APPENDICES

Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s

LE BLANC

[luh-BLONH]

ACADIA

Daniel LeBlanc, born perhaps at Martaizé in the Loudon region of France in c1626, was a young farmer when he arrived at Port-Royal in c1645, so he was among the earliest settlers in the colony.  Five years later, in c1650, he married Françoise, widow of ____ Mercier and the older daughter of Jean Gaudet.  They "settled on the north bank of the Port-Royal River (today the Annapolis River), to the northeast of the marsh at Bélisle, about nine miles above the fort at Port-Royal, and a half mile below the chapel of Saint-Laurent, where he died between the years 1693-98."  Daniel and Françoise had seven children, including six sons, all born at Port-Royal, five of whom created families of their own.  Their daughter married into the Blanchard family.  After they took wives, the four older LeBlanc sons moved to the Minas area, where they created a large extended family.  The youngest son remained on his father's lands near Port-Royal.  (According to family genealogist Lucie LeBlanc Consentino:  "... as was the usual way for the Acadians, the youngest son inherited the father’s land."):  

Oldest son Jacques, born in c1651, married Catherine, daughter of Antoine Hébert, at Port-Royal in c1673.  By the early 1690s they had moved to the Minas Basin, where Jacques died after May 1731, age 80.  He and Catherine had 13 children, including six sons who married into the Richard, Boudrot, and Landry families.  Three of Jacques's daughters married Cormier brothers from Chignecto.  

Étienne, born in c1656, never married.  He died by 1686, in his 20s.  

René, born in c1657, married Anne, daughter of Jacques Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in c1678.  They, too, settled at Minas, where René died in January 1734, age 80.  He and Anne had 10 children, including six sons who married into the Landry, Hébert, Melanson, Thébeau, Thériot, Mailloux, and Dugas families.  

André, born in c1659, married Marie, daughter of Abraham Dugas, at Port-Royal in c1683.  André followed his older brothers to the Minas area, where he died in May 1743, age 86.   He fathered 10 children also, including seven sons who married into the Bourgeois, Boudrot, Labauve, Granger, and Flan families.  One of André's daughters married a Cormier from Chignecto.  

Antoine, born in c1662, married Marie, another daughter of Jacques Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in c1681 and also followed his older brothers to the Minas Basin, where he died before July 1730.  Antoine and Marie had 10 children also, including seven sons who married into the Landry, Gautrot, Dupuis, Bourg, and Thériot families.  Their son Joseph dit Le Maigre participated in the Acadian resistance against British rule during King George's War.

Youngest son Pierre, born in c1664, married first to Marie, daughter of Claude Thériot, at Port-Royal in c1684, and then to Madeleine, daughter of François Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1697.  Pierre and his wives remained in the Port-Royal area.  His first wife gave him only one child, a son named Pierre.  His second wife gave him eight more children, including five sons who married into the Bourgeois, Dupuis, Thériot, Richard, and Girouard families. 

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Another LeBlanc family lived in Acadia before Le Grand Dérangement, but, unlike that of Daniel's, it did not survive past two generations.  Pierre dit Jasmin, son of Jacques LeBlanc and Marthe Mayare of Ozan, Auvergne, France, was probably no kin to Daniel.  He came to Acadia as a sergeant in the company of the Sieur de Gannes, détachement de la Marine, and was stationed at Port-Royal during Queen Anne's War.  In October 1708, he married Marie, daughter of Jacques Triel dit LaPierrière and Marie Savoie, at Port-Royal.  They had a single child, a son named François-Pierre, who was born at Port-Royal in July 1709.  Pierre dit Jasmin helped defend the Acadian capital when New England forces attacked in the fall of 1710.  Evidently the victorious New Englanders took Pierre dit Jasmin, Marie, and little François-Pierre to Boston, where Marie died in 1711; she was only 21 years old.  The British allowed Pierre dit Jasmin to return to Port-Royal, where he remarried to Catherine, daughter of Philippe Pinet of Minas, in October 1712.  They settled at Minas.  Catherine gave the sergeant two more children, a daughter, Catherine, born in c1714 probably at Minas, and a child whose gender has been lost to history, who was born and died at Minas between 1719 and 1724.  In the latter year, a census at Minas revealed that both Pierre dit Jasmin and son Francois-Pierre were dead.  If Francois-Pierre had lived to 1724, he would have died at age 15, too young to have married and started a family of his own, so his line of the family died with him.  

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By 1755, the descendants of Daniel LeBlanc, on the other hand, had created the largest family in Acadia. ...

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this huge family to the winds:  

Since most of the LeBlancs lived in the Minas settlements, dozens of them fell into the hands of the British in the fall of 1755 and ended up on ships bound for New England, Maryland, and Virginia. ...  

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The LeBlancs who were deported to Virginia endured a fate worse than most of the other refugees.  The Virginia governor, Robert Dinwiddie, refused to allow the 1,500 Acadians sent to him to remain in the colony.  Hundreds of the exiles died on the filthy, crowded ships anchored in Hampton Roads while the Virginia authorities pondered their fate.  A few Acadians were allowed to come ashore at various James River settlements, but they were watched closely.  When some of them began to fraternize with African slaves, the Virginians returned them to the transports, where they languished with the others.  A hand full of sturdy young Acadians managed to slip off the vessels and trek overland through fields and forests and across the mountains, back to French Canada.  But most of them remained on the terrible ships, and more of them died.  Finally, in the spring of 1756, Governor Dinwiddie and Virginia's House of Burgesses made their decision ... the Acadians must go!  In May, the first shipment of Acadians left for England, and in two weeks all of them had gone--299 to Bristol, 250 to Falmouth, 340 to Southampton, and 336 to Liverpool--1,225 of the original 1,500.   Their ordeal only worsened in the English ports, where they were treated like incarcerated prisoners.  In 1763, after the war ended, the French government consented to repatriate the survivors to France. ...

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One of the hundreds of Acadians from the St.-Malo area who chose to go to Poitou in 1773 did not care for the venture from the start.  Jean-Jacques LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, who had come to France via Virginia and England in 1763, proved to be a thorn in the sides of the settlement's promoters and persuaded many of his fellow Acadians to abandon the scheme two years after it started. ...

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

LeBlancs were among the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana.  The first descendants of Daniel LeBlanc to emigrate to the colony reached New Orleans in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue.  After a brief stay in the city, during which one of them exchanged his Canadian card money for Louisiana funds, they followed the Broussards to the Attakapas District, where they helped created La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche:

Simon LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 28, came with wife Catherine Thibodeau, age unrecorded, and three children--Cosme or Côme, age 5, Marie-Louise, age 3, and Marie-Angélique, a newborn.  They baptized their daughters at New Orleans within days of reaching the city. 

René LeBlanc, fils, called Petit René, of Grand-Pré, age 15, Simon's younger brother, probably came with his brother. 

Isabelle LeBlanc, age unrecorded, came with husband Victor, son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil.  She died at Attakapas in October 1765, probably a victim of the mysterious epidemic that swept through the Teche valley settlements that summer and fall. 

Rose LeBlanc, age unrecorded, widow of Raphaël Broussard, came to Louisiana alone.  She did not go to the Bayou Teche valley with her husband's family but remained at New Orleans, where she became a nun--Louisiana's first Acadian religious. 

Descendants of Simon LEBLANC (1736/37-1815; Daniel, Antoine)

Simon, elder son of René LeBlanc and Anne Thériot, born at Grand-Pré in either late 1736 or early 1737, escaped the British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  He married fellow Acadian Catherine Thibodeau in c1758.  They ended up as prisoners of war at Halifax, where British officials counted them and three children in August 1763.  In late 1764, they left Halifax with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party and reached Louisiana via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in February 1765.  Daughter Marie-Angélique, born either aboard ship or at Cap-Français on New Year's Day 1765, was baptized at New Orleans on 20 February 1765, soon after they reached the city.  In April, they followed the Broussards to Bayou Teche.  Catherine died at Attakapas the following November, perhaps a victim of the epidemic that killed dozens of Teche Valley Acadians that summer and fall.  Daughter Marie-Angélique also may have perished in the epidemic.  Spanish officials counted Simon and son Cosme in the La Manque area of the Attakapas District in April 1766.  Simon remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Guilbeau dit L'Officier, at Attakapas in c1768.  They settled near Carencro, at the northern edge of the district, and at La Grande Pointe on upper Bayou Teche.  Their daughters married into the Bara, Comeaux, and St. Julien families.  Simon died "at his home" at La Pointe in December 1815; the priest who recorded his burial said that Simon was 82 years old when he died, but he was closer to 79; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, the following August.  Most of his eight sons created families of their own and added substantially to the number of LeBlancs on the western prairies.  They settled in a number of communities in the Attakapas District.  Most of them remained at Grand Pointe, but one moved down bayou to Fausse Pointe, one settled at Carencro, and another along the Vermilion. 

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Oldest son Cosme or Côme, by his first wife, born in Acadia in c1760, married Élisabeth or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Athanase Broussard, at Atakapas in July 1781.  They settled at Fausse Pointe on lower Bayou Teche.  Their son Agricole le jeune was baptized at Atakapas, age 2 months, in April 1786, Théophile was born in October 1787, Moïse in March 1790 but died at age 8 in August 1798, Alexis was born in January 1797, and Frédéric le jeune, also called Onésime, was baptized at age 7 1/2 months in March 1801.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, LeBlanc (French Canadian, not Acadian) and Sonnier families.  Cosme died at his home at Fausse Pointe in April 1811; the priest who recorded his burial said that Côme was "age about 55 yrs." when he died, but he probably was in his early 50s. 

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Agricole le jeune married Euphrosine, called Frosine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1808.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son, name unrecorded, died six days after his birth in November 1810, Agricole, fils was born in October 1814 but died at age 5 1/2 in September 1820, Alexis le jeune was born in February 1817, Onésime in January 1820, and Placide posthumously in May 1822.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Landry families.  Agricole le jeune died at his home at Fausse Pointe in May 1822; the priest who recorded his burial said that Agricole was 32 years old when he died, but he was closer to 36; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in September 1822. 

Onésime married first cousin Alix, daughter of his uncle Alexis LeBlanc, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in January 1841. ...

Placide married Adèle, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Cyprien Savoie, at the Charenton church, St. Mary Parish, in July 1845. ...

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Théophile married Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Louis Hébert of Bayou Teche, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1811.  They settled at Fausse Pointe and at Côte-aux-Puces, or the Flea Coast, near New Iberia.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Landry families.  ...

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Alexis married Marie Sidonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Hubert Landry of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1820.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home at age 1 month in December 1820, Alexis, fils was born in April 1823 but died at age 2 in April 1825, and Désiré was born in November 1833.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc and Legnon families.  ...

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Frédéric le jeune dit Onésime married Cécile, another daughter of Hubert Landry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1821.  Their son Frédéric, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1822, Émile in March 1827, Camille in March 1833, and Alexis le jeune near New Iberia in May 1838.  Their daughter married into the Broussard family.  ...

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Frédéric, also called Louis, from his second wife, born at Attakapas in February 1771 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest the following April, married Louise Constance, also called Marie Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Thibodeaux, at Attakapas in August 1794.  They settled at Carencro.  Their son Placide was born in September 1795, Narcisse in February 1797, Frédéric, fils in November 1798, Julien or Arvillien in October 1800, and Caliste in September 1802.  They also had a son name Ursin.  Frédéric, described as "resident of Attakapas," died at New Orleans in November 1803; the priest who recorded his burial said that Frédéric was 50 years old when he died, but he was closer to 32!

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Arvillien married Julienne, daughter of fellow Acadian Dominique Babineaux of Carencro, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1820.  They settled at Carencro.  Their son Émilien was born in June 1825 but died the following September, Onésime, perhaps a twin, was born in October 1826, Osémé in September 1828, Treville in June 1830, Narcisse in July 1832, and Émile was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in March 1839.  Their daughter married into the Benoit family.  ...

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Ursin married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Melançon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1825.  Their son, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish a day after his birth in August 1826.  Ursin remarried to Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadian Victorin Guidry, at the Vermilionville church in February 1829.  Their son Désiré was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1830, Ursin, fils near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in June 1833, Edmond was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 10 months, in November 1838, and Athanase was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1840.  ...

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Caliste married Marguerite Eurasie, called Eurasie, daughter of fellow Acadian François Bernard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1829.  Their son Aurelien was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in October 1830 but died at age 3 in October 1833.  ...

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Agricole, by his second wife, born at Attakapas in November 1772 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest the following April, married Marie Céleste, called Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian François Savoie, at Attakapas in October 1793.  They settled on upper Bayou Teche.  Their son Pierre-Dosincourt was born in September 1796, Agricole, fils in April 1798, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 11 days in December 1804, a son, name unrecorded, died the day after his birth in June 1807, a son, name unrecorded, died three days after his birth in July 1808, and another son, name unrecorded, died 8 days after his birth in July 1813.  Their daughters married into the Castille and Wiltz families.  Agricole, père, described as a "res. [of] Opelousas," died at Baton Rouge in March 1815; the priest who recorded his burial said that he was 45 years old when he died, but he was only 42. 

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Pierre Dosincourt died "at his mother's" at Grand Pointe in January 1818.  He was only 21 years old and did not marry. 

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Agricole, fils married Marie, 16-year-old daughter of Pierre Cormier, père of Carencro, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1820.  They settled at Carencro.  Their son Pierre Agricole was born in October 1820 but died the following December, Alexandre was born in September 1821, Pierre le jeune in September 1824, and Maximilien was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 weeks, in December 1826 but died at age 5 weeks the following January.  Agricole, fils died in Lafayette Parish in January 1832; the priest who recorded his burial said that Agricole was 30 years old when he died, but he was 32. 

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Joseph, by his second wife, born at Attakapas in November 1776, married Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of German Creole Philippe Wiltz and widow of Anaclet Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1821; Joseph was in his mid-40s at the time of the wedding.  They settled at Grand Pointe.  Their daughters married into the Belair, Thibodeaux, and Wiltz families.  Joseph died in St. Martin Parish in August 1833; he was 56 years old.  He may not have fathered any sons. 

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Pierre, by his second wife, born at Attakapas in June 1778, married Hortense, daughter of fellow Acadian Augustin Broussard, probably at Attakapas in the early 1800s.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Pierre, fils was born in January 1806.  Their daughter married into the Comeaux family.  Pierre, père died "at his home at Vermilion" in June 1806; he was only 28 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in September 1811.  

Pierre, fils married cousin Marie Adeline, called Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Olidon Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1827.  Their son Pierre Onésime was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1828 but died at age 2 1/2 in October 1830, Neuville was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in May 1830, a son, name unrecorded, who was a twin, died 2 hours after his birth in February 1833, twins Duplaissin and Laissin were born in September 1834, and Jean Dupré in December 1840.  ...

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Simon, fils, called Simonette, from his second wife, baptized at Attakapas, age 2 months, in April 1780, died "at the home of his parent's at la pointe" in October 1817.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Simon was "age about 34 years" when he died, but he was 37; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in August 1818.  He probably did not marry. 

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Sylvestre, by his second wife, born at Attakapas in February 1782, married Perosine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Duhon, at Attakapas in February 1806.  The settled at Grand Pointe.  Their son Sylvestre, fils was born in June 1815, a son, name unrecorded, died eight days after his birth in February 1818, Joseph le jeune was born in January 1820, and Jean Baptiste in February 1823.  Their daughters married into the Guidry, Guilbeau, and Thibodeaux families.  ...

Joseph le jeune married Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Adrien Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1847. ...

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Youngest son François-Joseph, by his second wife, born at Attakapas in September 1787, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Dugas of La Butte on the upper Vermilion and widow of Amand Dugas, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1812.  The settled at Grand Pointe.  Their twin sons, including François, fils, were born in May 1817, but one of the boys, his name unrecorded, died at birth, Joseph Dorsineau was born in July 1819, twins Joseph Valsin, called Valsin, and Ursin in June 1821, and Simon le jeune in January 1824 but died "at his father's home at la pointe," age 1 1/2, in May 1825.  Their daughters married into the Huval and Melançon families.  François Joseph died in St. Martin Parish in August 1833, a widower; he was only 45 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in September. 

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François, fils married Marie Doralise, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Dupuis, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1839.  Their son Joseph was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1840.  ...

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Valsin married Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Bourgeois, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1846. ...

Descendants of René LEBLANC (c1750-1809; Daniel, Antoine)

René, fils, called Petit René, younger son of René LeBlanc and Anne Thériot, born at Grand-Pré in c1750, escaped the British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755 and was taken to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  His father died at Miramichi in 1759, and he and the rest of his family ended up as prisoners of war at Halifax.  He came to Louisiana via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party and followed them and his older brother Simon to the Attakapas District, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Trahan, in c1775.  Marguerite also had come to Louisiana with the Broussards.  René and Marguerite settled on the lower Vermilion River.  Their daughters married into the Bodin, Bouquet, Bourgeois, Broussard, Langlinais, Melançon, and Trahan families.  Petit René died at his home on the lower Vermilion in August 1809; the priest who recorded his burial said that René was 57 years old when he died.  Two of his four sons married, but only one of them seems to have fathered sons of his own and perpetuated this line of the family. 

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Oldest son Raphaël, baptized at Attakapas, age 5 months, in July 1779, may have died young. 

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Julien, born at Attakapas in April 1783, married cousin Scholastique, daughter of Joseph dit Josime LeBlanc of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1809.  They settled on the Vermilion and in St. Mary Parish.  Their daughters married into the Landry and perhaps the Comeaux family as well.  Julien died in St. Mary Parish in March 1840; he was 56 years old; his succession record was filed at the Franklin courthouse in April.  He evidently fathered no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

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Hilaire, born at Attakapas in July 1792, also may have died young. 

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Youngest son Jean, baptized at Attakapas, age 6 months, in September 1795, married Denise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles dit Charlitte Duhon of Vermilion, at the St. Martin church, St. Martinville Parish, in October 1821.  Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1824, Eugène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 13 months and 4 days, in December 1826, Théogène at age 1 year, 6 days, in August 1828, Dosité was born in March 1829, Onésime was baptized at age 1 in May 1834, Dolzé at age 9 months in October 1837, and Sevin at age 8 months in October 1839.  ...

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Jean Baptiste married cousin Caroline, daughter of French Creole Grégoire Bodin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1846; Caroline's mother was a LeBlanc. ...

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Théogène married Louisa, daughter of French Creole Don Louis Langlinais, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1861; Louisa's mother was a Trahan.  Their daughter Paula, whose birth record has been lost, married French Canadian Numa Istre and is one of the author's paternal great-grandmothers.  Théogène died in Vermilion Parish in May 1870; the Abbeville priest who recorded his burial said that he died at "age 41," but he was 42.  Louisa remarried to Émile, son of Spanish Creole Nicolas Terence Romero, at Abbeville in December 1876.  ...

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Two LeBlancs who had come to the colony from Maryland in the late 1760s moved from the river to the western prairies during the late colonial period:

Descendants of Joseph dit Josime LEBLANC (c1762-1812)

Joseph dit Josime, second son of Jean-Pierre LeBlanc and Osite Melanson, was born probably at Snow Hill, Maryland, in c1762.  He followed his family to Louisiana in 1766 and lived with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1769 and 1777.  In the late 1770s or early 1780s, Josime moved to the Attakapas District, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Duhon, in August 1784.  Their daughters married into the Bourgeois, Guenot, LeBlanc, and Theriot families, and some of them settled in St. James Parish.  Josime remarried to Marguerite, daughter of German Creole André Bernard, père of the lower German Coast and widow of Joseph Roy, at St.-Jacques in January 1801.  They remained there for a time but returned to the prairies and settled at Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche.  Josime died at his home at Fausse Pointe in March 1812; the priest who recorded his burial said that Josime was 52 years old when he died; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in April.  All of his sons were from his second wife.

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Oldest son Éloi, by his second, wife, born at St.-Jacques in December 1801, married cousin Marie Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of French Creole Jean Louis Langlinais of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1821; Marie's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Éloi, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 1, in January 1825, Arvain or Arsène was born in October 1825, Césaire was baptized at age 5 months in April 1828, Dalmace was born in May 1831, Villcor was baptized at age 2 in January 1835, and Joseph Mondreaux at age 1 in January 1840.   Their daughter married into the Porter family.  ...

Arsène married Ernestine, daughter of French Creole Charles Baudoin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1845; Ernestine's mother was a Mouton. ...

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Joseph, by his second wife, born in September 1804 and baptized at Attakapas the following June, married Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Trahan, probably in St. Martin Parish in the early 1820s.  Their son Émile was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1824 but died at age 6 1/2 in August 1831, Joseph, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 6 months, in June 1831, Séverin at age 2 1/2 months in April 1833, and Jean Alcide was born in September 1840. ...

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Youngest son Valéry, by his second wife, born at Fausse Pointe in October 1806, married Carmelite, another daughter of Charles Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1825.  Their son Désiré was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 5 months, in January 1830, and Césaire at age 3 months in November 1836.  Valéry died in Lafayette Parish in November 1839; the priest who recorded his burial said that Valéry was 30 years old when he died, but he was 33. 

Descendants of Simon dit Agros LEBLANC (c1762-1828)

Simon dit Agros, third and youngest son of Jean-Charles LeBlanc and Judith-Marguerite Landry, was born at Baltimore, Maryland, in c1762.  He followed his family to Louisiana in 1767 and settled with them at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville.  Unlike his older brothers, who remained on the river, Simon moved to the western prairies, where he appeared on an Attakapas District militia list in August 1789.  He married Anne dite Manon, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Hébert and widow of Jean Mercier, at Attakapas in November 1790.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Bourg, Broussard, Cormier, and Durio families.  Simon dit Agros's will was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in March 1819.  Simon dit Agros died in Lafayette Parish in April 1828; the priest who recorded his burial said that Simon was 68 years old when he died; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following June.  Most of his many sons married and created families of their own.

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Oldest son Simon-Maximilien, called Maximilien, Maxile, or Maxilien, born probably on the Vermilion in September 1799, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Guidry of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1820.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Placide was born in January 1823, Onésime le jeune in January 1825, Pierre Lasty in July 1828, and Laissin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 5 months, in November 1835.  Their daughter married into the Leger family.  ...

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Onésime le jeune married Marie, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Julien Leger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1843. ...

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Pierre Lasty married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Cormier, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in September 1846. ...

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Joseph-Théotime, also called Joseph dit Agros le jeune, born probably on the Vermilion in May 1801, married Élisabeth or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Broussard of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1820.  Their son Sylvanie was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1821, Maxile Joseph in July 1827, and Martin in July 1840.  ...

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Caliste, born probably on the Vermilion in August 1803, married Marie dite Cléonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Broussard of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1821.  Their son Augustin Valsin was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1825, Dolzin in August 1833, Aladin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 5 months, in March 1836, and Luc was born in September 1840.  Their daughter married into the Simon family.  ...

Augustin married Marie, daughter of French Creole Jean Simon, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1844, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1847; Marie's mother was a Granger. ...

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Simon, fils, dit Agros, also called Simonette, born probably on the Vermilion in February 1805, married Carmelite, daughter of French Creole Francois Meaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1826; Carmelite's mother was a Broussard.  Their son Sosthène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 17 days, in October 1827, Eugène at age 2 months in October 1830, and Zarafin at age 3 months in March 1839.  ...

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Jean Charles, born in St. Martin Parish in June 1810, ...

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Onésime, born in St. Martin Parish in March 1815, married Eulalie, daughter of French Creole Roman Pavie or Pavy, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1836, and sanctified the marriage at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1843; Eulalie's mother was a Trahan.  Their son Jules was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1838, and Lesime in May 1840.  ...

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Their youngest son, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish 10 days after his birth in July 1823. 

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A few LeBlancs who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 settled on the western prairies, but no family line came of it: 

Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, LeBlanc, age 54, widow of Pierre-Isidore Trahan, came to Louisiana with five children, ages 21 to 9, aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  She went at first to Manchac, on the river below Baton Rouge, before following at least two of her children to the prairies.  She died at Carencro in November 1804, in her early 70s. 

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Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc of Rivière-aux-Canards, came to Louisiana with wife Élisabeth or Isabelle, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Aucoin, and a 19-year-old Semer niece aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France that reached New Orleans in November.  The niece married a Frenchman from Marseille at New Orleans in January 1786.  Jean-Baptiste and Élisabeth went to San Bernardo, an Isleño community on the river below New Orleans, before moving to the prairies.  Jean-Baptiste died by August 1797, when Élisabeth remarried at Opelousas.  One wonders if they had any children, and if Jean-Baptiste had died on the river before his widow moved to Opelousas.

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During the early antebellum period, more LeBlancs from the river, and some from Bayou Lafourche, moved to the western prairies and added substantially to that center of family settlement: 

Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, widow of Athanase Breaux, died at a daughter's home in Lafayette Parish in November 1825, in her early 80s.  Her succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December. 

