of Pierre ARSENEAU & Pelagie BABIN > > I have a mystery, and would like help solving it. > Pierre ARSENEAU married Pelagie BABIN in St. James Parish, Louisiana on 6 > Apr 1786, recorded as (SJA-2, 2) in the Baton Rouge Diocese, CATHOLIC > CHURCH > RECORDS, vol. 2, p. 27. There is no corresponding entry for the bride, > however. > It is transcribed as: > Pedro [ARCENEAUX] (Pedro & Maria Gode) m. 6 Apr. 1786, Pelagia BABE > (Santiago & Margarita Landri of LaFouche) wit. Josef Bursua, Francisca > Saba (SJA-2, > 2) > > The very next entry in vol. 2, p. 27 has: > Pedro (parents not given) m. 24 Apr. 1787, Angela BURSUA (parents not > given) > wit. Miguel Gode, Eleonor Presan (SJA-2, 3) > > It gets even more interesting when under BABIN on p. 54 we read: > Pelagia (parents not given) m. 18 June 1787, Josef RICHAR (parents not > given) wit. Josef Arseno, Marta Richar of this Parish (SJA-2, 3) > > Pierre was the son of another Pierre ARSENEAU & Marie Joseph GODIN dit > Lincour, born about 1765 probably in Louisiana. His mother had remarried > Basile > PREJEAN. Pelgie was born about 1771, the daughter of Jean Jacques BABIN & > Marguerite LANDRY, also apparently remarried to a Joseph MALOUIN. > What happened to the first marriage of Pierre & Pelagie? There were > apparently no children, and both remarried just over a year later, > recorded on the > same page at St. James Church! Could it be a mistaken entry? > Karen Theriot Reader > _KATheriot@aol.com_ (mailto:KATheriot@aol.com) > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.5/1085 - Release Date: > 10/22/2007 10:35 AM > >