Jean Baptiste Bienvennu dit Delisle + Appoline Deguire

√ Parents of Victoire Bienvennu dit Delisle
4G grandparents of William Roland Spies

Here’s a mystery: Why did they move across the Mississippi and get married in Ste Genevieve and then return to Kaskaskia to baptize their daughter? The records are clear about what they did, but not why they did it.

1780 marriage,
Ste Genevieve, Missouri
(lower right)

1781 Baptism,
daughter Victoire,
Kaskaskia
(fifth entry)