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'aîné, a farmer perhaps from La Chaussée, south of the middle Loire in the region of Loudun, born in c1618, came to Acadia in c1640, one of the early French settlers in the colony.  He married Perrine Bourg, widow of colonist Simon Pelletret, at Port-Royal in c1645.  René's sister Antoinette had married Antoine Bourg 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 Perrine 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.  René l'aîné died at Port-Royal in the late 1670s or early 1680s, in his 60s. 

Older son Pierre, born in c1658, married Madeleine, daughter of Étienne Robichaud dit Cadet and Françoise Boudrot, 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 and Marie Gautrot, 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 Annapolis 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 Claude and Marguerite's daughters married into the Dugas dit Grivois, Boudrot, Bourg, and Petitot dit Saint-Seine families.  Claude died at Annapolis Royal in December 1740, age 79.  Several of his daughters did move on to Île Royale, settling at Port-Toulouse. 

[For more on this branch of the family in pre- and post-disperal Acadia and Canada, see Book Three]

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Another Landry, born in France in c1634, also named René and called le jeune or cadet, came to the colony by c1659, when Marie, daughter of ____ Bernard and Andrée Guyon, a native of Port-Royal.  René le jeune became the patriarch of an even larger branch of the Landry clan.  René le jeune was not counted in the first Acadian census of 1671, but he did appear in the second Port-Royal 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 René le jeune and Marie's daughters married into the Thériot, Racois dit de Rosier, Dupuis, Richard, LeBlanc, and Blanchard families.  (René le jeune is a paternal ancestor of alligator hunter Troy Landry of Pierre Part, Louisiana, featured on the History Channel's popular "Swamp People" series.)

Oldest son Antoine, born in c1660, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau and Jeanne Theriot, 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.  Antoine and Marie's 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'aîné, was, like the other Claude Landry, born in c1663.  Claude, son of René le jeune, married first to Marie-Catherine, called Catherine, another daughter of Pierre Thibodeau and Jeanne Theriot, at Port-Royal in c1684.  They had 13 children, including five sons who married into the Comeau, Melanson, Doucet, and LeBlanc families.  Four of Claude and Marie-Catherine's 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 and Marie Mercier, probably at Minas in c1725.  They had no children.  Claude remarried again--his third marriage--to Jeanne, daughter of André Célestin dit Bellemère and Perrine Basile 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 dit La Verdure, fils and Marguerite Mius d'Entremont, 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 and Jeanne Boudrot, 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 dit La Verdure, fils and Marguerite Mius d'Entremont, 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 Germain and Marie's daughters married into the Babin and Comeau families. 

Abraham, born in c1678, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Guilbeau and Catherine Thériot, at Port-Royal in October 1701.  In the same year of his marriage, Abraham was described by a census taker as a "garçon à la pesche," or fisherman.  In the early 1700s, he and his wife moved to Pigiguit in the Minas Basin.  In 1714, Abraham also received permission to settle on Île Royale, but, like his brothers, he remained in British Nova Scotia.  Abraham and Marie had 10 children, including five sons who married into the Doucet, LeBlanc, Flan, Rivet, and Thériot families.  Abraham and Marie's three daughters married into the Bugeaud, Rivet, LeBlanc, and Landry families.  (Abraham is alligator hunter Troy Landry's paternal ancestor through Abraham's oldest son Pierre, who married Anne-Marie, daughter of René Doucet, at Annapolis Royal in June 1726; Anne-Marie's mother was Marie Broussard, older sister of the Beausoleil Broussard brothers of Acadian resistance fame.  Pierre and Anne-Marie settled at Pigiguit.) 

Pierre, born in c1680, became a fisherman and married Madeleine, daughter of François Broussard and Catherine Richard, 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 François Broussard and Catherine Richard, at Port-Royal in October 1708.  In 1714, he, too, received permission to settle on Île Royale.  He and his wife remained at Annapolis Royal.  In September 1727, in their capacity as delegates to the colonial Council, Charles dit Charlot and two other Annapolis valley 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 Charlot and Catherine-Josèphe's daughters married into the Lanoue and Savoie families. 

The great majority of the Landrys who emigrated to Louisiana came from this branch of the family.  Abraham's descendants are especially numerous in the Bayou State.  [For more of on this branch of the family in pre- and post-disperal Acadia and Canada, see Book Three]

By 1755, due to the size of the family, descendants of the Landry cousins could be found in most of the major Acadian communities, including Annapolis Royal, Grand-Pré and Pigiguit in the Minas Basin, Chignecto, Chepoudy and Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, Cap-Sable, and in the French Maritimes. 

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

[For the family's travails during the Great Upheaval, see Book Six]

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Landrys were among the very first Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana.  Olivier Landry of Chignecto, age about 36, came to the colony with wife Cécile Poirier, age 39, and three children--Joseph, age 16, Marie, age 14, and Jean-Antoine, age 3.  One authority says that Olivier learned of the colony's good qualities from a kinsman, Joseph De Goutin de Ville, a native of Port-Royal, who, at first as an army officer and then as a merchant, had been living at New Orleans since the late 1740s.  Olivier's paternal grandmother, Marie Thibodeau, was De Goutin's mother's older sister.  Olivier, wife Cécile, their three children, and three related families from Chignecto--the Cormiers, Poiriers, and Richards, 21 persons in all--left Savannah, Georgia, on 21 December 1763 aboard the Savannah Packet 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 Acadian exiles 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 15 months earlier, had not expected these new arrivals.  The Acadians' reputation for hard work and loyalty to France and the Roman Catholic faith having preceded them, however, the colonial officials welcomed the Landrys and their kin, 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, of the river 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 community in Louisiana, predating the Bayou Teche settlement by a full year. 

Olivier and Cécile had no more children in Louisiana.  Olivier died before April 1777, when his wife remarried at St.-Jacques.  Daughter Marie married into the Thibodeaux family.  Olivier's younger son probably died young, but his older son carried on the family line in what became St. James Parish:

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1751-1811; René le jeune, Antoine, Joseph)

Joseph, elder son of Olivier Landry and Cécile Poirier, born at Chignecto in c1751, was deported to Georgia with his family in 1755 and may have been held with them in New York from 1756 to 1763.  He followed 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 and Madeleine Richard of Chignecto, at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in c1768.  Anne also had come to Louisiana from Georgia via Mobile in 1764.  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, age 60.  Only two of his five sons seem to have created families of their own, and only a single line--that of a grandson--remained on the river, in St. James Parish.  Another grandson settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Oldest son Joseph, fils, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1770, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Michel and Marie Léger, 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 near Convent, St. James Parish, in May 1810.  Their daughters married into the Gautreaux and Thibodeaux families.  Joseph, fils died near Convent in April 1835; the priest who recorded his burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age 65 yrs.," so this probably was him.  Two of his three sons married, but only one of their lines seems to have survived.  It remained in St. James Parish, but it was a vigorous line. 

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Joseph III married Anastasie, also called Octavie, daughter of Jacques Poché and Véronique Vickner, at the Convent church in July 1825.  Their son Joseph IV was born near Convent in September 1828, Norbert Sylvère or Sylvain, also called Sylvère Norbert, in July 1830, Joseph Philippe, called Philippe, in January 1835, Joseph Justin in August 1842, and Joseph Clément in February 1847.  They also had a son named Joseph Théophile, called Théophile.  Their daughters married into the Badeaux, Guidry, Part, and Poirier families.  Joseph III died near Convent in February 1866; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age 67 years"; Joseph III would have been age 66, so this was him. 

Joseph IV married Élise, called Lise, daughter of Michel LeBoeuf and his Acadian wife Scholastique Guidry, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in March 1849.  Their son Alfred was born near Convent in May 1862, Joseph V in May 1860, and Victor in December 1864.  Their daughter married into the Bethancourt family. 

Norbert Sylvère married Marie Irma, called Irma, daughter of Evariste Oubre and Charlotte Dufrene, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in April 1849.  Their son Joseph Sylvère le jeune was born near Convent in March 1850 but died the following November, Léon Norbert was born in April 1856, Alcée in January 1860, George Jefferson died at age 10 months in August 1862, and Joseph was born in February 1869. 

Philippe married first cousin Marie Augustine, called Augustine, daughter of Jacques Poché and Cléonise Picou of Jefferson City, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in August 1855; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Philippe Aubrez or Aubry was born in St. James Parish in July 1856, and Joseph Jhonson, probably Johnson, in March 1864.  Philippe remarried to first cousin Marie Olide or Olype, another daughter of Jacques Poché and Cléonise Picou of Jefferson City, in a civil ceremony probably in St. James Parish, and sanctified the marriage at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1869; they had to secure a dispensation for first degree of affinity and second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Fernand Emmanuel was born in St. James Parish in November 1868. 

Joseph Théophile married Geneviève Élodie, called Élodie, daughter of Creoles Simon Rouiller, Rouillier, or Rouillet and Carmelite LeBlanc, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in August 1855, on the same day and at the same place his brother Philippe married.  Théophile and Élodie's son Louis Théophile was born near Convent in October 1864, and Jean Antoine in March 1867. 

Joseph Clément married Louisa, minor daughter of fellow Acadian Philemon Guidry and his Creole wife Louisa Matherne, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in November 1867. 

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Hildebert married cousin Marie Euphémie, called Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadians Élie Landry and Henriette Hébert of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1830.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  Hildebert remarried to Clémence, daughter of Gerasin Desormeaux and his Acadian wife Madeleine Hébert, "at the home of Joseph Landry," perhaps his older brother, in St. James Parish in December 1835; the second marriage was recorded at both the St. James and Convent churches.  Did Hildebert father any sons by either of his wives? 

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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 age 44, a resident of St. James Parish, and probably never married. 

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Benjamin, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in February 1774, married cousin Anne-Apolline, called Apolline and Poulone, daughter of René Landry and his second wife Anne Landry of Ascension, at St.-Jacques in April 1799.  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 cousin Marie Céleste, called Céleste, daughter of Anselme Landry and Agathe Landry and widow of Allain Babin and Amand Braud, at the St. James church, St. James Parish in November 1810.  Their son Joseph Sylvère, called Sylvère, was born in St. James Parish in December 1815.  Benjamin died in St. James Parish in March 1816; the priest who recorded the burial said that Benjamin was age 45 years when he died; he was in his early 40s.  Only one of his sons seems to have married, and he settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Joseph Sylvère married Rosalie or Rosaline, daughter of Jacob Rebre and Gertrude Piercuire of Germany, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1835.  They remained on upper Bayou Lafourche near the boundary between Assumption and Ascension parishes. 

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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 François, 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 François was "age about 40 yrs." when he died and mentioned no wife, so he may not have married. 

Jean-Antoine LANDRY (1760-?; René le jeune, Antoine, Joseph)

Jean-Antoine, younger son of Olivier Landry and Cécile Poirier, born probably in New York 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 then disappears from Louisiana church records, so he probably died young. 

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In 1765, a year after the first Landrys came to Louisiana, a young widower, an orphan, and two wives reached New Orleans from Halifax with dozens of other refugees from Nova Scotia.  They also settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, which soon was being called the Acadian Coast:

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 François, 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.  At age 16, she married fellow Acadian Charles Thibodeaux at Cabanocé in c1768.  They settled on the left, or east, bank of the river there. 

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1739-?; René le jeune, Abraham)

Joseph, second 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 Acadians Pierre Granger and Euphrosine Gautrot, at Cabanocé in August 1768.  She gave him more children.  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 Marie, daughter of perhaps fellow Acadians Pierre Breaux and Marguerite Gautrot and widow of Olivier Babin and Pierre Foret, at Ascension in May 1782.  Only one of his many sons seems to have created a family of his own and settled in what became Ascension Parish. 

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

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

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

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Grégoire-Raphaël, by his father's 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 father's second wife, born at Ascension in January 1775, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Breaux and Marie-Marthe LeBlanc, at Ascension in November 1792.  Their son Augustin- or Auguste-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 or Jean posthumously in August 1815.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Broussard, Dupuis, Landry, and Tregle families.  Raphaël died in Ascension Parish in April 1815; the Donaldson priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or Raphaël's age at the time of his death, but the priest did call Raphaël "spouse of ___ Braud," so there is no doubt that this was him; Raphaël was age 40 when he died.  

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Augustin Valéry married cousin Constance Céleste or Célestine, called Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Eusèbe Landry and Constance Babin, 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 19.  Augustin Valéry remarried to cousin Rose or Marie Hortense, called Hortense, daughter of fellow Acadians Désiré Landry and Justine Richard, at the Donaldson church in March 1822.  Their son Auguste Dorsini, called Dorsini and Dorsino, was baptized at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, age 5 months, in January 1826, and Raphaël le jeune in April 1827 but died less than 2 weeks later.  Augustin Valéry died in Ascension Parish in August 1852; the priest who recorded the burial said that Augustin Valéry died at "age 60 years." 

Dorsini married Marie Roselia or Rosella, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Breaux and his second wife Martine Thériot, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1843.  Their son Raphaël Dorsini was baptized at the Donaldsonville church, age unrecorded, in October 1845 but died at age 8 in September 1853, Alexandre Sylvestre or Sylvestre Alexandre was born in January 1848, and André Jackson in August 1851.  Their daughter may have married into the Barland family.  Dorsini remarried to cousin Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Ursin Babin and his Creole wife Odile Berteau and widow of Gervais Gautreaux, at the Donaldsonville church in April 1856; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of both consanguinity and affinity in order to marry.  Their infant child, name and age unrecorded, died in Ascension Parish in July 1857, son Joseph Robert Dorcino was born in August 1864, Vincent Sidney Alphred in September 1866, and twins Joseph Alphred and Louis Albert in January 1870. 

Alexandre Sylvestre, by his father's first wife, married Marie Malvina, called Malvina, daughter of fellow Acadians Derosin Bourgeois and Odalie Gaudin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1866.  Their son William Alexandre was born in Ascension Parish in June 1868. 

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Terence married cousin Marie Antoinette, called Antoinette, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Braud and his first wife Marguerite Richard and widow of Nicolas Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in November 1849; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Théodule Joseph was born in Ascension Parish in December 1850, William Franquelin in November 1852, and Terence, fils posthumously in May 1856 but died at age 10 in July 1866.  Terence, père died in Ascension Parish in October 1855; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Terence Jean, as he called him, died at "age 40 years, 31 days." 

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Youngest son François, by his father's 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 party in April 1765 lost his wife probably to childbirth a few months later, and 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 remarried at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, but his line probably did not survive:

Descendants of Mathurin LANDRY (c1737-1823?; René le jeune, Claude, Jean?)

Mathurin, son perhaps of Jean Landry and Claire LeBlanc of Minas, born in c1737, married Marie Dugas, date unrecorded.  They escaped the British roundup of 1755 and took refuge probably on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  In the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either were captured by, or surrendered to, British forces in the area, who held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia until the end of the war.  They followed the Broussard dit Beausoleil party from Halifax to Louisiana via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, and reached New Orleans in February 1765.  In April, they followed the Broussards to Bayou Teche.  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, and Marie 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 river at Cabanocé in April 1766; he was living with a widow and her sons, so he probably was 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 6 arpents of frontage along the river.  One of his daughters married into the Foret famiy.  Mathurin 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 family line, except for its blood, died with him. 

Isidore, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in July 1765, died along the Teche the following September, a victim, perhaps, of the epidemic that killed dozens of his fellow Acadians that summer and fall. 

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Most of the Landrys who came to Louisiana--at least 130 of them--immigrated from Maryland.  The first contingent from that colony--67 more Landrys--reached New Orleans in September 1766--the largest single Acadian family group ever to reach Louisiana.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where their cousins from Georgia and Halifax already had gone.  After the arrival of these Maryland exiles, the number of Landrys dramatically increased along the Acadian Coast.  Some of these 1766 arrivals also pioneered Landry settlement on the western prairies and on upper Bayou Lafourche:

Joseph Landry of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 56, deaf and unmarried, came with his younger brothers and followed them to Cabanocé and Ascension. 

Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 54, twice a widower, brother of Joseph, 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, in his early 60s, 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 perhaps into the Savoie family as well, and settled at Ascension and on upper Bayou Lafourche.  His sons settled at Ascension.  Petit Abram died at Ascension in August 1786, age 74. 

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

René Landry of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 50, Joseph and 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. 

Marie-Madeleine Landry of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 43, sister of Joseph, Petit Abram, and René, 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 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-Josèphe Bourg, age 55, 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, called Belhomme, age 14.  Marie-Josèphe did not remarry.  Her daughters married into the Bujole, Comes, LeBlanc, Melançon, Pichoux, and Sierra families.  Daughter Gertrude moved to the western prairies in the late 1770s, but Marie-Josèphe's other daughters settled at Ascension, as did son Joseph dit Belhomme.  Daughter Madeleine, widow of Thomas Comes, Jérôme LeBlanc, and Jean Baptiste Pichoux, died at Ascension in October 1800, age 53.  Daughter Marguerite, widow of Augustin Sierra and Joseph Melançon, died in Ascension Parish in October 1840, age 90.  Joseph dit Belhomme's youngest son, Trasimond, served as lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the late 1840s. 

Vincent Landry of Minas, age 39, Marie-Josèphe Bourg's stepson, came with wife Susanne Godin, age 29; Marie-Josèphe Bourg's daughter; and their infant son Charles-Caliste.  Vincent and Susanne had more children in Louisiana, including two more sons, and moved from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche by the early 1790s.

François Landry of Pigiguit, age 54, another widower, came probably with three children--François, fils, age 25; Pélagie, age 17; and Joseph, age 8.  François, père did not remarry and died at Ascension in February 1797, in his mid-80s.  François, fils settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Pélagie married a Landry cousin and settled at Ascension.  Joseph also married at St.-Jacques but settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Pierre dit Pierrot à Chaques 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 Chaques 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 Chaques 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. 

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. 

Firmin Landry, age 38, 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 dite Sally Thibodeaux, widow of Bonaventure Godin, at either St.-Jacques or Attakapas in c1769 and created a western branch of the family in the Attakapas District. 

Pierre dit La Vielliarde Landry of Pigiguit, age 34, yet 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 a Landry cousin at Cabanocé in November 1767.  She gave him more children, including sons.  They, too, moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche.  (Pierre dit La Vielliarde and his first wife, through their son Pierre-Alexis, are ancestors of alligator hunter Troy Landry of History Channel's popular "Swamp People" series.) 

Étienne Landry of Pigiguit, age 32, Pierre dit La Vielliarde's younger 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 on to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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 a son 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 age 77 when she died, but she was closer to 71. 

Charles Landry of Pigiguit, age 28, still a bachelor, came with two of his younger unmarried siblings--François, age unrecorded; and Pélagie, age 17.  Charles, fils married twice on the river and evidenlty took his second wife and a daughter to the Attakapas District in the late 1770s or early 1780s.  Pélagie already had gone there and married a Broussard.  François also married but remained on the river. 

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

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 age 85 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 Attakapas District in the early 1770s. 

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

Amand-Pierre Landry of Pigiguit, age 20, came with sisters Anne and Marie, ages unrecorded.  Amand-Pierre married twice, first on the river and then at Attakapas.  The fate of his sisters is difficult to determine. 

Basile Landry of Grand-Pré, age 16, came with his half-sister Marie Thériot and her husband Paul Melanson.  Basile married at St.-Jacques in 1776, lived at Ascension, and moved on to the Attakapas District in the late 1770 or early 1780s. 

Descendants of René LANDRY (c1716-1781; René le jeune)

René, seventh and youngest son of Abraham Landry and Marie Guilbeau, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1716, married Marie, daughter of Jacques Thériot and his first wife Marie-Marguerite LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in February 1737.  The British deported most members of the family to Maryland in 1755; their oldest son, however, became separated from the family and ended up in Virginia, England, and France.  Meanwhile, 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 cousin Anne, daughter of another Abraham Landry and Marie-Isabelle Blanchard and widow of Jean-Baptiste Broussard, probably at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in the late 1760s.  She gave him more children, including sons.  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, age 64.  His daughter married into the Melançon and Babin families on the river.  All eight of his sons by both wives survived childhood, and six of them married in Louisiana.  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.  A grandson from France also settled on the river, where he became a shaker and a mover. 

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Oldest son Pierre, by his father's first wife, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1740, evidently became separated from his family in the fall of 1755,  The British deported him to Virginia, and Virginia authorities sent him and other exiles on to England the following spring.  He may have been held with relatives at Southampton.  With the family of Jean-Jacques Thériot, his maternal uncle, and hundreds of other exiles in England, Pierre was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763.  Pierre settled with his relatives at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Hébert and Élisabeth LeBlanc, in January 1769.  Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre a son, Pierre-Joseph, at St.-Servan in January 1770.  Pierre died at St.-Servan in December 1772, age 32.  One wonders if his widow remarried.  She did not emigrate to Louisiana in 1785, but her Landry son, who would have been in his mid-teens at the time, did choose to join his father's family in the Spanish colony, where none of his relatives had ever met him.  He likely crossed from St.-Malo with his paternal great-uncle Jean-Jacques Thériot aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships from France, and followed him to Bayou des Écores.  In the late 1780s, young Pierre-Joseph resettled at St.-Gabriel on the river, married twice, and created a vigorous family line there. 

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Marin, by his father's first wife, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit in c1748, followed his family to Maryland and Cabanocé, where married 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.  Two of his three sons married and created families of their own in St. James Parish.  One of his grandsons moved to the western prairies, but the others remained on the old Acadian Coast. 

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Donat married Marie-Marthe, called Marthe, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Lanoux and Catherine LeBlanc, 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 Doradou or Douradour 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 Bourg, Gravois, Lanoux, LeBlanc, Peytavin, and Richard families.  Donat died near Convent in July 1835, age 56. 

Augustin dit Doradou married Marie Phelonise, called Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dugas and Marguerite Poirier, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in September 1829.  Their daughters married into the Bourgeois, Melançon, and Mire families.  Augustin died near Convent in June 1833, age 23.  Did he father any sons? 

Donat, fils married Victorine, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Richard and Madeleine Arceneaux, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1845.  Their son Donat III was born near Convent in December 1845, and Martin Benjamin, called Ben, in July 1847.  Their daughter married into the Bourque family.  Donat, fils died near Convent in June 1850, age 26. 

Ben married first cousin Estelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Amédée Bourque and Célestine Landry, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in April 1867; Estelle's mother was Ben's paternal aunt, so the couple had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.

Donat III married Sally Ann, also called Célene, Rochell or Rochelle at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1869.  Their son Pierre William was born in Ascension Parish in May 1870. 

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Éloi married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Melançon and Marie LeBlanc, at St.-Jacques in December 1801.  Their son Éloi, fils, also called Éloi Marin, 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, age 40.   His surviving son moved to the western prairies in the 1830s. 

Éloi, fils married cousin Madeleine Mathilde, called Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Theriot and Madeleine Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1829; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Éloi, fils remarried to cousin Marie Bathilde or Bertille, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Landry and Madeleine Brasseaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1835.  They remained in Lafayette Parish. 

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Valentin Marin died near Convent, St. James Parish, in November 1840.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Valentin died at "age 51 yrs.," so this probably was him.  Did he marry? 

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Olivier, by his father's first wife, born in Acadia in c1753, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians François Hébert and Marie-Josèphe Melançon, at Ascension in February 1775.  They moved to the Attakapas District by the 1780s. 

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

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Firmin, by his father's first wife, born probably in Maryland in c1760, married Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians Vincent-Ephrem Babin and Marguerite LeBlanc, 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 Acadians Simon LeBlanc and Marguerite 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 or Auguste Raphaël, also called Auguste Firmin, in March 1804.  One of his sons settled in St. James and another in Ascension Parish.

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Firmin, fils, by his father's second wife, married Tarsile, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Étienne Melançon and Marie Louise Lanoux, 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.  Did the family line endure? 

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Raphaël Auguste, by his father's second wife, married cousin Adélaïde, Adeline, or Audelitte, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Raphaël Babin and Marguerite Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1825.  Their son Jean Raphaël was born in Ascension Parish in January 1832, and Pierre Lavigne in September 1833.  Their daughters married into the Bourque, Braud, and Parent families.  Raphaël Auguste died in Ascension Parish in October 1837, age 33. 

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Pierre, by his father's second wife, born at Ascension in c1768, died at St.-Gabriel in March 1798, age 30, and probably did not marry. 

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

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

Descendants of François LANDRY, fils (c1741-?; René le jeune, Pierre)

François, fils, elder son of François 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 Acadians Jean Dugas and Marie-Charlotte Godin, 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.  Their only son settled in Ascension Parish, married twice, and had several sons of his own.  One of François's grandsons moved down into the Bayou Lafourche valley, but the others remained on the river. 

Édouard, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1773, married cousin Henriette or Marie Élise, called Élise or Eliza, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Marguerite Allain, at Ascension in June 1796.  In June 1798, Édouard and his wife purchased from his widowed mother in Ascension 3 arpents of land near Pierre LaBatte, 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 François, in April 1807, Jean in December 1809, and Libois Drosin or Drosin Libois, in November 1815.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Dugas families.  Élise died in Ascension Parish in November 1822, age 37.  Édouard, at age 51, remarried to Antoinette, daughter of Louis Barbay and Charlotte Falgout, at the Donalsonville church, Ascension Parish, in March 1824.  Édouard died in Ascension Parish in December 1825, age 52.  One of his sons settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Félix Jean Baptiste, by his father's first wife, married Marie Aurore, daughter of fellow Acadians Hippolyte Breaux and Adélaïde Dugas, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1826, and remarried to cousin Anasie, Angèle, or Aspasie Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadians Sylvère Breaux and Rosalie Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1830.  They settled in Ascension Parish.  Their son Frumence or Joseph Félix was born in October 1830 but died at age 8 in November 1838, Joseph Édouard or Édouard Joseph was born in September 1833, Jean Désiré, called Désiré, in December 1835, Louis Furcy in January 1838, Louis Philippe in August 1842, Joseph Octave, called Octave, in January 1846 but may have died at age 9 1/2 in September 1855, Félix Janvier was born in September 1848 but died at age 7 in September 1855, and François Hector was born in February 1851 but died at age 1 1/2 in June 1852.  Their daughter married into the Genazzini family.  Félix Jean Baptiste died in Ascension Parish in October 1855; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Jean B., as he called him, died at "age 51 years"; Félix Jean Baptiste would have been a few weeks shy of age 51. 

Joseph Édouard, by his father's second wife, married Joséphine, daughter of Jean Buquoi and Joséphine Buquoi, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1855.  Their son Joseph Édouard, fils was born in Ascension Parish in February 1860. 

Désiré, by his father's second wife, married Emma, daughter of Alfred Hatkinson and Clémentine Buquoi, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1867.  Their son Louis Jean was born in Ascension Parish in August 1870. 

Joseph François, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marie Mélanie, called Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Henri Landry and Scholastique Bergeron, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1836.  They remained on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Jean, by his father's first wife, married cousin Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jérôme Dugas and Isabelle Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1836; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Barbay, and Roth families.  Did Jean father any sons? 

Drosin Libois, by his father's first wife, married Marie Émilie, called Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Valéry LeBlanc and his Creole wife Euphrosine Denou widow of ___ Rivet, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1841.  Their son Sébastien Valéry, called Valéry, was born in Ascension Parish in January 1844, Joseph Edward in June 1846, Jacques Gustave in July 1848, and twin sons Alexandre and Calixte in October or December 1858, and Ulgere Denis in October 1861. 

Valéry married Alouysia or Alysia, daughter of fellow Acadian Trasimond Dupuy and his Creole wife Arthémise Hosler, at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in March 1867.  Their son Clément Maurice was born near Gonzales in September 1869. 

Laurent, by his father's first wife, died in Ascension Parish in November 1862.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Laurent died at "age 60 years," so this probably was him.  Did he marry?  

Descendants of Étienne LANDRY (c1742-1780s; René le jeune, Abraham)

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 Acadians Charles Trahan and Brigitte Landry, 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. 

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

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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?; René le jeune, Abraham)

Simon, fourth 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 cousin Anne-Marguerite, called Marguerite, perhaps of fellow Acadians Germain Babin and Marguerite Landry, 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, in his late 30s.  Most of his many sons created families of their own and remained on the Acadian Coast. 

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

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Simon-Béloni, called Béloni, born probably at Ascension in c1771, married Marie-Jeanne, called Jeanette, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Chauvin and his Acadian wife Marguerite Breaux, at Ascension in September 1793.  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, age 58. 

Jean Baptiste Longin married Marie Aureline, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Théodore Babin and Henriette Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1836.  They settled near the boundary between Ascension and Iberville parishes.  Their son Martiale Morille was born in July 1841, Jules Olésime was born in May 1843, and Baptiste Gustave in March 1845.  Their daughter married into the Dugas family.  Jean Baptiste Longin remarried to cousin Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians François Crochet and Eulalie Landry of Assumption Parish, at the Donaldsonville church in February 1853.  Their son François Louis was born in Ascension Parish in November 1853, Jean Franklin in February 1855, Félix Augustin in November 1856, and Arsènes Théo in December 1860. 

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Pierre-Alexis, born at Ascension in July 1774, married cousin Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Sylvain LeBlanc and Marie-Josèphe Babin, 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 Simonet, in June 1801.  Pierre-Alexis died at Ascension in October 1801, age 27. 

3a

Sylvain married double cousin Claire Bathilde or Mathilde, called Bathilde or Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Babin and Céleste Landry, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in May 1820; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of relationship in order to marry.  Their daughter married into the Delaune family.  Sylvain died in Ascension Parish in February 1826, age 30.  Did he father any sons? 

3b

Élie Narcisse married cousin Mélanie Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Guillaume Raphaël Landry and Marie Madeleine Breaux, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1822; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  They settled near the boundary between Ascension and Iberville parishes.  Their son Guillaume Sylvanie was born in January 1823, Édouard Dorsigny in September 1825,  Jules Élie in December 1827, and Laurent Rodolphe in August 1830.  Mélanie died near St. Gabriel in June 1831, age 27.  Élie Narcisse, at age 42, may have remarried to Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Julie Trahan and widow of Firmin Guidry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1841. 

Jules Élie married Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Valéry Dupuy and Hortense Hébert, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1855.  They settled near Gonzales.  Their son Paul Élie was born in December 1859, Germain Séverin in February 1862, and Terence Mathurin in November 1869. 

3c

Simonet married double cousin Bathilde Célesie, called Célesie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Donat Landry and Angèle Landry of Iberville Parish, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1828.  Their son Simon George Gédéon was born in Ascension Parish in July 1830, and Acadius Augustine in January 1841.  Their daughters married Landry and LeBlanc cousins.  Simonet died in Ascension Parish in January 1767; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Simonet died at "age 65 years."  Célesie died in Ascension Parish also in January 1867, less than a week after Simonet, also age 65. 

4

Joseph-Simon, born at Ascension in December 1775, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Babin and Osite LeBlanc, 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 Thiburse, called Thiburse, 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, age 44. 

4a

Isidore married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Gautreaux and Marie Melançon, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1835.  Their son Thomas Isidore was born in Ascension Parish in December 1835, Edmond Martin in November 1837 but died at age 9 1/2 in August 1847, Joseph Oscar, called Oscar, was born in January 1847 but died at age 8 1/2 in October 1855, Prudent Avit was born in June 1849, and August Eugène, called Eugène, in November 1854 but died at age 10 1/2 in September 1865.  Their daughter married into the Babin family.  Isidore died in Ascension Parish in September 1855, age 44. 

4b

Cyprien married Marie Apolline, called Apolline, daughter of François Lucenty, Lucenti, or Lucentie and his Acadian wife Marie Anne Gautreaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1837.  Their son James Xavier was born in Ascension Parish in May 1847 but died at age 6 in August 1853, Aubin Alvery was born in March 1850, and Joseph Elphége in January 1852.  Their daughters married into the Allemand, Erris, and Yentzen families.

4c

Gilbert Firmin died in Ascension Parish in December 1837, age 38.  He may not have married. 

4d

Thiburse married Élizabeth, daughter of Manuel Monson or Mansan and Eulalie Lagrange, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1855.  Their son Lucien Joseph was born in Ascension Parish in December 1856, Simon Grégoire in May 1860, and Paul Adrien in January 1864.

5

Olivier, born at Ascension in December 1777, married Angèle or Angélique, another daughter of Sylvain LeBlanc and Marie Josèphe Babin, at Ascension in June 1797.  Their son Servant or Simon was born at Ascension in October 1803, and Paul Onésime, called Onésime and also Olésime, in September 1805.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Villard families.  Olivier remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean Pierre Culaire and his Acadian wife Geneviève Marie Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1812.  Their son Jean was born in Ascension Parish in September 1813.  Olivier, at age 50, remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin and Osite LeBlanc and widow Alexandre Valéry Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1827.  Olivier died probably at his home on Bayou Corne, Ascension Parish, in February 1832; the priest who recorded the burial said that Olivier was age 58 when he died, but he was 54. 

5a

Simon, by his father's his first wife, married cousin Anne Valerante or Valerente, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Babin and Céleste Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1826.  Their daughter married into the Daigre family.  Did Simon father any sons? 

5b

Onésime, by his father's first wife, married cousin Madeleine Clothilde, perhaps also called Marie Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Théodore Babin and Madeleine Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1827; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their infant child, 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.  Their daughters married into the Hébert, Richard, and Trosclair families and perhaps to a Landry cousin as well.  Paul Onésime remarried to Rosalie, daughter of Ferdinand Capdeville and his Acadian wife Marie Élisabeth Melançon and widow of Norbert Neraux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1844.  Their son Abraham Sylvère was born in Ascension Parish in March 1848, and Vincent de Paul in July 1849. 

Simon Théodore, by his father's first wife, married Joséphine, daughter of Pierre Pellerin, also called Tellier, and Marie Rose Lartigue, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1853.  Their son Théodore Gervais was born in Ascension Parish in June 1854, and Siméon Olivier in January 1860. 

5c

Jean, by his father's second wife, married Marie Elina, called Elina, daughter of André Conrad and Eulalie Grabert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1844.  Jean, called "a native of New River, Ascension parish," died near St. Gabriel in November 1846, age 33.  Did his family line die with him? 

6

Firmin, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in November 1779, married cousin Henriette, another daughter of Joseph Babin and Osite LeBlanc, 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 did not endure. 

7

Youngest son Simon-Nicolas or Nicolas-Simon, born at Ascension in February 1782, married cousin Osite, daughter of fellow Acadians Isaac LeBlanc and Marguerite Babin, at Ascension in April 1804.  Their son Barthélémy Séverin was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1812, and Emérant in January 1817.  Their daughter married a Babin cousin.  Nicolas remarried to cousin Marie Élise or Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Melançon and Marie Christine Landry 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, Vilfrid Geraud, called Geraud, in October 1837 but died at age 2 in October 1839, and Edmond Nicolas was born in November 1842.  Nicolas, while a "res. of New River at the Bluff," died in Iberville Parish in October 1849, age 67. 

7a

Joseph Ferdinand, by his father's second wife, married Marie Armelise, called Armelise, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Valéry Breaux and Marie Rose Hébert, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1855.  They lived near the boundary between Ascension and Iberville parishes.  Their son Joseph Albert was born in November 1856, Simon B. in February 1859, François Richard in April 1863, and twins Lucas Jean and Lucas Nicolas in June 1865. 

7b

Louis Simon, by his father's second wife, married double cousin Marie Sulvina, daughter of fellow Acadians Anselme Landry and Madeleine Joséphine Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in November 1855.  They lived near the boundary between Ascension and Iberville parishes.  Their son Alibert was born in May 1856, and Cléopha Siméon in January 1862. 

7c

Edmond Nicolas, by his father's second wife, married cousin Elisca, daughter of fellow Acadians Séverin Breaux and Serasine Landry, at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in January 1866.  Their son Jean Séverin was born near Gonzales in December 1869. 

Descendants of Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre LANDRY (c1752-1805; René le jeune, Abraham)

Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre, fifth 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 Acadians Pierre Allain and Catherine Hébert, 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, age 53.  Two of his three sons married and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

1

Oldest son Alain, born at Ascension in October 1778, married Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Aucoin and Marie Marguerite Noël, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1808.  They remained 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 Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of Jacques Rousseau and Charlotte Oubre, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1811.  They remained on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Descendants of Joseph dit Le Cadet LANDRY (c1757-1784; René le jeune, Abraham)

Joseph dit Le Cadet (called this to distinguish him from his eldest half-brother Joseph), sixth and youngest 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.  Cadet 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 Acadians Étienne LeBlanc and Élisabeth Boudrot, in February 1778.   Cadet died at nearby Ascension in January 1784, age 27.  Only his oldest son seems to have married, and he settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where the family line continued. 

1

Oldest son Joseph-Thadée, born at Ascension in March 1780, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Dugas and Rose Babin, 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?; René le jeune?)

Charles, 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 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 cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Germain Babin and Marguerite Landry, 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, Braud, Landry, and Lecompte families.  Charles, fils may have died at Ascension in April 1804; he would have been age 66 that year.  His only son remained in Ascension Parish and had many sons of his own, but not all of them married, and not all of their lines survived.  This line of the family, in fact, may have died out in the third generation. 

Léger, by his father's second wife, born probably at Ascension in c1783, married cousin Anne Louise, Élise, Elisa, or Lise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Babin and Osite LeBlanc, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in October 1807.  They settled in nearby Iberville Parish.  Their son Léger Valsin or Valsin Léger was born in November 1808, Philibert Trasimond in April 1810, Jean Rosémond in January 1812, Duval in October 1813, Marcellin in March 1817, Narcisse Pharon, also called Narcissus Pharas, in October 1818, Colin Suriaque in March 1820, and Gervais Stanislas in March 1828.  Their daughter married into the Melançon family.  Léger died "at his home in Iberville parish" in November 1837, age 54. 

Jean Rosémond died in Ascension Parish in May 1838, age 25.  He probably did not marry. 

Léger Valsin married Aspasie, daughter of Honoré Grégoire and Louise Vensan, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1839, and remarried to cousin Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Eusèbe Alexandre Babin and Madeleine Sylvina LeBlanc and widow of Paul Onésime Landry, at the Donaldsonville church in September 1842; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Valsin Léger, as the recording priest called him, died in Ascension Parish in October 1848; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial did not give Valsin Léger's age at the time of his death, but he was a month shy of 40.  Did he father any sons? 

Marcellin married Victoire Célina, Célima, or Selma, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré Daigre and Adélaïde Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1845.  Their daughter married into the Martinez family.  Marcellin, at age 47, remarried to Angélique, also called Angelie, daughter of Jacques Rosémond Berret or Perret and his Acadian wife Marcellite LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church in May 1864.  They settled near Plaquemine, on the west side of the river.  Their son Joseph Lee was born in May 1865, a son, name and age unrecorded (perhaps Joseph Lee), may have died in July 1867, and Rosémond Léger was born in October 1867.

Narcisse Pharon married Marguerite Coralie, called Coralie, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon LeBlanc and Marie Scholastique Gautreaux, at the Donalsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1848.  They were living near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, on the west side of the river in the early 1850s.  Narcisse may have died in Iberville Parish in September 1855; the St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Narcisse died at "age 32 years"; Narcisse Pharon would have been 36.  Did he father any sons? 

Descendants of Jacques LANDRY (c1743-1783; René le jeune?)

Jacques, born probably at Pigiguit in c1743, brother of Charles, 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 Françoise 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, age 40.  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, age 50.  He 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 Acadiana Jean-Marie Richard and Rose Bourgeois, 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 the burial said that Désiré was age 43 when he died, but he was 41.  Did he father any sons?   

