Oguen, Maturino
Opel(o)usas, (Louisiana)

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

Oguen, a native of St. Malo, France, and resident of Opel(o)usas, appears before Penalver and says that, wishing to marry Susana Jason, native and resident of the said parish, he cannot do so because of the impediment of consanguinity. Therefore he asks Penalver to receive his testimony and that of the witnesses on the following points: That he is the son of M(ari)a Josefa Sogniet and Glod Oguen, son of Pedro Oguen and Maria Trahan; Susana Janson is the daughter of Felipe Langluat and Maria Oguen, who is a daughter of Pedro Oguen and Maria Trahan so that they are related in the second and third degrees; that his fiancee's father is dead, and that although her mother married again she did not better her state and has two more children besides the five of her first marriage; that Maturino has visited Susana for four years with the intention of marrying her; that he has wronged her and so she with her poverty and this disgrace could not marry anyone else. He asks Penalver to grant the dispensation and to order Father Jose (Pedro) de Zamora, (O.M.Cap.), the pastor, to marry them. At the beginning of the document Father (Isidro) Quintero as pro-secretary certifies that Oguen appeared and does not know how to sign.

D. (Spanish)

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1796 Aug. 11

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

The information and the witnesses are to be received in the presence of the pro-secretary who will have charge of them. Quintero certifies to this decree signed with the bishop's flourish and adds a note that he made the decree known to Oguen.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1796 Aug. 11

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Maturino Oguen appeared and swore that he is a native of St. Malo, France, the son of Glod Oguen and Maria Josefa Sogniet, that he is 25 years old, single, a Catholic, and that he has promised to marry no one except Susana Jason, that he does not know how to sign.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1796 Aug. 11

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Jose Beltran appears and swears to (the same statements as given above) and that he does not know how to sign.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1796 Aug. 11

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Pedro Oguen appeared and swore to (the same statements) and that he is 20 years old and does not know how to sign.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1796 Aug. 11

Penalver y Cardenas, Luis, Bishop of
New Orleans, Louisiana

Penalver grants the dispensation. They must live separately, recite the rosary for two months during which time they must attend Mass on holy days with a candle in their hands, make a general confession in the first month and confess again before their marriage. These conditions being fulfilled, notice will be sent to the pastor of Opel(o)usas, Father Pedro de Zamora, who will marry them. This is certified by Quintero who adds in two notes that he made the decree known to Maturino Oguen and that a copy was sent as ordered.

D.S. (Spanish)

IV-5-l D., D.S., A.D.S. 12pp. 4to. (Spanish)
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