Pierre LeBlanc (abt. 1684 - 1745)

Born about 1684 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Landry — married 15 Nov 1718 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 25 May 1745 at about age 61 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Pierre Leblanc was born around 1684, probably in Port Royal. He was the son of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine Hébert.^[1] His parents were married there, all his older siblings were born there, and the family was there when he was 2.

In 1686, at Port Royal, Pierre, aged 2, was living with his parents, Jacques LEBLANC, aged 35, and Catherine HEBERT, aged 23, and his seven siblings: Jean, aged 12, Marguerite, aged 11, Jacques, aged 9, Marie, aged 6, Anne, aged 5, Catherine, aged 3 and René, aged 1 month. The family owned 3 guns and was living on 6 arpents of cultivable land with 25 cattle, 30 sheep and 15 hogs.^[2]

Pierre (33) married Marie Landry (25) (born about 1692 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of René Landry and Anne Thériot) on 15 Nov 1718 at Saint Charles des Mines in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia.^[3][1] Their known children were:^[4]

1. Marie Magdeleine LeBlanc (1719–1791) .
2. Pierre LeBlanc (1721–abt. 1746) .
3. Jean Baptiste (Leblanc) LeBlanc (1723–1771)

He died on 25 May 1745 in Grand Pré, Acadia, aged about 61 years.^[5][1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 986
2. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Jacques LEBLANC 35, Catherine Hébert 23; children: Jean 12, Jacques 9, Pierre 9, Pierre 2, René 1 month, Marguerite 11, Marie 6, Anne 5, Catherine 3, 3 guns, 6 arpents, 25 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Pierre, aged 9, was not listed, only Pierre, aged 2.

3. ↑ 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 598): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/598?r=0&s=5
4. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Page for Pierre LeBlanc at Geneanet
5. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869, roll 1, Image 875. Burial for Pierre Leblanc. 25 May 1745, accessed 18 Oct 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.

See also:

• http://www.peterandsally.com/Docs/DescendantReport.pdf
• Stephen A. White, "Rapport du secteur de généalogie: Les couples homonymes." Contact-Acadie, Bulletin du Centre d'études acadiennes, N· 17, juin 1991, p. 29-34, accessed at https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf5/1991-1994.pdf