Hello, All: Sue Winter told me of a cemetery listing at Plains, Luzerne Co, PA done by Tammy Lamb. She said: "In your record you list Polly Blanchard (d/o Jeremiah Blanchard, Jr and Martha Hutchins) as married to Jacob Schiff b. 1788, Conrad RI. You also have Jeremiah Jr and Martha as buried at Cooper Cemetery, opposite Wyoming Borough, NY. Polly Blanchard is my 4th GGM, and married Jacob Shiffer, native of PA, about 1810 in Luzerne Co, PA. Jacob is brother to Mary Shiffer, w/o Jacob Blanchard. Jeremiah Jr. and Martha Hutchins are buried in a recently discovered rural graveyard outside Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. I'll transmit the cemetery listing to you tomorrow. It is believed that the gravesites are located on the once Blanchard Estate. Jacob Shiffer's father, Conrad, is also buried there." Sue and I have about decided that this cemetery is the same one mentioned by Adelaide Blanchard Crandall in her book "Blanchards of Rhode Island" as the "Cooper Cemetery, across from Wyoming Borough, NW." There must have been some error in preparing her book. Anyway, you can see the cemetery transcription at the Luzerne County, PA USGenweb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/plainsvle.htm Tammy told Sue she's going to put in a reference to "Cooper Cemetery," to make this site easier to find for those who have read Crandall's book. Carol Carnahan, descendant of Randall H. Blanchard, b. 1792 RI>OH Corvallis, Montana

The BLANCHARD Quaker connection referred to by Wynette is through Aaron and Ephraim (brothers of Benjamin) who lived in NE North Carolina (formerly Nansemond County, VA). I have seen no evidence that Benjamin was of the Quaker faith. The most likely father of these brothers is Robert Blanshard who received a land grant in nearby VA in 1683. This connection has not been demonstrated conclusively (to me). The Quaker history is best located through HINSHAW's Quaker Genealogy. Decatur Blanchard

Welcome to the List, Edward. I made a quick check of the databases on our web page, but did not find your Elijah among the several that are there. I thought I would take this opportunity to suggest that you make a systematic search of our List Archives to determine if any member has discussed this family, during the past four years that the list has been operating. Elijhah, Edgar, Adelbert and Rhoda are not the most common names and should be good key words to use. The other suggestion, and reminder to all list members, posting your genealogy information to the list not only allows all the members to share this information, but it assures that it will be added to the List Archives at RootsWeb for anyone, members and nonmembers, to access. One more reminder - RootsWeb has been operating their PML (Personalized Mailing Lists) for almost 8 months. List managers who have signed on to PML, can submit "keywords" that are searched in all the List messages posted to the 10s of thousands of surname and regional genealogical mail lists that are served by RootsWeb. Whenever one of these keywords appears, the List manager is notified and receives a copy of the message containing the keyword. "Blanchard" is one of my keywords and I have archived almost all of my PML reports. I would like to share these with our List members but have not found time to organize them and decide which ones might be useful to you. I have tried to write my 'search strings' to weed out the obviously irrelevant 'hits' but still get a lot of messages about Blanchard OK, Blanchard, PA, Blanchard cemeteries, Blanchard as a given or middle name (though this might sometimes be of value), 'Blanchard' in a huge 'signature' list of surnames the poster is searching, etc. Recently, RootsWeb has offered to "Gateway" the PML responses to the Mail Lists - post all the PML notices to an appropriate Mail List rather than to just the manager. This is a good way to generate activity on the Lists, but so far, I have chosen not to set this up, primarily because there are so many messages of questionable value that I would prefer to be the one to suffer the frustration rather than all of you! However, because of PML, when you post a message to BLANCHARD-L, it will be shared with many more List managers/members who may have an interest in the names, places, etc. that are contained in your messages. If you have any thoughts or questions about PML, please let me know. Fletch

Hi, My name is Edward Blanchard. I live in the upper peninsula of Michigan. My g-g-grandfather was Elijah Blanchard 1817-1878. He was born in either New York or Pennsylvania. He married Rhoda Tyler in 1842 at Bath, New York and moved to Michigan about 1850. They had four children: Charles, Ruth, Adelbert, and Edgar. Charles and Ruth were born in New York. Adelbert and Edgar were born in Michigan. Elijah and Rhoda moved to Mecosta County, Michigan in about 1865 and homesteaded there. I have found an Elijah Blanchard in the census records of New York, but the dates and spouse don't seem to match. I would appreciate any help, I'm at a dead-end. I would also be glad to share any information I have after they arrived in Michigan. I have quite a bit of information on the four children. a

