Charles Leblanc was born 19 April 1734 in Grand Pre, Acadia, and died Aft. 1797 in Lafourche, LA.
First wife Anne Benoit was born Abt. 1730 in Acadia, and died 13 September 1761 at Chateauneuf, Ille-et-Villaine, France. They were married Abt. 1758 on Ile St. Jean.
Their child was:
1- Charles Jean Leblanc b: 9 September 1761 Chateauneuf, Ille et Villaine, France (baptism: 9 September 1761 Chateauneuf); d: Aft. 1797 Louisiana
+Brigitte Hebert b: 29 September 1765 ‘on a flatboat which arrived at Morlaix, France'; m: Abt. 1785 Nantes, France; d: Aft. 1797 Louisiana
Notes for Charles Jean Leblanc:
- Arrived 29 July 1785 from France on Le Bon Papa: Jean Charles Leblanc 23 sailor, wife Brigide Hebert 19.
- 1791 Lafourche census: Charles Leblanc 30, wife Brigithe Hebert 25, Charles 2, Rosalie 4, Elisabethe 1.
- 1797 Lafourche census: Charles Le Blanc 35, wife Brigitte Hebert 31, Jean Charles 4, Andre 2, Rosalie 10, Isabelle 6, Scolastique 5
Second wife Rosalie Trahan was born Abt. 1745 in Acadia, and died Aft. 1797 in Lafourche, LA. They were married 1 February 1763 at St. Servan, Bretagne, France.
Their children were:
1- Marie Rose Leblanc b: 18 November 1763 St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (baptism: 18 November 1763 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine); d: 8 December 1832 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Theodore Prosper Etienne Bourg b: 26 December 1770 St. Coulomb, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (baptism: 26 December 1770 St. Coulomb, Ille-et-Vilaine, France); m: 3 March 1794 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 2 December 1838 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
2- Pierre Honore Leblanc b: 10 July 1765 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine, France (baptism: 10 July 1765 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine)
+Anne Henriette Boudrot b: 8 May 1771 Pleudihen, Cotes du Nord, France (baptism: 8 May 1761 Pleudihen, Cotes du Nord); m: 20 February 1792 Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA; d: 1 January 1842 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Pierre Honore Leblanc:
- 1797 Lafourche census: Pierre Honore Le Blanc 31, wife Anne Boudreau 26, Anne 4, Marie 3.
3- Andre Marie Leblanc b: 21 November 1766 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine, France (baptism: 21 November 1766 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine); d: 31 July 1848 Lafourche, LA
+Marie Louise Hebert b: 8 September 1775 Vienne, France (baptism: 8 September 1775 Archigny, Vienne); m: 28 October 1793 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 4 January 1851 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Andre Marie Leblanc:
- 1797 Lafourche census: Andre Leblanc 30 & Marie Hebert 23.
- 1810 Lafourche census: Andre Marie Leblanc, males 1(26-45); females 1(16-26). [Andre 44, Marie 35]
Had a 1-horse mill to grind corn.
4- Marie Francoise Leblanc b: 18 January 1769 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine, France (baptism: 18 January 1769 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine); d: Abt. 1802 Lafourche, LA
+Jean Baptiste Boudrot b: 20 December 1767 St. Servan, Ille et Villaine, France; m: 30 November 1793 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 13 October 1848 Lafourche, LA
5- Gregoire Charles Leblanc b: 16 May 1771 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine, France (baptism: 17 May 1771 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine); d: 24 July 1772 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine, France; burial: 25 July 1772 St. Servan, Ile-et-Vilaine
6- Barbe Anne Leblanc b: 3 December 1772 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine, France (baptism: 3 December 1772 St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine); d: 18 January 1858 Lafourche, LA
+Olivier Constant Mathias Hebert b: 24 February 1774 St. Suliac, France; m: 3 November 1795 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: Abt. 22 September 1798 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Barbe Anne Leblanc:
- 1795 Lafourche census: Olivier Hebert 22, wife Barbara Leblanc 23.
- 1797 Lafourche census: Olivier Hebert 23, wife Barbe Le Blanc 24.