Descendants of Gilles LEBLANC (c1757-1832)

Gilles, younger son of Joseph LeBlanc and Élisabeth or Isabelle Gaudet, born during Le Grand Dérangement probably on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in c1757, followed his family from Halifax via St.-Domingue to Louisiana in 1765.  He settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadian Bonaventure Godin dit Bellefontaine of Rivière St.-Jean, in February 1781.  Their daughter married into the Bernard and Dugas families and settled on the western prairies.  Gilles remarried to cousin Marine, daughter of Désiré LeBlanc and widow of Joseph dit Dios Babin, at Ascension on the river in December 1783.  They were visiting New Orleans in November 1791 when a daughter was baptized there.  In the 1790s or early 1800s, they moved from the river to Bayou Teche and settled at Fausse Pointe.  Marine died at Fausse Pointe in September 1811, in her mid-50s; her succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, the following November.  Gilles remarried again--his third marriage--to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Bourgeois of St.-Jacques and widow of Auguste Gravois, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1816; he was in his late 50s at the time of the wedding.  All three of his sons lived in St. James Parish but settled at Fausse Pointe, and his daughter also settled on the western prairies; nevertheless, Gilles returned to the river in his old age.  He died in St. James Parish in September 1832; he was 74 years old. 

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Oldest son Désiré, by his first wife, born probably on the river in the early 1780s, married cousin Marcellite, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc, at St. James on the river in May 1807 and settled at Fausse Pointe, St. Martin Parish, by the late 1810s.  Their son Désiré, fils was born in St. James Parish in June 1808 but may have died there in June 1809, Léon Sylvère, called Sylvère, was born in St. James Parish in March 1812 but died at age 12 in July 1824, Egidins or Jules Lessin was born probably at Fausse Pointe in February 1817, a son, name unrecorded, died at birth at his parents' home at Fausse Pointe in March 1821, Jean was born in August 1822, and Anatole in December 1827.  They also had a son named Jean Ozémé.  Their daughters married into the Berard, Broussard, Dauterive, Greig, and LeBlanc families.  ...

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Jules Lessin married Marie Alzire, daughter of fellow Acadian Camille Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1839.  Their son Jules, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1839.  ...

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Jean Ozémé married Susanne Constance, another daughter of Camille Broussard, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1843. ...

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Nicolas dit Colin, by his second wife, born probably on the Acadian Coast in c1784, married Marie Constance, called Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexis Breaux, at St. James on the river in January 1805.  They, too, settled at Fausse Pointe as well as at St. James.  Their son Edmond Gilles was born in St. James Parish in January 1808.  They also had a son named Nicolas, fils.  Nicolas, père died in St. James Parish in April 1814; he was only "age about 30 yrs." old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, the following June, so he must have still owned property there.  Evidently his widow took their minor children back to the Teche; daughter Marie Ponponne died at age 20 "at her mother's home at la fausse pointe" in November 1829.  Their sons remained on the Teche. 

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Nicolas, fils married cousin Marie Helina, daughter of French Creole Godefroi Prevost or Provost, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1833; Marie's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Paulin Constant died near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, age 8 months, in September 1840.  ...

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Edmond Gilles married first cousin Marie Léocade, called Léocade, daughter of his uncle Désiré LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1834.  Their son Louis Edmond was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1838.  ...

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Youngest son Rosémond, by his second wife, born at St.-Jacques in March 1789, married Marie-Désirée, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Breaux, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in June 1809.  They settled at Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at Fausse Pointe at birth in September 1810.  Rosémond remarried to Françoise or Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Bourgeois, at the St. James church in March 1811.  They returned to Fausse Pointe, where their son Édouard was born in December 1813, Rosémond, fils in December 1817, and Jules in December 1819.  Their daughters married into the Boutte, Durand, and Montagne families.  Rosémond died "at his home at la fausse pointe" in February 1825; the priest who recorded his burial said that Rosémond was "age about 30 yrs." when he died, but he was closer to 36; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, later that month. 

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Rosémond, fils, by his second wife, married Virginie, daughter of French Creole Louis Langlinais, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1837; Virginie's mother was a Boudreaux.  Their child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in Lafayette Parish at age 5 weeks in December 1837.  ...

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Édouard, by his second wife, married Hortiste, daughter of French Creole Ursin Patin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1838; Hortiste's mother was a Guidry.  Édouard's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in September 1838; he would have been 25 years old that year.  He probably fathered no sons. 

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Jules, by his second wife, married Émilie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Don Louis Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1843. ...

Descendants of Antoine-Alexandre LEBLANC (c1770-)

Antoine-Alexandre, called Alexandre, eldest son of Simon LeBlanc and Anne Arceneaux, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in June 1770, married Marie-Clémence, called Clémence, daughter of French Creole Antoine-Alexandre Dupré dit Terrebonne, at Ascension in June 1791.  They settled on Grand Lake in the lower Atchafalaya Basin before moving to Lake Peigneur, west of New Iberia, at the southern end of the Attakapas District.  Their daughter married into the Prevost or Provost family.  ...

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Oldest son Édouard, born at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in August 1792, married Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Philippe de Saint-Julien Lachaussée, fils of St. James Parish, at Ascension in July 1810.  They settled at Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche before moving to Lake Peigneur.  A son, name unrecorded, died "at the residence of Louis Dugas at Fausse Pointe at birth" in November 1811, Édouard, fils was born in July 1813 and baptized the following April in St. James Parish on the river, Antoine was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1814, Clet le jeune in December 1818, and Norbert le jeune, in Lafayette Parish in January 1822.  They also had an older son name Célestin.  Their daughters married into the Boutte, LeBlanc, and Romero families.  ...

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Célestin married Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadian Augustin Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1837. ...

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Édouard, fils married Joséphine Iréné, called Iréné, daughter of French Creole Charles LeRoy, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1837; Joséphine's mother was a Theriot. ...

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Clet le jeune married first cousin Marie Aurelia, called Aurelia, daughter of his uncle Clet LeBlanc l'aîné, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1839. ...

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Norbert le jeune married Éloise, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Duhon, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1843, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1845. ...

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Norbert-Dupré, born at Ascension in June 1798, married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1816.  They, too, settled on Lake Peigneur.  Their son Norbert, fils was born in March 1820, and Simon in April 1822.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc and Provost families.  Norbert remarried to first cousin Euphémie, daughter of his uncle Benjamin LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church in February 1824.  Their son Benjamin was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1829, Édouard in St. Martin Parish in April 1836 but died at age 18 months in October 1837, and Auguste was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1840.  Their daughter married into the Dillon family.  ...

Simon, by his first wife, married Céleste, daughter of French Creole Cadet Dupré of Assumption Parish, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1841. ...

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Youngest son Anaclet, called Clet, born at Assumption in February 1800, married Marie Mélanie, called Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Richard, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in January 1822.  They remained on the river for a while and then returned to the western prairies.  They lived near the boundary of Lafayette and St. Martin parishes and for a time on Lake Peigneur.  Their son Antoine le jeune was born in St. James Parish in December 1822, Anaclet or Clet, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age unrecorded, in June 1826, Richard was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1828, a son, name unrecorded, probably a twin, died "at his parent's home at Lake Pegneur[sic]" either 3 or 13 days after his birth in July 1830, Michel was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1832, Éloi was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 18 months, in October 1835, Félix Alphred was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1836, and Raymond Villcor was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in April 1838.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc first cousin.  ...

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Antoine le jeune married Marie Celima, daughter of French Creole André Dupré, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1841. ...

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Clet, fils married Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Bernard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1842. ...

Descendants of Simon-Benjamin LEBLANC (c1772-1820)

Simon-Benjamin, called Benjamin, third and youngest son of Simon LeBlanc and Anne Arceneaux and brother of Antoine-Alexandre, was baptized at St.-Jacques on the river, age unrecorded, in June 1780.  He married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Breaux, at St. Jacques in November 1804 and settled at Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche by the late 1810s.  Their daughters married into the Lachaussée, LeBlanc, Lerow, and Reaux families.  Benjamin died at his home at Fausse Pointe in March 1820; the priest who recorded his burial said that Benjamin was "age about 48 years" when he died; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, that same month.  One of his daughters married a LeBlanc first cousin, and two of his sons also married LeBlanc cousins. 

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Oldest son Simon Drosin, called Drosin, born in St. James Parish in March 1809, married cousin Clémence, daughter of Norbert LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1834.  Their son Jean Baptiste was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 10 months, in October 1835 but died in St. Martin Parish at age 16 months in July 1836, and Joseph Odilon was born in March 1837.  ...

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Simon, born in St. James Parish in August 1813, married cousin Marcellite, daughter of Édouard LeBlanc, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1839.  Their son Simon Anatole was born near New Iberia in July 1840.  ...

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Youngest son Joseph, born in St. James Parish in July 1815, ...

Descendants of Jacques-Pierre-Marie LEBLANC (1771-)

Jacques-Pierre-Marie, younger son of Simon LeBlanc and his second wife Marie Trahan, born at Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in June 1771, followed his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Brasseaux, in April 1798.  They moved to Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche by the early 1810s.  Their daughter married into the Dugas family.  Only two of their many sons married, and only one of them had sons of his own. 

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Oldest son Marcellin, born at Manchac on the river in July 1799, died at his parents' home at Fausse Pointe in October 1822.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Marcellin died "at age about 20 years," but he was 23.  He probably did not marry. 

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Jacques-Nicolas, called Jacques-Colin and Colin, born at Manchac in August 1803, married Marcellite Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin of La Pointe on upper Bayou Teche, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1823.  Their son Alexandre was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1829, Antoine Sevigne in December 1831, Joseph Ernest in January 1838, and Abner Aristide in January 1840.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Trahan families.  ...

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Joseph Serville, born probably at Manchac in c1804, died at his parents' home at Fausse Pointe in January 1818.  He was only 14 years old. 

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Derosin, born at Manchac in April 1806, died there at age 1 1/2 in October 1807. 

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Édouard, born at Manchac in June 1808, married cousin Marie Elemie, daughter of Désiré LeBlanc of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1829.  Édouard died "at his parents' home at la fausse pointe" in September 1829; he was only 21 years old.  His line of the family died with him. 

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Their youngest son, name unrecorded, died "at birth at his father's home at la fausse pointe" in May 1824. 

Descendants of Joseph-Béloni LEBLANC (c1788-1826)

Joseph-Bénoni or -Béloni, called Béloni, son of Joseph LeBlanc and Madeleine Landry, born probably at St.-Gabriel on the river in c1788, married Euphrosine, daughter of French Creole Antoine Lanclos and widow of Vital Rivet, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1811.  Their daughter may have married into the Trahan family.  Béloni moved to the western prairies by the early 1820s and remarried to Judique, daughter of French Creole Joseph Bergeron, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1824.  Béloni died at his home on Prairie Gros Chevreuil, east of present-day Breaux Bridge, in July 1826; he was only 38 years old; his succession records were filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in September 1826 and August 1827; the first succession record noted that he had no heirs.  Béloni seems to have fathered no sons by either of his two wives, so his line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

Descendants of Charles LEBLANC, fils (1808-)

Charles, fils, son of Charles-Marie LeBlanc and his first wife Modeste-Aimée Blanchard, born at Manchac on the river in November 1808, settled with his family in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  When he came of age, Charles, fils crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and married Élisabeth Tarsile or Tarsile Élisabeth, daughter of French Creole Jean Marie Tullier of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1833; Élisabeth's mother was a Dupuis.  Charles and Élisabeth may have returned to the river in the early 1840s.  ...

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Older son Jean Charles, born in St. Martin Parish in August 1839, ...

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Jacques, born in St. Martin Parish in February 1843 and baptized at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, the following November, ...

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Other LEBLANCs on the Western Prairies

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link many LeBlancs in the western parishes with known Acadian lines of the family there.  The priests at Grand Coteau were especially negligent in their recordkeeping: 

Donat LeBlanc married Dorothée Comeaux and settled at Attakapas by the late 1790s. 

Joseph LeBlanc "died at the home of Michel Prudhomme in the Bois de Mallet area [of St. Landry Parish] at age 48 years" in October 1818.  One wonders if Joseph was Acadian. 

Pierre LeBlanc married Lize Hébert and settled in St. Martin Parish.  Pierre's succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in May 1824. 

Jean LeBlanc married Denise Frugé in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1836.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couples' parents' names.  Their son Louis was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 9 months, in December 1837.

Carmelite LeBlanc's son Zéolin was baptized at the Vermilionville church Lafayette Parish, age 9 months, in July 1836, and Joseph at age 6 months in August 1839.  The priest who recorded the boys' baptisms did not give the father's name or even Carmelite's parents' names. 

Louis LeBlanc married Marie Caroline Racca probably in Lafayette Parish in the mid- or late 1830s.  Their son Valière was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in September 1838, and Noël was born in December 1840. 

Clementine LeBlaugh, as the parish clerk spelled her name, married Joseph Guideroz in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in July 1838.  The recording clerk did not give the couples' parents' names.  One wonders if Clementine was a LeBlanc, much less an Acadian. 

Placide LeBlanc married Odile Leleux in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in July 1843.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Onésime LeBlanc married Marie Léocadie Landry in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1843.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Azélie LeBlanc married Simon Simoneaux at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1844.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Azéline LeBlanc married François Maillard at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1846.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Léonise LeBlanc married Azarie Simon at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1846.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Placide LeBlanc married Marie Arenize, daughter of probably Sylvestre Broussard, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1846.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Most of the LeBlancs who came to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in 1765 were not part of the Broussard dit Beausoleil party.  These LeBlancs came with later parties that year and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans where 20 Acadians from Georgia had settled the year before.  So many Acadians settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, in fact, that the area soon became known as the Acadian Coast: 

Joseph LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 45, came with wife Isabelle Gaudet of Port Royal, age 46, and five children--Anne, age 17, Joseph, fils, age 15, Isabelle, age 11, and Gilles, age 8.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the Duhon and LeBlanc families.  Daughter Isabelle, widow of cousin Simon LeBlanc, died in Ascension Parish in May 1815, in her early 60s.  Daughter Anne followed her husband to upper Bayou Lafourche and died there in her early 80s.  Son Gilles married twice on the river but in his final days settled on Bayou Teche.  Joseph, fils remained on the river.  Joseph, père died at St. James in July 1805, a widower; he was 85 years old. 

Étienne LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 43, older brother of Simon and René, fils of Attakapas, came with wife Élisabeth or Isabelle Boudrot of Grand-Pré, age 43, and seven children--Simon le jeune, age 21, Marguerite, age 16, Étienne, fils, age 14, Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, age 7, Mathurin, age 6, Joseph, age 3, and newborn Marie-Marthe-Élisabeth.  Étienne and Élisabeth had no more children in Louisiana.  A son and a daughter were baptized at New Orleans in early December 1765, which gives an idea of when the family reached the colony.  Étienne died probably at Cabanocé before September 1769, when his wife was listed as a widow in a census there.  Their daughters married into the Lamothe, Landry, LeBlanc, Le Conte, and Robichaux families.  Daughter Madeleine married three times.  She, one of her sisters, and a brother settled on Bayou Lafourche.  The others remained on the river near their widowed mother. 

Marcel LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 31, came with wife Marie-Josèphe Breau of Cobeguit, age 29, and daughter Marguerite, age 2.  They had more children, including sons, in Louisiana.  Marguerite married into the Dugas family and died near Convent, St. James Parish, a widow, in September 1846; the priest who recorded her burial said that Marguerite died at "age 91 yrs.," but she was "only" in her early 80s. 

Marie LeBlanc, age 21, came with husband Athanase Breau of Chepoudy, age 30, and two very young children.  They remained on the river. 

Rosalie LeBlanc, age 20, came with husband Paul Bourgeois of Chignecto, age 33, and no children.  They remained at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Rosalie remarried to Jean-Baptiste, son of fellow Acadian Pierre Bourgeois of Chignecto and widower of Marie-Madeleine Bourg and Osite Melançon, in January 1804; she was in her late 50s at the time of the wedding.  Rosalie died near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1815, in her late 60s. 

André LeBlanc, age unrecorded, may have been a refugee from Halifax. 

As a result of this influx of LeBlancs from Halifax, the Acadian Coast became the largest center of LeBlanc family settlement:

Descendants of Marcel LEBLANC (c1734-)

Marcel, son of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine-Marie-Josèphe Forest, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1734, escaped the British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Breau of Cobeguit, at Restigouche in November 1760.  Soon after their marriage, the British confined them to a prisoner-of-war camp in Nova Scotia.  They came to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 with a 2-year-old daughter and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where they had many more children.  (If they had other children in Nova Scotia, their names have been lost to history.)  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1769 and 1777.  Their daughters married into the Chiasson, Dugas, and Melançon families.  Marcel had only two sons, but they fathered many sons of their own.  His older son remained on the river, but his younger son may have moved to upper Bayou Lafourche during the early antebellum period. 

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Older son Sylvain- or Sylvestre-Marie, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in December 1770, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Godin dit Bellefontaine, at St.-Jacques in August 1789.  Their son Paul-Sylvestre, also called Luc-Paul and Paul-Sylvain, was born at St.-Jacques in September 1790, Jean-Baptiste in October 1796, Marcel le jeune, also called Marcellin, in November 1800, and Simon in February 1805.  They also had a son named Joseph and an older son named Marcellin.  Their daughters married into the Lanoux, LeBlanc, Melançon, Prejean, and Richard families.  Sylvain died in Ascension Parish in January 1834; he was 63 years old. 

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Paul Sylvestre married cousin Adélaïde, called Délaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Melançon, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1811; Adélaïde's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Paul, fils was born in St. James Parish in March 1812, Faustin near Convent, St. James Parish, in February 1818, and Marcellin le jeune in November 1819 but died at age 1 in February 1821.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux and Lanoux families.  One of Paul's sons settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

Paul, fils married Marie Esther, called Esther, daughter of fellow Acadian Manuel Braud, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in October 1830.  They lived near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at age 11 days in August 1831, Paul Sylvain was born in October 1832, Paul Faustin, called Faustin, in August 1834 but died at age 4 in November 1838, Zenon was born in April 1836 but died at age 1 in May 1837, and Faustin le jeune was born in January 1841.  ...

Faustin married Julienne Pourpore, daughter of Julien Bourgoyne or Bourgogne, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in July 1842.  Their son Jules Augustin was born near Baton Rouge in October 1845.  ...

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Marcellin married cousin Marie Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Landry of Ascension Parish, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1814; Marie's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Marcellin, fils was born in Ascension Parish in January 1817, and Simon le jeune in September 1830.  Their daughters married into the Braud, Gautreaux, and Grabert families.  ...

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Jean Baptiste married cousin Marie Cléonise, called Cléonise, daughter of Bonaventure Godin dit Bellefontaine, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in May 1815.  Their son Lessin was born near Convent in December 1819, Sylvain in November 1821, a son, name unrecorded, died 15 days after his birth in September 1828, Joseph died at age 3 months in July 1834, and Landry was born in September 1837 but died the following November.  They also had a son named Jean Baptiste, fils.  Their daughters married into the Bourgeois, Gravois, and Louviere families.  Jean Baptiste, père may have died near Convent in March 1844; the priest who recorded his marriage, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean Baptiste "of Ascension Parish" died at "age 47 yrs.," so this probably was him. 

Jean Baptiste, fils married Marie Corinne, called Corinne, daughter of fellow Acadian Désiré Arceneaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1843.  Their son Camille was born in Ascension Parish in May 1842.  ...

1d

Marcel le jeune married Henriette Scholastique, called Colastie, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Lanoux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in August 1823.  They lived near the boundary of Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Désiré was born in July 1824, and Joseph Marcellin or Marcel, fils in May 1833 but died at age 14 months in July 1834.  ...

Désiré married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadian Noël Richard, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1842.  They settled near the boundary of Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Marcel le jeune was born in December 1842, Joseph Euphémon in November 1844, and Désiré, fils in February 1846.  ...

1e

Simon married cousin Marie Scholastique, called Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Gautreaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1830; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Simon Adam was born in Ascension Parish in November 1844 but died the following May.  ...

1f

Joseph married Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Melançon, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in August 1830.  Their son Joseph, fils was born near Convent in 1831 but died at age 5 in September 1836, and Camille was born in October 1839.  Their daughter married into the Rodrigue family.  ...

2

Younger son Paul-Olivier, called Olivier, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in September 1776, married Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Lalande, at St.-Jacques in August 1797.  Their son Joseph was born at St.-Jacques in August 1798, Hermogène-Marcellin or Marcellin-Hermogène, in July 1800, Paul Achille, called Achille, in February 1807, and Désiré in August 1809.  Their daughters married into the Blouin, Melançon, and Richard families.  Olivier remarried to cousin Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gabriel Braud of Assumption Parish, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in June 1818; Olivier was in his early 40s at the time of the wedding.  They settled near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes.  Their twin sons Joseph Arsène and Joseph Marcel were born in July 1823 but Joseph Marcel died at age 3 in October 1826, Lazare was born in July 1827, and Paul in March 1831.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  Judging by the marriages of his younger sons, during the early 1830s Olivier and his second wife may have moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, settling perhaps near the boundary between Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Olivier died in Assumption Parish in September 1847; the Paincourtville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Olivier died at "age 73 yrs.," so this likely was him.  His oldest son remained on the river, though one of his grandsons by that son settled on Bayou Lafourche.  Olivier's four other married sons and a daughter settled on Bayou Lafourche.

2a

Joseph, by his first wife, married cousin Marie Josèphe, perhaps also called Marie Amelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Melançon, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in December 1815; Marie's mother was a LeBlanc.  They lived near the boundary between St. James and Ascension parishes.  Their son Joseph Adrien, called Adrien and J. Adrien, was born in March 1817, Lazare Marcellin in July 1819 but died at age 3 in July 1822, Marcel Bienvenu was born in February 1827, and Théodore Telesphore in January 1829.  Their daughters married into the Landry family, and perhaps into the Cherot family as well, on Bayou Lafourche.  ...

Adrien married Marie Celina, daughter of French Canadian Henry Michel Thibodaux of Terrebonne Parish, a son of the governor, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1845, though they may have married civilly in the early 1840s.  They remained on Bayou Lafourche, where Adrien soon remarried. 

2b

Marcellin Hermogène, by his first wife, married Cléonise, Eléonise or Léonise, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Landry, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in August 1819.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

2c

Achille, by his first wife, married Hortense, another daughter of Éloi Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1834.  They remained on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

2d

Désiré, by his first wife, married Marie Domitille, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1836.  They remained on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

2e

Lazare, by his second wife, married Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Dugas, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1847.  They probably remained on the Lafourche. 

Descendants of Simon LEBLANC le jeune (c1744-1810)

Simon le jeune, eldest son of Étienne LeBlanc and Élisabeth or Isabelle Boudrot, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1744, followed his parents in 1755 to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  He was counted with them at Fort Edward, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in the early 1760s and followed them to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.  He settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques and married cousin Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc, at Ascension, upriver from St.-Jacques, in September 1772.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Ascension in 1777.  Their daughter married into the Carmouche family.  Simon le jeune died in Ascension Parish in July 1810; he was 66 years old.  Two of his sons and many of his grandsons settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Another son remained on the river. 

1

Oldest son Joseph, born probably at Ascension in c1773, married Apolline, daughter of fellow Acadian François Dugas, at Ascension in February 1797.  Their son Hippolyte-Eugène was born at Ascension in June 1800, François-Masil or -Alexis in March 1802 but died the following August, Pierre Onésime was born in May 1805, and Narcisse Leufroi in September 1807.  They also had an older son named Joseph-Narcisse.  Their daughter married into the Simoneaux family.  Joseph remarried to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Babin and widow of Noël Michel Dugas, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in June 1810.  Joseph remarried again--his third marriage--to first cousin Julie Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Dugas, at the Donaldson church in May 1812; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Treville, a twin, was born in Ascension Parish in April 1817.  By the mid-1820s, Joseph moved his family to upper Bayou Lafourche and died in Assumption Parish in March 1829; he was 56 years old. 

2

Paul dit Hippolyte, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in March 1778, married Clarisse, daughter of French Creole Louis Barbe or Barbet of St.-Jean-Baptiste and widow of Honoré Senette, at Ascension in August 1805.  Their son Hippolyte Alexis or Alexis Hippolyte, called Alexis, was born in Ascension Parish in September 1807, and Louis Léandre, called Léandre, in November 1811.  Their daughter married into the Senette family.  Hippolyte died in Ascension Parish in March 1834; he was 57 years old. 

2a

Alexis married cousin Madeleine Perosine, called Perosine, daughter of Sylvain LeBlanc, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1827; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  The settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

2b

Léandre married cousin Euphrosine, Euphrosie, or Euphrasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Melançon, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1836; Euphrosine's mother was a LeBlanc; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of relationship in order to marry.  They lived near the boundary of Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Désiré died at age 4 1/2 months in May 1842, and Jacques Valérien was born in August 1846.  ...

3

Simon dit Simonette, born at Ascension in June 1781, married Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian François Landry, at Ascension in March 1802.  Their son Simon-Maximilien or -Maxille, called Maxille, was born at Ascension in February 1803, Joseph Hermogène in July 1807, and Hippolyte Rosémond, called Rosémond, in December 1809.  Their daughters married into the Dugas family on upper Bayou Lafourche.  ...

3a

Maxille married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Armand Landry, at the Plattenville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1822.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

3b

Rosémond married cousin Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Landry, at the Plattenville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1837.  They also settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

4

Louis, born at Ascension in September 1783, died at age 13 in August 1795. 

