Isabella Field (Foster) Blanchard (1806 - 1883)

Born 14 Jan 1806 in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of William Blanchard — married 13 Dec 1826 in Albany, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1883 at age 77 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

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Biography

Isabella Field Foster was born on January 14, 1806, in Oakham, Massachusetts,^[1] her father, Samuel, was 47, and her mother, Patty, was 34. She married William Blanchard on December 13, 1826, in Albany, New York.^[2] They had seven children in 17 years. She died on June 9, 1883, in Richmond, Indiana, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried there.^[3]

Birth 14 Jan 1806 • Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Age 20 — Marriage 13 Dec 1826 • Albany, New York, USA William Blanchard (1800–1881)

Age 54 — Residence 1860 • Richmond, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, USA

Age 64 — Residence 1870 • Richmond Ward 1, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, USA

Age 74 — Residence 1880 • Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, USA

Age 77 — Probate 25 Apr 1883 • Wayne, Indiana, USA

Age 77 — Death 9 June 1883 • Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, United States of America

Transcript:

Letter to Charles P. Blanchard from JWJ Culton regarding the death of William Blanchard. (See Images) Wherein J.W.J. Culton (husband of Fatima Catherine Blanchard) refers to Wm. Blanchard as Father and Isabella as Mother.

Richmond, Ind.

Sabbath March 27th, 1881

Cousin,

I write you to say your good Uncle William Blanchard passed to the Shining Shore this beautiful Sabbath morning at 6:20 o'clock. His prayer last Sabbath a week was that his next would be in Heaven. Dear good man, his prayer was answered and while the beauties and joys are not revealed to us here of the great glory that awaits the just in Heaven, it's not measurable that we should feel that to him this day is one of rejoicing in the meeting of dear ones who have gone before and received him there today.

Dear Mother is indeed stricken by this decree, as indeed is the entire family who surrounded his bed during his illness and administered lovingly to his slightest want. Since your good father removed from Richmond, Father has had no companion but Mother and his children and the Church and I can say in all my knowledge of men, I never knew as better a man. Pure and upright in all things, and forever a better woman than Mother. I think her the grandest woman I have ever known. Father will be buried on Tuesday at 3:00 PM. I would be kindly remembered to your Good Wife and family.

Truly yours

John WJ Culton

I notified Albert by Telegraph this AM as was his request.

Sources

1. ↑ Isable Foster Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/5629617?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a225a685074584c414f46556d30584531763349626d766d675173564165535936535337335a62686d58466c6f3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
2. ↑ Isabella Foster in the New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/5629630?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a224331774b50514738334e6838375230436f73496232594e7a2b7a7367584d6d7555494e38426b7a323830593d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
3. ↑ Isabel F Blanchard in the Wayne County, Indiana, U.S., Death Records Index, 1882-1920 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/5629673?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a224261686e4644323244337137346132476d4166625662644c562b796a793854572b2b2b557a516936714f343d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d

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• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M4NZ-2F8 : Wed Apr 05 01:12:05 UTC 2023), Entry for William Blanchard and Isabella F Blanchard, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX6K-1V8 : 28 May 2021), Isabella Blanchard in entry for Wm Blanchard, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHST-V6Y : 14 January 2022), Isabell Blanchard in household of William Blanchard, Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
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• Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999 Will Records; Author: Indiana. Circuit Court (Wayne County); Probate Place: Wayne, Indiana Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999 for Isabella F Blanchard Wayne Will Records, Vol 7-9, 1883-1895
• "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ77-5GN : 3 December 2014), Isabel F. Blanchard, 09 Jun 1883, Richmond, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." County Health Office, Richmond.
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• New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4M3R-Q26Z : 12 August 2020), Wm Blanchard and Isabella F Foster, 1826; citing Marriage, United States, multiple churches, New York.
• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HF-JNQ : 17 February 2023), Isabella Field Foster in entry for William Amasa Blanchard, 1830.
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• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HK-CRK : 17 February 2023), Isabella Field Foster in entry for Fatima Catherine Blanchard, 1830.
• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HK-W6C : 17 February 2023), Isabella Field Foster in entry for Jane Eliza Blanchard, 1831.
• "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRK-KZ9S : 10 October 2019), Isabella Fath Fostser in entry for Jane Eliza Blanchard, 2 Apr 1832; citing Birth, New York, United States, multiple churches, New York.
• "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR8-WJFK : 10 October 2019), Isabella Field Foster in entry for George Edwin Blanchard, 15 Feb 1835; citing Birth, Dutchess, New York, United States, multiple churches, New York.
• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HF-ZTC : 17 February 2023), Isabella Field Foster in entry for George Edwin Blanchard, 1836.
• U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.s., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Accession Number: 02-0213b 59a
• Wayne County, Indiana, U.S., Death Records Index, 1882-1920 ndiana Works Projects Administration, comp. Index to Death Records Wayne County Indiana 1882-1920. Vol. I-III. Indiana, USA: WPA, 1941. Will Records; Author: Indiana. Circuit Court (Wayne County); Probate Place: Wayne, Indiana