Don & List, In Donald Hebert's SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS (cd) are found the baptisms of the children of Louis-Andre RICHARD & Julie BABINEAU: (1) RICHARD, Julie (Louis Andre - of Opelousas & Julie BABINAUD) b. 10 May 1814 [sic, might this be 1815?], bt. 27 June 1815 Pats: Louis RICHARD & Marie Victoire DUGAS; Mats: Joseph BABINAUD & Felice CORMIER; Spons: Louis RICHARD, paternal grandfather & Felice CORMIER, maternal grandmother. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #1875) [She was buried as Julie Azelie in July 1876, age 50.] (2) RICHARD, Celestine (Louis Andre - from here & Julie BABINAUD - from Atakapas) b. 10 Sept. 1817, bt. 5 July 1818 Pats: Louis RICHARD & Marie DUGA - from Nantes; Mats: Joseph BABINAUD - from Atakapas & Felice CORMIER - from here; Spons: Francois BABINAUD & Anastasie RICHARD. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE in the absence of Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI (Opel. Ch.: v.2, p.138) (3) RICHARD, Louis (Louis & Julie BABINAUD) b. 3 Feb. 1819, bt. 31 Oct. 1819 Pats: Louis RICHARD & Marie DUGA; Mats: Joseph BABINAUD & Feice CORMIER; Spons: Augustin BENOIT & Celeste COMAU. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: v.7, #733) (4) RICHARD, Marguerite (Louis Andre & Julie BABINEAU) b. 29 Jan. 1821, bt. 1 Nov. 1821 Pats: Louis RICHARD & Marie DUGAS; Mats: Joseph BABINEAU & Felicite CORMIER; Spons: Joseph BABINEAU fils [Jr.] & Cleonise RICHARD. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI (Opel. Ch.: v.2, p.229) (5) RICHARD, Aspasie (Louis Andre & Julie BABINOT) b. 23 ---- (omitted) 1823, bt. 19 June 1825 Spons: Joseph THIBODEAUX & Anastasie BABINOT. Fr. Laurent PEYRETTI (Laf. Ch.: v.2, #90) (6) RICHARD, Jean (Louis Andre & Julie BABINAUX) b. 4 Sept. 1825, bt. 22 Sept. 1825 - supplied baptismal ceremony. Spons: Jean BABINAUD & Julie RICHARD. Fr. Jean ROSTI (GC Ch.: v.1, p.43) Julie died 4 days after the birth of this last child, and her widower remarried over three years later. Karen Theriot Reader _KATheriot@aol.com_ (mailto:KATheriot@aol.com) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour