George Landry (1915 - abt. 1980)

Born 13 Apr 1915 in Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died about Aug 1980 at about age 65 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

George Landry is Notable.

George "Big Chief Jolly" Landry was the founder of "The Wild Tchoupitoulas", a group of Mardi Gras Indians formed in the early 1970s. Landry, with his mixed African-American, Caucasian, and Native American (Choctaw) heritage, had been an active performer in the Mardi Gras Indian styling for a number of years.

According to his marriage record, his father was William Landry and his mother was Mary Melancon.

From SS Death Index:

• George Landry SSN: 438-07-8391
• Last Residence: 70115 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Born: 13 Apr 1915 Died: Aug 1980

In 1940, George may have been a patient/inmate at the Fort Worth Public Health Service Narcotics Hospital, one of two in the country for drug-addicted federal prisoners. It also provided drug treatment for "voluntary" patients at no charge. The facility operated from 1938 to 1971. The patient shared George's name, birth year & birthplace.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMRX-V76 : accessed 29 April 2018), George Landry in household of Mary Landry, New Orleans (Districts 1-250), Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 224, sheet 15A, line 19, family 234, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 810; FHL microfilm 2,340,545.

• "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29S-YD1R : 13 March 2018), George Joseph Landry and Pansy Grenner, 21 Oct 1943; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 2,320,613.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Tchoupitoulas

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Tchoupitoulas_(album)

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• US Census, 1940 (USPHS Hospital, Fort Worth, TX)