When Agricole Landry was born in March 1779, in Louisiana, New Spain, his father, Joseph Pantealeon Landry Sr., was 26 and his mother, Marie Anne Melancon, was 19. He married Christine LaBauve on 3 February 1801, in St. Martin, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 24 November 1819, in St. Martin, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Lucien, Pierre, Emile, Andre, Fernand, Marcel, Antoine, Benoit, Camille, Raoul.
French and English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Landri, from the ancient Germanic Landric(us), a compound of land ‘land’ + rīk ‘powerful, ruler’.
English: from Middle English lavendrie ‘wash-house’ (Old French lavanderie), either a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a wash-house or a name denoting a dweller at a wash-house.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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