5

Benjamin, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in February 1786, married Félicité, daughter of Joachim Marois, at Ascension in September 1806; Félicité's mother was a Foret.  Their son Joseph Rosémond, called Rosémond, was born in Ascension Parish in January 1810 but died at age 7 1/2 in October 1817, and Étienne Marcellin, called Marcellin, was born in September 1811.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc cousin on Bayou Lafourche.  Benjamin died probably in St. James Parish in October 1817; he was only 31 years old. 

Marcellin married Marguerite Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1830.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

6

Étienne, born at Ascension in November 1789, married cousin Euphrosine, daughter of Marcel LeBlanc, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in February 1813.  They lived in Ascension Parish, where their children were born, before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

7

Jean-Baptiste, born at Ascension in January 1794, died in Ascension Parish in October 1817.  He was only 23 years old and probably did not marry. 

8

Youngest son Hippolyte, born at Ascension in August 1796, may have died young. 

Descendants of Étienne LEBLANC, fils (c1751-1796)

Étienne, fils, second son of Étienne LeBlanc and Élisabeth or Isabelle Boudrot, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1751, followed his parents to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in 1755.  He was counted with them at Fort Edward, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in the early 1760s and followed them from Halifax to Louisiana via St.-Domingue in 1765.  He settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques and then at Ascension, where Spanish officials counted him with his widowed mother and younger siblings on the right, or west, bank of the river in 1770 and 1777.  Étienne, fils married cousin Osite, daughter of Désiré LeBlanc, at St.-Jacques in January 1778.  They lived at New Orleans in the early 1790s before returning to St.-Jacques.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc and St. Martin families.  Étienne died at St.-Jacques in October 1796; he was only 45 years old.  Only one of his four sons seems to have created a family of his own, and he settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

1

Oldest son Édouard III, born at Ascension in June 1780, may have died young. 

2

André-Étienne, born at New Orleans in August 1791, married Marguerite Luce, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Landry and widow of Joachim Zeringue, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1812.  They remained on the Lafourche.

3

Étienne-Privat, born at St.-Jacques in July 1793, died at age 6 in July 1799. 

4

Youngest son Gustave, born at St.-Jacques in October 1795, died at age 3 in October 1798. 

Descendants of Joseph LEBLANC (1762-)

Joseph, fourth and youngest son of Étienne LeBlanc and Élisabeth or Isabelle Boudrot, born in Nova Scotia in July 1762, followed his family to Louisiana in 1765.  He was baptized at New Orleans in December 1765 and followed them to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he likely married Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Doiron and widower of Antoine Rodriguez of Florida, in July 1787 (the priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the parents' names or mention Pélagie's first husband).  Their daughters married into the Dugas, LeBlanc, and Melançon families; one of them settled on the western prairies.  During the antebellum period, Joseph's sons moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

1

Older son Simon, born at St.-Jacques in October 1788, married Marie Bathilde or Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Babin, at Ascension in November 1806.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche by the early 1830s. 

2

Younger son Narcisse-Hermogène, called Hermogène, born at St.-Jacques in October 1795, married cousin Marie or Marine Josette, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Melançon, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1814; Marie's mother was a LeBlanc.  They also moved to upper Bayou Lafourche by the early 1830s. 

Descendants of Joseph LEBLANC, fils (c1750-1818)

Joseph, fils, elder son of Joseph LeBlanc and Élisabeth or Isabelle Gaudet, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1750, followed his parents to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in 1755, to a prison-of-war camp in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s, and to Louisiana in 1765.  He settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married cousin Marguerite, daughter of Étienne LeBlanc, in February 1771.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Daigre, Hébert, and LeBlanc families and perhaps the Rivet family as well.  Joseph, fils died in St. James Parish in October 1818; the St. James priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph died at "age about 70 yrs."  

1

Oldest son Donat, also called Simon, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in November 1773, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Melançon, at St.-Jacques in December 1801.  Their son Joseph le jeune was born at St.-Jacques in October 1802 but died at age 5 in October 1807, Louis Onésime, called Onésime, was born in August 1804, Marcellin or Marcellus Hermogène in October 1808, Pierre in February 1815 but died the following August, Paul was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1819, another Joseph le jeune in Ascension Parish in August 1821, and Privat Euphémon in August 1829.  They also had a son named Donat, fils.  Their daughters married into the Dugas, Gaudet, and Gautreaux families.  Donat, père died in St. James Parish in October 1843; the St. James priest who recorded his burial said that Donat died at "age 64 yrs. and 6 days," but he was closer to 70. 

1a

Onésime married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Isidore Blanchard, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1826.  They lived near the boundary of Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Tranquille Octave was born in July 1827, and Onésime Elphége was baptized at the Convent church, St. James Parish, age 6 months, in August 1834.  Onésime remarried to cousin Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Donat Landry, at the Convent church in January 1839; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  ...

1b

Donat, fils married double cousin Yrma, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Melançon, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in April 1842; Yrma's mother was a LeBlanc. ...

1c

Joseph married Apollonie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gautreaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1841; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of affinity in order to marry.  They lived near the boundary between Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Joseph G. was born in January 1844.  ...

1d

Marcellus married Claire Elisa, daughter of fellow Acadian Valentin Theriot, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in October 1841.  Their son Ernest Jacques was born in St. James Parish in September 1843.  ...

2

Benjamin, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in November 1779, may have married fellow Acadian Thérèse Babin.  If so, their son Benjamin, fils died at Ascension a day after his birth in May 1803.  ...

3

Youngest son Joseph III, born on the Acadian Coast in c1782, died at age 17 in December 1799. 

André LEBLANC (?-)

André LeBlanc came to Louisiana perhaps from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765.  Spanish officials counted him at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in 1766 with a boy and a girl in his household.  Despite his living in an Acadian community, one wonders if André was an Acadian.  Who were his parents?  How old was he?  Was he married?  Who were the boy and the girl with him at Cabanocé in April 1766?  Were they his children, his younger siblings, or young cousins?

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More LeBlancs--including six families, several wives, and at least two orphans, 34 members of the family in all-- reached New Orleans in September 1766 after a three-month voyage from Baltimore, Maryland--the first contingent of Acadian exiles from that British colony.  These LeBlancs, most of them from the Minas Basin, also settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques near their cousins already there:

Jacques LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 58, came with wife Catherine-Marie-Josèphe Forest of Pigiguit, age 56, and three unmarried daughters--Catherine, age 16, Osite, age 14, and Marguerite, age unrecorded.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  Two of their daughters married into the Babin and Lanoux families and remained on the river.  Jacques died at St.-Jacques in February 1795, age 87.  Daughter Osite died in Ascension Parish in June 1813, a widow in her early 60s. 

Sylvain LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 25, Jacques's son, came with wife Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, age unrecorded, and son Simon, age 2.  They had at least one more son in Louisiana.  Sylvain remarried probably at Cabanocé in the late 1760s. 

Paul LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 23, another of Jacques's sons, came with wife Agnès or Anne Babin, age 23, and son Marcel, an infant.  Anne was pregnant when they reached the colony; daughter Marie-Rose was born at Cabanocé.  They had more children in Louisiana. 

Madeleine LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 54, widow of Jean-Baptiste Melanson, came with three unmarried children, ages 25, 23, and 21, and a large extended family of marriage children and in-laws from Snow Hill, Maryland.  She lived with son Charles Melançon on the left, or east, bank of the river at nearby Ascension. 

Jean-Pierre LeBlanc, age 39, Madeleine LeBlanc's son-in-law, came with wife Osite Melanson, age 34, and three children--Isaac, age 5, Joseph dit Josime, age 4, and Hélène, age 1.  Osite was pregnant when they reached the colony; son Simon was born at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques soon after they settled there.  Daughter Hélène married into the Bourgeois family and died near Convent, St. James Parish, a widow, in November 1847; the priest who recorded her burial said she died at "age 90 yrs.," but she was probably in her early 80s. 

Désiré LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 49, came with wife Marie-Madeleine Landry, age 43, and 10 children--Simon, age 24, Isaac, age 20, Jérôme, age 17, Élisabeth or Isabelle, age 15, Désiré, fils, age 13, Marine, age 11, Osite, age 8, Benjamin, age 6, Anselme, age 4, and Marie, age unrecorded.  They had another son in Louisiana.  Daughter Osite died in Ascension Parish in January 1808, a widow, at age 50. 

Pierre LeBlanc, age 35, came with wife Anne Landry, age 29, and daughter Anne-Rose or Rose-Anne, age 7.  They had more children in Louisiana. 

Anne LeBlanc, age 34, came with husband Joseph Bujole of Pigiguit, age 43, and five children, ages 15 to 1.

Marie LeBlanc, age 32, widow of Joseph Richard, came with a 6-year-old daughter. 

Marie-Marthe LeBlanc, age 17, an orphan, may have come alone.  She married Jacques, fils, son of French Canadian Jacques Lachaussée of Ste.-Anne, Côte de Beaupré, at Cabanocé in February 1768, and remarried to Paul, son of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Breaux, at Cabanocé or nearby Ascension in c1770. 

Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, LeBlanc, age 11, also an orphan, came probably with the family of Amand Gautrot, which whom she was still living at Ascension in 1770.  She married Anselme, son of fellow Acadian Charles Foret, there in February 1774 and died in Ascension Parish in May 1809, a widow in her mid-50s. 

The LeBlancs from Maryland, especially Désiré, added significantly to this center of family settlement:

Descendants of Désiré LEBLANC (c1717-1777)

Désiré, son René LeBlanc and Élisabeth or Isabelle Melanson, born at Grand-Pré in c1717, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Abraham Landry, at Grand-Pré in c1740.  British forces deported them to Maryland in 1755.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  They came to Louisiana in 1766 with 10 children and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where they had another son.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Cabanocé in 1769 and on the same side of the river at Ascension the following year.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Landry, and LeBlanc families.  Désiré died at Ascension in March 1777; he was 60 years old.  Most of his seven sons created families of their own and contributed substantially to the number of LeBlancs in South Louisiana.  His grandsons settled not only on the Acadian Coast but also on Bayou Lafourche and the western prairies.  They were especially plentiful in Ascension Parish, near where their immigrant ancestor had settled. 

1

Oldest son Simon, born at Grand-Pré in c1742, married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Arceneaux, at Cabanocé in November 1767.  Their son Antoine-Alexandre, sometimes called Simon, was baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in June 1770 (he was, in fact, the first baptism at the St.-Jacques church), Édouard was born in May 1772 and baptized at Ascension the following August, and Simon Benjamin, called Benjamin le jeune, was baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in June 1780, after his father had died.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Richard families.  Simon's oldest son moved to Bayou Lafourche before moving on to the western prairies, where Simon's youngest son also settled. 

1a

Antoine-Alexandre married Marie-Clémence, called Clémence, daughter of French Creole Antoine-Alexandre Dupré dit Terrebonne, at Ascension in June 1791.  They settled on Grand Lake in the lower Atchafalaya Basin before moving to the southern end of the old Attakapas District. 

1b

Simon Benjamin married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Braud, at St. Jacques in November 1804.  They settled on Bayou Teche, not far from his older brother. 

1c

Édouard died in St. James Parish in March 1819.  He was only 47 years old and may not have married. 

2

Isaac, born at Grand-Pré in c1746, married Marie-Rose, daughter of cousin Jean-Baptiste Melançon, at Cabanocé in February 1768.  Their son Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, was born at Ascension in July 1778.  They also had older sons named Joseph-Isaac and Dernon.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard and Hutchinson families.  In 1779, during the American Revolution, Isaac served as first sergeant of Verret's company of the Acadian Coast militia.  Isaac remarried to cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Babin, at Ascension in May 1782; Marguerite's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their son Charles-Pierre was born at Ascension in May 1783, Barthélémy-Anselme, called Anselme le jeune, was baptized, age unrecorded, in August 1787, and Isaac, fils was born in October 1789 but died at age 6 months in May 1790.  Their daughters married into the Landry and Melançon families.  Isaac, called "2nd Lieut. in the Militia & Chief Steward of the Church," died at Ascension in June 1794; he was only 47 years old. 

2a

Joseph-Isaac, by his first wife, married Anne- or Marie-Marthe, called Marthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard and widow of Jean-Baptiste-Olivier Landry, at Ascension in May 1792.  Their son Isaac- or Jean-Colin, called Colin and Colin-Isaac, had been born at Ascension in February 1792, Joseph-Dernon, called Dernon le jeune, was born in November 1796, and Édouard in January 1798.  Their daughters married into the Braud and Tusson families.  ...

Isaac Colin married Anne Séraphine, called Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Paul Landry, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in April 1816.  Their son Isaac Aulime, called Aulime, was born in Ascension Parish in March 1817, Pierre Émile in February 1819, Joseph-Adélard, called Adélard, was born in March 1821 but died at age 1 1/2 in November 1822, Basile Camille was born in June 1825, Joseph Carville in August 1827, Félix in July 1829, and twins Alphonse Amédée and Joseph Amédée posthumously in October 1833 but Joseph Amédée died at 14 months in December 1834.  Isaac Colin died in Ascension Parish in May 1833; he was only 41 years old. 

Aulime married cousin Élisabeth Etelvina, called Etelvina, daughter of fellow Acadian Landry Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1841; Etelvina's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their son Grégoire Dernon was born in Ascension Parish in January 1843.  ...

Pierre Émile married first cousin Marie Zulma, daughter of his uncle Édouard LeBlanc, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1842. ...

Dernon le jeune married Marie Delphine, called Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in May 1817.  Their son Joseph or Lazare Dernon, called Dernon, fils, was born in Ascension Parish in September 1820, Denis in October 1823 but died at age 3 1/2 in June 1827, a newborn son, name unrecorded, died in May 1830, and Justin Samuel was born in September 1834 but died the following November.  Their daughter married a Blanchard cousin.  Dernon le jeune died in Ascension Parish in November 1837; he was only 41 years old.  His only surviving son created a family of his own. 

Dernon, fils married Marie Élise, Lise, or Louise, daughter of Spanish Creole Marcellin Comes, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in June 1841; Élise's mother was a Braud. ...

Édouard married cousin Marie Gertrude, called Gertrude, daughter of French Creole Louis Mollere, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1821; Marie's mother, also, was a Landry; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Édouard was born in Ascension Parish in December 1821 but died at age 11 months in November 1822, Jean Adolphe was born in August 1825, Dominique Ernest was baptized at the Donaldsonville church, age unrecorded, in September 1827, Joseph Édouard was born in February 1834, Louis Dernon in May 1836, Narcisse Octave in November 1838, Pierre Émile Amédée in August 1840, and Prosper Alfred in June 1842.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc first cousin.  Édouard may have died in Ascension Parish in October 1845; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Édouard died at "age 47 years, 8 months," so this probably was him.  If so, a daughter was born posthumously the following April. 

2b

Dernon, by his first wife, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Richard, at Ascension in June 1794.  Dernon died at Ascension in August 1794, two months after his wedding; the priest who recorded his burial did not give Dernon's age at the time of his death.  His line of the family died with him. 

2c

Jean-Baptiste, by his first wife, married cousin Marie-Rosalie, called Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Hébert, at St.-Gabriel "between Feb. & May 1801"; Rosalie's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Jean Baptiste, fils was born near St. Gabriel in June 1806 but died at age 4 in August 1811, Joseph Joachim was born in April 1809 but may have died at age 1 1/2 in July 1810, another infant, name unrecorded, perhaps theirs and perhaps a son, died at birth in October 1812, Jean Baptiste Jules, called Jules, was born in February 1816 but died at age 6 1/2 in June 1822, Adolphe was born in c1818 but died at age 4 in July 1822, an infant, name unrecorded, perhaps theirs and perhaps a son, died at birth in January 1819, Jean Baptiste Adolph was born in August 1820, and Sosthène in October 1822.  Their daughters married into the Hébert, Labauve, and Payne families.  Jean Baptiste may have died near St. Gabriel in November 1823; the priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean Baptiste was "age 50 yrs." when he died; if this was Jean Baptiste, son of Isaac, he would have been only 45. 

2d

Charles, by his second wife, married Marguerite Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Hyacinthe Landry, at Ascension in January 1804.  Their son Pierre was born in Ascension Parish in October 1810, and Rosémond in October 1813.  They also had a son named Valéry.  Their daughter married into the Lecoq family.  Charles died by October 1819, when his wife remarried at Donaldson. 

Valéry married cousin Léonie or Léonise Apolline, called Apolline, daughter of fellow Acadian Landry Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1835; Apolline's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their newborn son, name unrecorded, died in Ascension Parish 3 days after his birth in September 1836, and Arthur Félicien was born in August 1844.  ...

2e

Barthélémy Anselme, by his second wife, married Marie Constance, called Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Blanchard and widow of Paul LeBlanc, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1810.  Their daughter married into the Fautelet family.  Barthélémy remarried to Anne, called Nanette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Landry, at the Donaldson church in May 1817.  Their son Rosémond was born in Ascension Parish in March 1818, and Pierre Barthélémy posthumously in February 1820.  Barthélemy died in Ascension Parish in January 1820; he was only 33 years old. 

Rosémond, by his second wife, married Gracieuse, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1839.  Their son Édouard was born near St. Gabriel in April 1840.  Rosémond remarried to cousin Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church in March 1845; Victoire's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Pierre Adonis was born near St. Gabriel in December 1845.  ...

3

Jérôme, born at Grand-Pré in c1749, married cousin Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry and widow of Thomas Comes, probably at Ascension in the 1770s.  Jérôme served as third sergeant in Verret's company of the Acadian Coast militia in 1779.  His infant son, name unrecorded, died at Ascension in December 1788.  Jérôme died at Ascension in April 1789; he was only 40 years old.  His line of the family probably died with him. 

4

Désiré, fils, born at Grand-Pré in c1753, was counted at Ascension as a 17-year-old in August 1770.  He may not have married. 

5

Benjamin, born in Maryland in c1760, married cousin Marie-Rose, called Rose or Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin, at Ascension in July 1790; Rose's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Ignace-Baptiste died in Ascension a day after this birth in October 1795, Benjamin-Désiré, called Désiré le jeune, was born in November 1796, Narcisse in January 1800 but died at age 1 1/2 in September 1801, Joseph was born in March 1801, and another Narcisse in May 1802 but died at age 1 1/2 in December 1803.  Their daughter married into the Ayrard and Dupony or Dupouille families.  Benjamin, père died in Ascension Parish in February 1804; he was only 44 years old. 

5a

Désiré le jeune married Marguerite Phelonise, called Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Dugas, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in June 1817.  Their son Benjamin le jeune was born in Ascension Parish in March 1818 but may have died at age 4 1/2 in October 1822, Joseph Théodore was born in October 1827, and Trasimond in January 1830 but died at age 3 1/2 in July 1833.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Lessard families.  Désiré le jeune died in Ascension Parish in April 1837; the priest who recorded his burial said that Désiré was 42 years old when he died, but he was only 40. 

5b

Joseph married cousin Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Babin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1822, and remarried to another cousin, Marguerite, 26-year-old daughter of Jacques Babin and widow of Edmond Bujole, at the Donaldsonville church in February 1825.  Their daughter may have married an Ayraud cousin.  Did Joseph father any sons? 

6

Anselme, born in Maryland in c1762, married cousin Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Vincent-Ephrem Babin, at Ascension in December 1784; Marie's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Grégoire le jeune, called Sifroi, was baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in May 1788, and Jacques-Valéry, also called Valéry-Anselme, was born in December 1794.  Their daughter married into the Blanchard family.  Anselme died at Ascension in February 1797; he was only 35 years old. 

6a

Sifroi married first cousin Anne Céleste, called Céleste, daughter of Étienne LeBlanc of St. James Parish, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in January 1809; Céleste's mother was Sifroi's aunt Osite LeBlanc; they had to secure dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their newborn, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in Ascension Parish in July 1810, and a son, name and age unrecorded, died in Auguste 1811.  Céleste died in Ascension Parish in September 1813; she was only 27 years old.  Sifroi died in Ascension Parish in March 1816; he was only 28 years old.  His line of the family probably died with him. 

6b

Valéry married Euphrosine, daughter of Frenchman Pierre Gaillard, also called Denoux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1816.  They settled near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes.  Their son Anselme Valéry was born in Ascension Parish in July 1819 but died at age 6 in July 1825, Victor was born in c1820 but died near Convent, St. James Parish, age 13, in June 1833, and Sifroi Dufossat was born Ascension Parish in January 1825 but died at age 1 in April 1826.  Their daughter married into the Landry, Rivet, and Webre families.  ...

7

Youngest son Grégoire, born probably at Ascension in April 1769, married Marie-Anne-Barbe, called Barbe, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Babin, at Ascension in April 1787.  Their son Désiré le jeune was baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in October 1788, Privat-Dernon was born in August 1792, Rosémond in July 1794, Toussaint dit Lessaint or Jean-Baptiste-Lessin, called Lessin, in August 1798, and Léon Narcisse in September 1805.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux, Comes, Gaillard, and Landry families.  Grégoire died in Ascension Parish in May 1824; the priest who recorded his burial said that Grégoire was 50 years old when he died, but he was closer to 55.  All five of his sons married, one of them three times, another one twice. 

7a

Désiré le jeune married cousin Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Lanoux, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in December 1810; Carmelite's mother was a LeBlanc. ...

7b

Rosémond married Marie Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Bujole, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in November 1816.  Their son Eugène was born in Ascension Parish in September 1817.  Their daughter married into the Melançon and Scott families.  Rosémond remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Landry, at the Donaldsonville church in November 1826, and remarried again--his third marriage--to Émilie, daughter of French Creole Michel Migaud, at the Donaldsonville church in October 1830; Émilie's mother was an Hébert.  ...

7c

Lessin married Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Gravois, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1823.  Their son Jean Baptiste Lessin was born in Ascension Parish in July 1825, and a son, name and age unrecorded, died in November 1827.  Lessin remarried to Céleste Eugènie, called Eugènie, daughter of French Creole Benjamin Borne, at the Donaldsonville church in October 1829.  Their son Joseph Numa was born in Ascension Parish in March 1831, and Pierre Félix in February 1836 but died in March.  ...

7d

Léon Narcisse married Euphémie Delia or Delia Euphémie, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Raymond Braud, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1825.  Their son Joseph Léonard was born in Ascension Parish in February 1826 but died at age 10 1/2 in June 1836, Joseph Camille, called Camille, was born in January 1828 but died at age 4 1/2 in October 1832, Jules Norbert was born in June 1830 but died at age 6 in June 1836, Joseph Auguste was born in May 1832, Pierre Hercule, called Hercule, in November 1837 but died at age 11 months in 1838, and Joseph Léon was born in April 1846 but died the following June.  ...

7e

Privat married cousin Marie, daughter of Sylvain LeBlanc and widow of Célestin Prejean, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1832; Privat was 40 years old at the time of the wedding, and so was Marie.  Their son Joseph Grégoire was born in Ascension Parish in May 1833.  Marie died in Ascension Parish in April 1846; she was only 54 years old.  ...

Descendants of Jean-Pierre LEBLANC (1726-1770s)

Jean-Pierre, called Pierre, son of Pierre LeBlanc and Anne Thériot, born at Grand-Pré in April 1726, married Osite, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Melanson of Grand-Pré, probably at Minas in c1752.  They were exiled to Maryland in 1755 and came to Louisiana in 1766.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in 1769.  Jean-Pierre died probably at St.-Jacques in the 1770s, and Osite remarried to an Acadian Bourgeois.  Daughter Hélène married stepbrother Joseph-Marie dit Cobit Bourgeois.  Two of Pierre's sons remained on the river, but one of them moved to the western prairies during the late colonial period. 

1

Oldest son Isaac, born in Maryland in c1761, married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Arceneaux, at St.-Jacques in November 1789.  Their son Aemondo was born at St.-Jacques in November 1790, Jean-Baptiste-Stanislas, called Stanislas, in May 1792, Sosthène in October 1796, Dominique in August 1797, Casimir, a twin, in December 1799, Sébastien dit Bastien in c1801, Étienne was baptized, age 1, in December 1803, Sylvestre was born in December 1803, Nicolas in May 1805, Semer in April 1808, and Isaac, fils near Convent, St. James Parish, in December 1809.  They also had a son named Anselme.  Isaac, père died in St. James Parish in January 1810; the priest who recorded his burial said that Isaac was 61 years old when he died, but he was closer to 49.  Only one of his sons married a fellow Acadian, and it was the son's third wife. 

1a

Dominique married Eugènie, daughter of German Creole Ambroise Haydel of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1819, and remarried to Arthémise, daughter of French Creole Abraham Rome, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in February 1821.  Their son Dominique, fils was born near Convent in January 1824 but died at age 3 1/2 in November 1827.  Dominique remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Marie Perosine, called Perosine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Bourgeois and widow of Jean Grégoire and Charles Comeaux, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1831; Perosine's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Philippe Désiré was born near Convent in May 1831, Louis Martin died at age 2 months in March 1834, and Marcellin was born in January 1836.  ...

1b

Stanislas married Marie Constance Antoinette, called Constance, 19-year-old daughter of French Creole Pierre Bruneau or Bruno, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in May 1819.  Their son Adolphe was born near Convent in January 1822, and Joseph Clairville in October 1825 but died at age 2 1/2 in August 1828.  ...

