| Name |
Alexis Landry |
| Born |
25 Aug 1721 |
Grand Pre  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Caraquet [2] |
| a boat builder |
- He constructed brigatines, fishing boats, etc.
|
| Occupation |
the Baie de Chaleurs [2] |
| a merchant |
- While he lived along the Baie de Chaleurs, Alexis Landry started up a trade with the English merchants who were established there. Merchants, like Moore & Finlay, Amesbury & Bard, Charles Robin, William Smith and George Walker. He would purchase different commodities from them, paying them in return with fish and wild game.
|
| Residence |
Caraquet [3] |
| was one of the founders of Caraquet and settled |
- Don Landry supplied the photo of the list of founders of Caraquet which was on the wall of the small chapel located at Sainte Anne de Bocage, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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List of the Founders of Caraquet, New Brunswick
Photo taken by Don Landry. The plaque listing the founders of Caraquet is located on an inside wall of the small chapel located at Sainte Anne de Bocage (located a small distance to the west of Caraquet, NB). |
| Residence |
Abt 1745 |
Beaubassin [4] |
| after marrying the widow Cormier (Marie Theriault) |
- By marrying the widow Cormier, Alexis Landry was entitled to the Cormier property, which he took possession of and then settled on at Beaubassin.
|
| Residence |
1750 |
the area of Aulac [4] |
| , after his village was burnt, near the Fort of Beausejour |
| Residence |
1757 |
Caraquet [4] |
| , after the fall of fort Beausejour, briefly in Cocagne and Miramichi, and arrived |
| Residence |
1757 |
Sainte Anne de Bocage [4] |
| , settling near Caraquet |
| Residence |
1761 |
the Baie de Chaleurs [4] |
| , after fleeing the Caraquet region, |
- In the autumn of 1761, the tranquility of Sainte Anne de Bocage was interrupted by a suprise expedition of the English army commanded by Riderick MacKenzie. Acadians were taken prisonner and taken to Nipisiguit where they were left under the surveillence of the Indian chief, Pokemouche, with intentions of the army returning in the spring to retrieve them. But the Acadians fled Caraquet area and sought refuge on the north side of the Bay of Chaleur.
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| Residence |
1765 |
Bonaventure [4] |
| Residence |
1769 |
MIscou à Caraquet [4] |
- He and his family settled in Miscou in the spring of 1769. Also he obtained written permission from Judge George Walker of Nipisiquit to retake possession of his old property at Sainte Anne de Bocage.
|
| Died |
6 Mar 1798 [1] |
| Buried |
the small cemetery, Sainte Anne de Bocage, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada [5] |
- After turning age 60, Alexis donated some of his land for construction of a church, parsonage, and cemetery with some conditions attached: a free bench at the front of the church and he and his wife must be buried in the church after they died. When the church at Sainte Anne de Bocage was demolished after the construction of a new church in 1820 at Pointe de Roche, the remains of Alexis and his wife were exhumed and interred in the small cemetery at Bocage.
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Alexis Landry husband of Marie Theriault
ICI/REPOSE EN PAIX/LE CORPS D'ALEXIS/LANDRY DECEDE/LE 6 MARS 1798/AGE DE 78 ANS/SOUVENEZ-VOUS DE CE/QUI NOUS EST ARRIVE/LA MEME CHOSE VOUR/ARRIVERA/CE FUT HIER/NOTRE TOUR, CE SERA/PEUT-ETRE LE VOTRE AUJOURD'HUI/
Translation:Here rests in peace the body of Alexis Landry died 6 March 1798 aged 78 years. Remember what has happened to us, the same thing will happen to you. It was our turn yesterday, it might be yours today. |
| Person ID |
I9096 |
Annette - Research |
| Last Modified |
18 Jan 2009 |
| Family |
Marie dit BERNARD Theriault, b. 4 Jul 1719, Grand Pre , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
Abt 1745 [6] |
| Children |
| | 1. Anselme Landry, b. 11 Mar 1746, Beaubassin , d. 16 Dec 1806 (Age 60 years) |
| | 2. Anne Marie Landry, b. 11 Mar 1746, Beaubassin , d. 24 Aug 1822 (Age 76 years) |
| | 3. Agathe Landry, b. Abt 1748, d. 28 Apr 1820 (Age ~ 72 years) |
| | 4. Pierre Landry, b. Abt 1751, d. 10 Jan 1833 (Age ~ 82 years) |
| | 5. Francois Landry, b. Abt 1756, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 65 years) |
| | 6. Thaddee Landry, b. Abt 1758, d. 10 Aug 1818, Pokemouche (Age ~ 60 years) |
| | 7. Joseph Landry, b. 22 Jan 1760, d. Abt 1838 (Age 77 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3808 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1721 - 1798 (76 years)