Individual Details
François Blanchard
(1731 - )
François Blanchard, Hélèn Giroire, and family of 5 persons were in theFourth Convoy leaving Chatellerault for Nantes from March 6 to March 13, 1776.
François Blanchard and his family were the 56th family aboard the ship L'Amitié, which sailed from France on 20 August, 1785, and arrived in New Orleans on 8 November 1785 (80 days at sea).
Françoise is listed as a plowman, or laborer. With him traveled his wife, Hélèn-Judith Giroire and his son, Joseph, and daughters Françoise, Marie, and Marguerite. The ages of each listed are:
François 54 (b. 1731)
Hélèn 43 (b. 1742)
Francoise 20 (b. 1765)
Marie 15 (b. 1770)
Joseph 10 (b. 1775)
Marguerite 5 (b. 1780)
On debarkation, François received 1 axe, 1 medium axe, 1 knife, 2 shovels, and 3 hoes. This was the standard equipment supplied to the heads of families.
the above information from "Acadian Families in Exile, 1785" by Rev. Donald J. Hébert, p.79.
The 1778 General Census of the Inhabitants Established in Lafourche, lists the family of François Blanchard and Elenne Giroir as follows:
François Blanchard. age 58 approx. b. 1720
Elenne Giroir age 42 approx. b. 1736
Marie (daughter) age 18 approx. b. 1760
Joseph age 12 approx. b. 1766
Margueritte age 7 approx. b. 1771
and in the 1791 census:
François Blanchard age 60 approx. b. 1731
Elene age 49 approx. b. 1742
Marie age 21 approx. b. 1770
Margrithe age 10 approx. b. 1781
Because of the good agreement between calculated b.d. between the 1791census and the ships information, the 1778 census dates are considered in error.
François Blanchard and his family were the 56th family aboard the ship L'Amitié, which sailed from France on 20 August, 1785, and arrived in New Orleans on 8 November 1785 (80 days at sea).
Françoise is listed as a plowman, or laborer. With him traveled his wife, Hélèn-Judith Giroire and his son, Joseph, and daughters Françoise, Marie, and Marguerite. The ages of each listed are:
François 54 (b. 1731)
Hélèn 43 (b. 1742)
Francoise 20 (b. 1765)
Marie 15 (b. 1770)
Joseph 10 (b. 1775)
Marguerite 5 (b. 1780)
On debarkation, François received 1 axe, 1 medium axe, 1 knife, 2 shovels, and 3 hoes. This was the standard equipment supplied to the heads of families.
the above information from "Acadian Families in Exile, 1785" by Rev. Donald J. Hébert, p.79.
The 1778 General Census of the Inhabitants Established in Lafourche, lists the family of François Blanchard and Elenne Giroir as follows:
François Blanchard. age 58 approx. b. 1720
Elenne Giroir age 42 approx. b. 1736
Marie (daughter) age 18 approx. b. 1760
Joseph age 12 approx. b. 1766
Margueritte age 7 approx. b. 1771
and in the 1791 census:
François Blanchard age 60 approx. b. 1731
Elene age 49 approx. b. 1742
Marie age 21 approx. b. 1770
Margrithe age 10 approx. b. 1781
Because of the good agreement between calculated b.d. between the 1791census and the ships information, the 1778 census dates are considered in error.
Events
| Birth | 1731 | Cobequid, Acadia |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Oct 1763 | Pleslin, Cotes-du-Nord - Hélèn-Judith Giroire | |
Families
| Spouse | Hélèn-Judith Giroire (1742 - ) |
| Child | Francoise Blanchard (1765 - ) |
| Child | Marie Blanchard (1770 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Francois Blanchard (1775 - ) |
| Child | Pierre Sebastien Blanchard (1777 - 1777) |
| Child | Jean Blanchard (1779 - 1780) |
| Child | Marguerite Anne Blanchard (1780 - ) |
| Child | Rosalie Adelaide Blanchard (1782 - 1783) |
| Father | Joseph Blanchard (1694 - ) |
| Mother | Anne Dupuis (1698 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Blanchard (1724 - ) |
| Sibling | Alexis Blanchard (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Charles Blanchard (1733 - ) |
| Sibling | Benoit Blanchard (1735 - 1821) |
Endnotes
1. Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens, 1671, 2424.
2. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., The Acadian Exiles in Chatellerault, 1773-1785, 12.
3. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., The Acadian Exiles in Chatellerault, 1773-1785, 12.