1c

Sébastien dit Bastien married Charlotte, daughter of Jean Loque, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in July 1830.  Their son Terence was baptized at the Convent church, age 14 months, in August 1834 but died in September, Auguste was born in April 1836, Alexandre in January 1839, and Joseph Théodule in December 1840.  Bastien died near Convent in August 1841; the priest who recorded his burial said that Bastien died at "age 40 yrs." 

1d

Anselme married Eugènie, daughter of Nicolas Saurage or Sorage, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in March 1835.  Their son Arsène Amédée was born near Convent in September 1835.  ...

1e

Sosthène died near Convent, St. James Parish, in October 1836.  He was only 40 years old and may not have married. 

1f

Casimir may have married Orellia, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Sonnier, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1849; if this was him, he was 49 years old at the time of the wedding. 

2

Joseph dit Josime, born in Maryland in c1762, crossed the Atchafalaya Basin in the late 1770s or early 1780s, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Duhon, at Attakapas in August 1784, and settled there.  He remarried to Marguerite, daughter of German Creole André Bernard, at St.-Jacques in January 1801 and lived there before returning to the prairies. 

3

Youngest son Simon, born probably at Cabanocé in c1767, may have married Marie Michel at St.-Jacques in October 1787.  Their son Simon, fils was born at St.-Jacques in December 1788 but died at age 9 1/2 in October 1798.  ...

Descendants of Pierre LEBLANC (c1731-)

Pierre LeBlanc, born probably at Minas in c1731, was exiled to Maryland in 1755.  He married fellow Acadian Anne Landry probably in Maryland in the late 1750s.  Colonial officials counted them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, in July 1763.  They had three children at Oxford--Simon, Anne-Rose, called Rose, and Ludivine--but came to Louisiana in 1766 with only daughter Rose.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1769.  The following year they were counted on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension, where they were counted again in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Dugas, Landry, and LeBlanc families.  Their younger sons were born in Louisiana; only one of their sons created a family of his own. ...

1

Oldest son Simon, born probably in Maryland in the late 1750s or early 1760s, died in Maryland after July 1763, perhaps on the eve of the family's voyage to Louisiana. 

2

Sylvain, born probably at Ascension in c1770, married cousin Rosalie, daughter of Sylvain LeBlanc, at Ascension in February 1791.  Their son Louis-Michel was born at Ascension in September 1793, Benjamin-Elmosen in April 1796, Humbert or Hubert in November 1799, and Claude died "an infant" in February 1803.  Their daughters married into the Gaudin and Gautreaux families.  Rosalie died at Ascension in March 1803; she was only 31 years old.  Sylvain, called Sylvaire by the priest who recorded his burial, died near Convent, St. James Parish, in October 1831, in his early 60s. 

2a

Louis Michel died in Ascension Parish in April 1815.  He was only 21 years old and probably did not marry. 

2b

Hubert married Marcellite Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Simon Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1825.  Their daughter married into the Desnoyer family.  Hubert died in Ascension Parish in June 1826; he was only 26 years old.  His line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him.

3

Youngest son Jacques, born at Ascension in March 1773, died the following September. 

Descendants of Sylvain LEBLANC (c1741-1807)

Sylvain, elder son of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine-Marie-Josèphe Forest, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1741, followed his family into exile in Pennsylvania in 1755 and on to Maryland by July 1763, when he was counted with them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.  Perhaps that same year he married cousin Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, LeBlanc.  They came to Louisiana with a 2-year-old son in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Madeleine died in the late 1760s.  Sylvain remarried to fellow Acadian Marie-Josèphe Babin probably at Cabanocé in the late 1760s.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river there in 1769.  The following year they were living on the same side of the river at Ascension, where they were counted again in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Beres, Bourdier, Braud, Landry, LeBlanc, Melançon, Prince, and Trahan families.  Sylvain served as 1st Sous-Caporau, or first corporal, in Judice's company of the Acadian Coast militia in 1779.  That year he was also counted as a fourth corporal in Verret's company of the Acadian Coast militia.  Sylvain died in Ascension Parish in July 1807; he was 66 years old. 

1

Oldest son Simon-Sylvain, by his first wife, born probably at Oxford, Maryland, in c1765, married Élisabeth or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Godin dit Lincour of Rivière St.-Jean, at Ascension in July 1793.  Their son Marcellin was born at Ascension in May 1794.  Their daughter married into the Lessard family.  Simon remarried to cousin Marie Anne, called Anne, daughter of Simon LeBlanc and widow of Firmin Landry, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in July 1810; he was in his late 40s at the time of the wedding.  Their son Désiré Sylvain was born near St. Gabriel in September 1811.  Simon Sylvain died in Ascension Parish in April 1833; he was 68 years old. 

2

Olivier, by his first wife, born at New Orleans in November 1766, probably died young. 

3

Joseph dit Masa, Maza, or Moses, from his second wife, born probably at Ascension in c1770, married cousin Marie-Ludivine, called Ludivine, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc, at Ascension in February 1791.  Their son Alain-Sylvain died at Ascension, an infant, in February 1793, Alexandre-Zenon or Zenon-Alexandre was born in April 1795, Sylvain-Corentin or -Corantin in December 1797, Joseph, fils died at age 3 months in November 1798, Placide was born in October 1799, Pierre-Michel in September 1801 but died at age 1 in October 1802, Simon le jeune died 7 days after his birth in May 1803, and Niazart was born in September 1804.  Joseph dit Maza died in Ascension Parish in August 1807; he was only in his mid- or late 30s.  Three of his sons married and created families of their own, but only one of their lines survived, in Ascension Parish. 

3a

Zenon married Célesie, daughter of fellow Acadian Bélonie Babin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1818.  Their twin sons Eugène and Napoléon Zenon were born in Ascension Parish in October 1819 but Napoléon Zenon died at age 3 months the following January and Eugène died at age 10 in October 1829.  Zenon may have died near St. Gabriel in September 1822, in his mid 20s, or he may have died in Ascension Parish in June 1831, age 36.  His line of the family died with him. 

3b

Corantin married cousin Marguerite Ludivine, Léonise, or Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Raphaël Babin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in October 1820; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Rosémond was born in Ascension Parish in November 1823 but died at age 3 in October 1826, Nicolas Florentin was born in February 1830, Valentine Espire in August 1831, Sifrin Constantin in February 1834, and Jules in October 1836.  Their daughter married a Babin cousin.  Corantin remarried to Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Bourg and widow of Nicolas Ory of Livingston Parish, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in October 1842.  Their son Antoine was born in Ascension Parish in December 1843.  ...

3c

Placide married Céleste Marcelline, called Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadian Donat Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1823.  They settled near the boundary of Iberville and Ascension parishes.  Their infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died 8 days after its birth in June 1828, a son, name and age unrecorded, died in January 1830, Placide Prudent was born in January 1831 but died at age 12 1/2 in September 1843, and Joseph Telesphore, called Telesphore, was born in February 1835 but died at age 6 1/2 in October 1841.  Their daughter married into the Parent family.  Placide died in Ascension Parish in March 1836; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial said that Placide was 38 years old when he died, but he was only 36.  His family line probably died with him. 

4

Paul-Hilaire or -Sylvain, by his second wife, born at Ascension in January 1776, married Marie-Lena-Constance, called Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Blanchard, at Ascension in October 1803.  Their son Pharon Narcisse or Narcisse Pharon was born at Ascension in October 1804.  Their daughter married into the Fouteley and Picou families.  Paul died in Ascension Parish in April 1806; he was only 30 years old. 

Pharon married cousin Anne Coralie, called Coralie, daughter of fellow Acadian Victor Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1829; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Narcisse Pharon, fils, called Pharon, was born in Ascension Parish in October 1829 but died at "age several mos." in April 1830, Landry died at age 6 months in March 1831, Joseph Victorin, a twin, was born in September 1834 but died in October, Joseph Elzear was born in May 1837, Camille Joseph Adam in February 1841, and Joseph François was born in March 1842 but died the following September.  ...

5

Youngest son Simon-Pierre, by his second wife, born at Ascension in October 1783, died in Ascension Parish in September 1815.  He was only 32 years old and may not have married. 

Descendants of Paul LEBLANC (c1743-)

Paul, younger son of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine-Marie-Josèphe Forest, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1741, followed his family into exile in Pennsylvania in 1755 and on to Maryland by July 1763, when he was counted with them at Oxford, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.  He married fellow Acadian Agnès or Anne Babin probably in Maryland in the mid-1760s.  With an infant son, they followed his parents and his older brother to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  A daughter was soon born to them there, so Agnès/Anne may have been pregnant on the voyage to Louisiana.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1769 and 1777.  Their daughter married into the Gautreaux family.  Four of his eight sons married, but only the lines of his two older sons seem to have survived.  One of his older sons lived on the western prairies, and two of his grandsons settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, but most of his descendants remained on the Acadian Coast.

1

Oldest son Marcel or Marcellin, born in Maryland in c1766, married cousin Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Bourgeois, at St.-Jacques in April 1786; Madeleine's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Baptiste-Paul was born at St.-Jacques in November 1788, Joseph in April 1792, Paul-Valentin in June 1799, and Augustin dit Justin in August 1801.  Their daughters married into the Gravois, LeBlanc, and Louviere families.  Marcel moved to Bayou Teche and remarried to Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Surette and widow of Firmin dit Ephrem Robichaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1811; Marcel  was in his mid-40s at the time of the wedding, and Marie-Anne was in her late 40s.  Evidently the marriage did not suit him.  He secured a decree of separation by July 1812, when he petitioned the authorities in St. Martin Parish for a succession inventory to divide up their property.  He remarried again--his third marriage--to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Part and widow of Jean Arceneaux, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in March 1819; Marcel was in his early 50s at the time of the wedding.  Their son Marcellin, fils was born near Convent in July 1824.  They also had a son named Émile.  Most of Marcel's children remained in St. James Parish, to which he returned in his final days.  Two of his olders sons settled on Bayou Lafourche.  Marcel, called Marcellin by the recording priest, died near Convent in September 1824; the priest who recorded his burial said that Marcellin was 53 years old when he died, but he was closer to 58. 

1a

Joseph, by his first wife, married Marie Célanie, called Célanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Braud, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1813.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche later in the decade. 

1b

Augustin dit Justin, by his first wife, married Marie Azélie, 21-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Duhon, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in November 1822.  They also settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

1c

Émile, by his second wife, married Eugènie Marie, daughter of German Creole Eugène Matherne, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in April 1846.  ...

2

Jean-Jacques, called Jacques, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in May 1771, married Marie Rosalie, called Rosalie, another daughter of Paul Bourgeois, at St.-Jacques in April 1792.  Their son Pierre Paul, called Paul, was born at St.-Jacques in July 1795, a son, name unrecorded, died a day after his birth in October 1797, Jacques-Evariste, called Evariste, was born in May 1801, Simon was baptized, age 4 1/2 months, in October 1803 but died the following December, Jacques Narcisse, called Narcisse, was born in October 1804, Paul Destival or Estival, also called Destival Paul, in January 1807, and Louis Breville or Preville, in August 1809.  They also had a younger son named Pierre.  Their daughters married into the Carlin, Chauvin, Gautreaux, and Melançon families.  Jacques died near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1830; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jacques was "age 62 yrs." when he died, but he probably was a few years younger.  One of his daughters moved to Bayou Lafourche. 

2a

Paul married Marie Sidalise, called Sidalise, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Gautreaux of Ascension Parish, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in October 1820.  Their son Paul, fils was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in October 1821, and Alexandre Valsin, called Valsin, in November 1824.  Their daughters married into the Melançon and Pelletier families.  ...

Paul, fils married Henriette Lodoiska, called Lodoiska, daughter of fellow Acadian Donat Braud, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1839, on the same day and at the same place his uncle Pierre married Lodoiska's sister Marie Aglae.  Paul, fils and Lodoiska settled near the boundary between Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Paul Léonard was born in March 1845, and William in April 1847.  ...

Valsin died "at home in St. James Parish" in April 1846.  He was only 21 years old and probably did not marry. 

2b

Jacques Narcisse married Euphrosine Marie Célanie, called Célanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Melançon, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1825.  They lived near the boundary between St. James and Ascension parishes.  Their son Narcisse, fils was born in October 1827, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 4 months in September 1833, and Étienne was born in July 1835.  Jacques Narcisse died in Ascension Parish in March 1841; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial said that Jacques Narcisse died at "age ca. 38 years," but he was only 36. 

2c

Evariste married Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Madé Bourg, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1825.  They lived near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes.  Their son Evariste Clairville, called Clairville, was born in November 1825, Evariste Telesphore, called Telesphore, in May 1828 but died at age 4 1/2 in October 1832, Jean Baptiste was born in November 1830, Joseph was baptized at the Convent church, age 17 months, in November 1834, Paul Homere was born in September 1836, Louis Bienville in January 1840, and Jacques Valsin in February 1845.  ...

Clairville married cousin Laure, daughter of fellow Acadian Anatole Gautreaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1846; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. ...

2d

Destival married Marie Sidalise, called Sidalise, daughter of fellow Acadian Simonette Boudreaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1828.  Their son Paul Désiré was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in September 1829, Louis Oscar, called Oscar, in Ascension Parish in May 1834 but died at age 4 in August 1838, Paul Faustin, called Faustin, was born in February 1839 but died at age 8 1/2 in November 1847, and Onésime Edwin was born in February 1843.  Destival died in Ascension Parish in May 1844; he was only 37 years old. 

2e

Louis Preville married Émilie, called Melite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Arceneaux, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1831.  Their infant son, name unrecorded, died near Convent in June 1833.  Louis Preville remarried to Melasie, another daughter of Étienne Melançon, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1838.  Their son Louis Breville, fils was born in Ascension Parish in September 1840.  ...

2f

Pierre married Marie Aglae, called Aglae, daughter of fellow Acadian Donat Braud, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1839, on the same day and at the same place his nephew Paul, fils married Marie Aglae's sister Henriette Lodoiska.  Pierre and Marie Aglae settled near the boundary between Ascension and St. James parishes.  ...

3

Laurent, a twin, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in August 1773, probably died young. 

4

Paul, Laurent's twin, also may have died young.  One wonders if he also was called Hippolyte.

5

Augustin, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in October 1778, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joachim Mire, at St.-Jacques in February 1798.  Their daughter married into the Braud family.  They may have had no sons.  One wonders if Augustin also was called Hippolyte.

6

Another Laurent, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in April 1781, may have died young.  One wonders if he also was called Hippolyte.

7

Sylvain, born probably at St.-Jacques in the early 1780s, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Duhon, at St.-Jacques in May 1803.  Their son Jean Baptiste was born at St. James in March 1804 but died at age 7 1/2 in September 1811.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc cousin.  Sylvain died in St. James Parish in June 1808; the priest who recorded his burial said that Sylvain was "age about 45 yrs." when he died, but he probably was closer to 25.  His line of the family, except for its blood, may have died with him. 

8

Youngest son Hippolyte, born probably at St.-Jacques, died near Convent, St. James Parish, in February 1823.  The priest who recorded his burial did not give Hippolyte's age at the time of his death nor mention a wife. 

~

In July 1767, more LeBlancs--24 of them, including three more families--reached New Orleans from Maryland with dozens of fellow Acadians.  Spanish officials, by now, had come to the colony and insisted that these Maryland exiles settle not at Cabanocé or on the western prairies but at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, a new Acadian community on the river south of Bayou Manchac.  The new arrivals agreed to the arrangement because St.-Gabriel was so close to Cabanocé, where many of their kinsmen lived.  The stretch of the river around St.-Gabriel, in fact, would soon be called the Upper Acadian Coast:

Marie LeBlanc, age 66, widow of Paul Babin, came with an unmarried 22-year-old daughter.  Marie was one of the oldest Acadians to make it to Louisiana. 

Another Marie LeBlanc, age 54, widow of Joseph Richard, came with two unmarried sons, ages 27 and 20. 

Jean-Charles LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 53, came with wife Judith-Marguerite Landry, age 40, and five children--Jean-Baptiste dit Agros, age 15, Joseph, later called Agros, age 12, Marie, age 5, Simon, who also would be called Agros, age 4, and Anne, age 1.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the Landry and Provinché families.  Son Simon dit Agros moved to the western prairies, but Jean-Charles's other sons remained on the river.  Daughter Marie died at St.-Gabriel in December 1787, a year after her marriage; she was only 24 years old. 

Marie-Josèphe Trahan, age 45, widow of Michel LeBlanc, came with two children--Marguerite, age 18, and Joseph-Michel, age 9. 

Bonaventure LeBlanc, age 40, came with wife Marie Thériot, age 40, and five children--Joseph dit Adons, age 16, Anne, age 14, Marie-Madeleine, age 10, Esther, age 6, and Isaac, age 4.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  All of their children remained at St.-Gabriel.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Biven, Culere or Dulaire, Dubois (French Creole, not Acadian), Goudeau, Landry, Longuépée, and Rivet families.  Bonavenuture died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1811; the priest who recorded his burial said that Bonaventure was 80 years old when he died, but he probably was closer to 84.  Daughter Esther married four times and died near St. Gabriel in February 1821, in her late 50s; she outlived all four of her husbands.  Marie-Madeleine married three times and died near St. Gabriel in September 1825, in her late 60s. 

Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, age 25, came with husband François Hébert, fils, age 29, and two sons, ages 4 and 3.  Marie died near Baton Rouge in March 1806; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 76 years old when she died, but she was closer to 64. 

Marguerite LeBlanc, age 23, came with husband François-Sébastien Landry, age 26, and two daughters, ages 3 and infant.

Another Marguerite LeBlanc, age 20, came with husband Pierre-Paul Hébert, age 30, and three children, ages 5, 3, and infant.  Marguerite died at St. Gabriel in February 1805; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was "age 48" when she died, but she was closer to 58. 

Esther LeBlanc, age 22, came with husband Anselme Blanchard of Grand-Pré, age 27, two children, ages 4 and 2, and a 13-year-old orphan.  Anselme served as commander of the Valenzuéla District on upper Bayou Lafourche during the early 1780s. 

Isabelle-Marguerite LeBlanc, age 20, came with husband Jean-Baptiste Babin, age 38, and three small children.  They had many more children in Louisiana.  Isabelle died near St. Gabriel in January 1804; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 60 years old when she died, but she was closer to 57. 

Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 18, came alone. 

Orphan Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, LeBlanc, age 16, probably came with sister Marie, age 14.  Marguerite married into the Bergeron and Gaudet families and settled on Bayou Lafourche.  Marie married into the Paquette family and remained on the river. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC (c1749-)

Jean-Baptiste, son of probably Joseph LeBlanc and Marie-Marguerite Landry, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1749, was exiled to Maryland in 1755, came to Louisiana in 1767, and settled at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville.  He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexis Comeaux, at nearby Ascension in December 1775.  Spanish officials counted them on the "right bank ascending," or east bank of the river, at St.-Gabriel in 1777.  He owned a single slave by then.  His daughters married into the Blanchard and Hébert families.  Except for its blood, his line of the family seems to have died out after the second generation. 

1

Oldest son Jean-Alexis, called Alexis, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in March 1777, married Anne Marine, called Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Richard, at St. Gabriel in November 1805.  Their daughter married into the DeMiller and Denis families.  Alexis remarried to cousin Marie Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of Isaac LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1813.  Their infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died near St. Gabriel a day after its birth in September 1815, and Alex or Jean Marcellin was born in November 1817.  Their daughter married into the Boissac family.  Alexis died near St. Gabriel in December 1824; the priest who recorded his burial said that Alexis was 50 years old when he died. 

Jean Marcellin, by his second wife, died near St. Gabriel in February 1838.  He was only 20 years old and probably did not marry.  His line of the family died with him. 

2

Joseph, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1778, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of Joseph dit Adons LeBlanc, at St.-Gabriel in June 1802.  Their son Joseph, fils was born near St. Gabriel in November 1807 but died at age 12 in February 1820.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  Joseph, père died in Iberville Parish in December 1813; he was only 35 years old.  His only son did not live long enough to marry, so this line of the family, except for its blood, did not survive. 

3

Jean-Baptiste, fils, born near St.-Gabriel in June 1790, may have died young, unless he was the Jean Baptiste who died near St. Gabriel  in September 1839.  The priest who recorded that burial said that Jean Baptiste was "age 54 yrs." when he died, but if this was Jean Baptiste, fils, he would have been "only" 49.  The recording priest did not bother to give Jean Baptiste's parents' names or mention a wife. 

4

Youngest son Joseph-Édouard, born near St.-Gabriel in November 1794, may have died young. 

Descendants of Joseph dit Adons LEBLANC (c1751-1824?)

Joseph dit Adons, elder son of Bonaventure LeBlanc and Marie Thériot, born probably at Minas in c1751, followed his family into exile in Maryland in 1755.  He was counted with them at Baltimore in July 1763, followed them to Louisiana in 1767, and settled at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, where he married Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Landry, in the late 1760s or early 1770s.  Spanish officials counted them on the "right bank, ascending," or east bank of the river, at St.-Gabriel in 1777.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Babin, Dupuis, Gareuil, and Hébert families and perhaps into the Trahan family as well.  Joseph may have died near St. Gabriel in March 1824, in his early 70s.  Two of his sons married first cousins. 

1

Oldest son Joseph, fils, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1778, probably died young. 

2

Simon, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in March 1780, married cousin Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon-Joseph Dupuis, at St.-Gabriel in August 1801; Euphrosine's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their son Simon Joseph, called Joseph, was born near St. Gabriel in February 1804, Achille Ursin in October 1805, and Hermogène, a twin, in February 1816.  Their daughters married into the Haydon and Lesassier families.  Simon remarried to first cousin Marie Rose, daughter of his uncle Isaac LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in August 1818; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Célestin was born near St. Gabriel in May 1819, Jules in April 1824, and Théodore in February 1830.  ...

2a

Joseph, by his first wife, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Babin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in March 1833; Marguerite's mother was a LeBlanc.  ...

2b

Achille Ursin, by his first wife, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1833.  He was only 27 years old and probably did not marry. 

2c

Hermogène, by his first wife, married Mary Azélie, daughter of Anglo American John Allen of Valens County, Mississippi, in a civil ceremony in Valens County, and sanctified the marriage at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1839.  Their son John William was baptized at the St. Gabriel church, age unrecorded, the same day his parents were married there.  ...

2d

Célestin, by his second wife, married cousin Desoline or Théodile, daughter of Placide LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1840.  Their son Célestin Lucien was born near St. Gabriel in January 1841 but died at age 1 1/2 in July 1842. ...

3

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, called Joseph, born near St.-Gabriel in April 1785, married Marie Céleste, called Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1810.  Their son Amand Balthazar was born near St. Gabriel in August 1811 but died at age 3 in September 1814, and Joseph Hermogène was born in September 1813.  Their daughter married into the Walsh family.  Joseph may have been the Jean Baptiste LeBlanc who died near St. Gabriel, age 54, in September 1839. 

4

Youngest son Étienne-Édouard, called Édouard, born near St.-Gabriel in July 1794, married first cousin Marie Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of his uncle Isaac LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in August 1818; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Joseph Édouard, called Édouard, fils, was born near St. Gabriel in September 1819, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 2 in August 1823, and Jules was born in February 1824.  Édouard, père may have died near St. Gabriel in July 1828; the priest who recorded Édouard's burial did not bother to give any parents' names, mention a wife, or even give his age at the time of his death; this Édouard would have been only 34 years old; a daughter was born a few days before he died.  

Édouard, fils married Lucille, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Allain, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1841.  Their son Joseph Arnaud was born near St. Gabriel in November 1846 but died at age 1 in November 1847.  ...

Descendants of Isaac LEBLANC (c1763-1826)

Isaac, younger son of Bonaventure LeBlanc and Marie Thériot, born probably at Baltimore, Maryland, in c1763, followed his family to Louisiana in 1767 and settled with them at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, where he married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Melançon, in November 1786.  Their daughters married into the Allain, Babin, Blanchard, Chiasson, Delaune, LeBlanc, Roth, and Tusson families.  Isaac died near St. Gabriel in September 1826; he was 63 years old.  Neither of his sons seems to have married, so this line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

1

Older son Clotin, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1788, may have died young. 

2

Younger son Maximilien, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1791, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste dit Agros LEBLANC (c1752-)

Jean-Baptiste dit Agros, eldest son of Jean-Charles LeBlanc and Judith-Marguerite Landry, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1752, followed his family into exile in Maryland in 1755.  He was counted with them at Baltimore in July 1763, followed them to Louisiana in 1767, and settled at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, where he married Madeleine-Marthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Foret, in April 1782.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Landry families and perhaps into the Dupuis family as well.  Only one of his many sons married but may not have fathered a son of his own, so this line of the family, except for its blood, may not have survived in the Bayou State. 

1

Oldest son Gabriel, born near St.-Gabriel in April 1786, died there in February 1808.  He was only 21 years old and did not marry. 

2

Hippolyte, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1792, also may have died young. 

3

Placide, born probably near St. Gabriel in c1789, married Letitia, daughter of Anglo American Jean Dodd, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1817.  Their daughters married into the Landry and LeBlanc families.  Placide may have died near St. Gabriel in February 1824; if so, he would have been only 35 years old.  Except for its blood, his line of the family probably died with him. 