5

A second Donat, this one a twin, born at Ascension in November 1783 a month before his father died, married cousin Anne, also called Marie Élise or Lise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Melançon and Marguerite Landry, at Ascension in May 1805.  They settled near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their son Donat, fils died 2 days after his birth in January 1807, Paul Onésime was born in December 1807, Ursin in September 1808, and Joseph Valentin, called Valentin and T. Valentin, in July 1813.  Their daughter married into the Dugas family.  Donat died in Ascension Parish in May 1836, age 52. 

Joseph Valentin married cousin Christine Élisabeth, called Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Auguste Hyacinthe Landry and Marguerite Eugénie Babin, at the Donalsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1839.  Their son Bernard Harmon, also called Hermand Bernard, was born in Ascension Parish in May 1843, Joseph Augustin in March 1845, Eustache Vileor in March 1847, and Vincent died at age 6 months in September 1852.  Their daughter married into the Gautreaux family.  Élisabeth died in Ascension Parish in October 1854, age 32.  At age 42, Joseph Valentin, called T. Valentin by the recording priest, remarried to cousin Marguerite Elina, called Elina, another daughter of Auguste Hyacinthe Landry and Marguerite Eugénie Babin, at the Donaldsonville church in August 1855.  They settled near the boundary between Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their son Laurent Valentin was born in September 1858, Landry Elphége in March 1859, Barthélémy Alphrede in August 1862, and Alexandre Joseph in March 1869. 

Hermand Bernard, by his father's first wife, married Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadians Leufroi Boudreaux and Eulalie Hébert, at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in April 1870. 

Eustache Vileor, by his father's first wife, called Vileor E. by the recording priest, married Louise, probably Marie Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Victorin Melançon and Marie Sylvanie Boudreaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1870. 

6

Victor-Martin, Donat's twin, married cousin Anne Jeanne, called Jeanette, another daughter of Joseph Melançon and Marguerite Landry, 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, LeBlanc, and Regauffre families.  Victor died in Ascension Parish in March 1838, age 54.  Only his older son seems to have created a family of his own. 

Gédéon married cousin Marie Zulma, called Zulma, Melançon probably in the late 1820s, place unrecorded.  Their son Martin was born in Ascension Parish in November 1830 but died at age 5 months in May 1831, Joseph Joachim, called Joachim, was born in February 1832, Joseph Dernon or Dornon in July 1833 but died at age 13 months in August 1834, Gédéon Victor was born in November 1836 but died at age 16 months in March 1838, Joseph Valsin was born in July 1844 but died the following November, and  Joseph Privat Destival was born in August 1845 but died at age 2 in October 1847.  Gédéon died in Ascension Parish in May 1849; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Gédéon died at "age 41 years."   Gédéon fathered many sons, but nearly all of them died very young.  One wonders why.  One of his six sons lived long enough to marry and settle in Ascension Parish; the son also died young, but not before fathering a son of his own. 

Joseph Joachim married cousin Marguerite Clara, called Clara, daughter of fellow Acadians Olésime Landry and Marie Madeleine Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1850; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Jackson was born in Ascension Parish in June 1852.  Joachim died in Ascension Parish in July 1852; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Joachim died at "age 21 years."  He was 20. 

Descendants of François LANDRY (?-1783?; René le jeune?)

François, born probably at Pigiguit, Charles and Jacques's brother, 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.  François may have died at St.-Jacques in 1783.  The priest who recorded the burial of François Landry, "First Sergeant of Militia," did not give his parents' names, mention a wife, or give his age at the time of his death, so one wonders if this was him. 

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1752-; René le jeune?)

Joseph, born probably at Pigiguit in c1752, Charles, Jacques, and François's brother, 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 family line survived in the Bayou State.

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

Descendants of Jean LANDRY (c1752-?; René le jeune, Germain, Abraham dit Chaques)

Jean, eldest son of Pierre dit Pierrot à Chaques Landry 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 cousin Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Blanchard and Marie-Josèphe Landry, at nearby St.-Gabriel in October 1788; Marie-Josèphe was a sister of Jean's brother Jean-Baptiste's second wife.  Jean and Marie-Josèphe's 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, probably did not survive. 

1

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

2

Younger son Valéry, born at Ascension in July 1806, died in Ascension Parish in October 1822, age 16.   

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste LANDRY (c1756-?; René le jeune, Germain, Abraham dit Chaques)

Jean-Baptiste, second son of Pierre dit Pierrot à Chaques Landry 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 cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Charles LeBlanc and Judith Landry, at nearby St.-Gabriel in November 1786.  Jean-Baptiste remarried to cousin Anne-Marguerite, another daughter of Joseph Blanchard and Marie-Josèphe Landry, at St.-Gabriel in August 1788; Anne-Marguerite also was a sister of Jean-Baptiste's brother Jean's wife.  Did this family line survive? 

Jean Narcisse, by his father's second wife, born in Ascension Parish in May 1808, may have died young. 

Firmin LANDRY (c1759-; René le jeune, Germain, Abraham dit Chaques)

Firmin, third son of Pierre dit Pierrot à Chaques Landry 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 Frances Sally, called Sally, daughter of Anselm Scantien and Sally Grin 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?; René le jeune, Germain, Abraham dit Chaques)

Paul, also called Olivier, fourth and youngest son of Pierre dit Pierrot à Chaques Landry 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-Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre-Paul Hébert and Marguerite LeBlanc, at nearby St.-Gabriel in June 1787.  They settled at Ascension.  Their daughters married into the Amiraty, Bourdier, Landry and LeBlanc families.  Paul, at age 63, may have remarried to fellow Acadian Ludivine LeBlanc, widow of Donat Landry of Iberville Parish, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1825.  Paul may have died in Ascension Parish in November 1829; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Paul died at "age ca. 60 yrs.," but this Paul would have been closer to 67. 

1

Oldest son Simon-Julien, called Julien, from his father's first wife, born at Ascension in February 1794, married Rosalie Justine, called Justine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Breaux and Brigitte Foret, at the Donaldson church in May 1816.  Their son Pierre Théodule was born in Ascension Parish in June 1819, Félix Valcourt in July 1827 but died at age 13 in July 1840, and Simon Homere was born in April 1832.  Their daughters married into the Bingay family, and perhaps into the Allen family as well.  Julien died in Ascension Parish in September 1845; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Julien died at "age 52 years"; he was 51.   

Pierre Théodule died in Ascension Parish in October 1839, age 20.  He probably did not marry. 

2

Pierre-Paul, called Paul and also Hippolyte Paul, from his father's first wife, born at Ascension in November 1795, married Denise Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Theriot, who called himself a Térriot, and Marie Aucoin of Nantes, France, at the Donaldson church in January 1823.  Denise's father had been a leader in the Acadian exodus from France in 1785, but Denise, like Paul, was a native of Ascension.  Her and Paul's son Pierre was born in Ascension Parish in January 1828, Joseph Osémé, called Osémé, in November 1829, and Jean died 5 days after his birth in September 1832.  Their daughters married into the Hatkinson family, and perhaps into the Cire (Creole, not Acadian) family as well.  Paul died by June 1863, when he was listed as deceased in a son's marriage record.

2a

Joseph Osémé married Célestine, daughter of Foreign Frenchman Martial Cabern, Cabert, Capbern, or Caberne and his Acadian wife Célestine Gaudet, at the Donaldsonville church in May 1857.  Their son Frédéric was born in Ascension Parish in April 1861, Osémé Kirby in June 1863 but died at age 1 in June 1864, Hippolyte Osémé, called Osémé, was born in March 1866 but died at age 4 1/2 in November 1870, and Joseph George was born in November 1870. 

2b

Pierre married cousin Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Theriot and Lise Richard, at the Donaldsonville church in June 1863; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Louis Alcée, called Alcée, was born in Ascension Parish in August 1864 but died at age 10 months in June 1865, Jean Fernand, called Fernand, was born in June 1866 but died at age 4 in June 1870, Claude Prosper was born in June 1868, and Joseph Léon in February 1870. 

3

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

4

Onésime, by his father's first wife, born at Ascension in January 1806, married Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadians Urbain Breaux and Marcellite Breaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1833.  Did Onésime father any sons? 

5

Youngest son Jean Baptiste, by his father's first wife, born in Ascension Parish in June 1808, may have died young. 

Descendants of Joseph dit Belhomme LANDRY (c1752-1814; René le jeune, Antoine)

Joseph dit Belhomme, third and youngest son of Joseph Landry and his second wife Marie-Josèphe Bourg, half-brother of Vincent and Olivier and grandson of Alexandre Bourg dit Bellehumeur, the Council delegate, notary, and judge of Grand-Pré, was born probably at Grand-Pré in c1752.  He 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 widowed mother and three sisters 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 Acadians Désiré LeBlanc and Marie-Madeleine Landry, at Ascension in April 1775.  She gave him a son.  Joseph dit Belhomme remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Bujole and Anne LeBlanc, at Ascension in November 1779; Anne was a sister of Joseph's sister Gertrude's husband Augustin.  Joseph and Anne's 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, and was elected to the Louisiana state Senate from the County of Acadia in July 1812.  He owned New Hope Plantation in Ascension Parish, where he grew indigo, sugar, and corn, and was one of the largest slaveholders in Louisiana.  He also owned a retail sugar business.  He died in Ascension Parish in October 1814, age 62.  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 in Donaldson, today's Donaldsonville.   His sons became major sugar planters in Ascension and St. James parishes, and, following in his father's political footsteps, youngest son J. Trasimond served as the first lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the late 1840s.  Several of Belhomme's grandsons married first cousins.  One grandson lived in Missouri.  Another grandson commanded the famous Donaldsonville Artillery, which fought under General R. E. Lee during the War of 1861-65. 

1

Oldest son Louis, by his father's first wife, born at Ascension in May 1776, described by the recording priest as a "soldier of the militia," married Marguerite-Carmélite, called Carmélite, daughter of Jean Vives of Spain and his Acadian wife Marguerite Bujole, at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in January 1803; Carmélite's mother was Louis's stepmother's sister.  Louis and Carmélite's 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 Joseph Théodule was born in c1814.  Their daughters married into the Corvaisier, Dugas, Gaudet, Gourrier, Landry, Morrison, and Templet families.  Louis, at age 47, remarried to Clémence Lessard, widow of Butler Gilbert, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1824.  Their son Louis Lessard was born in Ascension Parish in December 1824, and Joseph Homere, perhaps called Homere, in September 1827 but was not baptized until March 1834.  Louis died in Ascension Parish in June 1831; the priest who recorded the burial said that Louis was age 60 when he died, but he was 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.  Only one of his sons may have carried on the family line.   

1a

Joseph Théodule, by his father's first wife, while a "res. of Perry County, Missouri," married first cousin Marie Manette, daughter of fellow Acadian Valéry Landry and his Creole wife Félicité Désirée Renaud, his uncle and aunt, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1846; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Joseph Théodule died in Ascension Parish in August 1849, age 35.  Did he father any sons?

1b

Louis Lessard, by his father's second wife, married cousin Delia, daughter of first cousin Achille Landry and Gertrude Blanchard, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in September 1852; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Louis Lessard died in Ascension Parish in February 1853; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, did not give Louis Lessard's age at the time of his death, only his name; Louis Lessard would have been age 28.  Did he father any sons? 

1c

Joseph Homère, by his father's second wife, may have married Emilia or Amelia Chestnut, Chesnot, or Cesnet, place and date unrecorded, and settled near the boundary between Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Julien Omere was born in December 1854, and Alexandre in September 1860 but died at age 9 1/2 in April 1870. 

2

Achille-Toussaint, called Toussaint, from his father's second wife, born at Ascension in November 1784, married Marie Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Breaux and Madeleine Clouâtre, at St. James in August 1806.  Their son Joseph was born in Ascension Parish in July 1807, Joseph Achille, called Achille, near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in February 1809, Francois Amédée, called Amédée, in November 1809, Pierre Théodule, called Théodule, in December 1814, and Joseph Gustave in December 1818.  Their daughters married into the Beaman, Martin (Foreign French, not Acadian) and Turnillon families.  Achille Toussaint died in Ascension Parish in November 1823, age 39.  His widow remarried to Achille's younger brother Jean Trasimond. 

2a

Joseph married first cousin Marie Edelvina or Ethelvina, daughter of fellow Acadians Narcisse Landry and Henriette Blanchard, his uncle and aunt, 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, also called Lazare Louis Jacques and L. St. James, in December 1833, Louis Aubrey near Convent, St. James Parish, in June 1836, and Pierre Armand, called Armand, in October 1837 but died at age 6 in October 1843.  Marie Ethelvina died in Ascension Parish in November 1844; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded her burial said that she died at "age 36 yrs., 11 months," a widow.  One wonders when Joseph died. 

Lazare St. Jacques married cousin M. Mélanie, called Mélanie, daughter of Jean Baptiste Noël Jourdan and Mélanie Pourcine, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1859; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Alfred was born near Convent in March 1861, Joseph St. Jacques in July 1862, Joseph Pierre Louis in March 1866, and Joseph Denis Albert in October 1867.  During the War of 1861-65, Lazare St. Jacques, called L. St. James in the Confederate record, served as a private in two Louisiana artillery units that fought in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.  At age 28, the father of two sons, the youngest of whom had been born less than two months earlier, he enlisted in the hard-fought Watson Battery at Corinth, Mississippi, in June 1862, several weeks after the unit had seen action at Shiloh, Tennessee, in April.  Lazare St. Jacques followed his unit back to Louisiana and was captured and paroled with them at Port Hudson, Louisiana, in July 1863.  He and his fellow gunners waited for exchange in a parolee camp at Enterprise, Mississippi.  While waiting for exchange, Lazare must have found time to visit his family in St. James Parish in the fall of 1863; daughter Marie Agnès was born near Convent in June 1864.  In late 1863, Confederate authorities de-commissioned the Watson Battery, and most of the men served in a Mississippi battery.  Lazare St. Jacques, however, enlisted in another Louisiana unit, Holmes's Battery, which was organized at Clinton, Louisiana, in March 1864.  The battery saw action at Woodville, Mississippi, in October 1864.  Captain Holmes and many of his gunners were captured in the fight; nonetheless, a superior officer described Holmes's unit as "the most efficient arm of the [artillery] service" in the region.  Lazare St. Jacques evidently was among the unit's gunners who escaped capture, and he likely served for a time in Bradford's Mississippi Battery.  In early 1865, the remnants of Holmes's Louisiana Battery, including Lazare St. Jacques, was assigned to the fortifications at Mobile, Alabama, where they manned the guns in Battery Missouri.  In March 1865, Lazare St. Jacques was assigned temporarily to department headquarters at Mobile.  He and his fellow Confederates evacuated the city in April 1865 and surrendered with other Confederate forces under Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Meridian, Mississippi, in May 1865.  As the birth of his third son attests, Lazare St. Jacques returned to his family and resumed his life in St. James Parish. 

2b

Achille married cousin Marie Gertrude, called Gertrude, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Blanchard and Marguerite Dupuy, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in October 1831.  They settled near the boundary between Iberville and Ascension parishes.  Their son Joseph Trouard was born in February 1838 but died at age 2 1/2 in July 1840.  Their daughters married into the Degelos, Landry, and Lessarde families.  Achille remarried to cousin Anne Marie Aureline, Aurelie, or Azeline, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Blanchard and Louise LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church in February 1843.  They also settled near the boundary between Iberville and Ascension parishes.  Their son Jean Ovide, called Ovide, was born in December 1843 but died at age 11 1/2 in July 1855, and Elphége Éloi Toussaint was born in February 1845 but died at age 10 1/2 in October 1855.  Achille died in Ascension Parish in April 1870; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Achille died at "age 62 years"; he was 61.   

2c

François Amédée married first cousin Marie Anne Emma, called Emma, another daughter of his uncle and aunt Narcisse Landry and Henriette Blanchard, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1834; they, too, had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Octave was born in Ascension Parish in June 1835, and Amédée Louis in August 1841.  François Amédée, while "domiciled in New Orleans," remarried to Marie Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Evariste Mire and Anne Clémence Gaudet of St. James Parish, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1848.  Their son Evariste Amédée was born in St. James Parish in March 1850. 

2d

Pierre Théodule married Marie Alvina, daughter of fellow Acadians Eugène Gaudet and Melicerte Richard, in a civil ceremony in Mississippi in September 1841, and sanctified the marriage at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, the following day.  They settled near the boundary between Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Théodule Eugène was born in March 1843, Nicholas Siméon in January 1847 but died the following August, and Joseph Armand, called Armand, was born in May 1852 but died at age 6 1/2 in October 1858.  Pierre Théodule remarried to Marie Louise, daughter of Napoléon Dupont and Irma Dupuis, perhaps a fellow Acadian, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1866. 

2e

Joseph Gustave married cousin Rosalie Elisca, another daughter of Evariste Mire and Anne Clémence Gaudet, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in April 1844; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Augustin Gustave, also called Gustave Achille, was born in Ascension Parish in October 1846 but died at age 6 in November 1852. 

3

Philippe-Ursin, called Ursin, from his father's 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 Acadians Grégoire LeBlanc and Marie Babin, 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 was born in August 1819, and Philippe Ursin, fils, perhaps called Ursin, in January 1823.  Their daughters married into the Boucherou and Butterly families.  Ursin died in Ascension Parish in June 1831; the priest who recorded the burial said that Ursin was age 44 when he died; he was 46. 

3a

Joseph Jules married Marie Éloise, called Éloise, daughter of Jean Louis Picou and Gertrude Lavigne, at the Donaldsonville church in April 1830, and remarried to cousin Marie Aimée, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Blanchard and Marie Judith LeBlanc, at the Donaldsonville church in February 1837.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc cousin.  J. Jules, as the recording priest called him, remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Carmélite, daughter of fellow Acadians Rosémond LeBlanc and Clotilde Bujole and widow of Edmond Melançon, at the Donaldsonville church in April 1848.  Joseph Jules died in Ascension Parish in January 1870; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jules died at "age 59 years"; Joseph Jules would have been a month shy of that age. 

3b

Philippe Ursin, fils may have married Emma Marguerite or Marguerite Emma St. Martin at the Donaldsonville church in March 1853.  Their son Joseph Atanas was born in Ascension Parish in December 1853, Paul Cleopha in September 1855, Jean Edgar in November 1857 but died at age 8 in February 1866, Pierre L. was born in March 1864, and Joseph Théodule Ursin, called Théodule, in March 1866 but died at age 2 1/2 in October 1868. 

4

Joseph-Narcisse, called Narcisse, from his father's second wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in October 1786, married cousin Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Blanchard and Madeleine Bujole, at Ascension in February 1807.  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 or Aristide Joseph 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 Braud, Landry, and Vives families.  Narcisse, in his early 40s, remarried to cousin Marie Géralde or Gérade, daughter of Joseph Comes and his Acadian wife Marie Landry and widow of Auguste Jacques Dubor, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1829.  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.  Their daughter married into the Comstock family.  Joseph Narcisse died in Ascension Parish in March 1870; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph Narcisse died at "age 83 years." 

Joseph Aristide, by his father's first wife, married first cousin Anne Estelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Landry and his first wife Carmelite Vives, his uncle and aunt, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1838; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Louis Aristide was born in Ascension Parish in July 1840.  Anne Estelle died in Ascension Parish in September 1843, age 24.  Joseph Aristide remarried to another first cousin, Marie Anne Nesida, Nisida, or Nizida, perhaps also called Irma, daughter of his fellow Acadians Trasimond Landry and Modeste Breaux, his uncle and aunt, at the Donaldsonville church in February 1847; they, too, had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity.  Their son Joseph Trasimond was born in Ascension Parish in March 1848, Joseph Samuel in February 1855, Joseph Laurant in June 1857 but died at age 15 days, and Édouard Fernand was born in December 1858. 

During the War of 1861-65, Louis Aristide, called "Tip," from his father's first wife, served as a corporal and sergeant in the Donaldsonville Artillery with some of his Landry cousins.  "Tip" married cousin Augustine, daughter of fellow Acadians Léon LeBlanc and Euphémie Breaux, at the Donaldsonville church in June 1866; they had to secure a dispensation for third and fourth degrees of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Louis, fils was born in Ascension Parish in April 1867, Joseph Raymond in January 1869, and Henry Robert in July 1870. 

5

Isidore-Valéry, called Valéry, from his father's second wife, born at Ascension in April 1790, married Félicité Désirée, called Désirée, daughter of Jean Renaud or Reynaud and Marie Charlotte Eléonore Songy of New Orleans, at the Donaldson church in August 1815.  Valéry became a "sugar maker."  His and Désirée's son Philippe L., also called Phillip, was born in Ascension Parish in February 1821, Jean Reynaud Jacques Prosper, called R. Prosper and 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.  His daughters married into the Duffel, Eaton, Landry, Peck, and Reynaud families.  Valéry died in Ascension Parish in September 1863, age 73. 

5a

Philippe married first cousin Marguerite or Marie Narcissa Estelle, called Estelle, daughter of Pierre Pedesclaux and his Acadian wife Marie Arthémise Landry, at the Donaldsonville church in May 1847; Estelle's mother was Philippe's paternal aunt, so the couple had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Philippe Edgar, called Edgar, was born in Ascension Parish in October 1848 but died at age 3 in September 1851, a son, name unrecorded, died the day of his birth in August 1849, Joseph Charles was born in April 1851, Joseph Egard in August 1854, Phillip, fils in April 1857, a child, name and age unrecorded, died in May 1858, Georges was born in June 1858, twins sons Félix and Jean were born in February 1861 but Jean died a day after his birth and Félix at age 18 days, and Charles was born in August 1862. 

5b

Louis Valéry died in Ascension Parish in December 1850.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Louis Vallery, as he called him, died at "age 23 years," so this was him.  He probably did not marry. 

5c

Prosper, at age 20, graduated from Georgetown College, Washington, D.C., in 1846.  After traveling two years through Europe, he studied law at the State University, today's Tulane University, in New Orleans.  After graduating in 1854, he returned to Donaldsonville to practice law.  He married first cousin Adèle, another daughter of Pierre Pedesclaux and Marie Arthémise Landry, at the Donaldsonville church in February 1855; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Charles W. was born in Ascension Parish in June 1862, nine months after his father joined the Confederate army.  During the War of 1861-65, Prosper served in the Donaldsonville Artillery, raised in Ascension Parish, which fought in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania--one of General R. E. Lee's Louisiana Tigers.  At age 35, he enlisted in the battery as a private and was soon elected second lieutenant.  He was promoted to captain and battery commander in July 1864.  The following April, he surrendered with his unit, and Lee's army, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, and returned to Ascension Parish. 

6

Youngest son Jean-Trasimond, called Trasimond, from his father's second wife, born at Ascension in December 1795, served as a second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812.  He was appointed paymaster of the Sixth Regiment Ascension Parish Militia in May 1814 and commanded a militia company in December 1814, when he was 19.  In March 1815, after the Battle of New Orleans, he joined St. Martin's Company Militia at Camp Hopkins on Bayou Lafourche.  In January 1817, two and a half years after his father's death, he helped form a family partnership to manage his father's plantation, New Hope, a share of which he acquired in March 1821.  Not yet age 30, he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in July 1824 and served until his resignation in 1831.  He married Marie Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Breaux and Madeleine Clouâtre and widow of older brother Achille, at the Donaldsonville church in August 1825.  Their son Jean Trasimond, fils, called John and J. T., was born in Ascension Parish in March 1831, and Samuel Joseph in October 1832.  Their daughters married into the Landry and Pedesclaux families.  Trasimond served as a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1828 and 1836.  In 1833, he was appointed to solicit subscriptions to the Citizen's Bank of New Orleans.  He was elected to the Louisiana state Senate in 1832 and became the state's lieutenant governor in 1846.  He was, in fact, the first lieutenant governor in Louisiana state history and served as a Whig.  During the War of 1861-65, while in his late 60s, he served as a colonel in the Louisiana state militia and as head of the Ascension Parish Police Jury's appropriations committee for the war.  Trasimond died in Ascension Parish in October 1873, age 78.  He was buried in the Ascension church cemetery, Donaldsonville. 

6a

Samuel Joseph died in Ascension Parish in November 1854.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Samuel died at "age 22 years."  One wonders if he married. 

6b

Jean Trasimond, fils married Amélie, Émelia, or Émilia Elizabeth, called Elizabeth, daughter of Adolphe Seghers or Segers and Élisabeth Duffel of Ascension Parish, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1855.  Their son Robert Boyd Lee was born in Ascension Parish in September 1863, and George Beaman near Baton Rouge in March 1866.  During the War of 1861-65, John, as he was called, served as corporal and sergeant in the Donaldsonville Artillery with first cousin Prosper Landry. 

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The second contingent of Landrys from Maryland--at least 41 more members of the family--reached New Orleans via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in July 1767; they were the largest Acadian family group to come to Louisiana that year and one of the largest single Acadian family groups to reach the colony.  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 many relatives and fellow exiles at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, but Spanish governor Ulloa insisted that they settle in a new Acadian community, St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, on the river above Cabanocé and Ascension.  Communication between St.-Gabriel and the Acadian settlements below was easy via the river, so this second contingent of Maryland arrivals acquiesced into going there, adding substantially to the number of Landrys on the Acadian Coast. 

Marie Landry, age 66, widow of Paul Babin, came with an unmarried 22-year-old daughter.  Marie was one of the oldest Acadians to make it to Louisiana. 

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 upper Bayou Lafourche.

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

Anne Flan of Port-Royal, age 56, widow of Alexandre Landry, came with six unmarried children--Anselme, age 29; 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. 

Marie-Josèphe Landry, age 29, Anne's oldest daughter, 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 Attakapas District and settled at Grand Prairie on upper Bayou Vermilion. 

François-Sébastien Landry, age 26, Anne's second son, 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 moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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, where they had another son, Louis, in January 1769, but he likely died young.  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, her unmarried sister Élisabeth, or Isabelle, age 33; and her bachelor brother Pierre, age 30.  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.  Marie 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, fils, son of fellow Acadian Étienne Rivet and widower of Claire Foret, in June or July 1774, and then to 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, still a bachelor. 

Anne Landry, age 27, Marie, Élisabeth, and Pierre's sister, 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. 

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

Jean Landry, age 35, came with wife Ursule Landry, age 30; daughter Élisabeth or Isabelle, age 12; Ursule's bachelor brother Joseph, 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 second husband Joseph Castille of Menorca, Spain, and four children, ages 14 to 4.  They moved to the Attakapas 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. 

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 a widow in September 1802, age 62. 

Marie-Josèphe Landry, age 23, came alone.  She married 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. 

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-; René le jeune, Germain)

Jean, son of Abraham dit Chaques Landry and Marie-Isabelle Blanchard, born probably at Pigiguit in c1732, was deported to Maryland in 1755, where he married cousin Ursule, daughter of Pierre Landry and Marie Babin, in c1755.  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 may have fathered 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 him. 

Pierre LANDRY, fils (c1737-1780; René le jeune, Germain)

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-?; René le jeune, Germain)

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 Melançon and Robichaux families.  Though two of Athanase's sons married, only the blood of this family line seems to have survived. 

1

Oldest son Denis, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1774, married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Melançon and Anne Babin, probably at St.-Gabriel in the 1790s.  They settled along Bayou Plaquemine on the west side of the river.  Their twin sons François and Magloire were born 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, age 60.  Except for its blood, did this family line survive? 

2

Joseph-Donat, called Donat, born probably near St.-Gabriel in the mid-1770s, married cousin Angèle, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Landry and his second wife Marie Babin, 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, age 37.  Donat remarried to cousin Marie Luce, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre LeBlanc and Anne Landry and widow of Joseph LeBlanc, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in August 1816.  Donat may have fathered no sons by either of his wives. 

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-?; René le jeune, Abraham)

Anselme, second son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born probably at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, 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 cousin Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Landry and Anne Babin of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in April 1769, and remarried to cousin 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.  Anselme's daughters may have married into the Babin, Binfrede, Breaux, and Landry families.  Two of his three sons married and settled at St.-Gabriel and Ascension, but neither of their lines, except for the blood, seems to have survived. 

1

Oldest son Anselme-Bénoni, called Bénoni, from his father's first wife, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in June 1770, died at Ascension in February 1789, age 18.  He probably did not marry. 

2

Joseph-Eusèbe, called Eusèbe, by his father's second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1774, married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Babin and Madeleine Babin, at Ascension in February 1795.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin.  Did Eusèbe father any sons? 

3

Youngest son Pierre Anselme, by his father's second wife, born probably near St.-Gabriel in the mid-1770s, married Renée, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Gaudin and Marie Babin, at Ascension in April 1802.  Their son Pierre Drosin, called Drosin, was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1812.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Lavergne (French Creole, not Acadian) families.   Pierre Anselme died in Iberville Parish in August 1850; the St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Pierre Anselme died at "age 77 years." 

Drosin, a "single person," died in Iberville Parish in September 1858.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial said that Drauzin, as he called him, died at "age 45 years"; he was 46.  His line of the family, except for its blood, died with him. 

Descendants of Paul-Marie LANDRY (c1744-1794?; René le jeune, Abraham)

Paul-Marie, fourth son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born probably at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, 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 Acadians Paul Babin and Marie LeBlanc of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, 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 age 50 when he died. 

1

Oldest son Jean, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1772, moved to the Attakapas District, where he died in December 1803.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Jean was age 28 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, age 23.  He probably did not marry. 

3

Hippolyte, born probably near St.-Gabriel in c1777, married Marie Scholastique, called Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Hébert and Marguerite Breaux, 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, called Thomasin, was born in August 1812.  Hippolyte died near St. Gabriel in January 1815, age 38. 

Joseph Thomasin married Iréné, Adeline, Lucie, or Lucille Virginie, called Virginie, daughter of Joseph Martin Capdeville and his Acadian wife Modeste Henry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1834.  They lived near the boundary between Iberville and Ascension parishes.  Their son Joseph Thomasin, fils was born in June 1835, Hippolyte Martin in February 1837, Jean Baptiste Théophile in January 1839, Joseph Martinien Neve or Neré, called Neré, in February 1844, François Alcée, called Alcée, in September 1850 but died at age 14 1/2 in August 1865, and Pierre was born in January 1856 but died at age 1 1/2 in June 1857. 

Neré married Aimée, daughter of André Vegue and Élisabeth Allemand, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1867.  Their son Joseph Ernest was born in Ascension Parish in October 1868. 

Hippolyte Martin married Léonise, daughter of French Canadian Melisé LeBlanc and Marie Dealferes of Assumption Parish, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1868.  Their son Hippolyte Albert or Albert Hippolyte died in Ascension Parish, age 4 days, in June 1869. 

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 Ignace Hamilton and Anne Boush, 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.  Joseph remarried to fellow Acadian Élise LeBlanc, widow of Louis Deshonnet, and died near St. Gabriel in January 1840; the St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial said that Joseph died at "age 54 years." 

Louis Dorval married Jeanne Elina, daughter of Armand Robert and Louise Vignaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1836, and remarried to Modeste Adeline, another daughter of Joseph Martin Capdeville and Modeste Henry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in September 1838.

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 have died young. 

8

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

Descendants of Firmin LANDRY (c1748-1792; René le jeune, Abraham)

Firmin, fifth son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit,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 Acadians Paul Babin and Madeleine Richard, 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 Joseph Hamilton and Anastasie Comes and widow of ____, at St.-Gabriel in February 1792.  Firmin died at St.-Gabriel in September 1792, in his early 40s.  His youngest son was born the following November. 

1

Oldest son Hippolyte, by his father's second wife, born probably near St.-Gabriel in c1770, married double cousin Marie Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and Anne Landry, at St.-Gabriel in October 1795; Marguerite's mother was a 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, age 50. 

1a

Achille married Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Marguerite LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1824, and remarried to cousin Béatrice, daughter of fellow Acadians Abraham Hébert and Ludivine Landry, at the St. Gabriel church in January 1828.  Their newborn infant, name unrecorded, died near St. Gabriel in October 1828, and another newborn infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in November 1829.  Achille may have died near St. Gabriel in March 1830; if so, he would have been age 28.  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, age 25.  He probably did not marry. 

1c

Thomas died at the home of his brother-in-law, Eugène Braud, near St. Gabriel in November 1835, age 17 1/2. 

2

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

3

Pierre-Ferdinand, called Ferdinand, from his father's second wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in March 1777, married cousin Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Landry and Françoise Hébert, 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 or Dufrois was baptized at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, age unrecorded, in April 1817, Jean Auguste Rosémond, perhaps called Rosémond, was born in May 1821, and Philippe Ferdinand in August 1828.  Their daughters married into the Gaudet and Roberson families. 

3a

Jean Auguste Rosémond married cousin Anne Marie Antoinette, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Hébert and Emeranthe Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1845; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Jean Auguste Rosémond may have died in Ascension Parish in October 1852; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Rosémond died at "age 32 years"; Jean Auguste Rosémond would have been 31. 

3b

Trasimond died in Ascension Parish in March 1856.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Trasimond Dufrois, as he called him, died at "age 39 1/2 years."  One wonders if Trasimond married. 

4

Pierre-Augustin or -Auguste, called Auguste, from his father's second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in November 1780, married Marie-Rose or -Clémence, also called Clémence-Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and Cécile Dupuis, at the St.-Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1808.  Their son Auguste Valmond or Valmont, called Valmont, was born near St. Gabriel in July 1813.  Their daughters married into the Allain and Simoneaux families.  Augustin, père remarried to Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste LeBlanc and Madeleine Marthe Foret, 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.  Auguste died "at [the] home of his brother Firmin Davat Landry," Iberville Parish, in July 1850; the St. Gabriel priest who recorded his burial said that Auguste died at "age 72 years," but he was 69. 

Valmont died in Iberville Parish in March 1856.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Valmont died at "age 42 years."  Did Valmont create a family of his own?  If not, except for its blood, this family line died with him. 

5

Simon, by his father's second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1782, married Madeleine, Marie, or Manon, also called Marie Françoise Anstanore, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Hébert and Marie Boudreaux, 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, Iberville Parish, in November 1838, age 56.  One of his sons settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

5a

Simon, fils married Telcide, daughter of fellow Acadians Abraham Arceneaux and Marie Eloise LeBlanc of St. James Parish, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1833.  Simon, fils died near St. Gabriel in May 1834, age 27.  Did his family line die with him? 

5b

Hermogène married Marie Estelle, called Estelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Placide LeBlanc and his Creole wife Laetitia Dodd, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1837.  Their son Joseph Alcée was born near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1846.  Hermogène died near Brusly in November 1847; the priest who recorded his burial, and did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Armogène, as he called him, died at "age 30 yrs."; he was 29. 

6

Youngest son Firmin-Dava, -Davat, -Davot,  or -Damase, by his father's third wife, born posthumously near St.-Gabriel in November 1792, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadians Étienne Comeaux and Marguerite Blanchard, at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in February 1817.  Their son Firmin Dava, fils was baptized at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, age unrecorded, in March 1818, and Adolphe was born at Shreveport, Louisiana, in October 1819.  Firmin Dava, père remarried to Marie Mélisaire, called Mélisaire, daughter of fellow Acadiand Arsène Breaux and Marie Daigre and widow of Gilbert Comeaux, at the St. Gabriel church in November 1823.  Their son Joseph Austin, called Austin, was born near St. Gabriel in July 1829.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux, Hunt, and LeBlanc families.  Firmin Dava, père, at age 51, remarried again--this third marriage--to cousin Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard Landry and his Creole wife Emeranthe Lambremont, at the St. Gabriel church in June 1843.  Their son Édouard Numa was born near St. Gabriel in February 1845 but died at age 7 in May 1852.  Joséphine died in Iberville Parish in January 1848, age 25.  Firmin Dava, père remarried yet again--his fourth marriage!--to Marie Euphrosine, Euphrasie, or Euphrasia, daughter of George Troxler and Anne Manard and widow of Charles LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church in September 1852; Firmin Dava was several weeks shy of age 60 at the time of the wedding.  Their son Firmin David was born in Iberville Parish in April 1859, when his father was age 66.  Firmin Dava's older sons died young, but one of them, Adolphe, managed to create a family of his own. 

6a

Firmin Dava, fils, by his father's first wife, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1839, age 22.  He probably did not marry. 

6b

Adolphe, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marie Célestine, called Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadians David Landry and Cléonise Breaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1840.  Their son Joseph Adolphe was born near St. Gabriel in July 1841 but died at age 1 1/2 in November 1842, David was born in March 1843, Olivier, a twin, in September 1846 but died at age 1 in October 1847, Ignace was born in January 1850, Théodore in February 1852, and Adolphe, fils in January 1856.  Adolphe, père died near St. Gabriel in April 1856, age 36.  Célestine remarried to a Guitteaux at St. Gabriel in April 1862. 

During the War of 1861-65, Adolphe's second son probably was the David Landry who served in the Independent Rangers of Iberille Squadron Militia Cavalry and in Company I of the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, raised in Iberville Parish, which fought in Louisiana.  David married Ophelia, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Vives Hébert and Domitille Richard, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1868. 

6c

Austin, by his father's second wife, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in late March 1854, but "because of inclement weather the services were performed" the first week of April.  Austin was age 24 at the time of his death.  He probably did not marry. 

Jean LANDRY (c1753-?; René le jeune, Abraham)

Jean, sixth and youngest son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born probably at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, 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; René le jeune, Germain)

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 cousin Marguerite, daughter of René Landry and his first wife Marie-Marguerite Thériot, 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, age 49.  Marguerite may have died in nearby Ascension Parish in May 1816, in her early 70s.  Only one of their sons created a family of his own, in Ascension Parish. 

1

Older son Jean-Baptiste, born at St.-Gabriel in c1767, married cousin Madeleine-Marie or Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Landry and Anne-Marguerite Babin, 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, called Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Babin and Anne Duhon, 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 or Léon Eugène, also called Léon U., in July 1830, Lazare Gustave, called L. Gustave and Gustave, in September 1832, and Sylvère Augustin or Augustin Sylvère, also called A. Silvère and Silvert, in June 1840.  Their daughters married the same Landry cousin.  Auguste Hyacinthe died in Ascension Parish in November 1844; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Auguste Jacinte, as he called him, died at "age 70 years:; he was in his mid- to late 60s. 

2a

Adélard married Marie Ursule, called Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Gaudin and Rosalie Dugas, at the bride's home in Ascension Parish in February 1840; the marriage was recorded by a Donaldsonville priest.  Their son Martin Telesphore, called Telesphore, was in Ascension Parish in November 1840 but died at age 2 in October 1842, Octave Roman, also called R. Octave, was born in August 1843, Robert Atlas in April 1854, Julien Ernest in June 1857, and Jean Baptiste Achille in August 1860.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Bujole, and Dicharry families. 

During the War of 1861-65, Octave Roman, called R. Octave in Confederate records, served in the Donaldsonville Artillery, raised in Ascension Parish, which fought in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania--one of General R. E. Lee's Louisiana Tigers.  Octave enlisted in the battery in March 1862, age 18, and surrendered with his unit, and Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, in April 1865.  Octave returned home and married Georgina, daughter of Adélard Dicharry and his Acadian wife Carmélite Poirier, at the Donaldsonville church in February 1866; Georgina's mother was a Poirier; Octave's sister Marie Ersilia married Georgina's brother Sosthène. 

2b

Léon Eugène married double cousin Marie Adveline or Aveline, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Landry and Berthilde Célesie Babin, at the Donaldsonville church in January 1853.  Their son Samuel was born in Ascension Parish in September 1855, Pascal Rodolphe in May 1862, and Eusèbe Léonce in August 1867.

