Person:Simon Le Blanc (2)

!CHRISTENING-PARENTS-MARRIAGES-CENSUS-DEATH-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 998; own copy. #(74): Simon was on the 1763 list of passengers from Penryn-Falmouth to France, age 38 years. On 1765 census at Belle-Ile-en-Mer, age 43 years. On 1785 list of passengers for LA, age 62 years.

!CHRISTENING: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1769; Baton Rouge, 1978; p. 105; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.1; contains the parish registers from St. Charles-aux-Mines at Grand Pré. Simon LEBLANC, son of Jacques & Catherine LANDRY, baptized 27 Apr 1723. Sponsors: Rene BLANCHARD, fils [Junior] & Jeanne DUGAS. Recorded as (SGA-2, 38).

!NAME: BEWARE, another Simon LE BLANC was issued a Spanish land grant on both banks of Bayou Carencro, dated 5 Mar 1778 [before this Simon came to LA]. Probably this man's son?

!BIRTH-MARRIAGES: "Acadians of Belle-Isle-en-Mer," in NEW ORLEANS GENESIS; 1630-1767; vol. XXXII, no. 125 (Jan 1993); p. 8; Genealogical Society, Santa Cruz [CA] Public Library. Statement of his brother Honore on 5 Feb 1767. Simon LE BLANC, born in St. Charles Parish [Grand Pré, Acadia] in Panne [sic, for Jan or Jun?] 1726 [sic], married 1st to Marguerite BOURG, daughter of Jean & Francoise AUCOIN of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish of Cobequid in Acadia. She died at Falmouth, England on 16 Oct 1756. He married 2nd at Falmouth to Marie TRAHAN, daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth THERIOT.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-CHRISTENING-MARRIAGES-RESIDENCES-IMMIGRATION-DEATH: Web page "Descendants of Daniel LeBlanc" by Lucie M. LE BLANC CONSENTINO at<http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/Lucie-M-Consentino/GENE19> accessed in May 1999. Simon LeBLANC, born [sic] 27 Apr 1723 at Grand-Pré, Acadia, baptismal sponsors: Rene' BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUGAS. He married 1st Marguerite BOURQUE on 13 Aug 1743 at Sts-Pierre & Paul of Cobeguit, Acadia. He & Paul of Cobeguit, Acadia. He married 2nd to Marie TRAHAN 2 Aug 1757 at Falmouth, England (Reference: Belle-Ile-en-Mer declaration). He was on the passenger list from Penryn-Falmouth England to France in 1763, age 38 years. He is on the 1765 census for Belle-Ile-en-Mer, age 43 years. He traveled to Louisiana in 1785, age 62 years. He died in Ascension [LA] 5 Feb 1802 at age 77 years (Reference: Ascension Register for 5/6 Feb 1802).

!BIRTH-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 1231 (Grand Pré); own copy. Simon LEBLANC, born 1723, son of Jacques & Catherine LANDRY, married 1st at Cobequid on 13 Aug 1743 to Marguerite BOURG, daughter of Jean & Francoise AUCOIN; four children. He married 2nd at Falmouth, England on 2 Aug 1757 to Marie TRAHAN, daughter of Joseph & E'lizabeth TERRIOT; three children. Simon lived at Saint-Charles-des-Mines [Grand Pré]; in 1764 he was at Morlaix, France; in 1766 he was at Bangor, Belle-Isle-en-Mer. On the 10 May 1785 he embarked at Paimboeuf for Louisiana, where he settled.

    On p. 2537 (Louisiana) is added: Deported to Falmouth, England. His daughter Francoise, born 1745, was a nun with the Ursulines of Morlaix [France].

!RESIDENCES: Joseph Ollieric, BELLE-ILE-EN-MER;; Montrevel-en-Bresse, Taillanderie, 1987; p. 173; Salt Lake City Family History Library, Europe 944.13 H20. This family resided at Belle-Ile.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: Jean-Marie Fonteneau, LES ACADIENS, CITOYENS DE L'ATLANTIQUE; 1500-1785; Rennes, Editions Ouest-France, 1996; p. 204; own copy; listed in Nov 1765 in # 15of the 78 families settled on Belle-Ile-en-Mer. Simon LEBLANC, born 7 May 1726 at Grand'Prée, brother of four others at Belle-Ile. He married [2nd] to Marie TRAHAN; four children listed [only youngest of this marriage], plus an orphan Élisabeth THIBAUDAULT.

!BIRTH-IMMIGRATION-OCCUPATION: Sailed on the ship "Le Bon Papa" from France to Louisiana, which departed 10 May 1785 and arrived 20 Jul 1785. Came with 2nd wife and 3 children. Occupation listed as Ploughman, age 62 [born in 1723?]. (Rieder, Crew of 7 Expeditions, p. 5.)

MARRIAGES: Is he the Simon LEBLANC who married on 7 Apr 1788 to Ursule Anne DAIGLE? Witnesses: Isaac HEBERT; Jean DAEGLE (ASC-2, 13).

!PARENTS-BURIAL: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1770-1803; vol. 2, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1980; p. 484; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.2. Simon [LEBLANC], age 77 years [sic], son of Santiago & Catalina LANDRY, buried on 6 Feb 1802 at Ascension Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-4, 41).

1. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748. (Diocese, 1999,)
   p. 151.

   Simon LeBLANC, son of Jacques & Catherine LANDRY, baptized 27 Apr 1823. Sponsors: Rene BLANCHARD, fils & Jeanne DUGAS (SGA-2, 38).

2. ↑ Gérard-Marc Braud. From Nantes to Louisiana. (Lafayette, LA: La Rainette, 1999)
   p. 85.

   On 25 Oct 1784 there was a contract for sale of land in Kerourde, Belle-Isle [sic] between Anselme LEBLANC and Simon LEBLANC & wife Marie TRAHAN, notarized by Girard de la CONTRIE.

   Simon was Anselme's uncle, and apparently sold him his land before leaving for Louisiana.

3. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995)
   pp. 4-5.

   Simon LEBLANC, age 62, a plowman, head of 7th family (of 5 persons) aboard the ship "Le Bon Papa," embarked in France on 10 May 1785, debarked at Louisiana on 29 Jul 1785. [Notes say: Simon was son of Jacques & Catherine LANDRY, married 1757 to Marie TRAHAN, daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth THERIOT (Reference: ACADIAN EXILES IN NANTES, family #223)]

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church records
   vol. 2, pg. 484 (ASC-4,41).
5. ↑ age 77 yrs (Santiago and Catalina Landry)