Cora (Meaux) LeBlanc (1897 - 1928)

Born 16 Mar 1897 in Maurice, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur LeBlanc — married 21 Dec 1916 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 26 May 1928 at age 31 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Cora (Meaux) LeBlanc is a descendant of an Acadian

Cora (Meaux) LeBlanc lived in Louisiana.

Genealogy Summary

The Meaux family can be traced with certainty from Cora Meaux back five generations to her 3rd great-grandfather Michel Meaux, who was born in Saintonge, France in 1744. Michel immigrated to Louisiana by 1770 and served as a Corporal in the Attakapas militia under General Bernardo de Galvez in the march to and capture of Baton Rouge during the American Revolutionary War. Over the next 125 years, five generations of Meauxs would be born in Louisiana, including Michel's son Francois Xavier, born in 1777, Francois Xavier's son Francois, born in 1803, Francois' son Eugene, born in 1830, Eugene's son Sevenne, born in 1853, and Sevenne's daugter Cora, a 6th generation Louisianan.

Family Summary

Parents

Father: Sevenne Meaux ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Mother: Aline Chaty ^[1][2]

Spouse

Arthur LeBlanc (1895-1972,m. 1916 ^{[6][7][8][4][5]}

Children

1. Nursey LeBlanc (1918-1996) ^[7]

2. Opta LeBlanc (1920-1920) ^[9]

3. Bernice LeBlanc (1921-2018) ^[7]

4. Eunice "Mim" LeBlanc (1923-2010) ^[7]

5. Ruby LeBlanc (1925-1998) ^[7]

6. Georgie LeBlanc (1928-1928) ^[10][7]

Timeline

1897: Birth

Cora Meaux was born on March 16, 1897 to Sevenne Meaux and Aline Chaty. Her birth was registered at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Maurice, Vermilion Parish, LA. ^[1][2][3][4]

1900 Census

On June 7, 1900, Cora (age 3) lived with her parents, Sevenne (age 48) and Aline (age 39), and siblings Sidonie (age 20), Louise (age 14), Cristine (age 11), Etienette (age 8), Ignasse (age 6), Rosa (age 5) and Maurice (age 2 months) in Broussard Cove, Vermilion Parish (4th Ward). Sevenne worked as a farmer. ^[2]

1910 Census

On April 23, 1910, Cora (age 13, transcribed as Cora Moone) lived in ward 2, Lafayette, LA with her widowed father Sevene Meaux (age 54, transcribed as Levern Moone), and siblings Christine (age 22), Annias (Agnes, age 18), Horac (Rose, age 16), Octav (Opta, age 10), Emma (Amee, age 8) and Christine's son Joseph (age 7--listed as Sevene's son but he was grandson). ^[3]

1916: Marriage

On December 21, 1916, Cora (age 19) married Arthur LeBlanc (age 21). ^[6]

1920 Census

On February 11, 1920, Cora (age 23) lived with her husband, Arthur (age 25), and first daughter, Nursey (age 2), in Lafayette, LA (Ward 8), where Arthur worked as a farmer. Cora was pregnant with her second child at this time. ^[8]

In March of 1920, Cora gave birth to her second child, a boy, which she named Opta after her only brother, Opta Meaux. Little Opta lived for only two months--he died of orchitis and parotitis on May 4, 1920.^[9]

Arthur and Cora went on to have four more daughters after the death of their baby boy. The last daughter, Georgie, was born January 3, 1928, less than five months before Cora's death.

1928: Death

Cora died of carcinoma of the small intestines on May 26, 1928, age 31, in the charity hospital in New Orleans, LA. She was buried at St. Alphonsus Cemetery in Maurice, Vermilion Parish, LA. ^{[4][7][11][5]}

Becuse Cora died at such a young age, none of her grandchildren met her or even knew her name. Cora's grandson Lee Pullin recalled cleaning out his mother Eunice's home after her death in 2010 and finding a lock of Cora's red hair, which disappeared as relatives took things from the house.

Less than three months after Cora's death, baby Georgie died of chronic indigestion on August 8, 1928. She was only seven months old. ^[10]

When this genealogy research began in fall 2017, no living relatives knew that there had been a 5th LeBlanc sister. Georgie was never spoken of by her father or sisters.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications,1983-2009; reprints by Claitor's Publishing)

   Text: MEAUX, Cora (Seven & Aline CHATTY) b. 16 March 1897 (Maurice Ch.: v. 1, p. 111)

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPX-G7N : accessed 2 March 2020), Cora Meaux in household of Sevenase Meaux, Police Jury Ward 4 Broussard Cove, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 5A, family 70, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,585.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYQ-CGK : accessed 2 March 2020), Cora Moone in household of Levern Moone, Police Jury Ward 2, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 9A, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 516; FHL microfilm 1,374,529.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Mrs. Arthur LeBlanc, Death Certificate (1928), State of Louisiana
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZNGK-JKN2 : 26 May 2020), Mrs Arthur Leblanc, 1928.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} From the research of Beverly Istre, Cora's niece, shared by her son Ted Istre to Lori George via Messenger on April 15, 2020
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} Obituary, Mrs. Arthur LeBlanc, Newspapers.com - The Daily Advertiser - 28 May 1928 - Page 5
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV7M-6VX : accessed 2 March 2020), Cora Leblanc in household of Arthur Leblanc, Police Jury Ward 8, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 41, sheet 3B, line 90, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 615; FHL microfilm 1,820,615.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F33N-966 : 21 May 2019), Cora Meany in entry for Opta Leblanc, 04 May 1920; citing , Lafayette, Louisiana, certificate number 5339, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,365,686.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3S1-X6G : 21 May 2019), Cora Meaux in entry for Georgie Leblanc, 08 Aug 1928; citing Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, certificate number 10498, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,385,630.
11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 March 2020), memorial page for Cora Meaux LeBlanc (16 Mar 1897–May 1928), Find A Grave: Memorial #148293825, citing Saint Alphonsus Cemetery, Maurice, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).