2c

L. Gustave married cousin Lutetia, daughter of fellow Acadians Colin Babin and Gertrude Gaudin, at the Donaldsonville church in January 1854; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Zenon Pranostradi was born in Ascension Parish in July 1856, Joseph Lazare, called Lazare, in March 1862 but died at age 1 1/2 in August 1863, René Flegie was born in November 1864, Claude Fergus near Gonzales in June 1867, and Amédée Enamel in March 1869. 

2d

Alfred died in Ascension Parish in October 1855, age 30.  One wonders if he married.   

2e

Augustin Sylvère married cousin Marie Lise Carmel, another daughter of Colin Babin and Gertrude Gaudin, at the Donaldsonville church in July 1861.  During the War of 1861-65, Augustin Sylvère, called Sylvere A. in Confederate records, also served in the Donaldsonville Artillery, with his nephew Octave Roman.  Sylvère enlisted in the battery in March 1862, age 22, and remained with his unit until the spring of 1864, when he was detailed as a forage driver with the battalion in which his battery served.  He returned to the battery the following July and was present on all rolls through February 1865.  He did not surrender with his unit at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, in April 1865 but was captured either at Petersburg or on the retreat to Appomattox Courthouse late that winter or early spring.  The Federals released him as an end-of-war parolee in May 1865, and he returned to Ascension Parish.  His wife died either during the war or soon after it.  Called Sylvère A. by the recording priest, he remarried to cousin Ade Elmire, called Elmire, Bujole at the Donaldsonville church in December 1865; Sylvère and Elmire had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Auguste was born in Ascension Parish in March 1867, and Vincent Nathanael in July 1868. 

Descendants of Jean-Athanase LANDRY (c1751-; René le jeune, Germain)

Jean-Athanase, younger son of Jean-Baptiste Landry and Anne Babin, born probably at 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 Acadians Bonaventure LeBlanc and Marie Thériot, 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 Frenchman Gabriel Moreau and his Acadian wife Marie Trahan of Morlaix, France, at nearby Ascension in January 1787.  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 the late 1790s, 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 father's first wife, born at Ascension in September 1775, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Landry and Osite 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 father's second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1799, may have died young. 

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1743-; René le jeune, Pierre)

Joseph, son of Pierre Landry, fils and Marie Babin, born probably at Minas in c1743, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with younger sister Ursule and her husband, Jean Landry, at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  Joseph 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 Louis Estivan, Stephen, Stieven, Stiven, or Stivenne and his Acadian wife Marie Babin of Manchac, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1805.  They remained on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Descendants of Joseph-Marie LANDRY (c1748-; René le jeune, Antoine, Pierre)

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 Jean Pivauteau and Louise Eustache 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 age 23.  One wonders if he married. 

2

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

3

Youngest son Anaclet, a twin, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1801, may have died young. 

Descendants of Joseph-Ignace LANDRY (c1753-?; René le jeune, Antoine, Pierre)

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 cousin Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Breaux and Marguerite Landry and sister of his brother Mathurin's wife, at nearby Ascension in February 1776.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  Joseph-Ignace remarried to Olive-Élisabeth, or -Isabelle, called Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré Breaux and Isabelle LeBlanc, 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.  Ignace's older married sons settled in Iberville Parish, his younger sons in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

1

Oldest son Louis, by his father's 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 father's first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in August 1781, married Clarisse Céleste, called Céleste, daughter of Pierre Bruneteau and his Acadian wife Anne Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1808.  Their son Manuel Dorville was born near St. Gabriel in September 1809, and Jean in c1812 but died at age 11 in March 1823.  Their daughters married into the Bujole and Leveque families.  Emmanuel died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1854; he was a widow (his wife had died in August 1853, age 59, perhaps a victim of the yellow fever epidemic that struck South Louisiana during the summer and fall of that year); the priest who recorded Emmanuel's burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that he died at "age 70 yrs."; Joseph Manuel would have been 73.  Did this family line, except for its blood, die with him? 

3

Joseph-Auguste, perhaps called Auguste, from his father's first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1783, may have died young, unless he was the Auguste Landry mentioned as an administer of Élie Landry's estate in J. Trasimond Landry's record book/journal, dated 16 August 1848 (Élie would have been Auguste's younger half brother and J. Trasimond his nephew).  If this was him, Auguste would have been age 65 at the time.  One wonders if he married. 

4

Élie, called Élia in his baptismal record, Élias in his marriage record, and Élie, Eli, and Ely in other records, from his father's second wife, was born near St.-Gabriel in February 1790.  He married Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Hébert and Anne Gautreaux, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1813.  They settled probably on the west bank of Iberville Parish before moving upriver to West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Maximilien was born in Iberville Parish in July 1816, Jean Dresimond, probably Trasimond, in July 1818, Adolphe in September 1820, Octave probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in October 1825, Drosin in February 1828, and Joseph Jules in January 1831.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Hébert, Landry, and Trosclair families.  Élie, at age 51, may have remarried to Azélie, perhaps also called Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Julie Trahan and widow of Firmin Guidry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1841.  Élie died near Brusly in July 1848, age 58. 

4a

Maximilien, by his father's first wife, may have married French Creole Hermance Saizan and settled in Pointe Coupee Parish by the early 1840s. 

4b

Jean Trasimond (not to be confused with the lieutenant governor's son who bore the same name and who settled in Ascension Parish), by his father's first wife, may have married cousin Marie Amelie, Ameline, Amelina, or Amelise Landry at Baton Rouge by the early 1840s.  They settled near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Joseph Ursin was born in May 1853, Jean Albert, perhaps called Albert, in May 1855 but may have died at age 10 1/2 in February 1866, and Ignace Élie was born in February 1857.  Their daughter married into the Duilhet family. 

5

Raphaël, by his father's second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1792, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Malo Guidry and Marguerite Dupuis, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in August 1825.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Joseph Célestin was born in May 1826 but died at age 3 1/2 in October 1829, Jules was born in May 1835, Joseph A., perhaps Joseph Alexandre, in June 1839 but may have died at age 12 in August 1851, and Terence Olivier was born in October 1842.  Their daughters married into the Borvinkelmann and Tircuit families.  Raphaël died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1855; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Raphaël died at "age 61 years"; Raphaël was age 62. 

6

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

7

Another Narcisse, by his father's second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1796, was a resident of Baton Rouge when he married Marguerite or Marie Carmélite Hernandez, called Carmélite, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Hébert and his Creole wife Marie Marthe Hernandez, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1819.  They settled probably in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Pierre Bélisaire, called Bélisaire, was born in June 1824, Joseph Amédée, called Amédée, in December 1828, Trasimond in August 1839, and Simon Alcide near Brusly in August 1845.  Their daughters married into the Bourg, Bujole, Hébert, Molaison, and Rivet families. 

7a

Pierre Bélisaire married cousin Lise Élizabeth, also called Marguerite Lise, daughter of Joseph Augustin Leveque and his Acadian wife Coralie Landry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1851; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Robert Bélisaire was born near Brusly in December 1855. 

7b

Trasimond married cousin Marie Amelie, called Amelie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Bujole and Anne Adèle Landry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1867; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.   They settled near Brusly. 

7c

Simon Alcide married cousin Marie Céleste, another daughter of Joseph Augustin Leveque and Coralie Landry, at the Brusly church in November 1868; they, too, had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.

8

Valérien, also called Valière, from his father's second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1798, married Marie or Julie Eméranthe, Emérite, or Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Julie Trahan, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1825.  They settled probably in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Joseph Valérien was born in August 1826, Pierre Ulysse in August 1833, Jacques Adolphe in May 1835, Sosthène was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, age 4 months, in June 1840, and Derosin Adamis, called Adamis, was baptized at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, age unrecorded, in March 1842 but died at age 14 in October 1855.  Their daughters married into the Tullier family.  Valérien, père may have died near Brusly in February 1855; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Valère, as he called him, died at "age 58 years"; Valérien, père would have been a few weeks shy of 57. 

Joseph Valérien married Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Zéphirin Daigre and his Creole wife Marguerite Betancourt, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1848.  Their son Adolphe Odilon was born near Baton Rouge in June 1860. 

9

Youngest son Élie-Onésime, called Onésime, from his father's second wife, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1800, married Jeanne Joséphine, Varbine or Zerbine, daughter of fellow Acadian Magloire Dupuis and his Creole wife Henriette Seret of West Baton Rouge Parish, 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.  Their daughters married into the Aillet and Patureaux families.  Onésime died in West Baton Rouge Parish in April 1837; the priest who recorded the burial said that Onésime "of Iberville" was age 40 when he died, but he was 37. 

Descendants of Mathurin LANDRY (c1755-1808; René le jeune, Antoine, Pierre)

Mathurin, third 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 and his family at Upper Marlborough in July 1763.  He came to Louisiana with his family in 1767 and settled near St.-Gabriel.  He married cousin Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Breaux and Marguerite Landry and sister of his brother Joseph-Ignace's wife, at nearby Ascension in May 1779.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc family and perhaps into the Foret family as well.  In September 1779, Mathurin, a private in the Lafourche company of militia, fought under Spanish Governor Gálvez at Manchac and Baton Rouge; he and fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste dit Petit Jean Hébert of the St.-Gabriel militia were the only men wounded in Gálvez's campaign; both survived their wounds.  Mathurin remarried to cousin Marie-Apolline, called Apolline, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Hébert and Marie Claire Landry, at St.-Gabriel in February 1800.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish and near Plaquemine in what became Iberville Parish.  Their daughter married into the Bernard du Montier (French Creole, not Acadian) family.  Mathurin died probably near Plaquemine in January 1808, age 53. 

1

Oldest son Joseph-Xavier, called Xavier and Janvier, from his father's first wife, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in April 1780, married Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Paul Foret and Marguerite Orillion, at St. Gabriel in February 1805.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Landry Xavier or Xavier Landry, 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, perhaps called 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, age 50. 

1a

Landry Xavier married Marie Iréné, Hiréné, or Irma, daughter of fellow Acadians François Marie Trahan and Marie Madeleine dite Mannon LeBlanc of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1827.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Romain Deozor, called Deozor, was born in October 1828, François was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, age 5 months, in October 1840, Ernest, probably a twin, was born in c1845, and Numa in November 1847 but died at age 1 1/2 in August 1849.  Their daughters married into the Leray and Lejeune families.  Landry Xavier died in West Baton Rouge Parish in October 1855; the Brusly priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Landry died at "age 50 years"; Landry Xavier would have been 4 months shy of that age.

Deozor married Elisa, daughter of fellow Acadians Dominique Labauve and Dorsille Chiasson, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in June 1851. 

François married Lutecia, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Labauve and Marie Felasie Daigre, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in March 1867. 

Ernest married cousin Maria, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Amédée Bujole and Adèle Landry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1869. 

1b

Pierre Treville married cousin Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadians Moïse Foret and Bibianne Allain and widow of Jean Pierre Laguionie, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1830.  Did Pierre Treville father any sons? 

1c

Joseph Octave married cousin Marie Emma or Aimé, daughter of Jean Alexandry or Alexandria and his Acadian wife Emeranthe Foret, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1848.  Their son Joseph Numa was born near Brusly, perhaps posthumously, in August 1852.  Joseph Octave may have died near Brusly in August 1852; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Octave Landry died at "age 29 yrs.," Joseph Octave would have been age 26.  If this was him, he died two days before his son was born. 

2

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

3

Joseph, by his father's first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1790, married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Daigre and Rose Molaison, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in either March 1810 or January 1811.  They settled probably in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Joseph Narcisse, called Narcisse, was born in December 1815, and Ulysse in December 1826.  Their daughter married into the Vaughn family. 

3a

Joseph Narcisse married first cousin Estelle, daughter of Agricole Bernard de Montier and his Acadian wife Améranthe Landry of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1844; Estelle's mother was Joseph Narcisse's paternal aunt.  Joseph Narcisse and Estelle settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Lucien was born August 1847, Justin in September 1849, Homer Joseph in September 1858, and Arthur Bernard in August 1861. 

3b

Ulysse may have died "at Matamoros, Mexico," in July 1846.  He was only 19 years old, a victim, perhaps, of illness or wounds suffered in the war with Mexico.  Amazingly, his body was returned to his family, and he was buried near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1847.  Sadly, the priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give Ulysse's parents' names, but this probably was him.  Ulysse evidently did not marry. 

4

Ursin, by his father's first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in May 1791, married Marie Eméranthe, called Eméranthe, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Hébert and Marine Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1813.  They settled probably in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Ursin Amédée, called Amédée, was born in March 1827, Joseph Alfred in September 1832, and Jean Baptiste Oscar, called Oscar, in December 1834.  Their daughters married into the Bernard du Montier (French Creole, not Acadian), Dupuy, Labauve, and Martinez families.  Ursin died by May 1850, when he was listed as deceased in a daughter's marriage record. 

4a

Amédée married double cousin Marie Désirée, called Désirée, daughter of fellow Acadians Élie Landry and Henriette Hébert, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1850; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Antoine Olivier was born near Brusly in August 1853. 

4b

Joseph Alfred married cousin Marie Aloysia or Aloysa, daughter of Joseph Auguste Leveque and his Acadian wife Clarisse Doralise Landry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1856.  Their son Joseph Alfred, fils was born near Brusly in July 1859, and Élie Joseph in March 1868. 

4c

Jean Baptiste Oscar married Marie Louise, called Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joachim Daigre and Fortille Dupuy, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1856, on the same day and at the same place his older brother Joseph Alfred married.  Jean Baptiste Oscar and Louise's son Jean Baptiste Henri was born near Brusly in January 1859, and Patrick Oscar in February 1861. 

5

Landry, by his father's second wife, born probably near Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in April 1803, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Zéphirin Daigre and his Creole wife Marguerite Betancourt, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in August 1828.  They settled on the west side of the river near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish.  Their son Ulysses Mathurin was born in July 1829, and Jules in August 1832.  Their daughters married into the Barthélemy (French Creole, not Acadian) and Fabre families.  Landry may have remarried to French Creole Marie Delphine, called Delphine, Villier, Villiers, Devillier, or Devilliers, also called Greau, in a civil ceremony in either Iberville or West Baton Rouge Parish by the mid-1840s.  Their son Louis was born near Plaquemine in December 1851.  Their daughter married into the Chutz family at Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish.  Landry may have died in West Baton Rouge Parish in October 1855; the Brusly priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Landry died at "age 50 years"; this Landry would have been age 52 1/2.  A 16-year-old daughter died near Lakeland in May 1864, so one wonders when the family moved to Pointe Coupee. 

6

Youngest son Jean Dorville, called J. Dorville and Dorville, from his father's second wife, born probably near Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in December 1804, married Marie Aureline, called Aureline, another daughter of Louis Daigre and Marguerite Betancourt, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1827.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Célestin was born in February 1828, Adolphe Dorville or Dorville Adolphe in September 1833, Jean Damas in February 1840, and Louis Mathurin in February 1849 but died the following June.  They also had a son named Adonis, unless he was Jean Damas.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Landry families.  Dorville likely died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in August 1864; the priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names, mention a wife, or give the age of the deceased, whom he called Dorvil; Jean Dorville would have been age 59. 

6a

Adolphe Dorville married cousin Marie Octavine, daughter of fellow Acadians Hilaire Bergeron and Marie Amelina Landry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1855, and remarried to Eliza, daughter of Joseph Berret and his Acadian wife Eugènie LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1866.

6b

Adonis married Emma, daughter of fellow Acadians Eusilien Broussard and Emerite Thibodeaux, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1861.  They were living near Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, where few other Acadians settled, in the late 1860s. 

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A third contingent of Landrys from Maryland--22, perhaps 23, more members of the family-- reached New Orleans from Port Tobacco in February 1768 with the large extended family led by Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit.  Governor Ulloa forced them to settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez north of Baton Rouge, far from their kinsmen on the Acadian Coast.  A French-Creole-led revolt overthrew Ulloa later that year; the Breaus and their kinsmen no doubt applauded the ouster of the unpopular governor.  Ulloa's successor, Governor-General Alejandro O'Reilly, at the head of a substantial military force from Cuba, established formal Spanish rule in the colony in the summer of 1769.  He ordered the consolidation of Spanish defenses on the river and allowed the Acadians to leave Fort San Luìs de Natchez.  After their release from the isolated settlement, the Landrys at Natchez moved downriver to the Acadian Coast 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 Attakapas District, where Basile remarried. 

Joseph Landry of Pigiguit, age 38, Basile's younger brother, 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.  Joseph, fils moved on to the western prairies, and Simon may have settled at Ascension. 

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.  Mathurin remarried to 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. 

Seven unmarried siblings, children of Joseph Landry of Minas and younger siblings of Marguerite, wife of Simon-Pierre--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 with their older sister and her family.  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.  Their brothers also created families of their own along the Acadian Coast. 

Another 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. 

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

Descendants of Mathurin LANDRY (c1734-1806; René le jeune, Abraham)

Mathurin, oldest son of Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry 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 daughter Marie-Ludivine, called Ludivine, at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac River in July 1763.  They also had a son there, Marcel, born in c1766, who probably died young, and wife Marie also died in Maryland before 1767.  Mathurin and his daughter did not follow his other family members to Louisiana in 1766 but went to the Spanish colony in 1767-68.  Mathurin remarried to cousin Anne-Pélagie Landry, widow of ____ Dugas, at New Orleans in c1768 probably before the Spanish escorted them and their fellow exiles to Fort Luìs de Natchez.  When the Spanish released the Acadians from Natchez in 1769, Mathurin and Anne settled near his father and siblings 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, along with 28 head of cattle, two horses, 10 sheep, 25 hogs, and two firearms, in April 1777.  Their children, all born at Ascension, included Anastasie-Rosalie in December 1772; and Joseph-Nicolas in September 1774.  Mathurin's daughters by both wives married into the Dupuis, Braud, Bujole, Comes, Dannequin, Dugas, and Gibosset families at Ascension.  He likely was the Maturin[sic] Landry who had a run-in with the Ascension priest, Father Pedro de Zamora, in 1789; the priest threatened to shoot him after Mathurin complained about the good father confiscating a yolk of oxen and a cart from him; the incident, among others, led to the priest's removal from Ascension.  Mathurin died near St. Gabriel in 1806; the priest who recorded the burial said that Mathurin was age 73 when he died.  Only his younger son by second wife Anne married.  He, too, settled in what became Ascension Parish. 

Younger son Joseph-Nicolas, by his father's second wife, married Susanne Marie Josèphe, daughter of Frenchman Thomas Houardon Calegan and his Acadan wife Marie-Madeleine Leprince, at Ascension in January 1804.  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, called Nicolas, was born in January 1821.  Their daughters married Gonzales brothers.  Joseph Nicolas, père died in Ascension Parish in November 1827, age 53.  His youngest son settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, but his oldest son remained in Ascension Parish. 

Joseph Mathurin married cousin Gertrude Melitine, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Béloni Landry and his Creole wife Marie-Jeanne Chauvin, 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, age 23.

Joseph Thomas died in Ascension Parish in November 1848, age 20.  He probably did not marry.  His family line may have died with him. 

Joseph Nicolas, fils married Marie Carmelite, daughter of Manuel Suarez and Marie Acosta, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1840.  They remained on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Descendants of Augustin LANDRY (c1743-1791; René le jeune, Jean, René)

Augustin, second 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 six of his siblings came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit and were forced to settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez.  When the Spanish released them from Natchez in 1769, Augustin moved to St.-Gabriel, where he married fellow Acadian Anne-Marie, called Marie, Forest in the early 1770s.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Melançon families.  Augustin remarried to cousin Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Claire Babin and widow of Étienne Rivet, at St.-Gabriel in August 1786.  Augustin died at St.-Gabriel in March 1791, age 48.  His only son does not seem to have created a family of his own, so, except for its blood, this line of the family probably died with him. 

Simon, by his father's first wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in June 1777, may have died young. 

Descendants of Alexandre LANDRY (c1750-1822; René le jeune, Jean, René)

Alexandre, third 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 them at Port Tobacco, on the lower Potomac River, in July 1763.  He and six of his siblings came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit and were forced to settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez.  When the Spanish released them from Natchez in 1769, Alexandre moved to St.-Gabriel, where he married Marie-Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Amable Hébert and Marie Richard, 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 the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Alexandre died at "age 70 yrs.," but he was closer to 72. 

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Oldest son François-Joseph, called Joseph, born near St.-Gabriel in January 1787, married cousin Henriette Marine or Marie Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadians Grégoire Melançon and Christine Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1815.  Their son Joseph Anselme, called Anselme, was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1816.  Their daughter married into the Babin and Descoteaux families. 

Anselme married cousin Madeleine Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians François Landry and Constance Babin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1837.  Their son Joseph Adrien, called Adrien, was born in Ascension Parish in March 1840, Siméon Félix in March 1846, and Augustin Telesphore in August 1851.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Landry, and LeBlanc families.  Anselme, at age 40 remarried to cousin Clothilde, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Babin and Céleste Landry and widow of François Denoux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1856. 

Adrien, by his father's first wife, may have married cousin Ophelia Babin.  Their son Joseph Étienne was born near Gonzales, Ascension Parish, in December 1865, and Vincent Apollinaire in July 1867.  Adrien remarried to cousin Alice, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Landry and Cheresia Breaux, at the Gonzales church in November 1870; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. 

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Louis-David, called David, born near St.-Gabriel in July 1790, married cousin Marie Cléonise Célestine, called Cléonise, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Breaux and Marie Rosalie Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1818.  Their daughters married into the Cox, Guitteaux, Landry, and Rivet families.  David died near St. Gabriel in November 1822; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that David died at "age 28"; he was 32.  

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Youngest son Mathurin, born near St.-Gabriel in July 1794, married Marie Adèle or Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Arsène Breaux and Marie Geneviève Daigle, 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, Elvina, Elvira, Elvire, or Éloise, daughter of Olivier Hernandez and his Acadian wife Marine Hébert, 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 Drausin in February 1836 but died at age 1 1/2 in September 1837, Paul Olivier in January 1838, Joseph in March 1840, and Christophe in July 1842.  Their daughters married into the Orcutt and Orillion families.  Their sons settled near Plaquemine, on the west side of the river. 

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Victorin, by his father's second wife, married Marguerite or Marie Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Xavier Rivet and Marie Robichaux, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in October 1856. 

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Joseph, by his father's second wife, married Celina Rivet, perhaps Marie Celina, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Arvillien Rivet.  Their son Edmond was born near Plaquemine in November 1869. 

Pierre LANDRY (c1752-1780s; René le jeune, Jean, René)

Pierre, fourth 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 were forced to settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez.  When the Spanish released them from Natchez in 1769, Pierre moved to St.-Jacques, where he married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Bonaventure Foret and Claire Rivet of St.-Gabriel, in February 1777.  They settled at nearby St.-Gabriel.  Pierre died by November 1781, when his wife remarried to an Hébert at St.-Gabriel.  Did Pierre father any sons?

Descendants of Simon LANDRY (c1763-; René le jeune, Antoine, Pierre)

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 were forced to settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez.  Simon may have married fellow Acadian Françoise Trahan at Ascension in May 1787. 

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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 the spring of 1763; and also Landrys from Pigiguit, Cobeguit, and Île St.-Jean whom the British had deported to France in late 1758.  After enduring a quarter century of neglect in the mother county, dozens of Landrys 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.  Most of them chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, but some of them settled in river communities:

Charles Landry, fils of Pigiguit, age 56, older brother of the Amand-Pierre Landry who had come to Louisiana from Maryland in 1766, crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in late July.  With him were wife Marguerite Boudrot of Pigiguit, age 48; and seven children--Firmin-Pancrace, age 22; Marguerite-Françoise, age 19; Jean-Sébastien dit Bastien, age 18; Louis-Abel, age 14; Jean-Jacques, age 11; Charles III, age 8; and François-Marie, age 6.  They followed most of their fellow passengers to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Charles, père and Marguerite had no more children in Louisiana.  Daughter Marguerite-Françoise married into the Breaux and Guidry families and settled at Manchac and at nearby Ascension, where she died in September 1801, in her late 30s.  Charles, père died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in March 1814, age 84.  Three of his sons remained on the river, and three of them moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Sadly, none of the sons who remained on the river created a family line that survived, but the sons who moved on to Bayou Lafourche created substantial lines there. 

Anselme Landry, age 42, crossed on Le Bon Papa with wife Agathe Barrieau, age 50.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  They also moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Marie-Olive Landry, age 18, Anselme's daughter, crossed on Le Bon Papa with husband Paul-Dominique Boudrot, age 22, and their year-old son.  They moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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René Landry, age 53, a widower, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early December.  With him were 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.  They followed most of their fellow passengers to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District, north of Baton Rouge, before moving down to the Baton Rouge area a few years later.  René never remarried.  His daughters married into the Daigre, Doucet, Guidry, and Raffray families.  Most of them remained on the river, as did most of his sons.  One of his daughters and son Joseph-Marie moved on to the western prairies. 

Marie-Anne Landry, age 17, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel with her mother, Anne Thériot, age 36, widow of Joseph Granger, and five stepsiblings, ages 20 to 6.  They moved on to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where Marie-Anne married Canary Islander André Martinez in May 1794.  He probably was from the nearby Isleños community of Galveztown.  Marie-Anne may have died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1847; the priest who recorded her burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a husband, said that Marie Anne died at "age 75 yrs.," but this Marie Anne would have been 79. 

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Pierre-Joseph Landry, age 15, came from France in 1785 but does not appear on any of Seven Ships passenger lists.  He settled at Manchac and became a prominent member of the community. 

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Most of the Landrys who went to river communities in 1785 moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, but a few remained on the river, at Manchac, Baton Rouge, and St.-Gabriel.  Most of the lines did not survive, but one line, that of Pierre-Joseph of St.-Gabriel, was an especially vigorous one:

Firmin-Pancrace LANDRY (1762-1813; René le jeune, Abraham, Charles)

Firmin-Pancrace, second son of Charles Landry, fils and Marguerite Boudrot, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, in May 1762, 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, where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Babin and his first wife Bibianne Breaux, in October 1790.  Marie-Anne was a native of Louisiana.  Firmin died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1813, age 51  He and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

Louis-Abel LANDRY (1771-1822; René le jeune, Abraham, Charles)

Louis-Abel, sixth son of Charles Landry, fils and Marguerite Boudrot, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, in April 1771, 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.  Louis died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1822, age 51.  The priest who recorded the burial said nothing about a wife for Louis, so he probably never married. 

Descendants of François-Marie LANDRY (1779-1850; René le jeune, Abraham, Charles)

François-Marie, ninth and youngest son of Charles Landry, fils and Marguerite Boudrot, baptized at Chantenay near Nantes, France, age unrecorded, in November 1779, came with his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, before moving on to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Babin and Madeleine Babin and widow of Eusèbe Landry, at Assumption in February 1803.  Constance was a native of Louisiana.  They settled in what became Ascension Parish.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Landry, Melançon, and Roth families.  François Marie, at age 52, remarried to Marine, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Babin and Marguerite Brasset, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in July 1831.  They remained on the river.  François Marie died in Iberville Parish in September 1850, age 71.  He seems to have had no sons who survived childhood, so this line of the family, except for its blood, may have died with him. 

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

Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël LANDRY (1767-?; René le jeune, René, fils, Antoine)

Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël, eldest son of René Landry and Marguerite Babin, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, 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 Bayou des Écores north of Baton Rouge.  Jean-Baptiste-Raphaël may have been the Jean-Baptise Landry who died downriver at San Gabriel in July 1790.  If so, he would died at age 23.   

Descendants of Pierre LANDRY (c1776-; René le jeune, René, fils, Antoine)

Pierre, third son of René Landry and Marguerite Babin, born probably at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in c1776, came to Louisiana with his family aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled at 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 Acadians Olivier Daigre and Marie LeBlanc, in February 1802.  Eulalie had come to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships.  Their daughter married into the Henry and Trahan families.  Pierre's only son had many sons of his own. 

Pierre Julien, called Julien, born near Baton Rouge in October 1804, married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Martinez and Marguerite Lopez, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1827.  They settled near the boundary between East Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes, probably north of Bayou Manchac.  Their son Philippe was born in May 1828, Hermogène in August 1829, Théodore in March 1831, and Alcidonis Fare, also called Alcide Onésiphore, in December 1832.  Their daughter married into the Rivas family. 

Philippe "of East Baton Rouge Parish" married Marie Emma Adélaïde, called Emma, daughter of fellow Acadians Édouard LeBlanc and Adélaïde LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1854.  Their son Joseph Arnaud was born near St. Gabriel in November 1854 but died the following February, Joseph Julien was born in June 1858, twins Jean Enos and Omer were born in November 1860, and Philippe, fils was born in August 1862. 

Théodore may have married cousin Marie Lozama or Lozanna Martinez and settled in Iberville Parish by the late 1850s.  They were living near Plaquemine on the west side of the river in the late 1860s. 

Alcidonis/Alcide, at age 34, married Clara, daughter of J. H. Rils or Rills and Laure Delery, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in October 1867.  Their son Julian Hamilton was born near Baton Rouge in November 1868. 

Descendants of Pierre-Joseph LANDRY (1770-1843; René le jeune, Abraham, René)

Pierre-Joseph, called Joseph, son of Pierre Landry and Marie-Josèphe Hébert of Minas and grandson of René of St.-Jacques, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, in January 1770, came to Louisiana in 1785 probably aboard one of the Seven Ships, perhaps La Ville d'Archangel, with the family of his maternal great-uncle Jean-Jacques Thériot.  Pierre-Joseph settled at St.-Gabriel, where he married cousin Marie-Scholastique, called Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph-Charles Breaux and Marie-Josèphe Landry, 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 Swiss surgeon Bernard Capdeville and his second wife Acadian Anne Clouâtre, at St. Gabriel in January 1804.  Their daughters married into the Boush or Bush, Breaux, Capdeville, and Rivière families.  During the War of 1812, Pierre-Joseph served as 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, age 73.  He fathered nearly a dozen sons by his two wives.  Most of his sons 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 father's first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in June 1791, married Joséphine, daughter of French Creole Manuel Couillard and Marie Louise Mesinger, 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, so was he Damase?), Raphaël Florentin was born in St. James Parish in July 1821 but died at age 3 months the following October, Gustave Raphaël was born near St. Gabriel in December 1823, and Joseph Raphaël, fils in c1828 but died at age 3 in September 1831.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  Joseph Raphaël, père may have died near St. Gabriel in October 1828; if so, he would have been age 37. 

Gustave Raphaël married Marie Amelie, daughter of fellow Acadians Valéry Dupuy and Hortense Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1849. 

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Édouard-Léandre, by his father's first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1792, married Marie Eméranthe, called Eméranthe, daughter of Jean Baptiste Lambremont and Anne Hamilton, 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, Ulger in c1825 or 1826 but died at age 15 or 16 in August 1841, and Valmond was born in August 1829.  Their daughters married into the Gautreaux, Landry, and Trosclair families. 

Eliezer married Élodie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dupuy and Serasine Orillion, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1849.  Their son Joseph Alonzo was born near St. Gabriel in September 1852. 

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Florentin, by his father's first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1795, married Marie Céleste Alethe, daughter of fellow Acadians Armand Hébert and Marie Boudreaux 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.  Did this family line survive? 

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Lazare, also called Azarie, Azary, and Azory, from his father's first wife, born near St.-Gabriel in August 1798, married Marie Céline or Célestine, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Lambremont and Anne Hamilton, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1823.  Their son Pierre Augustin was born near St. Gabriel in April 1825, Joseph Newville or Neuville, called Neuville, in October 1826, Hermogène in c1829, an infant son, name and age unrecorded, died in June 1830, and twins Jean Diogène, called Diogène, and Paul Théodore were born in March 1835 but Paul Théodore died at age 11 months in February 1836.  They also had a son named Gustave.  Their daughter married into the Allain family.  Lazare died near St. Gabriel in September 1835; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Cezary, as he called him, died at "age 38 years"; Lazare would have been age 37, so this probably was him. 

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Hermogène died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1847, age 18, and probably did not marry.  He was buried in St. Raphaël Cemetery on the west bank of the river. 

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Gustave married Emma, daughter of fellow Acadians Victorin Allain, père and Aimée Breaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1849.  Their son Joseph Azarie was born in Iberville Parish in February 1856, Joseph Charles in March 1866, and Gustave Ignace in February 1868. 

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Joseph Neuville may have married Joséphine Marquette.  Their son Numa was born in Iberville Parish in June 1852 but died at age 1 in June 1853.  Joseph Neuville died in Iberville Parish in December 1854, age 28.  His line of the family probably died with him. 

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Diogène married Marie Alisia, Aloisa, Aloisia, or Aloysia, daughter of fellow Acadians Marcellin Richard and Laurence Breaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1855.  Their son Simon Hermogène was born near St. Gabriel in June 1856, and twins Paul Neuville and Vincent Théodore in July 1864.  They were living near Gonzales, Ascension Parish, in the late 1860s.

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Pierre, by his father's first wife, born at Ascension in January 1802, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1826, age 25.  He probably did not marry. 

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Jean Esilippe or Eshinte, by his father's second wife, born near St. Gabriel in November 1804, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1823, age 18.  He probably did not marry. 

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Lucien, by his father's second wife, born in Iberville Parish in May 1808, married Marie Madeleine Delphine, also called Mary Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadians Élie LeBlanc and Victoire Chiasson, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1839.  They settled near Plaquemine on the west bank of the river.  Their son Joseph Lucien was born in January 1840 but died the following August, Théophile was born in February 1842, Élie Murat in May 1843, Armand in March 1848, Octave in August 1851, Romain Nemour in August 1856, and Prevost in September 1859.  Their daughter married into the Bernard (German or French Creole, not Acadian) family.

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During the War of 1861, 65, Théophile served in Company A of the 1st Louisiana Regiment Cavalry, raised in Iberville Parish, which fought in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana.  Théophile, who enlisted in the company in August 1861, was captured near Somerset, Kentucky, in March 1863 and sent to prisoner-of-war camps in Kentucky and Maryland before he was exchanged in Virginia in late April.  The following July, he was wounded near Richmond, Kentucky, and left on the field.  He again spent time in Federal prison camps in Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois until he was exchanged again, in March 1865, so he survived the war. 

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During the War of 1861-65, Murat served in Companies E and I of the 30th Regiment/Battalion Louisiana Infantry, raised in Iberville Parish, which fought in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.  He enlisted in the regiment at Plaquemine in March 1862 and was present with his unit until July 1864, when a wound sent him to a hospital, no place recorded.  One wonders if he survived the war and returned to his family.   

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Eugène, by his father's second wife, born in Iberville Parish in June 1810, married Marguerite Adrienne, called Adrienne, daughter fellow Acadians Jean Élie Hébert and Marguerite LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in August 1835.  They settled on the west side of the river along Bayou Maringouin, at the eastern edge of the Atchafalaya Basin.  Their son Eugène, fils was born in August 1836, Césaire in June 1838, Luc Valaze or Valazin in November 1841, and Joseph Aristide in December 1843 but died at age 10 1/2 in June 1854.

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Césaire married Marie Cordelia, daughter of Jacques Trosclair and Joséphine Seguinot, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in January 1869. 

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Luc Valaze, called L. Valaze by the recording priest, married Ermance, daughter of Charles F. Lefeaux and Félice Hotard, at the Plaquemine church in February 1869. 

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Benjamin Achille, called Achille, from his father's second wife, born in Iberville Parish in March 1812, married cousin Aurore, daughter of Joseph Landry and his Creole wife Rosalie Hamilton, 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 Ada Cécile Pauline or Pauline Cécile, also called Marie Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Breaux and Marie Joséphe Henry, at the St. Gabriel church in December 1836.  Their son Joseph Amédée, called Amédée, was born near St. Gabriel in October 1837, Volney Grégoire or Grégoire Volney, in May 1842, and Pierre Mazaire in July 1847.  They also had an older son named Florian T.  Benjamin Achille who died near St. Gabriel in October 1854, age 42. 

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During the War of 1861-65, Volney Grégoire, by his father's second wife, called Volney H. in Confederate records, served in Company A of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, raised in Iberville Parish, which fought in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana.  Volney enlisted at Camp Schlatre, Louisiana, in August 1861, age 19, but he did not serve out the war with his regiment.  In the summer of 1862, when his regiment was in eastern Tennessee, he was discharged from the service, probably for medical reasons, and went home.  He married Henrietta, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and Eugénie LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church in October 1865.  Their son Joseph Benjamin was born in Iberville Parish in June 1866. 

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Florian T. probably was the F. T. Landry who served in Company A of the 3rd Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Iberville Parish, which fought in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.  Florian enlisted at Bayou Goula, Iberville Parish, in May 1861 and served for a time as clerk in the Adjutant General's office, so he was educated.  He was captured with his unit at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in July 1863, and joined other members of his company in a parolee camp at Enterprise, Mississippi.  With other paroled men from the 3rd Louisiana Infantry, he served in Company H of the 22nd Consolidated Regiment Louisiana Infantry, which was organized at Enterprise in January 1764 from remnants of several Louisiana regiments and fought in the Mobile area.  Florian T. did not surrender with the regiment at Meridian, Mississippi, on 8 May 1865 but was paroled at Jackson, Mississippi, on May 19.  Back at home, he married Marie Marcelline, called Marcelline, daughter of Adonis Petit and Eulalie Emma Gaiennie, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in June 1866.  Their son Benjamin Alcée was born near Plaquemine in March 1867. 

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Joseph Amédée, by his father's second wife, married Marie Louise Eléonide, daughter of Joseph Besson and his Acadian wife Célestine Richard, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1867.  Their son Henry was born in Iberville Parish in December 1869. 

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During the War of 1861-65, Pierre Mazaire, by his father's second wife, may have been the P. M. Landry who, along with an uncle and first cousin, served in the Independent Rangers of Iberville Squadron Militia Cavalry, which never left the area, and who also served in the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, which fought in Louisiana.  He did not marry by 1870. 

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Louis Onésime, called Onésime, from his father's second wife, born in Iberville Parish in August 1817, married, at age 32, Joséphine, daughter of Alexandre Hotard and Euphémie Loriot, at the St. Gabriel church in February 1850.  Their son J. Montéléon died in Iberville Parish, age 16 months, in September 1852, Jean Aramis was born in December 1852 but died at age 4 1/2 in August 1857, twins Alexandre Athos and Pierre Pathos were born in May 1855 but Alexandre died at age 1 in August 1856, and André Ascanio was born in December 1856 but died the following July. 

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Youngest son Magloire, by his father's second wife, born in Iberville Parish in October 1820, married Marie Dulcinée, daughter of Pierre Michel Lambremont and his Acadian wife Marie Louise Breaux, at the St. Gabriel church in July 1843.  Their son Pierre Misael was born in Iberville Parish in March 1844, Joseph Alonzo in January 1849, and Gille in c1850 but died at age 4 in October 1854.  Their daughter married a Breaux cousin.  Magloire remarried to Marie Elena, Eline, or Elina, daughter of fellow Acadian Dorville Breaux and his Creole wife Sophie Boush, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in August 1854.  They settled at Bayou Goula on the west bank of the river.  Their son Magloire Raphaël, called Raphaël, was born in April 1855 but died at age 3 1/2 in October 1858 and was buried in St. Raphaël Cemetery near Bayou Goula, and Joseph Aristide was born in June 1866.  During the War of 1861-65, Magloire probably was the Magloin Landry who served in the Independent Rangers of Iberville Squadron Militia Cavalry, which never left the area.  He would have been in his 40s at the time of his service. 

During the War of 1861-65, Pierre Misael, by his father's first wife, may have been the Mizael Landry who, along with his father, served in the Independent Rangers of Iberville Squadron Militia Cavalry. 

