The Marriage of Pierre LeBlanc and Franí§oise Landry – 1711

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Steve

On 16 Feb 1711, Pierre LeBlanc, son of Antoine LeBlanc and Marie Bourgeois, married Franí§oise Landry, daughter of the deceased Antoine Landry and the deceased Marie Tibeaudeau. Pierre LeBlanc and Franí§oise Landry are the parents of all the Leblanc children whose records I’ve shown over the past couple of weeks.

The Marriage Record of Pierre LeBlanc and Francoise Landry - 1711

The Marriage Record of Pierre LeBlanc & Franí§oise Landry – 1711

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, 1711. Marriage Record of Pierre LeBlanc & Franí§oise Landry, page 11.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Pierre LeBlanc & Franí§oise Landry. Translated from the French the record reads:

Pierre LeBlanc & Franí§oise Landry

In the year 1711 on the 16th of February after the publication
of one ban at the homilies of our parish masses
and having given a dispensation for the two
others, between Pierre LeBlanc, son of Antoine
LaBlanc and Marie Bourgeois, residents of
Grand Pré, his father and mother, of the first part, and
Franí§oise Landry, daughter of the deceased Antoine
Landry and the deceased Marie Tibeaudeau,
residents of the Mines, her father and mother,
of the second part, without having received
any impediment, I the undersigned missionary
of the parish of St. Charles of the Mines, I have
received their mutual consent to marry
and have given them the nuptial benediction
with the proscribed ceremonies of our Holy Mother
Church Catholic: apostolic: and universal: in the presence
of all their parents and friend who have
signed with me. The others have declared
that they do not know how to write, in witness thereof
I have signed.

Groom:
Pierre Leblanc
Mark of + Franí§oise Landry.
Jacques Leblanc, Pierre Leblanc.
Antoine Dupuis, Jean Terriot.
Mark of + Antoine Leblanc
Fa[ther] Bonaventure Massou, R. Miss[ionary] ind.

This record can be found as image 12/266 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Charles-les-Mines Mariages 1709-1748. The record appears on page 11.

Thanks once again to Gilles of The Nomadic Researcher for helping me translate difficult sections of this document. Regarding one section with which I had difficulty, Gilles wrote that this section was written in “what we call now «au son» or in a phonetic way”.

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The Death and Burial of Pierre Raymond Leblanc – 1731

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Steve

On 13 Jan 1731, Pierre Raymond LeBlanc, son of Pierre LeBlanc and Franí§oise Landry, was buried.

The Death and Burial Record of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc - 1731

The Death and Burial Record of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc – 1731

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, 1731. Death and Burial Record of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc, page 17.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death and Burial Record of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc. Translated from the French the record reads:

Pierre Raymond Leblanc

In the year 1731 and on the 13th of January
was buried in the cemetery of the
parish of St. Charles des Mines the
body of Pierre Raymond, born on the 7th of
this same month and year, son of Pierre LeBlanc
and Franí§oise Landry, in the presence
of Victor LeBlanc, Ambroise Dupuy,
and the undersigned Joseph Huguet, the
others have declared that they do not know
how to write.
Joseph Huguet
          C. delafondalie g.v.

This record can be found as image 19/67 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Charles-les-Mines-Décí¨s 1709-1748. The record appears on page 17.

This record does not state the date of death, only the date of burial.

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The Birth and Baptism of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc – 1731

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Steve

On 7 Jan 1731, Pierre Raymond LeBlanc, son of Pierre LeBlanc and Franí§oise Landry, was born. He was baptized in the parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie on 10 Jan 1731.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc - 1731

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc – 1731

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, 1731. Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc, page 274.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Raymond LeBlanc. Translated from the French the record reads:

Pierre Raymond Leblanc

In the year 1731 and on the 10th of January
were supplied the ceremonies of baptism
by me, the undersigned, to Pierre Raymond
born on the 7th of the same month and year,
son of the undersigned Pierre LeBlanc
and Franí§oise Landry, his wife.
The Godfather was Victor LeBlanc, brother,
and the Godmother was Ursule LeBlanc, who
has declared that she does not know how to
sign as required.
Pierre Leblanc.
     C. delafondalie p.gv.

This record can be found as image 278/317 and image 279/317 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Charles-les-Mines Baptíªmes 1707-1733. The record appears on pages 273-274.

