Elisabeth Blanchard (1727 - 1786)

Born 25 May 1727 in St-Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, Acadie

Ancestors

Wife of Guillaume Comeau — married 3 Feb 1749 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Wife of Jean François (Dufaut) Dufault — married 7 Feb 1763 in Saint-Ours, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1786 at age 58 in Sorel, Province de Québec

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Biography

This profile is part of the Blanchard Name Study.

Elizabeth Blanchard, daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and Jeanne Dupuy (Dupuis) was born in Annapolis Royal, Acadia 25 May 1727. She was baptized the same day at the church of St Jean Baptiste parish where her parents lived. Her godparents were Paul Le Blanc, son of Pierre Le Blanc, also an inhabitant of the parish of St Jean and Marie Blanchard, daughter of Antoine Blanchard, also of said parish.^[1][2] A loose translation of the document reads: The fifteenth of June of the year seventeen hundred twenty and seven, I undersigned Rene Charles de Breslay, missionary priest of the parish of St Jean Baptiste at Annapolis Royale in Nova Scotia or Acadia, baptized Elizabeth, daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and Jeanne Dupuis his wife. Born the same day month and year. The godfather was Paul Le Blanc and the godmother Marie Blanchard, daughter of Antoine. (All parties mentioned) are inhabitants of the parish of St Jean. They have declared they cannot sign. Signed by R C de Breslay priest.

It is important to take note that the usage of the phrase "Nova Scotia or Acadia in the baptism document infers that there were two separate nations and that the Acadians retained their sovereignty in spite of British occupation. Where Acadians are concerned we should use only Acadia without the appendages Nova Scotia or New France to be completely accurate in stating the origins and sovereignty of the Acadian people. The phrase Nova Scotia or Acadia was still in use during the treaty talks that ended with the Treaty of Paris 1763, well after the expulsion, however said treaty does not include mention of the Acadian people or their sovereignty. Further to this we can also conclude that the same is true of the Royal Proclamation 1763 which only makes mention of a claim to Quebec City (now a world heritage site) and does not include any part of today's maritime provinces or any other part of today's Canada.^[3]

Elizabeht (Elizabeth) Blanchard married Guillaume Commeau, son of Pierre Commeau and Susanne Besiers in Port-Royal in 1749.^[4]

At the time of the Acadian deportations she and her family fled to Quebec.

She died in Quebec in 1786 (named Leblanc instead of Blanchard in the register...)^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives: "An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal 1702-1755," RG 1, Vol. 26a, p. 415 Baptism
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 222) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/222?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ Bud St Amand 27 Feb 2020
4. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives: An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, RG 1, Vol. 26a, p. 377 Marriage Guillaume Comeau/Elizabeth Blanchard
5. ↑ Institut Généalogique Drouin: Registre paroissial Sorel 1786 Burial

• Institut Généalogique Drouin: Le Lafrance Marriage Jean François Dufaut/Élisabeth Blanchard

Acknowledgments

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