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Two Landry brothers whose families moved to Bayou Lafourche during the early antebellum period remained on the river, and, in a reversal of the usual Acadian migration pattern, other Landrys moved from upper Bayou Lafourche to the river during the same period.  These families settled in Ascension and West Baton Rouge parishes: 

Descendants of Jean-Louis LANDRY le jeune (1787-; René le jeune, Abraham, Pierre, Pierre dit La Vielliarde)

Jean Louis le jeune, second son of Pierre-Alexis Landry and Rosalie Hébert, born at St.-Gabriel in August 1787, married cousin Anne Marine or Marianne, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Hébert and Marguerite Gautreaux 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 Enger, Seguin, Thibodeaux, and Trahan families. 

1

Older son Séraphin, born probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in June 1817, may have died young. 

2

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

Descendants of Armand-Apollinaire LANDRY (1792-; René le jeune, Abraham, Pierre, Pierre dit La Vielliarde)

Armand Apollinaire, third son of Pierre-Alexis Landry and Rosalie Hébert, born at Ascension in July 1792, married cousin Marie Marthe, called Marthe, another daughter of Charles Hébert and Marguerite Gautreaux 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, Dupuis, and Ferbos families.  Did Armand father any sons? 

Descendants of Alexandre LANDRY (1791-; René le jeune, Abraham, Pierre, Étienne)

Alexandre, eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Landry and Marie-Madeleine Hébert, born in Ascension Parish in September 1791, married Judith or Juliette, daughter of fellow Acadians Jérôme Melançon and Madeleine LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1822.  They settled in Ascension Parish.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Gautreaux, and Hébert families.  

1

Oldest son Jérôme, born in Ascension Parish in September 1823, likely married fellow Acadian Julia Anne Brasset, place and date unrecorded, and settled in Ascension Parish by the late 1840s.  Their son Albert Jérôme was born in Ascension Parish in December 1858, Alexis Robraud in November 1860, Alexandre in January 1863, and Alcée Prudent near Gonzales in May 1868.  Their daughter married into the Salassi family. 

2

Vincent de Paul was born in Ascension Parish in July 1829. 

3

Joseph Gustave was born in Ascension Parish in October 1831 but died there at age 5 in October 1836.

4

Florian Alexandre was born in Ascension Parish in November 1833 but died there at age 11 months in October 1834.

5

Joseph Mortimer, called Mortimer, born in Ascension Parish in July 1835, married fellow Acadian Lodoisque or Lodoiska Breaux at the Donalsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1862.  They settled near Gonzales.  Their son Janvier Mortimer was born in January 1863 but died at age 1 1/2 in August 1864, Pierre Antoine was born in early 1865, and Philippe Alphonse in January 1867. 

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Jean Homère, perhaps called Homère or Omer, was born in Ascension Parish in November 1837.  One wonders if he was the Omer Landry who died in Ascension Parish in August 1865; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Omer died at "age 30 years"; Jean Homere would have been age 27. 

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Hercule Alexandre or Alexandre Hercules, born in Ascension Parish in August 1841, married Alouisa, Alouisia, or Alysia, daughter of Michel Amédée Blouin and his Acadian wife Élisabeth Gaudin, at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in February 1864.  Their son Léon Sidney was born near Gonzales in April 1865, and Michel Amédée in June 1867. 

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Youngest son Right St. Landry was born in Ascension Parish in May 1847. 

Descendants of Joseph-Alexandre LANDRY, fils (1797-; René le jeune, Abraham, Pierre, Étienne)

Joseph-Alexandre, fils, eldest son of Joseph-Alexandre and Céleste Hébert, born at Assumption in February 1797, married cousin Anne Eméranthe, called Eméranthe, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis Hébert and Marguerite Chiasson of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1825.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their daughters married Hébert cousins, one of them on Bayou Teche.

1

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

2

Joseph Vileor was born near Baton Rouge in July 1827. 

3

Youngest son Édouard was born near Baton Rouge in January 1830. 

Descendants of Joseph Octave LANDRY (1815-; René le jeune, Abraham, Charles, Charles, fils)

Joseph Octave, third son of Jean Jacques Landry and Marie Louise Dugas, born in Assumption Parish in June 1815, married cousin Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Nicolas Orillion and Marie Reine Forest, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1834.  Their daughter married a Dugas cousin.  Joseph Octave remarried to Marie Thérèsine or Thérèse, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Breaux and Marie Henriette Dupuis, at the Donaldsonville church in August 1850.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin at Gonzales. 

1

Oldest son Joseph Octave, fils, by his father's first wife, was born in Ascension Parish in c1834 but died at age 2 1/2 in September 1837.

2

Joseph Augustin, by his father's first wife, was born in Ascension Parish in March 1835. 

3

Jean Adélard or Allard, by his father's first wife, was born in Ascension Parish in December 1836 but died at age 15 months in March 1838. 

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Other LANDRYs on the River

Area church and civil records of the colonial, antebellum, and post-war periods make it difficult to link many Landrys on the river with known lines of the family there.  The priests at St. Gabriel, Donaldsonville, and Brusly were especially negligent in their recordkeeping.  One suspects that some of the Landrys who lived on the river during the post-war period were Afro Creoles once owned by Acadian Landrys:

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

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

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

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

Joseph-Athanase Landry married fellow Acadian Madeleine Babin, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter married into the Theriot family.  Joseph Athanase died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1815.  The priest who recorded his burial, and did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph Athanse, as he called him, died at "age 40 yrs." 

____ 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, age 3.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the parents' names. 

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

Ursule Landry died at Ascension in January 1786.  The priest who recorded her burial did not 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 said nothing 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, place and date unrecorded, 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 the 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.  Which Pierre Landry was his father?

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 infant'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 age 72, but he did not give her parents' names or mention a husband. 

Marguerite, daughter of Athanase Landry, married François-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, age 19.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the 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 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 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 the burial, and who did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph dit Chinoua was age 51 when he died. 

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 give Marie Marthe's mother's name, so one wonders which Joseph Landry was her father. 

Augustin, son of Joseph Landry "of Plaquemine settlement," died probably at Plaquemine, present-day Iberville Parish, in March 1806, age 20, and probably did not marry.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial did not give Augustin's mother's name, so one wonders which Joseph Landry was his father. 

Pierre, son of Joseph Landry "of Plaquemine settlement," died probably at Plaquemine in April 1806, age 23, and probably did not marry.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial did not give Pierre's mother's name, so, again, one wonders which Joseph Landry was his father. 

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

Pierre, fils, son of Pierre Landry and Anne Godreau, married Marie Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Templet and Marie Rose Doiron, at Baton Rouge in June 1808.  One wonders who Pierre, père's father may have been and if wife Anne was an Acadian Gautreaux. 

Joseph Landry, "dit Jones, age 50, from Attakapas District," died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1809.  The priest who recorded Joseph's burial did not 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 age 56 when she died, but he did not mention a husband.  Who was she? 

Nicolas Landry married Marguerite Chinon, place and date unrecorded.  Their son, name unrecorded, died in Ascension Parish, age 4 months, in January 1812.  Was Marguerite kin to Joseph Landry dit Chinoua?

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

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

François, son of Jean Landry and Anne Landry, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Lun, place and date unrecorded.  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 give the bride's parents' names. 

Donat Landry married Ludivine LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded, 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, age 3.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did give the parents' names. 

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

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

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

Joseph dit Jonny Landry died in Ascension Parish in February 1832.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph Jonny was age 30 when he died. 

Joseph Landry dit Dio Vincent, married to fellow Acadian Reine Trahan, place and date of marriage unrecorded, died in St. James Parish in January 1833, age 51.  The Convent priest who recorded the burial did not give Joseph's parents' names. 

Firmin Landry married cousin Marie Felonise or Léonise Landry, place and date unrecorded, but it probably was in Ascension Parish by the early 1830s.  Their daughter Marie Anne was born in Ascension Parish in December 1833, and son Joseph Audibert in January 1835. 

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 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 give the parents' names. 

Rosémond Landry died in Ascension Parish in March 1835.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Rosémond died at age 25. 

Désiré Landry married fellow Acadian Phelonise Dugas, place and date unrecorded.  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 age 23 when she/he died but did not give any parents' names or mention a husband or wife. 

Valéry Landry died in Ascension Parish in October 1835.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Valéry died at age 26. 

Clémentine Landry married 21-year-old François Tolmer at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1835.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Jean Landry married fellow Acadian Céleste Arceneaux, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Victorin Martin was born in Ascension Parish in July 1836. 

Isidore Landry died in Ascension Parish in March 1837, age 1.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the parents' names. 

Raphaël, son of Édouard Landry, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1838, age 18, 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 the burial, and who did give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Trasimond died at "age 24 yrs." 

Marie Irène Landry, wife of Pierre Landry, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in December 1840, age 56.  Which Pierre Landry was this, and who were Marie Irène's parents? 

Delmire Landry gave birth to son Pierre Onésiphore probably in Iberville Parish in December 1840, and to daughters Marie Octavine in November 1842, and Adélaïde Delmire in December 1843.  The St. Gabriel priest/priests who recorded the children's baptisms did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Marguerite Landry's son Victor died near St. Gabriel in October 1841.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give a father's name or mention a wife, said that Victor died at "age ca. 26 years."  Did Victor ever marry? 

Hypolite Landry died in Ascension Parish in August 1841.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Hippolyte died at "age 58 years."  Which one of the Hippolyte Landrys was this?

Joseph Landry died in Ascension Parish in August 1844.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age 36 years." 

Celita Maria Lucia, daughter of Carmélite Landry, was born probably in Ascension Parish in December 1847 and baptized at the Donaldsonville church in August 1856.  The priest who recorded the girl's baptism did not give her father's name or the name of her mother's parents.

Joseph P. Landry married Ursule Mathilde Daigre, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Ophelia was born near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1849.   

Madeleine Landry married Leon Strong, probably an Anglo American, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1848.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Joseph Narcisse Landry married Marie Caroline Ne[sic], place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Clémence was born in Ascension Parish in September 1849. 

Félicité Landry gave birth to son Antoine Jumonville in Ascension Parish in October 1849.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the boy's baptism the following March did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Rosémond Landry married Aniese or Anaïse Corvaisier, place and date unrecorded.  Their son François Gustave was born in Ascension Parish in October 1849.  Was he the Rosémond Landry who died in Ascension Parish in November 1852?  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Rosémond died at "age 35 years." 

Marie Cidolise Landry died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1850, age 36.  The priest who recorded her burial did not give her parents' names or mention a husband. 

Jack Landry married Mary Ann Hicky, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Lewis William was born "at New Hope, West Baton Rouge Parish" in December 1850.  Was Jack Acadian?

Calon Landry married Nancy Hébert, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Faustin Jovite was born near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1851. 

Benjamin dit Beny Landry married Madeleine Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Basile Nicolas was born near Brusly in March 1851.

Hippolyte Landry died in Ascension Parish in May 1851.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names, mention a wife, or give Hippolyte's age at the time of his death. 

Jean Théodule, called Théodule, son of Hippolyte Landry and Marie Lucille ____, married Marie Roselia, daughter of Pierre Cleborn, also called Pierre, perhaps her father's given name, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in December 1851.  Their son Jean Ernest Athos was born in Ascension Parish in October 1852, daughter Marie Delphine in January 1854, and son Arthur Téodule posthumously in August 1856 but, called Arthur Théodule, died at age 2 1/2 in March 1859.  Jean Théodule died in Ascension Parish in June 1856; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean Théodule died at "age 30 years."  How Hippolyte and Théodule kin to the other Landrys in the area?

Charles, son of Philippe Landry, died in Ascension Parish in June 1852.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give the mother's name, said that Charles died at "age 14 years."  Which Philippe Landry was this?

Louis Lessard Landry died in Ascension Parish in February 1853.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial gave no age at the time of death, or any parents' names, or mentioned a wife. 

Eugénie Landry died in Ascension Parish, age 57, in March 1853.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial did not give her parents' names or mention a husband. 

Vincent P. Landry married Célina Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Marie Orelia was born in Ascension Parish in April 1853, and son Vincent L. in July 1857. 

Pierre Marcellin, called Marcellin, Landry married Anglo American Mary Ann or Anna, called Anna, Stringer "by a Presbyterian Minister" perhaps in Iberville Parish, date unrecorded.  Their son Charles Édouard was born probably in Iberville Parish in November 1853 and baptized at the St. Gabriel church the following July, daughter Frances Odilia was born in June 1855 and baptized at the St. Gabriel church in May 1856, son Ernest Whiteman was born in June 1857 and baptized at the St. Gabriel church in August, daughter Marie Alla born in August 1858 but died at age 1 in October 1859, Aimée Amanda born in July 1861, son Louis Henry in June 1864, daughter Marie Eléonora in September 1865, and a son, name and age unrecorded, may have died in July 1867.  Judging by their children's' baptismal records, the family seems to have embraced Roman Catholicism.  So who was Pierre Marcellin's father?

Adolphe Landry died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1853.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Adolphe died at "age 18 yrs." 

Jean Baptiste Landry, fils married Marie Octavie Daunois, perhaps Daunis, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Théophile Richard was born in Ascension Parish in February 1854, and daughter Philomène Estelle near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1857.  Which Jean Baptiste Landry was Jean Baptiste, fils's father? 

Pamelia Landry died near Brusly in June 1854, age 15.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names. 

Élisa Landry and Boudreaux (sic) died in Ascension Parish, age 13, in January 1855.  The Donaldsonville priest, who recorded the burial and screwed up the record so badly, did not give the girl's parents' names. 

Joseph Landry died in Ascension Parish in August 1856.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age 48 years." 

Adolphe Landry married Marie Telcide, called Telcide, daughter of David Bergeron, probably a French Creole, not an Acadian, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1857.  They settled near Gonzales.  Their daughter Marie Estelle was born in December 1857, Marguerite Adolphina in September 1859, Mélanie Virginie, and son Laurent Ulger in October 1870. 

Marie Félicie Landry married Anglo American Celicour Hamilton at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1857.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Adeline Landry, wife of Louis Lavigne, died near Brusly in August 1857, age 38.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give her parents' names. 

Eugène Landry married Spanish Creole Teresa Martinez, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Pierre Étienne was born in Ascension Parish in August 1857. 

Théodore Landry married French Creole Joséphine Tulier, also called Doliere and Teliel, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Louis Ed. was born in Ascension Parish in October 1857.  They were living near Gonzales in the early 1860s. 

Alvery Landry, "son of Mrs. Manuel Moncon(sic)," died in Ascension Parish, age 8, in December 1857.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial did not give the boy's father's name nor the mother's maiden name.  Were they related to Simon Thiburse, called Thiburse, Landry, who married Élizabeth, daughter of Manuel Monson or Mansan and Eulalie Lagrange, at the Donaldsonville church in October 1855? 

Antoine Landry was born "at Joseph Oubre's in St. James Parish in October 1858.  The Vacherie priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give any parents' names. 

Zéphirin Landry married Lelee Blanchard, probably a fellow Acadian, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Guillaume was born near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1859. 

Joseph Landry married Spanish Creole Marine Martinez, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Constance was born in Ascension Parish in February 1860 but, called Constancia, died in March. 

Félix Landry married Marie Anger, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Estelle was born in Iberville Parish in February 1860. 

Doralise Landry gave birth to son Joseph Edmund near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in February 1860.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism in March did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.  Was Doralise Acadian? 

J. B., probably Jean Baptiste, Landry married Marie Octavie Benoit, perhaps a fellow Acadian, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph Albert was born near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in April 1860. 

Camille Landry died in Ascension Parish in June 1860.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Camille died at "age 52 years."  So who were his parents, and did he marry?

Carmélite Landry died in Ascension Parish, age 48, in December 1860.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, true to form, gave no parents' names nor mentioned a husband. 

Léon Landry married fellow Acadian Augustine Babin, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Mary Loelia was born near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in June 1863. 

Aurora Landry was born in Ascension Parish in July 1863.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the baptism did not give any parents' names. 

Marie Landry died near Baton Rouge, age 3, in July 1863.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's parents' names. 

Louisa Landry gave birth to daughter Marie Cécilia in Ascension Parish in February 1864.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the baptism, true to form, did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Thiburse Landry married cousin Marie Élisabeth Landry in the early 1860s, place unrecorded.  She died in Ascension Parish in August 1864, age 25.  One wonders which Thiburse Landry this may have been and which Marie Élisabeth Landry. 

Anastasie Landry's son Antoine Lucien was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, age 3 months, in February 1865.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the father's name nor the mother's parents' names. 

Marie Amande, daughter of François Landry, died in Ascension Parish, age 3 months, in June 1865. 

Marie Adile Landry, wife of ____ Gonzales, died in Ascension Parish, age 65, in September 1865. 

Amédé Landry married Louisa Bourgeois, probably a fellow Acadian, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Ulissia was born near Vacherie, St. James Parish, in October 1866. 

Joseph Landry died in Ascension Parish in February 1866 and was buried "at the cemetery at 'la Prairie,'" now Prairieville.  The Gonzales priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names, mention a wife, or give Joseph's age at the time of his death. 

Mary Landry married Charles Washington at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1866.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Was Mary Acadian?

Benjamin Landry died near Baton Rouge in October 1866.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or the age of the deceased. 

Theresa Landry married Anglo American Omer Richardson at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in February 1867.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Eugénie Landry died near Convent, St. James Parish, "age 1 month, 4 days," in March 1867.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give her parents' names. 

Augustine Landry married fellow Acadian Joseph Dugas at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1867.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Bossière Landry died in Iberville Parish in October 1867.  The St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or the age of the deceased. 

John Landry married cousin Clemente, perhaps Clémentine, Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Virginie was born in Ascension Parish in December 1867. 

Marie Landry married Lucien Lyne civilly, place and date unrecorded, and sanctified the marriage at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in 1868.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Drosini, perhaps Drosin, Landry married Ellenn ____, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Clothilde Elisia was born in Ascension Parish in May 1868. 

Frances Landry married Victor Gravois at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1868.  True to form, the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Landry died in Ascension Parish, age 30, in August 1868.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or mention a husband. 

Marie Melicie, daughter of Louisa L. Landry, was born in Ascension Parish in August 1868.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the baptism did not give the girl's father's name nor the mother's parents' names. 

Jean Baptiste Landry married Marie Marguerite St. Martin, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Jean Baptiste Samuel was born in Ascension Parish in October 1868. 

Edward Landry married Anastasie Ricard, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Françoise Anastasie was born near Baton Rouge in March 1867, and son Paul Benjamin in January 1869. 

James Landry married Elisa Marcel, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Nisida Marcel was born in Ascension Parish in April 1869. 

Octave Landry married Nathalie Acosta at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Paul Rosémond, called Rosémond, Landry married Augustine Babin at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Jean Lucien Rosémond had been born in Ascension Parish in February 1867, so they probably married civilly years before their church marriage, and daughter Alice Félicie was born in February 1869. 

Alina Landry died in Ascension Parish, age 17, in August 1869.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial did not give the young woman's parents' names. 

Marie Armantine, daughter of Macaire Landry, died in Ascension Parish, age 2, in August 1869.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, true to form, did not give the girl's mother's name and probably flubbed the girl's father's name. 

Ursin Landry married Rose Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Norbert S. was born in Ascension Parish in August 1869. 

Catherine Landry married Henry Richard at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Gédéon Landry married Suza[nne?] Jackson, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Adam Anthony was born in Ascension Parish in October 1869.  Was Gédéon Acadian? 

Irma Landry married Dominique Duplessis at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in February 1870.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Lutetia Landry, wife of _____ Boudreaux, died in Ascension Parish, age 22, in October 1870. 

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A Landry family that lived on the river during the antebellum period cannot be linked by local church records to other Landrys in the area: 

Descendants of Valière LANDRY (c1823-?; René le jeune?)

Valière or Valièrre Landry, born in c1823, married cousin Marie Adèle, called Adèle, teenage daughter of fellow Acadians Dorville Landry and Marie Oraline Daigre, at the Brusly church, Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1845.  Daughter Madeleine Zoé, called Zoé, married a Dupuy cousin by 1870.  Valière, in his early 60s, remarried to Mary Virginia, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Ducatel Blanchard and his Creole wife Euphémie Hotard, at the Brusly church in October 1885; Mary Virginia was a sister of Valière's son Émile's wife Cécile. 

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Oldest son François Osward or Oscar, by his father's first wife, born near Brusly in July 1846, married Victoria, daughter of Spanish Creole Emmanuel Lopez and his Acadian wife Clémence Babin, at the Brusly church in February 1867.

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Dorville Émile, called Émile, by his father's first wife, born near Brusly in April 1849, married Cécile, another daughter of Joseph Ducatel Blanchard and Euphèmie Hotard, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in January 1870; Cécile's sister Mary Virginia would later marry Émile's father.

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Youngest son Joseph Alcée, by his father's first wife, born near Brusly in August 1851, married Marie Ophelia, daughter of French Creole Lucien Marrionneaux, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in August 1873. 

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

The first Landrys to go to the western prairies--a young husband and two young girls--came to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party.  They followed the Broussards to Bayou Teche, 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.  Marie died two days after Isidore was born, probably from complications of childbirth.  Isidore died the following September, perhaps a victim of the epidemic that killed dozens of Teche Acadians that summer and fall.  After his son died, Mathurin fled with dozens of his fellow Acadians 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, where he remarried. 

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 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 Attakapas in July 1772.  Isabelle may have died young. 

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It did not take long for a Landry to establish a western branch of the family.  In c1770, an exile from Maryland left St.-Jacques on the river and settled in the Attakapas District, where he created a vigorous family line.  Two of his older daughters married Beausoleil Broussards but died young: 

Hélène, wife of Amand Broussard dit Beausoleil, son of Joseph, died before October 1774, when her husband was listed in an Attakapas census as a widower. 

Marie-Madeleine, wife of René Broussard dit Beausoleil, grandson of Joseph, died before January 1779, when her husband remarried at Attakapas. 

Descendants of Firmin LANDRY (c1728-1801; René le jeune, Germain)

Firmin, son of Alexandre Landry and Marie-Marguerite Blanchard, born at Pigiguit in c1728, married Élisabeth-Françoise Thibodeau at Pigiguit in c1752.  Three years later, the British deported them to Maryland.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July 1763.  Firmin came to Louisiana probably in 1766, a widower with four children and, with the majority of his fellow passengers, settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river, but he did not remain there.  He remarried to Théotiste dite Sally, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Thibodeaux and Brigitte Breau and widow of Bonaventure Godin, at either St.-Jacques or Attakapas in c1769.  Théotiste, a widow with a small daughter, had come to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and had remained with her in-laws on the Acadian Coast.  Firmin's was the first Landry family to remain west of the Atchafalaya Basin.  He and Théotiste settled on upper Bayou Vermilion and also had land at Fausse Pointe on lower Bayou Teche.  Théotiste gave him many more children, including sons.  Firmin "died suddenly" at Attakapas in February 1801; the priest who recorded the burial said that Firmin was "60 and 16 years," or 76, when he died.  His daughters by both wives married into the Boudreaux, Broussard , Lapointe, Louvière, Perault, Quebedeaux, and Ransonet families.  Four of his five sons also created their own families.  Firmin's was not only the first, but also one of the largest Landry family lines established on the prairies. 

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Oldest son Joseph, by his father's first wife, born in Acadia in c1752, married Marie-Anne, called Marine, daughter of perhaps fellow Acadians Paul Melançon and Marie Thériot, at Opelousas or Attakapas 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 dit Agricole, at age 13 months in April 1780, Cyrille was born at Attakapas in February 1787, Joseph-Denis, called Denis, in December 1788, Pantaléon in c1790, and Maximien or Maximilien, called Maxille 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, and at least one of them settled on the river.  Joseph, père died probably at Côte Gelée in June 1797; the priest who recorded the burial said that Joseph was age 47 when he died. 

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Agricole married Christine or Emeline, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Labauve and Françoise Broussard, at Attakapas 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, age 39; his successions were filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in December 1821 and the Vermilionville courthouse in June 1829. 

Désiré married Marie Mélicère, called Mélicère, daughter of Louis Benjamin Lafenetre and Clémence Duval, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1836.  Their son Anatole was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 4 months, in October 1837, Ursin was born in November 1840, and a son, name unrecorded, died at age 3 months in September 1857.  Their daughter married into the Menard family. 

Anatole likely married Azéma Dubois, perhaps a fellow Acadian, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in October 1858.  Their son Delma was born near Abbeville in August 1859, and a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 15 days in January 1866. 

Ursin married Élisabeth, daughter of Eugène Meaux and his Acadian wife Carmelite Trahan, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1869.  They settled on the lower Vermilion.  Sylvanie, perhaps a son, was born in August 1869. 

Émile married Aspasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis André Richard and Julie Babineaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1839.  Their son André, called Andéol and Andréol, was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1842, and Jules Agricole near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1854.  They also had a son named Désiré.  Their daughters married into the Mayer and Quebedeaux families.  Émile may have died in August 1855; the Abbeville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Émile died "at age 35 yrs. at Bayou Tigre"; this Émile would have been 36, so this probably was him.  Bayou Tigre is at the edge of the coastal marsh south of present-day Delcambre, Vermilion Parish. 

During the War of 1861-65, Andéol, called Andriol in Confederate records, may have served in Company A of the 29th (Thomas's) Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in St. Landry Parish, that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  Andéol married Azéma, daughter of Louis Taylor, formerly Teller, and his Acadian wife Carmélite Leger, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1863.  Andéol remarried to Alida, daughter of Jean Miller and his Acadian wife Françoise Boudreaux, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in May 1866, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church in June.  

Désiré married Eugénie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Mouton and his Creole wife Azélie Teller, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1870. 

Hilaire married Marie Emetile, daughter of Robert Bell and his Acadian wife Julie Broussard and widow of Aurelien Broussard, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in February 1840.  Did the family line survive? 

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Joseph Denis married Élisabeth, called Lise, daughter of fellow Acadians François Labauve and Eloise Hébert 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, name unrecorded, died at age 15 days in April 1836, and Delma or Adelma was baptized at age 4 in May 1840.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard and Thibodeaux families, one of them in Iberville Parish.  His youngest son also settled in Iberville Parish.

Camille married Clementine, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Dugas and Théodose Gautreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1838.  Their son Paulin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 4 months, in October 1839 but died at age 2 in August 1841, Onésime was born in January 1842, and Adrien near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in July 1844, Joseph near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1855, and Charles in June 1858. 

Adelma married Victoria, daughter of fellow Acadian Paulin Dupuy and his Creole wife Marie Victorine Marrionneaux, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in July 1861. 

Léo evidently married fellow Acadian Elmire Brasseaux and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the early 1850s.  Their son Joseph Denis was born near Abbeville in February 1862. 

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Pantaléon married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Trahan and Françoise Vincent 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 and perhaps into the Trahan family as well.  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. 

Jean Joachim, by his father's first wife, married Marguerite Carmélite, called Carmélite, daughter of Charles Cohem, Cohen, Come, Comme, Comb, Combe, or Combs and Marguerite Laviolette, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1836.  Their son Numa was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1841, Luca in March 1843, Lucien in February 1846, and Omer in July 1848.  Jean Joachim died in St. Martin Parish in January 1850, age 39. 

Numa married Angelina, daughter of Bernard Faustin Romero and Zélina Pommier, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1868. 

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Cyrille married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Boudreaux and Isabelle Appoline Trahan, 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 and his Creole wife Marie Landreaux of Anse 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 or Joseph Seville, called 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 daughters married into the Clark, LeBlanc, and Simon families.  Cyrille, père died in Lafayette Parish in August 1839; the priest who recorded the burial said that Cyrille was age 50 when he died.  He was 52. 

Philemon/Edmond, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marie Célanise, Sidalise, or Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Vincent and Lise Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1839.  Their son Joseph was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1841 but died at age 2 in September 1843, Cyrille le jeune was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1845, and Camille near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1848.  Their daughters married into the Dubois (French Creole, not Acadian) and St. Germain families. 

Camille married double cousin Delphine, perhaps also called Christine, daughter of fellow Acadians Valsin Vincent and Joséphine Landry, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in May 1869. 

Joseph, by his father's second wife, married Eugénie, daughter of Édouard Picard and Céleste Doré, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1848.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1850.  They were living near Abbeville by 1860. 

Émile, by his father's second wife, married Azéma, daughter of Augustin Simon and his Acadian wife Arcène Leger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1850.  Their son Camille le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1854, Guilbert in February 1857, and Augustin Treville in the late 1850s. 

Seville, by his father's second wife, married Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Baptiste Guidry and Marguerite Dugas, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1851, and remarried to Adélaïde Cécile, daughter of Ange Degeyter and Hélène Dutel, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1856.  They settled near Breaux Bridge.  Their son Joseph Angelbert was born in April 1857, Cyrille le jeune in December 1858, Jean Seville, fils died "at age 18 mths." in June 1864, Ernest was born in March 1864, Gustave in May 1865, and Jean Evariste near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in October 1867.  In July 1862, Seville enlisted in Confederate service at Camp Pratt near New Iberia probably as a conscript in the Yellow Jackets Battalion Louisiana Infantry, which had been raised in St. Martin Parish, age 30.  The Yellow Jackets fought in South Louisiana, especially in the Teche Campaign of spring 1863.  In November 1863, at Simmesport on the upper Atchafalaya, the battalion was consolidated with another largely-Cajun unit, and Seville was assigned to Company G of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jackets Battalion Louisiana Infantry, which also fought in the Bayou State.  In early 1864, he was reported sick at a general hospital "on Ouachita River" in northeastern Louisiana; a son was born to him back at Breaux Bridge while Seville was in the hospital.  Sadly, one of his other sons died a few months later, while Seville was serving with his unit in central Louisiana.  As the birth of one of his younger sons attests, Seville survived the war and returned to his family.  He was buried at St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery, beside the church in Breaux Bridge.

Cyrille, fils, by his father's second wife, likely married Marie Aglaé, called Aglaé, daughter of Frédéric Gary or Gario and Céleste Caroline Romero, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in April 1856, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1858.  Their son Cyrille III was born near Grand Coteau in June 1857, Hilaire near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1861, and Adam near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in July 1869. 

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Maximilien married Marie Domicile or Domitille, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Anselme Thibodeaux and his second wife Anne Marie Trahan 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 Trahan cousins.  Maximilien, père died in Lafayette Parish in December 1839, age 44; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in August 1840. 

Maximilien, fils married cousin Marie Marcellite F., called Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Trahan and his Creole wife Marie Marcellite Sellers, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1837; one of Similien's sisters married Marie Marcellite's brother.  Similien and Marie Marcellite's son Rosiclaire was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1840, Isaac in November1844, Théodore near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1849, and Joseph Théolin, called Théolin, in August 1850.  They also had a son named Théogène, unless he was Théodore.  Their daughter married into the Miguez family.  Maximilien, fils's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in April 1868, age 52. 

Rosiclaire married cousin Marie Uranie, called Uranie, Landry at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1858.  Their son Joseph Duplex was born near Abbeville in August 1860.  During the War of 1861-65, Rosiclaire, perhaps as a conscript, enlisted as a private in Company F of Miles' Legion Louisiana Infantry at Baton Rouge on New Year's Day 1863, age 22.  He was captured at Port Hudson in July 1863, paroled by the Federals, and returned to his unit.  After the war, son Jean Baptiste Polignac was born near Abbeville in October 1866.  Rosiclaire was buried in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery, Erath, in Vermilion Parish. 

Isaac married cousin Élina, daughter of Foreign Frenchman Théodule Delcambre and his Acadian wife Oresile Landry, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1867.  Isaac died by October 1870, when his wife remarried to an Hébert at New Iberia. 

Joseph Théolin married cousin Félicia, another daughter of Théodule Delcambre and Oresile Landry, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in February 1868.  Their son Lucien was born near New Iberia in October 1868. 

Théogène married Félicia, daughter of Charles Miguez and Elmire Joséphine Viator, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in July 1868.  Their son Justilien was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in August 1869. 

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Saturin or Saturnin, by his father's first wife, born either in Acadia or Maryland in c1755, stood as godfather to his half-brother Hubert in April 1773 and was counted with his parents at Attakapas in May 1777, age 22, so he survived childhood, but he probably did not marry. 

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Hubert, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in April 1773, married Anne-Euphrosine, called Euphrosine and Euphosie, daughter of Jean Legros and Marie Anne Lecuron of False River, Pointe Coupée, and Opelousas, at Attakapas in February 1800.  Their son Hubert-Euphroi dit Godefroi, also called Leufroi, was born at Attakapas 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, called Beauville and Bouville, in September 1823.  They also had an older 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 the burial said that Hubert died at age "about 53 years"; he was 51; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in March 1830.  Four of his sons married LeBlancs, three of them sisters, and two married Héberts who were sisters.  All of his married sons settled on the lower Teche, most of them near New Iberia but one as far down as St. Mary Parish.  A granddaughter and at least two grandsons settled in St. Landry Parish. 

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Hubert Euphroi dit Godefroi dit Leufroi married Marie Éloise, also called Louise Modeste and Modeste Éloise, daughter of fellow Acadians Agricole LeBlanc and Euphrosine Hébert, 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, Alfred was born in October 1834, Alix near New Iberia in March 1840, and Ozémé in Lafayette Parish in June 1850.  Their daughters married into the Ardoin, Gary, LeBlanc (French Canadian, not Acadian), and Lopez families in St. Landry Parish, so the family must have moved there from St. Martin.  Godefroi, père's succession may have been filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in May 1860; he would have been age 58 that year. 

Godefroi, fils married cousin Marguerite Eugénie or Virginie, also called Éloise, daughter of fellow Acadian François Landry and his Creole wife Marguerite Leleu, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1849.  Their son Hubert was born near Grand Coteau in June 1852, and Léopold in February 1858.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Gary families, one at New Iberia.  Godefroi, fil's succession may have been filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in May 1860; he would have been age 32 that year. 

Alfred likely married Marie Azéma, daughter of perhaps fellow Acadians Amand Richard and Scholastique Poirier of St. Martin Parish, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February 1855.  They settled on the lower Vermilion.  Alfred's succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in June 1866; he would have been age 32 that year.  Marie remarried at Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in November 1866, so Alfred's succession was post-mortem.  Did his family line survive? 

3b

Bélisaire married Logie Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadians Théophile LeBlanc and Clarisse Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1829.  They settled near New Iberia.  Their son Paul Bélisaire was born in April 1831 but died at age 9 months in February 1832, Hubert le jeune was born in October 1833, Agricole in March 1836, Bélisaire, fils in March 1838, Jacques in May 1842, Alexandre in December 1844, Alexis in November 1846, and Charles Ernest in April 1849.  Their daughter married into the Leleux family.  They also had a son named Luc or Lucquet.

Hubert le jeune married Marie Zelma, called Zelma, daughter of Joseph Daniel and his Acadian wife Marie Sonnier, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1857.  Their son Laclaire was born near New Iberia in October 1859, Luc le jeune in September 1864, Eusèbe in October 1866, and Paul O. near Lydia in December 1868. 

Agricole married Isabelle or Élizabeth, another daughter Joseph Daniel and and Marie Sonnier, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1859.  Their son Césaire was born near New Iberia in December 1864, Camille in July 1867, and Alexandre near Lydia in July 1870. 

Luc married Marie Lezima or Lezina, daughter of Arvillien Gary or Garry and his Acadian wife Azélie Thériot, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in October 1865, and sanctified the marriage at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in November.  They settled at nearby Patoutville, now Lydia.  Their son Jacques was born in October 1868. 

Alexis married Idea, daughter of fellow Acadian Isidore Rivet and his Creole wife Carmélite Bermeyo of Assumption Parish, at the Lydia church, Iberia Parish, in April 1870. 

3c

Émilien married Rosalie Dalisène, Dalizène, Delisène, Alizaine, or Fanelie, another daughter of Théophile LeBlanc and Clarisse Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1832.  They settled near New Iberia.  Their son Émilien, fils, also called Émile, was born in January 1834, Achille in January 1838, Alix le jeune in February 1851, and Léonce in July 1854.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Daniel, Dugas, and Louvière families. 

Émilien, fils married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Louvière and Delphine Broussard, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1854.  Émilien, fils died in Lafayette Parish in September 1857; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Émile, as he called him, died "at age 25 yrs."; Émilien, fils was 23; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse two days after his death.  Was Émilien a victim of the yellow fever epidemic that struck South Louisiana during the summer and fall of 1857?  Did his family line die with him? 

Achille married Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Frédéric Louvière and his Creole wife Doralise Borel, at the New Iberia church in August 1866; Achille's sister Rosalie remarried to Célestine's brother Adrien.  Achille and Célestine's son Achille, fils was born near Patoutville, now Lydia, in February 1869, and Rodolphe in June 1870. 

3d

Édouard Valsin married Julie Pamelise, yet another daughter of Théophile LeBlanc and Clarisse Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1837.  They settled near New Iberia.  Their son Siméon Ovid or Ovide, was born in March 1844, Paulin in June 1848, Hébert in November 1850, Gustave in September 1854, Oscare in June 1856, Jacques in October 1858, and Richard Toffle in April 1861. 

Siméon Ovide was working as a clerk perhaps in New Iberia during the summer of 1861 when, at age 17, he enlisted in Company C of the 8th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in St. Martin Parish, which fought in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.  According to Confederate records, Siméon had a fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, and stood 6 feet, 7 inches tall!  The gangly youth was captured four times in Virginia during his service as one of General R. E. Lee's Louisiana Tigers--at Fredericksburg in May 1863; Rappahannock Station the following November; Strasburg in the lower Valley in September 1864; and High Bridge near Farmville in April 1865.  Needless to say, he spent much time in Federal prisoner-of-war facilities--at Old Capitol Prison, D.C.; Fort Delaware, Delaware; and Point Lookout, Maryland.  In June 1865, exactly four years after his enlistment, he was released from the prison compound at Newport News, Virginia, after taking the oath of allegiance to the U.S. government.  Siméon returned to South Louisiana, married Creole Olorine Ardoin, and settled on the Calcasieu prairies.  Their son Simeon, fils was born "in Lacassine," Calcasieu Parish, today's Jefferson Davis Parish, in June 1874.  Siméon died probably at Lacassine in c1904, age 59 or 60. 

3e

Victor Treville married Marie Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Lacroix Hébert and his Creole wife Geneviève Bonvillain, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1844.  They settled near Charenton, St. Mary Parish, before moving to Lafayette Parish by the late 1850s.  Their daughter married into the Henry (German or Swiss Creole, not Acadian) family. 

3f

Bouville married Clémentine, another daughter of Jean Lacroix Hébert and Geneviève Bonvillain, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in April 1846, and sanctified the marriage at the New Iberia church the following June.  Their son Jean Ovide, called Ovide, was born near New Iberia in March 1851, Ulysse in April 1853, and Eugène in November 1858.  Their daughters married into the Hains and Malitte families. 

4

Valentin, by his father's second wife, baptized at Opelousas, age 9 months, in May 1779, married Marie-Françoise, called Marine and Marinette, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Françoise Hébert, at Attakapas in April 1801.  Their son Valentin, fils was born at Attakapas in December 1801 but died at age 4 months the following April, Joseph Adolphe was born at Fausse Pointe in December 1804, François 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 Joséphine, daughter of French Creole François Prevost and widow of Gilbert Amy, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1824.  Valentin died near New Iberia in December 1842; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Valentin died "at age 67 yrs."; he was 64; his succession was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in February 1845, so he may have lived near the boundary between St. Martin and St. Mary parishes. 

