APPENDICES

Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s

LANDRY

[LAN-dree]

ACADIA

There were two progenitors of this family in Acadia, both named René.  According to Acadian genealogist Stephen A. White, "After a study of the dispensations granted upon the marriages of the descendants of the Landrys, it appears that the first two René Landrys in Acadia could not have been more nearly related than in the second to the third degree."  In other words, they were cousins, not father and son or brothers: 

René Landry, later called l'âiné, a farmer from La Chaussée, near Blois, in the Orleanais region of the Loire valley in France, born in c1618, came to Acadia in c1640, one the early French settlers in Acadia.  He married Pérrine Bourg, widow of colonist Simon Pelletret, in c1645.  René's sister Antoinette had married Antoine Bourg, progenitor of that family, in c1642, so even before he started a family of his own, René was well-connected to an important family in the colony.  He and Pérrine had five children, including two sons, both born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own.  Their three daughters married into the Comeau, Granger, Richard dit Beaupré, and Dupuis families. 

Older son Pierre, born in c1658, married Madeleine, daughter of Étienne Robichaud dit Cadet, at Port-Royal in c1682.  They remained in the Port-Royal area and had six children, including five sons who married into the Mius d'Entremont de Pobomcoup, Melanson, Mius de Pleinmarais, and Belliveau families.  Their daughter married into the Mius d'Entremont de Pobomcoup family. 

Younger son Claude, born in c1663, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude Thériot, at Port-Royal in c1683.  In 1714, after the British took over the colony, Claude received permission from the French king to settle on Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, which remained in French hands.  Evidently Claude remained at Port-Royal, where he and Marguerite had 10 children, including four sons who married into the Babineau, Petitot dit Saint-Seine, and Robichaud families.  Five of their daughters married into the Dugas dit Grivois, Boudrot, Bourg, and Petitot dit Saint-Seine families.  Claude died at Port-Royal in December 1740, age 79.  Several of his daughters settled at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale. 

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Another Landry, born in c1634, also named René and called le jeune, came to the colony by c1659 with his wife Marie Bernard.  René le jeune became the patriarch of an even larger branch of the Landry clan.  For some reason he was not counted in the first Acadian census of 1671, but he did appear in the second census of 1678.  He died at Port-Royal in c1693, in his late 50s.  He and Marie had 15 children, including eight sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own.  Six of their daughters married into the Thériot, Racois dit de Rosier, Dupuis, Richard, LeBlanc, and Blanchard families. 

Oldest son Antoine, born in c1660, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau, probably at Port-Royal in c1681. Later in the decade they moved to Chignecto and were counted at Minas in the early 1690s.  According to a 1702 report by a colonial official, Antoine and his brother Claude were among "the first residents of Les Mines."  Antoine and Marie had 12 children, including six sons who married into the LeBlanc, Forest, Doucet, Melanson, and Bourg families.  Their six daughters married into the Hébert, LeBlanc, and Babin families.  Antoine died at Grand-Pré in February 1711, in his early 50s.

Claude, not to be confused with the son of René l'âiné, was, like the other Claude Landry, born in c1663.  He married first to Marie-Catherine, another daughter of Pierre Thibodeau, at Port-Royal in c1684.  They had 13 children, including five sons who married into the Comeau, Melanson, Doucet, and LeBlanc families.  Four of their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Gautrot, Célestin dit Bellemère, and Daigre families.  According to a 1702 report by a colonial official, Claude and his older brother Antoine were among "the first residents of Les Mines."  Claude remarried to Marie, daughter of Antoine Babin, probably at Minas in c1725.  They had no children.  Claude remarried again--his third marriage--to Jeanne, daughter of André Célestin dit Bellemère and widow of Mathieu Brasseur dit La Citarty, at Grand-Pré in May 1741.  He had no children by his third wife either.  Claude died at Grand-Pré in September 1747, in his mid-80s.

Jean, born in c1666, became a carpenter.  He married Cécile, daughter of Pierre Melanson, probably at Port-Royal in c1687.  They were counted at Minas in 1693.  They had nine children, including four sons who married into the Dugas, Gautrot, Vincent, and Babin families.  Three of their daughters married into the Dingle, Lejeune, and Daigre families. 

René, fils, born in c1668, married Anne, daughter of Bonaventure Thériot, at Port-Royal in c1691.  They had 10 children, including four sons who married into the Melanson, Thériot, Rivet, and LeBlanc families.  Their three daughters married into the LeBlanc and Vincent families. 

Germain, born in c1674, married Marie, another daughter of Pierre Melanson, at Port-Royal in c1694.  In 1714, Germain, living at Minas, having received permission from the French king, was one of the Acadians who went with Father Gaulin to look at land on Île Royale.  He remained at Minas, where he and Marie had 11 children, including six sons who married into the Blanchard, Babin, LeBlanc, and Bourg families.  Three of their daughters married into the Babin and Comeau families. 

Abraham, born in c1678, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Guilbeau, at Port-Royal in October 1701.  In the early 1700s, they moved to Pigiguit in the Minas Basin.  In 1714, Abraham also received permission to settle on Île Royale, and, like his brothers, he remained in Nova Scotia.  Abraham and Marie had 10 children, including five sons who married into the Doucet, LeBlanc, Flan, Rivet, and Thériot families.  Their three daughters married into the Bugeaud, Rivet, LeBlanc, and Landry families. 

Pierre, born in c1680, became a fisherman.  He married Madeleine, daughter of Francois Broussard, at Port-Royal in January 1704.  They settled at Minas.  In 1714, he, too, received permission to settle on Île Royale.  He and Madeleine had five children, including three sons who married into the Babin, Thériot, and Bourg families.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family. 

Youngest son Charles dit Charlot, born in c1688, married Catherine-Josèphe, another daughter of Francois Broussard, at Port-Royal in October 1708.  In 1714, he, too, received permission to settle on Île Royale.  He and his wife remained at Port-Royal.  In September 1727, in their capacity as delegates to the colonial council, Charles dit Charlot and two other Port-Royal settlers refused to take the oath of allegiance to the new British king, George II.  The British imprisoned the three delegates for this bold refusal.  It cost Charles dit Charlot his life.  While being held in the stockade at Fort Anne, he fell gravely ill.  His wife beseeched colonial officials to release him so that "he could be better looked after."  The officials, calling him "a very Great Offender," refused, and Charles dit Charlot died in confinement in November 1727, in his late 30s.  But before his early passing, he fathered nine children with Catherine-Josèphe, including two sons who married into the Girouard, Babin, Carret, and Pitre families.  Two of their daughters married into the Lanoue and Savoie families.  ...

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

Le Grand Dérangement scattered these large families even farther.  ...

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Landrys were among the first families of Acadia, and three of them were among the very first Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana: 

Olivier Landry, probably in his 40s, came to the colony with wife Cécile Poirier, age 41, and three children, Joseph, age 16, Marie, age 14, and Jean-Antoine, age 3.  The Landrys and their three related families, the Cormiers, Poiriers, and Richards, 20 persons in all, left Savannah, Georgia, on 21 December 1763 and sailed to Mobile, "from which place they are to go to New Orleans," proclaimed an article in the Georgia Gazette the following day.  After a short stay in Mobile, which now belonged to the hated British, they reached New Orleans in February 1764--the first recorded group of Acadians to settle in present-day Louisiana.  French authorities, who still controlled the colony even though it had been ceded to Spain in a secret treaty two years earlier, had not expected these new arrivals.  The Acadians' reputation for hard work and loyalty to France and the Catholic faith having preceded them, however, the colonial officials welcomed the Landrys et al., gave them rice, corn, and other necessities, and pondered where to send them.  After overseeing the baptism of several of their children at New Orleans--including Olivier Landry's son Jean-Antoine--and consulting with authorities, the Acadians moved upriver to the recently-established concession of Cabanocé, later called St.-Jacques, where they settled on a bend in the Mississippi along the right, or west, bank, in "the area of the vacant lands between [Nicolas] Verret's plantation and [Jacques] Jacqueline's cow ranch," at present-day Lagan, St. James Parish.  Cabanocé thus became the first Acadian settlement in Louisiana, predating the Bayou Teche settlement by a full year.  Olivier's daughter married into the Thibodeaux family.  Olivier died before April 1777, when his wife remarried at St.-Jacques.  His son Jean-Antoine probably died young, but his older son Joseph carried on the family line.

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1751-1811)

Joseph, elder son of Olivier Landry and Cécile Poirier, born at Chignecto in c1751, was deported to Georgia with his family in 1755.  He moved with them to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1763, followed them back to Georgia, and went with them to Louisiana via Mobile, Alabama, in late 1763 and early 1764.  He married Marie-Anne, called Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Cormier, père, at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in c1768.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Green, Poirier, Richard, and Theriot families.  Joseph died in St. James Parish in January 1811; he was 60 years old.  Only two of his five sons seems to have created families of their own. 

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Oldest son Joseph, fils, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1770, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Michel, at St.-Jacques in February 1797.  Their son Joseph III was born at St.-Jacques in September 1799, Pierre Léon in July 1805, and Jean Hildebert, Ildebert, or Philibert, called Hildebert, near Convent, St. James Parish, in May 1810.  Their daughter married into the Thibodeaux family.  Joseph, fils remarried to Anastasie, daughter of French Creole Jacques Poché, at the Convent church in July 1825; he was in his mid-50s.  Their son Joseph III was born near Convent in September 1828, Norbert Sylvert in July 1830, and Joseph Philippe in January 1835.  Joseph, fils died near Convent in April 1835; he was 65 years old. 

Hildebert, by his first wife, married distant cousin Euphémie, daughter of Élie Landry of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1830, and remarried to Clémence, daughter of French Creole Gerasin Desormeaux, "at the home of Joseph Landry," probably his father, in St. James Parish in December 1835; the second marriage was recorded at both the St. James and Convent churches, St. James Parish.  ...

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Pierre, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in March 1772, died in Assumption Parish, on upper Bayou Lafourche, in November 1815.  He was 44 years old, a resident of St. James Parish, and never married. 

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Benjamin, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in February 1774, married distant cousin Anne-Apolline, called Apolline and Poulone, daughter of René Landry of Ascension, at St.-Jacques in April 1799; Apolline's mother also was a Landry.  Their son Benjamin, fils was born at St. James in January 1804, and Placide in March 1808 but died the following August.  Their daughters married into the Achée and Blanchard families.  Apolline died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1808; she was "age about 35 yrs."  Benjamin remarried to distant cousin Marie Céleste, called Céleste, daughter of Anselme Landry and widow of Allain Babin and Amand Breaux, at the St. James church, St. James Parish in November 1810.  Their son Joseph Sylvère was born in St. James Parish in December 1815.  Benjamin died in St. James Parish in March 1816; the priest who recorded his burial said that Benjamin was 45 years old when he died, but he was only in his early 40s.

Joseph Sylvère married Rosalie or Rosaline, daughter of Jacob Rebre of Germany, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1835.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Jean-Baptiste, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in October 1779, may have died young. 

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Youngest son Francois, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in May 1781, may have died in St. James Parish in March 1816.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Francois was "age about 40 yrs." when he died and mentioned no wife, so he may not have married. 

Jean-Antoine LANDRY (1760-)

Jean-Antoine, younger son of Olivier Landry and Cécile Poirier, born probably in Georgia in November 1760 and baptized at New Orleans in February 1764, soon after his family came to Louisiana from Georgia via Mobile, was still alive in 1766, when Spanish officials counted his family at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  He probably died young. 

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A year after the first Landrys came to Louisiana, a young widower, an orphan, and two wives reached New Orleans from Halifax via St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, with dozens of other former prisoners from Nova Scotia.  They also settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques:

Osite Landry, age 32, came with husband Pierre Chiasson of Chignecto, age 35, her husband's brother Paul Chiasson, age 19, her husband's nephew Jean-Baptiste Chiasson, age 3, and two children, ages 6 and 1. 

Marie Landry of La Famille, Pigiguit, age unrecorded, came with husband Joseph Bourg of Grand-Pré, age 43, brother-in-law Charles Bourg, age 3, and four children, ages 20 to 5.  Joseph died either on the voyage from Halifax via St.-Domingue or in Louisiana soon after the family reached New Orleans.  Marie remarried to Francois, son of fellow Acadian Paul Savoie of Chepoudy and widower of Anne Aucoin, at New Orleans in July 1765--one of the earliest Acadian marriages recorded in Louisiana.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Marie died by October 1766, when her husband remarried ... again. 

Joseph Landry, age 26, a young widower, came with two sons, Joseph, fils, age 2, and Pierre, age 1.  They remained at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques. 

Another Marie Landry, who would have been only 13 in 1765, may have come to the colony from Halifax via St.-Domingue that year.  She married fellow Acadian Charles Thibodeaux at Cabanocé in c1768, when she was only 16.  They settled on the left, or east, bank of the river there. 

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1739-)

Joseph, eldest son of Abraham Landry dit Petit Abram and his first wife Élisabeth LeBlanc, born probably at Pigiguit in c1739, eluded British forces in 1755 and took refuge probably on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  Meanwhile, his family was deported to Maryland.  during Le Grand Dérangement, Joseph married a woman whose name has been lost to history.  The British held them as prisoners in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s.  At least two sons were born to them probably in Nova Scotia in c1763 and 1764.  Joseph, probably a widower by then, took his two sons to Louisiana via St.-Domingue in 1765.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Joseph reunited with his father, stepmother, and siblings, who had come from Maryland, in 1766.  Joseph remarried to Marie-Anne, called Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Granger, at Cabanocé in August 1768.  She gave him more children, including sons.  Spanish officials counted  them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension the following year and in 1777.  Joseph remarried--his third marriage--to fellow Acadian Marie, daughter of perhaps Pierre Breaux and widow of Olivier Babin and Pierre Foret, at Ascension in May 1782.  In 1812, he "was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from the County of Acadia (now St. James and Ascension Parishes)."  Only one of his many sons seems to have created a family of his own.  ...

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Oldest son Joseph, fils, by his first wife, born probably in Nova Scotia in c1763, may have died young. 

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Pierre, by his first wife, born probably in Nova Scotia in c1764, also may have died young. 

3

Éloi, by his second wife, died at Ascension, age unrecorded, in October 1772. 

4

Grégoire-Raphaël, by his second wife, died in Ascension 5 days after his birth in October 1773.

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Guille or Guillaume-Raphaël, called Raphaël, from his second wife, born at Ascension in January 1775, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Breaux, at Ascension in November 1792.  Their son Augustin-Valéry, called Valéry, was baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in September 1793, Polycarp was born in January 1802 but died at age 3 1/2 in September 1805, Henri was born in November 1808, and Terence Joseph posthumously in August 1815.  Their daughters married into the Dupuis, Landry, and Tregle families.  Raphaël died in Ascension Parish in April 1815; he was only 40 years old. 

Valéry married distant cousin Constance Céleste or Célestine, called Céleste, daughter of Eusèbe Landry, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in June 1818.  Their son Valéry Didier was born in Ascension Parish in May 1819.  Céleste died a week after son Valéry Didier was born; she was only 19 years old.  Valéry remarried to distant cousin Rose Hortense, called Hortense, daughter of Désiré Landry, at the Donaldson church in March 1822.  Their son Auguste was baptized at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, age 5 months, in January 1826, and Raphaël in April 1827 but died less than 2 weeks later.  ...

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Youngest son Francois, by his second wife, born at Ascension in October 1779, died at age 11 months in September 1780. 

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A Landry who had gone to the Bayou Teche valley with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party in April 1765 lost his wife probably to childbirth a few months later; his infant son died the following September.  After his son's death, he joined dozens of his fellow Acadians in an exodus from the Teche to the river and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques:

Descendants of Mathurin LANDRY (c1737-1823?)

Mathurin Landry, born in Acadia in c1737, married Marie Dugas.  They escaped the British roundup of 1755 and took refuge probably on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  In the early 1760s, the British held them as prisoners of war in Nova Scotia.  They followed the Broussard dit Beausoleil party to Louisiana in late 1764 and early 1765 and went with them to the Bayou Teche valley in April 1765.  Marie died in the epidemic that swept through the Teche valley that summer and fall, or she may have died from childbirth; their son was born in late July but died the following September; she died three days after her son's birth.  Mathurin did not remain on the Teche but retreated with dozens of other Tech valley Acadians to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river and did not return to the western prairies.  Spanish officials counted him on the right, or west, bank of the Mississippi at Cabanocé in April 1766; he was living with a widow and her sons, so he may have been an engagé.  He remarried to a woman whose name has been lost to history probably at St.-Jacques in the early 1770s and moved upriver to St.-Gabriel, where Spanish officials counted him and his wife on the "right bank ascending" in 1777.  By then, he was the father of two daughters, ages 10 and 6, and owned 3 slaves, 12 head of cattle, 14 hogs, and 20 chickens on his six arpents of frontage along the river.  He may have died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1823, age 86.  His second wife does not seem to have given him any more sons.  If so, his line of the family would have died with him. 

Isidore, born at Atakapas in July 1765, died along the Teche the following September. 

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Most of the Landrys who came to Louisiana--at least 129 of them--immigrated from Maryland.  The first, and largest, contingent from that colony--67 members of the family--reached New Orleans in September 1766.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where their cousins from Georgia and Halifax already had gone:

Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry of Pigiguit, age 54, twice a widower, came with nine children--Étienne, age 24, Simon and Anne-Osite, age 22, Marguerite, age 15, Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre, age 14, Élisabeth, or Isabelle, age 12, Joseph dit Le Cadet, age 9, Marie-Madeleine, age 7, and Marie, age unrecorded.  Petit Abram remarried to Claire, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Rivet and widow of Bonaventure Foret, probably at nearby Ascension in the 1770s.  She gave him no more children.  His daughters married into the Bourgeois, Broussard, and Duhon families and settled at Ascension and on upper Bayou Lafourche.  His sons settled at Ascension.  Petit Abram died at Ascension in August 1786; he was 74 years old. 

René Landry of Pigiguit, age 50, Petit Abram's brother and also a widower, came with five children--Marin, age 18, Félicité, age 16, Olivier, age 13, Joseph dit Dios, age 9, and Firmin, age 6.  René remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Abraham Landry (not his brother) and widow of Jean-Baptiste Broussard, probably at Cabanocé in the late 1760s.  She gave him more children, including another son.  Daughter Félicité by his first wife married into the Babin and Melançon families. 

Joseph Landry of Pigiguit, age 56, Petit Abram and René's brother, came probably with one of his younger brothers.  He was deaf and never married.  He followed his brothers to Ascension. 

Marie-Madeleine Landry of Pigiguit, age 43, sister of Petit Abram et al., came with husband Désiré LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 43, and 10 children, ages 24 to 4.  They settled at Cabanocé and Ascension.  Marie-Madeleine remarried to distant cousin Pierre dit Pierrot à Jaque, son of Abraham Landry and widower of Geneviève Broussard and Euphrosine Gautreaux, at St.-Jacques in February 1778. 

Marie-Anastasie, called Anastasie, Landry of Pigiguit, age 18, Petit Abram's daughter, came with husband Amand Babin of Pigiguit, age 24, and two of his sisters, Élisabeth-Madeleine, age 22, and Marie-Josèphe, age unrecorded.  They settled at Ascension, where Anastasie died in August 1795, in her late 40s. 

Marie-Josèphe Bourg, age 52, widow of Joseph Landry, came with four children--Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, age 19, Marguerite, age 16, Anne-Gertrude, called Gertrude, age 15, and Joseph, fils, age 14.  Marie-Josèphe did not remarry.  Her daughters married into the Bijeaux/Bujole, Comes, LeBlanc, Melançon, Pichoux, and Sierra families.  Daughter Gertrude moved to the western prairies in the late 1770s, but her other daughters settled at Ascension, as did son Joseph. 

Pierre dit Pierrot à Jaque Landry, age 45, yet another widower, came with six children--Jean, age 14, Osite, age 13, Jean-Baptiste and Isabelle, age 10, Firmin, age 7, and Paul, age 4.  Pierrot à Jaque remarried to Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Gautreaux and widow of Pierre Granger, probably at Cabanocé in the late 1760s, and remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Abraham Landry and widow of Désiré LeBlanc, at St.-Jacques in February 1778.  Neither wife gave him more children.  Daughter Osite by his first wife married into the Bujole and Landry families and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Pierrot à Jaque owned 53 head of cattle, 8 horses, 55 swine, and 6 slaves on 11 arpents of frontage at Ascension in 1777, a remarkable number for an Acadian in that place and time.  He died at Ascension in July 1791, age 70.  His sons remained on the river. 

Francois Landry of Pigiguit, age 44, another widower, came probably with three children--Francois, fils, age 25, Pélagie, age 17, and Joseph, age 8.  Francois, père did not remarry and died at Ascension in February 1797, in his mid-80s.  Francois, fils remained at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques and married.  Pélagie married a Landry cousin and settled at Ascension.  Joseph also married at St.-Jacques but settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Ursule Landry, age 42, widow of Jean-Baptiste Babin, came with three children, ages 18 to 10.  They settled at Cabanocé and Ascension, but one of  her daughters moved to the western prairies in the 1770s or 1780s. 

Vincent Landry of Pigiguit, age 39, came with wife Susanne Godin, age 29, and their infant son Charles-Caliste.  They had more children in Louisiana, including another son, and moved from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche by the early 1790s.

Pierre dit La Vielliarde Landry of Pigiguit, age 34, Vincent's brother and another widower, came with four children--Joseph, age 10, Anne-Isabelle, age 7, Pierre-Alexis, age 4, and Fabien, age 2.  Pierre dit La Vielliarde remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Landry, at Cabanocé in November 1767.  She gave him more children, including sons.  They also moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Étienne Landry of Pigiguit, age 32, Vincent and Pierre dit La Vielliarde's youngest brother, came with second wife Marie-Josèphe Landry and daughter Anastasie, age 9.  Marie-Josèphe was pregnant when they reached New Orleans; son Jean-Baptiste was born at Cabanocé in c1767.  They had more children in Louisiana and also moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Firmin Landry, age 38, yet another widower, came with four children--Hélène, age 14, Joseph, age 13, Saturin, age 11, and Marie-Madeleine, age 9.  Firmin remarried to fellow Acadian Théotiste Thibodeaux, widow of Bonaventure Godin, probably at St.-Jacques in c1770.  They moved to the Atakapas District soon after their marriage and created a western branch of the family. 

Marie-Rose, called Rose, Landry, age 36, came with husband Jean-Baptiste Breau of Pigiguit, age 41, and six children, ages 19 to 7.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques and Ascension.  Rose died at St.-Jacques, a widow, in January 1796, in her late 60s.

Anne Landry of Minas, age 34, widow of Joseph Broussard, came with two sons, ages 14 and 6.  She was pregnant when she got to New Orleans, and son Paul was born in the city the following November.  Anne remarried to René, son of fellow Acadian Abraham Landry, probably at Cabanocé in the late 1760s.  They settled at Ascension. 

Anne Landry, age 29, came with husband Pierre LeBlanc, age 35, and their 7-year-old daughter.  They also moved to Ascension, where Anne died in May 1808, a widow.  The priest who recorded her burial said that Anne was 77 years old when she died, but she was closer to 71. 

Charles Landry, fils of Pigiguit, age 28, still a bachelor came with five of his younger unmarried siblings--Pierre-Amand, age 20, Pélagie, age 17, and Anne, Francois, and Marie, ages unrecorded.  Charles, fils married twice on the river and took his second wife and a daughter to the Atakapas District in the late 1770s or early 1780s.  Pierre-Amand and Pélagie already had gone there in the 1770s.  The other siblings remained on the river. 

Jacques Landry of Pigiguit, age 23, brother of Charles, fils et al., came with wife Francoise Blanchard, age 19, and his brother Joseph, age 14.  Jacques and Francoise's children were born in Louisiana.  They settled at Ascension, as did brother Joseph. 

Marie Landry, age 28, came with husband Amand-Paul Gautrot, age 35, and their year-old daughter.  They settled at Cabanocé and Ascension. 

