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Marie Louise Divine Landry (abt. 1759 - bef. 1809)

Marie Louise Divine (Louise Divine) "Ludivine" Landry
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Biography

MATHURIN LANDRY is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 4 Right. Listed with him is his wife, Marie Babin, and two children, Marie and Marcel.[1]

Marie Louise Divine "Ludivine" Landry was born about 1762 in Port Tobacco, Colony of Maryland. Her parents were Acadian exiles Mathurin Landry and Marie Babin. On 7 July 1763, the family of three was enumerated in Port Tobacco, Maryland. They were on a list titled "State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are at Portabaco in Maryland."[2]

At the end of the war, the Acadians were given permission to leave Port Tobacco, and many decided to settle in Louisiana. Once in New Orleans, the Spanish government of Louisiana gave them provisions and arranged to send the family to Natchez, Mississippi. Maturin, his wife, two children and an orphan were on a list dated 11 Feb 1768 at New Orleans: "Distribution of Lands for the Acadian Families Who Are Destined for the Town of Saint Louis of Natchez." Maturen LANDRI, his wife, two children, one orphan, with 5 arpents;[3] as well as a few days before that, on 7 February 1768, on a "List of the Acadian Families Who Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Providence of Louisiana and Are Lodged in the Habitation Constructed by the King, this day, February 7, 1768." [4]

The family didn't remain in Natchez and were subsequently resettled in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. They are on a census there dated 6 March 1777.[5]

She married Simon Joseph Dupuis on October 5, 1778, recorded at Ascension Catholic Church in present-day Donaldsonville, Louisiana.[6]

Their known children were:[7]

  1. Marcelle (Simon & Marie Landry) bt. 29 Aug 1779 bn. 25 Jul 1779 spo. Maturin Landry & Marie Babain (SGA-4A, 15)
  2. Marie Genevieve (c.1781)
  3. Simon Dupuis (1783)[8]
  4. Charles (Simon Joseph & Maria Ludivine Landry) bt. 13 Jun 1790 bn. 30 Apr 1790 spo. Estevan Como & Isabella Benoit (SGA-11, 46 #179) Carlos (Estevan & Maria Osita Dugas)
  5. Jean Baptiste (Simon Joseph & Maria Landri) bt. 22 Aug 1791 bn. 21 Aug 1791 spo. Marcelo Dupuis & Maria Duse (SGA-11, 51 #216)
  6. Antoine (1793)
  7. Edouard (Simon Joseph & Maria Luisa Landri) bt. 4 Feb 1795 bn. 4 Feb 1795 spo. Simon de Puis & Genoveva de Puis (SGA-11, 72)
  8. Marguarite, twin of Edouard (Simon Joseph & Maria Luisa Landri) bt. 4 Feb 1795 bn. 4 Feb 1795 spo. Pablo Melancon & Rosa dePuis (SGA-11, 72 #351)

She died before August 17, 1801 in Louisiana, when she is noted "deceased" upon the marriage of her daughter, Euphrosine Dupuis.[9]

Research Notes

Known grandchildren (children of son Simon and Marie Rose Breaux).

  • Simon (Simon and Marie Rose BREAU) bn. 18 Jul 1811 bt. 19 Aug 1811 Pat. GP: Simon Joseph and Ludevine LANDRY Mat. GP: Michel and Perpetue LANDRY spo. Gedeon Dupuis and Victoire Breau (SGA-11, 207)
  • Marie Laurenza (Simon and Marie Rose BREAU) bn. 12 Jul 1816 bt. 5 Oct 1817 Pat. GP: Joseph Simon and Marie Ludevine LANDRY Mat. GP: Michel and Marie Perpetue LANDRY spo. Jean Baptiste Breau and Marcelite Blanchard (SGA-11, 284) Marie Laurenza, age 2 yrs. (Simon and Marie Rose BREAU) bur. 26 Aug 1819 (SGA-8, 89)[10]
  • Dresimon (Simon and Marie Rose BREAU) bn. 18 Oct 1814 bt. 10 Aug 1815 Pat. GP: Simon Joseph and Ludevine LANDRY Mat. GP: Michel and Marie Perpetue LANDRY spo. Edouard Dupuis and Marguerite Breau (SGA-11, 255) Eduard (Simon Joseph and Marie Ludevine LANDRY) m. 12 Aug 1817 Marie Delphine LANDRY, of Ascension (Guillaume Raphael and M. Madeliene BREAU) wit. Marcel Dupuy; Gedeon Dupuis; Auguste Valery Landry (SGA-14, 141)[11]

