Joseph Olivier Blanchard (1730 - bef. 1777)

Born 5 Jun 1730 in Grand Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Josèphe Landry — married 1758 in Maryland Colony

Descendants

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Biography

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JOSEPH BLANCHARD is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 1 Right. Listed with him is his wife Marie Josephe Landry and three children: Firmin, Marguerite and Joseph. ^[1]

Joseph Blanchard was born 5 June 1730. He was the son of René Blanchard and Marguerite Thériot. He was baptized the day he was born at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia.^[2]

On 5 September 1755, Joseph was imprisoned along with hundreds of other Acadian men at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand-Pré. On a list of prisoners, he was said to live in the village Pierre LeBlanc. No children or livestock were listed for him on Winslow's list. He was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[3][4]

Joseph was deported to Maryland in 1755 where he married Marie Josèphe Landry, daughter of Alexandre Landry and Anne flan, about 1758. ^[4] The couple appear on the census of 7 July 1763 taken in Baltimore, Maryland. "marque + de Joseph Blanchard, Mari Joseph Lendry, Firmin Blanchard, Marguerite Blanch; 4 [persons in the household]"^[5][6]

By July 1767 the family had immigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana^[7] and established themselves in St. Gabriel shortly thereafter (August 1767).^[8]

He died after April 17, 1774 but before March 7, 1777 when his wife was listed as a widow on the Census.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 11.
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 280): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/280?r=0&s=4
3. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand-Pré - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand-Pré, September the 15th 1755," line # 280,

   Village Pierre LeBlanc, Joseph Blanchard

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 308
5. ↑ "Acadian Exiles in the Colonies"; Janet Jehn; Covington, KY: Author, 1977; pp. 147 & 158

   "a l'ile de Baltimord [sic], Etat de gens neutrals Acadiens qui sont a Baltimore En Maryland"

   marque + de Joseph Blanchard, Mari Joseph Lendry, Firmin Blanchard, Marguerite Blanch+ .... 4

   "at the isle of Baltimord, State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are at Baltimore in Maryland"

   Mark of Joseph BLANCHARD, Mari [sic] Joseph LENDRY, Firmin BLANCHARD, Marguerite BLANCH (sic)

6. ↑ Family Tree of Karen Theriot Reader, accessed 22 November 2019; citing: "The French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800", Gregory A. Wood; Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978; p. 188

   BLANCHARD, Joseph, Marie Joseph LANDRY, Firmin BLANCHARD, Marguerite BLANCHARD.

7. ↑ "Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians"; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796"; Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973;

   On "LIST OF ACADIAN FAMILIES WHO CAME TO LOUISIANA TO BE ESTABLISNED [sic] IN THE YEAR 1767" signed by Julian Alverez, found in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 114: No. 9.

   Joseph BLANCHER (BLANCHARD), age 39;

   Maria Joseph, 29;

   Fermin, son, 7;

   Joseph, son, 15 months;

   Margerita, daughter, 5.

8. ↑ "End of an Odyssey: Acadians Arrive in St. Gabriel", Louisiana Author(s): R. E. Chandler; Source: Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter, 1973), pp. 69-87 Published by: Louisiana Historical Association; Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4231303; pp. 69-87 - Originals in Seville, Spain: General Archives of the Indies, Section 5, Government, Audiencia of Santo Domingo, Legajo 2585. pp. 81 & 82

   Jph BLANCHAR (Joseph BLANCHARD), with his wife and three children, on 6 arpents of land.

   On "List of the Acadian Families That Have Come to Establish Themselves in

   This Province of Louisiana and an Account of Their Belongings:" Maria Josepha, age 29 years.
9. ↑ "Saint Gabriel Settlers": The 1777 Census of Iberville District in the Province of Louisiana; Winston De Ville; Claitor's Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, 2010. p. 4

   Widow Jausephe Blanchar, [age ?]8; 2 sons, [ages] 20, 3; 3 daughters, 15, 8, 6; 18 cattle; 10 hogs; 20 [?] fowl; 6 arpents.