Acadian roadblock possibly due to no children listed for LeBlanc-1896

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I am going up a lineage that looks like it leads to Acadian ancestors. I am stuck at a person not in Wikitree, Gaeton (Galleton) LeBlanc (1768-1850), Arichat, NS, that several Ancestry trees have parents listed that are in Wikitree, LeBlanc-1896 and Blanchard-3950. They do not have any children listed on Wikitree, there is a reference that makes this couple sound important, and 2 children's names are listed in the only source, but the names are not Gaeton. None of the Ancestry trees show sources so I don't want to use them as I know Ancestry trees are full of errors. I know that Wikitree has great resources for Acadians as I have found my maternal grandfather's full Acadian lineage, and am now finding my maternal grandmother to have some Acadian lineage as well. Removing this roadblock should allow me to find this whole lineage as after this connection there are a lot of related profiles if these are truly the parents. Thank you.
WikiTree profile: René LeBlanc
in Genealogy Help by Keith Bycholski G2G1 (1.2k points)
edited by Keith Bycholski
Keith, unfortunately your roadblock happens right at the point where the Acadians were scattered to the winds. Hopefully another Leblanc researcher with expertise on this line can help answer your questions. My resources are pretty much nil for Acadians who remained in Nova Scotia after 1755.
Thanks Joyce, I was thinking that the expulsion may be part of the issue. Most of my ancestors went to Memramcook but I have found a few that were expelled and even some that died at sea when expelled. I was able to find the person from another reply, thanks for your help.

Hello,

        My Grandmother was Acadian, she was a Albert. There is a facebook group for acadians. here is the link : https://www.facebook.com/groups/AcadianFrenchCanadianGenealogy/

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FamilySearch has records for him:

  • "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5MK-9XB : 10 February 2018), Rene Leblanc, 10 Nov 1731; citing SAINT CHARLES,GRAND PRE,KINGS,NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 976.3K29C.
  • "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2HN-Z8J : 10 February 2018), Rene Le Blanc in entry for Sabine Le Blanc, 15 Jul 1771; citing , 15 Jul 1771, reference v 2 p 33; FHL microfilm 1,320,000.
  • "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2HN-C8X : 10 February 2018), Rene Le Blanc in entry for Hyacinte Le Blanc, 01 Feb 1762; citing , 01 Feb 1762, reference v 2 p 33; FHL microfilm 1,320,000.
  • "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2HN-Z8P : 10 February 2018), Rene Le Blanc in entry for Clothilde Le Blanc, 07 Apr 1764; citing , 07 Apr 1764, reference v 2 p 33; FHL microfilm 1,320,000.
and a bunch more children. Note that these are transcribed records and not original but give you a starting place about where to find the real records.
by Doug McCallum G2G6 Pilot (527k points)
selected by Keith Bycholski
Awesome Doug, the person is listed as one of Rene's children! You made me realize that I under-utilize FamilySearch, I guess I assumed that if it was there some of the Ancestry trees would source it, lesson learned. My grandparents meet in MA, my grandmother thought she was of purely Irish roots, but I am finding that there is as much Acadian as Irish and that my grandparents share some Acadian ancestors.
I'm happy to have helped. FamilySearch may also have unindexed records in the "film" Catalog. There are many of the microfilms that have been digitized but not yet indexed. It can be very useful to work through any of those that might contain info of use. Tedious, but useful.

My father's family always claimed of all Scottish descent. There is a lot of Welsh and English as well as Irish. My mother's side.one part branches off to early Colonial Massachusetts but most of it goes to Quebec. The amusing thing is that my Dad's parents moved from New Brunswick to the USA to avoid having the kids marry cousins or the French. My Dad grew up and found a French Canadian girl in Massachusetts to marry. I haven't found Acadian yet but a number of my ancestors had siblings who married someone of Acadian background.
I had to go look at your Blanchards. Not a match for mine. I have two lines One is goes back to Colonial Mass. The other was a Loyalist line that goes back to Normandy, France. They were thrown out of New Jersey after the American Revolution. I haven't proven the Normandy part yet.

Did your grandparents work in the mills? They brought a lot of the French Canadian to Mass. There was a lot of moving around that happened as well so traces could be found in MA, RI and CT although some like my great grandfather Caplette bought a farm and stayed put.
I keep thinking of things. Do you know about the American-French Genealogical Society (afgs.org). Not a lot of online stuff but they have some good resources. They have a really nice facility in Woonsocket, RI.
I found 2 lines on my maternal grandfather (Belliveau-241) that lead to Blanchard-92, who immigrated from France. My Irish maternal grandmother who you helped with, her Blanchard ancestor also goes up to Blanchard-92. I would guess that Blanchard-92 is your furthest Blanchard ancestor as well. My GG immigrated from NB to Waltham, MA, and my grandfather settled in CT. My GG (Belliveau-242) was listed as a carpenter on the census.
Doug, that's interesting you mention the mills.  My family was Acadian (and also many Quebecois) and they came to MA (Holyoke).  My grandfather lost an arm in the mill, which is why he started his own accounting firm and invented some kind of accounting ledger paper.  Unfortunately he died young (in his 50's) and the family lost everything.  I'm going to look a little more to see how many others of my family worked in the mills.
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He is listed as Gaetan LeBlanc, located here:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/LeBlanc-8653
by Cliff Augot G2G1 (1.5k points)
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I hate that I can't copy and paste in emails! I did found a website, with at least 4 sources for Galleton Leblanc. It's on a family website,  KingGardnerFamilyHistory.com according to one source , Arichat Notre Dame de L'Assomption Parish, Isle Madame, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, (Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946, Arichat B_M_S 1841-1852 Image 042 of 220. List marriage "fils majeur de defunt (father) Joseph Leblanc et de (mother) Charlotte Fougere and (wife) Anastasie Babin, Fille majuer d'Abraham Babin et d'Emille with dispensations "qu'une parente du troisieme degre, une do troiseme au quatrieme et une du quatrieme" 

Also 

father Galleton Leblanc b. Abt. 1821 d. 27 Dec 1854

mother Anastasie Babin b. abt 1818

son Galleton Simon Leblanc b. 8Feb 1836

Hope it helps.

Dawne 

by Dawne Rodriguez G2G3 (3.1k points)

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