4a

Joseph Adolphe, by his father's first wife, married Arthémise, daughter of Creole Louis LeBlanc and his Acadian wife Aspasie LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1832.  They settled in St. Mary Parish.  Their son Joseph O., perhaps Oliffe, was born in February 1834.  Joseph Adolphe's succession record was filed at the Franklin courthouse in May 1836; he would have been age 32 that year.

Joseph O. married Marie Estelle, called Estelle, Estellia, and Estelie, daughter of Gabriel Viator and Adélaïde Miguez, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1854.  Their son Arsène died near New Iberia "at age 13 mths." February 1856, Luke Deluke was born in September 1858, Darmas Armand in June 1861, Désiré in September 1864, and Pierre Fenelon in April 1867. 

4b

François Xavier, by his father's first wife, married Marguerite Levine, daughter of Louis Leleux and Iréné D'Autruiel, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1833.  They lived on lower Bayou Teche before moving to the St. Landry prairies.  Their son Drosin was born near New Iberia in June 1842, Aristide near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in May 1846, François Devasin in October 1861, and Philosin in April 1864.  Their daughters married into the Landry and LeBlanc (French Canadian, not Acadian) families.  François's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in February 1866; he would have been age 54 that year. 

Aristide married Azéma, daughter of François Legros or Gros and his Acadian wife Carmélite LeBlanc, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1866, and sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in November.  Their son Gabriel was born near Church Point in February 1869. 

4c

Valentin, fils, by his father's first wife, married Mérite Marie Arméline, Amélie, or Armelise, daughter of fellow Acadian Dorothée Dupuy and widow of Petit Maubon Latiolais, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1855, and sanctified the marriage at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1856, but Valentin, fils and Marie Amelie had been married, or at were living together, for years.  Their son Firmin was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in December 1846, Jean Baptiste near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in January 1849, and Valentin III in June 1851.

5

Youngest son Alexandre-Anselme, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in February 1782, married Susanne, daughter of Benjamin Hargrave and Rebecca Gwaltney of Virginia and Vermilion, in St. Martin Parish in December 1807.  Alexandre died "at 5:00 a.m. ... at his home" in Lafayette Parish in June 1826, age 44; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in July.  He and his wife probably had no sons, at least none who appear in area church records, so his family line probably 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 substantially to the western branch of the family:

Isabelle Landry, a widow, died at Attakapas in December 1787.  The priest who recorded her burial, and who did not give her parents' names or her dead husband's name, said that she was age 53 when she died. 

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

Descendants of Basile LANDRY (1727-1788; René le jeune, Antoine)

Basile, second son of Pierre Landry and Marguerite Forest, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in May 1727, married Brigitte, daughter of Pierre Boudrot and Madeleine Hébert, in c1753.  The British deported them to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted them with two daughters 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 settle at San Luìs de Natchez on the river.  After the Spanish released them from Natchez, they moved to the Attakapas District.  Their older daughter married into the Roger dit Brisbois (French Canadian, not Acadian) family on the river but settled on the prairies.  In his late 50s, Basile remarried to Anne-Euphrosine, also called Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Vincent and Anne-Marie Doiron and widow of Michel Trahan, at Attakapas in May 1786.  She gave him no more children.  Basile died at Attakapas in March 1788, age 60.   He evidently fathered no sons by either of his wives, at least none who appear in local church records, so this family line, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

Descendants of Amand-Pierre LANDRY (c1746-1793; René le jeune, Abraham)

Amand-Pierre, younger 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 with his widowed mother and two sisters at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He led his sisters to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Melançon and Rosalie Blanchard, in c1768.  Spanish officials counted Amand and Marguerite 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.  Later that decade, probably following his sister Pélagie, who married a son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil, Amand and Marguerite moved to the Attakapas District and settled at Côte Gelée.  In 1785, they owned a single slave.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Granger families.  Amand remarried to cousin Élisabeth- or Isabelle-Augustine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Landry and his second wife Isabelle Dugas and widow of Joseph Dugas, at Attakapas in August 1789.  Élisabeth was born in France and had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, one of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  Her and Amand's daughter married into the Melançon family.  A tutor was appointed for Amand's children in May 1793.  He died at Attakapas in November 1793.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Amand was age 55 when he died, but he was closer to 47.  Evidently he had been ill for months.

1 

Oldest son Joseph-Vital, called Vital, from his father's first wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in December 1770, married Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Mire and Madeleine Cormier of Côte Gelée, at Attakapas 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, age 34; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in September 1808.  He and his wife had no sons, at least none who appear in local church records, so his line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

2

Pierre, by his father's first wife, baptized at Opelousas, age 7 months, in April 1780, evidently died young. 

3

Jean-Marcel, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in September 1781, married Ursule, also called Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Doiron and Marie Blanche Bernard of Nantes and La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1808.  Jean died in Lafayette Parish in July 1835, age 53; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in April 1839.  He and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.  She remarried to a Durio widower from Grand Coteau. 

4

Youngest son Pierre, the second of that name, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in April 1784, married cousin Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Landry and Madeleine Hébert 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 Trasimond was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in December 1829.  They also had a son named Pierre, fils.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Comeaux, Granger, LeBlanc, Richard, and Sonnier families. 

4a

Pierre, fils married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Édouard Comeaux and Marguerite Granger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1841 (the printed marriage record states that "This entry was scratched," but for what reason it does not say; nonetheless, the couple married).  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Aristide Alexis was born in February 1847, and François in October 1855.  Their daughters married into the Guidry, Hulot, and Landry families.  Pierre's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January 1866. 

Aristide married Émelia Fabre, widow of Edgar Sonnier, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1870. 

4b

Amand Trasimond married cousin Marie Amelia, Azélie, or Azélia, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Landry and his Creole wife Marie Azélie Vallot, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1858.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son François Zulmé was born in December 1858, and Joseph Trasimond, perhaps their son, in St. Landry Parish in October 1863. 

Descendants of Basile LANDRY (c1750-1811; René le jeune, Claude, Claude, fils)

Basile, third and youngest son of Vincent Landry and Marguerite Boudrot, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1750, was deported with his family to Pennsylvania in 1755.  After his parents died, he joined a Thériot half-sister and her Melanson husband at Snow Hill, Maryland, after July 1763.  Still in his teens, he followed them to Louisiana in 1766 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1769 and, with his widowed half-sister, on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770.  Basile married Marie-Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and Catherine Blanchard, 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 Attakapas 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 Acadians Simon Mire and Madeleine Cormier of Côte Gelée, at Attakapas 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 the burial said that Basile was age 56 when he died, but he was closer to 61.  One wonders why he did not die at his own home.  His succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in December 1811. 

1

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

2

Jean-Pierre, called Pierre, from his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in February 1782, married cousin Rose Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dugas and Isabelle Landry, at Attakapas in June 1802.  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, Broussard, and Dubois families.  Jean Pierre died in Lafayette Parish in December 1822; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was age 45 when he died, but he was 40; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in April 1827.   

2a

Joseph died in Lafayette Parish in December 1823, age 18.  He probably did not marry. 

2b

Jean Pierre, fils married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Isidore Broussard and Marie Broussard, probably in Lafayette Parish in the early 1820s.  Their son Martel was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1829, Pierre Théodore near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in August 1840, Sosthène in November 1843, Jean in August 1846, and Placide in October 1849.  They also had an older son named Jean or Pierre Théolin, called Théolin and Cheoley.  Their daughters married into the Delcambre, Suire, Viator, and Vincent families.  A succession, calling him Pierre and mentioning two of his sons, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in October 1866; Jean Pierre, fils would have been in his mid-60s that year; one wonders whose succession this may have been. 

Martel married Marie Rosela or Rosalie, perhaps also called Ozea, daughter of Gabriel Viator and Adélaïde Miguez, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1850; Martel's sister Marie Celima married Marie's brother Ozémé.  Martel and Marie Rosela's son Martel, fils was born near New Iberia in June 1860, and Gabriel in July 1868.  Their daughter married into the Rajeur family. 

Théolin married Marie Ozea, called Ozea, daughter of Foreign Frenchman Timothée Delcambre and his French Canadian wife Arthémise Oblanc, at the New Iberia church in January 1861.  Their son Drozin was born near New Iberia in September 1861, Ludovique in October 1864, and Homere in January 1870. 

Sosthène married Marie, daughter of Spanish Creole Raphaël Viator, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1862.  With younger brother Jean, he was mentioned in a succession record filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in October 1866. 

Jean was mentioned with older brother Sosthène in a succession filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in October 1866. 

Placide married cousin Amelie or Amelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Broussard and Rose Hébert and widow of Joseph Boudreaux, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in January 1869.  Their son Sosthène was born near New Iberia in May 1870. 

2c

Gédéon married Anne or Aimée Georgette Suzette, daughter of Jean Baptiste Lormand, LeNormand, or Normand and Susanne Caillet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1826.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Séverin was born in February 1831, a son, name unrecorded, probably Derbes, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in September 1833, Argille at age 3 months in September 1835, Jean Onésiphore, called Onésiphore, at age 2 months in May 1840, and a child, name and age unrecorded, died in August 1842.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux, Delcambre, Hébert, Landry, and LeBlanc families. 

Séverin married cousin Nathalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Don Louis Boudreaux and Zeline Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1853.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Severin, fils was born in August 1865.  Séverin's succession, naming his wife, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December 1867. 

Derbes married cousin Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Athanase Landry and Adélaïde Girouard of Côte Gelée, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in November 1856.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Paul Moléus, called Moléus, was born in March 1859, and Joseph Hebrard in June 1866.  During the War of 1861-65, Derbes served in Company A of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Lafayette Parish, which fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  In December 1885, in his early 50s, he remarried a second time--his third marriage--to Ernestine Richard at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish; the marriage also was recorded in Lafayette Parish, so they likely had moved to the Carencro area. 

Onésiphore married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Landry and his Creole wife Marie Azélie Vallot, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1866.  Their son Joseph Alphée was born near Youngsville in October 1867. 

2d

Venance married Cléonide, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Granger and Susanne Granger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1837.  Did the family line survive?

3

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

4

Joseph-Pierre, also called Joseph-Basile, from his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in March 1789, married Geneviève, daughter of Jean Louis Bodin or Baudin and his Acadian wife Françoise Doiron, 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, when Joseph was age 50.  Their daughters married into the Bourg and Landry families.  Joseph's succession, calling him Joseph Bazile and naming his wife, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in February 1849; Joseph would have been age 60 that year. 

5

Athanase, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in December 1790, married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Girouard and Adélaïde Broussard of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1815.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son Sylvestre Furcy was born in January 1823, Jean Furcy, called Furcy, 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 Furcy was baptized at age 3 months in July 1830, Émile Arcide or Alcide, called Alcide, at age 6 months in November 1832, Basile Duplessis, called 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, Prejean, and Taylor families.  Athanase's succession, naming his wife, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in December 1867; he would have been age 77 that year. 

5a

Simon Furcy married cousin Rémise, also called Remigia, Bernice, and Nemise, daughter of fellow Acadians Maximilien Girouard and Carmélite Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1852.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Simon Alcea was born in August 1855, Joseph Erasme in December 1857, Jules in February 1860, Marcel Duplessis in September 1862, and Elias in March 1868. 

5b

Sylvestre Furcy married Creole Nathalie Mallet in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1854.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Sylvestre, fils was born in May 1857. 

5c

Alcide married cousin Emma, another daughter of Maximilien Girouard and Carmelite Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1855.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Alphonse was born in January 1864, and Joseph Gabeles in November 1869. 

5d

Duplessis married cousin Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadians Florentin Bourg and Delphine Landry, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1865.

6

André Basile, by his father's second wife, baptized at Attakapas, age 4 months, in April 1795, married Marie Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Melançon and Madeleine Prejean of Lafayette Parish, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1823.  A child, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish "in the morning" at age 3 days in May 1828.  Their daughters married into the Lalande or Lalonde and Prejean families, and perhaps into the Lormand family as well.  André remarried to Marie Céline or Célanie, daughter of Jean Calais, Caille, Cailler, Caillier, Caillet, or Cayer and Marie Picou, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1835.  Their son Paul was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1838, Gustave in April 1839, Basile Philogène, called Philogène, in January 1842, and Jules, also called Jean, in c1844.  Their daughters married into the Babineaux and Leger families.  André Basile's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in December 1864; he would have been age 69 that year. 

6a

Paul, by his father's second wife, married cousin Eugénie, daughter of Edmond Hulot and his Acadian wife Françoise Elidoris Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1856.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Lucien was born in January 1859, Hermance in November 1867, and Albert in July 1869. 

6b

Basile Philogène, by his father's second wife, married cousin Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadians Camille Broussard and Marie Landry, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1860.  Their son Adam was born near Youngsville in September 1865. 

6c

Jules/Jean, by his father's second wife, married Marguerite Delzire or Dolzire, daughter of Antoine Fernandez Miguez and Marguerite Derouen, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1864.  Their son Jean Adelar was born near New Iberia in April 1867. 

7

Placide, by his father's second wife, a twin, born at Attakapas in September 1800, may have died young, unless he was the Placide Landry who died in St. Martin Parish in September 1843.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Placide died "at age 40 yrs."  This Placide would have been age 43 at the time, so there is a good chance it was him.  Did he marry? 

8

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

Descendants of Olivier LANDRY (c1753-c1823; René le jeune, Abraham)

Olivier, third son of René Landry and his first wife Marie Thériot, born probably at Minas 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 widowed father and siblings to Louisiana in 1766 and settled with them at St.-Jacques on the river.  He married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians François Hébert and Marie-Josèphe Melançon, at nearby Ascension in February 1775.  They lived near the boundary between the Ascension and St.-Gabriel districts before moving to the Attakapas 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 was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in July 1823; he would have been age 70 that year. 

1

Alexandre, born at either St.-Gabriel or Ascension in the late 1770s, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Blaise Brasseaux and Anne Préjean, 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, also called Jean Baptiste Duclise, in July 1818.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Landry, and Sonnier families.  Alexandre, père's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in October 1819; he would have been in his late 40s that year. 

1a

Achille Alexandre married cousin Elisa or Lise, daughter of Fabien Landry and Beatrice Granger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1831.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son Alexandre III was born in April 1832, Euclide in September 1833, Martin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 6 months, in May 1836 but died at age 6 1/2 in September 1842, Oculi was born in January 1838, Victor in March 1840, Norbert le jeune in April 1842, Jacques Dupré in November 1848, Nicolas in April 1851, and Hippolyte in February 1854.  Their daughter married into the Bonin family. 

Euclide married cousin Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadians Édouard Comeaux and Marguerite Granger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1854.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Ulysse was born in March 1860, and Styva in August 1864. 

Alexandre III may have married fellow Acadian Eliza Granger and settled near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, by the mid-1850s.

Victor married cousin Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Marie Azélie Comeaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1860.  Their son Alexandre le jeune was born near Youngsville in October 1861.  A succession for Victor Landry was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in January 1869; if this was his, he would have been age 29 that year. 

1b

Jean Baptiste Duclise married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Hippolyte Comeaux and Marie Eugènie LeBlanc, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1836.  Their son Armasa was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1837, Lucas in July 1842, Jean Baptiste, fils in May 1845, and Charles in January 1850.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux and Langlinais families.  Jean Baptiste Duclise's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in May 1854; the parish clerk who recorded the document noted that Azélie Comeaux was "now remarried to Éloi Comeaux," so Jean Baptiste Duclise died probably in his early or mid-30s. 

Charles married Alice, daughter of fellow Acadians Dupré Guidry and Azélia Bernard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1870. 

2

Edmond-Michel, born at either St.-Gabriel or Ascension in the late 1770s, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Girouard and Marguerite Cormier of Côte Gelée, at Attakapas 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 (the recording clerk called him Armand) was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in December 1828; he would have been in his late 40s or early 50s that year. 

2a

Edmond, fils died in Lafayette Parish in February 1834, age 22.  He probably did not marry. 

2b

Norbert married cousin Marie Émilie, called Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadians Rosémond Landry and Carmelite Comeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1841.  Their son Rosémond was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1851, and Albert in February 1864.  They also had an older son named Edmond.  Their daughters married into the Bernard and Langlinais families. 

Edmond married double cousin Louise or Louisa, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Duclise Comeaux and Élodie Landry, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1867.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Lucien was born in September 1867. 

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 Acadians Joseph Breaux and Catherine Arceneaux of Cabahannocer and Beaubassin near Carencro, at Attakapas 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, François Venance, called Venance, in March 1813, Zenon Alphanor near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1821, Gérard in Lafayette Parish in February 1824, Olivier Fulbert, called Fulbert and also Philibert, 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.  Olivier, fils's succession record may have been filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in September 1860; if this was him, he would have been in his early 80s that year. 

3a

François Venance married Mélanie, daughter of Pierre Paul Montet and his Acadian wife Adélaïde Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1835.  François Venance remarried to Carmélite, daughter of Olivier Blanchet and his Acadian wife Carmélite Boudreaux and widow of Don Louis Babineaux, at the Vermilionville church in April 1850.  They settled on the lower Vermilion River.  Their son Olivier Alcide was born in May 1852, a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in May 1855, Ovile Eustache was born in September 1857, and François, fils in February 1859.  François Venance's succession was filed at the Abbeville courthouse, Vermilion Parish, in 1859; he would have been age 46 that year. 

Olivier Alcide, by his father's second wife, may have died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1868.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Olivier died "at age 14 yrs.," but Olivier Alcide would have been 16 1/2. 

3b

Zenon married cousin Oliva or Olida, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Valmont Comeaux and Eugènie Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1841; Oliva's mother was a Landry.  Their son Pierre Olivier, called Olivier, was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1842, Joseph Numa in March 1850, Alexandre in April 1853, and Augustin in May 1855.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin. 

Olivier married double cousin Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Azélie Comeaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1868. 

3c

Nicholas Landry's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in May 1843.  This Nicholas would have been age 35 that year.  Did he marry? 

3d

Gérard married Mélanie, also called Hélène, 20-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Olidon Broussard and Victoire Babineaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1844.  Their son Gérard Hasard was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1859.  Gérard, at age 42, remarried to Donatille, daughter of fellow Acadians Paulin Broussard and Célestine Broussard, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1866.  Their son Paulin was born near Youngsville in April 1868. 

3e

Fulbert/Philibert married cousin Elisa, also called Zillia, Ezilda, Esilda, and Azilda, another daughter of Pierre Valmont Comeaux and Eugènie Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1850.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Adolphe was born in August 1852, Pierre Marcel in March 1855, Louis Turbert in March 1858, Arthur in May 1860 but died at age 7 1/2 (the recording priest said 5) in September 1868, and Nicolas was born in February 1867. 

3f

Victor Thiburse, at age 19, was granted his emancipation in Lafayette Parish in December 1849 and married fellow Acadian Orliska or Auriska Broussard soon after.  Their son Louis Sevigne was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in September 1853, and Honoré Victor in October 1857.  A succession for Victor Landry was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in January 1869; if this was his, he would have been age 39 that year. 

4

Jean-Henri, called Henri, born at Ascension in March 1781, married Marie-Louise, called Louise or Lise, daughter of François Begnaud and his Acadian wife Honorine Doiron of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1808.  Their son Émilien, a twin, was born at La Pointe on upper Bayou Teche in December 1812, Jean Terville, called 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, age 51; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December 1833. 

4a

Émilien married cousin Marie Uranie, called Uranie, daughter of fellow Acadians Célestin Prejean and Marie Marcellite Landry of Lafayette Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1834.  Their son Charles Numa was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1837 but died at age 10 months the following July, Alcide was born in December 1846, and Henry in July 1849.  Their daughters married into the Billeaud, Doucet, and Pellerin (French Creole, not Acadian) families. 

4b

Hippolyte married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of Nicolas Valleau, Valleaux, Valot, or Vallot and his Acadian wife Marie Cormier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1837.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son Erneste was born in November 1838, Ovide in December 1841 but died the following July, Jean Dupré, perhaps called Dupré, was born in February 1844, Joseph in September 1846, and Edmund in November 1854.  They also had a son named Estinville or Stainville.  Their daughters married into the Fabre and Landry families. 

Estinville/Stainville married Nercide, Nerèide, or Nesèide, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Duhon and Euphémie Prejean, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1865.

Dupré may have married cousin Mathilde Landry in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1868. 

4c

Terville married Marie Irma or Isaurre, daughter of Raphaël Segura and Marie Carmélite Romero, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1842.  Their son Émile Alphonse, called Alphonse, was born near New Iberia in February 1843, Albert in December 1850, and Lucien Homere, a twin, in February 1853.  Terville remarried to Marie or Marguerite Aurelia, called Aurelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Hubert Theriot, fils and his Creole wife Marie Rosalie Romero, at the New Iberia church in September 1855.  Their son Joseph Terville was born near New Iberia in April 1862.  Terville died near New Iberia in May 1869; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Terville died "at age 55 yrs."; he was five months shy of that age.  

Alphonse, by his father's first wife, married cousin Clara, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Duclise Comeaux and Éloidie Landry, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1866.  They were living near New Iberia in 1870. 

4d

A succession record for Émile Christophe Landry was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in February 1866.  The succession said that Émile Christophe was married to Lise Begueneau, but it likely meant he was a child of hers.  Christophe would have been age 50 that year.  Did he marry? 

5

Fabien, born at Ascension or Attakapas in the early 1780s, married Anne Beatrice, called Beatrice, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Granger and Susanne Cormier of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1810.  Their son Clet or Clette 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.  Fabien died in Lafayette Parish in August 1843; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Fabien died "at age 62 yrs."; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following February.  Two of his four sons created families of their own and remained in Lafayette Parish. 

5a

Clet married cousin Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Athanase Landry and Adélaïde Giroir, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1835.  Their son Jean Adéol, called Adéol, was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1839, Fabien in February 1844, Émile Clevence in November 1853, Joseph Alphée in February 1858, and Symphorien in August 1860.  Their daughters married into the Breaux and Girouard families. 

Adéol married Clara, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard LeBlanc and his Creole wife Séraphine Iréné Roy, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1868.  Their son Joseph Avery was born near Youngsville in December 1869. 

5b

Théogène, a twin, died in Lafayette Parish in November 1842, age 20.  He probably did not marry. 

5c

Eugène died in Lafayette Parish in December 1842, only a couple of weeks after his twin, Théogène, died.  He, too, probably did not marry. 

5d

Symphorien married cousin Estelle Advina or Vina, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Granger and Anastasie Girouard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1845.  Their son Alcide Cyprien was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1847, Valérien in October 1850, and Charles in May 1852.  Their daughter married into the Bonin family. 

Alcide Cyprien died in Lafayette Parish in December 1868, age 21.  He probably did not marry. 

6

Raphaël, born probably at Attakapas in January 1786, married Adèle, another daughter of François Begnaud and Honorine Doiron, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1816.  Their son Noël Charles, perhaps called Charles, was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1822.  Their daughters married into the Bourdier, Gautreaux, and Guchereaux families.  Raphaël's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in June 1860; he would have been age 74 that year. 

Charles may have married fellow Acadian Sismène Broussard by the early 1850s and settled in St. Martin Parish.

7

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

8

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

Descendants of Joseph dit Dios LANDRY (c1757-1827; René le jeune, Abraham)

Joseph dit Dios, fourth son of René Landry and his first wife Marie Thériot, born probably in Maryland in c1757, was counted him with his family at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  He followed his widowed father and siblings to Louisiana in 1766 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river, where he married Marie-Rose, called Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Melançon and his first wife Osite Dupuis, in October 1789.  They lived for a time at nearby Ascension before moving to the western prairies during the early 1790s.  They 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 was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following month and another at the same courthouse in February 1830.

1

Oldest son Célestin, born at Ascension on the river in c1790, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Granger and Susanne Cormier 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, age 48; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January.  His line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

2

Éloi-Joseph or -Jean, perhaps also called Éloi-Gilles, baptized at Attakapas, age 4 months, in April 1795, married Madeleine Adélaïde or Cidalise, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Babin and Anne Duhon, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in July 1817, but they settled on the prairies.  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.  Their daughter married into Bernard family. 

3

A son, name unrecorded, died at Attakapas five days after his birth in January 1797.

4

Rosémond, born at Attakapas in June 1798, married Marie Carmélite, called Carmélite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Comeaux and  Rosalie Prejean of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1821.  Their son Clément, Clémine, or Clémile Rosémond, also called Rosémond Clémile, 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 Baptiste Désiré and Désiré, was born in December 1827.  Their daughters married Landry cousins.  Rosémond, père died in Lafayette Parish in August 1837, age 39; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in June 1838. 

4a

Rosémond Clémile married cousin Marie Irma, called Irma, daughter of fellow Acadians Don Louis Bernard and Carmelite Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1849.  Their child, name and age unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish in July 1850, son Charles Numa le jeune was born in May 1853, and Arthur in February 1855.  Their daughter married into the Bonin family.  Rosémond Clémile remarried to Félicia, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Zéphirin Doucet and Adeline Breaux, at the Vermilionville church in February 1866. 

4b

Jean Baptiste Désiré married first cousin Emma, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Estinville Landry and Marie Marcellite Landry, his uncle and aunt, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1851.  Their son Alcée was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1853, and Joseph Arthur in February 1865.  Jean Baptiste Désiré's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in February 1868; he would have been age 41 that year.  Emma remarried into the Billaud family in Lafayette Parish in April 1869. 

5

Maximilien, born at Attakapas in May 1800, married, at age 50, Marie, also called Anne, daughter of Creole Alexis Bertrand, père and his Acadian wife Marguerite Clémence Richard, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1850; they evidently had been living together for years.  Their son Joseph was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1851.  They also had a much older son named Maximilien, fils.  Maximilien, père died by April 1858, when he was listed as deceased in a son's marriage record; Maximilien, père's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in August 1858; he would have been age 58 that year. 

Maximilien, fils married cousin Azélia, also called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry and his Creole wife Geneviève Baudin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1858.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Octave was born in December 1859. 

6

Ursin, born at Côte Gelée in December 1804, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Granger and Constance Mire, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1830.  Their son Émile Ursin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in April 1834, Alexandre at age 3 months in August 1836, Charles at age 4 months in July 1839 but may have died at age 11 1/2 in January 1851, and Sosthène dit Anastase was born in December 1841. 

6a

Émile Ursin married Marie Émilie, called Émilie or Amelia, daughter of Léon Montet and his Acadian wife Divine Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1855.  Émile Ursin's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January 1868; he would have been age 34 that year.  Did his family line survive? 

6b

Alexandre married Marie Émilie, called Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Comeaux and Marguerite Émelina Bonin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1856.  Their son Éloi was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1858, Ursin le jeune in October 1860, and Gaston near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in August 1865. 

6c

Sosthène married cousin Olymphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Zénon Landry and Oliva Comeaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1865.  Their son Ulysse Bernard was born near Youngsville in August 1867, and Arthur in June 1869. 

7

Joseph Estenville, Estinville, Justinville, Stenville, or Stainville, born at Côte Gelée in February 1807, married cousin Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Henri Landry and his Creole wife Lise Begnaud, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1827.  Their son Neuville was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1830, Joseph Clémile or Clerville in August 1831, Hema was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in August 1833, Jean Darman, Darmase, Darmas, or Dermas at age 4 months in April 1835, Julien was born in January 1840, and Désiré in June 1843.  Their daughter married into Billaud and Landry families, including to a first cousin.  Marcellite died in Lafayette Parish in March 1861, age 45; her succession, calling her Marie, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January 1866. 

7a

Neuville married first cousin Madeleine Emma, called Emma, daughter of his uncle Rosémond Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1851.  Emma died in Lafayette Parish in March 1855, age 25.  Neuville remarried to Adèle, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Robichaux and his Creole wife Azélie Begnaud, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in December 1857; strangely, the marriage record notes that Adèle was "born a Broussard."  Their son Thomas Henry was born near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in July 1861.

7b

Darmas married cousin Adélaïde Louise or Louisa, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Désiré Comeaux and Céleste Célanie Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1854.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son André Eraste was born in November 1859, Emérite, perhaps their son, in December 1863, and Désiré in July 1866. 

7c

Joseph Clémile married cousin Marie Erasie or Eurasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Hilaire Bernard and Marie Arthémise Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1855.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Valérien was born in December 1855, and Joseph Félix in March 1865. 

7d

Julien married French Creole Anne Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, Montet at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1860.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Julien, fils was born in June 1864. 

7e

Désiré married cousin Marie Elisa or Eliza, another daughter of Hilaire Bernard and Marie Arthémise Landry, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1860; the marriage also was recorded at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish.  Their son Edgar was born near Youngsville in September 1861, Romain in August 1866 but died at age 1 in August 1867, Lucius Roch was born in August 1868, and Jean Clémile in December 1870.  During the War of 1861-65, Désiré served in Company A of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Lafayette Parish, which fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  As the births of his sons attest, he survived the war and returned to his family. 

8

Youngest son Onésime, born at Côte Gelée in October 1810, married cousin Carmélite, daughter of fellow Acadians Agricole Landry and Christine Labauve, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1827.  Their son Clairville or Clerville was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1828, Jules in February 1832, Ursin le jeune was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 11 months, in August 1834, Édouard at age 7 months in August 1836 but died at age 6 1/2 in September 1842, and Joseph was born in July 1845.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in the late 1840s.  Their daughter married into the Mouton family.   Onésime died in Lafayette Parish in August 1861; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Onésime died "at age 52 yrs."; he was two months shy of 51. 

8a

Clairville likely married cousin Célima, Celiva, Seliva, Olivia, or Oliva Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Euphémon was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in April 1848, Maximilien le jeune in December 1855, Onésime le jeune near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1861, Jules near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in June 1863, Eraste in May 1867, and Ophelias near Abbeville in February 1870.  Their daughter married into the Sanchez family.  A succession for Clairville Landry was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in May 1866; this Clairville would have been age 38 that year; if this was him, the birth date of two of his sons hints that it probably was not a post-mortem succession. 

8b

Ursin le jeune married cousin Suzanne Onesia, called Onesia, daughter of fellow Acadian Gédéon Landry and his Creole wife Anne Lormand, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1854.  Their son Valérien was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in March 1858, Séverin near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in July 1862, Demos near New Iberia in March 1865, and Rodolphe in April 1870. 

8c

Joseph married Émilie or Amélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Ferdinand Trahan and Aspasie Boudreaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1866.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in 1870. 

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY, fils (c1755-c1809; René le jeune, Antoine, Pierre)

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 Luìs de Natchez, and probably lived with his widowed mother at St.-Gabriel.  He moved to the Attakapas District and married Marie-Louise, called Louise and Lise, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Bourg and Anne Boudrot of Île St.-Jean and widow of Pierre Savoie, at Opelousas in July 1789.  He was the only Landry at the time who settled on the Opelousas prairie.  His daughter married into the Richard family.  Joseph's succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in February 1809; he would have been age 54 that year.  All three of his sons married.  The two who had children of their own remained in St. Landry Parish.  The one son who was childless lived in St. Martin Parish. 

1

Oldest son Léandre, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in July 1790, married Lise or Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Blaise Brasseaux and Marie Anne Prejean, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1811.  Their son Arsène was born in St. Landry Parish in July 1812, Léandre, 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 daughters married into the Benoit, Bourque, Brasseaux, and Prewett families. 

2

Julien, born at Opelousas in February 1792, married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Richard and Marie Dugas, 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, père died in St. Landry Parish in November 1829, age 37; the priest who recorded the burial noted that Julien "received the sacraments of the church"; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in October 1838.   

2a

Alphonse married Amélie or Amelia, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Melançon and Mathilde Doucet, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1846.  They settled near Breaux Bridge and then lived near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, perhaps at a place called Grande Louis, in the early 1850s.  Their twins, gender, names, and ages unrecorded, died in March 1851, son Louis Omer was born in September 1856 but died at age 11 in September 1867, and Jean Baptiste died at age 2 in March 1861.  Their daughter married into the Masson family.  Alphonse, at age 37, remarried to Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadians Sosthène Guidry and Adrienne Doucet, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1864. 

2b

Julien, fils likely married Félicité D'arby, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Albert was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1847.  Julien, fils may have remarried to Marie Dronet, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Onésime was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in the early 1850s, Jean Baptiste in December 1855, Joseph Clémile in March 1857, Nicolas in October 1866, and Éloi in January 1870. 

2c

Éloi le jeune may have married cousin Marie Bertisse, Bertille, or Herbetile Landry, place and date unrecorded, and settled on the upper Vermilion.  Their son Alexandre was born in November 1849, and Désiré in July 1854.  Their daughters married into the Guidry and LeBlanc families at Breaux Bridge. 

Alexandre married Euphrasie or Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Valsin LeBlanc and Eugénie Bourgeois, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1869.  Their son Jules was born near Breaux Bridge in February 1870. 

3

Youngest son Éloi, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in February 1797, married Aspasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Guidry and Victorie Semere of Grande Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1815.  Éloi died in St. Martin Parish in November 1842; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Éloi died "at age 45 or 46 yrs.," so this was him.  He and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

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A Landry who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to the western prairies:

Jean-Baptiste Landry of Grand-Pré, age 61; 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, which reached New Orleans in August 1785.  They did not follow most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche but went directly to the Attakapas District to join his cousins and his wife's family already there.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  Jean-Baptiste, père died at Attakapas in October 1787; the priest who recorded the burial said that Jean-Baptiste was age 60 when he died; he was 62.  The succession 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, age 66.  Daughter Marie Anne, wife of Joseph Girouard, died in Lafayette Parish in October 1835; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was age 50 when she died, but she was 60.  Jean-Baptiste's son settled at Attakapas and died young, but not before fathering a son of his own, who also probably died young.  This line of the family, then, except for its blood, may not have survived in the Bayou State. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste LANDRY, fils (1762-1787; René le jeune, Antoine, Antoine, fils)

Jean-Baptiste, fils, called Baptiste, son of Jean-Baptiste Landry and his second wife Élisabeth Dugas, born at Plouër-sur-Rance, near St.-Malo, France 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 Attakapas 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 Attakapas in December 1787, age 25.  His family line may not have survived. 

Augustin, born posthumously at Attakapas in February 1788, may have died young. 

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A Landry from France who had settled on the river moved on to the Attakapas District during the late colonial period:

Descendants of Joseph-Marie LANDRY (1778-1852; René le jeune, René, fils, Antoine)

Joseph-Marie, fourth and youngest son of René Landry and Marguerite Babin, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, 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 Attakapas District and married Modeste-Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of Pierre-Marin Lenormand and Jeanne-Charlotte dit Boutin of New Orleans, at Attakapas in July 1801; the priest who recorded his marriage said that Joseph had lived at Attakapas "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.  Joseph-Marie died in St. Martin Parish in October 1852; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died "at age 75 yrs."  He was 74.  His succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in November.  His three sons married sisters who also were their cousins. 

1

Oldest son Charles, born on Bayou Teche in September 1805, married cousin Adélaïde Léontine or Léontine Adélaïde, daughter of Joseph Marin Lenormand and Élisabeth dite Ponponne Caselar, 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, Joseph Dorcili was born in February 1831, and Pierre in December 1841.

Joseph Dorcili, at age 38, married Marie Clelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Philemon Broussard and his Creole wife Elisa Ardoin, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in December 1869. 

2

Joseph Darcourt, called Darcourt, born on Bayou Teche in October 1808, married cousin Marie Louise Euchariste, called Euchariste, another daughter of Joseph Marin Lenormand and Élisabeth Caselar, at the St. Martinville church in May 1829.  Their son Alexandre Darcourt was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1834, Césaire in December 1836, Pierre Numa, called Numa, in November 1841, Amédée in January 1847, and Alexandre Ismond in June 1852.  Their daughter married into the Berry family. 

2a

Césaire married double cousin Adélaïde Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of Pierre Lenormand and Eléonora Adelina Lenormand, at the St. Martinville church in July 1861.  Their son Joseph Henri was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1862. 

2b

Numa married double cousin Léocade, another daughter of Pierre Lenormand and Eléonora Adelina Lenormand, at the St. Martinville church in November 1865.  Their son Willy was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1867. 

3

Youngest son Alexandre Victorin, called Victorin, born on Bayou Teche in June 1811, married cousin Adèle, yet another daughter of Joseph Marin Lenormand and Élisabeth Caselar, 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, descendants of immigrants from Maryland, moved from the river to the western prairies during the early antebellum period:

Descendants of Valentin LANDRY (1771-1823; René le jeune, Abraham)

Valentin, seventh 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 Acadians Joseph Bourgeois and Marie Giroir, at St.-Jacques in November 1792.  In the 1810s, they moved to Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche.  Their daughters married into the Begnaud, Bourgeois, Breaux, Sonnier, and Thibodeaux families.  Valentin, at age 52,  remarried to Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dupuis and Marie Poirier and widow of Jean Charles Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1823.  Valentin, père died "in the morning ... at his home on Bayou Teche" in September 1823; the priest who recorded the burial said that Valentin was "age about 56 yrs." when he died, but he was closer to 52; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville Parish courthouse 10 days after his death. 

1

Oldest son Valentin, fils, by his father's 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 probably did not marry. 

2

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

3

Léon or Léonard Valentin, by his father's first wife, born at St.-Jacques in January 1803, married Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin dit Ephrem Robichaux and Marie Anne Surette, at the St. Martinville church in May 1828.  Their son Clairville was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 5 months, in August 1834.  Their daughters married into the Frederic, Pourciau, Quebedeaux, and Savoy families.  Léon died near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in March 1868; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Léon died "at age 65 yrs." 

4

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

Descendants of Éloi LANDRY (1779-1843; René le jeune, Abraham, Abraham dit Petit Abram)

Éloi, elder son of Étienne Landry and Brigitte Trahan, born at Ascension on the river in August 1779, married cousin Julienne, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Trahan and Marie Hugon, probably at Ascension in the late 1790s or early 1800s.  They settled at Grande 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 first succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in May 1831; the succession said he was a widower and listed three of his daughters as his heirs.   Éloi died in November 1843; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Éloy, as he called him, died "at age 66 yrs."; he was 64; the priest also noted that Éloi was "buried at Perry's Bridge near Abbeville, La."; Éloi's post-mortem succession was filed at Vermilionville courthouse in January 1844; the parish clerk who recorded the succession noted that Éloi was "Grandfather to Lusiphore and Telesphore Landry, the children of Antoine Landry and Clémence Guidry," so this was him.  Only one of his four sons, Antoine, created a family of his own. 

1

Oldest son Antoine, born probably at Grande Pointe in September 1803, married Virginie Clémentine or Clémence, called Clémentine, daughter of fellow Acadian François Guidry and his Creole wife Céleste Dartes, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1828.  Their son Lusiphor or Onésiphore 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, age 30; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse that December. 

1a

Onésiphore married cousin Felicienne, also called Félicia, daughter of Joseph Dejean and his Acadian wife Arcène Guidry, at the Vermilionville church in May 1851.  They settled on the lower Vermilion River.  Their son Joseph Antoine had been born in February 1851, Onésiphore Albert in October 1853, and a child, name and age unrecorded, died in either June or July 1854. 

1b

Telesphore likely married fellow Acadian Louisa Hébert and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the early 1850s.  Their son Antoine Dermily was born near Abbeville in February 1857, and Onésiphore le jeune in January 1867.

2

Éloi, fils, born at Grande Pointe in December 1810, died at his father's home on the lower Vermilion in August 1824, age 14.

3

Jean, born at Vermilion in June 1817, died in Lafayette Parish in August 1831, age 14.