4

Laurent, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1794, may have died there in November 1820.  The priest who recorded this burial, and who did not bother to give Laurent's parents' names or mention a wife, said that Laurent was "age 30 yrs." when he died.  If this was Laurent, son of Jean Baptiste dit Agros, he would have been only 25 years old at the time of his death. 

5

Édouard, perhaps their youngest son, born in c1807, died near St. Gabriel at age 5 in July 1812. 

Descendants of Joseph dit Agros LEBLANC (c1755-1811)

Joseph dit Agros, second son of Jean-Charles LeBlanc and Judith-Marguerite Landry, born at Grand-Pré in c1755, followed his family into exile in Maryland in 1755.  He was counted with them at Baltimore in July 1763, followed them to Louisiana in 1767, and settled at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville.  He married Anne-Julie or Julie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Chrysostôme Trahan, at nearby Ascension in October 1787.  Anne-Julie had come to Louisiana from France in 1785 aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  They settled at Manchac, between St.-Gabriel and Baton Rouge.  One of their daughters was baptized at New Orleans in November 1790, so they may have lived in the city before returning to Manchac.  In the early 1800s, they crossed the river and settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their daughters married into the Guidry, Landry, Reboul, and Serrette families.  Joseph dit Agros died probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in March 1811; he was 55 years old.  Only his oldest son seems to have created a family of his own. 

1

Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Manchac in August 1788, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Marie Trahan of Baton Rouge, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1817.  Their son Joseph Colombe was born near Baton Rouge in December 1833.  ...

2

Jean-Baptiste, born at Manchac in January 1792, probably died young. 

3

Another Jean-Baptiste, born at Manchac in October 1798, also may have died young. 

4

Youngest son Pierre, born at Manchac in January 1803, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Joseph-Michel LEBLANC (1758-1833)

Joseph-Michel, also called Michel-Joseph, son of Michel LeBlanc and Marie-Josèphe Trahan, born at Baltimore, Maryland, in December 1758, followed his widowed mother to Louisiana in 1767 and settled at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, where Spanish officials counted them on the "right bank, ascending," or east side of the river, in 1777.  Joseph-Michel married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Augustin Landry, at St.-Gabriel in June 1781.  Their daughters married into the Babin and LeBlanc families.  (Their daughter Marie Rosalie, wife of cousin Auguste LeBlanc, died at Barataria in the c1814 or 1815 in her late 20s and was reinterred at St. Gabriel in January 1816; one wonders what she was doing at Barataria, which in the 1810s was a noted smugglers' lair.)  Joseph Michel's baptismal record was recertified by the St. Gabriel priest in January 1819, when he was 60.  He died near St. Gabriel in October 1833; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 81 years old when he died, but he was "only" 74.  Only his younger sons seem to have created families of their own.  Two of them married sisters. 

1

Oldest son Augustin or Auguste, born near St.-Gabriel in May 1783, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in February 1834.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Auguste was 52 years old when he died, but he was only 50.  He may not have married. 

2

Joseph, fils, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1785, may have died young, unless he was the Jean Baptiste, "single, brother of Élie and Isaie LeBlanc," who died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in December 1843.  The priest who recorded the burial said that Jean Baptiste died at "age 59 years," hence the possibility that he was the Joseph, son of Joseph LeBlanc and Marguerite Landry, born at St.-Gabriel in February 1785.  One wonders why Jean Baptiste never married. 

3

François-Xavier, born near St.-Gabriel in April 1789, may have died young. 

4

Élie, born near St.-Gabriel in April 1793, married Marie Victoire, called Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Chiasson, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1814.  Their son Lucien was born near St. Gabriel in January 1818.  They also had a son named Élie, fils, unless he was Lucien.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  Élie remarried to Iréné, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Hernandez, at the St. Gabriel church in June 1825, on the same day and at the same place his younger brother Isaac married Iréné's sister Céleste.  Élie and Iréné's son Hermogène was born near St. Gabriel in May 1829, Adolphe in April 1833, Jean Baptiste in August 1838, and Auguste in January 1841.  ...

Élie, fils, by his first wife, married Marie Joséphine, Séraphine, or Serasine, daughter of Joseph Vincent Desmoulet, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1838. ...

5

Narcisse, born near St.-Gabriel in September 1795, married cousin Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Brasseaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1817; Marcellite's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died near St. Gabriel nine days after its birth in July 1819.  Their daughter married into the Rils family.  Narcisse died near St. Gabriel in September 1819; he was only 24 years old.  His line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

6

Youngest son Aimé-Isaac-Michel, called Isaac and Isaie, born near St.-Gabriel in December 1800, married Céleste, another daughter of Jacques Hernandez, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1825, on the same day and at the same place his older brother Élie married Céleste's sister Iréné.  Isaac and Céleste's son Isaac, fils had been born near St. Gabriel in May 1825 but died at age 8 in April 1833, Joseph was born in February 1828, and Zenon in April 1832 but died at age 4 in February 1836.  Isaac remarried to Marie Domitille, another daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hernandez, at the St. Gabriel church in April 1836.  They lived near the boundary between Iberville and Ascension parishes.  Their son Ysari, also called Isaie, fils, was born in February 1837 but died at age 7 1/2 in October 1844, and Charles died 8 days after his birth in August 1843.  ...

~

In early 1768, two LeBlanc wives came to Louisiana from Maryland with the large party from Port Tobacco led by brothers Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit.  Spanish governor Ulloa forced them to settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez, far up the river, across from present-day Natchez, Mississippi, but they did not remain there:

Marguerite LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 62, widow of Pierre Cloistre dit Clouâtre, came with four grown, unmarried children, ages 27 to 18.  After the Spanish released them from Fort San Luìs de Natchez, Marguerite moved down to St.-Gabriel, where she died in April 1782, in her late 70s. 

Rose-Osite LeBlanc, age 37, came with husband Joseph Babin and three children, ages 21, 5, and 2.  One wonders where they settled after the Acadians abandoned Natchez. 

~

The arrival dates of several LeBlancs who came to Louisiana in the 1760s and settled on the river are difficult to determine:

Marie and Rose LeBlanc came to Louisiana with brother Pierre.  They may have settled with him at St.-Gabriel.  One wonders if Marie and Rose were actually one person, Marie-Rose, who married Charles Landry. 

Marie-Rose LeBlanc married François, son of fellow Acadian Charles Landry, at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in May 1768.  One wonders if Marie-Rose was the sister of the Pierre LeBlanc who married Marguerite Breaux. 

Jean-Charles LEBLANC (?-)

Jean-Charles, son of Jean LeBlanc and Marie Thériot, married Anne-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry, at St.-Jacques in August 1770.  She had come to Louisiana from Maryland in 1768 with six of her siblings and followed them and the rest of the Breau party to Fort San Luìs de Natchez, across the river from present-day Natchez, Mississippi.  One wonders if Jean-Charles also had come to Louisiana from Maryland with the Breau party and had gone with them to Natchez.  One also wonders if Jean-Charles and Anne-Madeleine had any children. 

Descendants of Pierre LEBLANC (1753-1790)

Pierre, son of Joseph LeBlanc and Marguerite Landry, born probably at Minas in October 1753, may have been exiled to Maryland as an infant in 1755 and may have come to Louisiana with sisters Marie and Rose in 1766 or 1767.  Spanish officials counted him on the "left bank ascending" at St.-Gabriel in 1777; he was still a bachelor and owned a Negro boy.  Pierre married Marguerite-Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Janvier Breau, at Ascension in October 1778.  They settled near St.-Gabriel.  Their daughter married into the Dupuis family.  Pierre may have died near St.-Gabriel in November1790; if so, he would have been only 37 years old.  Most of his half dozen sons married fellow Acadians and remained in the St. Gabriel area.  One of his sons married three times, another twice.  A grandson settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

1

Oldest son François-Xavier, born near St.-Gabriel in October 1779, probably died young. 

2

Narcisse, born at Ascension in March 1783, married cousin Marie Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Babin, at St. Gabriel in February 1806; Marie Anne's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their daughters married into the Braud and Richard families.  Narcisse may have fathered no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, may have died with him.

3

Joseph-Auguste, called Auguste, born near St.-Gabriel in November 1784, married cousin Marie Rosalie, called Rosalie, daughter of Joseph Michel LeBlanc, at St. Gabriel in February 1806; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Rosalie died at Barataria in c1814 or 1815 in her late 20s and was reinterred at St. Gabriel in January 1816.  Auguste remarried to Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Bujole, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in January 1817, and remarried again--his third marriage--to Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Babin and widow of Louis Seguinot, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in March 1820.  Their child, name and age unrecorded, perhaps a son, died near Baton Rouge in October 1823.  Auguste died near St. Gabriel in July 1829; he was only 44 years old.  His line of the family probably died with him. 

4

Maximilien, a twin, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1787, married Marie Hélène, called Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Allain, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1808.  Their son Joachim was born near St. Gabriel in January 1809, Pierre Eperin or Zéphirin, called Zéphirin, in June 1816, Pierre Hermogène in January 1818, and Maximilien, fils in January 1824.  Their daughter married into the Aucoin family.  Maximilien died near St. Gabriel in October 1843; he was 56 years old. 

4a

Joachim married Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadian Abraham Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1837.  Their son Joachim, fils was born near St. Gabriel in February 1845.  ...

 4b

Zéphirin married Gertrude, daughter of French Creole Louis Voisin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1840.  Their son Louis Lovinsky was born near St. Gabriel in May 1843.  ...

5

Pierre-Charles, Maximilien's twin, died near St.-Gabriel at age 3 months in July 1787. 

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Youngest son Pierre-Paul, called Paul, born near St.-Gabriel in March 1789, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1810; Marguerite's mother, also, was a Braud; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Pierre Jude was born near St. Gabriel in February 1811, Pierre Eugène, called Eugène, near Baton Rouge in February 1815, Ursin near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in June 1820, and an infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died near St. Gabriel at age 6 months in July 1823.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Berret, and Hébert families.  Pierre Paul may have remarried to Letitia, also called Melcide, daughter perhaps of Anglo American Jean Dodd and widow perhaps of Placide LeBlanc, at St. Gabriel in the late 1820s.  ...

Eugène, by his first wife, married Marie Adeline, called Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian François Theriot, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1844.  Their son Magloire Eugène was born near Baton Rouge in October 1846. ...

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The largest contingent of LeBlancs who emigrated to Louisiana--at least 73 of them, including 20 families--arrived aboard every one of the Seven Ships from France in 1785.  These were LeBlancs from Minas whom the British had exiled to Virginia in the fall of 1755, had deported to England the following year, and repatriated to France in 1763, many of them settling on Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany; and also LeBlancs from Pigiguit, Cobeguit, and Île St.-Jean whom the British had deported from the Maritime islands to France in 1758-59.  After enduring the indignities of life in the mother country for a quarter of a century, they took up the Spanish government's offer to start a new life in Louisiana.  Most of them chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, but some of them settled on the river: 

Simon LeBlanc, age 62, crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in late July.  With him were second wife Marie Trahan, age 51, and three children--Joseph, age 20, Marie-Anne, age 15, and Jacques-Pierre-Marie, age 14.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to the Manchac area, south of Baton Rouge.  From Manchac, they moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Simon died in February 1802, age 77.  Daughter Marie-Anne married into the Landry and LeBlanc families and settled on Bayou Lafourche; she died in Ascension Parish in September 1831, in her early 60s.  Most of Simon's sons remained at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Son Jacques moved to Bayou Teche in the early 1800s. 

Jean LeBlanc, age 36, Simon's son by his first wife, crossed with wife Thérèse Hébert, age 35, and daughter Marie-Rose, age 1 1/2.  They remained on the river. 

Joseph LeBlanc, age 54, crossed on Le Bon Papa with second wife Anne Hébert, age 49, and four children--Marguerite-Blanche-Ian, age 19, Marie-Françoise, age 18, Joseph-Marie, age 17, and Simon-Louis-Marie, age 14.  Theirs was the first family to step off the first of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux and LeBlanc families and remained on the river.  Their sons also remained on the river.  Daughter Marguerite died probably at Manchac in August 1798; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was "age 30 years" when she died, but she was 32.  Daughter Marie Françoise also died at Manchac, in September 1814, a widow; she was only 48 years old. 

Marguerite LeBlanc, age 48, crossed on Le Bon Papa with second husband André Templé, age 57, and eight children, ages 25 to 7.  Hers was the second family to step off the ship.  They moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Marguerite died in Assumption Parish in May 1815, a widow, in her late 70s. 

Pierre LeBlanc, age 42, crossed on Le Bon Papa with wife Anne-Josèphe Lebert, age 41, and four sons--Joseph-Olivier, age 17, Pierre-Paul, age 15, Jean-Cleandre, age 13, and Victor-Charles, age 10.  They remained at Manchac, where Pierre remarried.  Pierre died at Manchac in August 1815, a widower, in his early 70s.

Charles-Jean LeBlanc, age 23, crossed on Le Bon Papa with wife Brigitte-Josèphe Hébert, age 19, and no children.  In c1790, they moved from Manchac to upper Bayou Lafourche, where his family had settled, lived for a time in New Orleans during the late 1790s, and had many children, at least five of whom died in a yellow fever epidemic in the city in the late summer and early fall of 1799.

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Élisabeth dite Maillet LeBlanc, age 42, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  With her were husband Honoré Breau, age 50, and six children, ages 16 to infant.  They were among the few passengers from their ship who did not go to upper Bayou Lafourche.  They settled at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, instead.  Élisabeth died at Manchac in January 1808; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 60 years old when she died, but she was closer to 65. 

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Marie LeBlanc, age 55, crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  With her were husband Jean Guédry dit Gravois, age 57, two sons, ages 27 and 17, and a 19-year-old cousin.  They went to St.-Jacques before moving on to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, LeBlanc, age 54, widow of Pierre-Isidore Trahan, crossed on Le Beaumont with five children, ages 21 to 9.  They went to Manchac, but not all of them remained there.  Madeleine and at least two of her children settled on the western prairies, where Madeleine died in November 1804, in her early 70s.   

Marie LeBlanc, age 45, crossed on Le Beaumont with third husband Charles Henry, age 53, and four children from two of her marriages, ages 23 to 17.  Marie was pregnant on the voyage and gave birth to a son at Baton Rouge in October. 

Paul LeBlanc, age 41, crossed on Le Beaumont with wife Anne Boudrot, age 38, two daughters--Adélaïde-Marguerite, age 3, and infant Rose or Rosalie--and 23-year-old niece Rose Trahan.  They went to Baton Rouge before moving on to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Élisabeth or Isabelle LeBlanc of Pigiguit, age 32, crossed on Le Beaumont with husband Joseph Caillouet, age 31, a Canadian she married in France, and an infant son.  They went to St.-Jacques.  Isabelle died near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1816, in her early 60s. 

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Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 44, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November.  With him were wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Aucoin, age 50, and 19-year-old niece Marie-Marguerite Semer.  They went to San Bernardo, an Isleños settlement on the river below New Orleans, and moved on to the Opelousas District, where Élisabeth remarried in 1797. 

Marie LeBlanc, age 25, wife of Jean Daigle, crossed on L'Amitié with two infant daughters.  She took them to San Bernardo. 

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Marguerite LeBlanc of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 40, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early December.  With her were husband Charles Bourg of Cobeguit, age 51.  They brought no children with them to the colony.  They followed the majority of their fellow passengers to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, but moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche by the 1790s. 

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LeBlancs who came to Louisiana from France and settled on the Acadian Coast created only three new family lines that survived there: 

Descendants of Pierre LEBLANC (c1743-)

Pierre, elder son of Victor LeBlanc and Marie Aucoin, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1743, followed his family to one of the Maritime islands and was deported to France in 1758-59 with the family of his stepfather, Grégoire Maillet.  Pierre married Anne-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Lebert, at Plouër, France, near St.-Malo, in February 1767; she was the sister of his younger brother Olivier's future wife.  They sailed to France aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed the majority of their fellow passengers to Manchac.  Pierre remarried to Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Richard and widow of Simon dit Pierre Pitre and Victor Boudreaux, probably at Manchac in September 1787.  Every one of his four sons, all born in France, may have died young, ending this line of the family. 

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Oldest son Joseph-Olivier, by his first wife, born at Plouër, France, in May 1768, may have died young. 

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Pierre-Paul, by his first wife, born at Plouër, France, in February 1770, may have died young. 

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Jean-Cléandre, by his first wife, born at Plouër, France, in September 1771, may have died young. 

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Youngest son Victor-Charles, by his first wife, born at Nantes, France, in March 1776, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Olivier LEBLANC (c1746-1808)

Olivier, younger son of Victor LeBlanc and Marie Aucoin, born at Grand-Pré in c1746, followed his family to one of the Maritime islands and was deported to France in 1758-59 with the family of his stepfather, Grégoire Maillet.  Olivier married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Lebert, at Nantes, France, in June 1781; she was the sister of his older brother Pierre's wife.  They sailed to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to upper Bayou Lafourche.  They had more children in Louisiana, including sons.  Their daughter married into the Bourg family.  Olivier remarried to Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Richard, at Lafourche in November 1790.  Unlike his older brother, who settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, Olivier took his family upriver to the Manchac area, so, where he died in January 1808; the priest who recorded his burial said that Olivier was 72 years old when he died, but he was closer to 62.  His burial record also noted that at the time of his death he was "unmarried."  One of his sons settled on the western prairies. 

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Oldest son Pierre-Olivier, by his first wife, baptized at Chantenay, France, age unrecorded, in April 1784, probably died young. 

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Charles-Marie, by his first wife, born at Lafourche in October 1785, married Modeste Aimée or Emerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Blanchard, at Baton Rouge in February 1806.  Their son Charles, fils was born at Manchac in November 1808.  Their daughter married into the Dupuis family.  Charles remarried to Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Bénoni Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in March 1813.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Magloire le jeune, perhaps also called Magloire Charles, was born in July 1817, and Victorin in January 1822.  Their daughters married into the Anger and Babin families.  Charles remarried again--his third marriage--to Anne Marine, called Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Hébert and widow of Jean Louis Landry, at the Baton Rouge church in May 1837; he was in his early 50s at the time of the wedding.  His oldest son settled on the western prairies but may have returned to the Baton Rouge area. 

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Charles, fils, by his first wife, married Élisabeth Tarsile or Tarsile Élisabeth, daughter of French Creole Jean Marie Tullier of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1833; Élisabeth's mother was a Dupuis.  They may have returned to the Baton Rouge area in the early 1840s. 

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Magloire le jeune, by his first wife, likely married fellow Acadian Pauline Richard in West Baton Rouge Parish in the late 1830s and settled there. ...

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Youngest son Magloire-Henri, by his first wife, born probably at Manchac in October 1787, married Marie Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Blanchard, at Baton Rouge in August 1810.  Their son Sylvère was born probably at Manchac in July 1811.  Their daughter married into the Allain (French Creole, not Acadian) family.  ...

Descendants of Jean LEBLANC (1746-)

Jean, son of Simon LeBlanc and his first wife Marguerite Bourg, born at Grand-Pré in October 1746, followed his family to one of the Maritime islands and was deported to France in 1758-59.  He married Thérèse, also called Bertille or Tarsille, daughter of fellow Acadian François Hébert of Cobeguit, at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France, near Nantes, in April 1782.  They and their infant daughter sailed to Louisiana with his father's family aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Manchac.  Their daughter married into the Longuépée family.  Jean and Bertille may have had no sons.

Descendants of Joseph LEBLANC (1764-)

Joseph, elder son of Simon LeBlanc and his second wife Marie Trahan, born at Morlaix, France, in November 1764, became a sailor in the mother country.  He followed his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Manchac, where he married cousin Marguerite-Blanche-Ian, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc, in February 1787.  Marguerite also had come to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa and probably had known Joseph since their childhood together on Belle-Île-en-Mer.  Their daughters married into the Danos family and perhaps into the Rivet family as well.  Joseph remarried to Marie- or Laurentine-Urienne, called Corentine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Longuépée, at Manchac in July 1799.  Corentine had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Berret, Hernandez, Melançon, and Rivet families.  ...

Jérôme, by his first wife, born at Manchac in April 1790, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Comeaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1814.  They settled near Bayou Goula, Iberville Parish, on the west bank of the river.  Their son Derosin was born in November 1817, Timoléon in November 1818, Trasimond in September 1820, Jean Valsin in August 1821, and Jean Rosémond in May 1823.  Their daughter married into the Daigre family.  Jérôme died near Bayou Goula in September 1847; he was 57 years old. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC (c1768-1820; Daniel, Antoine, Jacques dit Petit Jacques)

Jean-Baptiste, son of Jean-Jacques LeBlanc and his second wife Nathalie Pitre, born at St.-Servan, France, near St. Malo, in March 1768, followed his parents to Poitou in the early 1770s, witnessed his father's leadership of the Acadians who questioned the viability of the venture, retreated with his family to Nantes after the venture failed, and worked as a sailor.  Still a teenager, he crossed to Louisiana with his widowed mother and a sister aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he was counted in 1788 working as an engagé with the family of French Creole Jean Licaire.  Unlike his younger sister, Jean-Baptiste did not remain on the upper bayou.  He married Marie-Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Boudreaux, at St.-Jacques on the river in January 1795.  Jean Baptiste died in St. James Parish in April 1820; he was only 51 years old.  Only one of his four sons married and created a family of his own; he remained on the old Acadian Coast. 

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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste-Lucien, born at St.-Jacques in July 1802, died in St. James Parish, age 12, in September 1814. 

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Joseph Casimir, born in St. James Parish in July 1807, may have died young, unless he was the Casimir LeBlanc of St. James Parish who married Orellia, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Sonnier, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1845.

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Simon Eugène, called Eugène, born in St. James Parish in December 1810, died at "age about 16 yrs." in March 1826. 

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Youngest son Jean Jacques le jeune, born in St. James Parish in December 1812, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Landry, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1835.  They lived near the boundary between St. James and Ascension parishes.  Their son Joseph Éloi was born in December 1835, Jean Elphége in March 1839, Joseph Oscar in August 1843 but died at age 2 1/2 in July 1846, and Joseph Prospere was born in July 1845.  ...

Joseph-Marie LEBLANC (1768-)

Joseph-Marie, elder son of Joseph LeBlanc and his second wife Anne Hébert, born at Kleban, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in April 1768, followed his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Manchac.  One wonders what became of him. 

Simon-Louis-Marie LEBLANC (1771-1798)

Simon, younger son of Joseph LeBlanc and his second wife Anne Hébert, born at Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in April 1771, followed his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Manchac.  Simon died at Manchac in January 1798; the priest who recorded his burial said that Simon was 25 years old when he died, but he was 26.  One wonders if he married.   

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A LeBlanc widow was among the last Acadians to come to Louisiana:

Marine LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 52, widow of Joseph Babin, came to Louisiana aboard the schooner Brigitte, owned and piloted by fellow Acadian Joseph Gravois, in 1788.  With her were five children, ages 25 to 15.  They had left Île St.-Pierre, off the southern coast of Newfoundland, in early October and reached New Orleans two months later.  Marine died at Ascension in September 1789, age 55. 

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In a reversal of the usual Acadian settlement pattern, LeBlancs from upper Bayou Lafourche "returned" to the river during the antebellum period and created new family lines in Iberville, East Baton Rouge, and Ascension parishes: 

Descendants of André-Amable LEBLANC (1794-)

Amable-André or André-Amable, second son of Charles-Jean LeBlanc and Brigitte-Josèphe Hébert, born at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in February 1794, married Marguerite Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1818, and remarried to Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Allain and widow of Joseph Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church in June 1828. ...

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Oldest son Charles le jeune, by his first wife, born near St. Gabriel in August 1819, married Euphrasie, daughter of German Creole Georges Troxler, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1844.  Their son Charles, fils was born near St. Gabriel in January 1846, and André Bernard in June 1847.  ...

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Jean, by his first wife, died near St. Gabriel at age 2 in November 1824. 

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André Théodule, by his first wife, born near St. Gabriel in October 1826, ...

Descendants of Joseph LEBLANC le jeune (1820-)

Joseph le jeune, son of Joseph Narcisse LeBlanc and his first wife Joséphine Senette, born in Assumption Parish in July 1820, married Sarah Élizabeth or Élizabeth Sarah, daughter of Anthony Monget, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1843; Sarah's mother was a Longuépée.  They remained in the Baton Rouge area. ...

Descendants of Joseph Prudent LEBLANC (1824-)

Joseph Prudent, eldest son of Augustin dit Justin LeBlanc and Marie Azélie Duhon, born in Assumption Parish in April 1824, married Carmelite, daughter of Spanish Creole Mathias Rodriguez, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1843. ...

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Other LEBLANCs on the River

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link many LeBlancs on the river with known Acadian lines of the family there.  The priests at Donaldsonville, Convent, and St. Gabriel were especially sloppy in their recordkeeping.  Also, one suspects that many of the marriages in this list were civil unions, unsanctified by the church:

Joseph LeBlanc married Marguerite Blanchard and settled near St.-Gabriel by the early 1780s. 

Joseph LeBlanc married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, Landry.  Their son Joseph, fils died near St.-Gabriel 10 days after his birth in April 1786, and Joseph-Bénoni or Béloni, called Bénoni, was born in c1788.  Béloni married Euphrosine, daughter of French Creole Antoine Lanclos and widow of Vital Rivet, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1811.  Their daughter Marie Madeleine may have married into the Trahan family.  Béloni moved to the western prairies by May 1824, when he remarried at Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish. 

