 Having become a member of the Governor General's advisory board he took part in most major decisions in Algeria.In 1845, Urbain was summoned to the Ministry of War and he returned to France where his wife was to follow.Unable to conjoin the Muslim family with the French family he resolved to marry his wife before civil status on May 20, 1857, and the next day his daughter, who was constantly being teased by her schoolmates at the private school run by Sœurs de la Doctrine Chrétienne in Constantine, was baptized.