Joseph Guidry (abt. 1735 - aft. 1782)

Ancestors

Died after 3 Oct 1782 after about age 47 in Ascension, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

JOSEPH GUEDRY is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 3-R. He is listed alone.^[1]

Joseph Guedry was born about 1735 to Augustin Guédry (abt.1690-aft.1765) and Jeanne Hebert (abt.1701-1767).

Joseph was living with his sister Jeanne and her husband and family in Isle Saint Jean in 1752.^[2]

He evidently avoided the expulsions of the Acadians by being captured and imprisoned at Halifax. When the war ended in 1763, the Acadians were released, and about 200 of them followed Joseph Broussard, dit Beausoleil, to Louisiana.

He was found on the April 23, 1777 census at Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana, living with his wife, Marie Dupuis. ^{[citation needed]}

He made a will on October 2, 1872, ^{[citation needed]} and no further records were found for him. He died some time after that date.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 18.
2. ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 18: LaRoque census of 1752," Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, vol. II, pt. A. II, (Public Archives of Canada, 1905; reprint Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, 1994) p. 61 -

   Julien BOURNEUF, ploughman, native of Médrillac, bishopric of St. Malo, aged 36 years. Married to Jeanne GUEDRY, native of la Cadie, aged 27 years. They have four daughters:

   Anne, aged 12 years;

   Jeanne, aged 9 years;

   Julienne, aged 7 years;

   Sophie, aged 5 years.

   Joseph GUEDRY, his brother-in-law, native of la Cadie, aged 17 years.

   Renee Guillaume, his [Julien's?] sister, native of the parish of Argence, aged 20 years.

   He owns livestock: one pig and three fowls. He is in the colony three years, and has been given rations for that time. The land on which he is settled is situated to the east of the dwelling place of Monsieur de la Borde, treasurer to the colony; it was given to him verbally by Messieurs Desherbiers and Prévost. He has made a good clearing in which he can sow two pecks of oats.

3. ↑ freepages.rootsweb The family of Augustin Guédry and Jeann Hébert

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