Marguerite LeBlanc (abt. 1706 - abt. 1782)

Born about 1706 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Pierre Clouatre — married about 1722 in Acadie

Descendants

Died about 19 Apr 1782 at about age 76 in St Gabriel, Louisiana

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Biography

Marguerite LeBlanc, veuve Pierre Cloatre, is on the Wall of Names in the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Plaque 2R. With her are listed their children: Pierre, Anne, Marthe, and Joseph.^[1]

Marguerite Le Blanc was born about 1706 in Acadie. She was the daughter of Charles LeBlanc and Marie Gauterot. Marguerite married Pierre Clouatre around 1722.

Pierre was about sixty years old, and Marguerite around fifty, at the start of le Grand Dérangement. On 5 September 1755, Pierre 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 of Gaspareau with 2 sons and 4 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 6 bullocks, 3 cows, 3 young cattle, 24 sheep, 18 hogs, and 2 horses. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[2]

In late 1755 Pierre, Marguerite and their children Pierre-Sylvain, Joseph, Marguerite-Charlotte, Marie, Anne and Marthe were deported to Maryland. ^[3] Marguerite was on the 7 July 1763 census at Port Tobacco, Maryland, a widow. ^[4][5]

February 1768 Census; Natchez, Mississippi.^{[6] [7]}

She passed away in 1872 and was buried 19 Apr 1782 at St. Gabriel, Louisiana. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p.14
2. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand Pre - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand Pre, September the 15th 1755," line # 424,

   Clotrs, from Village of Gaspareau, 2 sons, 4 daughters, 6 bullocks, 3 cows, 3 young cattle, 24 sheep, 18 hogs, 2 horses.

3. ↑ Delaney, Paul. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020), p.316
4. ↑ "Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes"; Stephen A. White; 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999; p. 1004 -
5. ↑ "Acadian Exiles in the Colonies"; Janet Jehn; Covington, KY: Author, 1977; pp. 137 & 153 - 442

   "Etat des gens neutrals acadiens qui sont a Portabaco. En Maryland"

   + Margueritte Cloatre, veuve, Louis Cloatre, Pierre Joseph Cloatre, Marie Cloatre, Anne Cloatre, Marthe Cloatre .... 6

   "State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are at Portabaco in Maryland"

   Margueritte CLOATRE, widow, Louis CLOATRE, Pierre Joseph CLOATRE, Marie CLOATRE, Anne CLOATRE, Marthe CLOATRE.

6. ↑ Chandler, Richard E. “Odyssey Continued: Acadians Arrive in Natchez.” Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, vol. 19, no. 4, 1978, pp. 446–463. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4231823. Accessed 1 June 2020; pp. 457 & 460

   On list dated 11 Feb 1768 at New Orleans: Distribution of Lands for the Acadian Families Who Are Destined for the Town of Saint Louis of Natchez." Margarita (no last name given), widow with four children, on 5 arpents.

7. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians (University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973), Wisconsin Historical Society Library, List of Acadian Settlers to Natchez, p. 436, "Margarita ?, widow".
8. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records: Volume 2 1770-1803 . Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge. Kindle Edition.

   "Margarita, age 81 years, widow of Pedro Cloatre bur. 19 Apr 1782 (SGA-5, 54)"

See Also:

• Gregory A. Wood, A GUIDE TO THE ACADIANS IN MARYLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES; 1755-1899; Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1995; p. 108;

Marguerite CLOATRE, widow of Pierre, head of household of 7 on the 1763 census at Port Tobacco, MD. In 1768 at Natchez she is 66 [sic] years old, with 5 arpents of land.

• Web page "Descendants of Daniel LeBlanc" by Lucie M. LE BLANC CONSENTINO accessed February 2021.

Marguerite LeBLANC, born about 1706 at Grand-Pré, Acadia, daughter of Charles & Marie GAUTREAU (Reference: Stephen WHITE: Birth according to Stephene White - taken from Census records for Port Tobacco, Maryland 1763 Widow. On list of arrivals in Louisiana 1768 68a).

She married about 1722 to Pierre CLOUARTRE. She was on census for Port Tobacco, MD in 1763. On list of arrivals in LA in 1768, age 68 years.

• Source: S138 Abbreviation: Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Indiv Title: Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.)

• Source: S76 Abbreviation: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Title: Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived)