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1795 Aug. 10
Landry, Fermin
Documents concerning the petition of Fermin Landry for a
dispensation from the diriment impediment in the third degree,
equal, of consanguinity with Anna Leblanc.
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1795 Aug. 10
Landry, Fermin
to Bishop Luis Penalver y Cardenas
New Orleans
(1) Fermin Landry from the parish of Asencion of Acadia, France,
notifies the Bishop that he desires to marry Anna Leblanc from the
parish of Belle Isle en Mer of France, but that he could not do so
because of the diriment impediment of consanguinity that exists
between them. He asks the Bishop information about the following
matters:
(2) Landry set forth this relationship as follows: (a) Firstly
that Fermin Landry of the parish of Asencion of Acadia is the
legitimate son of Renato Landry and Maria Ferio. (b) Anna
Leblanc, his intended wife, of the parish of Belle Isle in Mer,
France, is the legitimate daughter of Simon Leblanc and Maria
Frahaur. (c) Renato Landry, his father, is the legitimate son of
Abraham Landry and Maria Guilbo. (d) Simon Leblanc, father of his
intended bride, is the legitimate son of Santiago Leblanc and
Margarida Landry. (e) Abraham Landry, his grandfather on the side
of his father, and Margaride Landry, grandmother of his intended
wife, on the side of her father, are the legitimate children of
Juan Landry and Isabel Eber, from which results the impediment of
consanguinity in the third degree. equal. (f) In the Post of La
Fourche almost all the Acadian families are relatives so that it is
difficult to marry strangers. Landry specifies too that his
intended and he are poor and if their marriage does not take place
she would be exposed to other trials.
(3) Since these facts are considered sufficient, Fermin Landry
begs the Bishop to grant them this dispensation and that the pastor
of the above mentioned parish may marry them in the usual form.
--To this document is added the decree of the Bishop Luis Penalver
y Cardenas that the information presented by Fermin Landry be
received and as many witnesses as the present Secretary may need
should appear. Signed by the Bishop.
--To this is added a certification by Joseph Maria Rivas,
Secretary, that the Bishop ordered the decree and signed it on Aug.
10, 1795.
--To this is added another certification by the Secretary Joseph
Maria Rivas in which he says that on the same day he notified
Fermin Landry of the above decree.
--The document is signed on Aug. 10, 1755, by the Secretary Joseph
Maria Rivas at the request of Fermin Landry who could not write.
(This note is added at the top of the first page of the document.
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1795 Aug. 10
Rivas, Joseph Maria
(New Orleans)
Certifies: (1) That in virtue of the commission granted him by
the decree of Bishop Penalver y Cardenas, Fermin Landry appeared
before him, and, under oath, answered the questions asked by Rivas
as follows: (2) That his name is Fermin Landry native of the
parish of Asencion of Acadia and that he is the legitimate son of
Renato Landry and Marid Feris; aged 37 years, unmarried and engaged
to Anna Leblanc from the parish of Belle Isle in Mer of France;
that both are neighbours in la Fourche. Moreover Landry said that
he knows of no other impediment.
Finally, Landry swears that all he said is the truth, and he did
not sign because he could not write. This is notarized by Joseph
Maria Rivas, Secretary.
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1795 Aug. 10
Rivas, Joseph Maria
(New Orleans)
Rivas certifies that in virtue of his commission he received
the following information, under oath, from Carlos Goden from New
Orleans, a witness presented by Fermin Landry. (a) That Goden
knows that Fermin Landry is the legitimate son of Renato Landry and
Maria Ferio. (b) That he knows also that Anna Leblanc is the
legitimate daughter of Luison Leblanc and Maris Fraham. (c) That
he knows that Renato Landry is the legitimate son of Abraham Landry
and Maria Guilbo. (d) That Luison Leblanc is the son of Santiago
Leblanc and Maria Landry. (e) That since Abraham and Maria
Landry's grandparents on the side of their parents are the
legitimate children of Juan Landry and Isabel Eber. They are bound
by the relationship of consanguinity in the third degree, equal.
Finally, he swears to the truth of his statements and that his age
is 48 years. He did not sign because he could not write. This is
notarized by Joseph Maria Rivas, Secretary.
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1795 Aug. 10
Rivas, Joseph Maria
(New Orleans)
Rivas certifies also that immediately Fermin Landry introduced
another witness, Joseph Landry from New Orleans from whom Rivas
received sworn testimony to the truth of the same points witnessed
by Carlos Goden. He swore also that he was 35 years old, and
signed the document Joseph Landry. This is notarized by Joseph
Maria Rivas, Secretary.
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1795 Aug. 10
Penalver y Cardenas, Luis
(New Orleans)
The Bishop decrees:
(1) That having examined these documents concerning Fermin
Landry's petition for a dispensation to marry Anna Leblanc, he
dispenses them from the impediment of consanguinity and considers
as legitimate any children they may have.
(2) Moreover he ordains that the parties must cease living under
the same roof for the present so that they may restore with their
example all they have destroyed by their scandal.
(3) Moreover in order to absolve them from their fault, the Bishop
ordains that during the publication of the banns, they must daily
pray on their knees the three parts of the rosary and contribute
twenty pesos of alms to their parish.
(4) Furthermore, to this end, the Bishop ordains that the decree
be sent to the pastor Bernardo de Deba of La Fourche. So that
the latter may dispense them from the publication of the banns.
Signed by the Bishop and witnessed by Joseph Maria Rivas,
Secretary.
--To this document is added a note by Joseph Maria Rivas certifying
that at New Orleans on another day he notified Fermin Landry of the
above decree.
--Finally another note is added by Rivas that the decree of the
Bishop was sent to the pastor Bernardo de Deba from la Fourche.
IV-5-b D.S. 8pp. 4to. (Spanish)
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