Anne Landry (1740 - 1814)

Born 1740 in Grand Pre, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Melancon — married 1759 in Province of Maryland

Wife of Augustin Broussard — married 1769 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died 1814 at about age 74 in St. Martin, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Anne Landry veuve Joseph Melanson is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 4-Left. Listed with her are three children: Olivier, Marguerite and Simon. ^[1]

Anne Landry was born about 1740 ^[2]

Anne LANDRY of Acadie, widow of deceased Augustin BROUSSARD, died 1 Sept. 1814 at age 78 years , at son Auguste BROUSSARD's house. Buried in the parish cemetery on 2 Sept. 1814 (SM Ch.: v.4, #907).

Notes

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Exiled to MD 1755, age 15; married at age 20, to Joseph, son of Jean-Baptiste MELANÇON & Madeleine LEBLANC, c1760, in Maryland; in report on Acadians at Snow Hill, MD, Jul 1763, called Anne MELANSON, with husband & son Olivier;

Arrived LA 1766, age 26; in Cabanocé census, 1769, occupying lot number 141, left [east] bank, called Anne LANDRY widow MELANÇON, age 29, with no husband, sons Olivier MELANÇON age 9, Simon MELANÇON age 16 mos., & daughter Margueritte MELANÇON age 7;

Married at age 30, Augustin, son of perhaps Charles BROUSSARD & Madeleine LEBLANC, c1769 or 1770, in St.-Jacques or Ascension Parish;

In Ascension census, 1770, left [east] bank, age 30, with husband, & 3 MELANÇON children;

Moved to Attakapas District; in Attakapas census, 1777, age 32[sic], with husband, 1 MELANÇON son, 2 BROUSSARD sons, 1 MELANÇON daughter, & 2 BROUSSARD daughters;

In Attakapas census, 1781, unnamed, with husband & 7 unnamed others;

In Attakapas census, 1785, unnamed, with husband & 8 unnamed others

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 22
2. ↑ Anne LANDRY of Acadie, widow of deceased Augustin BROUSSARD, died 1 Sept. 1814 at age 78 years , at son Auguste BROUSSARD's house. Buried in the parish cemetery on 2 Sept. 1814 (SM Ch.: v.4, #907).

See also: See also:

• Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 2; Author: Donald J. Hebert; Publication: Eunice,LA, Author, 1974; Page: p. 543

• Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version; Page: p. 242

• Bourgeois, Cabanocey

• Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98

• De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777