Olivier LeBlanc (abt. 1747 - abt. 1808)

Born about 1747 in Grand Pré, Acadie

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Madeleine Lebert — married 26 Jun 1781 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France

Husband of Rose Richard — married 7 Nov 1790 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died about 25 Jan 1808 at about age 61 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Orleans Territory, United States

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Biography

OLIVIER LE BLANC is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 7-Right, La Bergere. Listed with him is his wife, Marie Lebert, and two children: Pierre and Marie. ^[1]

Olivier LeBlanc was born in Grand Pré, Acadie in 1747, a son of Victor LeBlanc and Marie Aucoin.^[2]

Then, in 1755 came le grand dérangement, when he was about seven years old. His particular story should be researched beyond this sketch, and told here. We know that he was in France by 1781; did he arrive there from England via Virginia? Or was he sent directly there in 1758?

On 26 June 1781, he married Marie Madeleine Lebert at Nantes, France.^[3][4]

On 5 August 1785, they immigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana. He was by then thirty-eight years old and a woodworker. He and Marie had two children.^[5]

Marie died sometime after the 1785 birth of their third child.

On 7 November 1790, he married Rose Richard in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.^[6]

He was probably widowed again by the time he was buried on 25 January 1808 at St. Joseph Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee, Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 30.
2. ↑ Gérard-Marc Braud, Acadiens en France: Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785, (Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999) p. 184.
3. ↑ Gérard-Marc Braud, From Nantes to Louisiana, (Lafayette, LA: La Rainette, 1999) p. 83;

   Olivier LEBLANC married on 26 Jun 1781 at St. Leonard to Marie-Madeleine LEBERT.

4. ↑ Archives départementales du Loire-Atlantique, Digital Images of Death Certificates, (Loire-Atlantique: Archives du Loire-Atlantique, n.d.)

   Nantes-Saint-Léonard, marriage BMS 1781 no. 3E109/113 (1781), Ollivier Leblanc and Marie-Magd'ne Lebert, accessed 15 Oct 2019. https://www.archinoe.fr/v2/ark:/42067/6a89a835498e9bfb906cad7c6a6851ef

   https://www.archinoe.fr/v2/ark:/42067/701291ed58c751025824889282656329
5. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index, (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995) pp. 20-21;

   Olivier LEBLANC, age 38, a woodworker, head of 40th family (of 4 persons) aboard "La Bergère," traveling with his wife Marie LEBERT, age 23, and two children.

6. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, 1770-1803, vol. 2, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese, 1980) p. 480;

   Olivier [LEBLANC], son of Victor & Maria OCOIN, married on 7 Nov 1790 to Rosa RICHARD, daughter of Juan & Margarita LANDRY, Acadians. Witnesses: Carolos BROUSARD; Jean BUJOL (ASC-2, 35).

7. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, 1804-1819, vol. 3, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese, 1982) p. 553;

   Olivier [LEBLANC], age 72 years, unmarried[sic] son of Victor & Maria O'COIN, buried on 25 Jan 1808 at St. Joseph Church, Baton Rouge, LA (SJP-4, 37).