Marie-Josèphe Landry, age 28, evidently came to Louisiana alone.  She married fellow Acadian Paul Foret at New Orleans in c1768 and settled with him at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where she remarried to Basile, son of Nicolas Le Claire of Québec, in April 1777.  Marie-Josèphe died near Convent, St. James Parish, in May 1818; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 85 years old when she died, but she was closer to 80.

Anne Landry, age 26, widow of Joseph Melanson, came with two children, ages 6 and 3.  Anne lived for a time at Cabanocé and Ascension, remarried to fellow Acadian Augustin Broussard, and followed him to the Atakapas District in the early 1770s. 

Geneviève Landry, age 22, also came alone.  She married Joseph dit Bellefontaine dit Lincour, son of probably René dit Jean-René Godin dit Valcour, probably at Cabanocé in c1768 and died by August 1770, when her husband was listed in an Ascension census without a wife. 

Basile Landry of Grand-Pré, age 16, came alone.  He married at St.-Jacques in 1776, lived at Ascension, and moved to the Atakapas District in the late 1770 or early 1780s. 

Descendants of René LANDRY (c1716-1781)

René, son of Abraham Landry and Marie Guilbeau, born probably at Pigiguit in c1716, married Marie, daughter of Jacques Thériot, at Grand-Pré in February 1737.  The British deported them to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted René and four of his children at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763; Marie had died by then.  René came to Louisiana in 1766 and remarried to distant cousin Anne, daughter of another Abraham Landry and widow of Jean-Baptiste Broussard, probably at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in the late 1760s.  She gave him more children, including sons.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin.  Spanish authorities counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same bank at nearby Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  They owned three slaves in 1777.  René died at Ascension in June 1781; he was 64 years old.  Three of his sons moved to the western prairies and another to upper Bayou Lafourche, but his oldest and youngest sons remained on the river. 

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Oldest son Marin, by his first wife, born in Acadia in c1748, married distant cousin Pélagie Landry probably at St.-Jacques in c1770.  Their son Donat was born probably at St.-Jacques in c1779, Éloi in c1783, and Valentin-Marin in February 1790.  Their daughters married into the Gautreaux, Godin, Hébert, and Melançon families.  Marin died in St. James Parish in October 1812; the priest who recorded his burial said that Marin was "age about 68 yrs." when he died, but he was closer to 64. 

1a

Donat married Marie-Marthe, called Marthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Lanoux, at St.-Jacques in May 1800.  Their son Éloi Framentin was born at St. James in September 1806 but died near Convent, St. James Parish, age 12 1/2, in April 1819, a son, name and age unrecorded, died in March 1807, Augustin dit Doradoux was born in c1810, Arsène near Convent in December 1819 but died at age 8 months in September 1820, Donat, fils was born in July 1823, and Pierre Vileor, called Vileor, in August 1825 but died at age 12 1/2 in March 1838.  Their daughters married into the Gravois, Lanoux, LeBlanc, Peytavin, and Richard families.  Donat died near Convent in July 1835; he was 56 years old. 

Augustin married Marie Phelonise, called Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dugas, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in September 1829.  Augustin died near Convent in June 1833; he was only 23 years old. 

1b

Éloi married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Melançon, at St.-Jacques in December 1801.  Their son Éloi, fils was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1808, and Narcisse Marin in St. James Parish in January 1819 but died at age 13 in September 1832.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Boudreaux, LeBlanc, and Melançon families.  Éloi, père died in St. James Parish in February 1823; he was only 40 years old.   His surviving son moved to the western prairies in the 1830s. 

Éloi, fils married cousin Madeleine Mathilde, called Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Theriot, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1829; Mathilde's mother was a Landry; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Éloi, fils remarried to distant cousin Bertille, daughter of Alexandre Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1835.  They remained in Lafayette Parish. 

2

Olivier, by his first wife, born in Acadia in c1753, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Hébert, at Ascension in February 1775.  They moved to the Atakapas District by the 1780s. 

3

Joseph dit Dios, by his first wife, born probably in Maryland in c1757, married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Melançon, at St.-Jacques in October 1789.  They moved to the Atakapas District in the 1790s. 

4

Firmin, by his first wife, born probably in Maryland in c1760, married Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadian Vincent-Ephrem Babin, at Ascension in July 1789.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Gautreaux, and Villeneuve families.  Firmin remarried to Marie-Anne, called Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon LeBlanc, at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in August 1795.  Marie-Anne had come to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  Their son Firmin, fils was born at Ascension in June 1798, another Firmin, fils in January 1801, and Raphaël Auguste, Auguste Firmin, or Auguste Raphaël in March 1804.  One of his sons settled in St. James Parish.  ...

4a

Firmin, fils, by his second wife, married Tarsile, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Melançon, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in June 1820.  Their son Firmin III was born near Convent in July 1822 but died at age 3 in September 1825, and Louis Valière was born in October 1824 but died at age 6 1/2 in July 1831.  ...

4b

Raphaël Auguste, by his second wife, married distant cousin Adélaïde or Adeline, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Raphaël Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1825; Adélaïde's mother was a Landry.  Their son Jean Raphaël was born in Ascension Parish in January 1832, and Pierre Lavigne in September 1833.  Raphaël Auguste died in Ascension Parish in October 1837; he was only 33 years old. 

5

Pierre, by his second wife, born at Ascension in c1768, died at St.-Gabriel in March 1798.  He was only 30 years old and probably did not marry. 

6

Valentin, by his second wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in January 1771, married Célestine or Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Bourgeois, at St.-Jacques in November 1792.  They followed two of his older half-brothers to the western prairies in the 1810s. 

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Youngest son Pierre-Jean-Baptiste, by his second wife, born at Ascension in February 1773, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Breaux, at St.-Jacques in January 1797.  They may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.

Descendants of Francois LANDRY, fils (c1741-)

Francois, fils, elder son of Francois Landry and Dorothée Bourg, born probably at Pigiguit in c1741, was deported to Maryland with his family in 1755.  He came to Louisiana with his widowed father and a younger brother in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married Marie-Rose, called Rose or Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Dugas, in the early 1770s.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1777.  They owned a slave there in 1779.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Landry, LeBlanc, Savoie, and Simoneaux families.  His only son settled in Ascension Parish, married twice, and had several sons of his own. 

Édouard, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1773, married distant cousin Henriette or Marie Élise, called Élise or Eliza, daughter of Pierre Landry, at Ascension in June 1796.  In June 1798, he and his wife purchased from his widowed mother in Ascension 3 arpents of land near Pierre La Batte, on which they built "a house of posts in ground, 30' x 15', bousillier between the posts, covered with pickets."  Their son Laurent was born at Ascension in August 1802, Félix Jean Baptiste, called Jean Baptiste, in November 1804, Joseph Richard, also called Joseph Francois, in April 1807, Jean in December 1809, and Libois Drosin in November 1815.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Dugas families.  Élise died in Ascension Parish in November 1822; she was 37 years old.  Édouard remarried to Antoinette, daughter of French Creole Louis Barbay, at the Donalsonville church, Ascension Parish, in March 1824.  Édouard died in Ascension Parish in December 1825; he was 52 years old.  One of his sons settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Félix Jean Baptiste, by his first wife, married Marie Aurore, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Breaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1826, and remarried to Anasie or Aspasie Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvère Breaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1830.  Their son Frumence or Joseph Félix was born in Ascension Parish in October 1830 but died at age 8 in November 1838, Joseph Édouard was born in September 1833, Jean Désiré in December 1835, and Louis Furcy in January 1838.  ...

Joseph Francois, by his first wife, married distant cousin Marie Melanie, called Melanie, daughter of Henri Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1836.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Jean, by his first wife, married cousin Melanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jérôme Dugas, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1836; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. ...

Descendants of Étienne LANDRY (c1742-1780s)

Étienne, third son of Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry and his first wife Élisabeth LeBlanc, born probably at Pigiguit in c1742, was deported to Maryland with his family in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him and his family at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  He married Brigitte, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Trahan, at nearby Ascension in May 1776.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Ascension in 1777.  They lived for a time at New Orleans.  Their daughter married into the Leroux and Martin (Foreign French, not Acadian) families and settled in St. Bernard and St. Tammany parishes.  Étienne died by July 1787, when his wife remarried at Ascension.  His only surviving son settled on the western prairies. 

1

Older son Éloi, born at Ascension in August 1779, married distant cousin Julienne, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Trahan, probably at Ascension in the late 1790s or early 1800s and settled on the western prairies.

2

Younger son Mathurin, born at Ascension in March 1784, died at New Orleans, age 6 1/2, in November 1790. 

Descendants of Simon LANDRY (c1744-1782?)

Simon, fourth and youngest son of Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry and his first wife Élisabeth LeBlanc, born probably at Pigiguit in c1744, was deported to Maryland with his family in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him and his family at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married fellow Acadian Anne-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of perhaps Germain Babin, in October 1767.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same bank of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  They owned a single slave in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Gaudin, and Landry families.  Simon may have died at Ascension in February 1782, only in his late 30s.  Most of his many sons created families of their own and remained on the Acadian Coast. 

1

Oldest son Cletus or Elotte, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in August 1770, died at Ascension, age 2, in September 1772. 

2

Simon-Béloni, called Béloni, born probably at Ascension in c1771, married Marie-Jeanne, called Jeanette, daughter of French Creole Jean-Baptiste Chauvin, at Ascension in September 1793; Marie-Jeanne's mother was a Breaux.  Their son Eugène was born at Ascension in November 1793 but died at age 1 in January 1795, Robert died 9 days after his birth in April 1806, and Jean Baptiste Longin was born in March 1815.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Breaux, Landry, and Theriot families.  Simon Béloni died in St. James Parish in March 1829; he was 58 years old. 

Jean Baptiste Longin married Marie Aureline, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Théodore Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1836. ...

3

Pierre-Alexis, born at Ascension in July 1774, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvain LeBlanc, at Ascension in January 1795.  Their son Sylvain was born at Ascension in August 1795, Élie-Narcisse in March 1799, and Simon le jeune, called Simonette, in June 1801.  Pierre-Alexis died at Ascension in October 1801; he was only 27 years old. 

3a

Sylvain married cousin Claire Bathilde or Mathilde, called Bathilde or Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Babin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in May 1820; Claire's mother was a Landry; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of relationship in order to marry.  Sylvain died in Ascension Parish in February 1826; he was only 30 years old. 

3b

Élie Narcisse married cousin Melanie Geneviève, daughter of Guillaume Raphaël Landry, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1822; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Édouard Dorsigny was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1825, Guillaume Sylvanie in Ascension Parish in January 1823, Jules near St. Gabriel in December 1827, and Laurent Rodolphe in August 1830.  Melanie died near St. Gabriel in June 1831; she was only 27 years old.  ...

3c

Simonette married distant cousin Bathilde Céleste or Célesie, daughter of Joseph Donat Landry of Iberville Parish, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1828; Bathilde's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their son Simon George Gédéon was born in Ascension Parish in July 1830.  ...

4

Joseph-Simon, born at Ascension in December 1775, married distant cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin, at Ascension in September 1797.  Their son Gilbert-Firmin was born at Ascension in September 1799, Joseph Valéry in December 1809, Pie Isidore, called Isidore, in May 1811, Raphaël Cyprien, called Cyprien, in December 1812, Bernua died, age unrecorded, in March 1815, Agappe Vunsul was born in March 1816, and Simon Tiburse posthumously in March 1820.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Gaudin, Gautreaux, LeBlanc, and Villeneuve families.  Joseph Simon died in Ascension Parish in December 1819; he was only 44 years old. 

4a

Pie Isidore married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Gautreaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1835.  Their son Thomas Isidore was born in Ascension Parish in December 1835, and Edmond Martin in November 1837.  ...

4b

Raphaël Cyprien married Marie Apolline, daughter of Francois Lucenty, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1837; Marie's mother was a Gautreaux. ...

4c

Gilbert Firmin died in Ascension Parish in December 1837.  He was only 38 years old and may not have married. 

5

Olivier, born at Ascension in December 1777, married Angèle, another daughter of Sylvain LeBlanc, at Ascension in June 1797.  Their son Servant or Simon was born at Ascension in October 1803, and Paul Onésime, called Onésime, in September 1805.  Their daughter married a Babin cousin.  Olivier remarried to Marie, daughter of French Creole Jean Culaire, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1812; Marie's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Jean was born in Ascension Parish in September 1813.  Olivier remarried again--his third marriage--to distant cousin Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin and widow Alexandre Valéry Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1827; he was 50 years old.  Olivier died probably at his home on Bayou Corne, Ascension Parish, in February 1832; the priest who recorded his burial said that Olivier was 58 years old when he died, but he was "only" 54. 

5a

Simon, by his first wife, married distant cousin Anne Valerante, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1826; Anne's mother was a Landry. ...

5b

Onésime, by his first wife, married cousin Madeleine Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Théodore Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1827; Madeleine's mother was a Landry; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their infant child, perhaps a son, name and age unrecorded, died in Ascension Parish in April 1830, Onésime Roselier was born in June 1831 but died at age 4 in August 1835, Simon Théodore was born in October 1834, and Olivier le jeune in March 1837 but died at age 15 months in June 1838.  ...

6

Firmin, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in November 1779, married distant cousin Henriette, another daughter of Joseph Babin, at Ascension in October 1803.  Their son Andrew Firmin, also called Odin, was born at Ascension in September 1804 but died at age 15 in November 1819, and Marcellin was born in April 1808 but died the following September.  He and his wife may have had no more sons; if so, this line of the family would not have survived in the Bayou State. 

7

Youngest son Simon-Nicolas or Nicolas-Simon, called Nicolas, born at Ascension in February 1782, married Osite, daughter of fellow Acadian Isaac LeBlanc, at Ascension in April 1804.  Their son Barthélemy Séverin was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1812, and Emerant in January 1817.  Their daughter married a Babin cousin.  Nicolas remarried to distant cousin Marie Élise or Élisabeth, called Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Melançon and widow of Jérôme Rivet, at the St. Gabriel church in September 1828; Marie's mother was a Landry.  Their son Louis Simon was born in Ascension Parish in August 1831, Joseph Ferdinand in February 1834, and Vilfrid Geraud, called Geraud, in October1837 but died at age 2 in October 1839.  ...

Descendants of Jean-Athanase LANDRY (c1751-)

Jean-Athanase, younger son of Jean-Baptiste Landry and Anne Babin, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1751, was exiled with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonials officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his widowed father and siblings in 1767 and settled with them at St.-Gabriel, where he may have married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Bonaventure LeBlanc, in the late 1760s or early 1770s.  Spanish officials counted him on the "left bank ascending" at St.-Gabriel in 1777; by then, he was a widower and the father of three children--two daughters, ages 8 and 6, and a 2-year-old son--but the census taker did not bother to record the children's names.  Jean-Athanase remarried to Marie-Anne-Barbe, called Anne, daughter of French Creole Gabriel Moreau of Morlaix, France, at nearby Ascension in January 1787; Anne's mother was a Trahan.  Anne and her family had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  Spanish officials counted Jean and his new family on the left, or east, bank of the river at Ascension in 1788 and 1791; the census takers found no children with him in either census, so his older children had either died, moved out, or married by then.  Anne gave him more children, including sons.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where Spanish officials counted them in 1795, 1797, and 1798, but they seem to have returned to the river in the early 1800s.  Their daughters married into the Hébert, LeBlanc, and Rivers families.  ...

1

Older son Jean-Nicolas, called Nicolas, from his first wife, born at Ascension in September 1775, married distant cousin Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Landry, at Ascension in April 1802.  Their son Constant Clément was born at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in September 1807, and Jean Maxile Aurelien near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1812.  ...

2

Younger son Joseph, by his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1799, may have died young. 

Descendants of Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre LANDRY (c1752-1805)

Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre, elder son of Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry and his second wife Marguerite Flan, born probably at Pigiguit in c1752, was deported to Maryland with his family in 1755.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Allain, at nearby St.-Gabriel in January 1773.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Ascension in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Gautreaux, Landry, Mollere, and Rousseau families.  Pierre Abraham dit Pitre died at Ascension in September 1805; he was 53 years old.  Two of his three sons created families of their own and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

1

Oldest son Alain, born at Ascension in October 1778, married Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1808.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

2

Pierre-Augustin, born at Ascension in July 1780, may have died young. 

3

Youngest son Pierre-Grégoire, also called Landry, born at Ascension in November 1782, married Marie Josephine, called Josephine, daughter of French Creole Jacques Rousseau, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1811.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Descendants of Joseph dit Le Cadet LANDRY (c1757-1784)

Joseph dit Le Cadet (called this to distinguish him from his eldest half-brother Joseph), younger son of Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry and his second wife Marguerite Flan, born probably at Pigiguit in c1752, was deported to Maryland with his family in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him and his family at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne LeBlanc, in February 1778.   Joseph dit Le Cadet died at nearby Ascension in January 1784; he was only 27 years old.  Only his oldest son married, and he settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

1

Oldest son Joseph-Thadée, born at Ascension in March 1780, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Dugas, at Ascension in July 1799.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.

2

Simon, born at Ascension in April 1782, may have died young. 

3

Youngest son Jacques-Donat, born at Ascension in December 1783, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Charles LANDRY, fils (c1738-1804?)

Charles, fils, eldest son of Charles Landry and Marie LeBlanc, born probably at Pigiguit in c1738, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him and his younger siblings at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He led his siblings to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married distant cousin Marie Landry in the late 1760s.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770.  He remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Germain Babin, at St.-Jacques in December 1775.  Spanish officials counted them on the east bank of the river at Ascension in 1777; they owned a slave by then.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Breaux, Landry, and Lecompte families.  Charles, fils may have died at Ascension in April 1804; he would have been 66 years old that year.  His only son remained in Ascension Parish and had many sons of his own. 

Léger, by his second wife, born probably at Ascension in c1783, married distant cousin Anne Louise, Élise, or Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in October 1807.  They settled in nearby Iberville Parish.  Their son Léger Valsin was born in November 1808, Philibert Trasimond in April 1810, Jean Rosémond in January 1812, Duval in October 1813, Marcellin in March 1817, Narcisse Pharaon in October 1818, Colin Suriaque in March 1820, and Gervais Stanislas in March 1828.  Léger died "at his home in Iberville parish" in November 1837; he was 54 years old. 

Jean Rosémond died in Ascension Parish in May 1838.  He was only 25 years old and probably did not marry. 

Léger Valsin married Aspasie, daughter of French Creole Honoré Grégoire, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1839. ...

Descendants of Jacques LANDRY (c1743-1783)

Jacques, second son of Charles Landry and Marie LeBlanc, born probably at Pigiguit in c1743, was deported to Maryland with his family in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him and his siblings at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He married fellow Acadian Francoise Blanchard probably in Maryland in the mid-1760s.  They followed his family to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  They owned 2 slaves in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Bergeron, Duhon, and Mollere families.  Jacques died at Ascension in December 1783; he was only 40 years old.  Only half of his six sons seem to have created families of their own, and one of them had no sons. 

1

Oldest son Victor, born probably at Ascension in c1768, died at age 3 or 4 in August 1772. 

2

Donat died at Ascension, age 20 months, in September 1772. 

3

Jacques, fils, born at Ascension in January 1779, died in Ascension Parish in July 1829.  He was 50 years old and does not seem to have married.   

4

Jacques- or Joseph-Désiré, called Désiré, born at Ascension in January 1782, married Rosalie Justine or Justine Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Marie Richard, at St.-Jacques in July 1803.  Their daughters married into the Bouquet, Hamilton, and Landry families.  Désiré died in Ascension Parish in April 1823; the priest who recorded his burial said that Désiré was 43 years old when he died, but he was 41.  He and his wife had no sons, so this line of the family, except of its blood, died with him. 

5

A second Donat, this one a twin, born at Ascension in November 1783 a month before his father died, married distant cousin Anne or Marie Élise or Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Melançon, at Ascension in May 1805; Marie's mother was a Landry.  Their son Donat, fils died at Ascension 2 days after his birth in January 1807, Paul Onésime was born in December 1807, Ursin in September 1808, and Joseph Valentin in Assumption Parish in July 1813.  Their daughter married into the Dugas family.  Donat died in Ascension Parish in May 1836; he was 52 years old. 

Joseph Valentin married distant cousin Christine Élisabeth, daughter of Auguste Hyacinth Landry, at the Donalsonville church, Ascension parish, in June 1839. ...

6

Victor-Martin, Donat's twin, married distant cousin Anne Jeanne, called Jeanette, another daughter of Joseph Melançon, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1808.  Their son Gédéon was born in Ascension Parish in December 1808, and Joseph Ursin in January 1820.  Their daughters married into the Babin and LeBlanc families.  Victor died in Ascension Parish in March 1838; he was 54 years old. 

Descendants of Francois LANDRY (?-1783?)

Francois, son of Charles Landry and Marie LeBlanc, was born probably at Pigiguit and was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him and his siblings at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He followed his siblings to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married fellow Acadian Marie-Rose LeBlanc in May 1768.  Francois may have died at St.-Jacques in 1783.  The priest who recorded the burial of Francois Landry, "First Sergeant of Militia," did not bother to give his parents' names, mention a wife, or give his age at the time of his death. 

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1752-)

Joseph, son of Charles Landry and Marie LeBlanc, born probably at Pigiguit in c1752, was deported to Maryland with his family in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him and his siblings at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He followed his older brother Jacques to Louisiana in 1766 and settled with him at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Spanish officials counted him with his brother's family on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at Ascension in 1770.  He may have been the Joseph Landry who married first to Madeleine LeBlanc and then to Madeleine Babin, widow of Charles Babin, at Ascension in November 1781. One wonders if his line survived in the Bayou State.

Pierre, perhaps by his second wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in December 1785, may have died young. 

Descendants of Jean LANDRY (c1752-)

Jean, eldest son of Pierre Landry dit Pierrot à Jaque and his first wife Geneviève Broussard, born probably at Pigiguit in c1752, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.   He came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Spanish officials counted him on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  He married distant cousin Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard, at nearby St.-Gabriel in October 1788; Marie-Josèphe's mother was a Landry; Marie-Josèphe also was a sister of Jean's brother Jean-Baptiste's second wife.  Their daughters married into the Bercegeay, Dannequin, Edwin, Gaudin, Hatkinson, Lavergne (French Creole, not Acadian), LeBlanc, and Richard families.  Both of Jean's sons failed to create families of their own, so this line of the family, except for its blood, did not survive in the Bayou State. 

1

Older son Toussaint, born near St.-Gabriel in November 1789, died in Ascension Parish in October 1825.  He was only 35 years old and probably did not marry. 

2

Younger son Valéry, born at Ascension in July 1806, died in Ascension Parish in October 1822.  He was only 16 years old. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste LANDRY (c1756-)

Jean-Baptiste, second son of Pierre Landry dit Pierrot à Jaque and his first wife Geneviève Broussard, born probably in Maryland in c1756, came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Spanish officials counted him on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  He married distant cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Charles LeBlanc, at nearby St.-Gabriel in November 1786; Marie's mother was a Landry.  Jean-Baptiste remarried to distant cousin Anne-Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard, at St.-Gabriel in August 1788; Anne-Marguerite's mother was a Landry; Anne-Marguerite also was a sister of his brother Jean's wife.  ...

Jean Narcisse, by his second wife, born in Ascension Parish in May 1808, ...

Firmin LANDRY (c1759-)

Firmin, third son of Pierre Landry dit Pierrot à Jaque and his first wife Geneviève Broussard, born probably in Maryland in c1759, came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Spanish officials counted him on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  He married Francoise Sally, called Sally, daughter of Anselm Scantien of New England, at Ascension in August 1782.  They may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

Descendants of Paul LANDRY (c1762-1829?)

Paul, fourth and youngest son of Pierre Landry dit Pierrot à Jaque and his first wife Geneviève Broussard, born probably in Maryland in c1762, came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Spanish officials counted him on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  He married Marie-Francoise, called Francoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre-Paul Hébert, at nearby St.-Gabriel in June 1787.  They settled at Ascension.  Their daughters married into the Amiraty, Landry and LeBlanc families.  Paul may have remarried to fellow Acadian Ludovine LeBlanc, widow of Donat Landry of Iberville Parish, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1825; if so, he would have been 63 years old.  Paul may have died in Ascension Parish in November 1829; the priest who recorded his burial said that Paul was "age ca. 60 yrs.," but this Paul would have been closer to 67. 

