Canut (LeBlanc) White (1863 - 1931)

Born 8 Jul 1863 in Shallop Cove, St George's, Newfoundland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Adelaide (Benoit) White — married 19 Jan 1902 in Immaculate Conception, Sandy Point, Newfoundland

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1931 at age 67 in Shallop Cove, St. George's, Newfoundland

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Biography

Canut LeBlanc aka Kenneth White, was born on 8 July 1863 and baptised on July 9 1863, as the son of Antoine LeBlanc and Marie LeBlanc^[1]

He married Anne Adelaide Benoit d/o Oliver Benoit and Henriette-Rose Lucas on Jan 19 1902.^[2]

Marriage Certificate-Vital Stats, Kenneth White and Adelaide Benoit, 19 Jan 1902, St. George’s, Newfoundland, FM37090, Reg date: 30 June 1902,reg # 19020346314, copy from Georgina Hoddinott, St. George’s, Newfoundland, Canada, held by Rhonda White, Stephenville, Newfoundland

In the transcribed Church marriage record, Kenneth is listed as son of Antonie LeBlanc and Mary White(she was born Marie LeBlanc), Shallop Cove, Adelaide is listed as daughter of Oliver Benoit(a descendant of Francois Benoit and Anne L'Official) and Rose of Main Gut. He is 32 and she is 30.^[3]

Death: "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-4PG1 : 10 June 2015), White, 1918.

Entry Number: 26 Reference ID: GS Film Number: 002168729 Digital Folder Number: 004554313 Image Number: 00550

Copy of vital record downloaded by Rhon White and held in LeBlanc/White family binder^[4]

Research Notes

Rhon's research has shown that her great grandfather, Canut LeBlanc has also been recorded as Kenneth White in different records(see sources below). In Canut's generation, the name change from LeBlanc to White became permanent. Anthony White son of Kenneth answered to Antoine and was bilingual. His first language was French. For many years in Nfld, children were not allowed to speak French in school or elsewhere and there was a stigma attached to being French, and more so if identified as Mi'kmaq. Many families lost the languages of their ancestors. All generations from Anthony White onward carry the surname White and few speak French or Mi'kmaq today. We are working to restore our language and our heritage. Many of us have our status.

Sources

1. ↑ Certificate of Baptism: Canut LeBlanc, St. Joseph’s Church, St. George’s, Newfoundland, Canada, born 8 July 1863 and bapt. 9 July 1863, St. George's Mission by Rev Alex Belenger, sponsors: William LeBlanc and Elizabeth LeBlanc
2. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQX-TJ9N : 2 March 2021), Kenneth White and Adelaide Benoit, 1902.
3. ↑ NL GenWeb, West Coast Region ~ Bay St. George District, Sandy Point & St. George's, Immaculate Conception R.C. / St. Joseph's R.C, Bay St. George DistrictMarriages 1900s© Laverne Cormier, Steve Gillis & NL GenWeb. Accessed 2022.
4. ↑ ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/death-reg-bk-11-1931-1933-stg.shtml....Kenneth was born and died in Shallop Cove (Heart failure) and is interred at St George's. He was 67.