Gaudeau, (Pierre)

Dispensation asked by Pedro Gaudeau to marry Eugenia Gaudeau.

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(1799) (Sep. 17)

Gaudeau, Pierre
(______)

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

Gaudeau, a native of Punta Cortada and resident of Avoyelles, appeared and stated that he wished to marry Eugenia Gaudeau of the same place but cannot because of an impediment. He asks (Penalver) to receive testimony on these points: that he is the son of Pedro Gaudeau and Maria Dufour, that Eugenia Gaudeau is the daughter of Antonio Gaudeau and Juana Chatelerau, that Pedro's father and Eugenia's father are sons of Miguel (Gaudeau) and Teresa Duche; that they and their fathers are poor, cultivating the soil. He has come down to beg (Penalver) to grant a dispensation.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1799 Sep. 17

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

The testimony is to be received. Father Isidro Quintero certifies this.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1799 Sep. 17

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Gadeau appeared before (Penalver) and swore (in addition to information already given above) that he is 22 and single.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1799 Sep. 17

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Antonio Reboill appeared and swore (to information already given above), and that Pedro's father has only a house and two negroes and has four children, that Eugenia's father has eight children, that people in Bayu Rouge, her settlement, say she is disgraced, that Pedro had left his tobacco crop to go down to New Orleans for the dispensation. He signs as Antoine Revoil.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1799 Sep. 17

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, Louisiana

Magdalena Ducotte, a resident of Avoyelles, appeared and swore to (the same information as already given). Magdalena is 52.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1799 Sep. 17

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Juana Velenge, a native of Punta Cortada, appeared and swore (to information already given above). She is 55.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1799 Sep. 19

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

Penalver grants the dispensation under certain conditions including confessions and attendance at Mass, after which a letter will be sent to the pastor of Our Lady of Carmel that he may marry them. Quintero certifies this decree and notified Gaudeau and the pastor.

D.S. (Spanish)

V-2-f D.S., A.D.S., (Spanish) 14pp. 4to.
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