Hi Pat and others interested in NY BLANCHARDs - Several of the names you mentioned in your post of 22 July 2000, latest/1286, are familiar names among some of the Albany area families that I know about - Jennie, Walter, Carl, _____ Russell ...... I have not been able to connect you to one of the databases on our web page, but will paste here a block from the descendants of George BLANCHARD, which Pat BLANCHARD CURRY prepared. This is the family of Simon (Simeon), son of Charles Henry BLANCHARD and brother of my g.grandfather Melvin Augustus. I have a strong feeling that you are connected to this line at some point but cannot prove it. (Check Melvin's family, there is a son, Walter M. b c1870!!) I suggest you visit the BLANCHARD-L Web Page and browse through this section of the George BLANCHARD database. _________ Z03-163 SIMON BLANCHARD [aka: SIMEON] father Born: 19 Dec 1848, [Saratoga Co.?], NY [281] c1849, NY [census] Died: 17 Sep 1896 [281] Married: 28 Mar 1878, Granville, Washington, NY [281;44] Jennie C. INGALLS [281] Born: 19 Apr 1860, Hartford or N. Granville, Wash., NY [281] dau of John J. & Mary E. (Hills) Ingalls Died: after 1900 Children: [281] 1. Franklin Lester, 26 Oct 1879 [Lester, Nov 1879 [1880 census] Fred, Oct 1879 [1900 census] 2. Harry Humphrey, 14 Nov 1881 [not at home 1900] 3. Elizabeth, 18 Oct 1883 Aug 1883 [1900 census] 4. Helen Russell, 19 Mar 1886 5. Oatman David, 12 May 1888 6. Carl Edmund, 18 Jan 1891 7. Charlotte Sanderson, 20 Jun 1893 Jan 1894 [1900 census] 1850: "Simon"; with parents in Northumberland, Saratoga, NY 1880: NY, Saratoga, Schuylerville [ED 83:1] - "Simeon",31,NY; house carpenter; Jennie,20,NY; Lester,7/12,NY; b Nov [listed in same house as parents] [Jennie: parents b NY] 1900: NY, Saratoga, Saratoga Springs [ED 130 sh 15] -- Jennie + all children except Harry. _________ When you discover more names in your line or if any of our database information looks promising, please post some follow-ups to the List. Good Luck!! Fletch

It has been awhile since I posted my Blanchard's, and with some other NY Blanchards being discussed, I will try again. I have been stuck on this line for a long time. Lorenzo Blanchard b. May 1809 MA, d. 13 Jan 1894, Eaton, Madison, NY. Lorenzo married Mariam Hill, about 1830. She was b. 1809 MA, and d. 12 Apr 1887, Eaton, Madison, NY. They were in Sherburne, Chenango, NY from 1840 until about 1870, when they moved to Eaton. Children: 1. G. W. (perhaps George, or George Welcome? Blanchard) b. 1830-1835 2. Caroline b. 1831, Sherburne, d. 1864 Sherburne. 3. Maria Lydia b. 1833, m. John B. Parker 4. Ervilla J. b. 23 Apr 1837, Sherburne, d. 1912, Manlius, Onondaga, NY. m. Gilbert Burchard. (My Line) 5. Ames b. abt 1843 Sherburne 6. Anna S. b. 12 Apr 1843, Sherburne, m. William A. Church 7. Silas b. 1845 Sherburne 8. Emma Jane b. 12 Jul 1849 Sherburne, m. Arthur B. Vidler 9. Cortland b. 1858 Sherburne Any information would be greatly appreciated. Barbara Porter, Arizona

I am just beginning to search for my Blanchard line. I was born Patricia Jennie Blanchard in Albany, NY on 11/7/52, daughter of Walter James Blanchard b. 8/16/28 and Marguerite Woodard. My grandfather was Carl Blanchard, grandmother Gertrude Russell. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Pat

