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Posted on 10/23/11 at 6:26 pm to chinese58
A few of us are from North Louisiana:
Posted on 10/23/11 at 6:37 pm to chinese58
Some are fast city boys:
Posted on 10/23/11 at 6:42 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Sorry, but the name IS French, pronounced Lan dree, that's as close as I could make it. I think your assumption is correct. I believe that many freed slaves after the civil war assumed the surnames of their plantation owners.
This post was edited on 10/23/11 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 10/23/11 at 6:58 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
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I wish I could track my family back more than a couple generations
Try Rootsweb.com
seriously - if you want to trace your family there is no better place to start.
If you are serious about it you can join Ancestry.com and have access to US census records.
Posted on 10/23/11 at 8:04 pm to ChineseBandit58
quote:yeah, I corrected that on the first page. It is in fact a very common French name
Sorry, but the name IS French, pronounced Lan dree, that's as close as I could make it.
quote:that's what I was thinking. Same for some black friends of mine whose last name is McNeil. Pretty sure their ancestors aren't from Ireland
I believe that many freed slaves after the civil war assumed the surnames of their plantation owners
quote:I wish. Unfortunately there are no records anywhere for my Mom's side of the family. My Dad's side I have records dating back 1,000+ years....absolutely nothing on my Mom's side however. My family has tried for a long time...there is nothing.
If you are serious about it you can join Ancestry.com and have access to US census records.
Posted on 10/23/11 at 8:40 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
troy is cajun (acadian). in general, the cajuns were not slave owners.
Posted on 10/23/11 at 8:52 pm to JonTheTigerFan
quote:frick you! Signed, The Boudreaux's, Thiboudeaux's and LeBlanc's.
how many people from LA are named Landry?
All of us
Posted on 10/23/11 at 8:54 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
quote:I'm thinking you know nothing of the cajun history and culture.
I don't wanna be racist, but is it a safe assumption that the black Landrys (ie: Laron, Jarvis, etc from LA) "worked" for the white Landrys (ie: Troy) back in the day? I
Posted on 10/23/11 at 8:54 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
I don't see why people take issue with a question like this. It's pretty common knowledge that many black families took their last names from white slave owners. Particularly in the post-Civil War era.
Posted on 10/23/11 at 8:55 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Posted on 10/23/11 at 8:55 pm to CapstoneGrad06
quote:The likelihood of this being the case from a cajun perspective is very small.
I don't see why people take issue with a question like this. It's pretty common knowledge that many black families took their last names from white slave owners.
Posted on 10/23/11 at 9:14 pm to TigerWoody
I'm from a redneck part of the state so I'm not as familiar with the cajun/french history, names, etc as others here. I've traced my dad's side of the family back to Virginia in the early 1800's.
Posted on 10/23/11 at 9:18 pm to jhamil25
He sprinted right at us after that
all the excitement was right in front of us 9 rows off the field
all the excitement was right in front of us 9 rows off the field
This post was edited on 10/23/11 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 10/23/11 at 9:22 pm to dkreller
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He sprinted right at us after that
all the excitement was right in front of us 9 rows off the field
Could you hear the kickoff hits or was it too loud?
Posted on 10/23/11 at 9:24 pm to LSU GrandDad
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troy is cajun (acadian). in general, the cajuns were not slave owners.
I'm not stating this as fact, but only a possibility. I am from the same hometown as Troy, we live in the sugarcane growing area of Louisiana. There would have been many sugarcane plantations down here. So it is POSSIBLE that his ancestors may have owned a plantation.
Posted on 10/23/11 at 9:24 pm to MOT
yeah we could hear them and they were loud
Posted on 10/23/11 at 9:37 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
My dad always said The few, the proud, the Landrys...lol
Nothing wrong with your question.. my grandpa was pretty dark but his parents were mixed.. I am light brown.. but there isn't any Cajun from what I know...
Nothing wrong with your question.. my grandpa was pretty dark but his parents were mixed.. I am light brown.. but there isn't any Cajun from what I know...
Posted on 10/23/11 at 9:37 pm to TigerWoody
quote:oh I'm sorry, please point out where I claimed to be some Cajun history buff. Thanks for contributing though, and for unnecessarily being a jackass, jackass.
I'm thinking you know nothing of the cajun history and culture
Posted on 10/23/11 at 9:39 pm to LUS Tiger in FL
quote:thanks for the insight.
LUS Tiger in FL
p.s. you got your "S" and "U" mixed up
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