Hello all! I am new to the Blanchard-L list. My mother's maiden name is Blanchard. Her father was Charles Claude Blanchard, b. 4/12/1900 Van Buren Co., IA; d. 6/12/1969 Des Moines, Polk County, IA. His father was Joseph Hiram Blanchard b. July 1, 1857 in Indiana (prob. Vigo Co.) and d. July 12, 1922 in Mahaska Co., IA. Joseph's father was John Blanchard b. October 1828 or October 1832 in Pickaway Co., OH. This John Blanchard married Sarah Susan Porter abt. 1856 in Vigo Co., IN. John and Sarah moved to Champaign Co., IL by 1860. John served in the civil war (Co. B., 51st Ill. Inf). John and Sarah moved to Mahaska Co., IA by 1870 anlived there until 1885. John and Sarah were PROBABLY divorced between 1885 and August 1886 when John married Elizabeth (Topping/Topin) Ellis in Marion Co., IA and they sold their property and moved back to Homer, Champaign Co, IL. John Blanchard applied for pension in 1897 from Homer, Champaign Co, IL. Pension papers support all the places of residence. John listed his parents names on his second marriage application as Alvah H. Blanchard and Julia Ann Welch. Census records indicate his parens were both born in Ohio. I hit a brick wall at this point. Any help greatly appreciated. Christy Jay

Joan wrote: > quite surprised by all the Maine ( especially North Yarmouth) BLANCHARDS. > > All my direct line BLANCHARDS are from Weymouth, Ma but I am certain these > are children of my line. > Is there anyone who has knowledge of the connection? Yes, the North Yarmouth Blanchards came from Weymouth. See the file of Blanchards-to-1800 on the B-L web site for details about any specific person. John Chandler

Speaking of Blanchard River. During the past six months I did post that I had an article from a book about Jean Jacques Blanchard and if anyone wanted a scan I would send it. I did not have the time then to retype the article but a number of people contacted me and wanted the article so I sent it to them. It was interesting and was in a Putnam County book I have. It's six pages long and if anyone should like it I can send to them by email. It's also about the naming of Blanchard Township in Putnam County. Kathy Baker, Rome, Italy

David Young has posted a lot of information on usgenweb about North Yarmouth. His principal area of interest was the Danville area, but take a look at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/me/cumberland/nyarmouth/settlers The files are listed alphabetically, but browse -- you might find something in an unexpected place. Stewart Rowe ----- Original Message ----- From: "jvmcgovern" <jvmcgovern@mindspring.com> To: <BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: [BLANCHARD] Maine Blanchards > I have been researching another family line in North Yarmouth, Maine and > have been > quite surprised by all the Maine ( especially North Yarmouth) BLANCHARDS. > > All my direct line BLANCHARDS are from Weymouth, Ma but I am certain these > are children of my line. > Is there anyone who has knowledge of the connection? > > Joan Vining McGovern > > > ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

I have been researching another family line in North Yarmouth, Maine and have been quite surprised by all the Maine ( especially North Yarmouth) BLANCHARDS. All my direct line BLANCHARDS are from Weymouth, Ma but I am certain these are children of my line. Is there anyone who has knowledge of the connection? Joan Vining McGovern

