Baron, Gorge
Dispensation from the impediment of second and third degree consanguinity asked by Jorge Baron in order to marry Victoria Bourdelau.
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(1798)
Baron, Gorge
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
to Bishop (Luis Penalver y Cardenas
New Orleans, Louisiana)
Baron, native and resident of the parish of St. Francis of Punta Cortada wishes to marry Victoria Bordelau [Bourdelau] of the same nationality. Baron is the son of Jorge Baron and Mariana Lacourt, daughter of Juan Bautista Frederic and Ana Drapau. Victoria is the daughter of Antonio Bordelau and Margarita Frederic, daughter of Juan Bautista Frederic and Ana Drapau. She is an orphan and lives with his grandmother who is old and a widow and would have only about 500 pesos.
D.S. (Spanish)
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1798 Mar. 9
Penalver y Cardenas, Luis, Bishop of
(New Orleans), Louisiana
The testimony is to be received. Father Isidro Quintero certifies this decree.
D.S. (Spanish)
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1798 Mar. 9
(Quintero, Father Isidro)
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Baron swore to (information already given above). He is 19 years old and single. The bishop signs with Baron.
A.D. (Spanish)
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1798 Mar. 9
Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Nicolas Lamathe swore to (the same information as given above). Victoria lives with her aunt who is Baron's grandmother and who is already 50 years old and Victoria would have to divide her little fortune left by her parents between 5 or 6 brothers and sisters. Lamathe is 65 years old. He signs with the bishop before Quintero.
A.D.S. (Spanish)
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1798 Mar. 9
Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Father Luis de Quintanilla, O.M.Cap. appeared as a witness and swore to (the same information as already given). Quintanilla signs with the bishop.
A.D.S. (Spanish)
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1798 Mar. 12
Penalver y Cardenas, Luis, Bishop
New Orleans, Louisiana
Penalver grants the dispensation under the conditions of a general confession; four other confessions; forty "bulas" for the souls in purgatory and 50 pesos of alms. Upon fulfillment of these conditions word will be sent to the pastor of St. Francis at Punta Cortada that he may marry them. Quintero certifies this and adds that he notified Baron and that he received the 40 bulas and the receipt from the major domo for the 50 pesos.
D.S. (Spanish)
V-l-g D.S., A.D., A.D.S. (Spanish) 9pp. 4to.
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