Brenda Caldwell inquired about Ella and Emma Blanchard who were born July 4,1865, possibly in Roxbury, VT or Ogdensburg, NY. A quick check of our web page databases did not find either of them. I suggest a search of our BLANCHARD-L archives for each of the four years we have been in operation. In addition to checking NY and VT Census Records, some queries submitted to the county GenWeb Pages (Washington Co. for Roxbury, VT and St. Lawrence Co. for Ogdensburg, NY) might be worthwhile. The NYGenWeb Page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/ The VTGenWeb Page is http://www.rootsquest.com/~usgwvtus/ Start with the State pages and locate the county (counties) of interest. Both of these counties have Mail Lists hosted by RootsWeb, VTWASHIN-L and NYSTLAWR-L. I don't know how active these two lists are but many of the county lists are a great source of information and are monitored by some very knowledgeable and helpful people. If you are not familiar with mail lists, those at RootsWeb are 'closed' which simply means that you must subscribe in order to post messages. The procedure is simple, send e-mail to the "request address"; for example, to subscribe to the Washington Co., VT Mail List, send an e-mail message to: VTWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word subscribe in the message Subject: and body, nothing more. You will receive confirmation of your subscription and information about how the list operates. ________ I thought this was a good opportunity to remind list members of some of the ways to focus their attempts to locate genealogical information. Fletch

If you know anything about their adoption, it will be listed in the probate court of that town. I just went to the city where I thought my relative was adopted from and looked in the probate index, and low and behold they it was. I got a lot of information. Jane Eaton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda Caldwell" <TClerk@maine.rr.com> To: <BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 6:35 PM Subject: [BLANCHARD] Ella and Emma Blanchard > I am looking for the birth parents of Ella and Emma Blanchard who were born > July 4, 1865 in either Roxbury, Vermont or Osdensburg, New York (I think). > They were adopted by George Henry Martin and Jane B. Folsom Martin who lived > in Vermont. Ella was my great-grandmother and is a brick wall for me. I > surely would appreciate any information on these two that anyone could give > me. Brenda > > > ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

I am looking for the birth parents of Ella and Emma Blanchard who were born July 4, 1865 in either Roxbury, Vermont or Osdensburg, New York (I think). They were adopted by George Henry Martin and Jane B. Folsom Martin who lived in Vermont. Ella was my great-grandmother and is a brick wall for me. I surely would appreciate any information on these two that anyone could give me. Brenda

Rebecca wrote: > David Blanchard born in about 1797 and > married to a Hannah Reed born about 1803. They appear in the Maine Census of > 1850 in town of Madison county of Somerset. I have a possible match, but the age is a little bit of a stretch. There was a Hannah Reed of Scituate, Mass who married David Blanchard of Abington on 1816 Aug 1 at Abington. If she is the same Hannah that shows up in the census in Madison, then she was either fibbing about her age in 1850 or was very young to be marrying in 1816. There are scads of David Blanchards who were born in the 1790's in New England, but I don't know of one in particular who would have been living in Abington in 1816 and then moved to Maine. I have also looked around for a Hannah Reed born in the Scituate area in the 1790's and didn't come across one. Maybe if I changed the time range to include 1800 and 1801 I might find someone, but the marriage and the intention filed at Scituate are all I have at the moment. John

Does anyone have any information on a David Blanchard born in about 1797 and married to a Hannah Reed born about 1803. They appear in the Maine Census of 1850 in town of Madison county of Somerset. Rebecca Keeler

Dear Tom, Sorry, I have no David Blanchard listed in the family tree. My children belong to the same family as Ranald (Rannie) Blanchard who contributes to this page. Rannie can be found at ai020@chebucto.ns.ca Just for interest, I have looked at all the Hiram Blanchards on my lists and I have the following.: Two Hiram Blanchards born to Jonathon Blanchard & Sarah Coggins/Goggins Hiram 1818-1819 & Hiram 1820-1874 (First Premier of Canada and Attorney General in the early years of Confederation of Canada) To William Sawers Blanchard & Jean Sherburne Whiddon Hiram Hedley 1875-1907 These were all in Nova Scotia. In Queensland Australia, dying in Tasmania, Australia, my children's grandfather, Hiram Roy (Roy) Blanchard 1907-1973 Born to Samuel Thomas (Tom) Blanchard & Phoebe Elizabeth Meredith. Regards, Wynnette ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Wilde <wildeman1@home.com> To: <BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: [BLANCHARD] Re: Hiram Blanchard > Wynnette, > > I am interested in learning more about Hiram Blanchard, b. c1837 in > Clinton Co., NY, son of David Blanchard and Orpha Canfield. Is he the > same as your Hiram? My great grandmother, Orpha Blanchard (she was > the daughter of David Blanchard and his second wife, Lorain Perry, and > named for David's first wife) was Hiram's half-sister. Am also > interested in learning more about their siblings: born to David and > Orpha - Marcello(?), b. 1820/25 in Bristol, VT; George, b. c1828 in > Bristol, VT; and "Adeloner", b. c1830 in Bristol, VT; born to David > and Lorain: Mary (aka Elizabeth M.?), b. c1846 in Clinton Co., NY; > Rollin, b. c1849 in Clinton Co., NY; Stanton, b. June 1860 in NY; and > Viola L., b. after 1860? The above info on David Blanchard, his two > wives and nine children was given to me by Pat Blanchard Curry before > her death. > > Thanks, > > Tom Wilde > Chesapeake, Virginia > > > ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== > Want to post/read messages on our GenConnect Boards? > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html > Enter BLANCHARD, then scroll to the seven BLANCHARD boards. >

