Person:Rene Blanchard (2)

Rene Blanchard
b.Abt 1701 , , , Acadia
d.Sep 1788 , , LA
m. Abt 1700
  1. Marguerite Blanchard
  2. Rene BlanchardAbt 1701 - 1788
  3. Rosalie BlanchardAbt 1714 - Bef 1763
m. 9 Jul 1726
  1. Anne Blanchard
  2. Joseph Blanchard
  3. Olivier BlanchardEst 1728 -
Facts and Events
Name Rene Blanchard
Alt Name BLANCHAR, BLANCHART René
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1701 , , , Acadia
Alt Birth[4] Est 1702
Marriage 9 Jul 1726 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-Franceto Marguerite Theriot
Alt Marriage 9 Jul 1726 to Marguerite Theriot
Census[2] 7 Jul 1763 Baltimore, , MD
Census[3] Aug 1767 St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA
Death? Sep 1788 , , LA
Burial[1] 27 Sep 1788 Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES-IMMIGRATION: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; pp. 1105-1106 (Grand Pré); own copy. René BLANCHARD, born 1702, son of Rene' & Anne LANDRY, married at Saint-Charles-des-Mines [Grand Pré] on 9 Jul 1726 to Marguerite TERRIOT, daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD from Riviere-aux-Canards; eleven children. Deported to Baltimore, MD. Some members of this family settled in Louisiana. [Parents were married around 1701, he was firstborn.]

!EDUCATION: He could sign his name, as on his own marriage record, and on his son Amant's baptismal record at Grand Pré in 1734 (SGA-2, 140).

BIRTH: Where did I find birthdate of 1705, place Cobequid?

!MARRIAGE: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1769; vol. 1, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1978; pp. 14 & 128; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.1; Acadian records from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. Recorded in parish records of St. Charles aux Mines, Grand Pré. Rene BLANCHARD, son of Rene & Anne LANDRY, married 9 [sic] Jul 1726 to Marguerite TERRIOT, daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD (SGA-2, 238).

!MARRIAGE: Jerome Lepre, "From the Collection of Henri J. Molaison: Miscellaneous Notes on BLANCHARD, BOURG, BROUSSARD," in NEW ORLEANS GENESIS;; vol. XXXVII, no. 148 (Oct 1998); p. 324; Santa Cruz County Genealogical Society Library. Rene BLANCHARD, son of Rene & Anne LANDRY, married on 9 Jul 1726 to Marguerite TERRIOT, daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD, all of the parish of St. Charles, Mines. Witnesses: P. CLOISTRE; Joseph TERRIOT; Jacques LeBLANC; Pierre LeBLANC; Charles BABIN; fathers of the couple. Recorded by Rev. Antoine SAULIN, Priest.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES-CENSUS: Gregory A. Wood, A GUIDE TO THE ACADIANS IN MARYLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURES; 1755-1899; Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1995; pp. 90-91; own copy. Rene' BLANCHARD, head of household of four persons on the 1763 census of Baltimore, MD [his two sons Joseph and Anselme also head households], with wife Marguerite. They are on the 1767 census of St. Gabriel, LA, with an additional child, with Rene' 66 years old, with 4 arpents of land.

!LAND: John K. Harrell, "The 1755 Destruction of the French Acadian Nation," in NEW ORLEANS GENESIS; ; vol. XXXVII, no. 147 (Jul 1998); pp. 209-211; Santa Cruz County Genealogical Society Library; transcribes a list of 1776 Spanish Land Grants given to Acadian immigrants from MD (giving their number on census there) to St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, LA. No. 34: Rene BLANCHARD (at Baltimore, MD, #9), with wife Marguerite THERIOT and one child, given 4 arpents of land.

References
  1. Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803. (Baton Rouge, LA, 1980)
    p. 100.

    Rene [BLANCHARD] buried 27 Sep 1788 at Ascension Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-1, 203c).

  2. Gregory A. Wood. French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800, The. (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978)
    p. 189.

    BLANCHARD, Rene, Marguerite THERIAUX his wife, Francoise BLANCHARD, Magdelaine BLANCHARD.

  3. R. E. Chandler. "End of an Odyssey: Acadians Arrive in St. Gabriel, Louisiana:. (Louisiana Historical Association, vol. XIV, no. 1 (winter 1973), pp. 69-87)
    pp. 81 & 85.

    Renne BLANCHAR (René BLANCHARD), with two children [sic, is this a wife and 1 child?], on 4 arpents of land.

    On "List of the Acadian Families That Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Province of Louisiana and an Account of Their Belongings:" Rene BLANCHARD, age 66 years; Margarita, age 60;
    Margarita, age 18 years.

  4. D.O.B.: 2 Oct 1994 CompuServe message from Anne Wolff..