In a message dated 7/30/03 12:36:30 PM Central Daylight Time, tr2da@eatel.net writes: << Don, I am researching this line for a friend who is trying to make his Landry/Nova Scotia connection. I thus far have Pierre Joseph Landry (son of Pierre Landry & Marie Josephe Hebert) m. Scholastique Breau. Do you have this line back any further. Also birth, marriage, & death dates/locations of the above would be appreciated. I saw your postings on Genforum. Would appreciate any info you can give me. Thanks, Lloyd Daigle Prairieville, LA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lloyd: Of course you knew that the great grandson of Pierre-Joseph was Major General Robert Broussard Landry who served on the Whitehouse staff of President Harry Truman. Following is the line of succession of the Landry family line of Pierre-Joseph Landry: 1st generation: Rene Landry, lejeune m. Marie Bernard 2nd generation: Abraham Landry, I m. Marie-Josephe Guilbeaux 3rd generation: René Landry bn Pisiquid Acadia died at Donaldsonville on June 03, 1781 m. at Grand Pre on 1736 to Marie Marguerite Theriot 4th generation: Pierre Joseph bn Abt. 1741 in Acadia died 1772 at St Malo, France married at St. Servan, France on January 31, 1769 to Marie Josephe Hebert 5th generation: Pierre Joseph, Jr., son of Pierre Landry Sr.and Marie-Josephe (Maria Josef) Hebert was bn January 09, 1770 at St Servan, France and died at Bayou Goula on March 14, 1843 m. 1st June 30, 1790 at St Gabriel, Iberville to Marie Scolastique Breaux d/o Joseph Breaux and Marie Josephe Landry. After the death of Scholastique, Pierre-Joseph remarried several times. Pierre Joseph's parents were transported to England from Acadia in 1756 and after the treaty of 1763, were "re-patriated" to France. His parents were married approximately five years later in St. Servan, France. Pierre-Joseph, along with his parents, are placed at St. Malo, France, where evidence is found on page 73 of the publication "Acadians in France" listed "Pierre Landry, 31, carpenter of St. Malo died in 1772, Marie Josephe Hebert, 31, his wife, and Pierre-Joseph Landry, 2, their son." Pierre-Joseph arrived in Louisiana aboard the ship LaBerge on August 15, 1785, with his widowed mother and maternal grandfather as recorded in "The Crews and Passenger Registration Lists of the Seven Acadian Expeditions of 1785" The LaBerge's registration journal had them listed as "Widow Hebert (should have been listed as the Widow Landry, her maiden name was Hebert), 57, and her son Pierre Joseph Landry, 17, day laborer." He settled in St. Gabriel, received a land grant on the west bank of the Mississippi River and became a successful sugar farmer or planter. He married at St. Gabriel on June 30, 1790, Scholastique Breaux, daughter of Joseph Breaux and Marie Josephe Landry. After the death of Scholastique, Pierre remarried several times. Pierre Joseph was a man with many interests. He was militarily inclined and became a member of Meriam's Militia, which was organized to protect the early settlers. By 1810, he was a first lieutenant. In the War of 1812, he organized his own company of infantry, and as part of Meriam's Militia---the 8th Regiment (and as Captain Landry) he led his men for the defense of the lower coast and New Orleans. Late in his life, Pierre Joseph Landry was stricken with Tuberculosis of the bone (the knee) and was confined to a wheel chair. · He began woodcarving and carved little figures from beech and magnolia with his pocket knife. Pierre became an accomplished wood carver.One of his most ambitious pieces was the "Wheel of Life", which can be found on exhibit in the Cabildo. The carving consists of the seven ages of man, from the cradle through old age and finally to the grave. He also carved a mausoleum with the bowed figures of two mourners. He also carved a bust of himself. The only likeness of Pierre Landry in existence. This collection of wood carvings were scattered amongst his descendants, until Luke Valcour Landry, brought them all together into one collection and placed them in the safekeeping of the Louisiana State Museum, along with the note books and the military manual, as a lasting memento of a distinguished citizen of long ago. In recognition of his works, a collection of his works is on display in both the Cabildo and the Presbetyre in New Orleans. He died at Bayou Goula, Louisiana, and was buried in March, 1843. On his tombstone at St.Gabriel church cemetery, the epitaph reads "A good Republican, who is missed by his wife and nine children whose good morals were necessary" The descendants of Pierre-Joseph are as follows: 6th generation: Eugene Landry bn June 30, 1810 at Iberville m. August 08, 1835 at St Gabriel to Marguerite Adrienne Hebert 7th generation: Luke Valazie Landry bn at Iberville November 20, 1841 m. at Grosse Tete on February 06, 1869 to Ann Hermance Lefeaux 8th generation: Luke Valcour Landry, Jr.bn 1873 at Maringouin, Iberville Parish, Louisiana m. at new Orleans on October 15, 1908 to Josephine Sharpe 9th generation: Robert Broussard Landry, Major General, bn in New Orleans on December 01, 1909 died. 14 July 2000 in Arizona m.at New Orleans to Mildred Marie Plauche issue: Robert Broussard Landry, jr Mildred Roberta Landry