> make use of > the list archives and the databases on our Web Page. OK, but what is the URL for this web site? Stew Rowe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fletcher Blanchard" <fab@Klink.Net> To: <BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:16 PM Subject: [BLANCHARD] Blanchard River & Admin. > I thought this was a good opportunity to send along a few > administrative > messages and to see if we could stimulate some more activity on > this list. > BLANCHARD-L has been running more or less on auto-pilot lately and > I have > been trying to find time to give it some more personal direction. > > One of the things I have wanted to tell new members about and to remind > 'old timers', involves the number of messages I receive from RootsWeb > notifying me about list messages that have bounced from our > members' mail > servers. Our list is set so that after 4 bounces, the member is > supposed to be > automatically unsubscribed from B-L. In most cases, this happens, > but for > some addresses, they seem to linger on and I continuously get a > report about > bounced mail. > > I would like to suggest that when you know that your mail may pile > up on your > server for an extended period of time (vacation, busy, etc.), you > might want to > unsub from B-L and then resub when you are able to keep up with > your In Box. > Also, if you change your e-mail address, please unsub the old and > resub the > new. The list archives is always there (the recent down-time, > notwithstanding) > so you can recover any missed exchanges. > > Particularly for new members, but again as a reminder, be sure to > make use of > the list archives and the databases on our Web Page. You will find a > tremendous amount of information there. A quick search of both of these > sources will make it easier for you to prepare a query for > submission to the > list, knowing what has already been discussed/shared. > > I was trying to think of an example and Kathy Baker's post today > re/ the Blanchard > River in Ohio, gave me a good lead. Taking a break from other > matters (Income Tax > preparation, etc), I thought the idea of naming a river after an > early Blanchard settler > might lead to an interesting story so - > > A few minutes in the BLANCHARD-L archives for 1997 with the > keywords "Putnam and County and Ohio" produced - > > Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 07:04:14 -0600 > From: Jean Ohai <jeanohai@worldnet.att.net> > To: blanchard-l <blanchard-l@rootsweb.com> > > Here is a second installment of Blanchard references from the > genealogical periodical index (PERSI) maintained by the Allen County > Public Library of Fort Wayne, IN. > > Jean Ohai > jeanohai@worldnet.att.net > > - - - - - > > Locality: U. S. , Ohio, PutnamRecord Type: School > Article Title: School Students, 1901, Blanchard Twp. > Periodical: Putnam Pastfinder PERSI Code: OHPM > Volume: 7Number: 3 (August 1991) > > Locality: U. S. , Ohio, Record Type: History > Article Title: Native Am. /Jean Jacques Blanchard > Periodical: Ohio Cues PERSI Code: OHCU > Volume: 17Number: 5 (February 1868) > _____ etc. > > These two entries confirmed a connection between Putnam Co., Ohio > and a Blanchard family and suggested that Jean Jacques might have > been the early settler. > > A second search in the 1998 archive, with the key words > " Jean and Jacques " produced - > __________ > > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 16:53:00 -0400 > From: Tom Wilde <wildeman@pilot.infi.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <353A642C.B597B7BE@pilot.infi.net> > Subject: Responses From Pat B. Curry > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Pat Blanchard Curry writes: > > Responses to recent queries-- > - - - > > To "nancy@YOGI.NMMI.CC.NM.US" [Nancy Siders] on 22 Mar 98 > Re source of BLANCHARD name in Hancock Co., OH: It seems there > was a well-educated tailor named JEAN JAQUES BLANCHARD [d 1802] > who came from France to Louisiana in 1760 where he spent 2 years. > In 1770 he arrived in the Hancock Co., OH area; about 1772 he > married a Shawnee woman; had 12 children, 7 of whom were living > at the time the US govt. was moving the Indians out of Ohio. The > Shawnee name of the river meant "Tailor's River". Early surveyors > in OH gave it the "Blanchard's fork of the Auglaize". > [S: Spaythe's 1903 History of Hancock Co,, pp52-3 plus others > which essentially provide the same data. ] > *********************** > Bingo! I'm hoping this is meaningful to Kathy and I'll guess that > Putnam > and Hancock counties are nearby and that Jean Jacques is our man! > My atlas shows the Blanchard River as being east of Findlay, OH. > > I hope that those of you who have hesitated to play around with the > archives, will jump in and explore. Once you've gained a little > experience, > you will find them to be very useful. Fletch > > > ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== > Want to search the B-L Archives? Go to site and enter "Blanchard". > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

I found another sentence, only one really, but thought I'd share anyway. It's found in Putnam County Pioneer Reminiscences, 1878-1887(in Ohio). "Blanchard River was so named from the fact that a man named Blanchard, was the first white man who traded along that stream with the Indians." While I was growing up and lived in Ottawa, Ohio, in Putnam County, this was not a stream but a river. We swam in it, ice skated on it, played along its banks, fished, etc. We had a great time there. Kathy Baker

