Alexis Landry

Alexis Landry was the most important Acadian Patriarch in the history of Caraquet. Born in Grand-Pré, Acadia on August 25, 1721, he was the son of Jean Landry & Claire Leblanc, daughter of the Notary René Leblanc.

Alexis Landry married around 1744, Marie Thériault, daughter of Jean & Madeleine Bourg & widow of Jean-Baptiste Cormier. In marrying the widow Cormier, Alexis took possession of her property and settled in Beaubassin.

Statue of Alexis Landry in Caraquet

In May of 1750, the British tried to take possession of the Village of Beaubassin but failed thanks to a detachment of the French Canadians. Furthermore, l'abbé LeLoutre, Missionary of the Micmacs continued to encourage the resistence of the Acadians and tried to incite them to move to the French territories of Île Saint-Jean (P.E.I.) or the south-east section of today's southern New Brunswick. The Acadians were hesitant to abandon their home and land to follow the passionate but risky judgment of L'Abbé Le Loutre. The French authorities were certain that the British would try to take Beaubassin again. To foil this attempt, the Micmacs under the guidance of L'Abbé LeLoutre set fire to the Village of Beaubassin, forcing the Acadians to seek refuge in Fort Beauséjour or Île Saint-Jean.

Alexis Landry and his family had to relocate to the small Village d'Aulac near Fort Beauséjour. This is where we find them on the 1752 census. That year, his family includes 2 girls and five boys (3 stepsons named Cormier). Following the fall of Fort Beauséjour in 1755, Alexis follows the coast like many other Acadians. They were hiding as fugitives in the Miramichi area. Barely able to survive under difficult conditions during the winter of 1756-1757, around 600 Acadians starved to death in the region of Miramichi.

Fort Beauséjour National Historic Site

In 1757, Alexis arrives in Caraquet with a few hundred Acadians. They would settle in Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage, but tranquility would not last too long. A surprise expedition by the British Army would take place in the Fall of 1761. The settlers of Caraquet were able to escape because the British ships were filled to capacity by the Acadians in Nipisiguit. Left under the surveillance of Indian Chief Pekemouche, the British told them to remain until their return in the Spring. Needless to say, the Acadians did not ask their permission to leave Caraquet and saught refuge in Bonaventure on the North shore of the Baie des Chaleurs, an area that wasn't under the jurisdiction of the Government of Nova Scotia.

Alexis Landry and his family Acadian wax museum - Caraquet, N.B.

This is how we find Alexis Landry and his family on the 1765 census of Bonaventure. He would then settle on Ile Miscou near a river that would be later named 'le ruisseau Landry'.

By 1769, the war was over for six years and Alexis Landry obtained the signed consent of the Magistrate of Nipisiguit to retake possession of his land in Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage near Caraquet. The Landry family moved from Ile Miscou to Caraquet the Spring of that year.

During his time spent on the North Shore of the Baie des Chaleurs, Alexis Landry had made some important contacts there with some British Merchants. He began to trade with them for supplies and thus became an important Merchant in Caraquet. As a carpenter, he also became a Master shipbuilder.

Alexis Landry and Marie Thériault had nine children. When Alexis was almost 60, he was concerned about growing old and he gathered his family on May 21, 1780, to settle this matter. All his children and their spouses were present as well as his stepsons Jean & Joseph Cormier. They were in agreement that the inheritor or inheritors of Alexis' estate would be responsible for taking care of him and his wife until their death. At the same time, he donated the land on which the church, presbytery and cemetery were situated.

In 1795 a fire detroyed the small colony of Sainte-Anne-de-Bocage including the barns and saw mills of Alexis Landry and two of his sons. He wrote the Bishop to ask for help and for a priest to be sent to the community in this time of need.

Alexis Landry died in Caraquet on March 6, 1798 at the age of 77. We are linked to this amazing settler through his eldest son Anselme Landry.

Alexis Landry In MyHeritage Family Trees

Name Alexis Landry Birth Aug 25 1728

 Grand-Pré, Acadie Reference #	406 Death	Mar 6 1798

 Caraquet, NB Family members Parents	 Jean Baptiste Landry 1693 - 1757 Claire Olive Landry 1700 - 1754 Wife	 Marie Anne Marguerite Landry (born Theriault) 1719 - 1769 Sister	 Madeleine Landry 1727 - 1798 Children	 Anne Marie Landry 1745 - 1822 Agathe Landry 1748 - 1820 Pierre Landry 1751 - 1833 Hubert I Landry 1757 - ? Rosalie I Landry 1762 - 1780 Theotiste Gauthier (born Landry) Anselme Landry 1746 - 1806 Thadée Landry 1750 - 1818 Francois Landry 1755 - 1822 Joseph Xii Landry 1760 - 1838 Remi Landry 1764 - 1844 Source Normandeau Family Site (23andMe) Updated on Aug 1 2020 (14 days ago)3,849 profiles in one family tree447 photos View full profile in this site Dolorèse Perreault Site manager Contact Dolorèse

