Jean Jacques Landry (1775 - 1828)

Born 30 Jan 1775 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Louise Dugas — married 30 Jan 1804 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Orleans Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1828 at age 53 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Charles Landry is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 6 Right, Le Bon Papa. Listed with him is his wife, Margueritte Boudrot, and seven children: Firmin, Sebastien, Louis, Jean, Charles, Francois and Margueritte.^[1]

Jean Jacques was born in 1775. He was the son of Charles Landry and Marguerite Boudrot.

The family was in St.-Malo and Châtellerault between 1773 and 1775.^[2]

In 1775 the family was in the 2nd convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes. They resided in Nantes from 1775 to 1785.^[2] Charles, his wife Marguerite Boudreau, 6 sons and 1 daughter were on a list of Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His Catholic Majesty, dated Sep 1784 ^[3]

The family left Nantes on 10 May 1785 aboard the French ship Le Bon Papa, which had been chartered by the Spanish government to deliver settlers to Louisiana. The ship arrived safely at the port of New Orleans on July 29, 1795 after 21/2 months at sea. The new arrivals were given supplies, medical attention, marriages were blessed, and children baptized as needed. They were then settled on land. This family along with 37 out of 38 families on the ship went to St. Gabriel in Iberville Parish along the Mississippi River.^[2][4]

He died 18 October 1828 and was buried on 12 November 1822, Thibodaux Church Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, eds. (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller The Printer, 2015) p. 26.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785 - Gérard-Marc Braud - Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999 - A genealogical approach. - p. 166
3. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796 (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) citing A.D.S. Legajo 2575.
4. ↑ "The 7 Ships Passenger Lists" (Note: also has scans of actual ship manifests); online courtesy "Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History" website; Seven Spanish Ships
5. ↑ South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840; Donald J. Hebert; ayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1978 - Contains church and civil records of Lafourche & Terrebonne Parishes; p. 337

   Jean [LANDRY], son of Joseph [sic] & Marguerite BOUDRAUX, died 18 oct 1828 at age 54 years (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.42).

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