This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dgfim22 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.doucette/474.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, I'm a professional, and yes, an Acadian... a Boudreau to boot. The only Rachel Boudreau I have that would fit would be Rachel Boudreau, born at Petit-Rocher, NB on 12 Aug 1827, the daughter of Osias Boudreau & Marie Boudreau. Osias Boudreau (s/o Joseph & Isabelle Bujold) Marie Boudreau (d/o Cyprien & Françoise Melanson) m Bathurst, NB 1 Oct 1818 If she was Xavier's first wife, then the affinity dispensation would be totally incorrect. It was a 3-4° affinity which was a second cousin once removed. This Rachel Boudreau would have been Elisabeth's first cousin, as Elisabeth's father Eusèbe was the brother of Rachel's father Osias, and the dispensantion would or should have been 2° affinity. So Rachel has to be someone different or the priest got the "cousin in-law" relationship incorrectly. I also found another Rachel but born much too early and and other one born much too late. No charge for these findings. Will continue looking but can't promise anything positive. I also found a Marguerite Lavigne, d/o Tranquille Lavigne and Marie Arseneault in the Rootsweb Worldconnect database (Family Trees above). They had a daughter Marguerite in the 1871 census of Bathurst who was 16 years old, about the correct age to have been William Doucet's wife. There were two more, one of whomn was older than William and another who the 1881 census gives as the widow of a DeGrace, so definitely not yours. These three were the only Margaret/Marguerite's in Bathurst who would be candidates to have been his spouse. I would go with Tranquille and Marie's daughter (see the attached for ancestry). Dennis Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.