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Jean Baptiste Blanchard (1714 - 1779)

Jean Baptiste Blanchard
Born in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Husband of — married 22 Jul 1743 in Annapolis-Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Died at age 65 in Saint-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, Province of Québecmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Blanchard Name Study.

Jean Baptiste Blanchard was born on 22 April 1714 and baptized the same day in Annapolis Royal. [1] He was the son of Antoine Blanchard and Elisabeth Terriot. His sponsors were Antoine Beliveau and Jeanne Gautrot, widow of Pierre La Noue.

He wed Marguerite Girouard on 22 July 1743 in Annapolis Royal. [2] The witnesses were Antoine Blanchard, Joseph Blanchard, Guillaume Girouard and Joseph Richard.

Children: [3]

  1. Marie Blanchard b. ca 1745, d. 25 Apr 1822, St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan,
  2. Jean Blanchard b. ca 1746,
  3. Joseph Blanchard b. ca 1747, d. 25 Jan 1758, Québec, (Age 11 years)
  4. Unknown BLANCHARD, b. bef 1 Jan 1752
  5. Unknown BLANCHARD, b. ca 1 Jan 1752, d. bef 1754-1755 (Age 2 years)
  6. Madeleine Blanchard d. bef 6 MAI 1794
  7. Marguerite Blanchard, b. ca 1752
  8. Anne Gertrude BLANCHARD, b. ca 1753, d. 18 Dec 1757, Québec, (Age 4 years)
  9. Nicolas Blanchard b. 19 Nov 1760, Deschambault,

In 1752, Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite were living in Memramcook with 4 boys and 3 girls. [4] His brother Paul Blanchard was living on the neighbouring lot. They were recorded again in Memramcook on the 1755 census with 3 boys and 3 girls. [5] [6]

In 1755 Jean-Baptiste was deported to Georgia without his family. [6] It is possible that Marguerite sought refuge on Isle Saint-Jean with her children, like many women whose husbands were deported alone, and then fled to Canada, Nouvelle-France. In October 1757 they were aboard one of two ships that left Isle Saint-Jean, either L'oyseau Royal owned by François Rullier, husband of Anne Forest, or a schooner belonging to Jean Maréchal, husband of Marguerite Doiron. Marguerite and the children disembarked at the port of Quebec in November 1757. Travelling with her were her sons Jean-Baptiste and Joseph, and her daughters Marie, Magdeleine, Marguerite and Anne-Gertrude. [7]

A smallpox epidemic was raging in Quebec in 1756-1757. Many of the 1144 [7] Acadians that reached Quebec City during that period were already exhausted by famine, other diseases and their many displacements trying to escape the roundups of the British soldiers. Approximately 300 Acadian exiles died in the city of Quebec alone. [8] Their daughter Anne-Gertrude age 4 died in December 1757 and their son Joseph age 11 in January 1758.

Jean-Baptiste was reunited with his family and they settled in Nouvelle-Acadie (St-Jacques-de-la-Nouvelle-Acadie that would later be called St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan).

Jean Blanchard, husband of Marguerite Giruard, passed away on 29 July 1779 and was buried the next day at St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan. He was given the age of about 65 years. [9] Were present his wife, his son Jean and many others.

Biographie

Marguerite Girouard et son époux Jean Blanchard apparaissent aux registres de la colonie du Canada le 19 décembre 1757 à Québec (ND), lors de la sépulture de leur fille Anne Gertrude, acadienne de 4 ans selon l'acte. Le 25 janvier 1758 c'est leur fils Joseph qui décède, inhumé le 28 à Québec (ND), à l'âge de 12 ans.[10]

On les retrouve ensuite à Deschambault, où leur fils Nicolas nait le 19 novembre 1760, baptisé le 20.[10]

Viennent par la suite les mariages de leurs enfants comme suit:

  1. Marie, mariée avec Vincent Blanchard le 3 octobre 1768 à Repentigny
  2. Madeleine, mariée avec Joseph Langlois dit Lachapelle le 12 février 1770 à Repentigny
  3. Jean, marié avec Élisabeth Léonard dite Mondor le 5 février 1776 à Lavaltrie.[10]

Sur ce dernier mariage Jean est noté comme résidant de la Nouvelle-Acadie (St-Jacques-de-la-Nouvelle-Acadie plus tard, qui deviendra St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan).[10]

Jean Blanchard, époux de Marguerite Giruard, décède le 29 juillet 1779 et est inhumé le 30 à St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, l'acte lui donnant environ 65 ans. [9] Cités présents sont sa femme, son fils Jean et plusieurs autres.

Ensuite c'est au tour de leur fille Marguerite (citée âgée de 29 ans) de se marier avec Jean Baptiste Picard le 15 janvier 1781 à Notre-Dame de Montréal. Leur fils Nicolas, né à Deschambault, se marie avec Marie Louise Bourassa le 11 janvier 1790 à Notre-Dame de Montréal.[10]

Marguerite Gyrouard, veuve de Jean Blanchard, décède le 26 octobre 1804 et est inhumée le 27 à L'Assomption, l'acte lui donne 88 ans. Ses fils Jean et Nicolas sont cités présents, avec Joseph Benoni Perreault son petit-fils, et autres.[11]

Sources

  1. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26 page 127; online database with images, Jean-Baptiste Blanchard Baptism, 22 April 1714, accessed Nov 2022.
  2. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26a, page 246; online database with images, Jean Blanchard & Marguerite Girouard Marriage, 22 July 1743, accessed March 2021.
    Text: Jean BLANCHARD (Antoine Blanchard & Isabelle TERIOT, deceased) m. 22 July 1743, Marguerite GIROUARD (Guillaume GIROUARD & Marie BERNARD). Wit: Antoine Blanchard; Joseph Blanchard; Guillaume Girouard; Joseph Richard. Priest: Fr. Defenetaud.
  3. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry Jean-Baptiste Blanchard at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed Nov 2022 (login required)
  4. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Image 282.
    Jean BLANCHARD, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls.
  5. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census p. 11
    Jean Blanchard, his wife, 3 boys, 3 girls.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Stephen A. White, Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p. 252-253.
    Jean-Baptiste was deported without his family to Georgia in 1755. Family appears on records in Québec in 1760. Settles at Saint-Jacques-de-l'Achigan.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Vachon, André-Carl. Les réfugiés et miliciens acadiens en Nouvelle-France 1755-1763, Tracadie, La Grande Marée, 2020, p. 93, 269-271
  8. ↑ Jobb, Dean W. The Cajuns: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph. (John Wiley & Sons, 14 janv. 2010) 272 pages accessed at Google Books
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Sépulture-Funeral Jean Blanchard IGD
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 - Drouin IGD
  11. ↑ Sépulture-Funeral Marguerite Gyrouard image IGD
  • Actes d'état civil et registres d'église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1997 - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection: Institut Généalogique Drouin IGD (membership) https://www.genealogiequebec.com




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