Marguerite Genevieve LeBlanc (1765 - aft. 1799)

Born 11 Sep 1765 in St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Ancestors

Died after 12 Jul 1799 after age 33 in Louisiana

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Biography

Charles LeBlanc, Magdeleine Gotreau and their daughter Margueritte Le Blanc are on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Plaque 10 Left Le Saint Remi. (Suplement a la liste des Acadiens embarques dans le navire le St Remy pour la nouvelle-orleans.) ^[1]

Marguerite Genevieve was born in 1765 at St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She was baptised at Saint-Servan. She was the daughter of Charles LeBlanc and Marie Madeleine Gautrot. She passed away after 1799.^[2][3]

10 September 1785 : Immigration - New Orleans, Orleans, LA.^[4]

Marguerite LEBLANC, age 18, was one of the 4th family on "Additional list of Acadians" embarked on the ship "Le Saint Rémi" on 27 Jun 1785, arrived at New Orleans, LA on 10 Sep 1785. She traveled with her parents, whose ages are given as 67 and 68.

Following Notes re the source are by Karen Theriot Reader, geneanet.org.

[She married 2½ months later to a man who had debarked from "L'Amitié'" on 8 Nov 1785.]

On p. 63, her marriage on 20 Nov 1785 to Augustin DUHON, son of Honoré & Anne TRAHAN (62nd family on "Le Saint Rémi" [sic, they were the 59th on "L'Amitié'"] was noted as arranged by Navarro. Marguerite died "at the hospital" .

4 December 1785 :Marriage (with Augustin Marie DUON) - New Orleans, Orleans, LA.^[5][6]

after 12 July 1799 : Death - Orleans, LA (unsourced)

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. 37
2. ↑ Acadian Exiles in Saint-Malo, The, pt. I, vol. 2 - Albert J. Robichaux - Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981 - The genealogies of the Acadians in Saint-Malo and its environs, H-Z, 1758-1785. - p. 555 Was her mother age 46 when she was born? - Family #628:
3. ↑ Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785 - Gérard-Marc Braud - Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999 - A genealogical approach. - p. 178
4. ↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995 - pp. 60-61
5. ↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995 - pp. 62-63

   Agustin DOUAN, son of Honorato DOUAN & Ana TRAHAM (said to be from the 62nd family on "Le Saint-Rémi"[sic, really in the 59th family on L'Amitié]), marriage arranged on 20 Nov 1785 by Martin NAVARRO to Margarita LEBLANC, daughter of Carlos & Magdalena GAUTREAUX. Following Note is by Karen Theriot Reader, geneanet.org. [She had come on the "Saint-Rémi," but died at the hospital in New Orleans, after a son was born?]

6. ↑ Sacramental Records, vol. 4, 1784-1790 - Earl C. Woods, ed. - New Orleans: Archdiocese, 1987; pp. 109 & 186.

   Agustin DUN, son of Honorato & Ana DUN, native of Berilamer [Belle-Ile-en-mer] in France, married on 4 Dec 1785 to Margarita LEBLANC, daughter of Carlos & Magdalena GOD[illegible]. Witnesses: Vicente LLORCE; Josef MARTINEZ (SLC, M5, 42).