Madeleine Landry (abt. 1739)

Born about 1739 in Acadie

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Biography

Madeleine was born about 1739. She is the daughter of Benjamin Landry and Marguerite Babin.

She was listed on the 1752 census at Rivière du Nord, Isle Saint-Jean at age 13.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905),1752 La Roque Census, p. 83. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” Images 316-317

   Benjamin Landry, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 54 years, has been in the country tow years. Married to Margueritte Rabin, native of l'Acadie, aged 45 years. They have three sons and three daughters:-
   Jean Landry, aged 19 years.
   Mathieu, aged 16 years.
   Joseph, aged 8 years.
   Magdelaine, aged 13 years.
   Marie, aged 11 years.
   Genneviève, aged 4 years.
   Living with them are: Cecille Melançon, mother of said Benjamin, native of l'Acadie, aged 86. Daniel Le Jeune, native of l'Acadie, aged 30 years. Roze Landry, their niece, native of l'Acadie, aged 18 years. Magdelaine Dingle, native of Niganiche, aged 18 years. They have the following live stock: Two oxen, two cows, two heifers, one bull, one calf, one ewe, one sow, three pigs, and twenty-one fowls or chickens. The land upon which they settled was given them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made a clearing on it for the sowing of eight bushels of wheat next spring.

See also:

• Karen Theriot Reader Page for Madeleine Landry at Geneanet