Madeleine BLANCHARD

(b. abt. 1643 , Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1679 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Madeleine BLANCHARD was born abt. 1643 in Port Royal, Acadia

Madeleine BLANCHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT

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Madeleine married Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY abt. 1656 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was born 24 January 1630 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France. Michel died abt. 1687 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).

Madeleine BLANCHARD died abt. 1679 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Madeleine BLANCHARD married

Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY-- Date: abt. 1656 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Children of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD:

René RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ (b.abt. 1657, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1693, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Madeleine LANDRY 1679 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre RICHARD (b.abt. 1661, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Marguerite LANDRY 1685 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Catherine RICHARD (b.abt. 1663, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1755, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Jean-François BROUSSARD (BROSSARD) 1681 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Martin RICHARD (b.abt. 1665, Port Royal, Acadia d. 6 February 1748 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Marguerite BOURG 1691 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Alexandre RICHARD (b.abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadia d. 4 October 1709, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS 1687 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Anne RICHARD (b.8 October 1671, Port Royal, Acadia d. 9 May 1745, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Germain THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 10 MAY 1685 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Madeleine RICHARD (b.October 1671, Port Royal, Acadia d. 4 January 1712, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Charles BABIN 1685 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie Josephe RICHARD (b.abt. 1674, Port Royal, Acadia d. 2 October 1709, Pisiquit, Acadia )
m. Michel Dit Clement VINCENT 1689 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cecile RICHARD (b.abt. 1676, Port Royal, Acadia d. 3 May 1731, Pisiquit, Acadia )
m. Pierre FOREST 1692 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marguerite RICHARD (b.abt. 1679, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Jean LEBLANC 1698 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Jean BLANCHARD, 60, wife, Radegonde LAMBERT 42; Children (married): Martin 24, Madeline 28, Anne 26; (unmarried): Guillaume 21, Bernard 18, Marie 15; cattle 12, sheep 9.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Port Royal
Michel RICHARD, 41, wife Madeleine BLANCHARD 28; Children Rene 14, Pierre 10, Martin 6, Alexandre 3, Catherine 8, Anne and Magdeleine 5 weeks; cattle 15, sheep 14.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Birth of Child
Madeleine RICHARD was born October 1671, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1671 Birth of Child
Marie Anne RICHARD was born 8 October 1671, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1678 Port Royal
Michel Richard & Madeleine Blanchard

1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Madeleine is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

Added: - Updated: 8/15/2015 5:58:03 PM