René Blanchard

1677 - 1754  (77 years)

• Name	René Blanchard
  Birth	6 May 1677	Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   [1, 2]
  Census	1686 (8 years)	Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   [2]
  In the 1686 Census he was recorded, age 9, living in Port-Royal, Acadia.
  Census	1693 (15 years)	Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   [2]
  In the 1693 Census he was recorded, age 16, living in Port-Royal, Acadia.
  Census	1698 (20 years)	Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   [2]
  In the 1698 Census he was recorded, age 20, living in Port-Royal, Acadia.
  Census	1700 (22 years)	Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   [2]
  In the 1700 Census he was recorded, age 23, living in Port-Royal, Acadia.
  Death	3 Dec 1754	Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   [1]
  Burial	Aft 3 Dec 1754	Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal,  Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Siblings	2 sisters
  1. Françoise Blanchard,   b. Abt 1672, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   2. Marie Blanchard,   b. Abt 1674, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control + 3. René Blanchard,   b. 6 May 1677, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control d. 3 Dec 1754, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control  (Age 77 years) ▻ Anne Landry,  m. About 1700
  Half siblings	4 half brothers and 4 half sisters (family of Martin Blanchard and Marguerite Guilbeau)
  1. Joseph Blanchard   d. 1758 to 1759, at sea > 2. Marguerite Blanchard,   b. Abt 1689, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control d. Cobequid, Acadia ▻ Pierre Bourg,  m. About 1706   3. Pierre Blanchard,   b. Abt 1692, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control d. 1758 to 1759, at sea  (Age 66 years)   4. Martin Blanchard,   b. Abt 1693, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   5. daughter Blanchard,   b. Abt 1695, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control   6. Marie-Isabelle Blanchard,   b. Abt 1700, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control d. Before 1752, Acadia, New France  (Age 51 years)   7. Marie-Marguerite Blanchard,   b. 1703 to 1707, Acadia, New France d. Louisiana, U.S.A.   8. Jean-Baptiste Blanchard,   b. Abt 1712, Acadia, New France d. 1756 to 1759  (Age 44 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	father Blanchard   (Great Grandfather)  Françoise Gaudet,   b. Abt 1623   d. Before 1700, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control  (Age 76 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I4980	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Martin Blanchard,   b. Abt 1647, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control d. After 1700 (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Françoise LeBlanc,   b. Abt 1653, Acadia, New France d. Before 1686, Acadia, New France (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F1481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Anne Landry,   b. Abt 1684, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control
  Marriage	About 1700	Acadia, New France   [2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years and 7 months - She : ~ 16 years.
  Children	4 sons and 5 daughters
  +   1. René Blanchard,   b. Abt 1701, Acadia, New France bur. 27 Sep 1788, Ascension, Louisiana (Age ~ 87 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Marguerite Thériault  m. 9 Jul 1726     2. Françoise Blanchard,   b. May 1705, Les Mines, Acadia, New France d. 23 May 1785, Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France (Age 80 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Angélique Blanchard,   b. Abt 1707, Acadia, New France d. 25 Jan 1759, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France (Age 52 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Marie Blanchard,   b. 28 Aug 1709, Grand-Pré, Acadia, New France d. 1756, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 46 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Joseph Blanchard,   b. 6 Jan 1712, Grand-Pré, Acadia, New France d. Before 1756 (Age 43 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Rosalie Blanchard,   b. Abt 1714, Grand-Pré, Acadia, New France d. Before 1756, Acadia, New France (Age 41 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Jean Blanchard  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     8. Marie-Anne Blanchard   d. Before 17 Feb 1762  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     9. Étienne Blanchard,   b. 20 Jun 1729, Grand-Pré, Acadia, New France d. 9 Apr 1759, Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France (Age 29 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F1597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1René Blanchard(1677 – 1754) 2Martin Blanchard(Abt 1647 – 1700) 4Jean Blanchard(Abt 1611 – 1686) 8father Blanchard 9 5Radegonde Lambert(Abt 1621 – 1686) 10 11 3Françoise LeBlanc(Abt 1653 – 1686) 6Daniel LeBlanc 12 13 7Françoise Gaudet(Abt 1623 – 1700) 14Jean Gaudet(1575 – 1678) 15

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 May 1677 - Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Census - 1686 - Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Census - 1693 - Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Census - 1698 - Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Census - 1700 - Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Marriage - About 1700 - Acadia, New France Death - 3 Dec 1754 - Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Burial - Aft 3 Dec 1754 - Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 138534408 Rene Blanchard. [S1151] White, Stephen A., Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes volume I, (Monction, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999). [S592] White, Stephen A., Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes volume II, ( Monction, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).