- 1 January 1798 Lafourche census: Olivier Hebert 28, wife Babet 24, Joseph 2, Celestin 1.
- 1810 Lafourche census: Widow Barbe Leblanc, males 3(10-16), 1(26-45); females 1(26-45). [Barbe 38, Joseph 14, Celestin 13, Martin 12, and her brother Jean Baptiste 26]
7- Rosalie Genevieve Leblanc b: 21 February 1776 Nantes, France (baptism: 21 February 1776 Ste. Croix, Nantes); d: 24 August 1777 Nantes, France; burial: 24 August 1777 Ste. Croix, Nantes
8- Marie Appoline Leblanc b: 18 October 1777 Nantes, France (baptism: 18 October 1777 Ste. Croix, Nantes); d: 14 December 1777 Nantes, France
9- Louis Rene Leblanc b: 30 April 1779 Nantes, France (baptism: 30 April 1779 Ste. Croix, Nantes); d: 25 September 1781 Nantes, France; burial: 25 September 1781 Ste. Croix, Nantes
10- Rosalie Leblanc b: 12 January 1782 Nantes, France (baptism: 12 January 1782 Ste. Croix, Nantes); d: 20 October 1782 Nantes, France; burial: 20 October 1782 Ste. Croix, Nantes
11- Jean Baptiste Leblanc b: 8 October 1784 Nantes, France (baptism: 8 October 1784 Ste. Croix, Nantes); d: Aft. 1810 Lafourche, LA
12- Pelagie Leblanc b: Abt. 1787 Lafourche, LA; d: 1797 Lafourche, LA
13- Honore Leblanc b: Abt. 1792 Lafourche, LA; d: 1797 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Charles Leblanc:
- Charles Leblanc was born in 1734 in the Mines area of Acadia, near Port Royal. About 1758 he married Anne Benoist and on 16 January 1759 Charles Leblanc and Anne disembarked at St. Malo from Le Tamerlan. They settled in Chateauneuf where two years later Anne gave birth to a son Charles, but she then died a few days later. Charles and his baby son moved on to St. Servan where he then married young Rosalie Trahan in 1763. They had 6 children over the next dozen years and on 7 December 1775 Charles, wife Rosalie, Charles now 14, along with his half-siblings Marie 12, Pierre 10, Andre 9, Francoise 7, and Barbe 3 were in the Third Convoy leaving Chatellerault for Nantes. Ten years and 5 children later (4 of whom died as infants), the family boarded Le Saint Remi on 27 June 1785 and arrived in LA on 10 September 1785, listed as Charles Leblanc day laborer 52, wife Rosalie Trahan 40, Marie Rose 21, Pierre Honore carpenter 19, Andre day laborer 18, Marie Francoise 16, Barbe 12, and Jean Baptiste nursling. They settled in the Lafourche area and farmed a 6 arpent tract, eventually acquiring 8 cattle, a horse and 6 swine.
- 3rd convoy, 7 Dec 1775: Charles 42 carpenter, Rosalie 31, Jean Charles 14, Marie Rose 12, Pierre Honore 10, Andre 9, Marie Francoise 7, Barbe 3.
- 1 January 1788 Lafourche census: Charles Le Blanc 53, Rosalie 42, Marie Rose 23, Pierre 22, Andre 20, Francoise 18, Barbe 14, Jean Baptiste 2; 6 arpents, 15 quarts of corn, 1 horse, 3 swine.
- 1 January 1791 Lafourche des Chetimachas census (right bank): Charles Leblanc 56, Rosalie Trahan 46, Marie Rose 27, Pierre 25, Andre 24, Marie Francoise 22, Barbe 18, Jean Baptiste 6; 6 arpents, 60 quarts of corn, 8 cattle, 1 horse, 6 swine.
- 1795 Lafourche census: Carlos Leblanc 61, wife Rosalie Trahan 51, Juan Bautista 11, Honorio 3, Pelagia 8.
- 10 April 1797 Valenzuela in Lafourche census: Charles Le Blanc 62, Rosalie Traham 52, Jean Baptiste 12, Pelagie 9, Honore 4.
- 1 January 1798 Lafourche census: Charles Le Blanc 64, Rosalie 53, Jean Baptiste 16; 6 arpents.
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