Madeleine Marie LeBlanc (1758 - 1842)

Born 7 Apr 1758 in Miramichi, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Landry — married 23 Feb 1778 in St. James, Louisiana

Wife of Henri Robichaux — married 8 Sep 1787 in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1842 at age 84 in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

ETIENNE LE BLANC is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 4 Right. He is listed with his wife, Elisabeth Boudrot, and their children Simon, Marguerite, Etienne, Mathurin, Madeleine, Joseph and M Marthe Elisabeth. ^[1]

Madeleine Marie LeBlanc was born on April 7, 1758 in Miramichi, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, daughter of Étienne LeBlanc (1722–<1769) and Elizabeth Boudrot (1722–>1777).

Madeleine (19) married Joseph Landry (21) (born about 1756 in Pisiguid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia; son of Abraham Landry and Marguerite Flan) on February 23, 1773 in St. James, Louisiana.^[2]

Their known children were:

• Marguerite Polonie Landry (1773)^[3]
• Joseph Denat Landry (twin,1773)^[4]
• Marie Landry (1778-1779)^[5]
• Joseph Thadeo Landry (1780–1857)
• Joseph Donat Landry (1783–1820)

Joseph died in 1784.

Madeleine (29) married Henri Robichaux (28) (born on July 18, 1759 in Halifax, Nova Scotia; son of Amable Joseph Robichaud and Anastasie Dugas) on September 8, 1787 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

Their known children were:

• Etienne Robichaux (~1788–<1827)
• Simon Robicheaux (1792–1852)
• Justin Valentin Robichaux (1798– )

Henri died in 1799.

She married Jacques Lamothe on 31 January 1803 in Plattenville, Louisiana.^[6]

Their known children were:

• Francoise Isabel Clementine Lamothe (1803–1884)
• Onesime Lamothe (1810–1861)

On April 5, 1807, Madeline and her third husband Jaques sell a plantation on Bayou Lafourche to her brother-in-law, Louis Robichaux, moving further, down the bayou. ^[7]

By 1810 Jacques and Madeline were living in Lafourche Parish, part of the United States Territory of Orleans, a few years before Louisiana statehood. This area was comprised of mainly Acadians, French, Spanish, Germans and others who spoke a French Acadian dialect and became known as Cajuns. Madeleine was listed as being 52 years old with her third husband and four children. On the census, she is listed as living at dwelling 376.^[8]

Madeleine died on July 26, 1842 in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, aged 84.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 21.
2. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK18-L8J : 14 January 2020), Magdelaine Leblanc in entry for Joseph Landry, 1773.
3. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-VPG : 14 January 2020), Margarite Leblanc in entry for Margarite Polonie Landry, 1773.
4. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-1JQ : 14 January 2020), Margarite Leblanc in entry for Joseph Denat Landry, 1773.
5. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-BF1 : 14 January 2020), Maria Magdalena Leblanc in entry for Marie Landry, 1778.
6. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK18-PS4 : 14 January 2020), Magdalena Leblanc in entry for Santiago Lamothe, 1803.
7. ↑ The Terrebonne Genealogy Society; Terrebonne Life Lines; Volume 3; Number 4; Winter 1984; page 67.

   Louis Robichaux Image 1

8. ↑ Census of 1810, Lafourche Interior: First land owners and 1810 annotated census of Lafourche Interior Parish, Louisiana: LaFourche & Terrebonne, compiled by Audrey B. Westerman.

   1810 Census Lafourche Parish Louisiana

   Lamothe property 1810

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KP3G-BPW