1

Oldest son Simon-Julien, called Julien, from his first wife, born at Ascension in February 1794, married Rosalie Justine, called Justine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Breaux, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in May 1816.  Their son Pierre Théodule was born in Ascension Parish in June 1819, Félix Valcourt in July 1827, and Simon Homere in April 1832.  ...

Pierre Théodule died in Ascension Parish in October 1839.  He was only 20 years old and probably did not marry. 

2

Pierre-Paul, by his first wife, born at Ascension in November 1795, married Marie Denise, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Theriot, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in January 1823.  Their son Pierre, fils was born in Ascension Parish in January 1828.  ...

3

Élie-Léger or -Lazare, by his first wife, born at Ascension in January 1804, died at age 7 years, 8 months, in September 1811. 

4

Onésime, by his first wife, born at Ascension in January 1806, married Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadian Urbain Breaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1833.  ...

5

Youngest son Jean Baptiste, by his first wife, born in Ascension Parish in June 1808, ...

Descendants of Joseph dit Belhomme LANDRY (c1752-1814)

Joseph dit Belhomme, son of Joseph Landry and Marie-Josèphe Bourg, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1752, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  Joseph, fils came to Louisiana with his family in 1766 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he was called Belhomme.  Spanish officials counted him alone on the right, or west, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and with his widowed mother on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770.  He married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Désiré LeBlanc, at Ascension in April 1775, and remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Bujole, at Ascension in November 1779; Anne was a sister of his sister Gertrude's husband Augustin.  Their daughters married into the Constant, Duffel, Hopkins, LeBlanc, Pedesclaux, Poursine, and Vives families.  Joseph served as lieutenant of the Ascension company of militia in 1794, was ad interim commandant of Acadians at Ascension from 1799 to 1803, was elected to the Louisiana state Senate in July 1812, and owned New Hope Plantation in Ascension Parish, where he grew indigo, sugar, and corn.  He also owned a retail sugar business.  He died in Ascension Parish in October 1814; he was 62 years old.  According to one source, he was paid high tribute by the church.  A mausoleum was dedicated to him and his family at the Church of the Ascension, Donaldsonville.   His sons became major sugar planters in Ascension and St. James parishes, and, following in his father's political footsteps, youngest son Jean Trasimond served as lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the late 1840s. 

1

Oldest son Louis, by his first wife, born at Ascension in May 1776, described by the recording priest as a "soldier of the militia," married Marguerite-Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of Jean Vives of Spain, at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in January 1803; Carmelite's mother, also, was a Bujole, and Carmelite was Louis's stepmother's sister.  Their son Onésime Théodule was born in Ascension Parish in May 1809, Achille Édouard in April 1812 but died at age 7 in April 1819, and Pierre Théodule was born in December 1814.  Their daughters married into the Corvaisier, Dugas, Gourrier, and Landry families.  Louis remarried to French Creole Clémence Lessard, widow of Butler Gilbert, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1824; he was 47 years old.  Their son Louis Lessard was born in Ascension Parish in December 1824, and Joseph Homer in September 1827.  Louis died in Ascension Parish in June 1831; the priest who recorded his burial said that Louis was 60 years old when he died, but he was "only" 55; the priest also said that Louis's mother was Anne Bujol, but his date of birth suggests that his mother was his father's first wife, Élisabeth LeBlanc.

2

Achille-Toussaint, by his second wife, born at Ascension in November 1784, married Marie Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Breaux, at St.-Jacques in August 1806.  Their son Joseph was born at Ascension in July 1807, Joseph Achille, called Achille, fils, near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in February 1809, Francois Amédée, called Amédée, in November 1809, and Joseph Gustave in December 1818.  Their daughter married into the Turnillon family.  Achille Toussaint died in Ascension Parish in November 1823; he was only 39 years old.  His widow remarried to Achille's younger brother Trasimond. 

2a

Joseph married first cousin M. Edelvina or Ethelvina, daughter of his uncle Narcisse Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1827; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Pierre was born in Ascension Parish in January 1831, Lazare St. Jacques in December 1833, Louis Aubrey near Convent, St. James Parish, in June 1836, and Pierre Armand in October 1837.  ...

2b

Achille, fils married Marie Gertrude, called Gertrude, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in October 1831.  Their son Joseph Trouard was born near St. Gabriel in February 1838.  ...

2c

Amédée married first cousin Marie Anne Emma, called Emma, another daughter of his uncle Narcisse Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1834; they, too, had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity.  Their son Joseph Octave was born in Ascension Parish in June 1835.  ...

3

Philippe-Ursin, called Ursin, from his second wife, born probably at Ascension in May 1785 and baptized at New Orleans in December 1789, married Marie Clémence, called Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire LeBlanc, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in May 1810.  Their son Joseph Jules, called Jules, was born in Ascension Parish in February 1811, Ursin, fils in October 1817 but died at age 1 1/2 in July 1819, Joseph Philippe Adolph in August 1819, and Philippe Ursin in January 1823.  Their daughter married into the Butterly family.  Ursin died in Ascension Parish in June 1831; the priest who recorded his burial said that Ursin was 44 years old when he died, but he was 46. 

Joseph Jules married Marie Eloise, called Eloise, daughter of French Creole Jean Louis Picou, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1830, and remarried to distant cousin Marie Aimée, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard, at the Donaldsonville church in February 1837; Marie's mother, also, was a LeBlanc. ...

4

Joseph-Narcisse, called Narcisse, from his second wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in October 1786, married distant cousin Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Blanchard, at Ascension in February 1807; Henriette's mother, also, was a Bujole.  Their son Narcisse Joseph, fils was born in Ascension Parish in February 1816 but died at age 3 years, 2 months, in March 1819, Joseph Aristide was born in July 1817, Joseph Narcisse, called Narcisse, in July 1821 but died at age 1 in September 1822, and Joseph Hercules was born in October 1826 but died at age 4 1/2 months the following March.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Landry, and Vives families.  Narcisse remarried to Marie Géralde, called Géralde, daughter of French Creole Joseph Comes and widow of Auguste Jacques Dubor, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1829; he was in his early 40s.  Their son Vincent de Paul was baptized at the Donaldsonville church, age unrecorded, in November 1831 but died at age "several months" the following January, and Hercule Pierre or Pierre Hercule was born in June 1833 but died at age 9 months in April 1834.  ...

Joseph Aristide married first cousin Anne Estelle, daughter of his uncle Louis Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1838; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  ...

5

Isidore-Valéry, called Valéry, from his second wife, born at Ascension in April 1790, married Félicité Désirée, called Désirée, daughter of French Creole Jean Renaud or Reynaud of New Orleans, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in August 1815.  Valéry became a "sugar maker."  His son Philippe was born in Ascension Parish in February 1821, Reynaud Jacques Prosper in March 1826, Louis Valéry in September 1827, Casimir Octave in August 1829 but died at age 1 in August 1830, and Joseph Reynaud was born in July 1834 but died at age 2 1/2 in January 1837.  Their daughters married into the Duffel family.  ...

6

Youngest son Jean-Trasimond, called Trasimond, from his second wife, born at Ascension in December 1795, married Marie Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Breaux and widow of older brother Achille, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1825.  Their son Jean Trasimond, fils was born in Ascension Parish in March 1831, and Samuel Joseph in October 1832.  Trasimond served as lieutenant governor of the State of Louisiana in the late 1840s.  ...

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The second contingent of Landrys from Maryland--40 more members of the family--arrived in July 1767.  Like the 1766 arrivals, these Landrys were from the Minas Basin and had been deported to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  They would have preferred to join their fellow exiles from Maryland at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, but Spanish governor Ulloa insisted that they settle in a new Acadian community, St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, also called St.-Gabriel de Manchac, on the river above Cabanocé.  Communication between St.-Gabriel and Cabanocé was easy via the river, so this second contingent of Maryland arrivals acquiesced into going there.  As a result, the stretch of river from Cabanocé up through St.-Gabriel became known as the Acadian Coast:

Jean-Baptiste Landry of Pigiguit, age 57, a widower, came with five children, Marguerite, age 30, Marie-Madeleine, age 20, Marie-Rose, called Rose, age 18, Jean-Athanase, age 16, and Marie-Perpétué, age 13.  Jean-Baptiste did not remarry.  His daughters married into the Breaux, Landry, and Richard families and remained at St.-Gabriel.  Jean-Baptiste died before February 1777, when he was listed as deceased in a daughter's marriage record.  Daughter Rose died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1821, in her early 70s.  Son Jean-Athanase moved on to Ascension and the upper Bayou Lafourche valley.

Anne Flan of Port-Royal, age 56, widow of Alexandre Landry, came with six children--Anselme, age 38, still a bachelor, Paul-Marie, age 23, Firmin, age 19, Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, age 16, Jean, age 14, and Anne, age 12.  A daughter named Josèphe, who would have been age 20 in 1767, also may have come with them. They remained at St.-Gabriel.  Daughter Anne married into the Richard family.  Marguerite married into the LeBlanc family and died a widow at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1814, in her early 60s. 

Augustin Landry, "père," of Pigiguit, age 48, came with second wife Marie-Madeleine Babin, age 49, and six children--Marie, age 20, Joseph-Marie, age 19, Joseph-Ignace, called Ignace, age 14, Mathurin, age 12, Marguerite, age 5, and Madeleine, age 3.  They remained at St.-Gabriel and had no more children.  Augustin died at St.-Gabriel in May 1781, age 62.  Daughter Marguerite married into the LeBlanc family and, like her brothers, settled at St.-Gabriel, where she died in July 1834, in her early 70s.  Daughter Madeleine may also have married into the LeBlanc family and settled at St.-Gabriel, where she may have died in June 1786, in her early 20s. 

Judith-Marguerite Landry, age 40, came with husband Jean-Charles LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 53, and five children, ages 15 to 1.  They remained at St.-Gabriel. 

Marie Landry, age 38, widow of Alexis Granger, came with her 10-year-old daughter, unmarried sister Élisabeth, or Isabelle, age 33, and brother Pierre, age 30, also unmarried.  Marie remarried to Joseph, son of fellow Acadian Pierre Sonnier of Petitcoudiac, at nearby Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in November 1767 and settled at St.-Jacques, where she had another daughter.  She died at St.-Jacques before January 1777, when her husband was listed in a census without a wife.  Sister Élisabeth remained at St.-Gabriel, where she married twice, first to Étienne, son of fellow Acadian Étienne Rivet and widower of Claire Foret, in June or July 1774, and then to distant cousin Augustin, son of Joseph Landry and widower of Marie Foret, in August 1786.  Brother Pierre died at St.-Gabriel in April 1780, age 43.  He probably never married. 

Jean Landry, age 23, came with wife Ursule Landry, age 30, daughter Élisabeth or Isabelle, age 11, brother-in-law Joseph Landry, age 24, and orphan Marie ____, age 4 1/2.  They remained on the river.  Joseph may have settled at nearby Ascension. 

Rose-Osite, called Osite, Landry of Minas, age 32, came with husband Joseph Castille of Menorca, Spain, and four children, ages 14 to 4.  They moved to the Atakapas District in the 1770s. 

Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Landry, age 30, came with husband Mathurin Richard of Pigiguit, age 25, and no children.  They moved to the Opelousas District in the 1770s. 

Marie-Josèphe Landry, age 29, came with husband Joseph Blanchard of Grand-Pré, age 38, and three children, ages 9, 5, and 1.  Marie-Josèphe remarried to Ignace, son of fellow Acadian Dominique Babin and widower of Marguerite Boudreaux, at nearby St.-Jacques in February 1778.  Soon after their marriage, they moved to the Atakapas District and settled at Grand Prairie on upper Bayou Vermilion. 

Anne Landry, age 27, came with husband Alexandre Hébert of Grand-Pré, age 31, and no children.  They remained at St.-Gabriel but had no children.  Anne died there in October 1788; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 46 years old when she died. 

Another Anne Landry, also age 27, came with husband Joseph Hébert, age 27, and an infant daughter.  They remained at St.-Gabriel, where Anne died in September 1802; she was 62 years old and a widow. 

Francois-Sébastien Landry, age 26, came with wife Marguerite LeBlanc, age 23, and two daughters--Rose, or Rosalie, age 3, and infant Isabelle.  They had more children in Louisiana and settled at Ascension and on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Athanase Landry, age 25, came with wife Marie-Madeleine Hébert, age 24, and no children.  They remained at St.-Gabriel, where their children were born. 

Marie-Josèphe Landry, age 25, came alone.  She married distant cousin Pierre dit La Vielliarde, son of Pierre Landry and widower of Élisabeth Dupuis, at St.-Gabriel in November 1767 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Hyacinthe Landry, age 24, came with wife Marguerite Landry, also age 24, and no children.  They remained at St.-Gabriel, where their children were born. 

Marie-Claire Landry, age 22, came with husband Amand Hébert of Grand-Pré, age 27, and no children.  They remained at St.-Gabriel, where Marie-Claire died by Marcy 1777, when her husband was listed in a St.-Gabriel census as a widower. 

Descendants of Jean LANDRY (c1732-)

Jean Landry, born probably at Minas in c1732, was deported to Maryland in 1755.  He married distant cousin Ursule, daughter of Pierre Landry, probably in Maryland in the late 1750s or early 1760s.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  They came to Louisiana with a daughter, her brother, and a young orphan in 1767 and settled near St.-Gabriel.  Their daughter married into the Melançon family.  Jean and Ursule may have had no sons, at least none who established families of their own.  If so, this line of the family, except for its blood, would have died with them. 

Pierre LANDRY, fils (c1737-1780)

Pierre, fils, elder son of Pierre Landry and Claire Babin, born probably at Minas in c1737, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his siblings at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with two sisters and a niece in 1767 and settled near St.-Gabriel.  He died near St.-Gabriel in April 1780, age 43.  He probably never married. 

Descendants of Athanase LANDRY (c1742-)

Athanase, younger son of Pierre Landry and Claire Babin, born probably at Minas in c1742, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his siblings at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He married fellow Acadian Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, Hébert in Maryland in the mid-1760s.  They came to Louisiana in 1767 with no children and settled at St.-Gabriel, where their children were born.  Spanish officials counted them on the "left bank ascending" at St.-Gabriel in 1777.  Their daughters married into the ______ and Melançon families.  ...

1

Oldest son Denis, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1774, married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Melançon, probably at St.-Gabriel in the 1790s.  They settled along Bayou Plaquemine on the west side of the river.  Their twin sons Francois and Magloire were born at St.-Gabriel in June 1802, Élie in September 1807, and Ursin in July 1815 but died at age 7 (the St. Gabriel priest said 9) in July 1822.  Their daughters married into the Bruneau, Devillier, and Truxillo families.  Denis died probably at his home on Bayou Plaquemine in January 1835; he was 60 years old. 

2

Joseph-Donat, called Donat, born probably near St.-Gabriel in the mid-1770s, married distant cousin Angèle, daughter of Charles Landry, at Ascension in January 1796.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Harrison, Landry, and LeBlanc families.  Angèle died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in July 1815; she was only 37 years old.  Donat remarried to distant cousin Marie Luce, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre LeBlanc and widow of Joseph LeBlanc, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in August 1816; Marie Luce's mother was a Landry.  He may have fathered no sons by either of his wives; if so, his line of the family, except for its blood, would have died with him. 

3

Joseph, born near St.-Gabriel in September 1777, died at age 7 in July 1784. 

4

Youngest son Jérôme-Louis, born near St.-Gabriel in July 1781, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Anselme LANDRY (c1738-)

Anselme, eldest son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born at Minas in c1738, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his widowed mother and siblings at Baltimore in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana probably in 1767 with his family and settled at St.-Gabriel, where he married distant cousin Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Landry of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in April 1769, and remarried to Osite, perhaps also called Agathe, Landry probably at St.-Gabriel in the early 1770s.  Spanish officials counted them on the "right bank ascending" at St-Gabriel in 1777.  His daughters may have married into the Babin, Binfrede, Breaux, and Landry families.  His sons settled at St.-Gabriel and in nearby Ascension.  ...

1

Oldest son Anselme-Bénoni, called Bénoni, from his first wife, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in June 1770, died at Ascension in February 1789.  He was only 18 years old and probably did not marry. 

2

Joseph-Eusèbe, called Eusèbe, by his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1774, married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Babin, at Ascension in February 1795.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin.  ...

3

Youngest son Pierre, by his second wife, married Renée, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Gaudin, at Ascension in April 1802.  Their son Pierre Drosin was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1812.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Lavergne (French Creole, not Acadian) families.  ...

Descendants of Paul-Marie LANDRY (c1744-1794?)

Paul-Marie, second son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born at Minas in c1744, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his widowed mother and siblings at Baltimore in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1767 and settled at St.-Gabriel.  He married Brigitte, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Babin, at nearby Ascension in February 1772.  Spanish officials counted them on the "left bank ascending" at St.-Gabriel in 1777; they owned 12 head of cattle, 10 hogs, and 18 fowl on their 6 arpents of frontage on the river.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Breaux, and Gallagher families.  He may have been the Paul Landry who died at St.-Gabriel in November 1794.  If so, he would have been 50 years old when he died. 

1

Oldest son Jean, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1772, moved to the Atakapas District, where he died in December 1803.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Jean was 28 years old when he died, but he was 31.  He probably did not marry.

2

Grégoire, born at Ascension in December 1775, died near St.-Gabriel in August 1799.  He was only 23 years old and did not marry. 

3

Hippolyte, born probably near St.-Gabriel in c1777, married Marie Scholastique, called Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1807.  Their twin sons Jean and Joseph Hippolyte were born near St. Gabriel in October 1808 but Joseph Hippolyte died at age 6 in August 1814, and Joseph Thomasin was born in August 1812.  Hippolyte died near St. Gabriel in January 1815; he was only 38 years old. 

Joseph Thomasin married Iréné, Lucie, or Lucile Virginie, daughter of French Creole Joseph Capdeville, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1834; Virginie's mother was an Henry.  Their son Joseph Thomasin, fils was born near St. Gabriel in June 1835, Hippolyte le jeune in February 1837, and Jean Baptiste Théophile in January 1839.  ...

4

Paul-Antoine, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in 1780, may have died young. 

5

Joseph, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1786, married Rosalie, daughter of Anglo-American Ignace Hamilton, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1813.  Their son Louis Dorval or Erville was born probably near St. Gabriel in the early 1810s.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin.  ...

Louis Dorval married Jeanne Elina, daughter of French Creole Armand Robert, at St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1836, and remarried to Modeste Adeline, daughter of French Creole Joseph Capdeville, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in September 1838; Modeste's mother was an Henry. ...

6

Blaise, born at Ascension or St.-Gabriel in c1791, died at St.-Gabriel, age 8, in March 1800.

7

Jean-Baptiste, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1792, may gave died young. 

8

Youngest son Augustin, born near St.-Gabriel in July 1794, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Firmin LANDRY (c1748-1792)

Firmin, third son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born at Minas in c1748, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his widowed mother and siblings at Baltimore in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana in 1767 with his family and settled at St.-Gabriel.  He married fellow Acadian Marie LeBlanc probably at St.-Gabriel in the late 1760s.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family.  Firmin remarried to Louise-Ludivine, called Ludivine or Divine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Babin, at nearby Ascension in February 1774.  Spanish officials counted them on the "right bank ascending" at St.-Gabriel in 1777; they owned a single slave by then.  Their daughters married into the Allain, Brasseaux, Hébert, and Vives families.  Firmin remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie-Hélène, daughter of Anglo-American Joseph Hamilton, at St.-Gabriel in February 1792.  Firmin died at St.-Gabriel in September 1792; he was only 44 years old. 

1

Oldest son Hippolyte, by his second wife, born probably near St.-Gabriel in c1770, married cousin Marie Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Richard, at St.-Gabriel in October 1795; Marguerite's mother was Anne Landry; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of relationship in order to marry.  Their son Achille was born near St.-Gabriel in December 1801, Jean Hippolyte Labiere in August 1804, twins Fostin and Sosthène in April 1806, and Hippolyte Thomas, called Thomas, in March 1818.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Dupuis, and Viel families.  Hippolyte died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1820; he was 50 years old. 

1a

Achille married Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1824, and remarried to distant cousin Béatrice, daughter of fellow Acadian Abraham Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church in January 1828; Béatrice's mother was a Landry.  Their newborn infant, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died near St. Gabriel in October 1828, and another newborn infant, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died in November 1829.  Achille may have died near St. Gabriel in March 1830; if so, he would have been only 28 years old.  His line of the family may have died with him. 

1b

Fostin, called Faustin by the recording priest, died near St. Gabriel in October 1831.  He was only 25 years old and probably did not marry. 

1c

Thomas died at his brother-in-law Eugène Breaux's home near St. Gabriel in November 1835.  Thomas was only 17 1/2 years old when he died and probably did not marry. 

2

Firmin-Paul, by his second wife, born at Ascension in January 1775, may have died at New Orleans in January 1803.  The priest who recorded "Fermin''s burial said that he was "native of Maryland in the United States of America" and was "cir. 32 yr." old when he died, but Firmin-Paul would have been only 28 that year.  He probably did not marry. 

3

Pierre-Ferdinand, called Ferdinand, from his second wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in March 1777, married distant cousin Clarisse, daughter of Paul Landry, at Ascension in November 1805.  Their son Pierre Paul was born in Ascension Parish in December 1808 but died at age 2 years, 9 months, in September 1811, Ferdinand Colin was born in October 1812 but died at age 5 in September 1817, Valmon was born near Baton Rouge in December 1814, Trasimond Sefranis was baptized at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, age unrecorded, in April 1817, Jean Auguste Rosémond was born in May 1821, and Philippe Ferdinand in August 1828.  ...

4

Pierre-Augustin or -Auguste, called Augustin or Auguste, from his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in November 1780, married Marie-Rose or -Clémence, also called Clémence-Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Richard, at the St.-Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1808.  Their son Auguste Valmond was born near St. Gabriel in July 1813.  Their daughter married into the Allain family.  Augustin, père remarried to Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church in January 1823.  Their son Augustin, fils was born near St. Gabriel in January 1824 but died at age 8 1/2 months the following September.  ...

5

Simon, by his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1782, married Madeleine, Marie, or Manon, also called Marie Francoise Anstanore, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Hébert, at St. Gabriel in February 1805.  Their son Simon, fils was born near St. Gabriel in May 1807, and Hermogène in March 1818.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Jeffries families.  Simon, père, described by the recording priest as "formerly a captain of the militia," died near St. Gabriel in November 1838; he was 56 years old. 

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Simon, fils married Telcide, daughter of fellow Acadian Abraham Arceneaux of St. James Parish, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1833.  Simon, fils died near St. Gabriel in May 1834; he was only 27 years old. 

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Hermogène married Estelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Placide LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1837. ...

6

Youngest son Firmin-Dava or Davot, by his third wife, born posthumously near St.-Gabriel in November 1792, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Comeaux, probably at St. Gabriel in the late 1810s.  Their son Firmin Dava or Davot, fils was baptized at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, age unrecorded, in March 1818, and Adolphe in October 1819.  Firmin Davot, père remarried to Marie Melisaire, called Melisaire, daughter of fellow Acadian Arsène Breaux and widow of Gilbert Comeaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1823.  Their son Joseph Austin was born near St. Gabriel in July 1829.  ...

Firmin Davot, fils died near St. Gabriel in October 1839.  He was only 22 years old and did not marry. 

Jean LANDRY (c1753-)

Jean, fourth and youngest son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born at Minas in c1753, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his widowed mother and siblings at Baltimore in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana in 1767 with his family and settled near St.-Gabriel.  He may have died young. 

