Happy Labor Day weekend to those of you in the U.S.!! I have been corresponding with William Blanchard ARMITAGE from Toronto, Canada. Bill heard about me through the Blanc/shard Family History Society in England, and was interested in our studies of the possible French and perhaps Huguenot connectiion of Thomas and his presumed brother Joseph BLANCHARD. Bill is not on the Net so I will share some data that he has sent, concerning his early BLANCHARD ancestors. As a background, Bill was born in Geraldton, Western Australia and was named after his maternal grandfather who was born 1844 in Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng. to Elizabeth BLANCHARD and George ARMITAGE. (See summary data below.) According to family tradition, this Elizabeth was a French woman. A witness at the marriage of her brother Henry in 1835, was a William ROGIER (French-sounding ??) and Bill has collected data on people with this surname who appear to have been "comb makers" with a connection to the Channel Islands. That's about all I have but if anyone is interested in learning more about Bill's BLANCHARD line, the ARMITAGEs, the ROGIERs, etc., I would be glad to act as a relay. You can also contact Bill at: 460 Jarvis Street, Apt. #820 Toronto M4Y 2X8 Ontario, Canada If the formatting of the following is disturbed too much by your mail program, I can send it to you directly as an attached file. Fletch ___________ Some Descendants of Robert (1774-1841) and Elizabeth Roberts BLANCHARD Robert BLANCHARD bpt. 02 Oct 1774, d. 02 May 1841, m. Elizabeth ROBERTS 15 Jul 1796 Ch. of William BLANCHARD and Elizabeth ROBERTS William bpt. 21 Aug 1797 m. ( ) Ch. of William BLANCHARD and ( ) William bpt. ? m. Elizabeth RUSSELL 29 Aug 1818 Ch. of William BLANCHARD and Elizabeth RUSSELL Russell b. 184? Danton b. 184? Florence b. 1850 Agnes b. 185? Horatio b. 18 Jun 1865 Frances bpt. 06 Oct 1799 Henry bpt. 09 Nov 1800 m. Sarah LYON 16 Aug 1835 Ch. of Henry BLANCHARD and Sarah LYON James Roberts bpt. 20 Mar 1836 Elizabeth b. 11 Nov 1837 Henry b. 16 Jun 1840 Joseph b. 19 Mar 1842 Robert Henry b. 10 Mar 1844 Phoebe b 22 Sep 1845 William Henry b. 08 Aug 1848 Eliza Roberts b. 13 Aug 1850 Elizabeth bpt. 20 Dec 1805 m. George ARMITAGE 15 May 1828 Ch. of Elizabeth BLANCHARD and George ARMITAGE John b. 07 Jun 1835 George b. 02 Oct 1836 Ann b. 04 Nov 1837 Elizabeth b. 04 Dec 1839 Sarah b. 13 Mar 1842 William Blanchard b. 08 Mar 1844 Robert b. 25 Jun 1846 Ellen b. 18 May 1848 Ann bpt. 28 Sep 1807 m. Mark NICHOL 11 Sep 1831 Ch. of Ann BLANCHARD and Mark NICHOL Mark bpt. 17 Dec 1837 Sarah Ann bpt. 31 Dec 1837 Elizabeth bpt. 22 Feb 1839 Job Mark 05 Jan 1843 Robert bpt.09 Dec 1810 m. Elizabeth BRAMELY 14 Nov 1831 Ch. of Robert BLANCHARD and Elizabeth BRAMELY Mary Ann bpt. 26 Sep 1832 m. Oswald BARKER 09 Oct 1854 William bpt. 19 Apr 1835 m. Ann ARMITAGE 23 Aug 1856 Ann Dent bpt. 15 Jan 1837 m. James SHARP 07 Oct 1860