Don, I have determined that Theotiste and Francoise Thibodeau were sisters. Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: Don2717@aol.com [mailto:Don2717@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 1:37 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Re: [ACADIANS TO LOUISIANA WITH JOSEPH BROUSSARD / Firmin Landry Roger: Do you know if part of the group that came from Halifax in May 1765 and settled on the Mississippi River included Théotiste Thibodeau, d/o Charles Thibodeau and Brigette Breau and Bonaventure Godin and their daughter . They were also prisoners at Halifax and Theotiste was enumerated in the 1766 census of Cabahannocee living with Jean-Baptiste Bergeron and Marguerite Bergeron. Théotiste later married Firmin Landry who had been exiled in Maryland. What connection did the families of Firmin Landyr and Théotiste Thibodeau and Françoise Thibodeau have. Did Firmin Landry stay at Cabahannocee with Jean-Baptiste Bergeron and Marguerite Bergeron. before marrying Théotiste and moving to the Attakapas??. When did Firmin leave for the Attakapas??? I have never been able to find any documentation or record that gives the date that Firmin Landry widower of Françoise dit Elizabeth Thibodeau. Arrived in Louisiana. It is apparent that his wife Françoise dit Elizabeth Thibodeau died sometime after the July 7, 1763 Census of the Acadians at Oxford, Maryland, in 1763. "LANDRY Firmin, Elizabeth his wife, Joseph and Saturin Landry, Eleine and Magdne. Landry" ("THE FRENCH PRESENCE IN MARYLAND p. 193 "Acadians in the 1763 Census ? Oxford") Firmin is last recorded in Maryland when he witnessed a wedding at St. Joseph's mission at Tuckahoe (Cordova) near Easton, Maryland. This was the Catholic Parish for all of the Catholics in this part of Maryland's Eastern Shore. The parish records shows a Firmin Landry along with Simon Landry being a witness to the marriage of Armand Babin and Anastasia Landry on January 14, 1766. Whether this was Firmin Landry m. Francoise Thibodeau, or not, we cannot be absolutely sure. But is probably a reference to him. This is the last record we have of Firmin in Maryland. The first listing of Firmin Landry in Louisiana is found in the Brand Book at St. Martinville dated 1769, and he and he is enumerated in the 1774 Attakapas census with his 2nd wife , 6 children 25 cattle, 7 horses, 8 mules, 8 pigs and 6 sheep. Firmin's fifth child, a daughter Françoise Landry was born to his second wife Théotiste Thibodeau, widow of Bonaventure Gaudin. On 22 October 1770. This means that Firmin and Thétiste were married shortly after Firmin arrived in Louisiana ca 1766-67 sometime before February or January 1769, and after the 7 July 1763 census at Oxford, Maryland, where Firmin's first wife was enumerated with the family at Oxford. While Firmin is in Maryland, or in oute to Louisiana, his second wife to be, Théotiste Thibodeau, (Charles Thibodeau and Brigette Breau) was a 26 years old widow of Bonaventure Godin and she, along with her 5 year old daughter were enumerated in the 1766 census of Cabahannocee (St. James Parish) living with Jean-Baptiste Bergeron and Marguerite Bergeron This would mean that Firmin Landry and Théotiste Thibodeau would have been married no later than January / February 1770. So we know that he was in the Attakapas at least by 1769, and given the time it would have taken to sail to Louisiana, meet and marry Thétiste, establish in the Attakapas, register a brand and have a child, we can assume that he had arrived in Louisiana sometime in 1767-68 and very likely, aboard the Schooner "VIRGIN", that left Maryland n late March, 1767. Firmin's connection to the family of Joseph Broussard: Rene Broussard was married to Firmin Landry's daughter Magdeleine Landrry and after Magdeline's death Rene Broussard, widower of Magdeleine Landry married Marie-Gaudin d/o Bonaventure Gaudin and Theotiste Thibodeau. On 9 January 1779 ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ACADIAN-CAJUN.html This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237