“ Jean-Baptiste COMMAUX
. baptized December 8, 1783
. (Saint-Similien of Nantes) “6096

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At the baptism of Jean-Baptiste Comeau, son of Jean-Baptiste Comeau and Marie-Madeleine Landry, on 8 December 1783 in Nantes at St. Similien the godparents were Claude LeBlanc, grandfather, who could not sign his name, and Dorothée Richard, wife of LeBlanc and grandmother, who could not sign her name.5173

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“ ACADIANS IN FRANCE September, 1784

Copy of the list of the Acadian families who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of his Catholic Majesty.*

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Jean Commeau (head of family), Marie Landri (wife), 1 son, no daughters, 3 in total family; Claire Landry, widow Claude Commeau, 1 son, 2 in total family

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* This document is found in Archivo General De Indias, audiencia De Santa Domingo (A.D.S.), Legajo 2575. Two separate lists of the Acadians and allied families who left France in 1785 to come to Louisiana, have already been published.
The first publication documented with Spanish archival material is Oscar William Winzerling, Acadian Odyssey (Baton Rouge, 1955), pp. 199-206. The second publication, relying entirely on French archival documents is Milton P. Rieder Sr. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, editiors, The Crew and Passenger Registration Lists of the Seven Acadian Expeditions of 1785, (Metairie, La. 1965).
The roll of the Acadian families appearing in the present compilation is documented by a third source. It is felt that it provides a valuable addition to the already published lists and corroborates that information. “5138,5706

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“ LA BERGERE

Departed France May 12, 1785
Arrived Louisiana August 15, 1785

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List of the Acadian passengers named to embark on the ship, La Bergere, going to New Orleans in Louisiana

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(16) MARIE MAGDELEINE LANDRY, 22, wife of the absent
Jean Baptiste Commeau
Jean Baptiste Commeau, 2, son “5151

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“ Liste des passagers acadiens nommés pour l’embarges dans le Navire la Bergere attant a la Nouvelle Orleans dans la Louisiane

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15e
Claude LeBlanc ............Laboureur 62
3. Dorothée Richard sa femme ........ 50
Claire Landry belle mere à la femme .... 75 “

Translation:
“ List of Acadian passengers named in order to embark from the Ship la Bergere going to New Orleans in Louisiana

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15th
Claude LeBlanc ............ Ploughman 62
3. Dorothée Richard his wife ........... 50
Claire Landry mother-in-law of his wife .... 75 “5153

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“ Marie-Madeleine Landry, wife of the absent Jean-Baptiste Commaux and Jean-Baptiste Commaux, her son were passengers (Family No. 16) aboard LA BERGERE, which departed France on May 12, 1785 and arrived in Louisiana on August 15, 1785. “6094

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“ N. B.: Marie LANDRY et son fils son parties de Nantes sur la Bergerère (no 16) le 14 Mai 1785.

N. B.: Marie LANDRY and her son left Nantes on la Bergère (no 16) on 14 May 1785 “5173

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