Michel LeBlanc died at Ascension in August 1786.  The priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give Michel's parents' names, mention a wife, or give his age at the time of his death. 

Alexandre LeBlanc married Anne Trahan.  Their son Joseph was baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in May 1787. 

Joseph LeBlanc married Marguerite Favre and settled at Ascension by the early 1790s. 

Rose LeBlanc died near St.-Gabriel in December 1794.  The priest who recorded her burial did not give her parents' names, mention a husband, or even give her age at the time of her death.  One wonders if she was an immigrant or a native of Louisiana. 

Augustin LeBlanc, described as "native of Cabanocé," died at St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands on the Upper German Coast in January 1801.  The priest who recorded his burial did not give Augustin's parents' names, mention a wife, or even give his age at the time of his death. 

Joseph LeBlanc married Marguerite or Marie Boudreaux and settled near St.-Gabriel by the early 1800s. 

Isaac LeBlanc married Marie Theriot.  Their daughter Geneviève married into the Thibodeaux family at St.-Jacques in August 1802, and into the Price family in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1829. 

Joseph dit Lave LeBlanc died at Ascension in November 1804.  The priest who recorded his burial did not give Joseph's parents' names, mention a wife, or even record his age at the time of his death. 

Omer or Homer, son of Joseph LeBlanc, died at Ascension in July 1805.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Omer was only nine months old when he died.  Since the priest did not list the boy's mother's name, one can only guess which of the many Joseph LeBlancs at Ascension was his father. 

Colin LeBlanc married Marie Constance Braud.  Their son Nicolas was born at St. James in November 1805. 

Jean LeBlanc, "former school teacher," died near St. Gabriel in February 1806.  The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean was 50 years old when he died.  Considering his profession, one wonders if Jean was Acadian. 

Richard LeBlanc died in Ascension Parish in June 1808.  The Donaldson priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Richard was 28 years old when he died. 

Édouard LeBlanc died near Convent, St. James Parish, in September 1811.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Édouard was nine years old when he died but did not bother to give the boy's parents' names. 

André LeBlanc died near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1814.  The priest who recorded his burial, called André "an Acadian," and did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that André was "age 45" when he died. 

Dorville LeBlanc died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in February 1815.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Dorville was 16 years old when he died but did not give his parents' names. 

Moïse LeBlanc died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1815.  The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Moïse was 23 years old when he died. 

Valeno LeBlanc was born in Ascension Parish in May 1816.  The Donaldson priest who recorded the boy's baptism called his parents Canto LeBlanc and Margarita Landry.  Anyone have a clue who they were? 

Jean Baptiste LeBlanc died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in June 1816.  The priest who recorded his burial, and who but did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean Baptiste was 77 years old when he died.  One wonders which Jean Baptiste this was. 

Charles LeBlanc died in Ascension Parish in October 1817.  The Donaldson priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was married and 45 years old when he died, but the good father did not give his parents' names or the name of his wife. 

Joseph dit Atout LeBlanc died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1817.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph, "called Atout," was "age 34" when he died but did not give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Jean Barthélémy LeBlanc died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, age 2, in September 1821.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give his parents' names. 

Paul LeBlanc died near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1822.  The priest who recorded his burial, and who but did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Paul was 30 years old when he died. 

Jean LeBlanc died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1822.  The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean was 35 years old when he died. 

Jean LeBlanc died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1822.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial said that Jean was 66 years old when he died but did not give his parents' names or mention a wife. 

Auguste, son of Levi LeBlanc, died in Ascension Parish, age 1, in April 1833.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to list his mother's name, and one wonders if the good father recorded the correct given name for the boy's father. 

Benjamin Hermogène LeBlanc died in Ascension Parish in July 1833.  The priest who recorded his burial, but who did not give his parents' names or mention a wife, said that Benjamin was "age 38 yrs." when he died. 

Pierre Alexis, called Alexis, LeBlanc married Spanish Creole Martine or Joséphine Sanchez or Sans and settled near Baton Rouge by the late 1830s.  Their son Alexis Pierre was born near Baton Rouge in May 1841. 

Alexis LeBlanc married Anglo American Joséphine Tompkins and settled near Baton Rouge by 1840. 

Evariste LeBlanc married French Creole Mathilde Capdevielle and settled in Ascension Parish by the early 1840s. 

Sylvère LeBlanc married Acadian Joséphine Broussard and settled in West Baton Rouge parishes by the early 1840s. 

François, fils, son of François LeBlanc and Joulye Brunteaux, married Yréné, daughter of Acadian Paul Hébert, at the Brusly church, West  Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1842.  Were François, père and François, fils Acadians, or were they descendants of French Creole Paul-Louis LeBlanc de Villeneuve? 

Émile LeBlanc died in Ascension Parish in March 1843.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Émile died at "age 23 years." 

Casimir LeBlanc, son of Marguerite David, "died ... at Isaac LeBlanc's Place" near Convent, St. James Parish, in September 1843.  Casimir was only 21 years old when he died; the priest who recorded his burial did not give the father's name.  Which Isaac LeBlanc was this?  Was Marguerite an Acadian David? 

Théophile, son of Narcisse LeBlanc, died in Ascension Parish in March 1845.  The Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give the mother's name, said that Théophile died at "age 18 years."  Which Narcisse LeBlanc was his father? 

Joseph LeBlanc died near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1846.  The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age 35 yrs." 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

Most of the LeBlancs who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche: 

Ursule Breau, age 65, widow of Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc, her second husband, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in mid-August.  With her were son Simon, age 23, and granddaughter Madeleine-Françoise LeBlanc, age 11.  Madeleine-Françoise married into the Giroir family and died near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in a widow, in November 1842; she was 68 years old.  Simon married at Lafourche but probably died soon after. 

Claude LeBlanc, age 62, crossed on La Bergère with third wife Dorothée Richard, age 50, and Claire Landry, her 80-year-old mother-in-law from her first marriage.  Claude died at Lafourche in August 1800; he was 77 years old.  The stories he could have told! 

Marthe LeBlanc, age 51, crossed crossed on La Bergère with husband Pierre Landry, age 49, and four children, ages 19 to 9.   Marthe died in Assumption Parish in June 1822, a widow.  The priest who recorded her burial said that Marthe was 95 years old when she died, but she was "only" 87. 

Nathalie Pitre, age 50, widow of Jean-Jacques LeBlanc of Poitou settlement fame, crossed on La Bergère with two children--Jean-Baptiste, age 17, and Marie-Geneviève, called Geneviève, age 15.  Evidently Nathalie did not remarry.  One wonders is she remained on the Lafourche.  During the late 1780s or early 1790s, son Jean-Baptiste left the upper bayou and settled among his cousins at St.-Jacques.  Daughter Geneviève also moved to St.-Jacques, married into the Bourgeois family, lived briefly on upper Bayou Lafourche before returning to St.-Jacques, and died near Convent, St. James Parish, a widow, in August 1844; the priest who recorded her burial said that she died at "age 64 yrs.," but she was 74. 

Marie Aucoin, age 48, wife of Michel LeBlanc, crossed on La Bergère with two daughters--Marie-Josèphe, age 25, and Apolline-Eulalie, age 13.  One wonders why Marie went to France without her husband (she was listed on the passenger list as his wife, not his widow).  Marie-Josèphe married into the Gaudet family and died by August 1794, when her husband remarried at St.-Jacques on the river.  One wonders what happened to Apolline-Eulalie. 

Marie-Blanche LeBlanc, age 43, crossed on La Bergère with husband Pierre Richard, a 30-year-old female cousin of his, and two children, ages 19 and 16. 

Olivier LeBlanc, age 38, crossed on La Bergère with wife Marie-Madeleine Lebert, age 24, and two children--Marie-Anne, age 3, and Pierre-Olivier, age 1.  Olivier remarried at Lafourche before removing his family upriver to the Manchac area.   

Étienne LeBlanc, age 36, crossed crossed on La Bergère alone.  He never married.  

Élisabeth, or Isabelle, LeBlanc of Île St.-Jean, age 29, Étienne's sister, crossed on La Bergère with husband Louis-François Le Tollierec, a Frenchman, and two children, ages 4 and 1. 

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Moïse LeBlanc, age 24, crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  With him were wife Angélique-Madeleine-Marie De La Forestrie, age 24, and two children--Marie-Josèphe, age 3, and Jean-Martin, age 1.  They did not follow the majority of their fellow passengers to the Baton Rouge/Bayou Manchac area but chose to go, instead, to upper Bayou Lafourche, where five of his younger siblings also settled.  Moïse remarried to Madeleine-Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Eustache Bertrand, at Lafourche in April 1786.  He fathered another daughter by his second wife but no more sons.  His one son settled on the upper bayou. 

Joseph LeBlanc, age 19, Moïse's younger brother, crossed on Le Beaumont with four younger siblings--Jacques-Hippolyte, age 17, François-Marie, age 15, Marie-Madeleine, age 12, and Anne-Geneviève, age 9.  They followed Moïse to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Anne-Geneviève married an Achée at Lafourche and followed him to the western prairies.  The others remained on the upper bayou.  Marie Madeleine, widow of Jean-Joseph Hébert and Pierre Gerbaut or Jerbeaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1837, in her early 60s; her succession record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in June. 

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Charles LeBlanc, age 68, crossed on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September.  With him were second wife Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, Gautrot, age 66, and daughter Marguerite-Geneviève, age 20.  Charles and Marie-Madeleine, if they survived the crossing from France, went probably to upper Bayou Lafourche, but their daughter, who married a Duhon soon after they reached New Orleans, followed him to San Bernardo, below the city. 

Marie LeBlanc, age 58, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with second husband Eustache Trahan of Pigiguit, age 40, and no children.  One wonders what happened to them in Louisiana, or even if they survived the crossing from France.

Another Charles LeBlanc, age 52, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with second wife Rosalie Trahan, age 40, and six children--Marie-Rose, age 21, Pierre-Honoré, age 19, André-Marie, age 18, Marie-Françoise, age 16, Barbe-Anne, age 12, and infant Jean-Baptiste.  Charles's oldest son by his first wife, Charles-Jean, had crossed with his wife on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, and gone to Manchac on the river, but they joined his family on upper Bayou Lafourche by the mid-1790s.  Despite their ages, Charles and Rosalie had more children, including a son, on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Daughter Marie Rose, wife of Théodore Bourg, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1832, in her late 60s; her succession record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in January. 

Pierre LeBlanc, age 51, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with wife Françoise Trahan, age 47, and four children--Marie, age 22, Geneviève, age 21, Simon, age 9, and infant Mathurine-Françoise.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  Mathurine-Françoise probably died young.  Their older daughters married into the Michel family.  Most of their children settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where Pierre may have remarried. 

Rose or Rosalie LeBlanc of Pigiguit, age 43, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Pierre Dugas, age 53, and two daughters, age 3 and an infant. 

Bibianne LeBlanc, age 40, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Augustin Trahan, age 50, and a 12-year-old daughter.  Bibianne died by December 1795, when her husband remarried at Lafourche. 

Thomas LeBlanc, age 39, crossed on Le St.-Rémi alone. 

Joseph LeBlanc, age 31, also crossed on Le St.-Rémi alone.  He married twice on the upper bayou. 

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Pierre LeBlanc, age 49, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early November.  With him was wife Marie-Blanche Landry, age 52, and daughter Marguerite-Anne, age 16.  Marguerite-Anne married into the Boudreaux family.  Pierre may have remarried on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Claude-Marie LeBlanc, age 20, crossed alone on La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in late December.  He married on the bayou.   

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The LeBlancs from France who remained on Bayou Lafourche created a third center of family settlement:

Descendants of Charles LEBLANC (1734-?)

Charles, son of Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine Boudrot, born at Grand-Pré in April 1734, married Anne Benoit probably on one of the Maritime islands in c1758, just before the British deported them to France.  They survived the crossing aboard the transport Tamerlan, which reached St.-Malo in January 1759.  Charles worked as a day laborer and a sawyer in France.  Anne died from giving birth to son Charles-Jean at Châteauneuf, near St.-Malo, in September 1761.  Charles remarried to Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Claude Trahan, at St.-Servan, also near St.-Malo, in February 1763.  She gave him many more children, including at least half a dozen sons.  They were among the hundreds of Acadians from the St.-Malo area who went to Poitou in the early 1770s as part of a settlement scheme there.  After the settlement failed, they retreated with most of the Poitou Acadians to Nantes in late 1775 and sailed to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, a decade later.  They followed the majority of  their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where they had more children, including a son.  Charles was in his mid-60s and Rosalie in her early 50s when Spanish officials counted them on their six arpents along the upper bayou in January 1798; they had no slaves.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Bourg, and Hébert families.  Three of Charles's eight sons died young in France, and three of them created families of their own, but only one, possibly two, of their lines survived, one of them on the river. 

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Oldest son Charles-Jean, also called Jean-Charles, from his first wife, born at Châteauneuf, France, near St.-Malo, in September 1761, married Brigitte-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Amable Hébert, probably at Nantes, France, in the early 1780s.  They sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and went first to Baton Rouge before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche, where his family had settled.  They lived at New Orleans during the late 1790s, where they buried five of their children, ages 14 to infant, in September and October 1799--victims, most likely, of a yellow fever epidemic that struck the city.  Their son Jean-Charles, fils, called Charles, was born at Manchac in April 1788, Amable-André or André-Amable, called André, at Assumption in February 1794, Augustin in c1796 but died at New Orleans, age 3, in October 1799, Charles, described by the priest who buried him as a "very young child," died at New Orleans in September 1799, and Alexandre was baptized at New Orleans, age 2 months, in January 1801.  In a reversal of the usual Acadian settlement pattern, their only married son "returned" to the river and settled in Iberville Parish. 

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André Amable married Marguerite Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1818.  They remained on the river, where André remarried a decade later. 

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Jean Charles, fils may have died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1824.  If so, he would have been 36 years old, not age 26 as recorded by the priest, who did not bother to give Jean Charles's parents names or mention a wife. 

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Pierre-Honoré, by his second wife, born at St.-Servan, France, in July 1765, married Anne-Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Boudreaux, at Lafourche in February 1792.  Anne had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France.  Their daughters married into the Guidry and Prejean families.  Pierre-Honoré died at St.-Jacques on the river in August 1796; he was only 31 years old; his succession record was filed at what became the Thibodauxville courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1797.  Except for its blood, his line of the family probably died with him. 

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André-Marie, by his second wife, born at St.-Servan, France, in November 1766, married Marie-Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Hébert, at Assumption in October 1793.  Marie-Louise had come to Louisiana aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships from France.  They were still childless five years later.   Did André remarry to French Creole Mélanie Labiche?  If so, their son Valsin was born in Assumption Parish in March 1816, and George Thomas in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1822, when André would have been in his early 50s and 60s, so this may not have been him.   André died in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1848; he was 81 years old; the Thibodaux priest who recorded his burial said that André Marie married to "Maxie Pitre."  

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Grégoire-Charles, by his second wife, born at St.-Servan, France, in May 1771, died at St.-Servan, age 1, in July 1772. 

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Jean-Baptiste, by his second wife, baptized at St.-Jean L'Evangeliste, Châtellerault, France, age unrecorded, in June 1774, died at Châtellerault in mid-July, age 1 month. 

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Louis-René, by his second wife, baptized at Ste.-Croix, Nantes, France, age unrecorded, in April 1779, died at Ste.-Croix, age 2 1/2, in September 1781. 

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Jean-Baptiste, by his second wife, the second with the name, born at Nantes, France, in October 1784, was still living with his parents on upper Bayou Lafourche in January 1798, age 14.  Did he ever marry?  He may have been the Jean Baptiste LeBlanc who died in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1850; the Thibodaux priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Jean Baptiste died "at age 70 yrs.," but this Jean Baptiste would have been 65. 

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Youngest son Honoré, by his second wife, born likely at Lafourche in c1792 or 1793, was 4 years old when he appeared in the Valenzuéla census of April 1797 with the rest of his family, but he does not appear with them in the January 1798 census, so he probably died young. 

Thomas LEBLANC (c1746-1786)

Thomas LeBlanc, born in Acadia in c1746, was deported to France probably in the late 1750s.  He became a tailor in the mother country and sailed to Louisiana alone aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed the majority of the passengers from his ship to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he died in December 1786, only 40 years old.  He does not seem to have married. 

Étienne LEBLANC (c1749-1799)

Étienne, son of probably Félix LeBlanc and his first wife Marie-Josèphe Thériot, born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1749, was deported to France probably from Île St.-Jean in 1758-59.  In 1764, he followed his family from St.-Malo to Boulogne but returned to the St.-Malo area, where he lived at St.-Servan and Plelo.  He became a plowman in France.  Still a bachelor, he followed his younger sister Élisabeth's family to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Still a bachelor, he was living with his sister's family on the upper bayou in 1795.  Two years later, Spanish officials counted him again on the upper bayou; he was still unmarried and owned three slaves.  He died at New Orleans in August 1799, age 50.  He never married.     

Descendants of Joseph LEBLANC (c1753-1836)

Joseph, son of Honoré LeBlanc and Marie-Josèphe Trahan, born at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1753, followed his family into exile to Virginia in 1755 and then on to England the following year.  He was still a child when his family was repatriated to France in 1763.  They landed at Morlaix in Brittany before moving on to Le Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer, off the southern coast of Brittany, a year or so later.  Joseph sailed to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785; according to the ship's passenger list, he was still a bachelor.  He followed the majority of the passengers from his ship to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marguerite, daughter of perhaps Charles Foret, a fellow Acadian, in the late 1780s, though the baptism of Joseph, fils, son of Joseph LeBlanc and Marguerite Foret, at Lafourche in December 1785, three months after Le St.-Rémi reached New Orleans, hints that Joseph and Marguerite may have been married when they reached the colony despite Joseph's being listed as single on the ship's passenger list and in the Valenzuéla census of 1788.  Joseph remarried to Marie-Rose, called Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian François Landry, at Lafourche in November 1793.  Joseph held two slaves on the upper bayou in 1797.  Their daughters married into the Girot, Landry, LeBlanc, and Mollere families.  Joseph died in Assumption Parish in August 1836; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was "age ca. 87 yrs." when he died, but he probably was a few years younger.  Four of his sons created families of their own and remained on Bayou Lafourche. 

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Joseph, fils, perhaps his oldest son by his first wife, baptized at Lafourche, age unrecorded, in December 1785, may have died young. 

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Pierre-Urbin, -Lubin, or -Aubin, from his first wife, born probably at Lafourche in c1787, married Marie Mélanie, called Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1810.  Their son Laurent Thomas, called Thomassin, was born in Assumption Parish in November 1814, Evariste Anaclet in September 1816, and Germain Valéry in May 1820.  Their daughters married into the Achée, Landry, LeBlanc, and Rivet families.  Pierre Urbin remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry and widow of Étienne Daigle, at the Plattenville church in January 1827.  Pierre Urbin died in Assumption Parish in October 1832; he was only 45 years old. 

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Thomassin, by his first wife, married cousin Adelina or Delina, daughter of Hermogène LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1833.  Their son Hubert Rosémond was born in Assumption Parish in January 1835 but died at age 3 weeks in February.  Adelina died in Assumption Parish in September 1836; she was only 20 years old.  Thomassin remarried to Marie, daughter of Louis Hobe, Hope, Hoppe, or Opes, at the Plattenville church in October 1837; Marie's mother was a Pitre.  Their son Valsin Amédée was born in Assumption Parish in October 1838, and Michel Camille in September 1840 but died 6 days after his birth.  ...

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Evariste, by his first wife, married Edesie or Elesie, daughter of fellow Acadian Guillaume Jean Bourg, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1834.  Their son Evariste Désiré was born in Assumption Parish in July 1838, Joachim Joseph in November 1839, Émile Urbain in December 1841, and Septiene Augustin, called Augustin, in August 1846 but died at age 1 1/2 in November 1847.  ...

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Germain, by his first wife, married Helena or Elina, daughter of fellow Acadian Eugène Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1839.   Their son Joseph was born near Plattenville in April 1842, and Joseph Eugène near Paincourtville in March 1847.  ...

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Joseph-Ursin, by his first wife, born at Lafourche in July 1792, died at age 10 months in May 1793. 

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Ursin, by his second wife, born at Lafourche in October 1794, married Marie Sidalise, called Sidalise, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Breaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1819.  Their son Désiré was born in Assumption Parish in March 1822, Joseph Ignace, called Ignace, in August 1823, Joseph Hippolyte in January 1830, and Jean Baptiste Amédée in June 1832.  Their daughter married a Landry cousin.  ...

Ignace married Azéma, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1847. ...

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Valéry-Cyprien, by his second wife, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in October 1796, married cousin Marie Hortense, called Hortense, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Raphaël Landry and widow of Julien Martin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1821.  They lived near the boundary of Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their son Léon Désiré was born in October 1822, Séverin in February 1826 but died in late March, Eusèbe Alcide was born in August 1829, Valéry Lois François in August 1831, Louis died at age 3 in September 1834, Casimir died at age 1 month in April 1836, Aubin Aristide was born in March 1837, Joseph Raphaël in June 1840, and Eulisse, perhaps Ulysse, died at at age 2 in August 1846.  Their daughter married into the Schomer family.  ...

Léon Désiré married fellow Acadian Marguerite Amelie or Armelise Hébert.  Their son Joseph Wilbrode was born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in December 1843, and Romain Théophile was baptized at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, age unrecorded, in March 1845 ...

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Youngest son Rosémond, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in May 1807, married Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1825.  They settled near the boundary of Assumption and Ascension parishes.  Their son Adrien Eusilien was born in October 1826, Hippolyte Numa in February 1828, Pierre William in October 1830, Joseph Rosémond in October 1833, Clairville Guillettre in November 1834, Jean Baptiste Amédée in February 1838, Charles Octave in December 1839, and Gustave in 1842.  ...

Descendants of Simon LEBLANC (1761-c1789?)

Simon, son of Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc and Ursule Breau, born in England in October 1761, followed his family to France in 1763, where he worked as a day laborer.  He was still a bachelor when he sailed to Louisiana with his widowed mother and a niece aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he may have married Anne-Marie, called Annette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Daigle, in April 1788.  Annette came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships.  Simon may have died by January 1790, when his wife remarried at Lafourche. 

Joseph, born at Lafourche in August 1789, may have died young.  If so, his line of the family died with him. 

Descendants of Claude-Marie LEBLANC (1765-c1816)

Claude-Marie, son of Charles LeBlanc and Anne dite Annette Landry, born at Morlaix, France, in May 1765, sailed to Louisiana alone aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He went to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marguerite-Anastasie, called Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Benoît Comeaux, at Assumption in June 1794.  Marguerite was a native of Cherbourg, France, and had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Bruce, Ledet, Picou, and Poché families.  Claude Marie's succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1816; he would have been 51 years old that year. 

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Oldest son Joseph-Rosémond, called Rosémond, born at Assumption in March 1794, married Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Bergeron, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1817.  Their son Joseph Rosémond, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1820, Auguste Drosin in February 1824 but died at age 2 in March 1826, Onésime Cleopha was born in February 1830, Eugène Émile in May 1833, and Augustin Lovincy in June 1839.  Their daughters married into the Sevin and Toups families.  ...

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Joseph Rosémond, fils married Aglae, daughter of French Canadian Aubin Bénoni Thibodaux, a son of the governor, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1848; Aglae's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Justin Washington was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1849. ...

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Onésime Cleopha married Jeanne Ophelia, called Ophelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Pitre, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1849.  ...

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Auguste, born at Assumption in February 1798, may have died young. 

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Simon-Pierre or Pierre-Simon, born at Assumption in September 1800, married Marie Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Foret, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1822.  Their son Paul Olivier died in Lafourche Interior Parish, age 8 days, in May 1823.  Simon Pierre remarried to Julie, 18-year-old daughter of Pierre Langer, Langes, Lanzee, Lause, Lausee, Lauze, Louzet, Loze, Lozy, Rosa, Sauser, or Savise of Assumption Parish, at the Thibodauxville church in December 1828.  Their son Edmond Pierre was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1831, Pierre P. in January 1834, Jules Valfroi in March 1838, E. Claude in February 1844, and Jean Arthur in January 1846.  ...

Edmond Pierre, by his second wife, married Ennesile, daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Richard, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1849.  Their son Edmond Jules was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1850.  ...

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Youngest son Jean Marie, born in Assumption Parish in February 1809, ...

Descendants of Pierre-Honoré LEBLANC (1765-1796)

Pierre-Honoré, eldest son of Charles LeBlanc and his second wife Rosalie Trahan, born at St.-Servan, France, in July 1765, followed his father, stepmother, and siblings to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Anne-Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Boudreaux, in February 1792.  Anne had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Guidry and Prejean families.  Pierre-Honoré died at St.-Jacques on the river in August 1796; he was only 31 years old.  His line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him. 

Descendants of Joseph LEBLANC (1766-1829)

Joseph, second son of Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc and his second wife Marguerite Célestin dit Bellemère, born at Le Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in March 1766, became a sailor in France.  He sailed to Louisiana with an older married brother and four younger siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and went to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Gautreaux, in May 1788.  Marie-Madeleine had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships.  They were living at New Orleans in May 1801, when a daughter was baptized there.  They returned to the bayou.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux family.  Joseph died in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1829; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 65 years old when he died, but he was "only" 63; his succession inventory record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse later that month. 

