René LEBLANC

Born

abt. 1682 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

6 February 1758 , Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania

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Born: abt. 1682 in Port Royal, Acadia

Parents of René LEBLANC

Father

René LEBLANC

Mother

Anne BOURGEOIS

Grandparents of René LEBLANC

Paternal grandparents

Daniel LEBLANC Françoise GAUDET

Maternal grandparents

Jacques-Dit-Jacob BOURGEOIS Jeanne TRAHAN

René was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

René married Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON) 30 July 1709 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON) was born abt. 1679 in Port Royal, Acadia . Elisabeth Isabelle died 12 December 1718 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . Elisabeth Isabelle was the child of Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) dit LAVERDURE and Marguerite MIUS D'ENTREMONT.

René married (2) Marguerite THIBAULT 26 November 1720 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marguerite THIBAULT was born 19 October 1704 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marguerite died 6 February 1758 in Québec Province, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre THIBAULT and Jeanne COMEAU.

René LEBLANC died 6 February 1758 in Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of René LEBLANC

René LEBLANC married

Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON)
Marriage date: 30 July 1709
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON) was the child of Pierre MELANÇON (MELANSON) dit LAVERDURE and Marguerite MIUS D'ENTREMONT

Children of René LEBLANC and Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON)

Desire LEBLANC

Born: abt. 1717, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: abt. 1777, Ascension Parish, Territory of Orleans

Married: Marie Madeleine LANDRY 1740 Place: , Acadia, Canada

René LEBLANC married

Marguerite THIBAULT
Marriage date: 26 November 1720
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marguerite THIBAULT was the child of Pierre THIBAULT and Jeanne COMEAU

Children of René LEBLANC and Marguerite THIBAULT

Anne LEBLANC

Born: 29 September 1724, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: René THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 23 November 1744 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

René LEBLANC

Born: November 19 1731, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: January 30 1811,

Married: Anne BLANCHARD 1752

Esther LEBLANC

Born: January 1740, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: 18 May 1805, Bonaventure, Lower Canada

Married: Raymond BOURDAGE 17 November 1760 Place: Fredericton, York, Acadia

Pierre Benjamin LEBLANC

Born: 2 January 1740, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: 25 February 1805, Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

Married: Marie DUGAS 1760

Jean Baptiste LEBLANC

Born: 25 June 1744, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: 1 November 1824, Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite BOUDREAU 1770

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1709 Marriage / Partner
René LEBLANC and Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON) 30 July 1709, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1718 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisabeth Isabelle MELANÇON (MELANSON) died 12 December 1718, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1720 Marriage / Partner
René LEBLANC and Marguerite THIBAULT 26 November 1720, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1724 Birth of Child
Anne LEBLANC was born 29 September 1724, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1731 Birth of Child
René LEBLANC was born November 19 1731, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1740 Birth of Child
Esther LEBLANC was born January 1740, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1740 Birth of Child
Pierre Benjamin LEBLANC was born 2 January 1740, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1744 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste LEBLANC was born 25 June 1744, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1744 Marriage of Child
Anne LEBLANC married 23 November 1744, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia to René THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

John Mack Faragher gives the example of René LeBlanc, the 73-year-old notary from Grand-Pré. During the chaos of the embarkation at Minas, old René was placed aboard a transport destined for Philadelphia with his two youngest children, Jean-Baptiste-Marie, age 11, and Marie-Jeanne, age 7. However, his other minor children--Joseph-Marie, age 17; twins Pierre-Benjamin and Esther, age 15; and Paul-Marie, age 13--were placed aboard a different vessel. 'Twelve adult children with their spouses and some 150 grandchildren were put on other transports,' Faragher relates, 'and the family was scattered in colonies from Massachusetts to Virginia. This was just the 'immediate' family,' Faragher reminds us, 'and since Acadians had a highly extended sense of kinship, it was inevitable that nearly all the families were fractured and dispersed.'

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Death — 1758
6 February 1758
Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania

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