Judy, There is an abstract of that record in Terrebonne Life Lines, v.4, Summer issue, page 28. The citation for the abstract is COB ACTS (1815) -92, 12 Sept. 1815. The title of the article is "Marriage Contracts & Civil Marriages in Conveyance Books in Lafourche Parish at the Thibodaux Courthouse" It was abstracted by Ronald Berger. COB was the abreviation used for Conveyance Book. Nancy Wright -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Smileson@aol.com > > Someone sent me this years ago, but did not quote a source of where it was > transcribed from? Any ideas on finding the original copy...... > > Marriage of Bazilice Daspit St. Amand > > Today the 12th of September 1815 and the 40th of the Independence of the > United States of America before me Pierre Daspie, Judge of the Interior Parish > appeared Monsieur Mathieu Hotard who requested me to register the celebration of > marriage which he presents in the following manner: > > Interior Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, 12th of September 1815 and > the 40th of the Independence, I the undersigned V. Coulon, Justice of the > Peace, for this parish at the request of the Honorable Judge Pierre Daspie, > was > brought to his home to join in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony the Sieur Mathieu > Hotard, inhabitant of the Parish of St. Charles, age 42, native of the parish > of St. Louis, legitimate son of Mathieu Hotard and Marie Genevieve Bourgeois on > one part, and Miss Basilice Daspit St. Amand, minor daughter of the said > Pierre Daspit St. Amand and Marie Mayeaux deceased on the other part, assisted > by > her father. > After having received the reciprocal consent of both parties and fulfilled > the ordinary ceremonies, ordered by law, the said parties have assigned their > signatures and mutually promised to ratify their marriage in the face of our > Mother, the Holy Church C. A. & R. at the earliest possible. Made in the > presence > of the undersigned witnesses the day and year mentioned above. > > ssigned Mathieu Hotard Basalice Daspit > > witnesses; > Daspit St. Amand, Courcier Daspit, Lag Daspit, Vol. Daspit, Louis Courcier, > Celeste Courcier, Adele Daspit, Chas. Beard, > Signed par me the said Coulon, Justice of the Peace > Registered by me and year mentioned above. > Signed P. Daspit, Judge > from Court records at Thibodaux, Louisiana > > My question also > If Mathieu Hotart was born in 1755 he would have been 60 in 1815 > when he married Baselice, she was born 1799 makes her 16 years old. > a 44 year different which was not unusual at that time, > and not age 42 in the above transcribed. > > > > > > ************** > Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with > Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4& > ?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message