4

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

Descendants of Éloi LANDRY, fils (1808-?; René le jeune, Abraham, René, Marin)

Éloi, fils, also called Éloi Marin, 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 Acadians Jean Theriot and Madeleine Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1829; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Éloi, fils remarried to cousin Marie Bathilde, Bertille, or Bertisse, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Landry and Madeleine Brasseaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1835.  They remained in Lafayette Parish.  Their daughters married into the Guidry and Sonnier families.  Except for its blood, did this family line survive? 

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During the late antebellum period, Landrys from upper Bayou Lafourche moved west of the Atchafalaya Basin and settled on the St. Landry prairies and on lower Bayou Teche: 

Descendants of Emérante Gilbert LANDRY (1819-?; René le jeune, Abraham, Abraham dit Petit Abram, Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre)

Emérante Gilbert, third son of Pierre Grégoire dit Landry Landry and Marie-Joséphine Rousseau, born in Assumption Parish in January 1819, married Adélaïde, daughter of French Canadian Valéry Roy and his Creole wife Brigitte Nezat, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1847.  Their daughter married a Nezat cousin.  The rest of Emérante's family remained on upper Bayou Lafourche, so one wonders what brought him to the Opelousas prairies after he came of age. 

1

Oldest son Ambroise was born in St. Landry Parish in January 1850.

2

Henry Emérante was born in St. Landry Parish in July 1852. 

3

Pierre Anatole was born in St. Landry Parish in July 1856. 

4

Joseph Edgard was born in St. Landry Parish in November 1861. 

Descendants of Joseph Telesphore LANDRY (1822-; René le jeune, Abraham, Pierre, Pierre dit La Vielliarde)

Joseph Telesphore, called Telesphore, fifth son of Henri Landry and Marie Scholastique Bergeron, born in Assumption Parish in February 1822, married Pamela, daughter of fellow Acadians Julien LeBlanc and Scholastique LeBlanc, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in May 1844, and sanctified the marriage at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in July.  They remained in St. Mary Parish, though they may have lively briefly on upper Bayou Lafourche during the early 1850s.  Telesphore may have remarried to fellow Acadian Marie Célestine Comeaux at the Pattersonville church, St. Mary Parish, in August 1858. 

1

Older son Telesphore, fils, by his father's first wife, was born near Charenton, St. Mary Parish, in January 1845. 

2

Joseph Desilva, by his father's first wife, was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in May 1854. 

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Other LANDRYs on the Western Prairies

Area church and civil records of the colonial, antebellum, and post-war periods make it difficult to link many Landrys in the western parishes with known Acadian lines of the family there.  The priests at Abbeville, St. Martinville, and Vermilionville, during the late antebellum and immediate post-war periods, were especially negligent in their recordkeeping.  One suspects that some of the Landrys who lived on the western prairies during the post-war period were Afro Creoles once owned by Acadian and Creole Landrys:

Anne Landry died at Attakapas in June 1787.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was age 25 when she died, but he did not give her parents' names or mention a husband. 

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 the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Dominique was "native of Acadie," though his estimated birth year of c1774 says otherwise.  Joseph Castille, fils's mother was a Landry, so Dominique probably was a kinsman of these Spanish Creoles. 

Uriah Landry's succession was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in February 1831.  The recording clerk did not give Uriah's parents' names or mention a wife. 

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

Julie Landry married François LeForet, probably Foret, a fellow Acadian, place and date unrecorded, and died in Lafayette Parish in May 1833, age 30.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded her burial did not give her parents' names. 

Onésime or Onézime, also called Édouard, Éloi J., and Éloi Gilles, Landry married French Canadian Azélie Marie or Marie Azélie Lavergne at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1839.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names.  Daughter Élina was born in St. Landry Parish in February 1841, Marie Célina near Grand Coteau in March 1845; son Julien in January 1847, Philemon in March 1850, and Onésime, fils in February 1853.  Onésime's daughters married into the Pitre and Wantress families. 

Joseph Landry's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in January 1842.  Which of the many Joseph Landrys on the prairies was this? 

Olivier Noël Landry died in St. Martin Parish in January 1846.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said Olivier Noël died "at age 23 yrs."  Who were Olivier's parents?  Was he Acadian?

Joseph Leviney or Levinsy Landry married Euranie, also called Marie, Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1849, daughter Marcelite in October 1850, son Lovinski in February 1856, Basile in July 1857, and an unnamed child baptized at the Youngsville church, name unrecorded, in January 1861.  . 

Marinette Landry's succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in March 1849.  Was she an Acadian Landry?  Who were her parents?  Did she marry? 

Lucien Landry died in St. Martin Parish, in November 1849, age 6.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names. 

Eléonore Landry's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in June 1850.  The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not mention a husband.  Who were Eléonore's parents? 

Émelie or Emeline Landry married Onésime, son of fellow Acadian Charles Dominique Babineaux, fils and widower of Julienne Benoit, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in September 1850, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1851.  The parish clerk and the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the bride's parents' names. 

Aristide Landry's daughter Ernestine was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but not in Iberia Parish, in October 1851.  The New Iberia priest who recorded the girl's baptism did not give the mother's name. 

Adolphe Landry married Marie Nathalie Mayard or Maillard, widow of John Clark, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in Auguste 1852.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, a few years later.  Their daughter Irène was born near Abbeville in June 1855, Marie Olive near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in February 1858, and son Alexandre in January 1862.  Adolphe's succession may have been filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in September 1866. 

Dorse Landry died in St. Martin Parish in December 1852.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Dorse died "at age 12 yrs."  A succession for Dorsy Landry was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, the following July.  Was Dorsy the same as Dorse?  If so, why would a 12-year-old need a succession? 

Thervine Landry's daughter, name unrecorded, died near New Iberia, "at age a few mths.," in September 1853.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give the father's name. 

Victor Aresette Landry married cousin Marie Azélia Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Onille was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in December 1853. 

Joseph Landry married Pouponne Bellard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph Alcide was born near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in February 1854. 

Arsènne Landry married Norbert, son of François Hébert and widower of Advelia Landry, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in February 1854.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Théogène Landry, widower of Marie Uranie Primeaux, remarried to Marie Izide, Zaïde, or Zeïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Florentin Bourg, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1854.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give Théogène's parents' names.  Their daughter Marie Zéïde was born near Abbeville in April 1855; Eugénie in August 1859, son Joseph Marcellus in March 1862, Jean Delmas in December 1863, Aristide in March 1865, and daughter Marie Elvina in October 1868.  They were living near Brashear, now Morgan, City, St. Mary Parish, on the lower Atchafalaya, in the late 1860s. 

Onésime Landry married cousin Émelie Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Onésime, fils was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1854. 

Palmyre Landry's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in December 1855.  The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not give any parents' names or name a husband. 

Philosie, daughter of Zelia Landry, died at age 2 in Lafayette Parish in April 1856.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the girl's burial did not name the father.  One wonders who Zelia's parents may have been. 

Philomène, daughter of Eugénie Landry, was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1856.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the girl's baptism did not give the father's name.  One wonders who mother Eugénie's parents may have been. 

A child of Venona Landry, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish, age 4 months, in November 1856.  One wonders who Venona's parents may have been. 

Joseph Landry married Marie Stelia, perhaps Stelly, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph, fils was born near New Iberia in February 1857. 

Marguerite Landry's succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in March 1857.  The parish clerk who filed the succession said nothing about her parents nor mentioned a husband. 

Villery, also called Villiot and Vilcor, Landry married Rosalie, also called Eulalie, Boudreaux at the Pattersonville church, St. Mary Parish, in April 1857.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their daughter Marguerite Elmira was born near Pattersonville in January 1858, son Henry in August 1860, daughter Rosa in September 1861, Élizabeth in September 1863, Victoria in May 1865, Louise Delphine in January 1867. 

Nathalie Landry married Acadian Sosthène Vincent at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in December 1857.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Valcourt Landry married French Creole Aurelia Langinois, probably Langlinais, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in December 1857.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their twin sons Alcée and Alcide were born near Abbeville in September 1858, and daughter Emettsilde in October 1860. 

Élise Landry married French Creole Pierre Dubois at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1858.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Noémi Landry died in Lafayette Parish, age 20, in April 1858.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or mention a husband. 

Emma Landry married French Creole Lasti Dubois at the Abbeville church in January 1859.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Was Lasti kin to Pierre Dubois? 

Jules, son of Eugénie Landry, was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1859.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Alice, also called Alix, Landry married Foreign Frenchman Jean or John Castex in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in April 1861, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1862.  Both the parish clerk and the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  The couple were ancestors of the author's paternal uncle-in-law, "Jimmy" Boudreaux of Mermentau and Lake Charles. 

Octave Landry married Marie LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Octave Henri was born near Brashear, now Morgan, City, St. Mary Parish, on the lower Atchafalaya, in April 1862. 

Mrs. Frédéric Landry died near Charenton, St. Mary Parish, in October 1862.  The priest who recorded the burial said that she died "at age 80 yrs."  One wonders who her husband may have been. 

Eugénie Landry gave birth to daughter Octavine in Lafayette Parish in October 1862.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not name the girl's father or give the mother's parents' names. 

Henri Landry died in St. Martin Parish in December 1862.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Henri died "at age 4 mths."  Was Henri Acadian? 

Lucien Landry married fellow Acadian Octavie Aucoin, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Marie Elydia was born near Brashear City in December 1862, and son Joseph Lydien in February 1865. 

Jean Landry married Marguerite Frederick at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in November 1863.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.

Adam Landry married Marie Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Pierre Bienvenu was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1863. 

Édouard Landry died "at Opel.," St. Landry Parish, in February 1864.  The Opelousas priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names, mention a wife, or give Édouard's age at the time of his death.  One wonders if his death was war-related. 

Octave Landry married Sophia Kennedy, place and date unrecorded.  Their son George Sidney was born in St. Landry Parish in July 1864. 

Lovincy or Lovency Landry married Aurelia Daigle, place and date unrecorded.  They settled near Brashear, now Morgan, City, St. Mary Parish, on the lower Atchafalaya, by the mid-1860s.  Daughter Marie Elizabeth was born there in January 1865, Marie Angèle in February 1867, and son Oleus Augustin in February 1870. 

Erma Landry, wife of Clemigle Landry, died in Lafayette Parish in February 1865, age 37.  Was she Acadian?  Who was her husband? 

Joseph Landry married Elizabeth Topham, probably an Anglo American, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in February 1865.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Célina Landry married Washington Rouin or Ronan in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in September 1865, and at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1868.  The parish clerk and the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Alexandre Césaire Landry married cousin Clothilde Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Paul was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1865. 

Virginie Landry married French Creole Archille Guillory in a civil ceremony probably in St. Landry Parish in November 1865, and sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in February 1867.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Céline or Célina, daughter of Edouard Landry and Azéline Lavergne, married Pierre, also called Pierre C., son Charpes Pitre and Sidalies Derossier, at the Opelousas church in December 1865.  Was Édouard an Acadian Landry?

A succession for Marie Landry, wife or widow of Joseph Stainville Landry, was filed at the Lafayette Parish courthouse in January 1866.  The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not give any parents' names. 

Édouard Landry died in St. Martin Parish in February 1866.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Édouard died "at age 7 yrs." 

Joseph Landry married Mélasie Belos, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Christoval died in St. Landry Parish, age 2, in February 1866. 

Paul Landry died in St. Martin Parish in April 1866.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Paul died "at age 7 mths." 

Marie Élina Landry died in St. Landry Parish in June 1866, age 24.  The Opelousas priest who recorded the burial did not mention a husband or give any parents' names. 

Célima Landry married Ozémé Bernard in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in September 1866.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Clelie Landry married David Derouen in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in November 1866.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Eugène Landry married Eugelide Bourk, perhaps Bourque, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Joséphine was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in December 1866. 

Émelia Landry married Hilaire Comeaux in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in January 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Alexandre Landry married Mary Carlin in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in August 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Alexandre Landry married Marie Morvan, probably Morvant, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Aurelien was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in September 1867. 

Alix or Alise Landry married Alcide Thibodeaux in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in September 1867, and sanctified the marriage at the Lydia church, Iberia Parish, in May 1869.  Neither the parish clerk nor the priest who recorded the marriage gave the couple's parents' names. 

Félicie Landry married Auguste Nepveaux at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1867.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Jo Landry married Madeleine _____, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Eraste was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1867.  Was Jo Acadian? 

Désiré Landry died in Lafayette Parish in October 1867.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names, mention a wife, or give Désiré's age at the time of his death. 

Marie, daughter of Lovisky Landry, died in November 1867 near New Iberia, age 4.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's mother's name. 

Anatole Landry married Laure Uval, probably Huval, place and age unrecorded.  Their son Léonard was born near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in December 1867 but died the following April.  Probably married civilly, they may have sanctified the marriage at the Breaux Bridge church in February 1869.  Their son Joseph was born near Breaux Bridge in February 1869. 

Fennely Landry gave birth to son François Adolphe in St. Martin Parish in January 1868.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.  Was Fennely Acadian? 

Marie Landry "alias Modeste Ritter," married Neville Briscoe in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  So, was she a Landry or a Ritter, and was she Acadian? 

Élisabeth Landry gave birth to son Philippe Auguste in St. Martin Parish in February 1868.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

"Anonyme" Landry died in St. Martin Parish, age 1 month, in April 1868.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the child's burial, true to form, did not give the parents' names. 

Gabriel Landry married Lodoiska _____, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Gabriel, fils was born near Pointe-aux-Loups, now Iota, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in May 1868.  Was Gabriel Acadian? 

Marguerite Landry married Clervil, probably Clerville, Dubois in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in June 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names, nor did he give a clue as to which Clerville Dubois the groom may have been. 

A succession for Orezile Landry, wife or widow of Théodule Delcambre, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in July 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not give Orezile's parents' names.  Was she Susanne Onezia, daughter of Gédéon Landry and Anne Lormand, of Lafayette Parish?

Jean Baptiste Landry died in Lafayette Parish in August 1868.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Jean Baptiste died "at age 3 mths." 

Joseph Landry married Marguerite Dupuis, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Féliciène was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in August 1868. 

Joseph Landry married Célina Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Odile was born near New Iberia in August 1868, and Athenise in December 1869. 

Alexandre Landry married Sarah Tompkins in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in November 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Edgar, son of Jean Baptiste Landry and Mary ____, married Julia, daughter of Pierre Maxille and Élisabeth ____, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1868.  Were Jean Baptiste and Edgar Acadians? 

Alexandre Landry married Sylvanie Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Angèle was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in December 1868. 

Célise Landry died "in Plaquemine," probably on Bayou Plaquemine Brûlé, age 47, in December 1868.  The Opelousas priest who recorded the burial said nothing of a husband or gave her parents' names. 

Jean Louis Landry married Marie Palmyre, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Amélina was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, December 1868. 

Clerville Landry married Aurelia Theriot, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Henri was born near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, in February 1869. 

Zulma, daughter of Marie Landry, married Jules St. Julien, son of Céleste Haines, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in March 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's fathers' names.  Were Marie and Zulma Acadians? 

Joseph Landry married Joséphine Benoit, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Charles Joseph was born near Iota, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in March 1869. 

N. Landry died near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, in April 1869.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, mention a spouse, or give the gender of the deceased, said that N. died "at age 65 yrs."  Can recording priests be any flakier than this? 

Euphémie Landry married Demas Frilot at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in May 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Célina Landry died in Lafayette Parish, age 14, in July 1869.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's parents' names. 

Cécilia Landry married Michael Courts in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Phillomaine, probably Philomène, Landry married Jean Louis Gaspard in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.

Marie Caroline, daughter of Joseph Narcisse Landry and Marie Caroline Nee, married cousin John Creg, son of Jacques Creg Barthélémy, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in September 1869; John's mother was a Landry.  Was Joseph Narcisse an Acadian? 

Cyrille Landry married Lysa Sarver, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Olivier was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in September 1869. 

Eme Désiré Landry married Serianne ____, place and date unrecorded.   Their son Jean Henry was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1869.  Was Eme Désiré Acadian? 

Joseph Landry married Mary Louvière, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Mathilia was born near New Iberia in November 1869. 

Charles Landry married Alida Dugas at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in December 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Laurinda Landry married Amas Louis in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1870.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Was Laurinda Acadian? 

André Landry married Marie Charlot, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Florantin was born near Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, in March 1870.  Was André Acadian? 

Jules Landry died "in Plaquemine," probably Bayou Plaquemine Brûlé, St. Landry Parish, in April 1870.  The Opelousas priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jules died "at age 20 yrs." 

Albert, son of Simon Landry, was baptized at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, age unrecorded, in May 1870.  The priest who recorded the baptism did not give Albert's mother's name. 

Jacques Landry married Mathilda Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Oculi was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in June 1870. 

Joseph Landry married Doralese Baudin, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Ambroise was born near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, in July 1870. 

Joseph Landry married Nancy Delcambre, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Adeline was born near New Iberia in July 1870. 

Narcisse, son of Landry Landry and Thérèse Wiltz, married Louison, daughter of Raphaël Raphaël and Françoise ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1870.  Were Landry and Narcisse Acadians? 

Lacques, perhaps Jacques, Landry married Ervilia Clairbat, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Ernest was born near Lydia, Iberia Parish, in September 1870.  Was Lacques/Jacques Acadian? 

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Landry families that settled in the western parishes during the antebellum period cannot be linked by local civil and church records with other Landrys in the area:

Descendants of Jean Darcourt LANDRY (c1814-1849; ?, René le jeune?)

Jean or Dejean Darcourt, d'Arcour, or Valcourt Landry married French Creole Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, Doré or Dorez perhaps in St. Martin Parish in the 1830s.  Their daughters married into the Hulin and Picard families.  Jean Darcourt died in St. Martin Parish in January 1849; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Darcour, as he called him, died "at age 35 yrs."  Was Jean Darcourt Acadian? 

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Oldest son Jean Dorcili or Dorceno, born in St. Martin Parish in September 1837, married cousin Marie Léontine, called Léontine, daughter of Balthazar Doré and Françoise Desormeaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1854.  Their son Jean Dorcina was born near Abbeville in March 1855, and Jean Alcide in May 1862. 

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Alexandre Darcourt, born perhaps in the late 1830s, married Acadian Rosa Labauve and settled in St. Martin Parish by the mid-1850s.  He remarried to French Creole Marie Idia or Idea, called Idea, daughter of Pierre Hulin and Juliènne Menard, in a civil ceremony at Mobile, Alabama, in August 1856, and sanctified the marriage at the St. Martinville church in September 1867.  Son Joseph Ulysse was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1859, Charles Gaston in February 1867, and Alexandre Auguste in March 1867[sic].  

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Youngest son Jean André was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1844. 

Descendants of Joseph Levince LANDRY (?, René le jeune?)

Joseph Leviney, Levinsy, or Levince Landry married Acadian Uranie, also called Marie, Broussard and settled in Lafayette Parish probably in the 1840s. 

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Oldest son Joseph, fils, born in Lafayette Parish in February 1849, married Irène Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard LeBlanc, fils and his Creole wife Irène Roy, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1870. 

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Lovinski was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1856.

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Youngest son Basile was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1857. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

Most of the Landrys who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche:

Claire Landry of Grand-Pré, age 80, perhaps the most elderly Acadian exile who made it to Louisiana, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in mid-August.  With her were in-laws Claude LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 62, and his third wife Dorothée Richard, age 50. 

Prosper Landry, age 60, crossed on La Bergère with third wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Pitre, age 57; and two sons--Jean-Pierre, age 22; and Simon-Joseph, age 19.  Prosper died at Assumption in October 1797, two days before his wife Élisabeth died there.  Prosper was age 71 when he died, two years older than Élisabeth.   Their sons settled on the upper bayou. 

Pierre Landry, age 49, crossed on La Bergère 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.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Penro families.  Pierre died at Assumption in September 1798, age 63.  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 frustrations of a stranger living in his own mother country.  In his twilight years, however, in Spanish Louisiana, Pierre, like hundreds of his fellow Acadians, finally found peace and tranquility along the banks of Bayou Lafourche.  His sons also remained on the upper bayou.  Daughter Marie Madeleine Adélaïde died in Assumption Parish in April 1853, age 82, one of the last of the Acadian immigrants to Louisiana to join our ancestors. 

Marguerite Landry, age 48, crossed on La Bergère with husband Jean Richard, age 55, and a 13-year-old son. 

Marie-Josèphe Richard, age 46, widow of Hilaire Landry, crossed on La Bergère with two daughters--Marie-Madeleine, age 16; and Marie-Rose, age 10--who married into the Savoie and Thériot families. 

Marguerite Landry, age 43, crossed on La Bergère with husband Jean-Baptized Ozelet of Cobeguit, age 42, and four children, ages 18 to 4. 

Geneviève Landry, age 34, crossed on La Bergère with sister Marie-Josèphe, age 32; and a 3-year-old charge, François-Julien ____.   Marie-Josèphe may not have married.  Geneviève married Francisco, son of Joseph Romagosa of Catalina, Spain, on the upper bayou, in November 1794, and died a widow at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, in September 1796; the New Orleans priest who recorded her burial said that Geneviève was age 55 when she died, but she was closer to 45.  The surname and fate of their young charge François-Julien is anyone's guess. 

Marie-Madeleine-Adélaïde Landry, age 22, wife of Jean-Baptiste Comeau, who remained in France, crossed on La Bergère with a two-year-old son.  Marie-Madeleine-Adélaïde remarried 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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Simon Landry, age 50, crossed on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early September.  With him was wife Marguerite Gautrot, age 59.  Needless to say, they had no more children in the colony.  One wonders if they even survived the crossing from France. 

Jeanne-Marguerite, called Marguerite, Landry, age 20, crossed on Le St.-Rémi 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 died in Assumption Parish in March 1825, age 60.  Bonne-Marie-Louise married into the Marois family of Italy.   Aimable and Abraham settled on the upper bayou. 

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François Landry of Annapolis Royal, age 69, three times a widower, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early November.  With him were two orphaned grandchildren and a nephew--Jean-Charles Landry, age 18, granddaughter Bonne-Marie-Adélaïde Landry, age 16, and grandson Jean-Jacques-Frédéric Landry, age 15.  François died at Lafourche in February 1797, age 81.  Bonne-Marie-Adélaïde married into the Lejeune family.   Jean-Charles settled on the bayou.  Jean-Jacques may not have married. 

Marie-Blanche, called Blanche, Landry, age 52, crossed on L'Amitié with husband Pierre LeBlanc, age 49, and a 16-year-old daughter.  Blanche died at Lafourche in July 1786, not long after she reached Louisiana. 

Marguerite Landry, age 37, crossed on L'Amitié with husband Eustache Bertrand, age 49, and four children, ages 19 to 1. 

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Marguerite Landry, age unrecorded, widow of Jacques Mius D'Entremont III, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early December.  With her were son Jacques Mius D'Entremont IV of Pobomcoup, age 29; his French wife Marie Herve of St.-Malo, age 30; and five of their children and stepchildren, ages 11 to infancy.  They went not to Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, with most of their fellow passengers but to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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The Landrys from France created a third center of family settlement on Bayou Lafourche: 

Descendants of Jean-Pierre LANDRY (1762-1810; René le jeune, Claude, Jean-Baptiste)

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 crossed to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, with his family in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Dominique Guérin and Anne LeBlanc, in February 1786.  Isabelle also had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, so they may have known one another in France.  Their daughter married into the Barrilleaux and Thibodeaux families.  Jean-Pierre remarried to Anne-Marie, called Annette, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Daigle and Marie Boudreaux and widow, perhaps, of Simon LeBlanc, at Lafourche in January 1790.  Their daughters married into the Barrilleaux, Dovier, Guillot, Mendoza, and Simoneaux families.  Jean Pierre, père died in Assumption Parish in August 1810, age 48.  His one son had many sons of his own and settled on the upper bayou.  One of Jean Pierre's daughters, however, settled on lower Bayou Teche. 

Jean-Pierre, fils, by his father's second wife, born at Lafourche in November 1790, married Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Blanchard and Marguerite Aucoin, 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 or Dorville in July 1825.  They also had a son named Landry, also called L. W. and Eleme. Their daughters married into the Harvey and Landry families.  Jean Pierre, fils died by January 1840, when he was listed as deceased in a son's marriage record.  Most of his sons married and settled in Assumption Parish. 

Marcellin Florentin married Clementine, daughter of André Dupré and Petronille Langlinais, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1840.  They had a son named J. B., probably Jean Baptiste, Maurice, called Maurice.  Marcellin died near Paincourtville in September 1847; the priest who recorded his burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Marcellin died at "age 30 yrs."; this Marcellin would have been 31, so this probably was him. 

Maurice married Veneda or Velleda, daughter of fellow Acadians Onésiphore Aucoin and Marine Guillot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1867.  Their son Gustave Morille was born near Paincourtville in March 1870. 

Landry married Azéline or Azéma, daughter of Lubin Simoneaux and his Acadian wife Marie Daigle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1841.  Their son Sarasin Cyprien was born near Paincourtville in May 1847, Nicol in August 1852, and Cléobert in October 1854. 

Ferdinand Théodule likely married cousin Eglantine, perhaps also called Euphrosine, Landry.  Their son Omer was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in September 1845, Joseph in January 1847, Lucien Ultimere in July 1849, and Octave Ulysse in September 1856. 

Omer married Amanda, daughter of fellow Acadians Eugène Comeaux and Aureline LeBlanc, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1868. 

Pierre Victor married cousin Eléonore, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Landry and Colette Hébert and widow of Narcisse Trahan, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1846.  Their son Pierre Désiré or DesiColette Hébertre Pierre was born near Paincourtville in April 1847, and Jean in June 1849 but died at age 9 months in April 1850. 

Désiré Pierre married Cordilia, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Dugas and Clémence Hébert, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1868.  Their son Pierre Leufroi was born near Paincourtville in October 1870. 

Dormeville married cousin Alsina or Alexine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Landry and his Creole wife Roseline Simoneaux, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1847.  Their son Gervetus or Gervey was born near Paincourtville in November 1849 but died at age 1 1/2 in July 1851, and Augustin Jean Baptiste was born in February 1853. 

Descendants of Simon-Joseph LANDRY (1765-1815; René le jeune, Claude, Jean-Baptiste)

Simon-Joseph, younger son of Prosper Landry and his third wife Élisabeth Pitre, born at Crehan, France, near 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 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie-Luce, daughter of fellow Acadians Marin Bourg and Marie-Osite Daigle, 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, a widower, age 50. 

Simon-Joseph, fils, called Simonet, born at Assumption in May 1798, likely 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.  Their daughter married into the Badeaux family.  Simonet died in Assumption Parish in June 1833, age 35. 

Descendants of Aimable-Étienne LANDRY (1765-1832; René l'aîné, Pierre, René)

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 to Louisiana with three younger siblings aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them on upper Bayou Lafourche.  (He and his younger brother Abraham-Isaac may have been the only direct male descendants of René Landry l'aîné who emigrated to Louisiana.)  Aimable married Ursule-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians François Pitre and Ursule Breau, in February 1788.  Ursule had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  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, age 66. 

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Oldest son Étienne-Joseph, born at Assumption in September 1792, married cousin Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Landry and Marie Giroir, perhaps in a civil ceremony, and sanctified the marriage 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 Cléopha, called Cléopha, was born in December 1825.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Blanchard, Caillier, and Hill families.  Étienne died near Plattenville in November 1853; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Étienne died at "age 64 years"; Étienne Joseph would have been 61.  Rosalie died near Plattenville in November 1853, less than a week after her husband passed; the priest who recorded her burial said that she died at "age 68 years."  Were Étienne and Rosalie victims of the yellow epidemic that struck South Louisiana during the summer and fall of 1853? 

Cléopha may have married fellow Acadian Azélie Boudreaux.  Their son Henry Éloy was born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in August 1852 but died at age 7 in July 1859.  Cléopha died in Assumption Parish in October 1853; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial said that Cleopha died at "age 25 years, 9 months," but he was 27.  Was he a victim of the yellow epidemic that struck South Louisiana during the summer and fall of 1853?  Did his family line survive? 

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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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Jean-Baptiste, born at Assumption in March 1799, married Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Foret and Marie Madeleine Blanchard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1820, and remarried to Euphrosine, Euphrasie, or Joséphine, called Frosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Blaise Boudreaux and Perrine Barrilleaux, 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 was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1829 but died at age 14 in September 1843, another Jean Baptiste, fils was born in Assumption Parish in October 1833, and Joseph Léon, called Léon, in April 1837.  Their daughter married into the Thibodeaux family at New Iberia on lower Bayou Teche. 

Léon, by his father's second wife, married Nathalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Grégoire Aucoin and Clarisse Hébert, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1858.  Their son Grégoire Telemaque Joseph was born near Labadieville in June 1859, and Omer Audressy in June 1861. 

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François-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 and Perrine Barrilleaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1825.  They lived near the boundary between Assumption and Lafourche Interior parishes.  Their son Hermogène was born in April 1828, Eugène Basile, called Basile, in December 1829, and Jean Baptiste Villiers in February 1832 but died at age 4 1/2 in November 1836.  Their daughters married into the Bertrand (French Canadian, not Acadian), Braud, Lasseigne, Naquin, and Samson families.  Élie's married sons moved to lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65. 

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Hermogène married Clara Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Olivier Gautreaux and his Creole wife Rosalie Peltier, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1850 or 1851.  They settled near the boundary between Lafourche Interior and Assumption parishes before moving to lower Bayou Teche.  Their son Ernest Demetrius was born in November 1851, Joseph Villier in April 1856, Charles Arthur in October 1858, and Pierre Oscar near New Iberia, on lower Bayou Teche, in November 1869. 

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Basile married Marie, daughter of Barthélémy Jolibois and his Acadian wife Mathilde Bourg, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1853.  They settled near the boundary between Lafourche and Assumption parishes.  Their son Adolphe Avi was born in June 1860.  They, too, were living near New Iberia, on lower Bayou Teche, in the late 1860s but may have returned to the upper Lafourche by 1870. 

Descendants of Abraham-Isaac LANDRY (1772-1816; René l'aîné, Pierre, René)

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 upper Bayou Lafourche.  (He and his older brother Aimable-Étienne may have been the only direct male descendants of René Landry l'aîné who emigrated to Louisiana.)  Isaac married Anne-Olive, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Aucoin and Marie-Geneviève Theriot, 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, age 44.  His only son, perhaps his only child, died young, so this family line probably did not survive. 

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

Descendants of Joseph-Giroire LANDRY (1766-1849; René le jeune, René, fils, Pierre)

Joseph-Giroire, second son of Pierre Landry, fils 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 on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie-Paule or -Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Prosper-Honoré Giroir and Marie Dugas, in December 1788.  Marie-Paule also had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, so they may have known one another in France.  Their daughters married into the Charlet and Landry families.  Joseph remarried to Marie, daughter of Bernard Capdeville and his Acadian wife Anne Clouâtre, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1811.  Their daughters married into the Capdeville, Dufrene, and Duhon families.  Joseph Giroire likely died in Assumption Parish in June 1849; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph, "born in Nantes, France," died at "age 86 years," but this Joseph would have been age 83.  (Only three Joseph Landrys emigrated to Louisiana from France--Joseph-Giroire; Pierre-Joseph, called Joseph, born in January 1770 and died in Iberville Parish in March 1843; and Joseph-Marie, born in April 1778, who settled at Attakapas.  All three were born at St.-Servan.)

1

Oldest son Joseph-Henri, called Henri, from his father's first wife, born at Lafourche in March 1791, married Jeanne Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Simon Boudreaux and his French wife Marie Julienne Brossier, 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, Lovinski, or Lovency, called Lovency, was born in October 1826, and Octave Emare in July 1832.  Their daughters married into the Bourg and Foret families.  At age 44, Henri remarried to cousin Coralie Mélanie Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Bourg and Félicité Landry, at the Plattenville church in September 1835.  Their child, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish at birth in June 1836.  His youngest son moved to the lower Atchafalaya after the War of 1861-65. 

1a

Joseph, by his father's first wife, married Marguerite Élise, called Élise and perhaps also Basalisse, daughter of Joseph Élie Friou and his Acadian wife Marguerite Bourg, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1835.  Their son Désiré Joseph was born near Plattenville in March 1841.  They may also have had a son named Lucien.  Their daughters married into the Gautreaux and Simoneaux families. 

Lucien married Azéma, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Aucoin and Eléonore Barrilleaux, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1869. 

1b

Lovency, by his father's first wife, married Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Fabien Bourg and Clarisse Daigle, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1848.  Their son Joseph was born near Plattenville in December 1849, Joseph Adrien in February 1852, and Joseph Henry in March 1855. 

1c

Octave Emare, by his father's first wife, may have married fellow Acadian Angelina Giroir.  Their son Désiré Gustave was born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in November 1851.  Their son Louis Oscar was born near Plattenville in September 1853.  They were living near Brashear, now Morgan, City, St. Mary Parish, on the lower Atchafalaya. in 1866.  Octave remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Ursin Delaune and Mélissaire Theriot, at the Brashear City church in December 1868. 

2

Auguste or Augustin, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in August 1792, married Marie Louise, Luce, or Lucie, another daughter of Joseph Simon Boudreaux and Marie Julienne Brossier and widow of Hippolyte Brets, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1816.  Their son Julien Auguste or Augustin, called Augustin, was born in Assumption Parish in May 1821, Eugène Ansilien in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1824, Joseph Victor in November 1827, and Alexandre Zénon Charles in Assumption Parish April 1832.  Their daughters married into the Besse and Templet families and settled on lower Bayou Teche.  Wife Lucie's succession, dated 9 October 1849, was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, on lower Bayou Teche, so Auguste and Lucie must have lived there, too.  Auguste, at age 62, remarried in a civil ceremony to Mélanie, daughter of Élie Friou and his Acadian wife Marguerite Bourg, and sanctified the marriage at the Plattenville church in April 1855.  Evidently he returned to upper Bayou Lafourche after the death of his first wife.  His married sons moved to the lower Atchafalaya River and to lower Bayou Teche either just before or during the War of 1861-65. 

2a

Augustin, fils, by his father's first wife, married cousin Gertrude Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Dupuis and Rosalie Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1840.  Their son Eugène Augustin was born near Plattenville in February 1841, Siméon in February 1843, Charles in April 1845, and Caliste in September 1850.  Augustin, fils's succession was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in June 1859; he would have been age 48 that year.  One wonders when the family moved to lower Bayou Teche. 

Eugène Augustin married Marie Apolline Laforest at the Brashear, now Morgan, City church, St. Mary Parish, in April 1868. 

2b

Joseph Victor, by his father's first wife, married Roseline or Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Aucoin and Françoise Louise Daigle, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1847.  Their son Augustin le jeune was born near Plattenville in May 1851, and Joseph Arthur near Brashear, now Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, on the lower Atchafalaya, in April 1863.  Their daughter married into the Rodriguez family at New Iberia. 

3

Fabien-Maximilien, called Maxille, from his father's first wife, born at Assumption in February 1795, married double cousin Marie Eugénie, called Eugénie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Landry and Marguerite Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1817.  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, also called Emar, in September 1825, and Constant or Constantin in April 1830 but died at age 5 in May 1835.  Their daughters married into the Charlet and Hébert families. 

3a

Lucien married cousin Marie Aurora or Aurore, daughter of Ursin Marroy, Maroy, Maroi, Maroir, Marois, Marroi, or Marrois and his Acadian wife Louise Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1840.  Their son Joseph Telesphore Anatole was born near Plattenville in March 1843 but died at age 1 in March 1844, Joseph Aristide, called Aristide, was born near Paincourtville in January 1849, Joseph Enau in May 1851, Joseph Bienvenu in December 1856, and Joseph Camille in December 1861.  Their daughters married Guidry and Landry cousins. 

Aristide married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Désiré Crochet and Bathilde Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1870. 

3b

Grégoire married cousin Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadians Lazare Hébert and Céleste Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1851.  Their son Joseph Nicols, called Nicols, was born near Paincourtville in August 1852 but died at age 3 in October 1855, Joseph Désiré was born in December 1860, and Joseph Maxil Lazare in May 1863 but died at age 2 in September 1865.  Grégoire died in Assumption Parish in November 1863; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Grégoire died at "age 37 years"; this Grégoire would have been 38, so this probably was him. 

4

Ursin-Valéry, called Valéry, from his father's first wife, born at Assumption in November 1796, married cousin Marie Eulalie, called Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Marie Rose Landry of Ascension, 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, Jules in April 1821[sic] but died at age 7 in August 1828, and Rosémond Osémé was born in December 1827.  They also had an older son named Eugène.  Valéry died in Assumption Parish in April 1831, age 34.  One of his sons moved to lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65. 

4a

Eugène married cousin Constance, also called Hortense Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Richard and Constance LeBlanc, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1845.  Their son Nicholas Abraham was born near Plattenville in June 1846 but died at age 1 in June 1847.  Eugène remarried to Marie Armelise or Aselima, daughter of fellow Acadians Eugène Daigle and Rose Templet, at the Paincourtville church in June 1848.  They settled on Grand Bayou, north of Lake Verret, before moving to lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65.  Their son Joseph Théogène Adrien was born in February 1852, Joseph Philogène, called Philogène, in September 1854 but died at age 5 in November 1859, Désiré Augustin was born in April 1860, and Rodolphe Joseph was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in December 1868.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family in Assumption Parish. 

4b

Rosémond Osémé married Marcellite or Marcelline, daughter of Marcellin Solar and Dolar Rodrigue, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1858.  Their son Jean was born near Plattenville in August 1860. 

5

Grégoire, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in August 1799, married cousin Phelonise Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Marie Rose Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1826, and remarried to Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Aucoin and Marie Rose Bourg and widow of Magloire Landry, at the Plattenville church in January 1837.  Grégoire died in Assumption Parish in November 1839, age 40.  He may have had no sons by either of his wives.  If so, his family line died with him. 

6

Jean Baptiste, by his father's second wife, born in Assumption Parish in June 1818, may have died young. 

7

Youngest son Ives, Yves, or Ive Jean Baptiste or Jean Baptiste Ives, also called Jose, from his father's first wife, born probably in Assumption Parish in the early 1820s, married Delphine Denise, daughter of Jean Charles Barbier and his Acadian wife Jeanne Rosalie Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1844.  Their son Camille Grégoire was born in Assumption Parish in November 1845 but died at age 9 in September 1855, Elphége Sosthène was born in August 1850 but died at age 5 in September 1855, Marcellin Achille was born in June 1852, Alexandre Aristide in August 1854 but died at age 1 in September 1855, and Jean Baptiste Arthur was born near Attakapas Canal, east of Lake Verret, in June 1858 but died the following October.  Meanwhile, Delphine died at age 37 in July 1858, probably from complications of giving birth to son Jean Baptiste Arthur.  Ives likely remarried to fellow Acadian Sidalise Bourg.  They settled at Attakapas Canal until after the War of 1861-65.  Their son Joseph Vincent was born near Attakapas Canal in January 1860, and Pierre Étienne in August 1862.  They were living near New Iberia, on lower Bayou Teche, in the late 1860s. 

Descendants of Jean-Raphaël LANDRY (1768-1840; René le jeune, René, fils, Pierre)

Jean-Raphaël, called Raphaël, third 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 on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married cousin Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Richard and Marie-Blanche LeBlanc, in August 1789.  Marie also had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, so they may have known one another in France.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Martin (Foreign French, not Acadian) and Richard families.  Jean Raphaël, at age 70, remarried to Marie Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Thibodeaux and Marie Madeleine Theriot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1839.  Raphaël died in Assumption Parish in February 1840, age 71. 

1

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

2

François-Magloire, called Magloire, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in April 1797, married Françoise or Fanny Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Aucoin and Madeleine Rose Bourg 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.  Their daughter married into the Barthe and Boguet families.  Magloire died in Assumption Parish in October 1834, age 37. 

