On page 1 of this morning's (August 6, 2001) edition of the New Orleans Times Picayune, there is a column written by Angela Rozas, entitled "Cajun ranks decline sharply", which starts with the sentence: "The number of Louisiana residents who identify themselves as Cajun dropped tenfold in the 1990's, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau." The article indicates that both the Acadian (Cajun) and French Canadian descendants , dropping from 407,319 in 1990 to 41,942 in 2000 Even thje total of people claiming French heritage either Acadian, French Canadian or French has dropped from 898, 716 in the 1990 census to 669,823 in the 2000 census, dropping from 21% of the strates population to about 15%. Some say that the survey may not be accurate. This is a gross understatement. For one I don't remember having been asked the question. I am a mixture of Acadian descent and French Canadian descent, and I know there are many like me who do not remember having been asked if they were French, Cajun or French Canadian. If this is true, factors that may account for this decline is: The Oil Bust causing many Cajuns to move out of state seeking employment. The same for the drop in the economy job oportunity in the state. Smaller families over the past 40 to 50 years. Acadians or Cajuns (and other Catholic families) tended to have large families. What do you think? Write to the Times Picayune if you want more information. or send an e-mail response to Staff writer Angela Rozas at: arozas@timespicayune.com Don Landry don2717@aol.com

I am looking for info. on my grandmother side of the family. She was Ida Landry Devillier Bunton . She was from St. Landry Parish I do not know where she was born I think Opelousas on a farm. she had 12 brothers and sisters all together I remember some of their names but not all. Effie, Mary, Marie, Annabell, Emelie , Auther or Orford ,Adam Cecila, Savaina . Thats all I remember If this rings a bell to anyone please email me . I spent some time with all especialy my greataunt Effie she was great . They had a farm and a bull named Bill after Uncle Bill , maybe this will ring a bell in someones head. Thanks Pam

I have the following information on this family line in my Landry database: Rene Landry, lejeune & Marie Bernard Abraham Landry-I (Rene Landry, lejeune & Marie Bernard) m Marie Josephe Guilbeau Abraham Landry-I m Marie Josephe Guilbeau Abraham Landry-II (Abraham Landry-I m Marie Josephe Guilbeau) m. (1) Elizabeth Isabel (Flan) LeBlanc 8 children listed Anne marie, 1775 Joseph Simon 1742 Etienne 1742 Nathalie 1748 Anne marie 1750 Marguerite 1751 Maturin Joseph 15 may 1733 Marie Anastasie 1747 Abraham Landry-II m. (2) Marguerite (Flan) LeBlanc 4 children listed Rlizabeth Isabel marie madeleine 1735 Joseph dit Dios 1756 Pierre dit Pitre 1752 Abraham Landry-II m. (3)Claire Rivette No Issues listed I do not have Anne LandryAnne Landry bn 1738 daughter of Abraham Landry & Elizabeth Leblanc who married Pierre Leblanc son of Antoine LeBlancand Marie Babin. Could someone give me a correction on the marriages, wives and the issues of these marriages of Abraham Landry-II son of Abraham Landry-I & Marie Josephe Guilbeau Don Landry don2717@aol.com

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In a message dated 7/28/01 8:40:13 AM Central Daylight Time, seaire@earthlink.net writes: I am looking for the parents (and if possible the grandparents) of Aman BABIN who married Anatasie LANDRY (also seeking parents/grandparents). Aman's burial is recorded in the DOBRCCR, Vol. 3, p. 47 as being11 Apr 1808 [ASC-4,80] Ascension Parish, La. at age 76 which would place his birth about 1732 probably in Acadia. I could not find anything on Anatasie. Thanks in advance, Andrea Scott =============== Andrea: Aman BABIN son of Germain BABIN & Marguerite LANDRY was born ca 1743 and died 11 Apr 1808 [ASC-4,80] Ascension Parish, La. at age 76 (DOBRCCR, Vol. 3, > p. 47) Amand BABIN son of Germain BABIN & Marguerite LANDRY married Anatasie LANDRY d/o Abraham LANDRY & Elizabeth Isabel (Flan) LEBLANC) on 14 January, 1766 at St. Joseph's Mission at Tuckahoe, Maryland. Witness to the wedding was Firmin Landry and his son. Anatasie LANDRY d/o Abraham LANDRY & Elizabeth Isabel (Flan) LEBLANC) was born at Pisiquid, Acadia ca 1747 and died at Ascension Parish, La. (Donaldsonville) 18 Aiugust 1795 Anatasie LANDRY's grand parents were Abraham LANDRY-I, son of Rene LANDRY le Cadet & Marie BERNARD Amand's grandparents were Jean BABIN & Marguerite BOUDREAUX Don Landry don2717@aol.com

