Anne Blanchard (1725 - abt. 1800)

Born 29 Dec 1725 in Port-Royal, Acadie

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Richard — married 20 Jan 1744 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Wife of Jean Baptiste Cormier — married 10 Jan 1779 in St. Martinville, Louisiana

Descendants

Died about 31 Dec 1800 at about age 75 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

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Biography

This profile is part of the Blanchard Name Study.

Joseph Richard is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 5 Right. Listed with him is Anne Catherine Blanchard, three children: Marie, Rosalie & Anne Marie, and a nephew, Joseph Richard.^[1]

Anne Blanchard was born 29 December 1725 in Port-Royal. She was the daughter of Antoine Blanchard and Élisabeth Terriot. She was baptized the same day by Pierre Tibaudeau and ceremonies took place 6 April 1726 at Port Royal. Her godparents were Jean Dupuy, son of Jean Dupuy and Marie Magdelaine Blanchard, daughter of Antoine Blanchard.^[2][3]

She married Joseph Richard, son of the late Pierre RIchard and Magdelaine Girouard 20 January 1744 at Port Royal. Witnesses were René Richard, Louis Girouard, Joseph Dupuis and Joseph Savoy. There was a dispensation for 3-3 & 3-4 consanguinity.^[4]

Known children:

1. Marguerite RICHARD (c.1744-1819)
2. Madeleine RICHARD (c.1748-1766)
3. Marie Anastasie RICHARD (c.1759-1786)
4. Rosalie RICHARD (1763-1769)
5. Anne Marie RICHARD (1765-1769)
6. Pelagie RICHARD (c.1768-1815)

At the time of the Great Upheaval she was apparently among the prisoners at Fort Beauséjour, Nova Scotia, and released upon the signing of the 1763 Treaty of Paris.^[5] She apparently came to Louisiana with the Beausoleil party via Santo Domingo in 1765. She was counted on the census of 9 April 1766 in Cabahannocer (now St. James), Louisiana.^[6][7]

Census: 1769 Cabahannocer, St. James, LA ^[8]

Census: 1 Aug 1770 , Ascension, LA ^[9]

Census: 23 Apr 1777 Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA ^[10]

She married again to Jean Baptiste CORMIER 10 Jan 1779 in St. Martinville, Louisiana. ^[11]

She died soon after, at age about 75, on 30 December 1800 and was buried 31 December 1800 in St. Martinville, Louisiana.^[12] There was an inventory of property of Jean Baptiste CORMIER & Anne BLANCHARD. ^[13]

Research

NOTE: Anne was baptized with the name Anne Blanchard and only the Wall of Names adds Catherine. There is a Catherine Blanchard (bef.1750-1777) on the Wall of Names listed alone. The Wall of Names website says she is the one who sponsored a child born to Charles Prejean and Marguerite Richard in 1765. Other than that baptismal record, nothing has been found that sheds light on who that Catherine Blanchard might be. Are they the same woman?^[14]Charles and Marguerite are living in the house next to Joseph Richard and his wife Anne Blanchard [this woman]. Is she the one who sponsored the child? Did she use Catherine? Are they the same person?

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 24.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 92) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/92?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered, The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, Anne Blanchard baptism RG 1 volume 26 page 232 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1083
4. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Joseph Richard and Anne Blanchard marriage RG 1 volume 26a page 260 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=2696
5. ↑ 24 Aug 1763 Fort Beauséjour, Acadia full citation needed.
6. ↑ Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes ("DGFA") (Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)

   Text: She was on the 1766 census at Cabahannocer, LA, age 40 years.

7. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois, Cabanocey (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1998) p. 164

   Text: On the right bank of the Mississippi River:

   Joseph RICHARD, 50, on 6 arpents of land, with 3 hogs and 1 gun;

   Anne BLANCHARD, wife, 40 [this woman];

   Marie, daughter, 6;

   Rosalie, daughter, 3;

   Anne, daughter, 10 months.

8. ↑ White, DGFA, p. 151

   Text: She was on the 1769 census at Cabahannocer, LA, age 45 years.

9. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798 ("AJRO BLaF") (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1980) :General Census of the Habitants of Valenzuela of Lafourche, Two Thousand Sixty-four Persons; April 10, 1797; /s/ N, Verret; (citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 215A) p. 1

   Text: Joseph RICHARD, age 52, living with his wife Anne BLANCHARD, 42, and three children on 6 arpents of land on the right bank of the river, in the 1770 census of Ascension Parish [LA]. Found in PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA, Legajo 188-1.

10. ↑ Robichaux, AJRO BLaF, p. 9

    Text: 5.

    Basil LANDRY, 25, 5 arpents, 18 cattle, 3 horses, 1 swine, 2 guns;

    Anastazie RICHARD, his wife, 18;

    Widow RICHARD, his mother-in-law, 51;

    Pelagie RICHARD, his sister-in-law, 8

11. ↑ Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1740-1900 ("SWLR"), CD #101 (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publications Division, 2001):

    CORMIER, Jean Baptiste - native of Acadie; resident of this parish m. contract dated: 2 Jan. 1779 Anne BLANCHARD - native of Acadie; resident of this parish Wits: Joseph GRANGE, Pierre Victor RICHARD, Joseph CORMIE; Alexandre Chevalier DECLOUET (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.9-2, #67)

    BLANCHARD, Anne - native of Acadie; resident of this parish m. contract dated: 2 Jan. 1779 Jean Baptiste CORMIE - native of Acadie; resident of this parish Wits: Joseph GRANGE, Pierre Victor RICHARD, Joseph CORMIE; Alexandre Chevalier DECLOUET (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.9-2, #67)

    CORMIER, Jean Baptiste veuf Marguerite BURCK - des Opeloussas m. 10 Jan. 1779 Anne BLANCHARD, veuve Joseph RICHARD Wits: Aman PREJEAN, Joseph GRANGE, Baptiste GRANGE. Fr. Ange de REVILLA, Cure de la fouche (SM Ch.: v.1, p.66)

    BLANCHARD, Anne veuve Joseph RICHARD m. 10 Jan. 1779 Jean Baptiste CORMIER, veuf Marguerite BURCK - des Opeloussas Wits: Aman PREJEAN, Joseph GRANGE, Baptiste GRANGE. Fr. Ange de REVILLA, "cure de la fouche" [priest of Lafourche] (SM Ch.: v.1, p.66)

    CORMIER, Jean Baptiste - of Opelousas, widower of Marguerite BOURC m. 10 Jan. 1779 Anne RICHARD, widow of Joseph RICHARD Wits: Aman PREJEAN, Joseph GRANGE, Baptiste GRANGE. Fr. Ange De REVILLA, Cure of LaFourche. (SM Ch.: Folio B-1)

    RICHARD, Anne widow of Joseph RICHARD m. 10 Jan. 1779 Jean Baptiste CORMIER - of Opelousas, widower of Marguerite BOURC Wits: Aman PREJEAN, Joseph GRANGE, Baptiste GRANGE. Fr. Ange De REVILLA, Cure of LaFourche. (SM Ch.: Folio B-1)

    Text: BLANCHARD, Anne of Acadia m. 2 Jan. 1779 Jean Baptiste CORMIER of Acadia (LSAR: Opel.: 1779 - 54)

12. ↑ Hebert, SWLR CD:

    Text: BLANCHARD, Anne - of Port Royal, Acadia (Antoine & --- THERIAUT) m.(2) Jean Baptiste CORMIER bur. 31 Dec. 1800 at age 77 yrs. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.4, #228)

    Text: Anne BLANCHARD of Port Royal, Acadia, daughter of Antoine & --- THERIAUT, married 2nd to Jean Baptiste CORMIER, was buried on 31 Dec 1800 at age 77 years. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE presided at St. Martin of Tours Church (SM Ch.: v.4, #228).

13. ↑ Winston DeVille, comp., Calendar of Louisiana Colonial Documents, vol. II, St. Landry Parish (Louisiana State Archives and Records Commission, 1964) p. 5

    Text: #53 & #54: Inventory of property of Jean Baptiste CORMIER & Anne BLANCHARD (4 pages). Also Marriage Contract (4 pages).

14. ↑ Catherine Blanchard