André LeBlanc (1729 - 1819)

Born 31 Oct 1729 in Grand Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Poirier — married about 1754 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 1819 at about age 89 in Menoudie, Colony of New Brunswick

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Biography

André Leblanc was born 31 Oct 1729. He was the son of Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine Boudrot. He was baptized the day he was born at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia. His godparents were Jacques Leblanc and Marie Granger.^[1][2]

In 1751 André appeared on a census at Les Mines, living alone.^{[3] [4]}

He married Marguerite Poirier (Jean-Baptiste Poirier & Marie Cormier) about 1754 in Acadie. ^[5]

Known children:

1. Marie LE BLANC ca 1759-
2. Rosalie LE BLANC ca 1766-
3. Joseph LE BLANC

In 1755, André and Marguerite were living at Butte-à-Roger, Pointe-à-Beauséjour, with 2 sons and 2 daughters. This hamlet was named after Roger Caissie. ^{[6] [4]}

VIEW of the Point of Beausejour and BUTE á Roger with a distant View of Weskawk , drawing by John Hamilton, 1755

In 1755, André LeBlanc and his family were deported from Beaubassin to South Carolina aboard the ship the Dolphin ^[7][5] which sailed from Chignecto on 13 October 1755, William Hancock, Master and arrived on 17 November 1755 in Charleston, South Carolina with 28 men, 27 women, 66 children. 121 persons total . ^[8][9]

André and his wife were in Georgia in 1763. They seem to have passed through the Antilles and then reached Louisiana where they were listed on a census in 1766 in Kabahan-Nossée, with 1 boy and 1 girl, next to Marguerite's brother Jean (Baptiste) Poirier. ^[10] "André LeBlanc and his family are the only Acadians deported in 1755 known to have returned to Acadia from Louisiana."^[9]

André moved to Chezzetcook, (Nova Scotia) but he came to end his days in Menoudie at a very advanced age. He passed away in the spring of 1819 aged 90 years at Menoudie.^[11]

Research Notes

Placide Gaudet believed that the first name of André's wife was Marie, but a 1766 census calls her Marguerite. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 274): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/274?r=0&s=4
2. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1769; vol. 1, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1978; p. 83
3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1750/1751 Census 1750/1751 Census Transcribed.

   Les Mines: Andre LEBLANC, bachelor

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Stephen A. White, Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p 352-353
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} White, Stephen A. "La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94," online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), LEBLANC, pages 15-16

   27. ANDRÉ LE BLANC (à Claude à André), m MARGUERITE POIRIER. Enfants :

   i. Marie (selon P. Gaudet), m (1) v 1775 ---- SEIGNON; m (2) John VANHORN.

   ii. Joseph dit WHITE (selon P. Gaudet), d Menoudie, célibataire.

   iii. Rosalie (selon P. Gaudet), m v 1789 Pierre COMEAU (Joseph & Madeleine Hébert).

6. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; p. 31 of 32 1755 Census

   André LeBlanc father and son, his wife, 2 boys, 2 girls

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, "Ajouts et corrections" Ajouts et corrections; Université de Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online

   (Google translation)

   • p 1336 (août 2007) Family of Jean-Baptiste Poirier (6)
     

   Add another child to this family: i. Marguerite (according to S.A. White) born around 1732 (Census Kabahan-Nossée 1766 age 34). Married around 1754 to André dit le vieux LeBlanc (Claude & Madeleine Boudrot). Died (according to P. Gaudet) in Chezzetcook around 1789. Consequently, the child that was "i" becomes "j"

   Add, after the second Note by S.A. White,
   

   iii. André LeBlanc and his family were deported from Beaubassin to South Carolina aboard the ship the Dolphin, as well as Joseph Poirier and his wife Madeleine Doiron, Anne Poirier and her husband Joseph Hébert, Madeleine Poirier and her husband Jean Doiron, Marguerite Poirier and her husband Claude Hébert and Cécile Poirier and her husband Olivier Landry. Then, we find André LeBlanc, Anne Poirier widow of Joseph Hébert, Madeleine Poirier widow of Jean Doiron, Olivier Landry and Jean-Baptiste Poirier (the one who married Marie Madeleine Richard) all in Georgia, during the 1763 enumeration. In 1766, André LeBlanc follows Jean (-Baptiste) Poirier on the list of inhabitants of Kabahan-Nossée belonging to Mr. Verret’s company, in the Louisiana militia. All this leads us to believe that André LeBlanc's wife belonged to the family of Jean-Baptiste Poirier and Marie Cormier. Placide Gaudet (loc. cit.) believed that the first name of André's wife was Marie, but a 1766 census calls her Marguerite.

   • p 1336 (avril 2011) The same note

   Add, after the penultimate sentence, “Our conclusion in this regard is supported by the results of a mitochondrial DNA test in a descendant of André LeBlanc (haplotype H). According to these results, the genetic signature of André's wife was the same as that of sisters Michelle and Jeanne Aucoin (see S.A. White, “Mitochondrial DNA of Acadia mothers”, CEA, genealogical files, miscellaneous). However, Jeanne Aucoin was the maternal grandmother of Marie Cormier who married Jean-Baptiste Poirier. Note that.

8. ↑ Fugitives and Exiles: Linguistic and Social Outcomes of Francophone Migration in South Carolina 1562–1810, Wiechman, Kelly A.   University of Florida ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2020. 28025353. pp. 106-107, Table 5-2 https://www.proquest.com/openview/6b367612e74dbf486f4b3621838664c1/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Paul Delaney, "The Acadians Deported from Chignectou to 'Les Carolines' in 1755: Their Origins, Identities and Subsequent Movements," Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historiques, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed., (Moncton, NB: Chaire d’études acadiennes, 2005) p. 307
10. ↑ 1766 Spanish census, Kabahan-Nossée , Louisiana, 1766, Page 1 of PDF, Description on census Kabakan, Name "Andrew LeBlanc", Copy # 6; 1766 Census - Spanish Louisiana Territory Missouri State Archives, Territorial Censuses. Estado de los habitants y Milicias de Louisiana, 1766, Santo Domingo 2595, Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain.
11. ↑ Tours Placide Gaudet, Inc., "The Odyssey of Andre Leblanc (1729-1819); in ACADIAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE; vol. XXVII, no. 2 (Apr 1998); p. 50

See also:

• Gilles PInet, My Acadian Family/Ma famille acadienne André dit Le Vieux LeBlanc
• Marcel Walter Landry, Page for André dit Le Vieux LeBlanc, Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed 2024 (login required)