Posted by: Pat Brawner Date: July 25, 2001 at 09:12:17 of 961 I am looking for an ancestor, Joseph M. Landrey, we think spelled with an "e" who was born in Ohio, married Analine Bowers in Indiana and eventually came to Illinois (or for sure their daughters did) in the later part of the 1800's. Can anyone help? This is a missing link to the rest of the line... Hopefully, Pat pcbrawner@earthlink.net

Posted by: Mary Jane Lemire Phillips Date: July 25, 2001 at 08:21:42 of 961 Looking for any thing on Marie Landry and Eathian Bourgeois. All i know about them was told that they had daughter Leonide Bourgeois and parents died when she was little and she was from Canada. she was born 1878. my email is epmjp@swbell.net Happy to share. Mary Jane of Tx

Duane Landry from Dallas sent me the following inquiry. Can anyone help him?? Don Landry ==================== Subj: Kankakee Landry history Date: 7/23/01 3:59:41 PM Central Daylight Time From: jflandry@netzero.net (Jane Landry) To: don2717@aol.com (Don Landry) CC: jflandry@netzero.net My name is Duane Landry, and I live in Dallas, TX. My father, born in 1903 in Cloud County, Kansas, always said that the family came to Kansas from Kankakee, Illinois. My grandfather's name was Adlor Landry, and he married Mary Martin (who was also French.) Their children's names, in descending order of age, were Euclid, Leo, Ella, Charles, Hubert (my father), Gilbert, Edna, Elmer, and Alcid. To the best of my knowledge Alcid and Gilbert are living. If you have any information about Adlor or this line of the family, I would like to receive it. Thank you, Duane Landry

Need more information on your Jane Landry. What was the date and place of her birth, marriage and death? Ehat was the names of her parents? Also need your e-mail address. Don Landry don2717@aol.com

Laura: I goofed and left out a generation between Pierre LANDRY & Theotiste LAISNE and Adolphe LANDRY & Sophie MICHAUD the son of Pierre LANDRY & Theotiste LAISNE was Pierre LANDRY who married Salomee ROY DESJARDIN and they should be inserted between Pierre and Adolphe. Sorry Don Landry

Laura: The parents of Philadelphe LANDRY m. Elizabeth Michaud were Adolphe LANDRY & Sophie Michaud and his siblings were: Arsene LANDRY m. Alphosine RIVARD Adele LANDRY m Ferdinand MOISAN Elisee LANDRY m. Vitaline LAPENSE Joseph LANDRY m Angeline LEBEL Leontine LANDRY m Bernard OUELLETTE Philippe LANDRY m Lillianne LEBEL Pierre LANDRY m Marie PELLETIER Philadelphe was a descendant of Rene LANDRY le Cadet m. Marie BERNARD His line of succession is: Rene LANDRY le Cadet & Marie Bernardf Antoine LANDRY & Marie THIBODEAU Antoine LANDRY & Marie-Blanche LEBLANC Alexis LANDRY & Madeleine BERGERON Pierre LANDRY & Theotiste LAISNE (Laine Laliberte) Adolphe LANDRY & Sophie Michaud Philadelphe LANDRY & Elizabeth MICHAUD Some of the children of Philadelphe LANDRY and Elizabeth MICHAUD were: Emelia (Emeline) LANDRY married Fortunat Michaud Marie-Elmire LANDRY married Noel Beaulieu Napoleon LANDRY died 25 March 1871 at age 79 and you list the following 4 children that are not in my database: Joseph LANDRY Lena LANDRY George LANDRY Louis LANDRY Hope this helps Please respond to me at don2717@aol.com Don Landry don2717@aol.com

The database that lists Norbert LANDRY, m. Josephine LORANGER is essentially a listing of dates and locations of marriages, with references to parents and ocassionally birth dates. I have no listing for any of their children. I do have the names of two of Norbert's siblings and the name of his father's second wife. Don Landry don2717@aol.com

How do you account for the Albert Landry who also married Josephine Loranger?? Could Josephine been married twice. Who do you have listed as Albert's parents/? I have Norbert's parents as Norbert & Elenore Toupin don don2717@aol.com