I thought this was a good opportunity to send along a few administrative messages and to see if we could stimulate some more activity on this list. BLANCHARD-L has been running more or less on auto-pilot lately and I have been trying to find time to give it some more personal direction. One of the things I have wanted to tell new members about and to remind 'old timers', involves the number of messages I receive from RootsWeb notifying me about list messages that have bounced from our members' mail servers. Our list is set so that after 4 bounces, the member is supposed to be automatically unsubscribed from B-L. In most cases, this happens, but for some addresses, they seem to linger on and I continuously get a report about bounced mail. I would like to suggest that when you know that your mail may pile up on your server for an extended period of time (vacation, busy, etc.), you might want to unsub from B-L and then resub when you are able to keep up with your In Box. Also, if you change your e-mail address, please unsub the old and resub the new. The list archives is always there (the recent down-time, notwithstanding) so you can recover any missed exchanges. Particularly for new members, but again as a reminder, be sure to make use of the list archives and the databases on our Web Page. You will find a tremendous amount of information there. A quick search of both of these sources will make it easier for you to prepare a query for submission to the list, knowing what has already been discussed/shared. I was trying to think of an example and Kathy Baker's post today re/ the Blanchard River in Ohio, gave me a good lead. Taking a break from other matters (Income Tax preparation, etc), I thought the idea of naming a river after an early Blanchard settler might lead to an interesting story so - A few minutes in the BLANCHARD-L archives for 1997 with the keywords "Putnam and County and Ohio" produced - Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 07:04:14 -0600 From: Jean Ohai <jeanohai@worldnet.att.net> To: blanchard-l <blanchard-l@rootsweb.com> Here is a second installment of Blanchard references from the genealogical periodical index (PERSI) maintained by the Allen County Public Library of Fort Wayne, IN. Jean Ohai jeanohai@worldnet.att.net - - - - - Locality: U. S. , Ohio, PutnamRecord Type: School Article Title: School Students, 1901, Blanchard Twp. Periodical: Putnam Pastfinder PERSI Code: OHPM Volume: 7Number: 3 (August 1991) Locality: U. S. , Ohio, Record Type: History Article Title: Native Am. /Jean Jacques Blanchard Periodical: Ohio Cues PERSI Code: OHCU Volume: 17Number: 5 (February 1868) _____ etc. These two entries confirmed a connection between Putnam Co., Ohio and a Blanchard family and suggested that Jean Jacques might have been the early settler. A second search in the 1998 archive, with the key words " Jean and Jacques " produced - __________ Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 16:53:00 -0400 From: Tom Wilde <wildeman@pilot.infi.net> To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <353A642C.B597B7BE@pilot.infi.net> Subject: Responses From Pat B. Curry Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pat Blanchard Curry writes: Responses to recent queries-- - - - To "nancy@YOGI.NMMI.CC.NM.US" [Nancy Siders] on 22 Mar 98 Re source of BLANCHARD name in Hancock Co., OH: It seems there was a well-educated tailor named JEAN JAQUES BLANCHARD [d 1802] who came from France to Louisiana in 1760 where he spent 2 years. In 1770 he arrived in the Hancock Co., OH area; about 1772 he married a Shawnee woman; had 12 children, 7 of whom were living at the time the US govt. was moving the Indians out of Ohio. The Shawnee name of the river meant "Tailor's River". Early surveyors in OH gave it the "Blanchard's fork of the Auglaize". [S: Spaythe's 1903 History of Hancock Co,, pp52-3 plus others which essentially provide the same data. ] *********************** Bingo! I'm hoping this is meaningful to Kathy and I'll guess that Putnam and Hancock counties are nearby and that Jean Jacques is our man! My atlas shows the Blanchard River as being east of Findlay, OH. I hope that those of you who have hesitated to play around with the archives, will jump in and explore. Once you've gained a little experience, you will find them to be very useful. Fletch