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The Birth and Baptism of Marie LeBlanc – 1729

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Steve

On 7 Apr 1729, Marie LeBlanc, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Franí§oise Landry, was born. She was baptized in the parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie on 17 Apr 1729.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Marie LeBlanc - 1729

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Marie LeBlanc – 1729

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, 1729. Birth and Baptismal Record of Marie LeBlanc, page 247.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Marie LeBlanc. Translated from the French the record reads:

Marie LeBlanc

[On the 17th day of April of the year 1729]
I, the undersigned missionary priest
in l’Acadie have baptized and
administered the ceremonies to Marie,
born on the 7th of April of the present year,
daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and
Franí§oise Landry. The Godfather
was Antoine LeBlanc; the
Godmother was Agní¨s LeBlanc, who have
declared that they do not know how to sign.
          Ant[oine] Faulin, pr[iest]

This record can be found as image 252/317 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Charles-les-Mines Baptíªmes 1707-1733. The record appears on page 247.

The actual record does not state on what day the baptism occurred, but the records immediately preceding and following Marie LeBlanc’s record both state that those baptisms occurred on 17 April 1729, leading me to conclude that Marie’s baptism also occurred on that day. Marie was born on 07 Apr 1729, a date consistent with the presumed baptismal date of 17 Apr 1729.

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The Birth and Baptism of Joseph LeBlanc – 1726

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Steve

On 11 Feb 1726, Joseph LeBlanc, son of Pierre LeBlanc and Franí§oise Landry, was born. He was baptized in the parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie on 18 Feb 1726.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Joseph LeBlanc - 1726

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Joseph LeBlanc – 1726

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, 1726. Birth and Baptismal Record of Joseph LeBlanc, pages 206-207.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Joseph LeBlanc. Translated from the French the record reads:

Joseph Leblanc

On the 18th of February 1726
I, the undersigned, have administered the
the ceremonies of baptism
to Joseph, born on the 11th of the same
month and the present year
after having duly received a provisional
baptism, son of Pierre LeBlanc and
Franí§oise Landry. The Godfather
was René Blanchard,
the young; the Godmother was Marguerite
Terriot, daughter of Germain
Terriot. The Godfather has signed; the
Godmother declared that she does not know
how to sign.
     René Blanchard
          Ant Faulin. p.

This record can be found as image 210/317 and image 211/317 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Charles-les-Mines Baptíªmes 1707-1733. The record appears on pages 206-207.

This child appears to have been baptized privately before the church baptism. I am not exactly sure how to translate the section of this record that deals with the private baptism. The church ceremonies were apparently conducted after the private ceremonies, although my translation implies that the child was born after the private baptism! There is one word in this section that I did not know how to translate.

UPDATE: 06 Apr 2008: Gilles, the Nomadic Researcher, provided me with the correct transcription and translation for the sentence about the first baptism which he describes as a “provisional baptism made at birth when the life of the child is at stake” . At the time of the record, the priest would normally state “a suppléé aux cérémonies du baptíªme”, indicating that he made up for the ceremonies of baptism. Thanks, Gilles!

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The Birth and Baptism of Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc – 1736

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Steve

On 12 Jan 1736, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, son of Pierre LeBlanc and Franí§oise Landry, was born. He was baptized in the parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie on the same day.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc - 1736

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc – 1736

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, 1736. Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, page 34.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc. Translated from the French the record reads:

Pierre Hilaire Leblanc

In the year 1736 and on the 12th of January
Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc was baptized, born on the same
day and year, son of Pierre LeBlanc dit
Pinau and Franí§oise Landry, his wife.
The Godfather was Victor LeBlanc, the
undersigned brother, and the Godmother was Angí¨lique
LeBlanc, sister of the aforementioned infant, who has declared
that she does not know how to sign as required.
Pierre Leblanc. Victor LeBlanc
     C. delafondalie p.g.v.

This record can be found as image 34/191 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Charles-les-Mines Baptíªmes 1733-1748. The record appears on page 34.

The Godparents were the brother and sister of the infant. I previously found the birth and baptismal record of Angí¨lique LeBlanc, who was born in 1722. I have not yet found the birth and baptismal record of Victor LeBlanc.

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Pa's Cars

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Steve

My mother’s parents were called “Ma and Pa” by just about everyone. While I suppose it was natural for their own children to call them by those names, all their grandchildren also called them “Ma and Pa”.

Since Ma and Pa lived in Worcester, Massachusetts and my family lived in Albany, New York, we rarely saw them. The distance just seemed too great for frequent visits. Consequently, I never really got to know Ma and Pa as well as I would have liked.

Ma and Pa always took great care of their cars. Of course, it was Pa who took care of the cars . His first car was a Model T. He later bought a 1924 Hupmobile with the option of solid wheels (instead of wire wheels) and windows that were buttoned in. The windshield wipers had to be turned by hand.

1924 Hupmobile

1924 Hupmobile

Pa later bought a Buick which he called his “Budick”, a pronunciation affected by his native language.

