Person:Felicite Landry (1)

Name	Felicite Landry
Alt Name	Felicitas _____
Alt Name	Felicites _____
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	Abt 1750	Acadia
Marriage	5 Feb 1768	Donaldsonville, Ascension, LAto Charles Melanson
Other^[3]	6 Mar 1800	Ascension, Louisiana, United Statesinventory of her estate (see notes)
Burial^[2]	5 May 1807	Saint James, Saint James, Louisiana, United States

References

↑ Bona Arsenault. Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens. (Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.)
p. 1269 (Grand Pré).

!BIRTH-RESIDENCES: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 1269 (Grand Pré); own copy. Félicité MELANSON [sic, this was her 1st married name], born 1763, daughter of Jean-Baptiste MELANSON & Madeleine LeBLANC [sic], she settled in Louisiana with her sisters and brothers. [Not likely child of these parents, since mother would have been 51 at her birth.]
↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819. (Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982)
p. 489.

Felicite LANDRY, age 55 years, wife of Bonaventure BABIN, buried 5 May 1807 at St. James Catholic Church, St. James, LA (SJA-4, 29).
↑ Sidney Albert Marchand, Jr. Attempt to Re-Assemble the Old Settlers in Family Groups, An. (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Book Store, 1965 (reprint 1978))
p. 79.

An inventory of estate of Felicite LANDRY was made 6 Mar 1800 [was this to settle with the children of her 1st marriage?]. Eight children survived her: Isabel; Jean Bte.; Eloy; Charles; Marie Elise; Magdeleine; and Marie [where is Olivier Pierre, born 1785 died 1824?]. They owned a place on the right bank of the Mississippi River, 2 leagues above the church, the house 20' x 15' (Ascension Parish Courthouse, Book F-543).