Captain Oliver Blanchard

1726 - 1796  (70 years)

• Name	Oliver Blanchard
  Birth	1726	Grand-Pré, Acadia, New France   [2]
  Occupation	say 1753 (27 years)  [2]
  He was a carpenter
  Land/House	29 Mar 1784 (58 years)	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  The government of Nova Scotia, on 29 March 1784, granted 14,150 acres in one block, with limits shown approximately on the accompanying map, to thirty-four French families. He was one of them, making him one of the founders of Caraquet.
  Death	16 Aug 1796	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	father Blanchard   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Radegonde Lambert,   b. Abt 1621, Martaizé, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France d. After 1686, Rivière-des-Habitants,Acadia  (Age 66 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I1656	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	René Blanchard,   b. Abt 1701, Acadia, New France bur. 27 Sep 1788, Ascension, Louisiana (Age ~ 87 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Marguerite Thériault,   b. 8 Jun 1709, Grand-Pré, Acadia, New France
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Catherine Amirault dite Mirau,   b. Abt 1735, Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, New France d. 8 Oct 1817, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1752	New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ~ 17 years.
  Children	7 sons and 2 daughters
  +   1. Margarete Blanchard,   b. 29 Apr 1753, Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, New France d. 23 Oct 1796, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 43 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ René Haché dit Gallant  m. 1773     2. Thaddée Blanchard,   b. 14 Oct 1755, Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, New France d. 1 Nov 1793, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 38 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Désirée Blanchard,   b. Abt 1758, New Brunswick, Canada d. Abt 1799, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 41 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Fidélé Blanchard   d. 1 Nov 1793, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Raphaël Blanchard  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Romain Blanchard   d. 1 Nov 1793, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Isidore Blanchard,   b. Abt 1770, New Brunswick, Canada d. 13 Nov 1809, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 39 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   8. Judith Blanchard,   b. 17 May 1780, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 21 Nov 1857, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 77 years) ▻ Sylvain Boudreau  m. 4 Apr 1796     9. Tranquil Blanchard,   b. Abt 1773, New Brunswick, Canada d. Abt 1840, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 67 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Oliver Blanchard(1726 – 1796) 2René Blanchard(Abt 1701 – 1788) 4René Blanchard(1677 – 1754) 8Martin Blanchard(Abt 1647 – 1700) 16Jean Blanchard(Abt 1611 – 1686) 17Radegonde Lambert(Abt 1621 – 1686) 9Françoise LeBlanc(Abt 1653 – 1686) 18Daniel LeBlanc 19Françoise Gaudet(Abt 1623 – 1700) 5Anne Landry(Abt 1684 – ) 10René Landry, le jeune(Abt 1634 – 1693) 20 21 11Marie Bernard(Abt 1645 – 1719) 22 23Andrée Guyon 3Marguerite Thériault(1709 – ) 6Germain Thériault(Abt 1662 – ) 12Claude Thériot(Abt 1637 – 1725) 24Jean Thériot(Abt 1601 – ) 25Perrine Rau(Abt 1611 – ) 13Marie-Françoise Gautrot(Abt 1645 – 1732) 26François Gautrot(1613 – ) 27Edmée Lejeune(1622 – ) 7Anne Richard(1671 – 1745) 14Michel Richard dit Sansoucy( – 1678) 28 29 15Madeleine Blanchard(Abt 1643 – 1683) 30Jean Blanchard(Abt 1611 – 1686) 31Radegonde Lambert(Abt 1621 – 1686)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1726 - Grand-Pré, Acadia, New France Marriage - Abt 1752 - New Brunswick, Canada Land/House - 29 Mar 1784 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 16 Aug 1796 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1999] Ganong, William F. The History of Caraquet, (unknown: Acadiensis, 1907). [S203] Thériault, Fidèle, Thériault, Fidèle. Les Familles de Caraquet - Dictionnaire Généalogique, (Canada: Tous Droits Réservés, 1985).