While at a lecture tonight on funeral practices, mourning etc. in one of the slide was shown a older type marble stone with ELI BLANCHARD on it I asked her about it afterwards and the lady said it was taken in REHOBOTH MASS. which is just the other side of ATTLEBORO .. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - GENEALOGY - LIKE A BRIDGE THAT SPANS THE AGES AND WATERS OF LIFE ! © 1999 Gilbert Bagley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello to all I am a very new member of this global branch, so if I make any blunders, bear with me. I am trying very hard to 'find' my Paternal gt, grndmother, Mary BLANCHARD born abt 1835 somewhere in England. In 1864 she was living in 5 Old Compton St, Soho, London, Eng, also at the same address was a James BARTLETT born 1840 in Godmersham Kent, Eng. They married on the 22 February 1864 in St Anne Church, Soho, Westminster, London, Both, I presume were servants, (James deffinately was ) they were Spinster and Bachelor respectfully. On their marriage certificate it says James father was a Henry BARTLETT profession of Gardener, Mary's father was named James BLANCHARD a Miller. This union produced just one offspring, a son, my grandfather James Emmanuel BARTLETT born 26 December 1864, in Middlesex, London, England. the name 'Emmanuel' is an interesting one, although it has been given to the first born of this line ever since, eg, my father and brother, it has not come up in the BARTLETT line before, so it must have been 'Mary's' choice, in all my researching for my ancestors, I have seen many 'Emmanuel BLANCHARDS', but at this stage, I have found no connection to any, although I have a feeling there is a connection somewhere. On the 7 November 1865 Mary BARTLETT nee BARTLETT died in Kings College Hospital, in the Sub-District of St Clement, County of Middlesex, London, England. >From here I have drawn blanks, on the bmd certificates I have in my possession, nowhere does it give where my gt grandmother was born, or where she was buried. So I am hoping that by joining this 'group' and telling all the above, it might strike a cord with a member, perhaps who can not find an illusive 'Mary' of their tree!!! Incidentally, soon after the death of his wife, my gt Grandfather, 'Mary's' husband, James BARTLETT left his 11 month old baby son with his (gt.g.f's) parents in Kent, England, they eventually reared him, and sailed to the U.S, became a farmer, never to return to England, as with 'Mary' I have drawn Blanks. Thank you all for the patience of 'listening' to me Phyllis Bartlett Steel from Queensland, Australia

HI I am new to the Blanchard list. My maternal grandmother was Harriet Blanchard (19Apr1859-14Mar1945), married to George F. Plotner (22Nov1855-24Mar1942). Don't know date of marriage. She was daughter of Margaret Bainum (have a pic) and Joseph Elmore Blanchard. Margaret died soon after Harriet was born and Joseph Elmore remarried because Harriet had several half sibs. One was Clint in Arkansas and Benjamin went to California sometime. This happened in Clermont County, OH. I don't know where they came from before that. The second marriage may have happened in Brown County, OH. If I have any information that anyone would like, let me know. Ruth

Hello Gil. This is a copy of the message I posted. -- Rannie On March 13th, your message stated: > My Grandfather was named Aubrey "Blanchard" Tupper and > I am named after him. He was born in Weston Kings District > Nova Scotia on August 20, 1874 For others on the List, Weston is located in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley area and 14 miles west of Kentville, Kings Co., N.S. I have two Tupper marrying into the Blanchard lineage I am researching; one, John, to Elizabeth WADDELL and the other, Angus, to Hannah Blanchard McCURDY. These two Tuppers were cousins. Your grandfather may have been named after Aubrey BLANCHARD (1847 - 1899) who became a lawyer and was a partner in with my grt. grt. grandfather, William Henry BLANCHARD in Windsor, N.S. This law office continued through three more generations. I know they handled cases in Kentville, where other Blanchard family members lived. Aubrey's father was George Augustus BLANCHARD who had been a Judge of Probate for Kings County and later was appointed First County Judge for District Number Four which included Kings Co., Hants Co., and Colchester Co. I hope this may be the answer to your "62 year old mystery". George's cousin, Hiram BLANCHARD, was in the Nova Scotia government of Sir Charles Tupper. When Tupper left to run for federal office, Hiram took his place. This was at the time of Confedration and Hiram became the first premier of Nova Scotia in Confederation, but only for a couple of months. -- Rannie in Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia

I have a request...I am going crazy trying to find the information someone sent me abt. 2 years ago....it was in reference to where my Grandfather Got his name AUBREY BLANCHARD ........ TUPPER If I remember it was something about a law partner or close friend . of the family....and his name was Aubrey Blanchard... I would love to have this information again I have looked all over...know I had it and have misplaced it now that someone wants it.....Thanks for any help...Gil ( also ) Blanchard ....Bagley --