Descendants of Hyacinthe LANDRY (c1743-1792)

Hyacinthe, elder son of Jean-Baptiste Landry and Anne Babin, born probably at Pigiguit in c1743, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his widowed father and siblings at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He married distant cousin Marguerite, daughter of René Landry, in Maryland in the mid-1760s.  They came to Louisiana in 1767 with no children and settled near St.-Gabriel, where Spanish officials counted them on the "right bank ascending" in 1777; they owned a single slave by then.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Broussard, Henry, LeBlanc, and Melançon families.  Hyacinthe died near St.-Gabriel in December 1792; he was only 49 years old.  Marguerite may have died in nearby Ascension Parish in May 1816, in her early 70s. 

1

Older son Jean-Baptiste married distant cousin Madeleine-Marie or Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Simon Landry, at Ascension in May 1790.  They may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

2

Younger son Auguste- or Augustin-Hyacinthe, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in October 1779, married Marguerite Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Babin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in April 1818.  Their son Adélard was born in Ascension Parish in January 1819, Alfred in December 1824, Eugène Léon in July 1830, and Lazare Gustave in September 1832.  Their daughters married Landry cousins.  ...

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1743-)

Joseph, son of Pierre Landry and Marie-Claire Babin, born probably at Minas in c1743, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with a sister at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his sister, brother-in-law, a niece, and an orphan in 1767 and settled near St.-Gabriel, where he may have married fellow Acadian Marguerite LeBlanc in the late 1760s or early 1770s, or his wife may have been Madeleine Babin.  A daughter of Joseph Landry and Madeleine Babin married into the Breaux family at St.-Gabriel.

Joseph-Donat, called Donat, perhaps his son by Marguerite LeBlanc, born at St.-Gabriel in March 1773, married Geneviève, daughter of French or Spanish Creole Louis Estivan, Stephen, Stieven, or Stiven of Manchac, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1805; Geneviève's mother was a Babin. They remained on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Descendants of Joseph-Marie LANDRY (c1748-)

Joseph-Marie, eldest son of Augustin Landry and his second wife Marie-Madeleine Babin, born probably at Pigiguit in c1748, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his family at Upper Marlborough in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1767 and settled near St.-Gabriel.  He married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Jean Pivauteau of St.-Gabriel, at nearby Ascension in December 1783.  They settled near St.-Gabriel.  Their daughters married into the Brown, Guilbeau, Lapointe, Templet, and Trahan families, and some settled on the western prairies.  Daughter Marie gave birth to son Grégoire near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in March 1814; the priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name. 

1

Oldest son Joseph, fils, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1794, may have died in Ascension Parish in February 1817.  If so, he would have been only 23 years old and still single. 

2

Édouard, born near St.-Gabriel in August 1797, may have married distant cousin Marie Emilie Landry at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in the 1820s. Their son Euchere was born near St. Gabriel in July 1826.  ...

3

Youngest son Anaclet, a twin, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1801, ...

Descendants of Joseph-Ignace LANDRY (c1753-)

Joseph-Ignace, called Ignace, second son of Augustin Landry and his second wife Marie-Madeleine Babin, born probably at Pigiguit in c1753, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his family at Upper Marlborough in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1767 and settled near St.-Gabriel.  He married distant cousin Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Breaux and sister of his brother Mathurin's wife, at nearby Ascension in February 1776; Scholastique's mother was a Landry.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  Joseph-Ignace remarried to Olive-Élisabeth, or -Isabelle, called Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Honoré Breaux, at St.-Gabriel in October 1787.  Olive-Élisabeth had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  ...

1

Oldest son Louis, by his first wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in May 1777, may have died young. 

2

Joseph-Manuel or Manuel-Joseph, called Manuel or Emmanuel, from his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in August 1781, married Clarisse Céleste, called Céleste, daughter of French Creole Pierre Bruneteau, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1808; Céleste's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Manuel Dorville was born near St. Gabriel in September 1809, and Jean was born in c1812 but died at age 11 in March 1823.  Their daughters married into the Bujole and Leveque families.  ...

3

Joseph-Auguste, by his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1783, may have died young. 

4

Élie, by his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1790, married Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1813.  Their son Maximilien was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in July 1816, Jean Trasimond in July 1818, Adolphe in September 1820, Octave in October 1825, Drosin in February 1828, and Joseph Jules near Baton Rouge in January 1831.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin.  ...

5

Raphaël, by his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1792, married fellow Acadian Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, Breaux and settled in Ascension Parish.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Broussard families.  Raphaël remarried to Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Malo Guidry, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in August 1825.  Their son Joseph Célestin was born near Baton Rouge in May 1826 but died at age 3 1/2 in October 1829, Jules was born in May 1835, and Joseph A. in June 1839. ...

6

Narcisse, by his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1794, probably died young. 

7

Another Narcisse, by his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1796, married Marguerite or Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1819; Narcisse was living at Baton Rouge at the time of his marriage.  Their son Pierre Bélisaire was born probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in June 1824, Joseph Amédée in December 1828, and Trasimond in August 1839.  ...

8

Valérien, by his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1798, married Marie or Julie Emeranthe or Eulalie, called Emeranthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1825.  Their son Joseph Valérien was born near Baton Rouge in August 1826, Pierre Ulysse near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1833, and Jacques Adolphe in May 1835.  ...

9

Youngest son Élie-Onésime, called Onésime, from his second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1800, married Jeanne Josephine, Varbine or Zerbine, called Josephine, daughter of fellow Acadian Magloire Dupuis, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1825.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. Their son Léon was born in August 1826 but died at age 3 in September 1829, Edmond was born in February 1828 but died at age 7 1/2 in June 1836, and Jules Oscar was born in September 1833.  Onésime died in West Baton Rouge Parish in April 1837; the priest who recorded his burial said that Onésime "of Iberville" was 40 years old when he died, but he was only 37. 

Descendants of Mathurin LANDRY (c1755-1808)

Mathurin, third and youngest son of Augustin Landry and his second wife Marie-Madeleine Babin, born at either Pigiguit or in Maryland in c1755, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his family at Upper Marlborough in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1767 and settled near St.-Gabriel.  He married distant cousin Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Breaux and sister of his brother Joseph-Ignace's wife, at nearby Ascension in May 1779; Perpétué's mother was a Landry.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family.  Mathurin remarried to distant cousin Marie-Apolline, called Apolline, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Hébert, at St.-Gabriel in February 1800; Apolline's mother was a Landry.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their daughter married into the Bernard du Montier family.  Mathurin died probably near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in January 1808; he was 53 years old. 

1

Oldest son Joseph-Xavier, called Xavier and Janvier, from his first wife, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in April 1780, married Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Foret, at St. Gabriel in February 1805.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Landry Xavier, called Xavier, was born in February 1806, Pierre Treville, called Treville, in August 1807, Galein was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, age 1, in October 1823, and Joseph Octave was born in November 1825.  Their daughters married into the Ferbose and Hébert families.  Xavier died probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in January 1831; he was 50 years old. 

1a

Landry Xavier married Marie Iréné, called Iréné, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Trahan of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1827.  Their son Romain Deozor was born probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in October 1828.  ...

1b

Pierre Treville married cousin Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Moïse Foret and widow of Jean Pierre Laguionie, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1830. ...

2

Pierre-Dosité, by his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1781, may have died young. 

3

Joseph, by his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1790, married Josephine, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Daigle, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in either March 1810 or January 1811.  Their son Narcisse was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in December 1815, and Ulysse near Baton Rouge in December 1826.  Their daughter married into the Vaughn family.  ...

4

Ursin, by his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in May 1791, married Marie Emeranthe, called Emeranthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Hébert, at Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1813.  Their son Ursin Amédée, called Amédée, was born near Baton Rouge in March 1827, Joseph Alfred in September 1832, and Jean Baptiste Oscar in December 1834.  Their daughters married into the Bernard du Montier and Labauve families.  ...

5

Landry, by his second wife, born probably near Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in April 1803, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Zéphirin Daigle, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in August 1828.  Their son Ulysses Mathurin was born near Baton Rouge in July 1829, and Jules in Iberville Parish in August 1832.  ...

6

Youngest son Jean Dorville, called Dorville, from his second wife, born probably near Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in December 1804, married Marie Aureline, called Aureline, another daughter of Louis Daigle, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1827.  Their son Célestin was born near Baton Rouge in February 1828, and Adolphe Dorville in September 1833.  ...

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The third and final contingent of Landrys from Maryland--22, maybe 23, more members of the family--arrived from Port Tobacco in February 1768 with the party led by Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit.  Governor Ulloa forced them to settle at Fort San Luis de Natchez, north of Baton Rouge, far from their kinsmen on the Acadian Coast.  A French-Creole-led revolt overthrew Ulloa in late 1768; the Breaus and their kinsmen no doubt applauded the ouster of the unpopular governor.  General Alejandro O'Reilly restored Spanish rule to the colony in 1769, ordered the consolidation of Spanish defenses on the river, and allowed the Acadians to leave Fort San Luis de Natchez, which would be abandoned.  After their release, the Landrys at Natchez moved downriver to the Acadian Coast settlements of St.-Gabriel, Ascension, and Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, to upper Bayou Lafourche, and even to the western prairies:

Catherine Landry of Minas, age 48, widow of Antoine Babin, came with seven children, ages 22 to 4.  They moved  to Ascension. 

Basile Landry of Pigiguit, age 41, came with wife Brigitte Boudrot, age 36, and two daughters--Susanne-Marie, age 12, and Madeleine, age 2.  They moved to the Atakapas District. 

Joseph Landry of Pigiguit, age 38, came with wife Marie-Madeleine Boudrot of Pigiguit, age 35, and three children--Joseph, fils, age 13, Simon, age 5, and Madeleine, age 3.  They moved to Ascension, where Joseph, père died in the early 1770s. 

Marie-Josèphe Landry, age 31, came with husband Joseph-Charles Breau of Pigiguit, age 34, and four children, ages 8 to infant.  They moved to St.-Gabriel, where Marie-Josèphe died, a widow, in October 1807, age 70. 

Mathurin Landry, age 34, came with wife Marie Babin, age 28, and two children--Marie-Ludivine, age 6, and Marcel, age 2.  He remarried to distant cousin Anne Landry, widow of ____ Dugas, at New Orleans in c1768.  They settled at Cabanocé and Ascension. 

Marguerite Landry, age 33, widow of Simon-Pierre Breau, came with five daughters, ages 14 to infant.  They settled on the Acadian Coast. 

Marguerite Landry, age 32, came with husband Antoine Breau, age 32, and five children, ages 17 to 4.  They settled at St.-Gabriel, where Marguerite died a widow in December 1790, age 54. 

Rose-Osite, called Osite, Landry, age 30, widow of Janvier Breau, came with three daughters, ages 5 to infancy.  Her daughters settled at St.-Gabriel and Ascension. 

Seven unmarried siblings, children of Joseph Landry of Minas--Madeleine, age 28, Augustin, age 25, Geneviève, age 23, Cécile, age 21, Alexandre, age 18, Pierre, age 16, and Anne-Madeleine, age 14--came to the colony together.  They settled at St.-Gabriel and St.-Jacques.  Madeleine married an Hébert, Geneviève a Bellot, Cécile a Rivet, and Anne-Madeleine a LeBlanc.  Madeleine died at St.-Gabriel in March 1788, in her late 40s.

Anne Landry, widow of ____ Dugas, would have been 22 years old in 1768.  She married distant cousin Mathurin, son of fellow Acadian Abraham Landry, at New Orleans in c1768 and settled with him at Cabanocé and then at Ascension, so she, too, may have come to the colony from Maryland with the Breau party. 

Descendants of Mathurin LANDRY (c1734-1806)

Mathurin, second son of Abraham Landry dit Petit Abram and his first wife Élisabeth LeBlanc, born probably at Pigiguit in c1734, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  He married fellow Acadian Marie Babin probably in Maryland in the late 1750s or early 1760s.  Colonial officials counted him, his wife, and a daughter at Port Tobacco, on the lower Potomac River, in July 1763.  They came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit and were forced to settled at San Luis de Natchez.  Their daughter married into the Dupuy family.  Mathurin remarried to distant cousin Anne Landry, widow of ____ Dugas, at New Orleans in c1768.  When the Spanish released the Acadians from Natchez in 1769, Mathurin and Anne settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770 and 1777; they owned a single slave in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Bujole, Comes, Dannequin, Dugas, and Gibosset families.  Mathurin died near St. Gabriel in 1806; the priest who recorded his burial said that Mathurin was 73 years old when he died.  Only one of his two sons seems to have created a family of his own. 

1

Older son Marcel, by his first wife, born in Maryland in c1766, probably died young. 

2

Younger son Joseph-Nicolas, by his second wife, born at Ascension in September 1774, married Susanne Marie Josèphe, daughter of French native Thomas Houardon Calegan, at Ascension in January 1804; Susanne's mother was a LePrince.  Susanne, born in Morlaix, France, had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, with her mother and maternal grandparents in 1785.  Their son Joseph Raymond Tranquille Mathurin, called Joseph Mathurin, was born at Ascension in July 1806, Joseph Ovide, called Ovide, in August 1808 but died at age 15 in August 1823, and Joseph Nicolas, fils was born in January 1821.  Their daughter married into the Gonzales family.  Joseph Nicolas, père died in Ascension Parish in November 1827; he was 53 years old. 

Joseph Mathurin married distant cousin Gertrude Melitine, daughter of Simon Béloni Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1828.  Their son Joseph Thomas was born in Ascension Parish in October 1828.  Joseph Mathurin, called Joseph Nicolas by the recording priest, died in Ascension Parish in October 1829; he was only 23 years old.

Descendants of Augustin LANDRY (c1743-1791)

Augustin, eldest son of Joseph Landry and Marie-Josèphe Richard, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1743, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his family at Port Tobacco, on the lower Potomac River, in July 1763.  He and his family came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit and was forced to settled at San Luis de Natchez.  He married fellow Acadian Anne-Marie, called Marie, Foret probably at St.-Gabriel in the early 1770s.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Melançon families.  Augustin remarried to distant cousin Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Landry, at St.-Gabriel in August 1786.  He died at St.-Gabriel in March 1791; he was only 48 years old.  His only son does not seem to have created a family of his own, so, except for its blood, this line of the family may have died with Augustin. 

Simon, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in June 1777, may have died young. 

Descendants of Alexandre LANDRY (c1750-1822)

Alexandre, second son of Joseph Landry and Marie-Josèphe Richard, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1750, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his family at Port Tobacco, on the lower Potomac River, in July 1763.  He and his family came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit and was forced to settled at San Luis de Natchez.  When the Spanish released them from Natchez in 1769, he moved to St.-Gabriel area, where he married Marie-Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Amable Hébert, in February 1786.  Their daughters married into the Hébert, Lanclos, and Rivet families.  One daughter settled on the western prairies.  Alexandre died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1822; the priest who recorded his burial said that Alexandre was 70 years old when he died, but he was closer to 72. 

1

Oldest son Francois-Joseph, called Joseph, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1787, married distant cousin Henriette Marine or Marie Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Melançon, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1815; Henriette's mother was a Landry.  Their son Joseph Anselme, called Anselme, was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1816.  Their daughter may have married into the Babin family.  ...

Anselme married distant cousin Madeleine Josephine, daughter of Francois Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1837. ...

2

Louis-David, called David, born near St.-Gabriel in July 1790, married distant cousin Marie Cléonise Célestine, called Cléonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Breaux, at the St.-Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1818; Cléonise's mother was a Landry.  Their daughter married into the Rivet family.  David died near St. Gabriel in November 1822; the priest who recorded his burial said that David was 28 years old when he died, but he was 32.  He and his wife probably had no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, died with him. 

3

Youngest son Mathurin, born near St.-Gabriel in July 1794, married Marie Adele or Azelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Arsène Breaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1821.  Their son Jean Baptiste Léon was born near St. Gabriel in January 1822 but died at age 10 months the following November.  Mathurin remarried to Marie Élise, Elmire, Eloire, Elvere, or Elvina, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Hernandez, at the St. Gabriel church in February 1828.  Their son Victorin was born near St. Gabriel in March 1830, Alexandre Duprélong in January 1831, Joseph Drauzin in February 1836 but died at age 1 1/2 in September 1837, and Paul Olivier in January 1838.  ...

Descendants of Pierre LANDRY (c1752-1780s)

Pierre, third and youngest son of Joseph Landry and Marie-Josèphe Richard, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1752, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with his family at Port Tobacco, on the lower Potomac River, in July 1763.  He and his family came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit and was forced to settled at San Luis de Natchez.  When the Spanish released them from Natchez in 1769, he moved to St.-Jacques, where he married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Bonaventure Foret, in February 1777.  They settled at nearby St.-Gabriel.  Pierre died by November 1781, when his wife remarried at St.-Gabriel.

Descendants of Simon LANDRY (c1763-)

Simon, younger son of Joseph Landry and Marie-Madeleine Boudrot, was born in Maryland in c1763.  Colonial officials counted him with his family at Upper Marlborough in July 1763.  He and his family came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit and was forced to settled at San Luis de Natchez.  Simon may have married fellow Acadian Francoise Trahan at Ascension in May 1787 (the priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to list the couple's parents' names).  ...

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The arrival dates of at least two Landrys who came to Louisiana in the 1760s and settled on the river are difficult to determine:

Rose Landry, age unrecorded, a widow whose husband's name may be lost to history, came with three daughters, Madeleine, Marguerite, and Marie, ages unrecorded.  Where they settled is anyone's guess. 

Marie Landry, born in c1752, married fellow Acadian Charles Thibodeaux probably at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in c1768.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1777.  She and her family settled at nearby St.-Gabriel, where she died in June 1798, in her mid-40s.

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A generation after the first Landry family reached the colony, dozens more came to Louisiana from France in 1785.  These were Landrys from Minas whom the British had exiled to Virginia in the fall of 1755, had deported to England the following year, and repatriated to France in 1763; and also Landrys from Pigiguit, Cobeguit, and Île St.-Jean whom the British had deported to France in 1758-59.  After enduring the indignities of life in the mother country for a quarter of a century, they took up the Spanish government's offer to start a new life in Louisiana.  Fifty-four of them came to Louisiana aboard five of the Seven Ships: 

Ten, perhaps 11, Landrys crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in late July:

Charles Landry of Pigiguit, age 56, crossed with wife Marguerite Boudrot of Pigiguit, age 48, and seven children--Firmin-Pancrace, age 22, Marguerite-Francoise, age 19, Jean-Sébastien dit Bastien, age 18, Louis-Abel, age 14, Jean-Jacques, age 11, Charles, fils, age 8, and Francois, age 6.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to St.-Gabriel de Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Charles, père and Marguerite had no more children in Louisiana.  Daughter Marguerite-Francoise married into the Breaux and Guidry families and settled at St.-Gabriel and nearby Ascension, where she died in September 1801, in her late 30s.  Charles, père died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in March 1814; he was 84 years old.  Most of his sons settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

Anselme Landry, age 42, crossed with wife Agathe Barrieau, age 50, and no children.  They also went to Manchac before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche.  They remained that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

Marie-Olive Landry, age 18, Anselme's daughter, crossed with husband Paul-Dominique Boudrot, age 22, and their year-old son.  They went to Manchac and then to the upper Bayou Lafourche valley. 

Pierre-Joseph Landry, age 15, came alone.  He remained at Manchac. 

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Twenty-one more Landrys crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in mid-August: 

Claire Landry of Grand-Pré, age 80, crossed with in-laws Claude LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 62, and his third wife Dorothée Richard, age 50. 

Jean-Baptiste Landry of Grand-Pré, age 61, crossed with his second wife, Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Dugas and four children.  They did not follow the majority of the passengers from their ship to Ascension or the upper Lafourche.  They went, instead, to the Atakapas District with his wife's kinsmen, who sailed on the same ship. 

Prosper Landry, age 60, crossed with third wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Pitre, age 57, and two sons--Jean-Pierre, age 22, and Simon-Joseph, age 19.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Ascension, also called Lafourche des Chitmachas, and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Pierre Landry, age 49, crossed with wife Marthe LeBlanc, age 49, and four children--Joseph-Giroire, age 19, Jean-Raphaël, age 17, Marie-Madeleine-Adélaïde, age 15, and Anne-Susanne, age 9.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where their daughters married into the Hébert and Penro families and their sons also settled. 

Marguerite Landry, age 48, crossed with husband Jean Richard, age 55, and a 13-year-old son.  They went to Ascension and settled on the upper Lafourche. 

Marie-Josèphe Richard, age 46, widow of Hilaire Landry, crossed with two daughters--Marie-Madeleine, age 16, and Marie-Rose, age 10.  They also went to Ascension.  Her daughters married into the Savoie and Thériot families and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Marguerite Landry, age 43, crossed with husband Jean-Baptized Ozelet of Cobeguit, age 42, and four children, ages 18 to 4.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Geneviève Landry, age 34, crossed with sister Marie-Josèphe, age 32, and a 3-year-old charge, Francois-Julien ____.   They went to Ascension.  Marie-Josèphe may not have married.  Geneviève married Francisco, son of Joseph Romagosa of Catalina, Spain, on upper Bayou Lafourche and settled there.  The surname and fate of their young charge is anyone's guess. 

Marie-Madeleine-Adélaïde Landry, age 22, wife of Jean-Baptiste Comeau, who remained in France, crossed with a two-year-old son.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where she married twice, first to Jean-Baptiste, son of French Creole Eustache Mondort and widower of Marie Drolet of Québec, in August 1798, and then to Juan, son of Josef Antonio Moreno of Guadalajara, Mexico, in February 1803. 

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Five more Landrys crossed on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early September:

Simon Landry, age 50, crossed with wife Marguerite Gautrot, age 59.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Ascension. 

Jeanne-Marguerite, called Marguerite, Landry, age 20, crossed with three younger siblings--Aimable-Étienne, age 19, Bonne-Marie-Louise, age 17, and Abraham-Isaac, age 13.   Jeanne-Marguerite married into the Cancienne family and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Bonne-Marie-Louise married into the Marois family of Italy and remained at Ascension.  Their brothers settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

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Six more Landrys crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early November: 

Francois Landry of Port-Royal, age 69, three times a widower, crossed with two orphaned grandchildren and a nephew--nephew Jean-Charles Landry, age 18, granddaughter Bonne-Marie-Adélaïde Landry, age 16, and grandson Jean-Jacques-Frédéric Landry, age 15.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Ascension, where Francois died in February 1797, age 81.  Bonne-Marie-Adélaïde married into the Lejeune family and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Her brother and cousin also settled there. 

Marie-Blanche Landry, age 52, crossed with husband Pierre LeBlanc, age 49, and a 16-year-old daughter.  They went to Ascension, where Marie-Blanche died in July 1786, not long after she reached Louisiana. 

Marguerite Landry, age 37, crossed with husband Eustache Bertrand, age 49, and four children, ages 19 to 1.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Eleven more Landrys crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early December: 

René Landry, age 53, a widower, crossed with brother-in-law Paul Babin, age 52, and eight children--Marie-Madeleine, age 23, Servanne-Laurence, age 20, Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël, age 18, Marguerite-Josèphe, age 16, Anne-Marie-Jeanne, age 12, Pierre, age 19, Joseph-Marie, age 7, and Jeanne-Guillemette, age 4.  The followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge.  They moved to the Baton Rouge area a few years later.  René never remarried.  His daughters married into the Daigle, Doucet, Guidry, and Raffray families.  Most of them remained on the river, as did his sons.  One of his daughters moved to the western prairies. 

Marguerite Landry, age unrecorded, widow of Jacques Mius D'Entremont III, crossed with son Jacques Mius D'Entremont IV of Pobomcoup, age 29, his French wife Marie Herve of St.-Malo, age 30, five of their children and stepchildren, ages 11 to infancy.  They went not to Bayou des Écores but to Ascension. 

Marie-Anne Landry, age 17, crossed with her mother, Anne Thériot, age 36, widow of Joseph Granger, and five stepsiblings, ages 20 to 6.  They went to Bayou des Écores.  Marie-Anne married Canary Islander André Martinez at St.-Gabriel in May 1794.  He probably was from the nearby Islenos community of Galveztown. 

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One Landry who came from France in 1785 does not appear on any of Seven Ships passenger lists:

Pierre-Joseph Landry, age 15 in 1785, settled at St.-Gabriel and became a prominent member of the community. 

