Jean BLANCHARD

(b. abt. 1718 , Acadia, Canada d. 2 September 1789 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean BLANCHARD was born abt. 1718 in Acadia, Canada

Jean BLANCHARD was the child of Martin BLANCHARD and Isabelle Elisabeth DUPUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin BLANCHARD and Marguerite GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) (maternal) Martin DUPUIS and Marie LANDRY

Jean was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Jean married Catherine FOREST abt. 1744 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Catherine FOREST was born abt. 1726 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Catherine died 16 December 1815 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Catherine was the child of Jean Baptiste FOREST and Marie Elisabeth LABARRE.

Jean BLANCHARD died 2 September 1789 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Jean BLANCHARD

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Jean BLANCHARD married

Catherine FOREST-- Date: abt. 1744 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Catherine FOREST was the child of Jean Baptiste FOREST and Marie Elisabeth LABARRE

Children of Jean BLANCHARD and Catherine FOREST:

Jean Baptiste BLANCHARD (b.25 August 1745, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 20 May 1799, Beloeil, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte PETIT 14 February 1774 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Rosalie BLANCHARD (b.abt. 1752, , Acadia, Canada d. 16 November 1789, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Luc BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE (BADAYAC) 10 August 1778 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Charles BLANCHARD (b.abt. 1756, , Canada d. 26 November 1796, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Louise ALEXANDRE dite LALIBERTÉ 9 February 1784 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Claire BLANCHARD (b.31 October 1763, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre-Toussaint BROUILLARD 26 August 1788 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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

1745 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste BLANCHARD was born 25 August 1745, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Birth of Child
Claire BLANCHARD was born 31 October 1763, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1774 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste BLANCHARD married 14 February 1774 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marie-Charlotte PETIT

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1778 Marriage of Child
Rosalie BLANCHARD married 10 August 1778, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Jean-Luc BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE (BADAYAC)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Charles BLANCHARD married 9 February 1784, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Louise ALEXANDRE dite LALIBERTÉ

1788 Marriage of Child
Claire BLANCHARD married 26 August 1788, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Pierre-Toussaint BROUILLARD