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From: Vance Hubble< >
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:43:15 -0600 (CST)


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DARN IT, forgot another one Chris.
Vance

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Mississippi River. Alexandre Landry, who also came from
Maryland, married Anne Flan in 1732. He and his five sons settled near St.
Gabriel. The west bank of the Mississippi, in present day West Baton Rouge
Parish, was settled by two sons of Augustin Landry, who married Marie
Babin. Joseph-Ignace married Scolastique Breaux in 1776 and Isabelle
Breaux in 1787. Mathurin married Perpetue Breaux in 1779 and Marie Hebert
in 1800.

Several of the families who came from Maryland and originally
settled along the Mississippi River eventually moved west into the Teche
country. The first to make this move was Firmin Landry, who married
Elisabeth Thibodeau in 1752 and Theotiste Thibodeaux in 1776, was
established on the upper Bayou Vermillion by 1770 with two grown sons,
Joseph and Saturin. He eventually moved south to a tract on Bayou Teche
at Fausse Pointe. His son, Joseph married Marie-Anne Melancon in
1775 and acquired land on Bayou Vermillion. Some of his descendants
remained in the Lafayette area, while others moved to Vermillion Parish.
Two others of Firmin's sons by his second marriage, Hubert (who married
Euphrosine Legros in 1800) and Valentin (who married Marie Hebert in 1801)
settled near their father at Fausse Pointe. Most of their descendants
remained on the southern stretch of the Teche below New Iberia.

Other Maryland exiles to settle the Attakapas were two sons of
Rene Landry, who married Marie Terriot in 1737 and Anne Landry in 1753.
Oliver married Marie-Madeleine Hebert in 1775 and Joseph married Marie-Rose
Melancon in 1789. They settled on the Cote Gelee, near the present day
town of Broussard in Lafayette Parish. One of joseph's son, onesime,
married Carmelite Landry in 1827 and moved to Vermillion Parish.

Ten Landry families arrived in Louisiana in 17895 with the group
of Acadians who came from Nantes, France. One of these families was headed
by Prosper Landry and his third wife, Elisabeth Boudrot in 1751 and
Marie-Josephe Bourg in 1754. Prosper Landry arrived at New Orleans from
Nantes aboard the ship, La Bergere, on Aug 15, 1785.

In addition to his wife, he was accompanied by his two sons,
Jean-Pierre and Simon-Joseph. Prosper was a son of Jean-Baptiste Landry
and Marguerite Comeau. Jean-Baptiste was a son of Claude Landry and
Catherine Thibodeau and the grandson of Rene dit Lejeune Landry and Marie
Bernard of Port Royal.

Prosper and his sons settled on Bayou Lafourche. His son,
Jean-Pierre, was married twice, first to Isabelle Geurin and then Anne
Daigle. Simon-Joseph was born in France in 1766 and came to Louisiana at
the age of 19.

He was among a large group of Acadian children born during the
years of exile who never saw Acadia. Simon-Joseph was married in 1795 to
Marie Bourque and inherited his father's farm and farmed next door to his
brother on Bayou Lafourche. At least one of Simon-Joseph's grandsons,
Octave (married to Marie-Angeline Giroir), moved to the Youngsville area of
Lafayette Parish during the 1860s. Some of his children later
acquired land which was located near the Leroy settlement in Vermillion
Parish.

Today, the Landry family is one of the largest Acadian families
in Louisiana, along with the Hebert, Broussard and LeBlanc families.
There are concentrations of Landrys in all parts of south Louisiana, but
they are especially centered in Baton Rouge, Lafayette and New Iberia
regions.

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