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Christian Letdener first appears of record on the vessel '?Marie" which arrived in New Orleans, La. in 1719L. He is listed as a tobacco smuggler sent to the colonies, instead of being jailed,by order of the Crown. He is shown as a citizen of Pitersene in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. He next appears of record in 17 24 when he and his wife have their son baptised at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, Alabama.(Bapt ismal Bk. 1 at page Jil). No one has ever been able, to date, to definitely identify the background of his wife, except for the fact that she was an European.
1.	Christian Letdener married Marie Barbe Counal
their son
2.	Jean Baptiste Christian dit Ladner married Marie. Louise Fisseau(DeLorn
their daughter
3.	Louisa Bautista Christian dit Ladner married Jean Baptiste "Martial"
Nicaise, son of Jean Baptiste Nicaise + Marie Catherine Miou.
their daughter 4.. Justine Nicaise married Elihu Carver, Sr. their daughter
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5.	Marie "Norine" Carver married Victor Ladner, son of Basilio Ladner
and Helene Morin. Basilio Ladner, son of Jean Baptiste Ladner,J and Francoise Carceau, Helene Morin, daughter of Jose Morin and Louisa Christian Ladner, daughter of Nicholas Christian Ladner and Marie Anne Magdeleine Paquet.
Not& : It must be pointed out	at this point, that this	couple
were double cousins. Nicholas Christian Ladner	being
the brother of .No . 1 Jean Baptiste Christian dit Ladner. 'Further, No. 3 Louisa Bautista Christian dit Ladner also was the s'ister of Jean	Baptiste Ladner, Jr. the	father
of Basilio Ladner, the	father of Victor Ladner.	Marie
Anne Magdeleine Paquet, wife of Nicholas Christian Ladner, being 1/4 Choctaw Indian. Her mother was 1/2 Choctaw indian and the wife of Pierre Paquet of Mobile,Ala.
M.A.M.Paquet?s grandmother was a full Choctaw indian and the concubine of Jean Baptiste Baudreau dit Graveline.
their son
6.	Julian Ladner married Liza (Eliza) Ladner
their daughter
7.	Josephine Ladner married Charles Chadwick
their children were:
Lilly Chadwick
Mary Chadwick married J.C.McClendon John Chadwick died at age 9 years.
Ruth Chadwick married Ernest Shuttleworth Julia Chadwick married Bohannon Barbara "Ellen" Chadwick
their daughter
8.	Lilly Chadwick married Ernest Klein,
9.
Now this is your generation and you have all the rest.