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Most of the Landrys who came from France in 1785 settled on Bayou Lafourche, but a few of them remained on the river:

Firmin-Pancrace LANDRY (1762-1813)

Firmin-Pancrace, eldest son of Charles Landry and Marguerite Boudrot, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in May 1762, came to Louisiana with his family aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled at St.-Gabriel de Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Babin, in October 1790.  Marie-Anne was a native of Louisiana.  Firmin died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1813; he was 51 years old.  He and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

Louis-Abel LANDRY (1771-1822)

Louis-Abel, third son of Charles Landry and Marguerite Boudrot, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in April 1771, came to Louisiana with his family aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled near St.-Gabriel de Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Louis died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1822; he was 51 years old.  The priest who recorded his burial said nothing about a wife for Louis, so he probably never married. 

Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël LANDRY (1767-)

Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël, eldest son of René Landry and Marguerite Babin, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in February 1767, came to Louisiana with his family aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled at the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge.  Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël may have died young. 

Descendants of Pierre LANDRY (c1776-)

Pierre, second son of René Landry and Marguerite Babin, born probably at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in c1776, came to Louisiana with his family aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled at the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, before moving downriver to the Baton Rouge area, where Pierre married Victoire-Eulalie, called Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Daigle, in February 1802.  Eulalie had come to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships.  Their daughter married into the Trahan family.  ...

Pierre Julien, called Julien, born near Baton Rouge in October 1804, married Marguerite, daughter of Spanish Creole Joseph Martinez, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1827.  Their son Philippe was born near Baton Rouge in May 1828, Hermogène near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1829, Théodore near Baton Rouge in March 1831, and Alcidonis Fare or Alcide Onésiphore in December 1832.  ...

Descendants of Pierre-Joseph LANDRY (1770-1843)

Pierre-Joseph, called Joseph, son of Pierre Landry and Marie-Josèphe Hébert of Minas, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in January 1770, came to Louisiana in 1785 probably aboard one of the Seven Ships.  He married Marie-Scholastique, called Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph-Charles Breaux, at St.-Gabriel in June 1790.  Scholastique was a native of Louisiana.  Pierre Joseph remarried to Madeleine or Marguerite Rosalie or Rosalie Marguerite, called Rosalie and Eulalie, daughter of French Creole Bernard Capdeville, at St. Gabriel in January 1804; Rosalie's mother was a Clouâtre.  Their daughters married into the Boush or Bush, Breaux, Capdeville, and Riviere families.  During the War of 1812, Pierre-Joseph served as a captain of the 8th Company of Meriam's Regiment of Louisiana Militia; after the war, his contemporaries referred to him as Captain.  He also was an artistic woodworker.  Pierre Joseph died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in March 1843; he was 73 years old.  He fathered by his two wives nearly a dozen sons, most of whom created families of their own.  A plaque highlighting his life and accomplishments stands in the cemetery behind the old church at St.-Gabriel. 

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Oldest son Joseph-Raphaël, called Raphaël, from his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in June 1791, married Josephine, daughter of French Creole Manuel Couillard, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1818.  Their son Julian Raphaël was born near St. Gabriel in January 1819 but died in February, Damase was born in December 1819, Jean Timoléon died in December 1820 (the recording priest said he was 14 months old), Raphaël Florentin was born in St. James Parish in July 1821 but died at age 3 months the following October, Gustave was born near St. Gabriel in December 1823, and Joseph Raphaël, fils in c1828 but died at age 3 in September 1831.  Joseph Raphaël, père may have died near St. Gabriel in October 1828; if so, he would have been only 37 years old. 

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Édouard-Leandre, by his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1792, married Marie Emeranthe, called Emeranthe, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Lambremont, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1816.  Their son Eliezer was born near St. Gabriel in September 1816, Jean Baptiste Raphaël in January 1818, a newborn son, name unrecorded, died in December 1823, and Valmond was born in August 1829.  Their daughter married into the Trosclair family.  ...

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Florentin, by his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1795, married Marie Céleste Alethe, daughter of fellow Acadian Armand Hébert and widow of Louis Mathieu Boissac, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1824.  Their son Florentin, fils was born near St. Gabriel in August 1825 but died at age 12 in August 1837.  ...

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Lazare, also called Azary and Azory, from his first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in August 1798, married Marie Céline or Célestine, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Lambremont, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1823.  Their son Pierre Augustin was born near St. Gabriel in April 1825, Joseph Newville in October 1826, an infant son, name and age recorded, died in June 1830, and twins Jean Diogène and Paul Théodore in March 1835 but Paul Théodore died at age 11 months in February 1836.  Lazare, called Cezary by the recording priest, died near St. Gabriel in September 1835; he was only 37 years old. 

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Pierre, by his first wife, born at Ascension in January 1802, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1826.  He was only 25 years old and probably did not marry. 

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Jean Esilippe or Eshinte, by his second wife, born near St. Gabriel in November 1804, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1823.  He was only 18 years old and did not marry. 

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Lucien, by his second wife, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1808, married Marie Madeleine Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Élie LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1839.  ...

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Eugène, by his second wife, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in June 1810, married Marguerite Adrienne, called Adrienne, daughter fellow Acadian Jean Élie Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in August 1835.  Their son Eugène, fils was born near St. Gabriel in August 1836, and Césaire in June 1838. ...

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Benjamin Achille, called Achille, by his second wife, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in March 1812, married distant cousin Aurore, daughter of Joseph Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in August 1833.  Their son Théodore Erval died near St. Gabriel, age 1 month, in October 1834.  Benjamin Achille remarried to Cécile Pauline or Pauline Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Breaux, at the St. Gabriel church in December 1836.  Their son Amédée was born near St. Gabriel in October 1837.  ...

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Louis Onésime, by his second wife, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1817, ...

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Youngest son Magloire, by his second wife, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1820, ...

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During the early antebellum period, in a reversal of the usual Acadian migration pattern, Landrys moved from upper Bayou Lafourche back to the Upper Acadian Coast: 

Descendants of Jean-Louis le jeune LANDRY (1787-)

Jean Louis le jeune, eldest son of Pierre-Alexis Landry and Rosalie Hébert, born at St.-Gabriel in August 1787, followed his parents to upper Bayou Lafourche in the 1790s, but he did not remain there.  He married distant cousin Anne Marine, called Marie or Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Hébert and sister of brother Armand's wife, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1812.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their daughters married into the Seguin, Thibodeaux, and Trahan families.  ...

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Older son Séraphin, born probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in June 1817, ...

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Jean Louis Raphaël, born probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in March 1832, ...

Descendants of Armand-Apollinaire LANDRY (1792-)

Armand Apollinaire, third son of Pierre-Alexis Landry and Rosalie Hébert, born at Ascension in July 1792, followed his parents to upper Bayou Lafourche later in the decade, but he, too, did not remain there.  He married distant cousin Marie Marthe, called Marthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Hébert and sister of brother Jean-Louis's wife, at the St.-Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1817.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their daughters married into the Bergeron and Dupuis families.  ...

Descendants of Joseph-Alexandre LANDRY (1797-)

Joseph-Alexandre, fils, eldest son of Joseph-Alexandre, père and Céleste Hébert, born at Assumption in February 1797, married distant cousin Anne Emeranthe, called Emeranthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexis Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1825.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. ...

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Oldest son Joseph Achille was born in Assumption Parish in November 1825 but died there at age 7 months the following June.

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Joseph Vileor, born near Baton Rouge in July 1827, ...

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Édouard, born near Baton Rouge in January 1830,  ...

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Other LANDRYs on the River

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link many Landrys on the river with known lines of the family there.  For decades--well into the antebellum period, in fact--the priests at Donaldsonville and St. Gabriel were especially negligent in their record keeping: 

Isaac Landry married fellow Acadian Anne Aucoin and settled near Baton Rouge.  Their daughter married into the Daigle family. 

Joseph Landry married fellow Acadian Anne-Marthe Blanchard and settled near Baton Rouge.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family. 

Joseph Landry married fellow Acadian Anastasie LeBlanc and settled at Ascension.  Their daughter married into the Theriot family. 

Pierre Landry married fellow Acadian Anne Theriot and settled near Baton Rouge.  Their daughter married into the Dupuis family. 

Joseph-Athanase Landry married fellow Acadian Madeleine Babin.  Their daughter married into the Theriot family.  Joseph Athanase died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1815.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph-Athanase was 40 years old when he died, but the priest did not bother to give his parents' names or even mention a wife. 

____ Landry married _____ Gomez at New Orleans in January 1768.  One wonders if this was Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Joseph Landry, who married ship's surgeon Thomas Comes at New Orleans in 1768. 

Augustin-Pierre Landry died at Ascension in February 1784.  He was only 3 years old.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give his parents' names. 

Anselme Landry married fellow Acadian Francoise Blanchard and settled at Ascension.  Their son Rénard was baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in January 1786.  Their daughter Francoise married into the Babin and Breaux families. 

Ursule Landry died at Ascension in January 1786.  The priest who recorded her burial did not bother to say anything more about her--no parents' names, no husband's name if she had one, no age at the time of her death, only her name and the date of her burial. 

Isabelle Landry died at Ascension in October 1786.  Again, the priest who recorded her burial did not bother to say anything more about her--no parents' names, no husband's name if she had one, no age at the time of her death, only her name and the date of her burial. 

Jean Landry married fellow Acadian Anne Mire and settled at Ascension in the late 1780s. 

René-Marie, son of Pierre Landry and Marie ____, was baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in January 1788.  The priest who recorded his burial duly noted the boy's parents' names, but the ravages of time damaged the old parish register, and René-Marie's mother's surname was obliterated. 

Madeleine Landry gave birth to a son, name unrecorded, at Ascension, but the boy died an infant in August 1788.  The priest who recorded the baby's burial did not give the father's name. 

Marie Landry died at Ascension in January 1790.  The priest who recorded her burial noted that she was 72 years old, but he did not bother to record her parents' names or mention a husband. 

Marguerite, daughter of Athanase Landry, married Francois-Xavier _____, son of Joseph _____ and Anne Hébert of St.-Malo, France, at St.-Gabriel in July 1790.  Unfortunately, the collection of sacramental records for the Diocese of Baton Rouge, from which this marriage record is taken, fails to give the groom's surname. 

Joseph Landry died at Ascension in October 1790.  He was only 19 months old.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give his parents' names. 

Marguerite-Apolline, called Apolline, daughter of Joseph Landry, married Simon-Raphaël, son of fellow Acadian Amand Babin, at Ascension in January 1796.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to include the parents' names, which were obtained from other records.  One wonders if Marguerite-Apolline was an immigrant or a native of Louisiana. 

Anne Landry died at Ascension in August 1804.  The priest who recorded her burial did not bother to give her age or her parents' names or mention a husband.  One wonders if she was an immigrant or a native of Louisiana. 

Joseph Landry, "called Chinoua," died at Ascension in March 1805.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph dit Chinoua was 51 years old when he died, but the priest did not bother to give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Marie Marthe, daughter of Joseph Landry, married Antoine, son of French Creole Louis Léonard, at St.-Gabriel in February 1806.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give Marie Marthe's mother's name. 

Augustin, son of Joseph Landry "of Plaquemine settlement," died probably at Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in March 1806.  He was only 20 years old and probably did not marry.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give Augustin's mother's name. 

Pierre, son of Joseph Landry "of Plaquemine settlement," died probably at Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in April 1806.  He was only 23 years old and probably did not marry.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give Pierre's mother's name. 

Joseph Landry, "age 50 of Plaquemine settlement," died probably at Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in August 1806.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded this Joseph's burial did not bother to give his parents' names or mention a wife.  One wonders if he was Augustin and Pierre's father. 

Joseph Landry, "age 46, res. of Plaquemine settlement," died probably at Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in September 1806.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded this Joseph's burial did not bother to give his parents' names or mention a wife.  One wonders if he was Augustin's father. 

Siméon Landry died in Ascension Parish 7 days after his birth in February 1808.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the parents' names. 

Pierre Landry married fellow Acadian Anne Gautreaux.  Their son Pierre, fils married Marie Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Templet, at Baton Rouge in June 1808.

Joseph Landry, "dit Jones, age 50, from Attakapas District," died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1809.  The priest who recorded this Joseph's burial did not bother to give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Marie, daughter of René Landry and ____ LeBlanc, died in Ascension Parish in October 1809.  The recording priest noted that she was "nat. Acadia" and 56 years old when she died, but he did not mention a husband.  Who was she? 

Nicolas Landry married Marguerite Chinon.  Their son, name unrecorded, died in Ascension Parish, age 4 months, in January 1812.  One wonders if Marguerite was a Landry. 

____ Landry, "Husband of Tamy Landry," died in Ascension Parish in February 1815.  This is all that the priest bothered to record. 

Jean Baptiste Landry, an orphan, was baptized at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish at age 8 in July 1817.  The Ascension priest did not bother to give the boy's parents' names. 

Félix Landry was baptized at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, 5 or 6 days after his birth in September 1817.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not bother to give the parents' names! 

Francois, son of Jean Landry and Anne Landry, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Lun.  Their son Élias was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1824. 

Victorine Landry married Philippe, son of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Comeaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1825.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the bride's parents' names. 

Donat Landry married Ludivine LeBlanc and died by June 1825, when his wife remarried in Ascension Parish.  Was he the Donat Landry who died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, at age 70 in March 1824?  If he was that Donat, and the priest recorded his age correctly, he would have born in c1754--in Acadia.  No Donat Landry appears on the Acadian Memorial's Wall of Names, however, so the age is probably exaggerated. 

Séverin Landry died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in July 1826.  He was only 3 years old.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the parents' names. 

Raphaël Landry died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1828.  Their priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give Raphaël's age at the time of his death or give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Ferdinand Landry died in Ascension Parish at age 1 in January 1829.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the parents' names.  One wonders if the boy's parents were Ferdinand Landry and Clarisse Landry. 

Hippolyte P. Landry married fellow Acadian Marie Denise Theriot.  Their son Joseph Osémé was born in Ascension Parish in November 1829, and Jean died 5 days after his birth in September 1832.  One wonders if Hippolyte P. was a son of Hippolyte Landry of St. Gabriel. 

Irma Landry married Joseph Garlick at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1830.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to list the parents' names. 

Gédéon Landry married Marie Zulma, called Zulma, Melançon.  Their son Martin was born in Ascension Parish in November 1830 but died at age 5 months in May 1831, Joseph Joachim was born in February 1832, Joseph Dernon or Dornon in July 1833 but died at age 13 months in August 1834, and Gédéon Victor was born in November 1836 but died at age 16 months in March 1838. 

Joseph Jonny Landry died in Ascension Parish in February 1832.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph Jonny was 30 years old when he died but did not bother to give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Éloi Joseph Landry married Acadian Madeleine Cidalise or Sidalise Babin, also called a Landry.  Their son Joseph Napoléon was born in Ascension Parish in October 1833.  They also had an older son named Norbert.  Their daughter married into the Babin family.  Norbert "of Iberville," as the recording priest called him, married first cousin Elisa, daughter of Auguste Hyacinthe Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1839; Elisa's mother was a Babin; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  

Pierre, son of Joseph Landry, died in Ascension Parish, age 3, in March 1834.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give his mother's name. 

Raphaël Landry died in Ascension Parish at age 3 in September 1834.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give his parents' names. 

Firmin Landry married distant cousin Marie Felonise or Léonise Landry.  Their son Joseph Audibert was born in Ascension Parish in January 1835. 

Rosémond Landry died in Ascension Parish in March 1835.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial said that Rosémond was 25 years old when he died but did not give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Désiré Landry married fellow Acadian Phelonise Dugas.  Their son Jacques Théodule was born in Ascension Parish in May 1835. 

Émilie, perhaps Émile, Simon Théodore Landry died in Ascension Parish in September 1835.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial said that "Émilie" was 23 years old when she/he died did not list the parents' names or mention a husband or wife. 

Valéry Landry died in Ascension Parish in October 1835.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial said that Valéry was 26 years old when he died but did not bother give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Clementine Landry married 21-year-old Francois Tolmer at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1835.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to list the couple's parents' names. 

Jean Landry married fellow Acadian Céleste Arceneaux.  Their son Victorin Martin was born in Ascension Parish in July 1836. 

Isidore Landry died in Ascension Parish in March 1837.  He was only a year old.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the parents' names. 

Raphaël, son of Édouard Landry, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1838.   He was only 18 years old when he died and probably did not marry.  The priest who recorded Raphaël's burial did not give his mother's name. 

Trasimond Landry died in Ascension Parish in November 1839.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial said that Trasimond was 24 years old when he died but did not give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

The first Landrys to settle on the western prairies--a young husband and two young girls--came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil.  They followed the Broussards to the Bayou Teche valley, but the young husband did not remain there:

Mathurin Landry, age 28, came with wife Marie Dugas.  Marie was pregnant when they reached Louisiana and gave birth to a son, Isidore, on the Teche in late July 1765.  She died two days after Isidore was born, probably from complications of childbirth.  Isidore died the following September, perhaps a victim of the mysterious epidemic that killed dozens of Teche Acadians that summer and fall.  Mathurin, now alone, was one of the dozens of Teche Acadians who fled to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Spanish officials counted him on the right, or west, bank of the Mississippi in April 1766.  He did not return to the western prairies but remained with his kinsmen on the river. 

Anne Landry, age 11, and her sister Isabelle, age unrecorded, daughters of Jean Landry, came with their mother Madeleine Broussard, age unrecorded, and stepfather Olivier Thibodeau, age 32.  Their mother died giving birth to their half-sister Marguerite-Anne Thibodeau only a few weeks after they settled on upper Bayou Teche; their mother and sister, in fact, were the first Acadians to die west of the Atchafalaya Basin.  Anne married Joseph, son of fellow Acadian Michel Doucet, at Atakapas in July 1772.  Isabelle may have died young. 

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It did not take the Landrys long to re-establish a western branch of the family.  In c1770, an exile from Maryland left St.-Jacques on the river, crossed the Atchafalaya Basin, and settled in the Atakapas District:

Descendants of Firmin LANDRY (c1728-1801)

Firmin, son of Alexandre Landry, born probably at Minas in c1728, married Élisabeth-Francoise Thibodeau in c1752.  The British deported them to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  Firmin came to Louisiana in 1766, a widower, settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, and remarried to fellow Acadian Théotiste Thibodeaux, widow of Bonaventure Godin, in c1769.  She gave him more children, including sons.  Soon after their marriage, they moved to the western prairies, the first Landry family to go there and remain.  They settled on upper Bayou Vermilion near Grand Pointe and at Fausse Pointe on lower Bayou Teche near present-day New Iberia.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Broussard dit Beausoleil, Lapointe, Louviere, Perault, Quebedeaux, and Ransonet families.  Firmin "died suddenly" at Atakapas in February 1801; the priest who recorded his burial said that Firmin was "60 and 16 years," or 76 years old, when he died. 

1

Oldest son Joseph, by his first wife, born in Acadia in c1752, married fellow Acadian Marie-Anne, called Marine, daughter of perhaps Paul Melançon, at Opelousas or Atakapas in the late 1770s.  Marine was a native of Maryland.  They settled at Côte Gelée and on Bayou Vermilion.  Their son Joseph, fils was baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in May 1779, Louis, called Agricole, at age 13 months in April 1780, Cyrille was born at Atakapas in February 1787, Joseph-Denis, called Denis, in December 1788, Pantaléon in c1790, and Maximien or Maximilien, called Maxile dit Simien or Similien, was baptized at age 5 months in November 1795.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Bourg, Duhon, Durio, Prejean, Thibodeaux, and Trahan families; at least one of them settled on the river.  Joseph, père died probably at Côte Gelée in June 1797; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 47 years old when he died. 

1a

Agricole married Christine or Emeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Labauve, at Atakapas in February 1801.  They settled at La Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche and then on the Vermilion.  Their son Camille was born on the Vermilion in December 1807, Agricole, fils in December 1811 but died at age 1 in December 1812, Hilaire was born in September 1813, Désiré in July 1815, and Émile in November 1818.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Dugas, and Landry families.  Agricole "died suddenly and by accident at the home of Éloy Dugas at La fausse pointe" in November 1819; he was only 39 years old; his succession records were filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in December 1821 and the Vermilionville courthouse in June 1829. 

Désiré married Marie Melizere, called Melizere, daughter of Louis Benjamin Lafenetre, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1836.  Their son Anatole was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 4 months, in October 1837, and Ursin was born in November 1840.  ...

Émile married Aspasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis André Richard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1839. ...

Hilaire married Marie Emetile, daughter of Anglo-American Robert Bell and widow of Aurelien Broussard, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in February 1840. ...

1b

Joseph Denis married Élisabeth, called Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Labauve of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1809.  Their Joseph, fils was born on the Vermilion in April 1815 but died at age 3 1/2 in January 1819, a son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home 9 days after his birth in October 1817, Camille was born in May 1819, Léo was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, 2 days, in November 1828, a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at age 15 days in April 1836, and Delma was baptized at age 4 in May 1840.  Their daughter married into the Thibodeaux family.  ...

Camille married Clementine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Dugas, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1838.  Their son Paulin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 4 months, in October 1839. ...

1c

Pantaléon married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Trahan of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1810.  Their son Jean Joachim, called Joachim, was born on the lower Vermilion in October 1810.  Their daughter married into the Gerard and Kirkham families.  Pantaléon remarried to French Creole Susanne Rayon or Rion of St. Landry Parish in the 1820s.  Their son Joseph was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 4, in May 1833, and Jacob was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in December 1836.  ...

Joachim, by his first wife, married Marguerite Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of Charles Cohem, Cohen, or Come, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1836. ...

1d

Cyrille married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Boudreaux of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1815.  Their son Philemon, also called Edmond, was born on the Vermilion in April 1818.  Their daughters married into the Bourg and Simon families.  Cyrille remarried to Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Trahan of Ance à Michaux, at the St. Martinville church in June 1821.  Their son Joseph was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1826, Émile in July 1829, Jean Seville in November 1831, Cyrille, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 1, in April 1835, Camille at age 19 months in August 1837, and Clémile at age 7 months in March 1839.  Their daughter married into the Simon family.  Cyrille, père died in Lafayette Parish in August 1839; the priest who recorded his burial said that Cyrille was 50 years old when he died, but he was 52. 

Philemon, by his first wife, married distant cousin Cydalise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Vincent, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1839; Cydalise's mother was a Landry.  ...

1e

Maximilien married Marie Domicile or Domitille, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Anselme Thibodeaux of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1816.  Their son Maximilien, fils, also called Similien, was born on the Vermilion in November 1816, and Joseph le jeune in January 1818.  Their daughters married into the Trahan family.  Maximilien, père died in Lafayette Parish in December 1839; he was only 44 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in August 1840. 

Maximilien, fils married Marie Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1837; one of Maximilien, fils's sisters married Marie Marcellite's brother. ...

2

Saturin, by his first wife, born either in Acadia or Maryland in c1755, survived childhood but probably did not marry. 

3

Hubert, by his second wife, born at Atakapas in April 1773, married Anne-Euphrosine, called Euphrosine and Euphosie, daughter of French Creole Jean Legros of False River, Pointe Coupée, and Opelousas, at Atakapas in February 1800.  Their son Hubert-Euphroi dit Godefroi, also called Leufroi, was born at Atakapas in July 1802, a son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home at Île-aux-Cannes, near Fausse Pointe, 7 days after his birth in September 1806, Eusèbe was born at La Petite Anse, southwest of Fausse Pointe, in January 1810, Émilien at Fausse Pointe in January 1812, Édouard Valsin in July 1816, Victor Treville in November 1820, and Jean Beauville in September 1823.  They also had a son named Bélisaire.  Their daughters married into the Derouen, LeBlanc, and Leleux families.  Hubert died "at his home at la fausse pointe" in July 1824; the priest who recorded his burial said that Hubert was "about 53 years" old when he died, but he was only 51; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in March 1830.  Four of his sons married LeBlancs, three of them sisters. 

