Brousard, Simon

Dispensation asked by Simon Brousard to marry Magdalena Richard.

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(1801)

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to Bishop (Luis Penalver y Cardenas)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

Brousard of LaFourche wishes to marry Magdalena of Iberville. He asks that the witnesses be heard. He is the son of Magdalena Landry and Fermin Brousard, son of Juan Bautista Brousard and Ana Landry, daughter of Isabel Blanchard and Alexandro Landry, son of German Landry and Maria Melanson. Magdalena is the daughter of Simon Richard and Rosa Landry, daughter of Ana Babin and Juan Bautista Landry, son of the same German Landry and Maria Melanson. His fiancee is poor and her father has 7 children.

D. (Spanish)

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1801 Jan. 31

Penalver y Cardenas, Bishop Luis
(New Orleans), Louisiana

The testimony is to be heard. Father Isidro Quintero certifies as secretary.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1801 Jan. 31

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Brousard swore (in addition to information given above) that he is 23 and single.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1801 Jan. 31

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, Louisiana

Juan Bautista Dupuis, of Iberville, swore (in addition to information already given) that he did not know the ancestors through which the relationship came as they lived in Acadia or in North America; that Brousard is an honest man. Dupuis is 51 and signs as Jean B(aptis)te Dupuis.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1801 Jan. 31

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, Louisiana

Pablo Babin of Iberville swore (to information already given above). He is 50 and signs as Paul Babin.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1801 Jan. 31

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, Louisiana

Penalver grants the dispensation under certain conditions of prayer and penance.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

V-2-m D., D.S., A.D.S. (Spanish) 9pp. 4to.
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