Marie Magdeleine LeBlanc (1725 - 1759)

Born 18 Nov 1725 in Grand Pré, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste Forest — married about 1745 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1759 at age 33 in Saint-Servan, Brittany, France

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Biography

Marie Magdeleine LeBlanc was born 18 Nov 1725. She was the daughter of François LeBlanc and Cecile Boudreaux. She was baptized the day she was born at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia. Her godparents were Pierre Clouatre and Clere Leblanc.^[1][2]

She married Jean Forest about 1745 and the couple had at least 4 children. They were deported to St-Malo, France where she died at age 33.^[3][4]

From Monte Leblanc Blog:^[5] "Marie Madeleine LeBlanc, my 6th Great Grandmother, was born in Grand-Pre Acadia on 18 November 1725 to Francois LeBlanc and Cecile Boudrot.

She would marry a Jean Baptiste Forest around 1745 and to this family would be born two boys and two girls. The family would reside in Pisiguit Acadia, During the French and Indian War, the family moved to Isle Madame to be under the Security of the French Fort at Louisbourg. With the fall of Fort Louisbourg in 1758, the Forest family was captured and placed on ships for France.

It is unknown whether the father, Jean Baptiste Forest, died prior to the sailing to France or perished during the sailing. One ten year old daughter would escape the sailing by going to Quebec with relatives.(see link below to previous blogpost) The widow, Marie LeBlanc and three of her children survived the sailing and arrived in St Malo France on 23 January 1759. (See record below)

Conditions aboard the ship must have been horrible as the family was placed in the hospital upon their arrival in France.(See hospital record below) Marie died on 18 March 1759 in St. Servan France and was buried there the following day.(See Burial Record below) Two of her remaining children would die less than a month after their mother on April 12th and April 14th in the hospital of St. Servan. Only one child of this family would survive the sailing to St Malo France."

Sources

1. ↑ "Catholic Church Records", vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748; Diocese of Baton Rouge; Diocese, 1999. The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA.; p. 146

   LEBLANC: Marie Magdeline Leblanc (Francois Leblanc and Cecille Boudrot) bn. 18 Nov. 1725, bt. 18 Nov. 1725 spo. P. Cloistre (s) and Clere Leblanc (SGA-2,63)

2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines(Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 *(Image 220): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/220?r=0&s=4
3. ↑ "Acadians in Exile in Saint Malo 1758-1785"; Albert J. Robichaux; Hebert Publications, Eunice, Louisiana 1981; Part I A-G, Vol. 1 of the series; p. 326

   Family #397: Jean FOREST, born about 1722, a ploughman, married about 1745 to Marie-Madeleine LEBLANC.

   Burial: Age 33 years.

4. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 images 190-191, accessed September 2023

   LE BLANC Madeleine, widow of FOREST Jean, 36, lives at La Cité with Étienne Hamel, at St Servan. Died 17 March 1759
   

   FOREST Etienne, 9, son, at Rosay hospital 29 March-30 April
   

   FOREST Olivier, 14, son, died at Rosay hospital on 14 April 1759
   

   FOREST Josèphe, 7, daughter, hospitalized at Rosay hospital on 20 March. Lives with Jean-Pierre listed above. Died at the hospital on 12 April 1759
   

5. ↑ http://leblancroots.blogspot.com/2012/08/marie-madeleine-leblanc.html

See also:

• Karen Theriot Reader Page for Marie Madeleine LeBlanc at Geneanet