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(1800)
Jorda, Jayme
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
to Bishop (Luis Penalver y Cardenas)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
Captain Jorda, widower of Constansa de Reggio, wishes to marry Maria Elena de Reggio, her sister, and wishes a dispensation. Since Pius VI is dead and it is not known whether there is a successor elected and war making it difficult to get word from Europe, Jorda petitions (Penalver) since the king by decree of September 5, 1799 allows the bishops of his dominion to use their full faculties as regards matrimonial dispensations. Jorda is a native of Calella, Catalun, son of Jaime Jorda and Maria Anna Jorda y Rufart and widower of Constansa, daughter of Francisco Maria de Reggio, formerly a councilman of this city, and Elena Florieau. His fiancee's father is dead; she is from one of the most distinguished families of the province. She is over 36 and there are advantages for her in this marriage and also it secures the Christian education of Jorda's daughter.
L.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 22
Penalver y Cardenas, Bishop Luis
(New Orleans), Louisiana
The testimony is to be taken. Father Isidro Quintero acts as secretary.
D.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 21
Sedella, O.M.Cap., Father Antonio de
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Sedella certifies that in the Register of the Dead there is the following item: On July 23, 1796 Sedella buried Constancia de Reggio, 33.
A.D.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 21
Jorda, Jayme
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
to (Marquis de Casa Calvo)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
Having neither parents nor relatives in the province, Jorda asks Casa Calvo to grant him permission to marry Elena.
L.S. (Spanish)
On the same paper:
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1800 Jul. 21
Casa Calvo, (Marquis de)
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Finding no objections, Casa Calvo grants the permission.
D.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 23
Reggio, Helene Fleuriau de
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
She gives consent to the marriage of her daughter Maria Helena to Jorda.
A.D.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 22
Jorda, Jayme
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Jorda swears to (information already given above).
D.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 22
Castanedo, Juan de
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Castanedo gives his testimony.
D.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 22
Roig y Girona, Mig(ue)l
New Orleans, (Louisiana)
Roig gives his testimony.
D.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 23
Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans. (Louisiana)
Accompanied by Gilberto Leonard, Quintero went to the home of Elena who swore that this marriage was of her own free will. She is 38 and signs as Marie Helene Reggio.
A.D.S. (Spanish)
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1800 Jul. 25
Penalver y Cardenas, Bishop Luis
New Orleans, Louisiana
Penalver grants the dispensation.
D.S. (Spanish)
V-2-k L.S., A.D.S., (Spanish) 16pp. 4to.
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