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Cécile LeBlanc (abt. 1686 - abt. 1731)

Cécile "Geneviève" LeBlanc aka Boudrot
Born about in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married about 1708 in Grand-Pré, Acadiemap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 45 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Cécile LeBlanc was born about 1686, probably after the 1686 census in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, daughter of Jacques LeBlanc (abt. 1651–aft. 1731) and Catherine Hébert (abt. 1656–aft. 1714) according to Stephen White, who names her as just Cécile.[1]

In 1693, at Minas, Genevieve [recte Cecile], aged 9 [recte 7], lived with her parents, Jacques LeBlanc, aged 42, and Caterine [sic] Hebert, aged 32, and her ten siblings: Jean, aged 19, Jacques, aged 17, Marie, aged 15, Antoine [recte Pierre], aged 13 [recte 9], Anne, aged 11, Caterine [sic], aged 11, Madeleine, aged 7, Francois, aged 5, Pierre [recte Bernard], aged 3, and Ignace, aged 1. The family owned 1 gun and lived on 11 arpents of cultivable land with 12 cattle, 6 sheep, and 6 pigs.[2][1]

Cécile (21) married Michel Boudrot (22) (born about 1685 in Grand-Pré; son of Claude Boudrot and Anne-Marie Thibodeau) in 1708 in Grand-Pré.[1]

Their known children were:[1]

  1. Michel Boudrot (abt. 1708–bef. 1756)
  2. Marie Boudrot (1709–1758)
  3. François Boudrot (1710–1757)
  4. Francoise Boudrot (1712–1737)
  5. Cécile Boudrot (abt. 1714–1811)
  6. Jean-Baptiste Boudrot (abt. 1715–1760)
  7. Rene Boudrot (bef. 1717–abt. 1757)
  8. Pierre Boudrot (1720–bef. 1763)
  9. Honoré Boudrot (1724–bef. 1756)
  10. Marguerite Boudrot (1725–abt. 1764)
  11. Olivier Boudrot (1728–1783)

Around 1708, Michel and Cécile founded the village des Michel (in present-day Port Williams / Starr's Point, NS) that bears his name.[3]

In 1714 they appeared on the census taken at Rivière-des-Habitants (Les Mines) with 1 son and 3 daughters.[4]

She died in 1731. (date of death was omitted in register). She was buried on 26 May 1731 in Grand-Pré.[5][6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 White, Stephen A. Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999, Print. pp. 207 and 986 :Cécile Le Blanc, daughter of Jacques & Catherine Hebert, born probably after the 1686 census. On the 1693 census at Les Mines, she was listed as Genevieve, age 9 years (sic). She married around 1708 to Michel Boudrot, son of Claude & Anne-Marie Thibodeau. She was buried (Grand Pré Register) 26 May 1731, age 45 years. Present was Jacques LeBlanc, her father.
  2. Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;
    at Minas: Jacques LeBlanc 42, Caterine Hebert 32, Jean 19, Jacques 17, Marie 15, Antoine 13, Caterine 11, Genevieve 9, Madeleine 7, Francois 5, Pierre 3, Ignace 1; 12 cattle, 6 sheep, 6 pigs, 11 arpents, 1 gun. In the original 1693 census at Minas, Jacques was listed as Jaques, Catherine was listed as Caterine, Pierre was listed as Antoine, Cecile was listed as Genevieve, Madeleine was listed as Mdle and transcribed as Madeleine, and Bernard was listed as Pierre. According to Stephen White, Anne, aged 11, was listed in this census, but her name did not appear in the transcription or the original census.
  3. Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 229, 230, 232
  4. Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-261;
    Rivière-des-Habitants, Les Mines: Michel Boudrot and wife, 1 son, 3 daughters.
  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 838, Cécile LeBlanc Burial, 26 May 1731, accessed December 2020. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
  6. Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748, Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999. Note: The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA., p. 125,
    Age ca. 25, wife of Michel Boudrot, daughter of Jacque LeBlanc (SGA-2, 109)
See also:
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources, including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived Note: APID: 1,7836::0
  • Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0




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Can I change Marie Cécile to just Cécile? White calls her just Cécile, and she was buried as just Cécile.
posted by Ralph Geer
That seems reasonable. The only sources on KTR's page for her are a family tree and Bona Arsenault. I would preference White's name without Marie.
posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Unknown-362210 and LeBlanc-3 appear to represent the same person because: Similar date of birth. Same spouse. Was a hidden marriage in a public profile. Discovered thanks to suggestion 421 and corrected,
posted by Gisèle Cormier

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