Joseph Guédry is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinsville, Louisiana Plaque 8 Left Le Beaumont, Arrivée le 19 aout 1785. Listed with him are his spouse Magdeleine Comeaux and four children Joseph, Marie, age 9, Margueritte, age 7 and Renee Elisabeth.[1]
20 May 1776 Baptism - Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.[2]
September 1784 Census - Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France. [3]
19 August 1785 : Immigration - New Orleans, Orleans, LA[4]
↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Author: Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 32.
↑ Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785 - Gérard-Marc Braud - Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999 - A genealogical approach. - p. 131
↑ Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796f the Colony 1758-1796 - Jacqueline K. Voorhies - Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 497
On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His Catholic Majesty, dated Sep 1784 (cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575).
On list from NANTES:
Joseph GUIDRY, with wife Magdeleine COMMAU, 1 son, 2 daughters, for a total of 5 in family.
↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995 - pp. 32-33 No further record. Did she survive the trip? - Marie GUÉDRY, age 9, daughter of Joseph & his wife Magdelaine COMEAUX, traveling with them and three siblings as the 8th family (of 6 persons) aboard "Le Beaumont" which embarked in France on 11 Jun 1785 and debarked in Louisiana on 19 Aug 1785.
↑ Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798 - Robichaux, Albert - Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980 - Louisiana census records. - p. 25 - Joseph GUEDRY, 39, 6 arpents, 10 quarts of corn, 1 horned cattle, 1 horse, 9 swine, total of 7 persons;
Magdeleinne COMO, his wife, 36;
Marie, his daughter, 11 [this child];
Margueritte, id, 9;
Joseph, id, 5;
Renne, id, 3;
Victoire, id, 1.
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