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Oldest son Charles-Joseph-Procopio, also called Joseph-Charles, born at Assumption in April 1794, married Marie Madeleine, daughter of German Creole Joseph Malbrough, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1819.  Their son Joseph Philagon or Filogouis was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1819, Auguste or Augustin Pierre in April 1821, and Guillaume Rémond Charles in January 1823.  Charles died by March 1842, when he was listed as deceased in his mother's succession inventory record. 

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Auguste Pierre married Irma Cléonise or Éloise, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Jean Baptiste Hébert of Terrebonne Parish, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1843.  Their son Auguste Alces, called Alces, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November or December 1844.  ...

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Joseph Philagon, while a resident of Terrebonne Parish, married Rosalie Anne or Arsène, another daughter of Louis Jean Baptiste Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1843.  Their son Homere Conelius was baptized at the Thibodaux church, age unrecorded, in September 1845, Ernest René was born in November 1847, and Jean Baptiste Ovil at Chacahoula, Terrebonne Parish, in October 1849.  A "renunciation" in Joseph Philagon's name was filed at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1850; one wonders for what purpose.  ...

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Joseph-Simon, called Simon and Simon Jude, born at Assumption in October 1799, married Marie Élisabeth, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Boudreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1824.  Their son Joseph Grégoire was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1825, Gratien le jeune in February 1830, Apollinaire Zéphirin in July 1833, Florant H. in October 1835, Simon Lucien Cleopha in March 1838, Hubert Théodule in May 1840, Jean Michel in September 1842, and Aubuc Maximin in March 1845.  Their daughter married a Boudreaux cousin.  ...

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Pierre-Gratien, called Gratien, born at Assumption in December 1802, married Victoire, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Boudreaux of Terrebonne Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1825.  Their son Eugène Basile was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1836.  They may have settled in Terrebonne Parish.  Their daughter married into the Thorton family.  ...

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Youngest son Auguste Magloire, born in Assumption Parish in October 1809, married 21-year-old Rosalie Théotiste, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Boudreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1832.  Their son Joseph Étienne was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1833, Simonette Félix in November 1834, François Prosper in March 1837, Ovile Bernard in May 1839, Jean Baptiste Olelus in March 1842, and Théodule Ulger in October 1849.  ...

Descendants of Jacques-Hippolyte LEBLANC (1768-1844)

Jacques-Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, third son of Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc and his second wife Marguerite Célestin dit Bellemère, born at Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in March 1768, became a carpenter in France.  He sailed to Louisiana with five siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Still a bachelor, he was living with two younger siblings on the upper bayou in 1797.  He married Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gaudet of St.-Jacques, probably at Assumption in the 1790s.  They lived near the boundary of what became Assumption and Interior, later Lafourche Interior, parishes.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Boudreaux, Bourg, Breaux, Broussard, and Lamoureaux families.  Jacques Hippolyte died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1844; the Thibodaux priest who recorded his burial said that Jacques Hyppolite, as he called him, died "at age 78 yrs.," but he was "only" 76. 

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Oldest son Joseph-Henri, born at Assumption in January 1803, may have died young. 

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Joseph Rosémond, called Rosémond, born at Assumption in August 1804, married Émilie Elise, Lise, or Melise, called Melite, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Boudreaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1827; the marriage was recorded also in Lafourche Interior Parish.  Their son Joseph Zéphirin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1828, Joseph Eugène in January 1829, and Sylvain Walker in October 1837.  ...

3

Joseph Daniel, called Daniel, born in Assumption Parish in September 1811, married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole François Lelorec, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1840; Marguerite's mother was a Richard.  Their son Joseph Armogène was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1841, Louis Émile in November 1842, and Amédée Masuro in November 1844.  ...

4

Jean Baptiste Marcellus, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1814, ...

5

Youngest son Paul, born in Assumption Parish in October 1816, ...

Descendants of François-Marie LEBLANC (1770-1849)

François-Marie, fourth and youngest son of Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc and his second wife Marguerite Célestin dit Bellemère, born at Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in May 1770, became a rope maker in France.  He sailed to Louisiana with five siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Ambroise Pitre of St.-Jacques, at Assumption in September 1800.  Marie-Françoise had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Bernard, Dupré, and Levron families.  François Marie died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1849; he was 79 years old.  Only one of his two married sons seems to have fathered sons of his own. 

1

Oldest son Joseph-Benjamin, born at Assumption in November 1800, married Marie Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Martin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1832; the marriage was recorded also in Terrebonne Parish.  Did Joseph Benjamin father any sons? 

2

Jean-Valentin, also called Jean-François, Joseph-François, and François, born at Assumption in October 1802, married Marguerite, 20-year-old daughter of French Creole Jacques LeBoeuf, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1826.  Their son Joseph Marcellin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1830, Jean Marie in September 1832, Ulysse Augustin in December 1838, and Jean Baptiste François in March 1844.  They were living near Houma, Terrebonne Parish, later in the decade.  Their daughter married into the Buquet family.  ...

3

Pierre Alexandre, born at Assumption in May 1804, may have died young. 

4

Youngest son Valentin Joseph, born in Assumption Parish in November 1808, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Jean-Martin LEBLANC (1783-1826)

Jean-Martin, son of Moïse LeBlanc and his first wife Angélique De La Forestrie, and nephew of Joseph, Jacques-Hippolyte, and François-Marie, was baptized at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France, age unrecorded, in November 1783.  He crossed to Louisiana with his family aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Ambroise Pitre of St.-Jacques, at Assumption in February 1804.  Céleste was a native of Louisiana, but her family had come to the colony aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard, Hébert, Lejeune, and Naquin families.  Jean Martin remarried to Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Joseph Nicolas Thibodeaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1818.  Clémence also was a native of Louisiana whose parents had immigrated from France.  They settled in Lafourche Interior Parish.  Their daughter married into the Pichoff family.  Jean Martin died probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1826; he was only 42 years old; his succession inventory and petitions for the tutelage of his minor children were filed at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, in February and April 1836, so his widow and their children probably settled in that parish. 

1

Oldest son Joseph, by his first wife, born at Ascension in July 1806, married Marie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Alexis Lejeune, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1826.  Their son Alexis Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in December 1826, twins Adam Alexis and Baptiste Adam in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1831 but Adam Alexis died at age 7 days, Adam François was born in September 1834, Hilaire in June 1837, Ulysse in August 1839, Michel Abdam in November 1841, Théodore Théophile in January 1844, and Adrien Joseph in May 1850.  Was he the Joseph LeBlanc in whose name an "application for administration" was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, for child Joseph Adrien (perhaps Adrien Joseph) in May 1850?  If so, why? 

2

Jean or Joseph Napoléon, called Napoléon, from his first wife, born in Assumption Parish in February 1811, married Marie Céline or Celina, daughter of French Creole Justin Pontiff, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1837; Marie's mother was a Lejeune.  Their son Napoléon was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1839, Olésiphore Eubert in September 1841, and Joseph Martial in June 1848.  ...

3

Ambroise Félicien or Félicien Ambroise, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in July 1819, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1839.  He was only 19 years old and probably did not marry. 

4

Michel Nicolas, by his second wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1823, ...

5

Youngest son Sylvain Benjamin, called Benjamin, from his second wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1825, married Eléonore, also called Nathalie, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Joseph Thibodeaux, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in November 1846, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1847.  Their child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in Lafourche Interior Parish at birth in August 1848.  They were living at Bayou Petit Caillou, Terrebonne Parish, in 1849. ...

Descendants of Simon LEBLANC (c1776-)

Simon, also called Simon Louis and Amand, son of Pierre LeBlanc and Françoise Trahan of Minas, born at Nantes, France, in c1776, sailed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Julienne-Pérrine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Hébert, at Assumption in February 1802.  Julienne, born near St.-Malo, France, had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville D'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Berthelot, Boudreaux, Bourg, Brez, and Louviere families.  ...

1

Oldest son Louis-Lubin, born at Assumption in February 1803, may have died young. 

2

Bélonie or Bénoni Simon or Simon Bélonie, called Simonet, born at Assumption in May 1805, married Adèle Élise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Bourg, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1827.  They settled near the boundary between Lafourche Interior and Assumption parishes.  Their son Trasimond Faustin was born in February 1834, Théodule Jean Baptiste in December 1835, Augustin in July 1841, and Osémé in January 1844.  ...

3

Célestin Faustin, born in Assumption Parish in August 1808, married Armelise, Carmelite, or Hermeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Boudreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1837.  They settled near the boundary between Lafourche Interior and Assumption parishes.  Their son Gustave was born in May 1842, François Orvile in April 1844, and Thomas Eusilien Lovinsky in November 1846 but died at age 1 in November 1847.  ...

4

Étienne Théodule, born in Assumption Parish in July 1813, ...

5

Pierre Hermogène, called Hermogène, born in Assumption Parish in March 1815, married fellow Acadian Marie Angèle Landry.  Their son Édouard Hermogène was born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in October 1838, and Joseph Maximin in May 1842.  ...

6

Onésime Carville, born in Assumption Parish in November 1818, married fellow Acadian Carmelite Marguerite Landry probably in Assumption Parish.  Their son Trasimond Joseph was baptized at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, age unrecorded, in August 1841, and Étienne Carville was born in December 1842.  ...

7

Auguste, perhaps their youngest son, born in Assumption Parish probably in the early 1820s, married Adeline or Adèle, daughter of French Creole Édouard Peltier of Assumption Parish, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1845. ...

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During the late colonial period, LeBlancs from France who had gone to river communities moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, but no new lasting family lines came of it: 

The succession record of Marie LeBlanc, wife of Jean Guidry dit Grivois, was filed at what became the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, in September 1807.  She would have been in her late 70s that year. 

Adélaïde Marguerite, called Marguerite, LeBlanc, wife of François Roger, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1827.  The Thibodauxville priest who recorded her burial said that Marguerite was 55 years old when she died, but she was only 45.  Her succession record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in July. 

Rosalie LeBlanc, wife of Noël Victor Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1836, in her early 50s. 

Descendants of Paul LEBLANC (c1744-)

Paul, son of Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine Boudrot, born in Acadia in c1744, was exiled from one of the Maritime islands probably to Boulogne, France, in 1758-59.  He arrived at St.-Malo, France, from Boulogne in July 1766 and lived at nearby St.-Servan, where he married cousin Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian François Boudrot of Grand-Pré, in May 1770.  They sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Baton Rouge, where Spanish officials counted them in 1792.  They had more children at Baton Rouge.  By the mid-1790s, however, they had moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Bergeron, Boudreaux, Roger, and Rousseau families.  Paul's only son married but may not have fathered sons of his own. 

Joseph-Marie, baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest probably at Baton Rouge, age unrecorded, in August 1790, married cousin Madeleine Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Théodore Bourg, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1816; Madeleine's mother was a LeBlanc.  Joseph's succession inventory and estimation was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1820; he would have been 30 years old that year.  Did he father any sons? 

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Beginning in the late colonial and continuing well into the antebellum period, LeBlancs from Halifax and Maryland, or their descendants, moved from the river to Bayou Lafourche, adding substantially to that center of family settlement: 

Marie LeBlanc, wife of Pierre LeBlanc, died on upper Bayou Lafourche in September 1796.  She was only 50 years old. 

Marie Marguerite, called Marguerite, LeBlanc, wife of Joseph Gaudet, died on the upper bayou in March 1805, in her mid-50s. 

Anne LeBlanc, widow of Jean Duhon, died in Assumption Parish in February 1831, in her early 80s. 

A succession inventory record for Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, LeBlanc, widow of third husband Jacques Lamothe, was filed at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1842.  She would have been in her mid-80s that year. 

Descendants of Mathurin LEBLANC (c1759-c1825)

Mathurin, third son of Étienne LeBlanc and Élisabeth or Isabelle Boudrot, born in Acadia in c1759, may have been counted with his family at Fort Edward, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in the early 1760s.  He followed his family from Halifax to Louisiana in 1765 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques and Ascension, where Spanish officials counted him with his widowed mother and siblings on the right, or west, bank of the river in 1770 and 1777.  Mathurin married Marie-Rose or Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Theriot, at St.-Jacques in May 1778.  By the early 1790s, they had moved to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Bergeron, Chauvin, Hébert, and Terrebonne families.  Mathurin's succession record was filed at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, in December 1825; he would have been 66 years old that year.  In a reversal of the usual Acadian settlement pattern, at least two of his daughters returned to the river.  His son remained on Bayou Lafourche and had many sons of his own. 

Charles-Mathurin or -Étienne, called Étienne, born at St.-Jacques in May 1788, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Melançon, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in August 1809.  Their son Étienne, fils was born in Ascension Parish in May 1810, Narcisse Toussaint in November 1811, Pierre Paul, called Paul, in Assumption Parish in October 1816, Charles in August 1819, Jacques Delphin, called Delphin, in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1821, and Ursin in October 1823.  Their daughters married into the Bertrand and Richard families.  Étienne, père died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1828; the priest who recorded his burial said that Charles Étienne, as he called him, died "at age 40 yrs."; his succession inventory, which called him Étienne, was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in November.  Most of his sons created families on his own. 

Étienne, fils married Azélie Rosalie, 15-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Bertrand, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1830.  Their son Étienne III was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1833, and Joseph Émile in April 1845.  ...

Narcisse Toussaint married Celina, Celima, Elina, or Estina, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Robichaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1831.  Their son Narcisse, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1832, Joseph in October 1837, Prosper in October 1839, Eugène in June 1845, and Joseph Narcisse in August 1849.  ...

Paul married 18-year-old Melite, another daughter of Joseph Robichaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1837.  Their son Joseph Paul was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1838, Charles A. in March 1840, Joseph Étienne in July 1847, and Joseph Cleopha in May 1850.  ...

Charles married Elisa or Eliza, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Valéry Breaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1845. ...

Ursin married Nesida, also called Elesida and Eliza, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Part, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1847.  Their son André Léon was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1848.  ...

Descendants of Joseph LEBLANC (c1773-1829)

Joseph, eldest son of Simon LeBlanc le jeune and Élisabeth or Isabelle LeBlanc and nephew of Mathurin, born probably at Ascension in c1773, married Apolline, daughter of fellow Acadian François Dugas, at Ascension in February 1797.  Their daughter married into the Simoneaux family.  Joseph remarried to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Babin and widow of Noël Michel Dugas, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in June 1810, and remarried again--his third marriage--to first cousin Julie Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Dugas, at the Donaldson church in May 1812; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their daughters married into the Dugas and Marroy families.  Joseph moved his family to upper Bayou Lafourche by the mid-1820s and died in Assumption Parish in March 1829; he was 56 years old. 

1

Oldest son Joseph Narcisse, called Narcisse, from his first wife, born probably at Ascension in the late 1790s, married Joséphine, daughter of French Creole Alphonse Senette, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in September 1819.  They lived near the boundary between Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their son Joseph le jeune was born in July 1820, a son, name unrecorded, died 3 days after his birth in September 1821, Narcisse, fils was born in June 1826, Honoré died at age 6 weeks in September 1833, and Honoré Joseph died 8 days after his birth in October 1834.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Dalferes, and LeBlanc families.  Narcisse remarried to cousin Séraphine, also called Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Daigle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1835; Séraphine's mother was a LeBlanc.  They also lived near the boundary between Assumption and Ascension parishes.  Their son Joseph Leufroi, called Leufroi, was born in November 1835 but died at age 1 1/2 in July 1837, and Marcellin was born in January 1838.  ...

Joseph le jeune, by his first wife, married Sarah Élizabeth, daughter of Anthony Monget, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1843; Sarah's mother was a Longuépée.  They remained on the river. 

2

Hippolyte-Eugène, called Eugène, from his first wife, born at Ascension in June 1800, married Céleste Adeline, called Adeline or Aline, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Boudreaux, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1822.  They lived near the boundary of Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their son Eugène Adolphe, called Adolphe, was born in April 1823, Joseph Casimir, called Casimir, in April 1832 but died at age 8 1/2 in September 1840, Nicolas Vileor was born in December 1825, and Joseph Casimir in August 1840 but died at age 11 months in July 1841.  Their daughter married into the Placencia family.  ...

Adolphe married cousin Malvina, daughter of Narcisse LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1844.  They lived near the boundary between Assumption and Ascension parishes.  Their son Joseph Israël was born in Assumption Parish in October 1843.  ...

3

François-Masil or -Alexis, by his first wife, born at Ascension in March 1802, died there the following August.

4

Pierre Onésime, called Onésime, from his first wife, born at Ascension in May 1805, married cousin Eulalie, daughter of Lubin LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1833.  Their son Joseph Mizael was born in Assumption Parish in March 1838, and Joseph Gesnet or Gesner, called Gesner, in September 1843 but died at age 1 in September 1844.  ...

5

Narcisse Leufroi, called Leufroi, from his first wife, born at Ascension in September 1807, married cousin Phelonise, daughter of Simon LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1830.  ...

6

Treville, a twin, by his third wife, born in Ascension Parish in April 1817, ...

7

Youngest son Joseph Valéry, by his third wife, born in Assumption Parish in February 1826, married cousin Clementine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Melançon, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1845; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  ...

Descendants of Simon LEBLANC (1788-)

Simon, elder son of Joseph LeBlanc and probably Pélagie Doiron and another nephew of Mathurin, born at St.-Jacques in October 1788, married Marie Bathilde or Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Babin, at Ascension in November 1806.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche by the early 1830s.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc cousin. ...

1

Oldest son Lusignan, born in Ascension Parish in May 1809, may have died young. 

2

Sosthène, born in Ascension Parish in September 1814, ...

3

Augustin Veton, Villebaud, or Vileor, called Vileor, born in Ascension Parish in July 1816, married cousin Arthémise, daughter of Benjamin LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1833.  Their son Simon Vileor was born in Assumption Parish in December 1834, Lusignan Benjamin in January 1839, Césaire Adea near Paincourtville in August 1843,and Mathais in September 1846.  ...

4

Joseph Lusignan, born in Ascension Parish in July 1820, died in Assumption Parish in February 1840.  He was only 19 years old and probably did not marry. 

5

Terence, born in Ascension Parish in November 1822, may have married French Creole Elina Simoneaux.  If so, their son Joseph Aristide was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in August 1843, and Simon Demophon in October 1845.  ...

6

Youngest son Joseph Osémé, born in Ascension Parish in June 1825, died there at age 1 in October 1826. 

Descendants of Narcisse-Hermogène LEBLANC (1795-)

Narcisse-Hermogène, called Hermogène, younger son of Joseph LeBlanc and probably Pélagie Doiron and yet another nephew of Mathurin, born at St.-Jacques in October 1795, married cousin Marie or Marine Josette, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Melançon, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1814; Marie's mother was a LeBlanc.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche by the early 1830s.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc cousin.  Their older sons married sisters who also were their cousins.  ...

1

Oldest son Émile, perhaps also called Narcisse, born in St. James Parish in February 1815, married cousin Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gravois of Ascension Parish, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1833; Arthémise's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Philippe Charles, called Charles, was born in Assumption Parish in October 1837 but died at age 1 in September 1838, Lucien Gesned or Gervais was born in November 1842 but died at age 1 in November 1843, Joseph Adam was born in April 1844 but died at age 1 1/2 in June 1845, and Bernardin was born near Paincourtville in May 1845 but died at age 2 1/2 in December 1847.  ...

2

Éloi, also called Édouard, born in Ascension Parish in February 1819, married Émilie, called Emelite and Melite, another daughter of Joseph Gravois, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1838.  Their son Bersyet was born near Plattenville in March 1843, Joseph near Paincourtville in April 1845, and Émile Vincent, a twin, in April 1847.  ...

3

Youngest son Joseph Erones, born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in December 1843, ...

Descendants of Étienne LEBLANC (1789-)

Étienne, sixth son of Simon LeBlanc le jeune and Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Boudrot, born at Ascension in November 1789, married cousin Euphrosine, daughter of Marcel LeBlanc, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in February 1813.  The lived near the boundary between Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their daughter married into the Theriot family.  Euphrosine died in Assumption Parish in November 1833; she was only 40 years old.  Étienne remarried to cousin Marie Eulalie, called Eulalie, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1834.  ...

1

Oldest son Étienne Jean Baptiste, by his first wife, born in Ascension Parish in December 1815, died there at age 1 1/2 in October 1817.

2

Octave, by his first wife, born in Ascension Parish in August 1817, married cousin Doralise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Richard of Terrebonne Parish, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1841; Doralise's mother, also, was a LeBlanc.  ...

3

Alexandre, by his first wife, born in Ascension Parish in February 1823, ... 

4

Félix Asigna, by his first wife, born in Ascension Parish in November 1829, ...

5

Joseph Osémé, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in May 1835, ...

6

Joseph Ignace, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in February 1841, ...

Descendants of André-Étienne LEBLANC (1791-)

André-Étienne, second son of Étienne LeBlanc, fils and Osite LeBlanc of St.-Jacques and nephew of Mathurin, was born at New Orleans in August 1791.  André married Marguerite Luce, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Landry and widow of Joachim Zeringue, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1812.  Their daughters married into the Gilet, Mollere, Nicolas, and Valdes families.  ...

1

Older son Joseph Désiré, born in Assumption Parish in May 1818, ...

2

André Aristide, born in Assumption Parish in May 1827, ...

Descendants of Joseph LEBLANC (1792-1834)

Joseph, second son of Marcel LeBlanc and his first wife Madeleine Bourgeois, born at St.-Jacques in April 1792, married Marie Célanie, called Célanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Braud, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1813.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche later in the decade.  Their daughters married into the Chiasson, Davis, Molaison, Roussi or Rossi, and Savoie families.  Joseph died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1834; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 45 years old when he died, but he was only 42; his succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in October. 

1

Older son Joseph Edmond, born in Assumption Parish in November 1817, probably died young. 

2

Younger son Joseph Valéry, called Valéry, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1822, ...

Descendants of Augustin dit Justin LEBLANC (1801-1838)

Augustin dit Justin, fourth and youngest son of Marcel LeBlanc and his first wife Madeleine Bourgeois, born at St.-Jacques in August 1801, married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, 21-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Duhon, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in November 1822.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Augustin died in Assumption Parish in June 1838; he was only 36 years old. 

1

Oldest son Joseph Prudent, born in Assumption Parish in April 1824, married Carmelite, daughter of Spanish Creole Mathias Rodriguez, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1843. ...

2

Bernard François Alfred, born in Assumption Parish in August 1826, ...

3

Alcide was born probably in Assumption Parish in c1833 but died at age 14 in December 1847. 

4

Joseph died in Assumption Parish, age 18 days, in May 1836. 

5

Their youngest son, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish, age 1 month, in September 1837.

Descendants of Casimir LEBLANC (1799 or 1807-)

Casimir LeBlanc of St. James Parish, born either in December 1799 or July 1807, married Orellia, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Sonnier, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1845; the priest who recorded the marriage gave the bride's but not the groom's parents' names, so one wonders which Casimir LeBlanc of St. James this might have been. ...

Descendants of Marcellin-Hermogène LEBLANC (1800-)

Marcellin-Hermogène, second son of Paul-Olivier LeBlanc and his first wife Émilie Lalande, born at St.-Jacques in July 1800, married Cléonise, Eléonise, Eléonide, or Léonise, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Landry, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in August 1819.  They lived near the boundary between Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their daughter married into the Blanchard family.  ...

1

Oldest son Victor Marcellin, born in Ascension Parish in July 1821, may have married fellow Acadian Amelie Richard.  If so, their son Joseph Sosthène was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in November 1846.  ...

2

Paul Landry, born in Ascension Parish in July 1827, ...

3

Paul Bélisaire, called Bélisaire, born in Ascension Parish in June 1830, died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in December 1844.  He was only 14 years old. 

4

Basile Numa, born in Assumption Parish in January 1836, ...

Descendants of Paul Achille LEBLANC (1807-)

Paul Achille, called Achille, third son of Paul-Olivier LeBlanc and his first wife Émilie Lalande, born at St. James in February 1807, married Marie Hortense, called Hortense, another daughter of Éloi Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1834.  They lived near the boundary of Assumption and Ascension parishes.  ...

1

Oldest son Paul Ernest, born in Assumption Parish in December 1835, ...

2

Leufroi Barthélémy, born in Assumption Parish in June 1837, died at age 6 in September 1843. 

3

Joseph Jules, called Jules, born in Assumption Parish in February 1839, but died at age 1 in February 1840. 

4

Paul Lusinian, born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in November 1844, ...

5

Joseph Alceste, born in Ascension Parish in January 1847, ...

Descendants of Désiré LEBLANC (1809-)

Désiré, fourth and youngest son of Paul-Olivier LeBlanc and his first wife Émilie Lalande, born in St. James Parish in August 1809, married Marie Domitille or Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1836.  ...

1

Oldest son Joseph Livaudais, born in Assumption Parish in February 1838, ...

2

Joseph Camille, born in Assumption Parish in February 1840, ...

3

Joseph Désiré, born in Assumption Parish in May 1842, ...

4

Joseph, born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in February 1844, ...