3

Louis-Paterne, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in April 1799, married Marie Rose, called Rose, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Aucoin and Madeleine Rose Bourg, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1818.  Their daughter married into the Constance family.  Did Louis father any sons? 

4

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

Raphaël, while a resident of Chenière Camanada on the Gulf, married Clémence, daughter of François Rigaud or Rigaux and Adélaïde Encalade of nearby Grand Isle, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1846, six months after a daughter was born to them.  Their son Alcide Raphaël was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1851. 

5

Youngest son Auguste Bernard, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in October 1805, may have died young. 

Descendants of Jean-Charles LANDRY (1767-1844; René le jeune, Charles dit Charlot?, François?)

Jean-Charles, putative "natural" son of Eustache Landry and Marie Landry, born at Plouër-sur-Rance, near St.-Malo, France, in May 1767, followed François Landry of Port-Royal, probably his maternal uncle, and two cousins to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  Jean-Charles settled with them on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians François Landry, fils and Marie-Rose Dugas and widow of Joseph Savoie, in January 1793.  Marguerite's mother had come to Louisiana from Halifax in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party, and Marguerite's father had come to Louisiana from Maryland in 1766 as a teenager; Marguerite was born at St.-Jacques in c1771 soon after her parents married.  Her and Jean-Charles's daughters married into the Comeaux, Hébert, and Landry families.  Jean Charles died in Assumption Parish in September 1844; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean died at "age 77 years," so this was him.  Marguerite died in Assumption Parish in January 1858, "age 87 years, 3 months"; the Paincourtville priest who recorded the burial called her "widow of Jean Landry," so she did not remarry. 

1

Older son Édouard-Benjamin, called Benjamin, born at Assumption in December 1793, married cousin Françoise Denise, called Denise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Duhon and Adélaïde Landry, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1816.  Their son Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in May 1818 but died at age 16 months in October 1819, Marcellin was born in October 1820 but died at age 5 1/2 in September 1826, Hippolyte Adon was born in December 1824, Joseph Sosthène, called Sosthène, in November 1830, Martin in April 1835, Désiré in March 1837, and Joseph Lima in June 1839.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Savoy, and Vincent (Foreign French, not Acadian) families. 

1a

Hippolyte Adon likely married fellow Acadian Augustine, also called Marie Justine and Justine, Guidry in the early 1840s.  Their son Hippolyte Gédéon was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in November 1844 but may have died at age 1 1/2 in October 1846, Jean Baptiste Théophile was born in June 1846 but died at age 1 in June 1847, Joseph Ernest, called Ernest, was born in December 1849, and Joseph Willfill in December 1852.  Their daughter married a Babin cousin.  Hippolyte Adon died near Paincourtville in September 1854; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Hippolyte died at "age 30 years"; Hippolyte Adon would have been only 2 months shy of that age. 

Ernest married Hélène or Helena, daughter of fellow Acadian Eusilien Theriot and his Creole wife Mélasie Kern, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1868.  Their son Joseph Alfred was born near Paincourtville in August 1870. 

1b

Joseph Sosthène married first cousin Adeline Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Henri Breaux and Joséphine Duhon, his uncle and aunt, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1853; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph, fils, perhaps also called Meridier, was born near Paincourtville in November 1855 but may have died at age 3 1/2 in August 1859.  Joseph Sosthène may have been the Joseph Landry who died near Paincourtville in July 1856; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age ca. 26 years," so this probably was him. 

1c

Martin married double cousin Élesile, daughter of fellow Acadians Auguste Landry and Irène Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1858.  Martin may have died near Paincourtville in October 1862; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Martin died at "age 33-34 years"; this Martin would have been age 27.  One wonders if his death was war-related.  

2

Younger son Marcellin-Séverin, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in January 1800, married cousin Delise, Felide, Feline, Phelie, Pheline, or Selide Marguerite, daughter of Armand Landry and his Creole wife Marguerite Borne, 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, name unrecorded, died at birth in October 1833, and another child, name unrecorded, died at birth in March 1835.  Their daughter married into the Breaux and Gautreaux families.  Marcellin remarried to cousin Adélaïde Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Dupuis and Constance Landry and widow of Jean Baptiste Thomas Moïse, at the Plattenville church in July 1838; Adélaïde's mother was a Landry.  Their son Augustin Séverin, called Séverin and Séverin M., was born in Assumption Parish in August 1839, Maurice Lucien near Paincourtville in September 1844, Joseph Marcel, called Marcel, in July 1845, Martial Aristide in July 1847 but died at age 3 1/2 in May 1851, twins Joseph Théogène and Joseph Théophile were born in April 1852, Pierre Martial in June 1854, and Ernest Ubalde in May 1856.  Their daughters married Dugas cousins. 

2a

Firmin, by his father's first wife, likely married fellow Acadian Ethelvina, called Telvina, Hébert, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, by the mid-1840s.  Their son Firmin Augustin was born near Paincourtville in December 1851, Joseph Ophild in December 1853, and Joseph Oleus, called Oleus, near Pierre Part, north of Lake Verret, in February 1862 but died at age 2 1/2 in September 1864.  Their daughters married into the Ozelet and Savoy families.  Firmin remarried to Augustine, daughter of fellow Acadian Léandre Hébert and his Creole wife Émeline Campos, at the Paincourtville church in October 1863.  Their son Augustin Alcée was born near Pierre Part in January 1865. 

2b

Marcellus, by his father's first wife, married Elmire or Elmina, daughter of fellow Acadians Marcellin LeBlanc and Arthémise Dugas, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1850.  Their son Jean, perhaps also called Joseph, was born near Paincourtville in August 1857 but may have died at age 8 in November 1865.  Marcellus remarried to Anatalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Isidore Rivet and his Creole wife Carmela Bermeyo, at the Paincourtville church in July 1861.  Their son Augustin Liviston, perhaps Livingston, was born near Paincourtville in August 1862.  Marcellus died near Paincourtville in February 1865; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Marcellus died at "age 37 years," so this probably was him.  One wonders if his death was war-related. 

2c

Séverin, by his father's second wife, married cousin Adveline, daughter of Sarasin Marroy or Marrois and his Acadian wife Élise LeBlanc, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1858; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Germain was born near Paincourtville in May 1859, Joseph Treville in December 1860, Joseph Julien in January 1865, and Joseph Vileor in January 1867 but died the following November. 

2d

Marcel, by his father's second wife, married Ellen, daughter of William Burke and Kate Burke, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1868.  Their son Marcellin Richard was born near Paincourtville in November 1868 but died the following August. 

Jean-Jacques-Frédéric LANDRY (1770-?; René le jeune, Charles dit Charlot, François)

Jean-Jacques-Frédéric, son of Germain Landry and Cécile La Garenne, born at Cherbourg, France, in July 1770, followed his grandfather, François 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 upper Bayou Lafourche and 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 late colonial period, Landrys from Maryland moved from the Acadian Coast to upper Bayou Lafourche, adding substantially to that center of family settlement:

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

Descendants of Vincent LANDRY (c1727-1798; René le jeune, Antoine)

Vincent, oldest son of Joseph Landry and his first wife Marguerite Forest and older brother of Olivier of Cabanocé, was born probably at Minas in c1727.  He was still a bachelor his his late 20s when the British deported him with his family to Maryland in 1755.  In his late 30s, he married fellow Susanne, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre-Joseph Godin dit Châtillon dit Préville and his first wife Marie-Josèphe Bourg of Minas, in Maryland in October 1765; Vincent's father's second wife was Susanne's mother, so Vincent married his step-sister.  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 counted 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 age 74 when he died, but he probably was a few years younger.  Two of his three sons settled on the Lafourche. 

1

Oldest son Charles-Calixte, called Calixte, born in Maryland in c1766, died at Assumption in October 1798, age 32.  He may not have married. 

2

Grégoire, born probably at Ascension in c1772, married cousin Françoise-Luce, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Hébert and Luce-Perpétué Bourg, at Assumption in February 1797.  Françoise had come to Louisiana in 1785 with her widowed mother aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships.  Their son Charles-Hubert, called Hubert, was born at Assumption in November 1797, Joseph-Damas in December 1800, Vincent le jeune in December 1802, Emery Jean or Jean Emery in October 1806 but died at age 6 in October 1812, Jean Baptiste Reynard, also called Jean St. Bernard and Jean Baptiste Bernard, was born in March 1812, and Grégoire, fils in April 1818.  Their daughters married into the Bolot, Cancienne, and Hébert families.  Grégoire died in Assumption Parish in January 1849; the Plattenville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Grégoire died at "age 78 years," so this was him.  Half of his six sons created families of their own and settled on the upper bayou. 

2a

Hubert married Euphrosine or Euphrasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Grégoire Aucoin and Marguerite Aucoin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1827.  They lived near the boundary between Lafourche Interior and Assumption parishes.  Their son Simon André was born in September 1830, Jean Baptiste Marcellin in June 1839, Hubert, fils died a day after his birth in June 1842, and Joseph Hubert was born posthumously in March 1848.  Hubert, père died in Assumption Parish in February 1848, age 50. 

Simon André married Zéolide or Zéolite, daughter of fellow Acadians Florentin Blanchard and Émelie Arceneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1853.  Their son Damase or Damas was born near Plattenville in November 1853 but died at age 13 1/2 in August 1867, Augustave Eliss was born near Labadieville in January 1855, Cyprien in September 1862 but died at age 5 in November 1867, Louis Joseph was born near Plattenville in December 1865, and Alcée Éloi in December 1869. 

Jean Baptiste Marcellin married Zulma, daughter of fellow Acadian Hubert Arceneaux and his Creole wife Irma Rodrigue, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in March 1859.  Their son Xavier Telesma was born near Labadieville in September 1867. 

Joseph Hubert married Celima, another daughter of Hubert Arceneaux and Irma Rodrigue, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1868. 

2b

Grégoire, fils died in Assumption Parish in February 1836, age 18.  He probably did not marry. 

2c

Vincent le jeune married Élisabeth, called Élise, daughter fellow Acadians Alexandre Arceneaux and Marie Aimée Blanchard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1838.  Their son, name and age unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish in January 1839, Augustave died at age 13 days in September 1846, Désiré Alfred, called Alfred, was born in January 1850 but died at age 1 1/2 in September 1851, and Oscar François was born in January 1862.  They also had a son named Lusignan V.  Their daughters married into the Delaune and Landry families. 

Lusignan V. married cousin Alice, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Landry and Pamela Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1868.  Their James was born near Paincourtville in December 1868 but died the following August. 

2d

Joseph Damas died in Assumption Parish in March 1845.  The Plattenville priest who recorded his burial, and who called him Joseph Damaze, said that he died at "age 40 years," but he was 44.  Did he ever marry? 

2e

Jean Baptiste Bernard married Basilise, another daughter of Florentin Blanchard and Émelie Arceneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1849; Jean Baptiste Bernard was 38 years old at the time of the wedding.  Their son Joseph Serta Amédée was born near Plattenville in March 1853.  Their daughter married into the Boudreaux family. 

3

Youngest son Joseph-Vincent, born at Ascension in September 1777, married cousin Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Bourg and Marie Bujole, at Assumption in May 1804.  Their son Victor was born in Assumption Parish in July 1808, Ursin Romain in July 1810, Joseph Basile, called Basile, in June 1820, and Léon Valéry in November 1822.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux family.  At age 48, Joseph Vincent remarried to Renée Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Isaac Hébert and Marie Daigle and widow of Isaac Doiron, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1827.  Renée had come to Louisiana as an infant aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  Their son Zénon Zéphirin, also called Jean, was born in Assumption Parish in October 1827. 

3a

Basile, by his father's first wife, married Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Naquin and his Creole wife Constance Lirette, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1841.  Their son Joseph Scailaire was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1843, Noël Léopal, called Paul, in December 1845, Aurestile Auguste in July 1851, Joseph Willier in May 1853, Marcellin Marcellus, called Marcellus, in April 1857, Émée Théophile, called Théophile, in March 1860, and Volsi in March 1863.  Basile died in Lafourche Parish in August 1868, age 48; a "petition for tutor," listing his children, was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in September 1870. 

Paul married Ursule, daughter of Michel Sevin and his Acadian wife Théotiste Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in February 1868. 

3b

Ursin, by his father's first wife, married Rosalie, daughter of Hyacinthe Rousseau and his Acadian wife Rosalie Delaune, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1842.  Their son Dejauri or Dejori was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1843 but died at age 1 1/2 in September 1844, Joseph Léomer was born in June 1844, and Ursin Arseneaux posthumously in June 1846, nine months after his father died.  Ursin, père died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1845; the Thibodaux priest who recorded his burial said that Urcin, as he called him, died "at age 38 yrs."; he was 35. 

3c

Zénon, by his father's second wife, married cousin Zéolide, daughter of Pierre Cedotal and his Acadian wife Marie Hébert, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1849; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Octave was born near Paincourtville in June 1850 but died at age 1 1/2 in October 1851, and Martial was born in July 1854.  Their daughter married into the Oufnac family. 

3d

Victor, by his father's first wife, may have died in Lafourche Parish in June 1857.  The Thibodaux priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Victor died "at age 51 yrs."; this Victor would have been a month shy of 49.  Did he marry? 

Descendants of Pierre dit La Vielliarde LANDRY (c1732-1815; René le jeune, Abraham)

Pierre dit La Vielliarde, elder 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 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 and 1777.  Their daughter Marie-Françoise, 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 three slaves at Ascension in 1777 and 11 in 1778, an impressive number for an Acadian at that time and place.  He, Marie-Josèphe, and their children were living on upper Bayou Lafourche by the late 1780s.  Pierre dit La Vielliarde held 15 slaves on the upper bayou in 1791, and owned 16 slaves there seven years later.  His daughters by his second wife married into the Breaux, Dupré, LeBlanc, and Zeringue families.  Pierre dit La Vielliarde died in Assumption Parish in June 1815; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial said that "Pedro of Acadia," as he called him, died at "age 86 yrs."  His older sons remained on the river, but his younger sons and a grandson by his second son settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  (This grandson, Baptiste dit Petit-René, is the great-great grandfather of Troy Landry of Pierre Part, Assumption Parish, an alligator hunter who stars in the History Channel's popular series, "Swamp People.")  Pierre dit La Vielliarde's second wife and widow, Marie-Josèphe, died in Assumption Parish in February 1836; the Plattenville priest who recorded her burial said that she was age 83 when she died, but she was closer to 92. 

1

Oldest son Joseph, by his father's first wife, born in Maryland in c1756, may have married cousin Osite, daughter of François-Sébastien Landry and his first wife Marguerite LeBlanc.  Their son Joseph-Alexandre was born at Ascension in January 1789.  Did the family line survive? 

2

Pierre-Alexis, by his father's first wife, born in Maryland in c1762, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians François Hébert and Marie-Marguerite LeBlanc, at St.-Gabriel in November 1786.  Their son Jean-Louis le jeune was born at St.-Gabriel in August 1787, Jean-Baptiste le jeune, called Baptiste dit Iréné, Baptiste dit Petit René, and Jean-Baptiste dit Tirné, 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.  Pierre-Alexis's oldest son (the direct ancestor of alligator hunter Troy Landry) settled on upper Bayou Lafourche perhaps near his paternal grandfather, but the younger sons remained on the Acadian Coast. 

2a

Baptiste dit Petit René married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean André Grégoire Templet and Marie Rose Doiron, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1811.  They lived on the Acadian Coast before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their son Valérien or Valéry was born near Baton Rouge in December 1813, Treville or Troiville 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 daughters married into the Achée, Falcon, and Simoneaux families.  Baptiste dit Petit René remarried to cousin Euphrosine, called Frosine, daughter of German Creole Jean Malbrough and his Acadian wife Rosalie Comeaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1824. (Baptiste dit Petit Renée and Euphroisine are alligator hunter Troy Landry's paternal great-great grandparents.)  Euphrosine's paternal grandfather, Nicolas Marcoff, a German, and his family, including Euphrosine's father Jean, had come to Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1769 aboard the ill-fated ship Britannia [several of the author's ancestors, both paternal and maternal, also were aboard that ship].  Euphrosine's mother's parents had come to Louisiana from Maryland in 1768 with the Breau clan.  Euphrosine's maternal grandmother, Anne-Isabelle Landry, was a sister of Baptiste dit Petit Renée's grandfather, Pierre dit La Vielliarde.  Baptiste dit Petit Renée and Euphroisine's son Paul Valsaeur or Valsin, called Valsin and also Vincent, was born in Assumption Parish in June 1825, Clément in February 1833, Joseph Auguste in May 1841, and Octave Onésime in 1844.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Blanchard, Giroir, and Simoneaux families.  Baptiste dit Petit René may have died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in May 1869; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean Baptiste, as he called him, died at "age 83 years"; Baptiste dit Petit René would have been 80.  Two of his older sons married first cousins. 

Valéry, by his father's first wife, married first cousin Eméranthe, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Blanchard and Colette Landry, his uncle and aunt, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1836.  Their son Landry was born posthumously in Assumption Parish in January 1838.  Valéry died in Assumption Parish in November 1837, age 24. 

Landry married Estelle, daughter of Pierre Houfnag, Oufnaud, or Oufnac and his Acadian wife Azélie Theriot, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1862.  Their child, name unrecorded, died near Paincourtville 2 days after its birth in October 1862.  Landry remarried to cousin Emma, daughter of fellow Acadians Gédéon Hébert and Aglase Landry, at the Paincourtville church in January 1867.  Their son Ulysse Cletus was born near Paincourtville in April 1870. 

Treville, by his father's first wife, married first cousin Clarisse, another daughter of Louis Blanchard and Colette Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1842; they, too, had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Camille Jean Baptiste was born near Paincourtville in February 1849, Joseph Schuyler in August 1852, and Louis Cletus near Pierre Part north of Lake Verret in April 1868.  Their daughter married into the Daigle family at Pierre Part. 

Valsin, by his father's second wife, married Rosa or Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Ursin LeBlanc and Sidalise Breaux, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1845.  Their son Joseph Émile was born near Paincourtville in February 1849, and Félix Zéphirin in May 1854.  Their daughters married onto the Simoneaux family. Valsin remarried to Euranie or Uranie, also called Oralie and Manie, daughter of fellow Acadians Zéphirin Dupuis and Augustine Aucoin, at the Paincourtville church in June 1857.  Their son Camille Franklin was born near Paincourtville in March 1858, Laurent in July 1859, Aurelien in September 1861, a son, name and age unrecorded, died in December 1869, and Léopold Odressy was born in October 1870. 

Joseph Auguste, by his father's second wife, married Marie, another daughter of Pierre Houfnag and Azélie Theriot, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1862.  Their son Joseph Émile was born near Paincourtville in December 1862, and Joseph Arish Anatole in December 1866.  During the War of 1861-65, Joseph Auguste, called J. A. in the Confederate records, may have served in Company H of the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, raised in Assumption Parish, which fought in Louisiana.  Joseph Auguste, at age 45, remarried to Leora Angella, called Angela Léocade, 20-year-old daughter of Corsican Immigrant Jean Baptiste Melini or Meligni and his Acadian wife Célestine Hébert, at Napoleonville, Assumption Parish, in June 1886.  They settled near Pierre Part.  One of their sons, Edmond Joseph, was born at Pierre Part in December 1899.  Joseph Auguste died at Pierre Part in July 1919, age 78. 

Edmond Joseph, by his father's second wife, married cousin Elidia Hébert.  One of their sons was Duffy. 

Duffy married Myrtle Matherne, a descendant of Alsatian Germans who have lived in Louisiana since the early 1720s.  Their son Troy, History Channel's "King of the Swamp" and resident of Pierre Part, is a tenth-generation descendant of his family's Acadian progenitor, René Landry le jeune.

Octave, by his farther's second wife, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Trasimond Daigle and his Creole wife Roufine Rivero, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1867.  Their son Joseph Étienne was born near Paincourtville in December 1870. 

Clément, by his father's second wife, married Marie, daughter of Spanish Creoles Domingue Perera or Perere and Rosalie Rivero, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1867.  Their son George Clément was born near Paincourtville in April 1868. 

2b

Jean Louis le jeune married cousin Anne Marine, called Marine, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Hébert and Marguerite Gautreaux, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1812.  They remained on the river. 

2c

Armand Apollinaire married cousin Marie Marthe, called Marthe, another daughter of Charles Hébert and Marguerite Gautreaux, at the St.-Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1817.  They remained on the river.

3

Fabien, by his father's first wife, born in Maryland in c1764, was living with his father, stepmother, and seven half-siblings on upper Bayou Lafourche in January 1788.  Did he marry?   

4

Armand, by his father's second wife, born probably at Ascension in c1770, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Grégoire Blanchard and Marie-Madeleine Livois, at Assumption in January 1795, and remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Anselme Le Borgne de Bélisle and Marie-Josèphe Dupuis, 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.  Armand died in Assumption Parish in July 1846; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Armand died at "age 76 years." 

Eugène Gervais, by his father's second wife, married double cousin Françoise Carmélite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Landry and Marguerite Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1821.  Their son Aristide was born in Assumption Parish in August 1828, and Drosin in April 1833.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Breaux, Gilbert, and LeBlanc families and perhaps into the Nicolas or Nicholas family as well.  Françoise Carmélite died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in January 1864; she was 59 years old.  Eugène died near Paincourtville two months later, in March 1864; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Eugène died at "age 62 years," so this probably was him. 

Aristide married cousin Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Blanchard and Céleste Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1850; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Téofile was born near Paincourtville in February 1851, Joseph Elphége in December 1852, Joseph Adrian in July 1854, Joseph Artus October 1856, and Victor Lucien in April 1858. 

Drosin married Uranie or Ulanie, daughter of Anselme Mollère and his Acadian wife Azéma LeBlanc, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1854. Their son Joseph Désiré was born near Paincourtville in December 1856, Pierre Robert in February 1861, Jean Wilson in November 1866, and Joseph Siméon in April 1869. 

5

Jean-Louis, called Louis, by his father's 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; he was 31.  He evidently did not marry. 

6

Paul-Eusèbe, by his father's second wife, born at Ascension in August 1774, died at Assumption in April 1794, age 19.  He probably did not marry. 

7

Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, from his father's second wife, born at Ascension in February 1780, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Mathurin Trahan and Marie Blanchard, at Ascension in May 1806.  Their son Landry Arseman[sic] was born at Ascension in March 1807, Henri Alcide, called Alcide, in Assumption Parish in November 1810, André Dorsin or Dorsino, called Dorsino, in October 1812, Emérant Jean in January 1815, Hermogène Séverin, called Séverin, in February 1817, Landry Anatole, called 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 Feray, Gautreaux, and Verret families.  Jean Baptiste probably died near Paincourtville in November 1861; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean Bapt., as he called him, died at "age 83 years"; Baptiste would have been a few months shy of 82. 

7a

Alcide married cousin Colette Luce Landry probably in Assumption Parish in the late 1820s or early 1830s.  Their son Joseph Jean Baptiste, called Jean Baptiste, was born in Assumption Parish in September 1831, André near Paincourtville in November 1843 but died at age 9 in December 1852, and Séverin was born in June 1845 but died at age 1 in July 1846.  Their daughters married into the Dugas, Dupré, and LeBlanc families.  Colette died near Paincourtville in August 1864, age 53.   

Jean Baptiste married Clementine, daughter of fellow Acadians Augustin LeBlanc and Azélie Duhon, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1851.  Their son Joseph Victor was born near Paincourtville in December 1864. 

7b

Emérant Jean married first cousin Phelonise Barbe, daughter of fellow Acadians Armand Landry and his second wife Marguerite Le Borgne de Bélisle, his uncle and aunt, 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, another Pierre Joseph was born in June 1838, and Joseph Léonce died 8 days after his birth in April 1845. 

Pierre Joseph married cousin Rosema, daughter of fellow Acadians François Crochet and Eulalie Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1858.

7c

Dorsino married cousin Marie Elezile, called Elezile, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Landry and his Creole wife Josèphine Rousseau, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1841.  Elezile died near Plattenville in July 1843, age 27.  Did they have any children? 

7d

Séverin married Zulmée Catherine, daughter of Manuel Fernandez and Julie Rousseau, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1842.  Their son, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish a day after his birth in January 1843. 

7e

Anatole married cousin Adillia, Adelia, or Adelise, daughter of fellow Acadians Vincent Landry le jeune and Élisabeth dite Élise Arceneaux, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1862.  Their son Pierre Elibee was born near Paincourtville in June 1865, and Désiré in December 1867 but died at "age a few days" in January 1868. 

8

Youngest son Henri, by his father's second wife, born at Ascension in October 1781, married Marie Scholastique or Scholastique Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Bergeron and Marie Foret, at St. James on the river 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, Murville, Meurville, or Merville in October 1812, Angèl died 4 days after his birth in January 1815, Joseph Telesphore, called Telesphore, was born in February 1822, and Pierre Bienvenu, called Bienvenu, in July 1827.  Their daughters married into the Landry, Robichaux, and Simoneaux families.  Henri died "in the 'catastrophy[sic] at Last Island,'" a popular resort on the Gulf of Mexico, in August 1856, age 75.  A son and a grandson settled on lower Bayou Teche. 

8a

Michel Henri married Marie Delphine, called Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Gravois and Rosalie LeBlanc, 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, called Henri, in September 1836, Jules Marc in April 1838, Siméon Lusignon, called Lusignon, in February 1840, Joseph Désiré near Paincourtville in March 1846, Nicholas Joseph in December 1847, and Michel Murville, called Murville le jeune, in July 1849.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Hébert, MacCarty, and Simoneaux families.  A son married on lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65 but returned to the upper Lafourche. 

Henri died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in December 1854.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Henry, as he called him, died at "age 19 years"; Maurice Henri would have been 18.  He probably did not marry. 

Lusignon married Elmire, daughter of fellow Acadians Thomas Clovis Dugas and Claire Dugas, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1858.  Their son Joseph died near Paincourtville 12 days after his birth in January 1861, and Joseph Laurent Adam, a twin, was born in January 1862 but died at age 2 1/2 in September 1864.  Lusignon remarried to Augustine, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Comeaux and Azélie Hébert, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1865.  Their son Joseph Henri was born near Plattenville in September 1866, Joseph Rodolphe in December 1867, and Joseph Anatole near Pierre Part, north of Lake Verret, in May 1870. 

Jules Marc married Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Isidore Rivet and his Creole wife Carmelite Bermeyo, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1864.  Their son Joseph Aldes was born near Paincourtville in April 1866. 

Joseph Désiré married Irma, daughter of Jean Baptiste Benit, Benite, or Bernique and his Acadian wife Amelia Boudreaux, at the Pattersonville church, St. Mary Parish, in February 1867, but they settled on the upper Lafourche.  Their son Eno Alexandre was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in February 1868.

Murville le jeune married Cécile or Cécilia, daughter of Aglae Allen, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1870.  One wonders who Cécile's father may have been. 

8b

Murville married Marie Fidelie or Fidelise, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Dugas and Marguerite Duhon, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1833.  Their son Joseph James, called James, was born near Paincourtville in February 1845, Désiré Bernard in July 1847 but died 2 days after his birth, Jean Joseph Aniou or Eno, called Eno, was born in October 1849, Joseph Pierre Bienvenu in October 1851, and Joseph Paul in December 1853.  Their daughters married into the Charlet, Laverre, and LeBlanc families.  Murville remarried to Munircca or Manurva Jane, called Jane and Jeanne, daughter of Henry Newchurch and Eliza McCasky, at the Paincourtville church in November 1856.  Their son Henry was born near Paincourtville in October 1857,  Joseph Sylvain, also called Joseph Dasilva, in July 1860 but died at age 10 months in May 1861, Thiburse, age unrecorded, died in April 1861, and Henry Lee was born in December 1866. 

James, by his father's first wife, married cousin Emma, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Blanchard and Colette Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1868, the day before his brother Eno married in the same church. 

Eno, by his father's first wife, married Carmelite, daughter of Narcisse Sanchez and Rosalie Martinez, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1868, the day after his brother James was married in the same church. 

8c

Drosin Mathurin married Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Gravois and Rosalie LeBlanc and widow of Pierre Rousseau, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1835.  Drosin died in Assumption Parish in November 1836, age 26.  Did his family line die with him? 

8d

Telesphore married Pamela, daughter of fellow Acadians Julien LeBlanc and Scholastique LeBlanc, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in May 1844, and sanctified the marriage at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in July.  They remained on the lower Teche, where Telesphore may have remarried. 

8e

Bienvenu married Laurenza daughter of Joseph Capdeville and his Acadian wife Henriette Blanchard, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1847.  Their son Joseph Superville was born near Paincourtville in February 1852.  Their daughters married Blanchard cousins.  Bienvenu died near Paincourtville in August 1852, age 25. 

Descendants of Étienne LANDRY (c1734-1789; René le jeune, Abraham)

Étienne, younger son of Pierre Landry and Anne-Marie Doucet, born probably at Pigiguit in c1734, married fellow Acadian Dorothée Babin in Nova Scotia or Maryland in the 1750s, and remarried to 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 the burial said that Étienne was age 57 when he died.  Marie-Josèphe did not remarry.  She died in Assumption Parish in November 1810, age 77.  Their sons settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

1

Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, by his father's second wife, born probably at Cabanocé in c1767, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste dit Petit Jean Hébert and Marie-Madeleine Dupuis, at nearby St.-Gabriel in November 1789.  Their son Alexandre le jeune was born at Ascension in September 1791, Siméon or Simon 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, called Baptiste, was born in March 1803.  Their daughters married into the Crochet, Dupuis, and Simoneaux families.  In 1797, Jean Baptiste owned five slaves on his farm at Assumption, an impressive number for that time and place.  The following year, he held only two slaves.  He died in Assumption Parish in July 1838; the priest who recorded the burial said that Jean Baptiste was age 73 when he died, but he probably was closer to 71.  One of his sons settled in Ascension Parish.  The others remained in Assumption Parish. 

1a

Siméon/Simon married cousin Rosalie Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Giroir and Isabelle Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1821.  Their son Hilarion or Ilarion Avasse was born in Assumption Parish in October 1822, Sylvain Luc or Luc Sylvanie in October 1825, Vincent Théodule in January 1830, Siméon Clairville in January 1835, Ursin Cyrille in September 1836, and Zéphirin Arsène in May 1838.  Their daughters married into the Landry, LeBlanc, and Simoneaux families, one of them to a first cousin.  Siméon/Simon may have died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in March 1855; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Simon died at "age 67 years"; Siméon/Simon would have been age 61.  Two of his youngest sons and at least one grandson moved to lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65. 

Hilarion likely married Célestine Coupel, Copel, Copelle, Coupele, or Coupelle.  Their son Eusilien Honoré was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in April 1845, Joseph Clerville in November 1860, and Joseph Lusion, perhaps Lucien, was baptized at the Pierre Part church, age unrecorded, in July 1863.  Their daughter married into the Vane family.  His oldest son moved to lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65. 

Eusilien married cousin Dometille, daughter of fellow Acadians Arsène Crochet and Bathilde Landry, at the Pierre Part church, Assumption Parish, in May 1864; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marriage.  Their son Joseph Clairville le jeune was born near Pierre Part in April 1865, and Joseph Ulysse near New Iberia on lower Bayou Teche in February 1869. 

Ursin Cyrille likely died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in August 1852.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who gave the father's but not the mother's name, said that Augustin Cirillo, as he called him, died at "age 11 months," but Ursin Cyrille would have been age 16 years.  Someone who reviewed the burial record wrote "Ursin" in the margin, so this probably was him. 

Sylvani Luc married Arvilla, Arrivila, or Olvida, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis André Talbot and Rosalie Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1856.  Their son Maurice Lusignan was born near Paincourtville in September 1859, Robert Théophile in March 1862, and François Estefin near Plattenville in January 1864.  They were living near New Iberia, on lower Bayou Teche, in the late 1860s. 

Zéphirin Arsène, called Sifrin by the recording priest, married Ophelia, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Babin and Estelle Hébert of Lafourche Parish, at the Charenton church, St. Mary Parish, in January 1868. 

1b

Alexandre married Judith or Juliette, daughter of fellow Acadians Jérôme Melançon and Madeleine LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1822.  They settled in Ascension Parish, probably on the river. 

1c

Jean Baptiste, fils, the second with the name, married cousin Rosalie or Rosaline, daughter of Simon Simoneaux and his Acadian wife Rosalie Hébert, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1825.  They settled near the boundary between Assumption and Ascension parishes.  Their son Jean Baptiste Grégoire was born in September 1832, Valéry or Valère Théophile in March 1835, Jean Baptiste Eusilien in July 1837, and Zéphirin was baptized at the Plattenville church, age unrecorded, in December 1839.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Blanchard, Crochet, Domingues, Landry, and Simoneaux families. 

Valère Théophile married first cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Siméon Landry and Rosalie Isabelle Giroir, his uncle and aunt, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1860; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Sarasin Simon was born near Paincourtville in March 1867. 

1d

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

2

Ignace, by his father's second wife, born probably at Cabanocé in June 1769, died at Ascension, age 5 1/2, in October 1774. 

3

Youngest son Joseph-Alexandre, called Alexandre or Alexis, from his father's second wife, born at Ascension in December 1775, married Céleste or Colette, daughter of fellow Acadians François Hébert and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc 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 Alexandre 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 daughter married into the Landry and Trahan families.  One of Alexandre's sons "returned" to the river.  The others remained on Bayou Lafourche. 

3a

Hippolyte married cousin Françoise Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Giroir and Isabelle Landry, 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.  Their daughter married into the Robichaux family.  Hippolyte died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in January 1853, age 54.  Did this family line, except for its blood, survive? 

3b

Grégoire Mathurin married cousin Delphine Denise, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Giroir and Isabelle Landry, 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.  Did this family line survive? 

3c

Simon Alexandre married Anne Carmélite, called Carmélite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Aucoin and Marie Marguerite Noël, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1824.  Their son Landry Joseph, called Joseph and also Elegi, was born in Assumption Parish in July 1825.  Their daughters married into the Dugas and Hébert families.  Simon died in Assumption Parish in April 1832, age 27. 

Joseph married cousin Pamela, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Pierre Landry, fils and Henriette Blanchard, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1847; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Marcellin was born near Paincourtville in September 1850, Louis Xavier in August 1860, Aimée Camille in May 1867, and Maurice Barthélémy in August 1869.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin. 

3d

Joseph Alexandre, fils married cousin Anne Eméranthe, called Eméranthe, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis Hébert and Marguerite Chiasson of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1825.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

3e

Victor Béloni married cousin Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Barrilleaux and Élisabeth Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1830.  Victor Béloni may have died in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1849; the Thibodaux priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Victor died "at age 40 yrs.," so this probably was him.  Did he father any sons? 

Descendants of François-Sébastien LANDRY (c1741-1808; René le jeune, Abraham)

François-Sébastien, third son of Alexandre Landry and Anne Flan, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1741, was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph 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, and perhaps into the Landry family as well.  By 1788, Étienne, now a widower, had moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Spanish officials also counted him and his children in 1791.  He owned five slaves by then, a remarkable number for an Acadian living in that area at that time.  At age 52, he remarried to Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré Giroir and Marie-Anne Thériot of St.-Malo, France, at Lafourche in August 1793.  They held five slaves on the upper bayou in 1798.  François-Sébastien, described as "res. Assumption," died in nearby Ascension Parish in December 1808; the Donaldson priest who recorded the burial said that François 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. 

1

Oldest son Lucas-Alexandre, called Luc and Alexandre, from his father's first wife, born at St.-Gabriel or Ascension in c1772, married Françoise-Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadians Anselme Le Borgne de Bélisle and Marie-Josèphe Dupuis, at Ascension in February 1793.  Their son Joseph-Liduvino was born at Ascension in July 1798, Auguste Alexandre Norbert, also called Auguste Luc and Luc, at Assumption in June 1804, François Véronique at Ascension in May 1806, Cyrille in Assumption Parish in March 1810, and Angèl died at age 2 months in March 1813.  They also had an older son named Apollinaire Luc, called Polinaire.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Landry families.  Lucas Alexandre may have died in Assumption Parish in December 1845; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Allen Luc, as he called him, died at "age 67 years," but Lucas Alexandre would have been in his early 70s.   

1a

Apollinaire Luc married cousin Élise, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Landry and Colette Hébert, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1818.  Their son Sidoine Sylvanie, called Sylvanie, was born in Assumption Parish in August 1822, Louis or Luc Joseph in January 1832 but died at age 3 months the following April, Joseph Désiré was born in February 1840 but died at age 1 1/2 in November 1841, and Joseph Cleopha, called Cleopha, was born in June 1842.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Breaux, Dugas, Guidry, and Rodriguez families. 

Sylvanie married Élisabeth, called Élise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Marie Melançon, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1844.  Their son Joseph Nicolas was born near Paincourtville in September 1845, and Valentin Numa near Plattenville in November 1846. 

Cléopha married Eugénie, daughter of fellow Acadian Drosin Hébert and his Creole wife Élisabeth Mollere, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1869.  Their son Louis Xavier was born near Paincourtville in September 1869. 

1b

Joseph Liduvino may have been the Joseph, son of Alexander Landry, who died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1820.  The priest who recorded the burial said that Joseph died at "age 20 yrs.," but Joseph Liduvino would have been 22.  He probably did not marry. 

1c

Auguste Luc married cousin Iréné Clémence, another daughter of Alexandre Landry and Colette Hébert, 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, called 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.  Their daughters married into the Barbier, Daigle, Landry, Savoy, and Simoneaux families. 

Luc Alexandre died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in September 1853, age 25.  Did he marry? 

1d

Cyrille married Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Gravois and Rosalie LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1832.  They settled near the boundary between Assumption and Ascension parishes.  Their son Luc was born in July 1833, Cyrille Gille in August 1838, Zénon Telesphore, called Télesphore, in August 1845, Jean François Elphége in April 1847, and Michel Richard, called Richard, in April 1852 but died at age 1 in July 1853.  They also had a son named Joseph.  Their daughter married into the Daigle family. 

Luc married Élisabeth, daughter of Perique Vega or Vegas and Elizabeth Ruiz, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1860.  They lived near the boundary between Assumption and Ascension parishes.  Their son Bertil Elphége was born in November 1860, Barthélémy Luc in August 1866, Pierre Paul in June 1868, and Jean Félicien in June 1870. 

Telesphore married Claire, daughter of fellow Acadians Henry Landry Daigle and Emerante Dugas, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1867.  Their son Joseph Henry, called Henry, was born near Paincourtville in January 1868 but died the following June, and Juste Cyrille was born in September 1869. 

Joseph married cousin Adrienne, daughter of fellow Acadians Adrien Eusilien LeBlanc and Eliza Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1870.  Their son Joseph Ernest was born near Paincourtville in November 1870. 

2

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

3

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

Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (c1758-1815?; René le jeune, Pierre)

Joseph, younger son of François 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 cousin Osite, daughter of Pierre dit Pierrot à Jaques Landry and his first wife Geneviève Broussard and widow of Pierre Bujole, in February 1778.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche by the late 1780s and settled near the boundary between 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; The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial called him Josef, "age 59 yrs., married to Osita Landry," but gave no parents' names.  Osite may have died in Assumption Parish in October 1843; the Plattenville priest who recorded her burial, and who did not give her parents' names, said that she died at "age 79 years," a widow. 

1

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

2

Joseph, fils, born at Lafourche in March 1789, evidently died young.

3

Another Joseph, fils, born at Lafourche in November 1791, married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Hébert and Isabelle Mazerolle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1814.  Joseph, fils died in Assumption Parish in August 1815; the Plattenville priest who recorded his burial said that Josef, as he called him, died at "age 25 yrs."; Joseph, fils was 23.  His line of the family died with him. 