In a message dated 7/14/01 2:05:59 PM Central Daylight Time, Rsdilorenzo@cs.com writes: "I'm still looking for Norbert LANDRY, b. 1814, married to Marcellite KELLER, b. 1819. They married 1836 in New Orleans." =========== Sandy: Norbert Zepherin LANDRY was the s/o Joseph Norbert, Sr bn 1770 d. 1835 & Magdeliene Marie Michel bn 1780. Norbert Zepherin LANDRY was bn at St James, La ca 1814; died ca 1876; m Marcellite KELLER d/o Jean-Baptiste KELLER & Marie Justine Poche who was bn in Convent, La and died at Smoke Bend Louisiana. Norbert Zepherin LANDRY & Marcellite KELLER were m. at New Orleans ca 1836. Line of succession I am stuck on this does anyone jknow who Jean Landry's parents were??? Jean LANDRY & Marie Foret Oliver LANDRYMarie Cecelia Poirier Joseph LANDRY & Marie Anne Cormier Joseph Norbert LANDRY, Sr & Magdeliene Marie Michel Norbert Zepherin LANDRY & Marcellite KELLER marie Cecelia Pooirier issue: Wilfred LANDRY, bn cecelia LANDRY, bn Ulysses LANDRY, bn Theophile LANDRY, bn Emma Marie LANDRY, bn 1854 Mathilde LANDRY, bn Norbert Joseph LANDRY, bn 1837 Elodie (Elvdie) LANDRY, bn Marie LANDRY, bn 1841 Frances LANDRY, bn 1843 Jules LANDRY, bn 1845 Sidiede (Didion) LANDRY, bn 1847 Theobold (Theodore) LANDRY, bn 1849

For a more detailed description of this family please e-mail me at don2717@aol.com Don Landry

Your Albert Landry was actually Norbert Landry son of Norbert Landry & Elenore Toupin from Trois Rivieres, P.Q. and was a descendant of rene Landry dit le Cadet (Lejeune) & Marie Bernard (Port Royal, Acadia) His line of succession is as follows: Rene Landry dit le Cadet (Lejeune) & Marie Bernard Antoine Landry & marie Catherine Thibodeau Antoine Landry & Marie-Blanche LeBlanc Alexis Landry & Marguerite Aucoin Joseph Landry and Marie Anne Arsenault Joseph Landry & Marie Magdel Vigneau Etienne Landry & Emelie LeBlanc Norbert Landry & Elenore Toupin Norbert Landry & Josephine Loranger Hope this helps don Landry don2717@aol.com

Helene Landry d/o Thomas Landry & Agathe Gagnon) bn 17 June 1867 in Canada, died 2 June 1926 in Manchester New Hampshire ; married to Henri Dion from Nicolet, P.Q. s/o Eli Dione & Ester Teasdel. Helene was a descendant of Rene Landry dit le Cadet (Lejeune) & Marie Bernard and her line of succession is: Rene landry dit le Cadet (lejeune) & Marie Bernard Antoine Landry & Marie Catherine Thibodeau Antoine Landry & marie Blanche LeBlanc Alexis Landry & Madeleine Bergeron Pierre Landry and Theoteste Laisne Laliberte Pierre Lasndry & Salome Roy Desjardins Thomas Landry & Agathe Gagnon Helene Landry & Henri Dione Don Landry don2717@aol.com

Lorrie: It appears that your Elmire Landry m. Joseph Chamberland was the son of Michel Landry & Emerance Marier a descendant of Rene Landry dit Cadet (Lejeune) & marie Bernard. The line of succession is: Rene Landry dit LeCadet (lejeune) & Marie bernard Antoine Landry & Marie Thibodeau Jean dit Jane Landry & Magdeleine Melancon Antoine Landry & Marie-Anne Cormier Jean-Baptiste Landry & Marie-Rose Martel Jean-Baptiste Landry & Marie Marthe LeMay Michel LKandry & Genevieve Lambert Michel Landry & Emerance Marier Elmire Marie Landry & Joseph Chamberland Don Landry don2717@aol.com

I have a Fredric Landry bn ca 1878 m. 20 September 1897 at St Jean-Baptiste Emberton, P.Q. to Rose Anna Goutequer (Gontequer) who was the son of Theophile Landry & Celina Toupin. If this is your Fredric Landry then he was a descendant of Guillaume Landry & Gabrielle Barre let me know if this is the right family. Don landry don2717@aol.com

Your John Luzan Landry s/o Elie Leo Landry & Alice Albertine Verrett bn in Loreauville on 1 may 1898 was married to Julia Josephine Meyer in Loreauville, La on 21 August 1920. John's grand parents were were Hermogene (Armogene) Landry & Clara Cecilia Gautreaux. His great grand parents were Elie Landry & Anne Rosalie Boudreaux. He was a descendant of progenitor Rene Landry l'aine and Perrine Bourqueof Port Royal Acadie. Don landry don2717@aol.com