> "The first Landry in the Attakapas was Firmin (m. 1752 François dit > Elizabeth Thibodeaux, 1776 Théotiste Thibodeaux), a Maryland exile and > widower, who > by 1769 or 1770 had taken up land on the upper Bayou Vermillion, near Grand > Pointe, with his two grown sons Joseph and Saturin; later he obtained a > smaller > tract on the Teche at Fausse Pointe near present Loreauville.(17) Don, In the 1769 census of Attakapas (exact date unknown) is listed: Firmen Landry 42 His Wife Joseph his son 17 Saturnin his son 15 Elena his daughter 19 Magdeleyna his daughter 13 Barbe his daughter 8 Firmin arrived in Louisiana and settled at Attakapas before the 1769 census. Roger A. Rozendal rogroz@swbell.net