The Henry Guidry Family Of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Henry Guidry, son of Adolphe Guidry (b. 15 Dec 1880) and Elzina Broussard (b. 1 Mar 1887), was born on 16 July 1909 in Vermilion Parish, LA and died on 18 Jul 2000 in Kaplan, Vermilion Parish, LA at age 91. Henry was a farmer and landowner, who in his early years farmed both cotton and rice before switching primarily to rice in his later years. He also grew corn to feed his family and the farm animals. Henry was fluent in both English and Cajun French.
Henry Guidry married Solange Mire (b. 18 Aug 1914), the daughter of Portalis Mire (b. 16 May 1888) and Marie Olive Sonnier (b. 21 Mar 1889), on 8 Nov 1930 in Vermilion Parish, LA. They lived and farmed at Lake Marceaux, which is just west of Theall, LA in Vermilion Parish. In 1948 Henry bought some additional farmland at Cow Island about three miles north of Lake Marceaux and moved his family there.
Henry and Solange's five children were:
1) Georgie Mae Guidry (b. 1931) married 1st Dewey Sellers & married 2nd Alfred Rockwell
Children of Georgie and Dewey Sellers are Henrietta and Yvonne.
2) Myrtis Marie Guidry (b. 1936) married Albert Trahan
Children of Myrtis and Albert Trahan are Alberta, David and Maxine.
3) Gloria Gene Guidry (b. 1941) married Jimmie Choate
Children of Gene and Jimmie Choate are James, Mark and Robert.
4) Joseph Calvin Guidry (b. 1947) married 1st Essie Seward, married 2nd Shirley Procter & married 3rd Jacqueline Battle
Children of Calvin and Essie are Andrew and Amanda.
Child of Calvin and Shirley Procter is David Guidry.
5) Gerard Jeffery Guidry (b. 1951) married Sherry Hebert.
Children of Jeffery and Sherry are Shane and Rusty.
Henry Guidry's parents raised him near the Spring Hill-Nunez area in Vermilion Parish where his father Adolphe was also raised. Adolphe farmed cotton, corn and sugarcane around the Spring Hill area.
Adolphe Guidry's parents were Felix Guidry (b. 12 Nov 1858) and Cecile Mathilde Broussard (b. 24 Oct 1862). Their Guidry lineage can be traced to Jean-Baptiste Guédry (b. 1747), who was deported from Acadia. Jean-Baptiste Guédry and his wife Marguerite Lebert (b. 1751) were married 25 Jan 1774 at Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France where Jean was a carpenter.
Jean-Baptiste Guédry, Marguerite Lebert and their children Marguerite, Pierre, François and Marguerite-
Félicité boarded the vessel “La Bon Papa” at Nantes, France on 10 May 1785 for their voyage to Louisiana,
arriving at New Orleans, LA on 29 Jul 1785.
GUÉDRY LINEAGE OF ROBERT L. CHOATE OF VERMILION PARISH, LOUISIANA
Robert L. Choate m. Vanessa Trahan
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Gloria Gene Guidry m. Jimmie Choate
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Henri Guidry m. Solange Mire
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Adolphe Guidry m. Elzina Broussard
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Felix Guidry m. Emetilde (Mathilde) Broussard
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Euphrasie Guidry m. Eugenie Landry
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François Guidry m. Celestine Dartes (widow of Louis Thibaut)
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Jean-Baptiste Guédry m. Marguerite Lebert
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Claude Guédry m. Anne LeJeune
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Unknown
[Possibly Paul Guédry & Anne-Marie Mius d'Azy or Augustin Guédry & Jeanne Hébert; Less
likely are the “missing” sons of Claude Guédry and Marguerite Petitpas: Claude (b. 1682),
Charles, Alexis, Claude (b. 1694) or Joseph Guédry]
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Claude Guédry dit Grivois m. Marguerite Petitpas
