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