According to the marriage document for Henriette on 15 May 1809, Ludivine was not living at that time.[12]

Sources

  1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee, Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, eds. (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 20.
  2. ↑ Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) pp. 135 & 153-442.
    "Etat des gens neutrals acadiens qui sont a Portabaco. En Maryland"
    Mathurin Landry, Marie Landry son epouse, Ludivine Landry .... 3 [people in family]
    "State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are at Portabaco in Maryland"
    Mathurin LANDRY, Marie LANDRY his wife, Ludivine LANDRY.
  3. ↑ Richard E. Chandler, "Odyssey Continued: Acadians Arrive in Natchez," Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, vol. 19, no. 4, (1978) pp. 446–463. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4231823. (Accessed 1 June 2020) p. 457;
    Footnote 10 by Chandler:"The names on the following lists are transcribed exactly as the Spanish scribes wrote them. In parenthesis, after the scribes' versions, appear the proper French spellings as provided by the translator. Given names were translated into Spanish whenever possible, and last names were written in Spanish as the scribes heard them. Most of the names are obvious. Others yield to shrewd guessing, but some defy all efforts to figure them out. Doubts concerning names are identified here with a question mark.
  4. ↑ Footnote by Chandler: "This list was obviously made in New Orleans before the Acadians departed for Natchez. They were lodged in quarters provided by the government pending their departure."
    Maturen Landri 31
    Maria 28
    Marcelo (Marcel) 02
    Maria 06
    ORPHAN Margarita Bro 20
  5. ↑ Winston De Ville, Saint Gabriel Settlers: The 1777 Census of Iberville District in the Province of Louisiana, (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publishing Division, 2010) p. 4;
    Maturin LANDRY, 40; his wife, 30 [sic]; 1 daughter, 15;
    1 Negress; 1 Negro; 1 Negro boy;
    12 cattle; 14 hogs; 20 fowl;
    6 arpents.
  6. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803, (Baton Rouge, LA: 1980) pp. 272 & 434;
    • Simon DUPUY, son of Anthony & Margarita BUDROT, Acadians, a resident of St. Gabriel at Manchac, married on 5 Oct 1778 to Louise Divine LANDRY, daughter of Maturin & Marie BABEIN. Witnesses: Jean HEBERT; Baptiste DUPUY. (ASC-1, 134).
    • Louise Divine (Maturin & Marie Babein) m. 5 Oct 1778 Simon DUPUY (Anthony & Margarita Budrot, Acadians, res. in St. Gabriel at Manchac) wit. Jean Hebert & Baptiste Dupuy (ASC-1, 134) Louise Margueritte (Francois & Margueritte
  7. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records: Volume 2, 1770-1803, (Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, LA: Kindle Edition).
  8. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Volume 3, 1804-1819, (Kindle Edition);
    • Simon, of Iberville (Simon Joseph and Marie Ludivine LANDRY, decd.) 20 Aug 1810 m. Marie Rose BRAUD, of Iberville (Michel and Marie Perpetue LANDRY, decd.) wit. Simon Joseph Dupuy, father; Michel Braud, bride’s father; Ferdinand Landry (ASC-2, 203)
    • LANDRY, Louise Divine (Maturin & Marie BABEIN) m. 5 Oct 1778, Simon DUPUY (ANthony & Margarita BUDROT, Acadians, res. in St. Gabriel at Manchac) wit. Jean Hebert & Baptiste Dupuy (ASC-1, 134)
  9. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1980) p. 484;
    Simon [LEBLANC], son of Joseph & Marguerite LANDRY, married 17 Aug 1801 Euphrosine DUPUIS, daughter of Joseph & Ludevine LANDRY, deceased. Witnesses: Joseph LeBLANC; Marcelle DUPUIS (SGA-14, 34).
  10. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Volume 3, 1804-1819 (Kindle Edition)
  11. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Volume 3, 1804-1819 (Kindle Edition).
  12. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Volume 3, 1804-1819 (Kindle Edition).
    Henriette (Simon Joseph and Ludevine LANDRY, decd.) m. 15 May 1809 Victorien CHIASSON (Paul and Madeleine BLANCHARD) wit. Etienne Chiasson; Simon Dupuis; Joseph LeBlanc (SGA-14, 74) Henriette, age 27 yrs., spouse of Victorin Chiasson bur. 25 Apr 1815 (SGA-8, 72)

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