4

Auguste- or Augustin-Gérard, -Géran, or -Gérant, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in October 1798, married cousin Marie Delphine, called Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Luc Alexandre Landry and Françoise Hélène Le Borgne de Bélisle, 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, Pierre Guillaume was born in June 1838, Joseph Géran, perhaps called Gérant, in March 1843, and Alfred, perhaps their son, died five days after his birth in June 1846.  Their daughters married into the Alonso and Savoy families.  Auguste Gérard may have died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in September 1853; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Auguste died at "age 55 years," so this probably was him. 

4a

Joseph Augustin may have died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in September 1853; the priest who recorded the burial called the deceased's father Auguste, did not give the mother's name, and said that Gustave, as he called the deceased, died at "age 27 years"; Joseph Augustin would have been been 26 years old then.  Or he may have been the Joseph, son of Auguste Landry and Delphine Landry, who married Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Theriot and his Creole wife Elisa Comes and great-granddaughter of Olivier Terriot, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1858.  Their son Joseph Samuel was born in Ascension Parish in September 1861, and Joseph Sabin near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in October 1869. 

4b

Joseph Géran, called Gérant by the recording priest, may have married fellow Acadian Noemie Bujole at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1870. 

5

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

6

Hubert-Marin, born at Assumption in November 1802, married cousin Azélie, daughter of French Creole Maurice Simoneaux and his Acadian wife Geneviève Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1827.  Hubert remarried to Victoire or Victorine, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier LeBlanc and Marie-Madeleine Breaux, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1841.  Their son Joseph Olivier, called Olivier, was born near Paincourtville in April 1845.  Their daughter married into the Babin family.  Hubert Marin, called Hubert Martin by the recording priest, who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, died in Assumption Parish in January 1846, age 43. 

Olivier, by his father's second wife, died in Assumption Parish in June 1865, age 20.  He probably did not marry.  One wonders if his death was war-related.  Except perhaps for its blood, his family line died with him. 

7

Youngest son Ursin Jean, also called Léon Louis, born at Ascension in January 1807, married Adeline, also called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Lubin LeBlanc and Mélanie Aucoin, 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, called Laurent, was born in April 1837, Joseph Lusignan, called Lusignan, in July 1839, Joseph in November 1841, Joseph Gesner in January 1844, and Joseph Murville in July 1852. 

7a

Lusignan married cousin Léocade, daughter of Ferdinand Romagossa and his Acadian wife Euphrosine Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1866; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry. 

7b

Laurent married Anatalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Isidore Rivet and his Creole wife Carmelite Bermeyo and widow of Marcellus Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1866.  Their son Joseph Wilfrid was born near Paincourtville in May 1870. 

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During the late colonial period, Landrys from France who had gone to river communities, including three brothers, moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, where the brothers' lines survived.  Some of their descendants moved down bayou into Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes: 

Anselme Landry died in Interior Parish in October 1810, age 67.  His succession inventory was filed the day of his death. 

Marie Olive Landry, Anselme's daughter and widow of Paul Dominique Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1836, age 70. 

Descendants of Jean-Sébastien dit Bastien LANDRY (1767-1830; René le jeune, Abraham, Charles)

Jean-Sébastien dit Bastien, fourth son of Charles Landry, fils and Marguerite Boudrot, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, in August 1767, came to Louisiana with his family aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Bastien married cousin Victoire- or Marie-Constance, called Constance, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre Landry and Marguerite Allain, at Ascension in January 1798.  Constance was a native of Louisiana whose parents had come to the colony from Maryland in the late 1760s.  Bastien and Constance lived near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes before moving down bayou.  Their daughters married into the Bernard, Henderson, and Richard families.  Bastien died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1830; the Thibodauxville priest who recorded the burial said that Sébastien was age 60 when he died; he was 63; his succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in September.  Half of his six sons died in their mid-20s and do not seem to have married.  His middle son and a younger son carried on the family line in Assumption Parish. 

1

Oldest son Sébastien-Rosémond, called Rosémond, born at Ascension in October 1798, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1824, age 25.  He probably did not marry.   

2

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

3

Magloire Benoît, born at Ascension in July 1804, married Marie Justine, called Justine, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Babin and Anne Céleste Dugas, 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, an infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in September 1839, Joseph Camille, called Camille, was born in November 1840, Joseph Théophile, called Théophile, near Paincourtville in February 1846, and Eusèbe Anatole in August 1850.  They also had a son named Adélard.  Their daughter married into the Babin and Dugas families.  Magloire Benoît died near Paincourtville in December 1858; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Magloire died at "age 54-55 years"; he was 54.  One of his sons moved to lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65. 

3a

Joseph married Marie Irma, called Irma, daughter of fellow Acadiand Hermogène LeBlanc and Marie Melançon, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1849.  Their son Joseph Nicolas, perhaps called Nicolas, was born near Paincourtville in November 1853 but may have died at age 9 months (the recording priest said 22) in August 1854, Joseph Vouilli was born in December 1857, and Joseph Paul in March 1870.  Their daughter married into the Rivet family. 

3b

Théodore Joseph married Anaïse, also called Adélaïde, daughter of Jérôme Mollere and his Acadian wife Eselie LeBlanc, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1856.  Their son Joseph Grismore was born near Paincourtville in August 1858, and Jules Laurent in July 1862. 

3c

Adélard married Scholastique, called Colastie, daughter of fellow Acadians Valéry Breaux and Arthémise Blanchard, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1857.  Their son Joseph Faronelle or Porere was born near Paincourtville in January 1858 but died at age 7 in April 1865, Joseph Aristide, called Aristide, was born in October 1861 but died at age 1 1/2 in April 1863, and Cyprien was born in October 1866.  Adélard remarried to Armelise, another daughter Hermogène LeBlanc and Marie Melançon, at the Paincourtville church in February 1869.  Their son Paul Maidie was born near Paincourtville in May 1870. 

3d

Léon married cousin Ozile or Osile, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Daigle and Marguerite Babin, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1857.  Their son Édouard Sabin was born near Paincourtville in December 1858, and Joseph Fernand in July 1866. 

3e

Camille married Alexandrine, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Comeaux and Azélie Hébert, at the Pierre Part church, Assumption Parish, in April 1861.  Their son Joseph Adam Lusignon , called Lusignon, was born near Paincourtville in October 1863 but died at age 10 months in August 1864, and Joseph Théophile was born near Plattenville in November 1869. 

3f

Théophile married cousin Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis LeBlanc and Marie Landry, at the Lydia church, Iberia Parish, in November 1869.  Their son Bert was born near Lydia in July 1870. 

4

Césaire, born probably at Ascension in c1806, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1833, age 27.  He probably did not marry. 

5

Ursin Damas, born in Ascension Parish in December 1812, married, at age 36, Adèle, daughter of George Adolphe or Adolpho and his Acadian wife Victoire Boudreaux and widow of Mathurin Hébert, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1849.  Their son Gustave Oscar was born near Plattenville in November 1852, and Joseph Clet near Paincourtville in April 1857 but died near Paincourtville, age 12 1/2, in January 1870. 

6

Youngest son Henri Clairville, called Clairville, born in Assumption Parish in July 1817, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1844, age 26.  Like two of his older brothers who died in their 20s, he probably did not marry. 

Descendants of Jean-Jacques LANDRY (1775-1828; René le jeune, Abraham, Charles)

Jean-Jacques, seventh son of Charles Landry fils 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 and followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Jean-Jacques married Marie-Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Dugas and Sophie Forest, at Ascension in January 1804.  They settled on the upper Lafourche near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes before moving down bayou during the early antebellum period.  Their daughter married into the Babin family.  Jean Jacques died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1828, age 53; his succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in January 1829. Only his younger sons created families of their own, one in Ascension, the other in Lafourche.  

1

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

2

Adélard, born in Ascension Parish in January 1813, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1827, age 14.

3

Joseph Octave, born in Assumption Parish in June 1815, married cousin Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Nicolas Orillion and Marie Reine Forest, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1834.  They remained in Ascension Parish, where Joseph Octave remarried. 

4

Youngest son Hubert Eustache, called Eustache, born in Ascension Parish in September 1817, married Pélagie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Théodore Boudreaux and Marie Blanche LeBlanc, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1838.  They lived near the boundary between Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes, probably near Chacahoula.  Their son Joseph Eustache was born in January 1841, Émile Philippe, called Philippe, in December 1842, Amédée Léonard in February 1845, Aurestile in August 1847, Joseph Nicolas in December 1852, and Joseph Paulin in September 1857.  Their daughters married into the Esteve and Martin families.  Two of his sons settled on lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65. 

4a

Joseph Eustache married cousin Euselia, daughter of fellow Acadians Marcellin Basile Henry and Madeleine Landry of Terrebonne Parish and widow of Ferjus Landry, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in May 1865, and sanctified the marriage at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, the following month.  Their son Joseph Profile was born near Chacahoula in September 1867.   They were living near Lydia, Iberia Parish, on lower Bayou Teche, in 1869. 

4b

Philippe married cousin Octavie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Mathilde Landry of Terrebonne Parish, at the Lydia church, Iberville Parish, in June 1870. 

Descendants of Charles LANDRY III (1777-?; René le jeune, Abraham, Charles)

Charles III, also called Charles François and Charles Valentin, eighth son of Charles Landry, fils 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 followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, before moving on to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married cousin Henriette Carmélite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Charles Theriot and Madeleine Landry, at Assumption in April 1805.  Their daughters married into the Augeron and Cantrelle families.  Only Charles III's youngest son seems to have created a family of his own. 

1

Oldest son Charles Célestin, born in Assumption Parish in February 1807, may have died young. 

2

Fostin Alexandre, born in Ascension Parish in February 1809, also may have died young. 

3

Eteloin, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1815, also may have died young. 

4

Youngest son Jacques Tourville, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1824, married Clothilde, also called Clotine and Claudine, daughter of fellow Acadian Florentin Boudreaux and his Creole wife Marianne Durocher of Terrebonne Parish, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in February 1842, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1845.  They lived on the Gulf at Chenière Caminada, Jefferson Parish, near Grand Isle, and in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.  Their son Jean Baptiste Sosthène, called Sosthène, was born in July 1844, Joseph Célestin at Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in November 1848, Éloi Osémé in December 1850, Octave Florestine in April 1855, Aubin Jacques in February 1858, and François Omer near Montegut in April 1867.  They also had an older son named Amédée, unless he was Éloi Osémé.

4a

Sosthène married cousin Amelia, also called Émilie and Melia, daughter of fellow Acadians Evariste Aucoin and Emily Boudreaux, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1867.  Their son Evariste was born in Terrebonne Parish in May 1869. 

4b

Amédée married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Boudreaux and his Creole wife Eulalie Malbrough, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in December 1870.

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Throughout the antebellum period, more Landrys, most of them descendants of exiles from Maryland, moved from the river to Bayou Lafourche and added many new lines to that center of family settlement.  Many of them settled down bayou in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes:

Descendants of Joseph-Donat LANDRY (1773-1820; René le jeune, Pierre, Pierre, fils)

Joseph-Donat, called Donat, only son of Joseph Landry and Marguerite LeBlanc, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1773, married Geneviève, daughter of Louis Estivan, Stephen, Stieven, Stiven, or Stivenne and his Acadian wife Marie Babin of Manchac, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1805.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Bourgeois families.  Donat died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1820, age 47; a petition for a family meeting in his name was 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, also called Melina, Elina, and Lina, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Bertrand and Henriette Rassicot, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1832.  Their son Edmond Amédée, called Amédée, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1835, Augustin in February 1838 but died at age 6 1/2 in August 1844, Alexandre Joseph Auguste, called Joseph, was born in March 1841, Louis in August 1844, Joseph Paulin died at age 2 in August 1852, and Bernard Marcel was born in March 1854.  They also had a son named Arsène.  Their daughters married into the Borne and Duroche or Durocher families, one of them at Vacherie, St. James Parish. 

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Joseph married Marie Alphonsine, called Alphonsine, daughter of Alphonse Borne and Florence Mars, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in October 1860; Joseph's sister Louisa married Alphonsine's brother Joseph.  Joseph and Alphonsine's son Joseph Joachim was born in Lafourche Parish in November 1861, Louis le jeune in February 1866, and Arthur near Vacherie, St. James Parish, in July 1868. 

1b

Amédée married Azémilia, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Bourgeois and his Creole wife Armelise Fremin, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in April 1863. 

1c

Arsène married Marie, daughter of Louis Peltier and his Acadian wife Azélie Boudreaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1865.  Their son Louis Oelcar, perhaps Oscar, was born in Lafourche Parish in April 1867. 

1d

Louis married Osite, daughter of François Rodrigue and Joséphine Folse of Lafourche Parish, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in January 1870, and sanctified the marriage at the Vacherie church, St. James Parish, in February.

2

Edmond, born in Assumption Parish in November 1816, married Clarisse Mélicère, called Mélicère, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Savoie and Marie Bergeron, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1837.  Their daughters married into the Augeron or Orgeron and Cantrelle families, and perhaps into the Thompson family as well. 

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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 and his Creole wife Céleste Emerante Champagne, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1839. 

Descendants of Alain LANDRY (1778-?; René le jeune, Abraham, Abraham dit Petit Abram)

Alain, eldest son of Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre Landry and Marguerite Allain, born at Ascension in October 1778, married Marguerite Eugènie, called Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Aucoin and Marie Marguerite Noël, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1808.  They remained on the upper Lafourche.  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. 

2

Younger son Gervais Esprit, born in Ascension Parish in August 1827, if he survived childhood, did not marry by 1870. 

Descendants of Pierre-Grégoire dit Landry LANDRY (1782-?; René le jeune, Abraham, Abraham dit Petit Abram)

Pierre-Grégoire dit Landry, also called Grégoire and Landry, third and youngest son of Pierre-Abraham dit Pitre Landry and Marguerite Allain, born at Ascension in November 1782, married Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of Jacques Rousseau and Charlotte Oubre, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1811.  They remained on the upper Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Gross and Landry families.  Grégoire died in Assumption Parish in November 1840; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Pierre Grégoire Landry died at "age ca. 50 years," but he was 58.  Five of his six sons married.  One of them settled on the western prairies, but the others remained on the Lafourche.

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Oldest son Terence Prudent, called Prudent, born in Assumption Parish in April 1815, married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Marcellin LeBlanc and Arthémise Dugas, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1845.  Their son Catoire Prudent was born near Paincourtville in November 1846, Pierre Justin, called Justin le jeune, was baptized at the Paincourtville church, age 2 months, in May 1849, Charles Édouard was born in April 1852, and Grégoire in November 1856. 

Justin le jeune died in Assumption Parish in August 1867.  The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial said that Justin died at "age 19 years"; he was 18.  He probably did not marry. 

2

Romain Dufoi, Dufossard, or Defossat, born in Assumption Parish in February 1817, married Mare Émilie, called Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Marie Melançon of Ascension Parish, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1837.  They settled near Paincourtville.  Their infant child, name and age unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in December 1838.  Their daughter married a Gautreaux cousin.  Did Duffosard father any sons who survived? 

3

Emérante Gilbert, born in Assumption Parish in January 1819, married Adélaïde, daughter of French Canadian Valéry Roy, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1847.  They remained on the western prairies. 

4

Landry Godegrand, called Godegrand, born in Assumption Parish in September 1822, married first cousin Marie Julie Zulmée, called Zulmée, daughter of Adélard Rousseau and Azélie Porché, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1850; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Charles was born near Paincourtville in November 1857, Augustin Alcide in April 1859, and Jean Beauregard in June 1862.  At age 46, Godegrand remarried to Alexandrine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Alexandre Ozelet and Henriette Guillot, at the Paincourtville church in March 1869. 

5

Justin, born in Assumption Parish in August 1826, married Marie Zulmée or Zulma, daughter of Charles Triche and Marguerite Alexandre, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in March 1857.  Their son Pierre Mirouvet was born near Plattenville in May 1858, Charles Maldorfi in March 1860, Joseph Thomas Delphin, called Thomas, near Paincourtville in December 1861 but died at age 1 in December 1862, Optime was born in April 1863, a son, name and age unrecorded, perhaps Optime, died near Plattenville in December 1863, Adam was born in March 1865, and Abel in August 1866. 

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

Descendants of Joseph-Thadée LANDRY (1780-1857; René le jeune, Abraham, Abraham dit Petit Abram)

Joseph-Thadée, called Thadée, eldest son of Joseph dit Le Cadet Landry and Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, born at Ascension in March 1780, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Dugas and Rose Babin, at Ascension in July 1799.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughter married into the Henry family.   Joseph Thadée died near Raceland, Lafourche Parish, in October 1857; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph Thadée died "at age 76 yrs."; he was 77. 

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Oldest son Joseph-Marcellin or Marcellin-Joseph, born at Ascension in May 1800, married Carmelite Rosalie or Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Savoie and Marie Bergeron, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1819.  Their son François was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1821, Lucien in August 1826, Henry Omer, called Omer and Homere, in July 1834, and Laurent Ferjus, called Ferjus, in August 1836.  Their daughters married into the Dupré, Guidry, Hébert, and Henry families. 

1a

François may have married French Creole Marie Basilise LeBoeuf.  Their son Joseph was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1841.

1b

Lucien may have married German Creole Honorine Mathilde Hotard in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in August 1852. 

1c

Omer married Elma, Elina, or Helina, daughter of Octave Bouvier and his Acadian wife Delphine Thériot, at the Raceland church, Lafourche Parish, in May 1856.  They lived near the boundary between Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.  Their son Edgard Amédée was born in February 1858, and Théophile Nickles, probably Nicolas, in April 1858. 

1d

Ferjus "from Terrebonne Parish" married cousin Euzelie or Euselia, daughter of fellow Acadians Marcellin Basile Henry and Madeleine Landry of Terrebonne Parish, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1862.  Ferjus died by May 1865, when his widow remarried at Chacahoula to another Landry.  One wonders if Ferjus's death was war-related and if his family line survivied. 

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Donat-Benjamin, called Benjamin, born at Ascension in February 1803, married cousin Marie Delphine, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Hippolyte Breaux and Adélaïde Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1823; Marie's mother, also, was a Dugas.  Their son Joseph Aurelien, called Aurelien, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1826.  Their daughters married into the Bourgeois, Boutary, Chiasson, and Waguespack families.  Benjamin may have died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in October 1869; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Benjamin died at "age ca. 77 years"; Donat Benjamin would have been age 66. 

Aurelien married Marcelline, daughter of Pierre Destival or Detreval and his Acadian wife Clothilde Foret, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1848.  Their son Pierre Joseph Onésime, called Onésime and Onésippe, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1849, and Pierre Oscar, called Oscar, posthumously near Raceland in November 1854.  Aurelien died near Raceland, Lafourche Parish, in August 1854; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Aurelien died "at age 28 yrs.," so this probably was him; "letters of tutorship" for his sons Onésippe and Oscar were filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in May 1857. 

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Pierre, born at Ascension in October 1805, married Mélicère, 22-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Bourgeois and Madeleine Thériot, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1832.  Their son Pierre, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1834, Joseph Ernest, called Ernest, in March 1837, Michel Théophile, called Théophile, in October 1841, and Ozémé, perhaps also called Pierre, in October 1844.  Their daughter married into the Babin family.  A decree of tutorship for his three sons was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse, Lafourche Parish, in March 1855; Pierre would have been age 50 that year. 

Ernest married Félicie Marcelline, called Marcelline, daughter of Joseph Walker and Georgina Brou, at the Raceland church, Lafourche Parish, in August 1860.  Their son Joseph Ernest, fils, called Ernest, fils, was born near Raceland in July 1861.  Ernest, père died in October 1862, age 25.  His daughter Marie Alice was born posthumously the following January; a succession inventory, listing his two small children, was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in December 1865.  Was Ernest's death war-related? 

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Youngest son Étienne Rosémond, born in Ascension Parish in September 1808, may have died young, unless he was the Rosémond Landry who married Marie Agnès Corvesier and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by the early 1850s. 

Descendants of Joseph François or Richard LANDRY (1807-?; René le jeune, Pierre, François. François, fils)

Joseph François, also called Joseph Richard, third son of Édouard Landry and his first wife Marie Élise Landry, born in Ascension Parish in April 1807, married cousin Marie Mélanie, called Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Henri Landry and Scholastique Bergeron, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1836.  They remained on the upper Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Guidry, Savoy, and Theriot families. 

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Oldest son Charles Drosin, called Drosin, born in Assumption Parish in November 1838, married cousin Eveline or Evelina, daughter of fellow Acadian Lucien Landry and his Creole wife Aurore Marois, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1859; they had to secure a dispensation for third and fourth degrees of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Louis Édouard was born near Paincourtville in June 1860. 

2

Joseph Bienvenu, called Bienvenu, born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in December 1845, married cousin and fellow Acadian Élisabeth Ethelvina Babin of Assumption Parish at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1869; they had to secure a dispensation for third and fourth degrees of consanguinity in order to marry. 

3

François Domingue, called Dominque, born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in March 1848, died at age 14 in July 1862.  One wonders if his death was war-related? 

4

Telesphore was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in December 1849. 

5

Henri Léon, born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in January 1856, died at age 3 1/2 in June 1859. 

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Youngest son Casimir Désiré was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in January 1861. 

Descendants of Joseph Sylvère LANDRY (1815-1848?; René le jeune, Antoine, Joseph, Olivier, Joseph)

Joseph Sylvère, called Sylvère, third 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 and Gertrude Piercuire of Germany, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1835.  They remained on the upper Lafourche near the boundary between Assumption and Ascension parishes.  Sylvère may have died in Assumption Parish in October 1848; the Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Silvère, as he called him, died at "age 36 years"; Joseph Sylvère would have been age 32. 

1

Oldest son Joseph Numa was born in Assumption Parish in June 1836. 

2

Landry Ernest was born in Assumption Parish in January 1838.

3

His youngest son, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish the day of his birth in February 1841. 

Descendants of Joseph Nicolas LANDRY, fils (1821-?; René le jeune, Abraham, Abraham dit Petit Abram, Mathurin)

Joseph Nicolas, fils, third and youngest son of Joseph Nicolas Landry and Susanne Marie Josèphe Calegan, born in Ascension Parish in January 1821, married Marie Carmélite, daughter of Manuel Suarez and Marie Acosta, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1840.

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Oldest son Joseph Nicolas III, born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in January 1841, married Joséphine, daughter of Jean Prevost and his Acadian wife Scholastique dite Colastie Dupuis, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1861.  Their son Joseph Oleus was born near Plattenville in February 1862. 

2

Joseph Manuel Adrien, called Adrien, born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in June 1842, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Hébert and Scholastique Giroir, at the Plattenville church in January 1862.  Their son Arthur Séverin was born near Plattenville in February 1863, and Evariste Léonard in October 1870. 

3

Joseph René, called René, born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in August 1845, married Octavie, daughter of fellow Acadians Thomas Isidore Guillot and Constance Eulalie Giroir, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1866.  Their son Joseph Joachim was born near Plattenville in March 1869. 

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Youngest son Joseph Symphorien Oscar, was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in August 1854. 

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Other LANDRYs in the Lafourche/Terrebonne Valley

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link many Landrys in the Bayou Lafourche valley with known lines of the family there.  The priests at Plattenville were especially negligent in their recordkeeping.  One suspects that some of the Landrys who lived in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley during the post-war period were Afro Creoles once owned by Acadian Landrys:

Joseph Landry married fellow Acadian Marcellite Dugas, place and date unrecorded, 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 the burial, and who did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean died at "age ca. 40 yrs." 

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

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

Joseph dit Dio Vincent Landry, husband of Renée Trahan, died in Assumption Parish in January 1833.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Joseph dit Dio Vincent was age 51 when he died. 

Joseph Narcisse Landry married cousin and fellow Acadian Léonore Landry probably in Assumption Parish in the 1820s or early 1830s.  Their daughter Rosalie died in Assumption Parish at age 1 month in November 1834. 

Héline Landry, according to a Thibodaux church record, married Glenkak Squire, place and date unrecorded.  The same church record notes that their son, Louis, evidently called a Landry, was born in c1838 but died at age 12 in June 1850. 

Célestine Landry married Jean Baptiste Augeron at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1843.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Théophile Landry married fellow Acadian Célestine Hébert, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Marie Stephanie, called Stephanie, was born in Assumption Parish in March 1844, son Élisée Désiré in June 1846 but died at age 2 1/2 (the recording priest said 2) in April 1849, daughter Marie died five days after her birth in April 1849, Mathilde Florestine born in January 1850, son Joseph Thomas in October 1855, Forester Bienvenu Théodore in October 1858, Jean Émile in January 1862, and Ernest Eugène in June 1865.  Daughter Stephanie married into the Blanchard family.  How was Théophile connected with the other Landrys in the area?

Francissi, perhaps François, Landry married Maria Marciline Becna, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Agustum Léo was born in Assumption Parish in February 1844. 

Valérie Landry married cousin Hortense Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Eulise, perhaps Ulysse, was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in September 1844. 

Germain Josèphe[sic] Landry died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in September 1844, age 2 1/2.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the parents' names. 

Joseph Gesner Landry died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in October 1844, age 8 1/2.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the parents' names. 

Sylvère, also called Sylvain, Landry married fellow Acadian Euphémie Melançon, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, by the mid-1840s.  Daughters Marie Eliza were born on the upper Lafourche in May 1845, and Yrène, also called Laura, in June 1847.  Was he the Silvère Landry who died near Plattenville, age 36, in October 1848? 

Jean Landry died in Assumption Parish in September 1844.  The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean died at "age 77 years."  Who was he? 

Marie Urazie Landry, wife of Adolphe Signore, died in Assumption Parish in May 1845, age 35.  The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial did not give Marie Urazie's parents' names. 

Désiré, son of Michel Landry, died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, age 2, in December 1847.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the mother's name. 

Elveigne, perhaps Elphége, Landry died near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in July 1848.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Elveigne died at "age 18 years." 

Joseph Landry married cousin Irma Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Marie Emma was born near Paincourtville in November 1851.  Which of the many Joseph Landrys was this? 

Auguste Landry married Scholastique Boudreaux in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1852.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Joseph, son of Pierre Landry, died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in August 1852, only six days after his birth.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the mother's name. 

Noise, probably Moïse, Landry married _____, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Alcide Ferjus was born in Terrebonne Parish in June 1853. 

Pierre Landry died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in October 1853.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Pierre died at "age 28 years."  Did he marry? 

Zéphirin, son of Ursin Landry, died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, at age 8 months in January 1855.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the mother's name, so one wonders which Ursin Landry was the father. 

Elvire Landry married French Creole Ernest Cantrelle in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in March 1855.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Ozelia Landry married François Lee in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in March 1855.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Adélaïde Landry, wife of Similien Aucoin, died in Assumption Parish, age "18 years, 9 months," in June 1855.  The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial did not give her parents' names.  Was her name also Aglaé?

Homère, son of Ursin Landry, died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in July 1855.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give the mother's name, said that Homere died at "age ca. 13 years." 

Achille, son of Ives Landry, died near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in September 1855.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give the boy's mother's name, said that Achille died at "age 3 years." 

Adrien Landry died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in September 1855.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Adrien died at "age 14 months." 

Jean Baptiste Landry, fils married Marie Octavie Daunois or Daunoy, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Antonia Marie was born near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in November 1855, Marie Emma in September 1858, and Marie Éloise Désirée in March 1864.

Théodule Landry died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in April 1857.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Théodule died at "age ca. 23 years." 

Louis Landry died near Chacahoula, Terrebonne Parish, in December 1858.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, says that Louis died "at age 4 yrs." 

Marie Landry died near Paincourtville, age 12 days, in February 1860.  The priest who recorded the burial gave no parents' names. 

Léontine Landry died near Paincourtville, age unrecorded, in April 1860.  The priest who recorded the burial, true to form, gave no parents' names either. 

Joseph Landry's unnamed child died near Paincourtville, age 8 days, in June 1860.  The priest who recorded the newborns burial did not give the mother's name, so one wonders which Joseph Landry this may have been. 

Zéolide Landry married Justilien Augeron in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in October 1860.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Felonise Landry died in Assumption Parish, age 43, in July 1861.  The Paincourtville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names no mentioned a husband. 

Clairville Landry of Assumption Parish married fellow Acadian Laurenza Babin, also of Assumption Parish, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in September 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  They settled probably on the upper Lafourche near the boundary between Ascension and Assumption parishes before moving to lower Bayou Teche during the War of 1861-65.  Their son Laurent Odrosie was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in August 1862, and Joseph Émile near Lydia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in December 1864. 

____ Landry, age unrecorded, "widow of Jean Baptiste Landry," died near Paincourtville in February 1862.  Was she a Landry, and which Jean Baptiste was her husband? 

Joseph Landry's daughter Aline was born near Paincourtville in February 1864.  The  priest who recorded the girl's baptism did not give her mother's name, so one wonders which of the many Joseph Landrys her father may have been. 

Zulmée Landry "at Paincourt," gave birth to a daughter, name unrecorded, in Assumption Parish in June 1864.  The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial did not give the mother's parents' names. 

Eveline Landry married W. Thompson in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in January 1865.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names. 

Joseph Landry died in Assumption Parish in November 1865.  The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age 48 years." 

Louis Landry married Séverine Cuvillier, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph Louis was born near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, in December 1865. 

Rosalie Landry died near Paincourtville, age 68, in September 1866.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or mention a husband. 

Célestin, son of Jean Baptiste Landry and Françoise Arabie, married Émelie Victorine, daughter of German Creole Jacques Célestin Matherne, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in May 1867. 

Éliza Landry, wife of John Sibon Collins, died in Assumption Parish, age 50, in July 1867.  The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial did not give her parents' names. 

Marie, daughter of Rosémond Landry, died near Paincourtville Assumption Parish, age 10 months, in August 1867.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's mother's name. 

Stephanie, daughter of Joseph Landry, died near Paincourtville, age 3, in October 1867.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's mother's name, so one wonders which of the many Joseph Landrys may have been the father. 

Narcysse, probably Narcisse, Landry married Marthe Myrs, perhaps Mire or Myers, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph Treville was born near Paincourtville in November 1867. 

Éliza Landry gave birth to son Pierre MacMahon near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in November 1867.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism the following January did not give the father's name nor the mother's parents' names. 

Aurelia Estelle, daughter of  Juliènne Landry, was born in Assumption Parish in April 1868.  The Plattenville priest who recorded the girl's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Joseph G. Landry married Louis Theriot, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Camille Gustave was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in July 1868 but died the following September. 

Célestin Landry married fellow Acadian Angelina, also called Engelina, Trahan in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in January 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Adam Aubin was born in Terrebonne Parish in December 1870. 

Jean Baptiste Landry married Marguerite Michel, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Octave was born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in January 1869. 

Celena, perhaps Célina, Landry married Peter Clark in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in April 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Vigilia, daughter of Manuel Landry and Marie Estelle, married Émilien, son of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Robichaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in June 1869. 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

At least one non-Acadian Landry appears in Louisiana church records during the colonial period.   She came to the colony from Switzerland 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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More non-Acadian Landrys, some of whom would have been called Foreign French by native Louisianians, immigrated from France or the Caribbean Basin during the antebellum period.   Those who remained in Louisiana probably settled 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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During the antebellum period, three non-Acadian Landrys--one from Canada, another from France, and a Protestant from northwestern Switzerland--settled on the river at Pointe Coupée and on the western prairies.  Their numbers were miniscule compared to that of their Acadian namesakes, but most of their lines survived, especially the Swiss immigrants on the prairies:

Simon LANDRY (?-)

Simon, fils, son of Simon Landry and Marie Bélanger of Montréal, Canada, married Lucile, daughter of French Creole Manuel Labbé, at Pointe Coupée in 1805.  Did their family line survive? 

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, married Marie Louise Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of Charles Lastrapes, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1842.  Their son Alexandre Charles le jeune, perhaps called Charles, was born in St. Martin Parish in August 1843. 

Alexandre Charles le jeune married Marie Léontine, perhaps also called Léonie Judice, in St. Martin Parish in the 1860s.  Philippe Félix, perhaps their son, was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1866.  The family moved to New Orleans by the mid-1870s. 

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 François 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, Antoine, called Anthony, in December 1837, and Arthur Germain in March 1841.  Their daughters married into the Campbell and Perry families.  Charles Henri's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in July 1847. 

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Charles Émile may have married Acadian Sismène Broussard by the early 1850s and settled in St. Martin Parish.  He married--or remarried to--Mathilde, daughter of Spanish Creole Edmond Castille, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1863.

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Anthony married Marie Adeline, called Adeline, daughter of Anglo American Robert Perry, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1860; Anthony's sister Emilia Arsène married Adeline's brother Auguste C., a Protestant.  Anthony and Adeline's son Arthur Perry was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1862, and Stanislas Ernest near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in October 1867.  Anthony died near Abbeville in June 1870; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Anthony died "at age 30 yrs."; he was 32. 

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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.  They also had sons named Aimé Désiré, called Désiré, and Henri or Henry.  Their daughters married into the Bouges or Bourges and Whittington families. 

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Aimé Désiré, called Désiré, married Sarah Anne, daughter of Anglo American James Whittington, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1859; Aimé Désiré's sister Justine married Sarah's brother William.  Désiré and Sarah Anne's son Louis Robert was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1860, Aimé Désiré, fils in July 1862, and Félix Robin in August 1868. 

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Henri married Félicité, daughter of Jean Billaud, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1865.  Their son Félix Henri was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1868, and Jules Gaston in August 1870. 

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As a result of the family's participation in the South's peculiar institution, some South Louisiana Landrys were Afro Creoles who had been owned, and in some cases freed, by members of the family: 

Clarisse, a femme de couleur libre, or free woman of color, daughter of Aimie Landry, married Adolphe, an homme de couleur libre, or free man of color, son of Armeide Wils, probably Wiltz, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1848.

Francissi, also called Pierre, Landry married Maria Marceline, called Marceline, Becna or Becnel, place and date unrecorded.  They likely were free persons of color.  Their son Augustum Léo was born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in February 1844.  Their daughter Mélanie, called a free woman of color (the recording priest called her father Pierre), married Joseph, son of Victor Coulon and a free man of color, at the Raceland church, Lafourche Parish, in March 1860. 

Antoine Landry was born "at Joseph Oubre's" near Vacherie, St. James Parish, in October 1858.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the parents' names, but the names of Antoine's godparents shed light on the boy's social/racial status.  His godfather was Isadore "at A. Rome's", and his godmother was Marie "at Widow Kleiber's."  His godparents, in other words, were probably slaves, so Antoine likely was a slave as well, his mother probably owned by Joseph Oubre. 

Joseph, also called Jo, Landry married Élisabeth Delahoussaye, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Rosa was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1861, and Theresa in October 1863.  The St. Martinville priest who record the baptisma called both daughters "c.l.," or couleur libre, so the parents were persons of color. 

Fanchanette Landry, "affranchi[e] de [freed woman of] Mr. Dorcile Landry" and daughter of Victoire ____, married Cyrille James, "affranchi de [freedman of] Mr. Charles Landry" and son of Marie ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1866. 

Auguste Landry, "af[f]ranchi de [freedman of] Mr. Édouard Simon," married Charlotte Simon, "affranchie de [freed woman of] Mr. Édouard Simon," at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1866; the marriage also was registered civilly.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names, but he did note that the church marriage recognized seven of their children, two sons and five daughters, born between January 1837 and February 1849.  Auguste died in St. Martin Parish the day after the church wedding; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that August died "at age 55 yrs."; his succession, calling him "alias Boisette," free man of color, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the day of his death. 

Mozella, also called Nozalie, Landry, "affranchi[e] de Placide Isaac," married Valsin Alexandre, "affranchi de Jean Thibodeaux," at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1867.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Landry, freedwoman, married Joseph Boudreaux, freedman, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1868.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

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Descendants of Joseph LANDRY (?-)

Joseph Landry, probably a free man of color, married Aimée Delahoussaye, perhaps also La Porte, a free woman of color, in St. Martin Parish.

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Joseph, fils, called Jo, perhaps the unnamed son of Joseph and Aimée who was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1840, married cousin Élizabeth Semiramis, daughter of Édouard Delahoussaye, homme de couleur libre, or free man of color, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1861.  Joseph, fils remarried to Adèle, daughter of Louis Frilot, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1869, and sanctified the marriage at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in July. 

2

Clem was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1842.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded his birth/baptism called his mother Aimée La Porte and did not identify her or his father as free people of color. 

3

Charles, described by the recording priest as a couleur libre, married Léonide, daughter of Éloise Judice, also a couleur libre, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1865; the recording priest called Charles a son of Aimée Delahoussaye but did not give his father's name; it probably was Joseph, père. 

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 individuals to the colony.  Between February 1764, when the first Acadian exiles 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.  (Nearly all of them were descendants of René le jeune of Acadia; only two of them, immigrant brothers from France, can be traced back to the older cousin, Rene l'aîné.)  Most of these Acadian Landrys settled on the Mississippi River along what was called the Acadian Coast, but their presence there was not substantial at first.  Not until the migrations from Maryland in 1766, 1767, and 1768 did the family become a significant one on the river.  During 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, in St. James, Ascension, Iberville, and West Baton Rouge parishes.  Most, not all, of the 1785 arrivals favored the Bayou Lafourche valley over the crowded river settlements; not until later in the colonial period, however, when Maryland exiles or their children moved from the river to Bayou Lafourche, did this third center of family settlement become substantial. 

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.  The family line from Switzerland, which arose in St. Martin Parish and spread western into nearby Lafayette, was especially vigorous.  Afro-Creole Landrys also lived in South Louisiana during the antebellum and immediate post-war periods. 

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 Basin 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 roots on the Opelousas prairie south of the present city.  Meanwhile, beginning in the late 1780s, several waves of Landrys moved from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche, followed by ripples of movement deeper into the Lafourche and Terrebonne country during the early 1800s; at least two Landrys settled on the Gulf at Chenière Camanada, near Grand Isle, at the southern edge of Jefferson Parish; others moved from the upper bayou to the shores of Lake Verret, where some of their descendants hunted alligators.  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.  Also in a reversal of the usual migration pattern, at least one Landry moved from the prairies to the river during the late antebellum period.  Following a more typical pattern of movement, Landrys from the Lafourche valley moved to the lower Atchafalaya, to the western prairies, and especially to lower Bayou Teche during the late antebellum and immediate post-war periods.  Evidently this movement was the beginning of a virtual family exodus.  A recent study of Louisiana families with French and Spanish roots notes:  "Today [1986] ... Landry families in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes comprise but a small part of the clan in Louisiana."  Perhaps as part of that exodus, Landrys from the Lafourche valley were moving to the Vacherie area of St. James Parish during the immediate post-war period.  The Landrys nevertheless maintained a solid presence on the upper bayou in Assumption Parish. 

The family produced a number of wealthy indigo and sugar planters, a district commandant, and a lieutenant governor, most of them from families in river parishes.  Joseph dit Bellehomme Landry 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 during 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 emigrated to Louisiana, and Landry marriages outnumbered Hébert marriages by a substantial margin during the first century of Acadian presence in South Louisiana.  ...

Alligator hunter Troy Landry of the History Channel's popular series "Swamp People," is a direct descendant of one of many Landrys who came to Louisiana from Maryland. ...

The family's name also is spelled Lendry, Landri, Landris, L'audry in Louisiana.  A Landry family from Canada who settled in western Virginia spell their surname Londeree.  [For the Acadian family's Louisiana "begats," see Book Ten]

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