Karen, In Savard, Denis J., DICTIONNAIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ARSENAULT is found on p. 621: Pierre ARSENEAUX (Pierre Arsenault & Marie-Joséphe Godin) n vers 1765 s 5-1-1799 St-Martinville, LA (34 ans); rem 1787 Angélique Bourgeois. Married 6-4-1786 St-Jaques de Cabahannocer, LA (annulé) (T. J. Bursa et Francisca Saba) Pélagie BABIN (Jean-Jaques Babin & Marguerite Landry) [CÉA-SW, BRCCR] Marriage annuled? Pélagie would have been about 14 or 15 in 1786. Roger A. Rozendal rogroz@swbell.net On Oct 22, 2007, at 10:26 AM, KATheriot@aol.com wrote: > > 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