René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER]

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abt. 1618 , La Chaussée, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France

Died

abt. 1686 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Born: abt. 1618 in La Chaussée, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France

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René was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1645.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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René married Perrine BOURG abt. 1645 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Perrine BOURG was born abt. 1620 in Martaizé, Loudun, Vienne, France (Martaize). Perrine died abt. 1693 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).

René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] died abt. 1686 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] married

Perrine BOURG
Marriage date: abt. 1645
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada

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"René Landry, later called l'âiné, a farmer from La Chaussée, near Blois, in the Orleanais region of the Loire valley in France, born in c1618, came to Acadia in c1640, one the early French settlers in Acadia. He married Pérrine Bourg, widow of colonist Simon Pelletret, in c1645. René's sister Antoinette had married Antoine Bourg, progenitor of that family, in c1642, so even before he started a family of his own, René was well-connected to an important family in the colony. He and Pérrine had five children, including two sons, both born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own. Their three daughters married into the Comeau, Granger, Richard dit Beaupré, and Dupuis families. "

Source: acadiansingray.com

Perrine Bourg married Rene Landry circa 1645 at Port Royal.

Source:

Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 221.

Children of René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] and Perrine BOURG

Marie LANDRY

Born: abt. 1646, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 26 October 1719, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Lawrence (Laurent) GRANGER 1667 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY

Born: abt. 1648, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 26 October 1717, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Germain DOUCET 1664 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Married: Étienne COMEAU 1694

Madeleine LANDRY

Born: abt. 1656, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 7 February 1740, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: René RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ 1679 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Married: Pierre DUPUIS 1693 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre LANDRY

Born: abt. 1658, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 7 June 1710, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Married: Madeleine ROBICHAUD dite CADET 1682 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Claude LANDRY

Born: abt. 1662, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 12 December 1740, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Marguerite Marie THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 1684 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, June 25, 1983

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Rene LANDRY, 52, wife Perrine BOURC 45; Children (4 married): Henriette PELLETROT 30, Jeanne 28, Marie 25, Marie 23; (not married): Magdeleine 15, Pierre 13, Claude 8; cattle 10, sheep 6.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Port Royal
Rene Landry & Perrine Bourg

1 acre 10 cattle

2 boys 20 1658 Pierre

15 1663 Claude

1 girl 23 1655 Madeleine
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Website: From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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