Seeking information on the parents, siblings, etc. of Benjamin Blanchard (b. 1792/1793). I have two sources for Benjamin's place of birth. One states he was born in Mansonville, Brome County, Quebec. The other states he was born in New Hampshire. Benjamin died in Shefford Twp., Missisquoi County, Quebec and was buried on 14 Jul 1878 in Mansonville. His burial record states his wife's name was Almira. I believe Benjamin to be related to the numerous Blanchards who settled in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. I think one of his brothers was Daniel Blanchard (b. 1804, NH). I also believe Benjamin is related somehow to Roswell Blanchard, one of the early settlers of Potton Twp. He's found there in the 1825 census. Benjamin doesn't show up (as a head of household) until the 1842 census for Potton (Mansonville). Benjamin married Palmyra (aka: Almira) Powell (b. 1807,??; Christened 1842, Potton, PQ). Palmyra died in 1854 in Mansonville. She was the daughter of William Powell and Pamelia Wadleigh. Children of Benjamin and Palmyra include: Augusta (b. ??) Benjamin, Jr. (b. c1829) Malvina (b. c1831) Amanda (b. ??) Hannah (b. 4 Mar 1841)* Elizabeth Jane "Betsey" (b. ??) *Hannah Blanchard is my 2nd Great-grandmother. She married Henry Bowen (b. 1838, NY) of Mansonville. >From census records alone, there is a great deal of Blanchard data for the Eastern Townships (Stanbridge, Shefford, Potton, Bolton, Mansonville, etc), but I have been unable to piece together the family with accuracy. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Regi Milan

It definetly looks like 4 references: The 2 vital records references with out volume or page numbers may refer to citatations in the NER article. The War Department reference could also refer to a citation in that article: could be Civil War or other pension files, or just about anything, ealier ciations were sometimes very sparse. There was a cite connected to rootsweb somehow (it may have been in Blacktone) that had the full text of NER, you might just try putting the full title NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY REGISTER in your favorite search Engine and see if it comes up (caveat:I'm not sure how you spell the exact name of the Journal). Russ NB: best guess is that the NER article is titled some thing like extract of Mendon Mass Vital Records.

Dorothy wrote: > Does anybody have copies of the following proof. > Mendon MA New England Hist & Gen V 57 P 188 This is evidently a reference to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 57 (1903). The NEHGR is the premier scholarly journal of genealogy in the northeast, and you can find it at many libraries. > Mendon Mass Record = Grafton VR War Dept This must surely be two different references on one line. The town of Grafton published its vital records up to 1850 in a book entitled _Vital records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849_ (published 1906). The mention of "War Dept" presumably refers to some kind of records of soldiers in the Revolutionary War (assuming this is from a DAR document). There is a multivolume compendium called _Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War_, published in 1896 and also widely available. I have extracted all the Blanchards from that work, as well as all the Blanchard references before 1800 from the VRs, so I may be able to help you on either of those. > Grafton VR Mass. Archives Again, this may be two references on one line, or maybe this refers to vital records between 1850 and 1900, which are obviously not in the book I mentioned, but are available on microfilm at the Mass. State Archives and at every LDS Family History Center around the world. John Chandler

Have a elderly friend whose mother was a Blanchard. She belongs to the DAR going back on the Blanchard to Partridge, to Samuel Warren. She would like to join Colonial Dames of 17th Century going back on the Warren line. Does anybody have copies of the following proof. Mendon MA New England Hist & Gen V 57 P 188 Mendon Mass Record = Grafton VR War Dept Grafton VR Mass. Archives Or is anybody already a member of Colonial Dames. These Blanchard were from Peacham, Vermont. Dorothy

I do not know if she was born there, but she was having children in Christian Co, KY around 1890 or so. Tracy BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > BLANCHARD-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 10 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [BLANCHARD] Re: BLANCHARD-D Digest [LLeaman@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from BLANCHARD-D, send a message to > > BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [BLANCHARD] Re: BLANCHARD-D Digest V01 #9 > Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 05:43:55 EST > From: LLeaman@aol.com > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > > Where was she from, KY?

Where was she from, KY?

Looking for my great great grandmother, Teeney (Tennie) Blanchard who married William Knight. Son Basil Knight was born in either 1885 or 1895, depending on the source, and daughter Laura Knight was born in 1890. There may be more siblings. I suppose that puts her date of birth somewhere around 1860-1870? Any assistance here would be greatly appreciated. I saw an archive listing for an older Christina (Teeney) Blanchard from Christian Co, KY, and I am thinking they may be related. Thanks! Tracy St. Claire Teeney Blanchard married Wm Knight Laura Knight married Oad Knight Margie Knight married George McCracken Gary McCracken married Gloria Ekberg Tracy McCracken married Allister St. Claire