Are any of the Landrys out there related to Amos Landry who lived in Moncton and was married to Helen MacDougall? He married in 1949. I would love to know his ancestry. He was married to my Dad's first cousin whom I met recently in Moncton. margaret Brennan >From: Don2717@aol.com >To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com, LANDRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [Acadian-Cajun] Origin of the Acadian Landrys >Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:24:55 EDT > > >On the origin of the Acadian Landrys: >"..... The reason why it is very difficult to trace early Acadian families >to their places of origin in France is because all of Acadia's early >records, >whether parish registers, notorial archives, or others, have all long >since >been lost. This is a real handicap in Acadian research. .... I am given to >understand that the Landry name, for example, is well known in the area >around >Loudun in Poitou (N. Bujold and M. Caillebeau, Les origines françaises >des >premieres familles acadiennes: le sud Loundais (Poitiers: Imprimeirie >L'Union, >1979) p. 32), but is rather hard to find elsewhere in France." (Stephen A. >White, Genealogist at the Université De Moncton in New Brunswick). >“ ……………. there is no specific documentation to show that >either the elder >or younger René LANDRY actually originated from LaChaussée. Even though >we >do know that a majority of the first colonists in Acadia came from >Loundunais >(Geneviéve Massignon, in her linguistic analysis), and there were >numerous >LANDRYS in the vicinity of La Chaussée in the 17th century, it is only a >matter >of probability, but there is no certainty, that either the elder or the >younger René Landry came from La Chaussée in the Loudun area of >west‑central >France. “ >Father Clarence J. d'Entremont states that dealing with the origins of a >great number of Acadians who "were married before 1700, when the registers >of >Port Royal were destroyed in a fire; the Landrys are among this group". >There is ample evidence of René Landry's presence in Acadia, but to my >knowledge, any vital information about him before his showing up in the >1786 >census of Port Royal, does not exist. > >“……….. regarding the origins of the Landrys, I must say that there >is >probably no other Acadian family about whose background there has been so >much >speculation and wishful thinking. The result is that what we actually know >about > the Landry families who emigrated from France to Acadia has come to be >regrettably enshrouded in a dense fog of error and confusion." (Stephen A. >White) >Discussing the possibility of finding evidence of the origin of René >Landry, >Stephen White writes: > >From Stephen White: > >Regarding the Landrys, all I can tell you Don is that I am unaware of any >new discoveries, and up to now there is no proof of any particular >connection >between notary Vincent Landry and either of the two Renés who settled in >Acadia. >The point of what I said at the Landry reunion in Louisiana is that there >is >reason to hope that one day someone might find something in the notarial >records. From Maurice Caillebeau's research we know that the church >registers >from the appropriate dates are no longer in existence, but a hitherto >unexplored source has become available in the form of the greffes. >The departmental archives at Poitiers had just begun collecting these >seriously after the opening of their new facility in the mid-1990's. I do >not know how successful they have been in rounding them all up. > >However that may be, it will undoubtedly take years before these records >can >be properly catalogued and explored. Given the enthusiasm of such local >people as Mme. Touret, the one thing of which we can be quite sure is that >if >some real proof concerning any of our founding families comes to light, we >will hear about it without delay. > > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Like puzzles? Play free games & earn great prizes. Play Clink now. http://club.live.com/clink.aspx?icid=clink_hotmailtextlink2