Wynnette, I am interested in learning more about Hiram Blanchard, b. c1837 in Clinton Co., NY, son of David Blanchard and Orpha Canfield. Is he the same as your Hiram? My great grandmother, Orpha Blanchard (she was the daughter of David Blanchard and his second wife, Lorain Perry, and named for David's first wife) was Hiram's half-sister. Am also interested in learning more about their siblings: born to David and Orpha - Marcello(?), b. 1820/25 in Bristol, VT; George, b. c1828 in Bristol, VT; and "Adeloner", b. c1830 in Bristol, VT; born to David and Lorain: Mary (aka Elizabeth M.?), b. c1846 in Clinton Co., NY; Rollin, b. c1849 in Clinton Co., NY; Stanton, b. June 1860 in NY; and Viola L., b. after 1860? The above info on David Blanchard, his two wives and nine children was given to me by Pat Blanchard Curry before her death. Thanks, Tom Wilde Chesapeake, Virginia

Upton, Sunday - Miss Claire Marguerite Blanchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Blanchard of Main street, became the bride of Gaston Marcel Dufresne of 46 Pratt street, Framingham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dufresne of Lewiston, ME, in Holy Angels Church, yesterday at 9 a.m. Rev. John Shannon, pastor, celebrated a nuptial mass and double ring service. --(wow I was a sphomore in HS, Do I feel old now! and Elizabeth became Queen of England) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - GENEALOGY - LIKE A BRIDGE THAT SPANS THE AGES AND WATERS OF LIFE ! © 1999 Gilbert Bagley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

----- Original Message ----- From: Graeme & Wynnette Ford <wynngrae@globalfreeway.com.au> To: Ranald Blanchard <ai020@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: Hello > Hello Rannie, > > Thank you for your welcoming good wishes and nice introduction to the web > family. I hope I jog someone's memory and get some bites. I have posted > messages on all the rootsweb Australian message sites also. > > Did I tell you my son was studying law? And he looked up the firm (Hiram?) > Blanchard founded and found it was still going? He had jokingly said he > ought to apply to them for a job, as they specialised in environmental law, > which he was studying. > > He actually graduated this year, after six long years as a mature-age > student. He is looking for a job, but I don't think he has the nerve to > actually approach them. Sensible boy! Has to make himself famous and world > reknown first! Yes, I am only joking. Seriously, I hope he does find a job > somewhere in job-scarce Australia soon, his ego (and pocket) need it. > > My best to you and your family, > > Wynnette. >

Subject: BLANCHARD/CURRIE/WEEDON/MEREDITH/SHEPHERD Any Australian descendants out there for these families? Have gone almost as far as I can go. I am in contact with relatives of their ancestors' overseas. BLANCHARD's were French Huguenots. Fled to England. Emigrated to Boston, Mass., (USA) in 1637. From there to New Hampshire and on to Nova Scotia, (Canada). WILLIAM EARLE BLANCHARD & wife ELLEN CURRIE/CURRY came to Victoria, Australia circa 1850s, & lived at EMERALD HILL "Tent City" at South Melbourne for a while. Most of the family seems then to have gone to settle in Sydney, New South Wales area. Son JOTHAM BLANCHARD went to Queensland. Married LIZZIE WEEDON born Warwickshire, England in 1868. Settled in MARYBOROUGH Queensland, area. His son SAMUEL THOMAS (TOM) BLANCHARD, married PHOEBE ELIZABETH MEREDITH/MERIDETH in 1902. Phoebe's parents were EDWIN MEREDITH & ELIZABETH SHEPHERD. Both from Staffordshire in England, married Shropshire, England, 1862. Have never found either family's shipping record into Australia. Be glad to hear from any descendant and swap information. Wynnette Ford, formerly Blanchard, nee Mansfield. > >