At the time he owned the Buick, Pa worked at Worcester Pressed Steel. He drove the car to work each day and he parked the car in an inside garage.

Although Pa was relatively well off compared to many of his neighbors, he couldn’t afford to buy antifreeze for the car . This presented a problem, since winters in central Massachusetts could be bitterly cold. He didn’t worry about the radiator freezing during the day, since he parked the car indoors while he worked. The big problem was how to prevent the radiator from freezing at night.

When Pa returned home at night, he would simply drain the radiator and, each day before starting the car in the morning, he refilled the radiator with plain water. Every day. And it seemed to work well enough. It was more important to keep food on the table than it was to buy antifreeze.

Written for the Carnival of Genealogy.

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San Francisco Bay Area Genealogy Calendar – April 2008

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Steve

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More from the Spring Seminar of the SMCGS

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Steve

The Spring Seminar of the San Mateo County Genealogical Society was held on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Approximately 100 people were in attendance.

The theme of the seminar was “Your Immigrant Ancestors By Land and Sea”. The program included two plenary sessions in the morning and six lectures in two tracks in the afternoon.

The second presentation of the day was “Before You Cross the Pond – How to Find Your Ancestor’s Place of Origin” presented by Christine M. Green.

Chris discussed several sources of information a researcher can use to discover the place of origin of one’s ancestors. These sources include:

  • Learn as much as possible about the ancestor in US records
  • Talk to family, including distant cousins
  • Research census records, especially US Federal Census records after 1850
  • Look to see if a national index to civil registrations or vital records exist in the country of origin, such as FreeBMD or FindMyPast for England, Scotland’s People for Scotland, Genlias for the Netherlands, and the national index for Ireland (not yet online)
  • Investigate church records in the US
  • Research obituaries for clues to immigrant origins
  • Check out military records such as civil war records, World War I draft registrations, and World War II draft registrations
  • Look into immigration records, including naturalization records, passenger arrival lists, and passenger departure lists
  • Search for land records, including homestead records
  • Try researching the extended family, especially if a sibling of the immigrant ancestor also immigrated
  • Where possible, map the surname using surname atlases available on CD or online
  • If the immigrant ancestor was from the UK, check out the UK wills for US residents who still had property in the UK at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/

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From the Spring Seminar of the SMCGS

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Steve

The Spring Seminar of the San Mateo County Genealogical Society was held on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Approximately 100 people were in attendance.

The theme of the seminar was “Your Immigrant Ancestors By Land and Sea”. The program included two plenary sessions in the morning and six lectures in two tracks in the afternoon.

The first lecture of the day was “One Step Webpages – A Potpourri of Genealogical Tools” by featured speaker Stephen P. Morse, Ph.D.

Steve Morse’s One-Step website began as a finding aid for the Ellis Island database. It has grown over the years to include more than 100 tools grouped into 14 categories:

  1. Ellis Island Search Forms and Ship Arrival
  2. Castle Garden years (1855-1891) plus other New York Arrivals
  3. Other Ports of Immigration
  4. US Census and Soundex (1790-1940)
  5. Canadian and British Census
  6. New York Census
  7. Births, Deaths, and other Vital Records
  8. Calendar, Sunrise/Sunset, Maps
  9. Dealing with Characters in Foreign Alphabets
  10. Holocaust and Eastern Europe
  11. Genetic Genealogy (DNA)
  12. Creating your own Search Applications
  13. Publications, Awards, and Interviews
  14. Miscellaneous

I have used Steve’s web tools in the past, mostly for finding Ellis Island passenger lists and for finding enumeration districts in the US Federal Census. I have to admit that I was largely ignorant of many of the other tools on his site.

In his seminar, Steve reviewed many of the One-Step web tools using real-life examples. Perhaps I should say that Steve used larger-than-life examples, because he showed how to use the One-Step tools to find Albert Einstein, Fiorello LaGuardia, and Nikola Tesla in the New York passenger lists and to find Franklin Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller Jr, and Nelson Rockefeller in the US Federal Census.

But that was just the beginning.

Steve showed us how to find changed street names in US cities, how to use a soundex converter that provides both American Soundex and Daitch-Motokoff Soundex codes, how to find Canadian and British census records, New York census records, birthdays, and information in the Social Security Death Index (including information on when and where the Social Security Number was issued).

Other tools include a zip code map, a tool to find the latitude and longitude of places, and area codes. There are also tools to transliterate names between English and Hebrew and between English and Russian.

Steve concluded by discussing several other tools, including one that enables users to create their own search applications.

Tomorrow: More from the seminar.

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