Do these 2 marriage records refer to the same marriage?

Question

These marriage records are both for the marriage of Alexandre Lambert & Celise Vidrine in Louisiana, on April 1850.

But one is on the 4th and one on the 25th of that month.

• "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJH-YTYB : Mon Oct 23 14:53:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexandre Lambert and Celise Vidrine, 25 Apr 1850.
• "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZC-SX9 : 14 January 2020), Celise Vidrine in entry for Alexandre Lambert, 1850.

If they're the same marriage, then Vidrine-475 & Vidrine-346 must be merged.

The record that says 25th April also says an earlier date that month for the authorization of the marriage, but I can't read the number.

Answer 1

The familysearch record for the 4 Apr 1850 date doesn't make it clear where the record came from. That record group included records from the old IGI collection, which makes it not very reliable.

The record for the 25 Apr 1850 date clearly shows this is from a state record book. The image shows the license date to be 1 Apr 1850, and they were married on 25 Apr 1850. Those are the dates I would use in the profile.

Answer 2

Looks like the first date is when the license was issued, the second when the actual marriage was performed.