3a

Hubert Euphroi dit Godefroi dit Leufroi married Eloise Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Agricole LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1827.  Their son Godefroi, fils was baptized at the St. Martinville church, age 5 months, in April 1828, Alphred was born in October 1834, and Alix near New Iberia in March 1840.  ...

3b

Bélisaire married Logie Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Théophile LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1829.  Their son Paul Bélisaire was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1831 but died at age 9 months in February 1832, Hubert le jeune was born in October 1833, Agricole in March 1836, and Bélisaire near New Iberia in March 1838.  ...

3c

Émilien married Rosalie Dalizene, another daughter of Théophile LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1832.  Their son Émile was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1834, and Achille in January 1838.  ...

3d

Édouard married Julie, yet another daughter of Théophile LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1837. ...

4

Valentin, by his second wife, baptized at Opelousas, age 9 months, in May 1779, married Marie-Francoise, called Marine and Marinette, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert, at Atakapas in April 1801.  Their son Valentin, fils was born at Atakapas in December 1801 but died at age 4 months the following April, Joseph Adolphe was born at Fausse Pointe in December 1804, Francois Xavier in December 1812, and another Valentin, fils in December 1814.  Their daughters married into the Amy, Leleux, and Pellerin (French Creole, not Acadian) families.  Valentin remarried to Josephine, daughter of French Creole Francois Prevost and widow of Gilbert Amy, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1824.  ...

4a

Joseph Adolphe, by his first wife, married Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1832.  They settled in St. Mary Parish.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in February 1834.  Joseph Adolphe's succession record was filed at the Franklin courthouse in May 1836; he would have been only 32 years old that year.

4b

Francois Xavier, by his first wife, married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Louis Leleux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1833. ...

5

Youngest son Alexandre-Anselme, by his second wife, born at Atakapas in February 1782, married Susanne, daughter of Anglo-American Benjamin Hargrave of Vermilion, at Atakapas in December 1807.  Alexandre died "at 5:00 a.m. ... at his home" in Lafayette Parish in June 1826; he was only 44 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in July.  He and his wife probably had no sons, so this line of the family may have died with him. 

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From the 1770s into the 1790s, other Landrys who had come to Louisiana from Maryland left the river, settled on the western prairies and added to what was becoming a significant center of family settlement:

Isabelle Landry, a widow, died at Atakapas in December 1787.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 53 years old when she died, but he did not bother to list her parents' names or even her dead husband's name. 

Isabelle Landry, widow of Mathurin Richard, died in St. Landry Parish in April 1813, in her late 70s. 

Anne Landry, widow of Augustin Broussard, died at her son's home on the Vermilion in September 1814, in her early 70s. 

Pélagie Landry, widow of Francois Broussard dit Beausoleil, died in Lafayette Parish in December 1831, in her early 80s.  Her succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January and lists her many heirs. 

Descendants of Basile LANDRY (c1727-1788)

Basile, second son of Pierre Landry and Marguerite Forest, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in May 1727, married Brigitte, daughter of Pierre Boudrot, in c1753.  The British deported them to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted them at Upper Marlborough in July 1763.  They came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit and were forced to settled at San Luis de Natchez.  After the Spanish released them from Natchez, they moved to the Atakapas District.  Their daughter married into the Roger dit Brisbois (French Canadian, not Acadian) family.  Basile remarried to Anne-Euphrosine, called Francoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Vincent and widow of Michel Trahan, at Atakapas in May 1786.  Basile died at Atakapas in March 1788; he was 60 years old.   He seems to have had no sons who survived to create families of their own, so his line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

Descendants of Pierre-Amand LANDRY (c1746-1793)

Pierre-Amand, called Amand, son of Charles Landry and Marie LeBlanc, born probably at Pigiguit in c1746, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him and his siblings at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He followed his siblings to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Melançon, in c1768.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770.  Probably following his sister Pélagie, who married a son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil, they moved to the Atakapas District in the 1770s and settled at Côte Gelée.  In 1785, they owned a single slave at Atakapas.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Granger families.  Amand remarried to distant cousin Élisabeth-, or Isabelle-Augustine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Landry and widow of Joseph Dugas, at Atakapas in August 1789.  Élisabeth was a native of France and had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, one of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  Their daughter married into the Melançon family.  A tutor was appointed for Amand's children in May 1793.  Amand died at Atakapas in November 1793; the priest who recorded his burial said that Amand was 55 years old when he died, but he was closer to 47.  Perhaps he had been ill for a long time.

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Oldest son Joseph-Vital, called Vital, from his first wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in December 1770, married Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Mire of Côte Gelée, at Atakapas in December 1797; Pélagie also had been born on the river.  Their son, name unrecorded, died probably at Côte Gelée, age 15 days, in June 1802.  Their daughters married into the Bodin, Leleux, and Louviere families.  Vital died at his home at Côte Gelée in January 1805; he was only 34 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in September 1808.  He and his wife had no sons, so his line of the family, except for its blood, died with him. 

2

Pierre, by his first wife, baptized at Opelousas, age 7 months, in April 1780, may have died young. 

3

Jean-Marcel, by his first wife, born at Atakapas in September 1781, married Ursule, also called Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Doiron of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1808.  Jean died in Lafayette Parish in July 1835; he was 53 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in April 1839.  He and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

4

Youngest son Pierre, the second of that name, by his first wife, born at Atakapas in April 1784, married distant cousin Francoise, daughter of Olivier Landry of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1813.  Their son Basile was born at Côte Gelée in April 1816, Eugène in May 1819, and Amand Trezime was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in December 1829.  Their daughters married into the Granger and Sonnier families.  ...

Descendants of Basile LANDRY (c1750-1811)

Basile, son Vincent Landry and Marguerite Boudrot, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1750, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  He followed his family to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Spanish officials counted him with a brother-in-law's family on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770.  He married Marie-Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Richard, at St.-Jacques in November 1776.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Ascension in 1777.  They moved to the Atakapas District in the late 1770s or early 1780s and settled at Côte Gelée and along the Vermilion.  Their daughter Madeleine was a deaf-mute who died at age 38 in September 1822; she never married.  Basile remarried to Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Mire of Côte Gelée, at Atakapas in October 1786.  Daughter Eléonore, called Léonore, gave birth to son Jean in June 1804, three years before she married into the Breaux family; she later married a Matherne.  Basile and Marie-Anne's other daughters married into the Broussard, Frederick, Hébert, Taylor, Trahan, and Vincent families.  Basile died "at the home of Jean Baptiste Broussard at Côte Gelée" in November 1811; the priest who recorded his burial said that Basile was 56 years old when he died, but he was closer to 61.  One wonders why he did not die at his own home.  His succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in December 1811. 

1

Oldest son Raphaël, by his first wife, born either at Ascension or Atakapas in c1779, died at Atakapas, age 4, in January 1783. 

2

Jean-Pierre, called Pierre, from his first wife, born at Atakapas in February 1782, married distant cousin Rose Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dugas, at Atakapas in June 1802; Adélaïde's mother was a Landry.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son Jean-Pierre, fils had been born in April 1801 or 1802, Joseph was born in October 1805, Gédéon in January 1808, Lucien in August 1811 but died at age 9 months in June 1812, and Venance was born in January 1816.  Their daughters married into the Breaux and Dubois families.  Jean Pierre died in Lafayette Parish in December 1822; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was 45 years old when he died, but he was only 40; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in April 1827.   

2a

Joseph died in Lafayette Parish in December 1823.  He was only 18 years old and did not marry. 

2b

Jean Pierre, fils married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Isidore Broussard, probably in Lafayette Parish in the early 1820s.  Their son Martel was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1829, and Pierre Théodore near New Iberia, then in St. Martin Parish, in August 1840.  ...

2c

Gédéon married Anne Georgette, Josette, or Susette, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Lormand or Normand, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1826.  Their son Séverin was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1831, a son, name unrecorded, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in September 1833, Argille at age 3 months in September 1835, and Jean Onésiphore at age 2 months in May 1840.  ...

2d

Venance married Cléonide, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Granger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1837. ...

3

A son, by his first wife, name unrecorded, died at Atakapas in January 1784 only 8 days after his birth. 

4

Joseph-Pierre, by his second wife, born at Atakapas in March 1789, married Geneviève, daughter of French Creole Jean Louis Bodin, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1814; Geneviève's mother was a Doiron.  Their son Denis Dolze was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1839.  ...

5

Athanase, by his second wife, born at Atakapas in December 1790, married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Girouard of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1815.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son Sylvestre was born in January 1823, Jean Fursy, called Fursy, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in March 1827 but died at age 6 in March 1833, a son, name unrecorded, died "in the morning at age un quart d'heure (quarter of an hour)" in September 1828, Simon was baptized at age 3 months in July 1830, Émile Arcide at age 6 months in November 1832, Basile Duplessis was born in April 1834, and Athanase, fils was baptized at age 3 1/2 months in January 1837.  Their daughters married into the Landry and Prejean families.  ...

6

André, by his second wife, baptized at Atakapas, age 4 months, in April 1795, married Marie Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Melançon of Lafayette Parish, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1823.  A child, perhaps a son, died in Lafayette Parish "in the morning" at age 3 days in May 1828.  André remarried to Marie Céline, daughter of French Creole Jean Calais, Caillier, or Caillet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1835.  Their son Paul was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1838, and Gustave in April 1839.  ...

7

Placide, by his second wife, a twin, born at Atakapas in September 1800, may have died young.

8

Youngest son Rosémond, by his second wife, died at his parents' home at Côte Gelée, age 1, in November 1809. 

Descendants of Olivier LANDRY (c1753-c1823)

Olivier, second son of René Landry and his first wife Marie Thériot, born in Acadia in c1753, was exiled to Maryland with his family in 1755.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He followed his family to Louisiana in 1766 and settled with them at St.-Jacques on the river.  He married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Hébert, at nearby Ascension in February 1775.  They lived near the boundary of Ascension and St.-Gabriel before moving to the Atakapas District in the 1780s, where they settled at Côte Gelée in present-day Lafayette Parish.  In the 1810s, Olivier "claimed land on Bayou Tortue, West of St. Martinville."  His daughters married into the Hébert, Landry, and Missonnier families.  Olivier's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in July 1823; he would have been 70 years old that year. 

1

Alexandre, born at either St.-Gabriel or Ascension in the late 1770s, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Blaise Brasseaux, at Opelousas in February 1801.  Their son, name unrecorded, died probably at Côte Gelée soon after his birth in February 1802, Alexandre, fils was born in August 1806 but died at age 5 months the following January, a second Achille Alexandre, called Alexandre, fils, was born in July 1808, Henri in November 1810, and Jean Euclide or Jean Baptiste, in July 1818.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Landry, and Sonnier families.  Alexandre, père's succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in October 1819; he would have been in his late 40s that year. 

1a

Alexandre, fils married distant cousin Eliza or Lise, daughter of Fabien Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1831.  Their son Alexandre III was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1832, Euclide le jeune in September 1833, Martin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 6 months, in May 1836, Oculi was born in January 1838, and Victor in March 1840. ...

1b

Jean Baptiste married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Comeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1836.  Their son Armasa was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1837.  ...

2

Edmond-Michel, born at either St.-Gabriel or Ascension in the late 1770s, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Girouard of Côte Gelée, at Atakapas in December 1801.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son Edmond, fils was born in September 1811, Albert in November 1812, Urbin in January 1819, Norbert in November 1820, and Norval or Norwall in October 1823 but died at age 7 1/2 in August 1831.  Their daughter married into the Comeaux family.  Edmond's succession record (the recording clerk called him Armand) was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December 1828; he would have been in his late 40s or early 50s. 

Edmond, fils died in Lafayette Parish in February 1834.  He was only 22 years old and probably did not marry. 

3

Pierre-Olivier, called Olivier, fils and Firmin, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in December 1779, married Catherine Julienne, called Julienne, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Breaux of Beaubassin near Carencro, at Atakapas in May 1805.  Their son Joseph-Achille, called Achille, was born at Beaubassin in March 1806 but died at age 1 in January 1807, Nicolas was born at Côte Gelée in January 1808, Francois Venance in March 1813, Zenon Alphanor near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1821, Gérard in Lafayette Parish in February 1824, Olivier Fulbert in April 1827, and Victor Thiburse was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in June 1830.  Their daughter married into the Comeaux family.  ...

Francois Venance married Melanie, daughter of French Creole Pierre Paul Montet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1835; Melanie's mother was a Duhon. ...

4

Jean-Henri, called Henri, born at Ascension in March 1781, married Marie-Louise, called Louise or Lise, daughter of French Creole Francois Begnaud of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1808; Louisa's mother was a Doiron.  Their son Émilien, a twin, was born at La Pointe on upper Bayou Teche in December 1812, Jean Terville in October 1814, Christophe in September 1816, and Hippolyte in November 1818.  Their daughters married into the Bernard, Guidry, and Landry families.  Henri died in Lafayette Parish in November 1832; he was 51 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December 1833. 

4a

Émilien married distant cousin Marie Uranie, called Uranie, daughter of fellow Acadian Célestin Prejean of Lafayette Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1834; Uranie's mother was a Landry.  Their son Charles Numa was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1837 but died at age 10 months the following July.  ...

4b

Hippolyte married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of French Creole Nicolas Valleaux or Vallot, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1837.  Their son Erneste was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1838.  ...

5

Fabien, born at Ascension probably in the early 1780s, married Anne Beatrice, called Beatrice, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Granger of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1810.  Their son Clet was born at Côte Gelée in June 1815, twins Eugène and Théogène in September 1822, and Symphorien in November 1824.  Their daughters married into the Giroir, Hulot, and Landry families.  ...

Clet married distant cousin Adélaïde, daughter of Athanase Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1835.  Their son Jean Adéol was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1839.  ...

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Raphaël, born probably at Atakapas in January 1786, married Adele, another daughter of Francois Begnaud, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1816.  Their son Noël Charles was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1822.  Their daughter married into the Gautreaux family.  ...

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Michel-Simon, baptized at Atakapas, age 3 months, in September 1787, may have died young. 

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Youngest son Louis, born at Atakapas in November 1788, died in Lafayette Parish in October 1828.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Louis died "at age about 30 years," but he was 40.  He did not marry. 

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY dit Dios (c1757-1827)

Joseph dit Dios, third son of René Landry and his first wife Marie Thériot, born probably in Maryland in c1757.  Colonial officials counted him with his family at Oxford, Maryland, in July 1763.  He followed his family to Louisiana in 1766 and settled with them at St.-Jacques on the river, where he married Marie-Rose, called Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Melançon, in October 1789.  They lived for a time at nearby Ascension, moved to the western prairies in the early 1790s, and settled at Côte Gelée.  Their daughters married into the Bernard and Boudreaux families.  Joseph dit Dios died in Lafayette Parish "at 5:00 p.m." in August 1827, "at age about 70 years"; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following month and another at the same courthouse in February 1830.

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Oldest son Célestin, born at Ascension on the river in c1790, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Granger of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1810.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at birth in January 1817.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Guidry, Hébert, and Meaux families.  Célestin died in Lafayette Parish in December 1837; he was 48 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January.  His line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

2

Éloi-Joseph, baptized at Atakapas, age 4 months, in April 1795, married Madeleine Adélaïde or Cidalise, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Babin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in July 1817.  Their son Norbert was born on the Vermilion in February 1820, Théodule was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 14 months, in June 1828, and Terence at age 2 1/2 months in January 1830.  ...

3

A son, name unrecorded, died at Atakapas 5 days after his birth in January 1797.

4

Rosémond, born at Atakapas in June 1798, married Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Comeaux of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1821.  Their son Clément Rosémond, called Clémine, was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1824, Charles Numa, called Numa, in January 1826 but died at age 11 1/2 in August 1837, and Jean Baptiste Désiré, called Désiré, was born in December 1827.  Rosémond died in Lafayette Parish in August 1837; he was only 39 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in June 1838. 

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Maximilien, born at Atakapas in May 1800, married fellow Acadian Marie Domicile Thibodeaux in either St. Martin or Lafayette Parish in the 1820s.  ...

6

Ursin, born at Côte Gelée in December 1804, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Granger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1830.  Their son Émile was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in April 1834, Alexandre at age 3 months in August 1836, and Charles at age 4 months in July 1839.  ...

7

Joseph Estenville, Estinville, Justinville, or Stenville, born at Côte Gelée in February 1807, married distant cousin Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of Jean Henri Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1827.  Their son Neuville was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1830, Clémile in August 1831, Hema was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in August 1833, Darman at age 4 months in April 1835, and Julien was born in January 1840.  ...

8

Youngest son Onésime, born at Côte Gelée in October 1810, married distant cousin Carmelite, daughter of Agricole Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1827.  Their son Claireville was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1828, Jules in February 1832, Ursin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 11 months, in August 1834, and Édouard at age 7 months in August 1836.  Onésime may have remarried to French Creole Azélie Marie Lavergne at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1839.  ...

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY, fils (c1755-c1809)

Joseph, fils, also called Jean, elder son of Joseph Landry and Marie-Madeleine Boudrot, born at Pigiguit or in Maryland in c1755, was counted with his parents at Upper Marlborough, Maryland, in July 1763.  He followed them to Louisiana in 1768 with the party from Port Tobacco led by the Breau brothers, lived with them at Fort San Luis de Natchez, and probably lived with his widowed mother at St.-Gabriel.  He moved to the Atakapas District and married Marie-Louise, called Louise and Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Bourg of Île St.-Jean and widow of Pierre Savoie, at Opelousas in July 1789.  He was the only Landry who settled on the Opelousas prairie.  His daughter married into the Richard family.  Joseph's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in February 1809; he would have been 54 years old that year.  Two of his three sons remained in St. Landry Parish. 

1

Oldest son Leandre, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in July 1790, married Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Blaise Brasseaux, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1811.  Their son Arsène was born in St. Landry Parish in July 1812, Leandre, fils in April 1814, Aloyse was "born at sea" in August 1815 and baptized at Opelousas the following November, Joseph was born in St. Landry Parish in February 1822, Arville in January 1824, Joseph Philemon in December 1828, and Éloi Aladin in October 1830.  Their daughter married into the Prewett family.  ...

2

Julien, born at Opelousas in February 1792, married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Richard, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1813.  They settled in the Bellevue area of St. Landry Parish.  Their son Julien, fils was born in August 1817, Éloi le jeune in December 1819, and Alphonse in October 1826.  Their daughter married a Richard cousin.  Julien died in St. Landry Parish in November 1829; he was only 37 years old; the priest who recorded his burial noted that Julien "received the sacraments of the church"; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in October 1838.   

3

Youngest son Éloi, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in February 1797, married Aspasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Guidry of La Grand Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1815.  They may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

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A few of the Landrys who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to settle on the western prairies:

Jean-Baptiste Landry of Grand-Pré, age 61, his second wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Dugas, age 44, and four of their children--Élisabeth-Augustine, age 25, Jean-Baptiste, fils, age 23, Marguerite-Geneviève, age 20, and Marie-Anne, age 9--crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, and chose to go directly to the Atakapas District to join his cousins and his wife's family already there.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Dugas, Girouard, Granger, and Landry families, one of them three times, and settled at Atakapas.  Jean-Baptiste, père died at Atakapas in October 1787; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean-Baptiste was 60 years old when he died, but he was 62.  His son settled at Atakapas and died young, but not before fathering a son of his own, who also probably died young.  His line of the family, then, except for its blood, may not have survived in the Bayou State. 

The succession record of daughter Élisabeth Augustine, widow of Joseph Dugas and Amand Landry and wife of Jean Baptiste Broussard, père, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in May 1823; she would have been in her early 60s that year. 

Daughter Marguerite Geneviève, widow of Joseph Granger, died in Lafayette Parish in January 1831; she was 66 years old. 

Daughter Marie Anne, wife of Joseph Girouard, died in Lafayette Parish in October 1835.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 50 years old when she died, but she was 60. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste LANDRY, fils (1762-1787)

Jean-Baptiste, fils, called Baptiste, son of Jean-Baptiste Landry and his second wife Élisabeth Dugas, born at Plouër, France, near St.-Malo, in January 1762, came to Louisiana with his family aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to the Atakapas District, where he may have married fellow Acadian Marie Breaux in the late 1780s.  Their daughter may have married into the Roman family and settled on the river.  Baptiste died at Atakapas in December 1787; he was only 25 years old.  His line of the family may not survived. 

Augustin, born posthumously at Atakapas in February 1788, probably died young. 

Descendants of Joseph-Marie LANDRY (1778-)

Joseph-Marie, third and youngest son of René Landry and Marguerite Babin, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in April 1778, came to Louisiana with his family aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled at the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge.  However, Joseph did not remain on the river.  He moved to the Atakapas District and married Modeste-Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of French Creole Pierre-Marin Lenormand of New Orleans, at Atakapas in July 1801; the priest who recorded his marriage said that Joseph had lived at Atakapas "for many years."  In the 1810s, they lived "around the Church" at St. Martinville.  Their daughter married into the Gauthier (Foreign French, not French Creole) family.  Their three sons married sisters who also were their cousins.  ...

1

Oldest son Charles, born on Bayou Teche in September 1805, married cousin Adélaïde Léontine, called Léontine, daughter of French Creole Joseph Marin Lenormand, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1827.  Their son Charles, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1828 but died at age 2 1/2 in January 1831, and Joseph Dorzely was born in February 1831.  ...

2

Joseph Darcourt, called Darcourt, born on Bayou Teche in October 1808, married cousin Marie Louise Euchariste, called Eurchariste, another daughter of Joseph Marin Lenormand, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1829.  Their son Alexandre was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1834, and Césaire in December 1836.  ...

3

Youngest son Alexandre Victorin, called Victorin, born on Bayou Teche in June 1811, married cousin Adele, yet another daughter of Joseph Marin Lenormand, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1835.  Their son Ernest was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1836.  ...

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More Landrys from the river, descendants of immigrants from Maryland, moved to the western prairies in the early antebellum period:

Descendants of Valentin LANDRY (1771-1823)

Valentin, second son of René Landry and his second wife Anne Landry, and half-brother of Olivier and Joseph dit Dios, baptized at St.-Jacques on the river, age unrecorded, in January 1771, married Célestine or Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Bourgeois, at St.-Jacques in November 1792.  In the 1810s, they moved to La Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche.  Their daughters married into the Begnaud, Bourgeois, Breaux, Sonnier, and Thibodeaux families.  Valentin remarried to Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dupuis and widow of Jean Charles Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1823; he was 52 years old.  Valentin, père died "in the morning ... at his home on Bayou Teche" in September 1823; the priest who recorded his burial said that Valentin was "age about 56 yrs." when he died, but he was closer to 52; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville Parish courthouse 10 days after his death. 

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Oldest son Valentin, fils, by his first wife, born at St.-Jacques in January 1786, died "at the home of Éstienne Bourgeois at la pointe" in April 1824.  The priest who recorded Valentin, fils's burial said that he was "age about 30 years" when he died, but he was 38.  He did not marry. 

2

Adélard, by his first wife, born at St.-Jacques in January 1800, may have died young. 

3

Léon or Léonard Valentin, by his first wife, born at St.-Jacques in January 1803, married Melanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Ephrem Robichaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1828.  Their son Clairville was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 5 months, in August 1834.  ...

4

A youngest son, name and age unrecorded, from his first wife, died in St. James Parish, an infant, in November 1811. 

Descendants of Éloi LANDRY (1779-)

Éloi, elder son of Étienne Landry and Brigitte Trahan, born at Ascension on the river in August 1779, married distant cousin Julienne, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Trahan, probably at Ascension in the late 1790s or early 1800s.  They settled at Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche and on the lower Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Benoit, Bourgeois, Campbell, Dubois (French Creole, not Acadian), Guidry, and Maillard families.  Éloi's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in May 1831; he would have been in his early 50s that year; the record says he was a widower.  Only one of his four sons created a family of his own. 

1

Oldest son Antoine, born probably at Grand Pointe in September 1803, married Virginie Clementine, called Clementine, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Guidry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1828.  Their son Lusiphor was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in April 1830, and Telesphore at age 3 months in April 1832.  Antoine died in Lafayette Parish in November 1833; he was only 30 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse that December. 