Descendants of Lazare LEBLANC (1827-)

Lazare, elder son of Paul-Olivier LeBlanc and his second wife Marie Madeleine Braud and half-brother of Marcellin Hermogène et al., married Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Dugas, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1847. ...

Descendants of Simon-Maximilien LEBLANC (1803-)

Simon-Maximilien or -Maxille, called Maxille, eldest son of Simon dit Simonette LeBlanc and Françoise Landry and nephew of Étienne, born at Ascension in February 1803, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Armand Landry, at the Plattenville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1822.  ...

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Oldest son Rosémond Uneirile, born in Assumption Parish in January 1826, ...

2

Eugène Émile, born in Assumption Parish in April 1828, ...

3

Jules died in Assumption Parish, age 18 months, in September 1839. 

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Joseph Léon, born in Assumption Parish in April 1840, ...

5

Joseph, born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in December 1844, ...

Descendants of Hippolyte Rosémond LEBLANC (1809-)

Hippolyte Rosémond, called Rosémond, third and youngest son of Simon dit Simonette LeBlanc and Françoise Landry and another nephew of Étienne, born in Ascension Parish in December 1809, married cousin Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Landry, at the Plattenville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1837.  They lived near the boundary of Lafourche Interior and Assumption parishes.  ...

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Older son Joseph Félix, born in Assumption Parish in June 1838, ...

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Joseph Désiré, born in Assumption Parish in June 1840, died the following September. 

Descendants of Hippolyte Alexis LEBLANC (1807-)

Hippolyte Alexis or Alexis Hippolyte, called Alexis, eldest son of Paul dit Hippolyte LeBlanc and Clarisse Barbe or Barbet, born in Ascension Parish in September 1807, married cousin Madeleine Perosine or Perosine Madeleine, called Perosine, daughter of Sylvain LeBlanc, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1827; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  They settled first in Ascension Parish and then moved to Assumption.  ...

Alexis Hippolyte, fils, born in Ascension Parish in September 1833, ...

Descendants of Étienne Marcellin LEBLANC (1811-)

Étienne Marcellin, called Marcellin, younger son of Benjamin LeBlanc and Félicité Marois, born in Ascension Parish in September 1811, married Marguerite Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1830.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  ...

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Oldest son Joseph died in Assumption Parish, age 2 months, in March 1836. 

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Joseph Benjamin, born in Assumption Parish in February 1837, ...

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Joseph Jules, born in Assumption Parish in December 1838, ...

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Désiré Joseph, born in Assumption Parish in March 1841, ...

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Joseph Jean Octave, born in Assumption Parish in November 1842, died at age 1 1/2 in February 1844. 

Descendants of Joseph Adrien LEBLANC (1817-)

Joseph Adrien, called Adrien and J. Adrien, eldest son of Joseph LeBlanc and Marie Josèphe Melançon, born in St. James Parish in March 1817, married Marie Celina, daughter of French Canadian Henry Michel Thibodaux of Terrebonne Parish, a son of the governor, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1845; judging by the birth date of their son Joseph Henry, Adrien and Marie Celina may have married civilly in the early 1840s.  Adrien remarried to Brigitte Elzelina or Uzelina, daughter of French Creole Evariste Porche, at the Thibodaux church in September 1847; Brigitte's mother was a daughter of the governor and Adrien's first wife's paternal aunt.  ...

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Older son Joseph Henry, by his first wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1844, 15 months before his parents' church wedding, ...

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Jean Evariste, by his second wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1848, ...

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Other LEBLANCs in the Lafourche Valley

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some LeBlancs in the Bayou Lafourche valley with known Acadian lines of the family there:

The succession inventory of Charles LeBlanc, husband of Barbe LeBlanc, was filed at what became the Thibodauxville courthouse, Interior Parish, in December 1805.  Was Charles an Acadian? 

Marcellin Adam LeBlanc married Acadian Marcellite Hébert and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by the early 1820s. 

Eusèbe LeBlanc married Acadian Félice Breaux and settled in Assumption Parish by the late 1830s. 

Stanislas, son of Louis LeBlanc and Euphrosine Dalesse, married Julienne, daughter of Bernard Ganivel, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1840.  How was Louis kin to the Acadian LeBlancs in the area?

Désiré LeBlanc married Acadian Clementine Hébert.  Their son Joseph Nices was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in September 1844, and Joseph Anatole in October 1846. 

Lusinian LeBlanc died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in December 1844.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names, said that the boy died at "age 1 month 25 days." 

Douradou LeBlanc married ____ and settled near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, by the mid-1840s. 

Élise LeBlanc gave birth to son Joseph in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1846.  The Thibodaux priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Joseph LeBlanc married Anglo American Rebecca Williams at the Episcopal church in Thibodaux, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1850.  The minister who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Did Joseph convert to the Protestant faith, or did he simply agree to marry in his wife's parish church? 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

LeBlanc is a common surname in France and other parts of Europe, as well as in French Canada.  Although the great majority of LeBlancs who settled in South Louisiana were Acadians, non-Acadians settled there, too, some of them early in the colonial period.  A few of the early settlers, in fact, were colonial officials, and one was a naval officer.  During the late colonial period, two non-Acadian LeBlancs settled among Acadians on Bayou Teche and two others on the Acadian Coast:

One of the upriver settlements in French Louisiana during the 1720s, located near present-day Yazoo, Mississippi, was called the Dasfeld-LeBlanc concession.  The fort there, St.-Claude, built in 1722, was the site of another Indian massacre in 1729, at the same time that the Natchez Indians killed the French settlers at Fort Rosalie, farther downriver at present-day Natchez. 

Cécile LeBlanc was the wife of a colonial councilor at New Orleans in the 1720s. 

In 1723, a Captain LeBlanc, "acting as major," an officer in the garrison at New Orleans, precipitated a dispute with Capuchin Father Raphaël de Luxemburg, pastor of the city's St.-Louis church, over the placement of the lectern in the church sanctuary.  The reverend father "won" the dispute. 

Marianne, daughter of Henry LeBlanc, former custodian of the colonial magazine, and Seruanne Le Marie of St. Laurent, near St.-Malo, France, married Claude, son of Jean-Baptiste Jousset de la Loire of Montréal, at New Orleans in February 1725. 

Marianne's sister Françoise-Laurence married Joseph Chauvin Delery of Montréal, widower of Hypolite Mercier, at New Orleans in May 1726. 

Marianne and Françoise-Laurence's sister Seruanne-Pérrine-Laurence married Bernard-Alexandre or Alexandre-Bernard, son of Pierre Vielle, burgher of Paris, and Élisabeth LeBlanc, at New Orleans in June 1726.  Alexandre-Bernard was head surgeon at New Orleans. 

Catherine-Élisabeth, daughter of André LeBlanc and Catherine Renaud of Chouat, Saxe, France, and widow of Nicolas Alexandre of Natchez, married Nicolas Joseph, son of Pierre Larquet of Reims, France, at New Orleans in June 1730.  Catherine-Élisabeth's first husband probably was one of the victims of the Natchez War of 1729. 

A Monsieur LeBlanc served as witness to the marriage of Christophe-Athanase-Fortuna de Mezieres of Paris and Marie-Petronille-Félicienne St.-Denis, daughter of the former commandant of the Poste des Natchitoches, at Natchitoches in April 1746. 

Charles, also called Joseph, son of Jacques LeBlanc and Marie-Rose ______ of Bruges, Flanders, married Marie-Josèphe, called Josèphe, daughter of Philippe Veuvre, surnamed Adam, at New Orleans in April 1763.  Marie-Josèphe was a native of the city.  Joseph was a master tailor.  Their son Joseph, fils was born at New Orleans in April 1764. 

Michel LeBlanc, "native of Germany," died at "the hospital for the poor," probably Charity Hospital, at New Orleans in August 1773.  He was only 45 years old. 

Charles, son of Thomas and Pérrine LeBlanc, "natives of Pennsylvania," married Geneviève, daughter of Jacques Fayard, at New Orleans in September 1773.  Geneviève was a native of the city.  One wonders if Charles was an Acadian who came to Louisiana in the late 1760s.  If he was Acadian, the birthplace of his parents makes no sense. 

Louis, son of Guillaume LeBlanc and Marie Schmit "of Carolina," married Catherine, daughter of André Olivaux, at Pointe Coupée in December 1778.  Their son Louis, fils was baptized at Pointe Coupée, age 15 months, in July 1781. 

Antoine-Louis, son of Manuel LeBlanc and Isabelle Vincent of Marseille, France, married Louise, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Govin of Poitiers, France, probably at New Orleans.  Louise was a native of the city.  Their son François-Arsène was born at New Orleans in December 1791.  François-Arsène died probably in the city in August 1841, age 49. 

Georges LeBlanc married Marie Touranchen or Turangena and settled at St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands on the Upper German Coast by the early 1790s   Their son Jean was born probably at St.-Jean-Baptiste in June 1794. 

Archival LeBlanc married Marguerite Montanary.  Their daughter Marie-Archival, native of New Orleans, married into the Piquery family in the city in November 1798. 

Céleste LeBlanc gave birth to a daughter at New Orleans in October 1799.  The priest who recorded the girl's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Anne LeBlanc married Domingue Bouligni of the Louisiana regiment.  Their marriage was recorded at New Orleans in May 1803.  One wonders if Anne was Acadian. 

Louis LeBlanc married ____ Cheval probably at New Orleans during the late colonial period. 

Jean LeBlanc married Catherine Dubois.  Their daughter Marguerite died at New Orleans in November 1801. 

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A young French naval officer came to the colony in the 1750s, married a fellow native of France, and established a large family.  His descendants settled in the Pointe Coupée/Baton Rouge area as well as at New Orleans.  Few, if any of them, married Acadians:

Descendants of Paul-Louis LEBLANC de Villeneuve (?-)

Paul-Louis, called Louis, son of Balthazar-Alese LeBlanc de Villeneuve of Craye, Dauphiné Province, in southeastern France, came to the colony as a young navy lieutenant in c1750.  The de in his surname was no colonial affectation; his family was of the lesser nobility.  Paul-Louis married Marie-Jeanne-Robert Avart probably at New Orleans in the 1750s.  After he left the naval service, Paul-Louis served as major in the New Orleans militia.  He was brevetted lieutenant colonel "of the royal armies" and served as adjutant major of the Louisiana regiment.  He and his wife had many sons, at least five of whom also served as officers in the Louisiana regiment or the colonial militia.  One, perhaps two, of their sons moved to Pointe Coupée. 

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Oldest son Louis-Alexandre-Balthazar, called Alexandre, born at New Orleans in March 1759, married Charlotte, daughter of French Creole Augustin Allain, at Pointe Coupée in August 1785.  Louis served as captain of militia at Pointe Coupée.  His son Augustin-Marie was baptized at Pointe Coupée, age unrecorded, in January 1791, Paulin was born in November 1791 but died at age 6 1/2, in July 1798, Joseph-Villeneuve, called Villeneuve, was born in November 1794, Terence le jeune was baptized, age 4 months, in September 1797, Valérien le jeune was born in December 1799, and Octave in August 1803.  Their daughter married into the Jarreau family.  Alexandre died in Pointe Coupee Parish in November 1842; the Pointe Coupee priest who recorded his burial said that Alexandre died at "age 86 years," but he was "only" 83.  His descendants settled in Pointe Coupee Parish and at Baton Rouge. 

1a

Augustin Marie married Eusèbie, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Tournoir, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in February 1812.  Their son Joseph Thelisma died at age 1 in October 1820.  They also had a son named Augustin, fils.  Their daughters married into the Gorham and Lacour families.  Augustin died in Pointe Coupee Parish in February 1847; the Pointe Coupee priest who recorded his burial said that Augustin died at "age 58 yrs."

Augustin, fils married first cousin Virginie, daughter of his uncle Joseph Villeneuve LeBlanc, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1842.  Their son Henry Clay Eusèbe was born near Baton Rouge in September 1845.  ...

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Villeneuve married Désirée, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Tournoir, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in August 1814.  They settled near Baton Rouge. Their son Angèl died 8 days after his birth in January 1815, Alexandre le jeune was born in January 1820, a son, who was a twin, name and age unrecorded, died in July 1823 (his twin sister also died that month), Martin Octave was born in August 1829, and a newborn, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in June 1831.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc first cousin.  Villeneuve may have remarried to German Creole Rose or Rosa Mayer or Mahier.  ...

Alexandre le jeune, by his first wife, died in Pointe Coupee Parish in April 1841.  The Pointe Coupee priest who recorded his burial said that Alexandre died at "age 19 yrs.," but he was 21.  He probably did not marry. 

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Octave married Julie, daughter of French Creole Pascal Vt. Bouis, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in October 1830.  Their son, name unrecorded, was stillborn in Pointe Coupee Parish in August 1836.  ...

2

Joseph, born at New Orleans in June 1760, served as captain and adjutant major of the Louisiana regiment and also was "permanent regidor of the government."  He married Adélaïde Yung or Bernoudy of New Orleans probably in the city by the early 1790s.  Their son Louis-Joseph-Neree was born at New Orleans in May 1797, and Joseph-Terence-Albin in January 1800  ...

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Valentin-Valérien, called Valérien, born at New Orleans in November 1762, served as lieutenant in the Louisiana regiment.  He married Marie-Anne, called Nanette, daughter of François Bernoudy, probably at New Orleans in the 1780s.  Their son Valérien, fils was born at New Orleans in November 1788 and baptized at Pointe-Coupée in January 1792, and a son, name unrecorded, died in the city five days after his birth in January 1790.  Either Valérien, père or Valérien, fils died at Pointe Coupée in October 1792; if it was père, he would have been only 29 years old. 

4

Joseph-Frédéric was baptized at New Orleans, age unrecorded, in October 1765.

5

Alexandre-Victor was born at New Orleans in September 1765. 

6

Joseph-Terence, called Terence, a twin, born at New Orleans in August 1775, served as second lieutenant of the Louisiana regiment.  He married Joséphine Foucher of New Orleans probably in the city by the early 1800s.  ...

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Valentin-Evariste was Terence's twin. 

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Youngest son Octave, born at New Orleans in September 1781, served as lieutenant in the New Orleans militia and may have married fellow French Creole Marie Daunoy.  If so, they had a son named Octave, fils, born in New Orleans. 

Octave, fils married cousin Marie Octavie, called Octavie, daughter of his first cousin Joseph Villeneuve LeBlanc, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1844.  Sadly, Octavie died only 4 days after their marriage; she was only 18 years old.  ...

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During the late colonial period, three LeBlancs, two of them French Canadians, settled on the western prairies and along the Acadian Coast among their Acadian namesakes already there: 

Descendants of Pierre LEBLANC (c1727-1830)

Pierre, son of Jacob LeBlanc and Marie-Josèphe Ruleau, born probably at Montréal, Canada, in c1727, married Anastasie, daughter of Acadian Jean-Baptiste Damours de Louviere of Rivière St.-Jean, at St.-Jacques on the river in January 1775; Pierre may have been in his late 40s at the time of the wedding.  They moved to the western prairies and may have lived in the Opelousas District during the late 1770s and early 1780s before settling at Île-aux-Cannes on Bayou Teche, near present-day New Iberia.  Their daughter married into the Broussard and Lion families.  Pierre, called by the recording priest a "native of Canada," died "at the home of Raphaël Broussard at ile aux cannes" in March 1830; the St. Martinville priest noted that Pierre died "at age about 103 years."  Only one of Pierre's four sons seems to have created a family line that survived.

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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, baptized at Attakapas, age unrecorded, in May 1776, may have died young.

2

Charles, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in November 1779, may have died young. 

3

Pierre, fils, born at Attakapas in October 1788, married Marie, daughter of Mr. Guyale of Baton Rouge, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1815.  ...

4

Youngest son Louis, born at Attakapas in October 1792, married Aspasie, sometimes called Anastasie, daughter of Acadian Cosme LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1814.  They settled at Fausse Pointe and at Côte-aux-Puces, or the Flea Coast, near New Iberia.  Their son Louis, fils, called Don Louis, was born in December 1814, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 3 weeks in July 1818, Placide was born in January 1822, Pierre in January 1831, Jean in June 1833, and Joseph Onésime in September 1836.  Their daughters married into the Delcambre, Landry, and Leleux families and perhaps into the Leger family as well.  ...

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Don Louis married Joséphine, daughter of Acadian Édouard Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1838; the marriage also was recorded in St. Mary Parish. ...

4b

Placide married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Louis Leleux, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in August 1845. ...

Descendants of Charles LEBLANC (c1762-1812)

Charles, son of Jean or Charles LeBlanc and Marie _____, born in New Orleans, married Marie, daughter of Spanish Creole Manuel Quintero, at Opelousas in August 1791; Marie's mother was a Granger.  They moved south to the old Attakapas District by the early 1810s.  Their daughters married into the Caruthers, Gasswood, and Lafosse families.  Daughter Célesie gave birth to son Jean Simon, a "natural child," in Lafayette Parish in July 1828.  Célesie also had given birth to a "natural dgtr.," Marie Aspasie, who died at age 2 months in April 1826, and to "natural daughter" Basiline in October 1831.  Meanwhile, Charles died in St. Landry Parish in September 1812; he was only 50 years old.

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Oldest son Charles, fils, born at Opelousas in December 1793, probably died young. 

2

Louis-Valéry, born at Opelousas in April 1797, married Marie Phelonise, called Phelonise, daughter of French Canadian Augustin Royer of Illinois and Carencro, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1818.  They had a son named Louis, fils, also called Terville, born probably in St. Martin Parish in the late 1810s or early 1820s.  ...

Louis, fils married Jeannette, daughter of Spanish Creole Antoine Domingue of Ascension Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1839.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Louis Jude was born in September 1840, and Louis François in October 1840[sic].  ...

3

Alexandre, baptized at Opelousas, age 2, in September 1801, may have married French Creole Iréné Dotreville in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1838, and remarried to Joséphine, daughter of a Spanish Creole named Garic, Garigues, or Gary, in another civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1839.  ...

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Youngest son Denis Édouard, called Édouard, born in St. Martin Parish in October 1810, died "at the home of Ursin Bernard" in Lafayette Parish in August 1830.  Édouard was only 19 years old and did not marry. 

Descendants of Andrés LEBLANC (?-)

Andrés, son of Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc and Thérèse Benoit of Contre Coeur, Canada, married Marine, daughter of Acadian Pierre Lanoux, at St.-Jacques in May 1797; Marine's mother was an Acadian LeBlanc.  Their daughter married into the Melançon and Rouillier families.  Their sons and a grandson also married Acadians. ...

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Oldest son Andrés, fils, born at St.-Jacques in July 1797, married Marie Louise, called Louise and Éloise, daughter of Acadian Jean Baptiste Bourgeois, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1818.  Their son Eugène was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in November 1818, Augustin in Ascension Parish in October 1825, André Bélisaire in March 1830, and Joseph Hulyeo in Ascension Parish in August 1837.  Their daughter married a Bourgeois cousin.  ...

Eugène married Pauline, daughter of Acadian Pierre Babin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1846. ...

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Valéry, born at St.-Jacques in January 1801, married Marie Sidalise, called Sidalise, 15-year-old daughter of Acadian Luc Gaudin, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in May 1820.  Their son Victor was born near Convent in July 1821, and Joseph Isidore in September 1826.  ...

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Édouard, born at St.-Jacques in July 1802, may have died young. 

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Youngest son Élisée, born at St. James in July 1806, also may have died young. 

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During the early antebellum period, a French-Canadian LeBlanc married an Acadian on the river and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, but his line did not survive.  Another French-Canadian LeBlanc settled on the Acadian Coast but may not have married:

François-Xavier LEBLANC (c1785-1839)

François-Xavier, son of André LeBlanc and Charlotte or Marie Catherine Dupont dit Deshotels of St.-Antoine Parish, Montréal, married Marguerite Élisabeth, also called Marie Madeleine, daughter of Acadian François Marie Babin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1808.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche.  François died in Assumption Parish in September 1839; the priest who recorded his burial said that François, "nat. of Canada," was "age 54 yrs." when he died, but the good father did not bother to give François's parents' names or mention a wife.  One wonders if François and his Acadian wife had any children. 

Victor LeBlanc died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1837.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Victor was "age 67" when he died (which meant he was born in c1770) and was "bn. in Canada."  The good father said nothing about Victor's parents, however, nor did he mention a wife. 

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During the antebellum period, more LeBlancs, called Foreign French by native Louisianians, emigrated to New Orleans from France and the Caribbean Basin: 

John B. LeBlanc, a 31-year-old former soldier from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Otho out of Le Havre, France, in August 1820. 

Benoît LeBlanc, a 28-year-old native of France, "attached to theater," reached New Orleans aboard the ship Ariane out of Le Havre in January 1825. 

J. LeBlanc, a 28-year-old mechanic from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship R. H. Douglass out of Havana, Cuba, in January 1826. 

Claire LeBlanc, widow of Joseph Delabarre, died near Convent, St. James Parish, in November 1827.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was "age 73 yrs." when she died (which meant she was born in c1754) and "nat. of France," but did not give her parents' names.  One wonders where she was born in France and when she came to Louisiana. 

Josh LeBlanc, a 28-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Opulence out of Vera Cruz, Mexico, in June 1835. 

Joseph LeBlanc, a 38-year-old grocer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Ann Penhallon out of Bordeaux, France, in January 1838. 

Mme. LeBlanc, a 25-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Ville de Bordeaux out of Bordeaux in November 1838.  With her was a child, age and gender unrecorded. 

N. LeBlanc, a turner from France, age unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Therese Louise out of Vera Cruz in January 1839. 

Jules LeBlanc, a 25-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Columbiana out of Le Havre in March 1843. 

Eusèb LeBlanc, a 22-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Ancona out of Le Havre in October 1847. 

Whilheim LeBlanc, a 25-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Moselle out of Le Havre in July 1848.  Also aboard that ship was Agnaise LeBlanc, a 30-year-old farmer from France, who may have been Whilheim's wife or sister. 

_____ LeBlanc, a 24-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Nerée out of Marseille, France, in March 1849.  With him was his 23-year-old wife, her first name also unrecorded. 

Usile LeBlanc, a 25-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Buena Vista out of Le Havre in December 1849.  On the same ship was Cécile LeBlanc, age 25, probably Usile's wife. 

CONCLUSION

LeBlancs were among the first families of Acadia.  According to the leading Acadian genealogist, Stephen White, himself a LeBlanc descendant, they became, in fact, the largest family in greater Acadia.  And they were some of the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana.  The first of them came to the colony in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue.  They followed the Broussards to the Bayou Teche valley and remained there.  Later that year, even more LeBlancs from the prison compounds of Nova Scotia came to Louisiana.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on what soon became known as the Acadian Coast.  LeBlancs from Maryland came to the colony in the late 1760s, and they, too, settled on the Acadian Coast, at Cabanocé and St.-Gabriel d'Iberville.  A few of their sons joined their cousins on the western prairies later in the colonial period, but the great majority remained on the Acadian Coast, which by 1770 had become the largest center of family settlement.  They were especially plentiful in what became St. James, Ascension, Iberville, and West Baton Rouge parishes.  Even more LeBlancs came to Louisiana in 1785.  Some of these refugees from France joined their cousins on the Acadian Coast, but most of them settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, which became a third center of family settlement.  More LeBlancs, or their sons, who had settled on the river before 1770 migrated to the upper bayou during the late colonial and antebellum periods and added substantially to the family lines already there.  During the antebellum period, LeBlancs from upper Bayou Lafourche reversed the usual Acadian migration pattern and "returned" to the old Acadian Coast. 

Non-Acadian LeBlancs came to Louisiana as early as the 1720s.  Some of them were colonial officials, most of them remained at New Orleans, and none of them married Acadians.  A young naval officer from southeastern France with the aristocratic surname LeBlanc de Villeneuve, married a local girl and fathered at least eight sons.  His oldest son moved to Pointe Coupée and established a prominent family there and in the Baton Rouge area; his other sons remained at New Orleans; none married Acadians.  Like their father, the LeBlanc de Villeneuve sons served as officers in the Louisiana regiment under the Spanish; they also served as officers in the colonial militia.  During the late colonial and early antebellum periods, two non-Acadian LeBlancs settled among the Acadians on the western prairies, and two French Canadians settled among their namesakes on the Acadian Coast.  One of the French Canadians moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, but his line did not survive there.  Living in predominantly-Acadian communities, most of these relative late-comers married Acadians.  Throughout the antebellum period, Foreign-French LeBlancs emigrated to Louisiana from France and the Caribbean Basin; most of them remained in the New Orleans area. 

Despite the impressive numbers of non-Acadian LeBlancs who settled in Louisiana, the great majority of LeBlancs in the Bayou State are descendants of Daniel of Port-Royal.  In fact, no Acadian family other than the Landrys brought more individuals to Louisiana than the LeBlancs.  By the late antebellum period, the descendants of Daniel LeBlanc emulated their Acadian forebears by settling in nearly every community of South Louisiana.  ...

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Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day parishes that existed during the War Between the States in parenthesis; hyperlinks on the abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):

For a chronology of Acadian Arrivals in Louisiana, 1764-early 1800s, see Appendix.

The hyperlink attached to an individual's name is connected to a list of Acadian immigrants for a particular settlement and provides a different perspective on the refugee's place in family and community.