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Anne was born in Port-Royal around 1645.[1] She was probably around 14 years old at the time of her first mariage, and widowed at around age 26 with five children. She remarried soon after François Guérin's death, and she had nine more children with her second husband, Pierre Gaudet.
In 1686, at Port Royal, Anne BLANCHARD, aged 41, was living with her husband Pierre GAUDET, aged 35, and eight children: Giraud [sic] (Pierre's stepson), aged 20. Bernard, aged 13. Pierre, aged 11, Claude, aged 9, Abraham, aged 7, Marie, aged 4, Magdelaine [sic], aged 4, and Jeanne, aged 2. They were living on 4 arpents of cultivable land with 10 hogs. They settled on land west of her husband's younger brother, Pierre le Jeune. She was also living next door to her sister-in-law, Marie, and her family. Marie was one year older than Pierre.[2]
In 1693, at Port Royal, Anne BLANCHARD, aged 48, was living with her husband, Pierre GODET [sic], the elder, aged 41, and their nine children: Bernard, aged 19, Pierre, aged 17, Claude, aged 15, Abraham, aged 13, Madeleine, twin, aged 11, Marie, twin, aged 11, Jeanne, aged 9, Augustine [sic], aged 7, and Jean, aged 3. The family owned 3 guns and was living on 20 arpents of cultivable land with 10 cattle, 12 sheep, and 10 pigs.[3]
She lived in Port-Royal until the age of about 50 and moved to Beaubassin afterwards. Anne was 70 years of age or older when she passed away.
Death date: After census 1714, in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nova Scotia.[1][4]
Residence
CENSUS: 1671, Port-Royal, age 26, on [p. 4] mentioned in parents' entry as married. In own entry, living next door, the widow of deceased Francois GUDOIN[5]
Bernard (dit Le Vieux) GAUDET b: Abt 1673 in Port-Royal
Pierre GAUDET b: Abt 1675 in Port-Royal
Claude GAUDET b: Abt 1677 in Port-Royal
Abraham GAUDET b: Abt 1679 in Port-Royal
Marie GAUDET b: Abt 1682 in Port-Royal
Madeleine GAUDET b: Abt 1682 in Port-Royal
Jeanne GAUDET b: Abt 1684 in Port-Royal
Augustin GAUDET b: Abt 1686 in Port-Royal
Jean GAUDET b: Abt 1690 in Port-Royal
Research Notes
Anne and her sister Marie Blanchard married brothers. Anne married the older Pierre (l'aîné), while her sister Marie married the younger Pierre (lejeune)
at Port Royal: Pierre GAUDET 35, Anne BLANCHARD 41, children: Giraud 20, Bernard 13, Pierre 11, Claude 9, Abraham 7, Marie 4, Magdelaine 4, Jeanne 2; 4 arpents, 10 hogs. The side notes added to the original 1686 census said "Jérome Guérin issu du premier mariage d'Anne Blanchard et de Francois Guérin" (and initialed). Jérome Guérin from the first marriage of Anne Blanchard and Francois Guérin.
at Port Royal: Pierre GODET, elder 41, Anne BLANCHARD 48, Bernard 19, Pierre 17, Claude 15, Abraham 13, Madeleine & Marie (twins) 11, Jeanne 9, Augustine 7, Jean 3; 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, 20 arpents, 3 guns. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Gaudet was listed as GODET, and Augustin was listed as Augustine. Madeleine was listed as Magdelaine and transcribed as Madeleine.
Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, THE ACADIANS IN FRANCE; 1755-1795; vol. II, Metairie, LA, Authors, 1972; p. 34; Salt Lake City Family History Library, EUROPE 944 W2r v.2; contains the Belle Isle en Mer Registers, and the La Rochette Papers. Declaration of Claude PITRE.
↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census
Pierre Godet Lesne Anne Blanchard; 3 acres, 4 cattle; 3 boys: 6, 1672; 4, 1674; 2, 1676.
Pierre GODET 46; Anne BLANCHARD (wife) 53; Pierre 23; Claude 21; Abraham 19; Mie, and Madeleine, twins, 16; Jeanne 14; Augustin 12; 10 cattle, 4 hogs, 10 arpents,
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anne by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Blanchard-186 and Blanchard-1535 appear to represent the same person because: According to Stephen White DGFA p.143 Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert had one daughter named Anne born around 1645, who married first husband Francois Guerin around 1659 and second husband Pierre Gaudet around 1672. These appear to be duplicates.
Two proposals for a merge with Blanchard-488 are awaiting action.
17 October 2013 12:23: Roland Arsenault added an unmerged match of Blanchard-488 and Blanchard-186.
15 September 2015 06:19: Schalk Pienaar added an unmerged match of Blanchard-488 and Blanchard-186.
Are managers in agreement?