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weRelate: Alexis Landry
Death  Mar 6, 1798 • Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Marriage  1745 • Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Claire Le Blanc • Jean Landry
Spouse  bernard marie dit theriot
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wikiTrees: alexis landry
Birth  Aug 25, 1721 • Grand-Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  Mar 6, 1798 • Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Marriage  1744 • New Brunswick, Canada
Parents  claire leblanc • jean landry
Spouse  marie anne theriot theriault
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Geni: Alexis Landry
Birth  Aug 25, 1721 • Grand-Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  Mar 6, 1798 • Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Parents  Claire Leblanc • Jean Landry
Siblings  Anne Landry
Spouse  Marie Anne Theriault
Children  Anselme Landry • Francois Landry • Pierre Landry • Remi Landry • Thadee Landry

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Alexis Landry

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FamilySearch: Family Tree Alexis Landry
Birth  25 August 1721 • Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  6 March 1798 • Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Parents  Claire LeBlanc • Jean Landry
Spouse  Marie Thériot
Children  Agathe Landry • Anne Marie Landry • Anselme Landry • Francois Landry • Joseph Landry • Pierre Hubert Landry • Rosalie Landry • Rémi- René Landry • Thadee Landry

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Biography-Alexis Landry http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/landry_alexis_4E.html LANDRY, ALEXIS, merchant; b. at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, and baptized 25 Aug. 1721, son of Jean Landry and Claire Le Blanc; d. 6 March 1798 at Caraquet, New Brunswick. Alexis Landry left Grand-Pré in 1743 and went to live on the seigneury of Beaubassin at Aulac (N.B.), where he married Marie Terriot, the widow of Jean Cormier; they were to have at least 11 children. In 1755 he took part in the defence of Fort Beauséjour (near Sackville, N.B.); forced to leave Aulac after the fort's surrender to Robert Monckton on 16 June, he and his compatriots took refuge at Cocagne on the Ruisseau des Malcontents, where they remained until the end of the winter. In the spring of 1756 Landry, along with many other Acadians, decided to go north to Miramichi, hoping to escape from British raids and to make a living by hunting and fishing. They went through a terrible winter of war, famine, and pestilence; more than 350 Acadians perished, including five of his own children. It is likely that in the spring of 1757 Landry made his way to Caraquet with three families. The date of their arrival is unknown, but the census taken byPierre Du Calvet in July 1761 reports Landry's presence there. In October 1761 Captain Roderick MacKenzie conducted a raid against the settlements on the Baie des Chaleurs. His Acadian prisoners wereto be taken to Fort Cumberland (formerly Beauséjour), but 157 of them, including Landry and his family, were left behind because of lack of space in the boats. Shortly afterwards, probably for security, Landry left Caraquet for Miscou and settled at what is now called Landrys River. In the spring of 1768 Landry brought his family back to Caraquet; on 13 March 1769 George Walker, the magistrate atNepisiguit (Bathurst, N.B.), gave him official permission to settle on the land he had occupied in 1761, provided that it had not been granted to someone else. In 1784 Landry received title to this land and three years later Governor Thomas Carleton* granted him "the meadows and tidal flats located along the Rivière du Nord." From 1766 on Landry had engaged in a lively trade in imported goods, which he obtained from traders in Nepisiguit and Bonaventure and Paspébiac (Que.) in exchange for cod. In 1775 he even became a shipbuilder; the following year he delivered to Walker's company in Nepisiguit a brigantine intended for a London company. In 1791 Landry took steps to have a chapel erected at Caraquet. The missionary Joseph-Mathurin Bourg wanted it built near the cemetery, and on 10 July 1793 Landry officially made over land for the purpose, with the condition that he and his heirs have the use without payment of a four-seat closed pew and that the cost of his funeral service and burial in the chapel be paid by the parish council. Two years later he wrote to Pierre Denaut*, coadjutor of the bishop of Quebec, expressing the hope that Bishop Hubert would remember the people of Caraquet and send them a resident priest; in the letter he mentioned that a fire had destroyed his barn and part of his grain. Landry was evidently much concerned about the spiritual welfare of his fellow citizens, for he took the place of a priest when necessary at baptisms, marriages, and burials. On 14 July 1794 he had been appointed tax assessor and road commissioner for the parish of Caraquet. Alexis Landry died at Caraquet at 76 years of age and was buried in a small cemetery near the sanctuary of Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage. Since 1961 a monument has overlooked the grave of this Acadian, one of the few survivors of the deportation period whose exact place of burial is known. Albert Landry