Hello Wynnette. Nice to hear from you again and welcome to the list. I still have not made much head way with the New Brunswick search other than what I obtained recently off of the Net. For the interest of other members, William Earle Blanchard, born Truro, Nova Scotia, was a grandson of Col Jotham Blanchard who came to Nova Scotia from New Hamsphire about 1785. According to the online 1851 census of Northumberland County, New Brunswick, there were six Blanchard families in the Chatham parish. In the same county, there were ten Currie families in the Newcastle parish, twelve Curry families in what appears to be the Northesk parish, and four Curry families in the Chatham parish. I did not find any 'marriage record' there for William Earle B., but there were two Currie females married, Margaret, of Bathurst/Chatham area who married on Nov. 1, 1836 to Thomas BALDWIN, and the other being Jane, of Newcastle, who married on April 4, 1837, Robert STEWART. Miller's book had stated William moved to Miramichi, New Bruswick, and married Eleanor CURRY. They later removed to Australia. At first, I had thought William had left for Australia after the 1825 fire in the Miramichi area which damaged over 6,000 square miles of land. This fire was fanned on by a hurricane and destroyed about 15,000 homes. So as some of you can see, I was delighted when I got my first e-mail from Wynnette with myself having barely anything to go on. Also, I have in my notes that New Brunswick became a separate province in 1784 and in 1848 Great Britain granted 'almost' complete control over its own affairs. From the other side of the world, -- Rannie Blanchard, Mt. Uniacke, Nova Scotia

Looking for any information on this family. Thanks Debbie JAMES BLANCHARD was born 1870. He married MARGARET ELIZABETH PENNINGTON August 01, 1896 in Randolph County, WV, daughter of SOLOMON PENNINGTON and ELIZA WILFONG. Children of JAMES BLANCHARD and MARGARET PENNINGTON are: i. CECELIA BLANCHARD, b. 1898; m. JOHN WOOLWINE, March 24, 1923, Randolph County, WV. ii. ALICE BLANCHARD, b. 1899. iii. FREDRICK C. BLANCHARD, b. December 10, 1908, Randolph County, WV; d. April 27, 1978, Randolph County, WV; m. DORA SPRINGER, January 19, 1945, Randolph County, WV. iv. GEORGE BLANCHARD, b. 1902. v. JOSIE BLANCHARD, b. 1905. vi. GRETHEL BLANCHARD, b. 1907.

OOPS, wrong B... address, please disregard the previous message... Mary "Mary E. Daily" wrote: > > Betty doesn't know what she let herself in for with all the > Gillinger/Gellinger relatives on this list... ;-) > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: PML Search Result matching Gillinger > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:57:05 -0700 > From: Bettie Ball Holmes <eaholmes@uswest.net> > To: medaily@idir.net > > ===================================================================== > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ===================================================================== > Source: GC-Nodaway Co Query Forum > URL: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mo/Nodaway?read=671 > Subject: Town of Quitman Mo. When did it Burn? > > Surname: Bilby, Albright, Houston, Wright, Gillinger > ------------------------- > > Want to hear from anyone with these surnames. > Also does anyone have a postcard or photo of Quitman > before the Fire? Anyone with stories of the Bilby Family > or if anyone had family that lived and worked for the Bilby's. visit my > website http://members.tripod.com/~BettieHolmes/ > 2150 South 33 St. Omaha Ne. 68105 > eaholmes@uswest.net > > Hope to hear from you soon. > Bettie > > Link: Swayze/Sliker/Bilby/Seals/Ball/Holmes/Horton > URL: <http://members.tripod.com/~BettieHolmes/> -- Mary _____________________________________________________________________ ICQ - 3081831 mary.daily@bigfoot.com http://www.idir.net/~medaily/ _____________________________________________________________________ The world fears a new experience more than it fears anything. Because a new experience displaces so many old experiences. - D.H. Lawrence _____________________________________________________________________