2

Éloi, fils, born at Grand Pointe in December 1810, died at his father's home on the lower Vermilion in August 1824.  He was only 14 years old. 

3

Jean, born at Vermilion in June 1817, died in Lafayette Parish in August 1831.  He, too, was only 14 years old when he died. 

4

A youngest son, name unrecorded, died at Vermilion in December 1818, 8 days after his birth. 

Descendants of Éloi LANDRY, fils (1808-)

Éloi, fils, elder son of Éloi Landry and Marie-Madeleine Melançon, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1808, married cousin Madeleine Mathilde, called Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Theriot, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1829; Mathilde's mother was a Landry; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Éloi, fils remarried to distant cousin Bertille, daughter of Alexandre Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1835.  They remained in Lafayette Parish.  ...

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Other LANDRYs on the Western Prairies

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link at least one Landry in the western parishes with known lines of the family:

Anne Landry died at Atakapas in June 1787.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 25 years old when she died, but he did not bother to give her parents' names. 

Dominique Landry died "at age about 50 years at the home of Joseph Castille [fils, not père] at la pointe on Bayou Teche" in March 1824.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Dominique was "native of Acadie," though his estimated birth year of c1774 says otherwise.  The priest did not bother to record Dominique's parents' names or mention a wife.  Joseph Castille, fils's mother was a Landry, so Dominique probably was a kinsman of the Castilles. 

Uriah Landry's succession record was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in February 1831.  The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not list his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Marie Melanie, called Melanie, daughter Alexandre Landry of St. Gabriel on the river and widow of Jean Baptiste Hébert, remarried to French Creole Alexandre Lanclos probably in St. Landry Parish in 1831. 

Julie Landry married Francois LeForet, probably Foret.  She died in Lafayette Parish in May 1833, age 30.  The priest who recorded her burial did not list her parents' names. 

Jean Darcourt or Valcourt Landry married French Creole Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, Doré.  Their son Jean Dorsili was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1837. 

Joseph Landry married French Creole Aimée Delahoussaye.  Their son, name unrecorded, was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1840. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

During the late colonial period, Landrys from Maryland who had settled on the river moved from the Acadian Coast to upper Bayou Lafourche and created another center of family settlement:

Anne-Isabelle Landry, wife of Joseph Comeaux, died at Assumption in October 1797.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 34 years old when she died, but she was probably closer to 38. 

Marie-Josèphe Landry, widow of Pierre Landry dit LaVielliarde, died in Assumption Parish in February 1836.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 83 years old when she died, but she was closer to 92. 

Descendants of Vincent LANDRY (c1727-1798)

Vincent, eldest son of Pierre Landry and Anne-Marie Doucet, born probably at Pigiguit in c1727, deported with his family to Maryland in 1755, married fellow Acadian Susanne Godin probably of Rivière St.-Jean in Maryland in c1756.  They went to Louisiana with an infant son perhaps with the first contingent of exiles from Maryland in 1766.  They had more children in Louisiana.  Spanish officials found them in New Orleans in July 1767, so they may have taken their time following their fellow exiles to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  Vincent was "singer of the church" at Ascension.  Two of his daughters, born in December 1768 and July 1770, were baptized at New Orleans in May 1769 and February 1771, so the family spent some time in the city.  They were living on upper Bayou Lafourche by the mid-1790s.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Bourque, Mazerolle, Melançon, and Ozelet families.  Vincent died a widower at Assumption in March 1798; the priest who recorded his burial said that Vincent was 74 years old when he died.  Two of his three sons married and remained on Bayou Lafourche. 

1

Oldest son Charles-Calixte, called Calixte, born in Maryland in c1766, died at Assumption in October 1798.  He was only 32 years old and did not marry. 

2

Grégoire, born probably at Ascension in c1773, married Francoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Hébert, at Assumption in February 1797.  Their son Charles-Hubert called Hubert, was born at Assumption in November 1797, Joseph-Damas in December 1800, Vincent in December 1802, Emery Jean or Jean Emery in October 1806 but died at age 6 in October 1812, Jean Baptiste Reynard was born in March 1812, and Grégoire, fils in April 1818.  Their daughters married into the Bolot, Cancienne, and Hébert families.  ...

2a

Hubert married Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Aucoin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1827.  Their son Simon André was born in Assumption Parish in September 1830, and Jean Baptiste Marcellin in June 1839.  ...

2b

Grégoire, fils died in Assumption Parish in February 1836.  He was only 18 years old and did not marry. 

2c

Vincent married Élise, daughter fellow Acadian Alexandre Arceneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1838.  Their son, name and age unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish in January 1839.  ...

3

Youngest son Joseph-Vincent, born at Ascension in September 1778, married Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Bourg, at Assumption in May 1804.  Their son Victor was born in Assumption Parish in July 1808, Ursin Romain in July 1810, Joseph Basile in June 1820, and Léon Valéry in November 1822.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux family.  Joseph Vincent remarried to Renée Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Isaac Hébert and widow of Isaac Doiron, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1827; he was 48 years old.  Renée had come to Louisiana as an infant aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  Their son Zenon Zéphirin was born in Assumption Parish in October 1827.  ...

Descendants of Pierre LANDRY dit La Vielliarde (c1732-1815)

Pierre dit La Vieilliarde, second son of Pierre Landry and Anne-Marie Doucet, born probably at Pigiguit in c1732, married Anne-Élisabeth or -Isabelle Dupuis probably at Pigiguit.  The British deported them to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Short, in July 1763.  When Pierre dit La Vielliarde brought four of his children to Louisiana with the first contingent of exiles from Maryland in 1766, he was a widower.  His daughter by his first wife married into the Comeaux family.  He remarried to distant cousin Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Paul Landry, at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in November 1767.  She gave him more children, including sons.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770, 1777, 1788, and 1791.  Their daughter Marie-Francoise, born in October 1768 was baptized at New Orleans in April 1769, so they spent some time in the city.  Pierre dit La Vielliarde owned 3 slaves at Ascension in 1777, 11 in 1778, and 15 in 1791, an astonishing number for an Acadian in that area.  He and his family were living on upper Bayou Lafourche by the mid-1790s.  He held 16 slaves at Assumption in 1798.  His daughters married into the Breaux, Dupré, LeBlanc, and Zeringue families.  Pierre dit La Vielliarde died in Assumption Parish in June 1815; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was 86 years old when he died.  His sons remained on upper Bayou Lafourche, but, in a reversal of the usual Acadian migration pattern, three of his grandsons returned to the river and settled in the Baton Rouge area; however, one of them returned to the Lafourche. 

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Oldest son Joseph, by his first wife, born in Maryland in c1756, may have married distant cousin Osite, daughter of Francois-Sébastien Landry.  If so, their son Joseph-Alexandre was born at Ascension in January 1789.  ...

2

Pierre-Alexis, by his first wife, born in Maryland in c1762, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Hébert, at St.-Gabriel in 1786.  Their son Jean-Louis le jeune was born at St.-Gabriel in August 1787, Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste dit Irénée and Baptiste Petit René, in November 1788, Amand- or Arnaud-Apollinaire at Ascension in July 1792, Jean-Augustin at Assumption in January 1794, and Ursin in May 1796 but died at age 16 months in October 1797.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard, Crochet, and Freoux families.  Their sons returned to the Upper Acadian Coast. 

2a

Baptiste dit Petit René married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Templet, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1811.  They lived on the Upper Acadian Coast before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their son Valérien or Valéry was born near Baton Rouge in December 1813, Treville in Iberville Parish in February 1816, Auguste Gervais in Assumption Parish in June 1821 but died at age 17 months in November 1822, and a son, name unrecorded, died the day of his birth in March 1823.  Their daughter married into the Achée, Falcon, and Simoneaux families.  Baptiste remarried to Euphrosine, called Froisine, daughter of French Creole Jean Malbrough, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1824.  Their son Paul Valsaeur was born in Assumption Parish in June 1825, and Clément in February 1833.  ...

Valéry married distant cousin Emerence or Emerente, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Blanchard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1836; Emerence's mother was a Landry.  Their son Landry was born posthumously in Assumption Parish in January 1838.  Valéry died in Assumption Parish in November 1837; he was only 24 years old. 

2b

Jean Louis married distant cousin Anne Marine, called Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1812.  They returned to the Upper Acadian Coast. 

2c

Armand Apollinaire married distant cousin Marie Marthe, called Marthe, another daughter of Charles Hébert, at the St.-Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1817.  They returned to the Upper Acadian Coast.

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Fabien, by his first wife, born in Maryland in c1764, may have died young. 

4

Armand, by his second wife, born probably at Ascension in c1771, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Blanchard, at Assumption in January 1795, and remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Le Borgne de Bélisle, at Assumption in April 1799.  Their son Valéry-Pierre-Nicodemus was born at Assumption in June 1800 but died at age 2 1/2 in December 1802, and Eugène-Gervais was born in February 1802.  Their daughters married into the Landry and LeBlanc families.  ...

Eugène Gervais, by his second wife, married distant cousin Francoise Carmelite, daughter of Jean Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1821; Francoise's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their son Aristide was born in Assumption Parish in August 1828, and Drosin in April 1833.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family.  ...

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Jean-Louis, called Louis, by his second wife, born at Ascension in October 1772, died at Assumption in October 1803.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Louis was "about 27 years" old when he died, but he was 31.  He did not marry. 

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Paul-Eusèbe, by his second wife, born at Ascension in August 1774, died at Assumption in April 1794.  He was only 19 years old and did not marry. 

7

Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, from his second wife, born at Ascension in February 1780, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Trahan, at Ascension in May 1806.  Their son Landry Arseman was born at Ascension in March 1807, Henri Alcide, called Alcide, in Assumption Parish in November 1810, André Dorsin in October 1812, Emerant Jean in January 1815, Hermogène in February 1817, Landry Anatole in July 1822, and Basile Pierre or Pierre Basile in June 1830 but died at age 3 in June 1833.  Their daughters married into the Gautreaux and Verret families.  ...

7a

Henri Alcide married distant cousin Collette Luce Landry probably in Assumption Parish in the late 1820s or early 1830s.  Their son Joseph Jean Baptiste was born in Assumption Parish in September 1831. 

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Emerant Jean married first cousin Phelonise Barbe, daughter of his uncle Armand Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1835.  Their son Pierre Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in March 1836 but died at age 1 1/2 in June 1837, and another Pierre Joseph was born in June 1838.  ...

8

Youngest son Henri, by his second wife, born at Ascension in October 1781, married Marie Scholastique or Scholastique Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Baptiste Bergeron, at St.-Jacques in May 1805.  Their son Michel Henri was baptized at Assumption, age 4 months, in June 1806, Drosin Mathurin was born in August 1810, Jean Baptiste Mourville in October 1812, Angèl died 4 days after his birth in January 1815, Joseph Telesphore was born in February 1822, and Pierre Bienvenu in July 1827.  Their daughters married into the Landry and Robichaux families.  ...

8a

Michel Henri married Marie Delphine, called Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gravois, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1831.  Their son Michel Vileor was born in Assumption Parish in December 1831, Joseph Basile in January 1835, Maurice Henri in September 1836, and Jules Marc in April 1838.  ...

8b

Jean Baptiste Mourville married Marie Fidelie, called Fidelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1833. ...

8c

Drosin Mathurin married Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gravois and widow of Pierre Rousseau, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1835.  Drosin died in Assumption Parish in November 1836; he was only 26 years old. 

Descendants of Étienne LANDRY (c1734-1789)

Étienne, third and youngest son of Pierre Landry and Anne-Marie Doucet, born probably at Pigiguit in c1734, married fellow Acadian Dorothée Babin in Acadia or Maryland in the 1750s, and remarried to distant cousin Marie-Josèphe Landry probably in Maryland in the late 1750s or early 1760s.  Colonial officials counted  them with a daughter at Baltimore in July 1763.  They came to Louisiana with the first contingent of exiles from Maryland in 1766.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770 and 1777.  Étienne's daughter by his first wife married into the Hébert family.  Étienne died at Ascension in October 1789; the priest who recorded his burial said that Étienne was 57 years old when he died.  Marie-Josèphe did not remarry.  She died in Assumption Parish in November 1810; she was 77 years old.  Their sons settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, by his second wife, born probably at Cabanocé in c1767, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste dit Petit Jean Hébert, at nearby St.-Gabriel in November 1789.  Their son Alexandre le jeune was born at Ascension in September 1791, Siméon in February 1794, Calixte-Donat at Assumption in August 1797 but died at age 14 months in October 1798, Paulin was born in June 1800, Jean-Baptiste, fils in December 1801 but died in January 1802 10 days after his birth, and a second Jean-Baptiste, fils was born in March 1803.  Their daughters married into the Crochet, Dupuis, and Simoneaux families.  In 1797, Jean Baptiste owned 5 slaves on his farm at Assumption, a remarkably high number for that time and place.  The following year, he held only 2 slaves.  He died in Assumption Parish in July 1838; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Baptiste was 73 years old when he died, but he probably was closer to 71.  One of his sons settled in Ascension Parish.  The other remained in Assumption. 

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Siméon married Rosalie Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Giroir, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1821.  Their son Hilarion Avasse was born in Assumption Parish in October 1822, Sylvain Luc in October 1825, Vincent Théodule in January 1830, Siméon Clairville in January 1835, Ursin Cyrille in September 1836, and Zéphirin Arsène in May 1838.  ...

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Alexandre married Judith, daughter of fellow Acadian Jérôme Melançon, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1822.  Their son Jérôme was born in Ascension Parish in September 1823, Vincent de Paul in July 1829, Joseph Gustave in October 1831 but died at age 5 in October 1836, Florian Alexandre was born in November 1833 but died at age 11 months in October 1834, Joseph Mortimer was born in July 1835, and Jean Homere in November 1837.  ...

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Jean Baptiste, fils married Rosalie or Rosaline, daughter of French Creole Simon Simoneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1825; Roseline's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Jean Baptiste Grégoire was born in Assumption Parish in September 1832, Valéry Théophile in March 1835, Jean Baptiste Eusilien in Ascension Parish in July 1837, and Zéphirin was baptized at the Plattenville church, age unrecorded, in December 1839. ...

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Paulin died in Assumption Parish in May 1833.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Paulin was 30 years old when he died, but he was 32.  He probably did not marry. 

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Ignace, by his second wife, born probably at Cabanocé in  June 1769, died at Ascension in October 1774.  He was only 5 1/2 years old. 

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Youngest son Joseph-Alexandre, called Alexandre or Alexis, from his second wife, born at Ascension in December 1775, married Céleste or Colette, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Hébert of St.-Gabriel, at Assumption in February 1796.  Their son Joseph-Alexandre, fils was born at Assumption in February 1797, Hippolyte in August 1798, Grégoire-Mathurin in November 1800, Simon in February 1805, Victor Béloni in November 1808, Valérien in November 1814 but died at age 2 1/2 in July 1817, and Dominique Valérien, called Valérien, was born in August 1818 but died the following March.  Their daughters married into the Landry and Trahan families.  One of his sons "returned" to the river.  The others remained in the Bayou Lafourche valley. 

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Hippolyte married Francoise Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Giroir, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1820.  Their son, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish the day of his birth in October 1821, Hippolyte Joseph Simon, called Joseph, was born in December 1824 but died at age 12 in December 1836, and Joseph Sylvanie, called Sylvanie, was born in August 1826 but died at age 1 in July 1827.  ...

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Grégoire Mathurin married Delphine Denise, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Giroir, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1821.  Their son Didier Grégoire was born in Assumption Parish in May 1822 but died at age 7 years, 4 months, in September 1829, and a son, name unrecorded, died a day after his birth in October 1828.  ...

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Simon married Anne Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1824.  Their son Landry Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in July 1825.  Simon died in Assumption Parish in April 1832; he was only 27 years old. 

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Joseph Alexandre, fils married distant cousin Anne Emeranthe, called Emeranthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexis Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1825.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

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Victor Béloni married distant cousin Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Barrilleaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1830; Émilie's mother was a Landry. ...

Descendants of Francois-Sébastien LANDRY (c1741-1808)

Francois-Sébastien Landry, born at Pigiguit or Minas in c1741, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  He married fellow Acadian Marguerite LeBlanc probably in Maryland.  They came to Louisiana in 1767 with the second contingent of exiles from Maryland and settled at St.-Gabriel, where they had more children and where Spanish officials counted them on the "right bank ascending" in 1777; they owned three slaves by then.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin and Giroir families.  By 1788, Étienne, now a widower, had moved to the right, or west, bank of the river at nearby Ascension, where Spanish officials also counted him and his children in 1791.  He owned five slaves by then, a remarkable number for an Acadian living on the river at that time.  He remarried to Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Honoré Giroir, at Ascension in August 1793.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where they held five slaves at Assumption in 1798.  Francois-Sébastien, described as "res. Assumption," died in nearby Ascension Parish in December 1808; the priest who recorded his burial said that Francois was age 70 when he died, but he was closer to 64.  Only his oldest son seems to have created a family of his own. 

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Oldest son Lucas-Alexandre, called Luc and Alexandre, from his first wife, born at St.-Gabriel or Ascension in c1772, married Francoise-Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Le Borgne de Bélisle, at Ascension in February 1793.  Their son Joseph-Liduvino was born at Ascension in July 1798, Auguste Alexandre Norbert, also called Auguste Luc and Polinaire, at Assumption in June 1804, Francois Véronique at Ascension in May 1806, Cyrille in Assumption Parish in March 1810, and Angel died at age 2 months in March 1813.  They also had a son named Apollinaire Luc.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Landry families.  ...

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Apollinaire Luc married distant cousin Élise, daughter of Alexandre Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1818.  Their son Sidoine Sylvanie was born in Assumption Parish in August 1822, and Louis or Luc Joseph in January 1832 but died at age 3 months the following April.  Their daughter married into the Guidry family.  ...

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Joseph Liduvino may have died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1820.  If so, he would have been only 22 years old. 

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Auguste Luc married distant cousin Iréné Clémence, another daughter of Alexandre Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1824.  Their son Gervais Landry was born in Assumption Parish in June 1826 but died at age 7 in May 1833, Luc Alexandre was born in June 1828, David Jules in February 1836 but died the following month, and Auguste Luc, fils was born in February 1837.  ...

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Cyrille married Marie Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gravois, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1832.  Their son Luc was born in Assumption Parish in July 1833, and Cyrille Gille in August 1838.  ...

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Ignace, by his first wife, born at St.-Gabriel in February 1773, may have died young.

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Youngest son Laurent-Baptiste, by his first wife, born at St.-Gabriel in May 1775, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1758-1815)

Joseph, younger son of Francois Landry and Dorothée Bourg, born in Maryland in c1758, came to Louisiana probably in 1766 with his father and two older siblings and followed them to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married distant cousin Osite, daughter of Pierre Landry dit Pierrot à Jaques and widow of Pierre Bujole, in February 1778.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at nearby Ascension in 1788 and 1791.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard, Daigle, Dugas, Dupuis, Guidry, Landry, and Marois families.  Joseph may have died in Assumption Parish in February 1815; if so, he would have been in his late 50s. 

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Oldest son Édouard, born at Ascension in August 1780, died at Ascension, age 12 1/2, in January 1793. 

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Joseph, fils, born at Ascension in March 1789, may have died young.

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Another Joseph, fils, born at Ascension in November 1791, married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Hébert, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1814.  Joseph, fils died in Assumption Parish in August 1815; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 25 years old when he died, but he probably was 23. 

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Auguste- or Augustin-Gérard or -Ferant, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in October 1798, married distant cousin Marie Delphine, called Delphine, daughter of Luc Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1822.  Their son Joseph Augustin was born in Assumption Parish in March 1827, Joseph in January 1831, another Joseph died at birth in October 1834, and Pierre Guillaume was born in June 1838.  ...

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Basile-Valéry, called Valéry, born at Assumption in January 1801, died at age 2 years, 7 months in August 1803.

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Hubert-Marin, born at Assumption in November 1802, married distant cousin Azelie, daughter of French Creole Maurice Simoneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1827; Azelie's mother was a Landry.  ...

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Youngest son Ursin Jean or Léon Louis, born at Ascension in January 1807, married Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Lubin LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1834.  Their son Joseph Pierre was born in Assumption Parish in October 1835 but died at age 5 months the following March, Joseph Laurent was born in April 1837, and Joseph Lusignan in July 1839.  ...

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Most of the Landrys who came from France in 1785 settled on Bayou Lafourche, adding substantially to that center of family settlement:

Geneviève Landry, widow of Francisco Romagosa, who lived at Assumption, died at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, in September 1796.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 55 years old when she died, but she was closer to 45. 

Prosper Landry died at Assumption in October 1797, two days before his third wife, Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Pitre, also died there.  Prosper was 71 years old, 2 years older than his wife.  

Pierre Landry, husband of Marthe LeBlanc, died at Assumption in September 1798; he was 63 years old.  Born at Minas in the 1730s when Acadia thrived under British rule, as a young man he endured exile to Virginia, deportation to England, seven years of imprisonment in an English port, and repatriation to France as a young husband.  He spent over 20 years in France, raising a family, working as a colorist, carpenter, and ploughman, and enduring the frustration and poverty of a stranger in his own mother country.  In his twilight years, however, in Spanish Louisiana, he finally found peace and tranquility along Bayou Lafourche.  He was survived by his wife of 37 years, two married daughters, two married sons, and many grandchildren--a life well lived. 

Anselme Landry died in Interior Parish in October 1810.  His succession inventory was filed the day of his death. 

Jeanne Marguerite, called Marguerite, Landry, wife of Pierre Cancienne, died in Assumption Parish in March 1825.  She was 60 years old. 

Marie Olive Landry, widow of Paul Dominique Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1836.  She was 70 years old. 

Descendants of Jean-Pierre LANDRY (1762-1810)

Jean-Pierre, elder son of Prosper Landry and his third wife Élisabeth Pitre, born at St.-Antoine, France, near St.-Malo, in July 1762, became a carpenter in France.  He followed his family to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Ascension, where he married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Dominique Guérin, in February 1786.  Isabelle also had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, so they may have known one another in France.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river Ascension in 1788.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughter married into the Barrilleaux and Thibodeaux families.  Jean-Pierre remarried to Anne-Marie, called Annette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Daigle and widow, perhaps, of Simon LeBlanc, at Ascension in January 1790.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river there in 1791.  By the mid-1790s, however, they had moved to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Barrilleaux, Guillot, Mendoza, and Simoneaux families.  Jean Pierre, père died in Assumption Parish in August 1810; he was 48 years old. 

Jean-Pierre, fils, by his second wife, born at Ascension in November 1790, married Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Blanchard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1812.  Their son Jean was born in Assumption Parish in April 1813, Henri Firmin in July 1815 but died at age 2 months the following September, Marcellin Florentin was born in July 1816, Ferdinand Théodule in November 1818, Pierre Victor in July 1821, and Rosémond Dormeville in July 1825.  ...

Descendants of Simon-Joseph LANDRY (1765-1815)

Simon-Joseph, younger son of Prosper Landry and his third wife Élisabeth Pitre, born at Crehan, France, near Pleurtuit and St.-Malo, in November 1765, also became a carpenter in France.  He crossed with his family aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785, followed them to Ascension, and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie-Luce, daughter of fellow Acadian Marin Bourg at Assumption in July 1795.  Marie-Luce had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships.  Simon-Joseph, père died in Assumption Parish in December 1815; he was 50 years old and a widower. 

Simon-Joseph, fils, born at Assumption in May 1798, may have married fellow Acadian Élisabeth or Élise Aucoin in Assumption Parish in the 1820s.  Their son Octave was born in Assumption Parish in December 1824, and Simon Ulysse in January 1830.  Simon Joseph may have died in Assumption Parish in June 1833; if so, he was only 35 years old. 

Descendants of Aimable-Étienne LANDRY (1765-1832)

Aimable-Étienne, elder son of Joseph Landry and his second wife Jeanne-Marie-Madeleine Varangue, born at Cherbourg, France, in December 1765, became an engraver in France.  He came with three younger siblings to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Ascension, where he married Ursule-Francoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Pitre, in February 1788.  Ursule had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Ascension in 1791.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Barrilleaux, Colon, Foret, and Hunot families.  Aimable Étienne, called Étienne Aimable by the recording priest, died in Assumption Parish in July 1832; he was 66 years old. 

