A Canadian Family

Valea Landry (Ozebe & Annie Landry) | Guillaume, Madeleine | Grande Anse

Reader Louise Dumais Colby of Atlanta (Georgia, U.S.A.) is the grand-daughter of Valea Landry (m.Dumais) of Somersworth. Valea’s parents were Ozebe and Annie Landry.

She left the following message. If anyone out there knows anything about these people she mentions please leave a message in the comment box below and I’ll put you in contact with her -

We used to go to Grande Anse NB in the late 1950s and visit Uncle Guillaume and Aunt Madeleine (who I thought was part Indian). Could this be the same family?

Thank you!

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Possible Connection

There is a delayed Registration of Birth for a Guillaume Landry and Madeline Theriault of Grand Anse for a daughter – Mary Marguerite  Bernadette Landry (April 15, 1908). The original document can be found here -

http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/141A1b.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=C124F33B-13D5-4402-A4E8-E243AF4F69C7

This is probably the family in the 1911 CDN census (New Brunswick, Gloucester, New Bandon). The couple Guillaume and Madeleine have his parents DOCITHE and Marie LANDRY living with them.

41		146	Landry Guillaume		M	Head	M	Feb	1884	27
42		146	Landry Madeleine		F	Wife	M	Feb	1886	25
43		146	Landry Bernadette		F	Daughter	S	Apr	1908	3
44		146	Landry Annette		F	Daughter	S	Sep	1908	2
45		146	Landry Docithé		M	Father	M	May	1842	69
46		146	Landry Marie		F	Mother	M	Sep	1847	63
47		146	Landry Marguerite		F	Sister	S	Feb	1887	24

And this appears to be the same people in the 1901 CDN census (New Brunswick, Gloucester, New Bandon), though in this case the parents are the heads of household and their son is a dependant.

39		66	Landry Dosithé	M		Head	M	May 4	1843	57
40		66	Landry Marie	F		Wife	M	Sep 17	1848	52
41		66	Landry Aurelie	F		Daughter	S	Apr 11	1882	18
42		66	Landry Guillaume	M		Son	S	Mar 1	1884	17
43		66	Landry Marguerite	F		Daughter	S	Feb 13	1887	14

Going back another 20 years (CDN Census 1881), we find a Dosithe and Marie Landry living in New Bandon (Grand Anse) with their 6 children including an  OSCIBE LANDRY – perhaps Ozebe? Read more »

July 16, 2011 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Genealogy, Landry, New Bandon | Leave a Comment