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Oldest son Étienne-Joseph, born at Assumption in September 1792, married distant cousin Rosalie, daughter of Joseph Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1813.  Their son Raphaël was born in Assumption Parish in September 1814 but died at age 1 in September 1815, Édouard Trasimond was born in June 1818, Cyprien died 10 days after his birth in September 1824, and Onésime Cleopha in December 1825.  Their daughter married into the Aucoin family.  ...

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Jean-Baptiste, born at Assumption in March 1799, married Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Foret, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1820, and remarried to Euphrosine or Josephine, called Frosine, daughter of fellow Acadian Blaise Boudreaux, at the Plattenville church in October 1827.  Their son Jean Baptiste, fils died in Assumption Parish 9 days after his birth in September 1828, Hermogène in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1829, another Jean Baptiste, fils was born in Assumption Parish in October 1833, and Joseph Léon in April 1837.  ...

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Paul-Olivier or Olivier-Paul, born at Assumption in September 1795, died at age 8 in September 1803. 

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Francois-Lucien, born at Assumption in October 1800, may have died young. 

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Youngest son Élie, born at Assumption in December 1802, married Anne Rosalie, called Rosalie, another daughter of Blaise Boudreaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1825.  Their son Hermogène was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1828, Eugène Basile in December 1829, and Jean Baptiste Villiers in Assumption Parish in February 1832 but died at age 4 1/2 in November 1836.  ...

Descendants of Abraham-Isaac LANDRY (1772-1816)

Abraham-Isaac, called Isaac, younger son of Joseph Landry and his second wife Jeanne-Marie-Madeleine Varangue, born at Cherbourg, France, in February 1772, crossed with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Ascension.  Spanish officials counted him with relatives on both sides of the river at Ascension in 1788.  They settled upper Bayou Lafourche, where Abraham married Anne-Olive, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Aucoin, at Assumption in November 1795.  Anne-Olive had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships.  Isaac died in Assumption Parish in October 1816; he was only 44 years old.  His only son, perhaps his only child, died young, so this line of the family did not survive in the Bayou State. 

Angèl died at Assumption a week after his birth in October 1796. 

Descendants of Joseph-Giroire LANDRY (1766-)

Joseph-Giroire, elder son of Pierre Landry and Marthe LeBlanc, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in January 1766, became an engraver in France.  He followed his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Ascension, where he married Marie-Paule or -Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Prosper-Honoré Giroir, in December 1788.  Marie-Paule also had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, so they may have known one another in France.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Ascension in 1791.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Charlet and Landry families.  Joseph remarried to Marie, daughter of French Creole Bernard Capdeville, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1811; Marie's mother was a Clouâtre.  Their daughters married into the Capdeville and Duhon families.  ...

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Oldest son Joseph-Henri, called Henri, from his first wife, born at Ascension in March 1791, married Jeanne Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Félix Boudreaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1813.  Their son Gatino Joseph Ovid, called Joseph, was born in Assumption Parish in November 1813, a son, name unrecorded, died 8 days after his birth in May 1823, Henri Léovinski was born in October 1826, and Octave Emare in July 1832.  Their daughters married into the Bourg and Foret families.  Henri remarried to distant cousin Coralie Melanie Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Bourg, at the Plattenville church in September 1835; Coralie's mother was a Landry; Henri was 44 years old.  Their child, perhaps a son, died in Assumption Parish at birth in June 1836.  ...

Joseph, by his first wife, married Marguerite Elise, daughter of French Creole Joseph Élie Freoux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1835; Marguerite's mother was a Bourg. ...

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Auguste or Augustin, by his first wife, born at Assumption in August 1792, married Marie Louise, Luce, or Lucie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Simon Boudreaux and widow of Hippolyte Brets, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1816.  Their son Julien Auguste was born in Assumption Parish in May 1821, Eugène Ansilien in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1824, Joseph Victor in November 1827, and Alexandre Zenon Charles in Assumption Parish April 1832.  ...

3

Fabien-Maximilien, called Maxille, from his first wife, born at Assumption in February 1795, married distant cousin Marie Eugènie, called Eugènie, daughter of Jean Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1817; Marie's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their son Lucien was born in Assumption Parish in December 1817, Auguste in c1819 but died at age 15 months in November 1820, Auguste Ennode was born in August 1820, Grégoire in September 1825, and Constant or Constantin in April 1830 but died at age 5 in May 1835.  ...

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Ursin-Valéry, called Valéry, from his first wife, born at Assumption in November 1796, married distant cousin Marie Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1819; Marie's mother was a Landry.  Their son Théodule was born in Assumption Parish in November 1820, Jule in April 1821[sic] but died at age 7 in August 1828, and Rosémond Osémé was born in December 1827.  Valéry died in Assumption Parish in April 1831; he was only 34 years old. 

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Grégoire, by his first wife, born at Assumption in August 1799, married Phelonise Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1826, and remarried to Francoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Aucoin and widow of Magloire Landry, at the Plattenville church in January 1837.  Grégoire died in Assumption Parish in November 1839; he was only 40 years old.  He may have had no sons by either of his wives; if so, his line of the family died with him. 

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Youngest son Jean Baptiste, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in June 1818, ...

Descendants of Jean-Raphaël LANDRY (1768-)

Jean-Raphaël, called Raphaël, younger son of Pierre Landry and Marthe LeBlanc, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in August 1768, became a printer in France.  He followed his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Ascension, where he married Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Richard, in August 1789.  Marie also had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, so they may have known one another in France.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Ascension in 1791.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Martin (Foreign French, not Acadian) and Richard families.  Jean Raphaël remarried to Marie Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Thibodeaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1839; he was 70 years old!  ...

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Oldest son Jean-Raphaël, fils, also called Louis, from his first wife, born at Ascension in August 1790, died at Assumption, age 7, in November 1797.

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Francois-Magloire, called Magloire, by his first wife, born at Assumption in April 1797, married Francoise or Fanny Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Aucoin of Baton Rouge, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1817.  Their son Marcellin Faustin was born in Assumption Parish in March 1822 but died at age 3 in April 1825, and Théophile Raphaël was born in December 1829.  Magloire died in Assumption Parish in October 1834; he was only 37 years old. 

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Louis-Paterne, by his first wife, born at Assumption in April 1799, married Marie Rose, called Rose, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1818.  Their daughter married into the Constance family.  ...

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Henri-Léon, called Léon, by his first wife, born at Assumption in April 1801, married Marguerite Susanne, called Susanne, daughter of French Creole Joseph Cheramie, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1821; Marguerite's mother was a Michel.  Their son Léon Raphaël was born in Assumption Parish in July 1823, and Magloire Saint Jeste in March 1827.  ...

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Youngest son Auguste Bernard, by his first wife, born at Assumption in October 1805, ...

Descendants of Jean-Charles LANDRY (1767-)

Jean-Charles, son of Eustache Landry and Marie Landry, born at Plouër, France, near St.-Malo, in May 1767, followed his uncle (or perhaps his grandfather), Francois Landry of Port-Royal, and some younger relatives to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He settled with them at Ascension, where he married distant cousin Marguerite, daughter of Francois Landry, fils and widow of Joseph Savoie, in January 1793.  Marguerite was a native of Louisiana.  The settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux, Hébert, and Landry families.  ...

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Older son Édouard-Benjamin, called Benjamin, born at Assumption in December 1793, married distant cousin Francoise Denise, called Denise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Duhon, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1816; Denise's mother was a Landry.  Their son Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in May 1818 but died at age 16 months in October 1819, Marcellin in October 1820 but died at age 5 1/2 in September 1826, Hippolyte Adon was born in December 1824, Joseph Sosthène in November 1830, Martin in April 1835, Désiré in March 1837, and Joseph Lima in June 1839.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc and Savoy families.  ...

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Younger son Marcellin-Séverin, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in January 1800, married distant cousin Delise, Felide, Feline, Phelie or Pheline Marguerite, daughter of Armand Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1821.  Their son Firmin was born in Assumption Parish in October 1824, a son, name unrecorded, died a day after his birth in September 1826, Marcellus Porphiro was born in February 1828, a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in October 1833, and another child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in March 1835.  Marcellin remarried to distant cousin Adélaïde Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Dupuis and widow of Jean Baptiste Thomas Moïse, at the Plattenville church in July 1838; Adélaïde's mother was a Landry.  Their son Augustin Séverin was born in Assumption Parish in August 1839.  ...

Descendants of Jean-Sébastien dit Bastien LANDRY (1767-1830)

Jean-Sébastien dit Bastien, second son of Charles Landry and Marguerite Boudrot, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in August 1767, came to Louisiana with his family aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Bastien married distant cousin Victoire- or Marie-Constance, called Constance, daughter of Pierre-Abraham Landry dit Pitre, at Ascension in January 1798.  Constance was a native of Louisiana.  They lived on upper Bayou Lafourche near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their daughters married into the Bernard, Henderson, and Richard families.  Bastien died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1830; the priest who recorded his burial said that Sébastien was 60 years old when he died, but he was 63; his succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in September. 

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Oldest son Sébastien-Rosémond, called Rosémond, born at Ascension in October 1798, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1824.  He was only 25 years old and did not marry.   

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Pierre-Thiburse, born at Ascension in August 1802, died in Ascension Parish at age 11 in November 1813. 

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Magloire Benoît, born at Ascension in July 1804, married Marie Justine, called Justine, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Babin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1825.  Their son Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in December 1826, Léon in February 1828, Théodore Joseph in February 1832, twins, perhaps sons or one son, died at birth in March 1835, Pierre Casimir, called Casimir, was born in April 1836 but died at age 6 months the following October, and an infant, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died in September 1839.  ...

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Césaire, born probably at Ascension in c1806, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1833.  He was only 27 years old and did not marry. 

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Ursin Damas, born in Ascension Parish in December 1812, ...

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Youngest son Henri Clairville, born in Assumption Parish in July 1817, ...

Descendants of Jean-Jacques LANDRY (1775-1828)

Jean-Jacques, fourth son of Charles Landry and Marguerite Boudrot, born at Châtellerault, Poitou, France, in January 1775, came to Louisiana with his family aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Jean-Jacques married Marie-Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Dugas, at Ascension in January 1804.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes before moving down bayou in the early antebellum period.  Their daughter married into the Babin family.  Jean Jacques died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1828; he was 53 years old; his succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in January 1829. Only half of his sons created families of their own, one in Ascension, the other farther down Bayou Lafourche.  

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Oldest son Dominique died at Ascension 3 days after his birth in August 1806. 

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Adélard, born in Ascension Parish in January 1813, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1827.  He was only 14 years old. 

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Joseph Octave, born in Assumption Parish in June 1815, married Marie Josephine, called Josephine, daughter of fellow Acadian Nicolas Orillion, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1834.  Their son Joseph Octave, fils was born in Ascension Parish in c1834 but died at age 2 1/2 in September 1837, Joseph Augustin was born in Ascension Parish in March 1835, and Jean Adélard or Allard in December 1836 but died at age 15 months in March 1838.  ...

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Youngest son Hubert Eustache, born in Ascension Parish in September 1817, married Pélagie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Théodore Boudreaux, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1838.  ...

Descendants of Charles LANDRY, fils (1777-)

Charles, fils, also called Charles Francois and Charles Valentin, fifth son of Charles Landry and Marguerite Boudrot, born at Chantenay, near Nantes, France, in May 1777, came to Louisiana with his family aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He settled with them at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, but moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married distant cousin Henriette Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Theriot, at Assumption in April 1805; Henriette's mother was a Landry.  Their daughters married into the Augeron and Cantrelle families.  ...

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Oldest son Charles Célestin, born at Assumption in February 1807, ...

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Fostin Alexandre, born in Ascension Parish in February 1809, ...

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Eteloin, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1815, ...

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Jacques Tourville, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1824, ...

Descendants of Francois-Marie LANDRY (1779-)

Francois-Marie, sixth and youngest son of Charles Landry and Marguerite Boudrot, born at Chantenay, near Nantes, France, in 1779, came with his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He settled with them at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, but moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Babin and widow of Eusèbe Landry, at Assumption in February 1803.  Constance was a native of Louisiana.  They settled near the boundary of Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Landry, Melançon, and Roth families.  Francois Marie remarried to Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Babin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in July 1831; he was 52 years old.  He seems to have had no sons by either of his wives who survived childhood, so this line of the family, except for its blood, may not have survived in the Bayou State. 

A son, by his first wife, name unrecorded, died in Ascension Parish a day after his birth in February 1809. 

Jean-Jacques-Frédéric LANDRY (1770-)

Jean-Jacques-Frédéric, son of Germain Landry and Cécile La Garenne, born at Cherbourg, France, in July 1770, followed his grandfather Francois Landry of Port-Royal and some other relatives to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to Ascension, where Spanish officials counted him with his grandfather on the right, or west, bank of the river in 1791.  He settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  He was still a bachelor on the upper bayou in 1798.  One wonders if he married and created a family of his own. 

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During the antebellum period, more Landrys, most of them descendants of Maryland exiles, moved from the river to the Bayou Lafourche valley and added to that already large center of family settlement:

Descendants of Joseph-Donat LANDRY (1773-1820)

Joseph-Donat, called Donat, son of Joseph Landry and Marguerite LeBlanc, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1773, married Geneviève, daughter of French or Spanish Creole Louis Estivan, Stephen, Stieven, or Stiven of Manchac, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1805; Geneviève's mother was a Babin.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Bourgeois families.  Donat died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1820; he was only 47 years old; a petition for a family meeting had been filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse a few weeks before his death. 

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Oldest son Alexandre, born in Assumption Parish in September 1813, married Evelina, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Bertrand, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1832.  Their son Edmond Amédée was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1835, and Augustin in February 1838.  ...

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Edmond, born in Assumption Parish in November 1816, married Mélicère, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Savoie, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1837.  ...

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Youngest son Séverin, born in Assumption Parish in June 1819, married Julienne, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Gilbert Melançon, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1839. ...

Descendants of Joseph-Thadée LANDRY (1780-)

Joseph-Thadée, eldest son of Joseph Landry dit Le Cadet and Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, born at Ascension in March 1780, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Dugas, at Ascension in July 1799.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  ...

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Oldest son Joseph-Marcellin or Marcellin-Joseph, born at Ascension in May 1800, married Carmelite Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Savoie, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1819.  Their son Francois was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1821, Lucien in August 1826, Henry Omer in July 1834, and Laurent Ferjus in August 1836.  ...

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Donat-Benjamin, called Benjamin, born at Ascension in February 1803, married distant cousin Marie Delphine, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Breaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1823; Marie's mother, also, was a Dugas.  Their son Joseph Aurelien was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1826.  ...

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Pierre, born at Ascension in October 1805, married Mélicère, 22-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Bourgeois, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1832.  Their son Pierre, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1834, and Joseph A. in March 1837.  ...

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Youngest son Étienne Rosémond, born in Ascension Parish in September 1808, ...

Descendants of Alain LANDRY (1778-)

Alain, eldest son of Pierre-Abraham Landry dit Pitre and Marguerite Allain, born at Ascension in October 1778, married Marguerite Eugènie, called Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1808.  Their daughter married into the Guidry family.  ...

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Older son Libois, born in Assumption Parish in June 1809, died at age 1 1/2 in December 1810. 

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Younger son Gervais Esprit, born in Ascension Parish in August 1827, ...

Descendants of Pierre-Grégoire dit Landry LANDRY (1782-)

Pierre-Grégoire, also called Landry, youngest son of Pierre-Abraham Landry dit Pitre and Marguerite Allain, born at Ascension in November 1782, married Marie Josephine, called Josephine, daughter of French Creole Jacques Rousseau, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1811.  Their daughter married into the Gross family.  ...

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Oldest son Terence Prudent, born in Assumption Parish in April 1815, ...

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Romain Dufoi, born in Assumption Parish in February 1817, married Mare Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc of Ascension Parish, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1837.  Their infant, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish in December 1838.  ...

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Emerent Gilbert, born in Assumption Parish in January 1819, ...

4

Landry Godegrand, born in Assumption Parish in September 1822, ...

5

Justin, born in Assumption Parish in August 1826, ...

6

Adolphe, born in Assumption Parish in December 1831 but died at age 1 in December 1832. 

Descendants of Joseph Francois or Richard LANDRY (1807-)

Joseph Francois, also called Joseph Richard, third son of Édouard Landry and his first wife Marie Élise Landry, born in Ascension Parish in April 1807, married distant cousin Marie Melanie, called Melanie, daughter of Henri Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1836.  ...

Charles Drosin, born in Assumption Parish in November 1838. ...

Descendants of Joseph Sylvère LANDRY (1815-)

Joseph Sylvère, son of Benjamin Landry and his second wife Marie Céleste Landry, born in St. James Parish in December 1815, married Rosalie or Rosaline, daughter of Jacob Rebre of Germany, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1835.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Older son Joseph Numa, born in Assumption Parish in June 1836, ...

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Landry Ernest, born in Assumption Parish in January 1838, ...

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Other LANDRYs in the Lafourche Valley

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some Landrys in the Bayou Lafourche valley with known lines of the family there:

Joseph Landry married fellow Acadian Marcellite Dugas and settled in Assumption Parish in the 1810s. 

Jean Landry died in Assumption Parish "by drowning in Bayou" in October 1830.  The Plattenville priest who recorded his burial said that Jean was "age ca. 40 yrs." when he died but did not bother to give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Éloi Landry married fellow Acadian Mathilde Theriot and settled in Assumption Parish by the early 1830s.  Mathilde died before October 1833, when she was called deceased in a daughter's burial record. 

Eugène Landry died in Assumption Parish in April 1832.  The Plattenville priest who recorded his burial said that Eugène was "ca. 39 yrs." old when he died but did not list his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Joseph dit Dio Vincent Landry, husband of Renée Trahan, died in Assumption Parish in January 1833.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph dit Dio Vincent was 51 years old when he died. 

Joseph Narcisse Landry married Léonore Landry probably in Assumption Parish in the 1820s or early 1830s. 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

A Landry from Switzerland came to Louisiana decades before her Acadian namesakes arrived.  Anne-Marie, daughter of Jacob Landry of Basel, Switzerland, married Henry, son of Pierre Lebel of Paris, at New Orleans in October 1728. 

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Landrys, who would have been called Foreign French in South Louisiana, immigrated from France during the antebellum period but probably remained at New Orleans:

Baptiste Landry, a 35-year-old carpenter and native of France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Baltic out of Aux Cayes, Haiti, in May 1820.  With him was 40-year-old Marie Dugas Landry, probably his wife.  She also was a native of France.  One wonders if Baptiste and Marie were descendants of Acadians who had remained in France. 

Louis Landry, a 40-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Middlesex out of Le Havre, France, in December 1847.  With him was wife Louise, age 37, also a native of France, and son Gastave, age 5. 

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Three non-Acadian Landry families, one from Canada, another from France, and a Protestant from northwestern Switzerland, appeared on the river and on the western prairies in the early antebellum period.  Their numbers were miniscule compared to that of their Acadian namesakes:

Descendants of Simon LANDRY (?-)

Simon, fils, son of Simon Landry and Marie Bélanger of Montréal, Canada, married Lucile, daughter of French Creole Manuel Labbe, at Pointe Coupee in 1805. ...

Descendants of Alexandre-Charles LANDRY (?-)

Alexandre-Charles, son of Étienne-Nicolas Landry and Marie-Adélaïde Lepeu of Paris, France, married Louise Antoinette, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Peytavin of Opelousas and Bayou Teche, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1811. ...

Alexandre Louis, born in St. Martin Parish in July 1814, ...

Descendants of Jean-Jacques-Henri LANDRY (?-)

Jean Jacques Henri Landry of Villiers, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, married Susanne Catherine, called Catherine, Frasse probably in Switzerland.  Like most residents of their canton, they were Protestants. They came to Louisiana during the antebellum period and settled in St. Martin Parish, where their two sons married sisters from Neuchâtel who also were Protestants.  The sons settled in St. Martin and Lafayette parishes in the midst of their Acadian namesakes. 

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Older son Charles Henri, born at Villiers, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, married Marie-Anne, daughter of David Francois Sandoz of Dombresson, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and sister of his brother Henri's wife, "at the parish rectory," St. Martinville, in February 1822; Marie-Anne also was a Protestant.  Their son Charles Émile was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1824, and Antoine in December 1837.  ...

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Younger son Jean Jacques Henri, fils, called Henri, born at Villiers, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, married Susanne Célestine, called Célestine, daughter of Jean Henri Sandoz of Dombresson, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and sister of his brother Charles Henri's wife, at the bride's home in St. Martinville in November 1831; Susanne-Célestine was a Protestant.  Their son Louis Joseph was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 10 1/2 months, in October 1836.  ...

CONCLUSION

Landrys (two separate families, the progenitors cousins) were among the first families of Acadia, no Acadian family came earlier to Louisiana, and no other Acadian family sent more refugees to the colony.  Between February 1764, when the first Acadians reached New Orleans, through 1785, when hundreds more arrived from France, over 200 Landrys--130 of them from Maryland alone--called Louisiana their new home.  Most of  them settled on the Mississippi River along what became the Acadian Coast.  In the late colonial period, centers of family settlement arose also on the western prairies and along Bayou Lafourche, but most Landrys remained on the river, especially in Ascension Parish.  Most of the 1785 arrivals, however, favored the Lafourche valley over the crowded river settlements. 

Non-Acadian Landrys from Canada, France, and Switzerland appeared in St. Martin Parish in the early 1800s, but they were vastly outnumbered by their Acadian namesakes. 

As they had occupied nearly every significant settlement in old Acadia, Landrys settled in every Acadian community of South Louisiana.   The family's settlement patterns in the late colonial and early antebellum periods resemble a series of waves spreading out from the family's substantial base on the Acadian Coast.  The first wave, no more than a ripple, moved out to the western prairies beginning in the early 1770s, followed by successive waves across the Atchafalaya into the early antebellum period.  Most of the western Landrys settled in what became St. Martin, Lafayette, St. Mary, and Vermilion parishes, but at least one family set down on the Opelousas prairie south of the present city.  Meanwhile, beginning in the late 1780s, several waves of settlement moved from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche, followed by ripples of movement deeper into the Lafourche and Terrebonne country in the early 1800s.  During the early antebellum period, in a reversal of the usual Acadian migration pattern, a few Landry families moved from upper Bayou Lafourche back to the river. 

The family produced a number of wealthy indigo and sugar planters, a district commandant, and even a lieutenant governor.  Joseph Landry dit Bellehomme served as commandant of Ascension from 1799-1803 and was elected to the first state senate in 1812.  His son Trasimond served as lieutenant governor of Louisiana in the late 1840s. ...

According to a recent study of Louisiana families with French and Spanish roots, "Among the surnames of French origin in Louisiana that of Landry is second only to Hébert."  Interestingly, dozens more Landrys than Héberts immigrated to Louisiana, and Landry marriages outnumbered Hébert marriages by a substantial margin in the first century of Acadian presence in South Louisiana.  ...

The family's name also is spelled Lendry, Landri, Landris, L'audry.

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 448, 612-26, 1009-10, 1198-1215, 1401-11, 1562, 1606-07, 1660, 2241, 2280-81, 2355-56, 2521-35; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 1:316, 2:202; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.); Hébert, D., South LA Records, vol. 1; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3; Marchand, Old Settlers of Ascension, 55-67; NOAR, vols. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 8, 51, 52, 140, 141, 144, 162, 172, 183; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 92-94, 174-75; White, DGFA-1, 914-52; White, DGFA-1 English, 194-204. 

Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day parishes that existed during the War Between the States in parenthesis; hyperlinks on the abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):

For a chronology of Acadian Arrivals in Louisiana, 1764-early 1800s, see Appendix.

The hyperlink attached to an individual's name is connected to a list of Acadian immigrants for a particular settlement and provides a different perspective on the refugee's place in family and community.