Hi List Members - Laura and Tony Sidnell in Cornwall, England joined us on BLANCHARD-L recently. Laura has told me about a family Bible that contains vital records that she would like to share with the List. She has sent me photographs of the Bible (published in 1789) and several pages, photocopies of the pages on which the records were entered and transcripts for these entries and for some supplementary notes that were attached to pages of the Bible. I offered to organize these materials and report them to the List and I hope that I do so correctly. (?) represents an illegible entry or appears immediately after a questionable character and all lines are reproduced, more or less, as they appear. Page 1 A cutting, pasted to the page: "A Dying Mother's Address to her Infant" by Miss Bowles, now Mrs. Southey. Page 2 Hand-written entries J Blanchard of Pocklington Born (?) Harriett Isabellar Blanchard of Newcastle Born April 1st 18(?)46 John Anthony Blanchard Born July 11 18(??) Mellist Blanchard Born October 14th 1870 Edith Pricilliar(?) Blanchard born 6th June 172(?) and died February 22nd 173 Spennymoor Anthony Blanchard July 6th born and died on the 11th of July 1873 (?) Spennymoor John James Hamilton Blanchard born September 25th 1874 Hannah Mary Blanchard Born October 17th and died at Spennymoor December 6th (?) Francis Ada Blanchard Born October 15th 1876 at Tudhoe Grange Spennymoor John Anthony Blanchard Born November 18th 1877 at Tudhoe Grange Tower Brewery Cottages died 1 month old Joseph Blanchard Born March 28th 1879 at Tudhoe Grange @ died on the July 19th 1879 Castletown near Hoylton near Sunderland Durham Aurther Blanchard Born September 22nd Friday 1882 Christened Primitive Chapel Minister Mr Eavins Sarah Blanchard born November 12th 1883 at Castletown & died December 8th 1883 buried at Southwick Church Christopher Joseph Blanchard died February (?) Thomas Harrison Blanchard Born February 26th 1887 (?) Easington August 1887 Page 3 Hand-written entry Harriett Blanchard born February 1st 1891 at 93 Cumberland St Stranton Grange West Hartlepool Supplementary sheet attached to page / hand-written Mary Hamilton born 4th August 1816 John Hamilton born 19th January 1818 George Hamilton born April 30th 1838 John Hamilton born April 5th 1840 Thomas Hamilton born January 21st 1842 Mary Jane Hamilton born Febry 15th 1844 Harriet Isabella Hamilton born April 1st 1846 Frances Hamilton born Jany 1st 1848 John Jas Hamilton born Octr 8th 1850 Sarah Hamilton born Jany 18th 1853 All born in Newcastle Page 4 Hand-written entries (Parents) Joseph Lawton Blanchard Died Feb 2nd 1903 93 Cumberland Street West Hartlepool aged (?) Years Harriet Isabella Blanchard Died Sept 16th 1907 aged 61 Years Harriet Blanchard Born February 1891 93 Cumberland Street West Harlepool Page 5 Hand-written entries Melville Blanchard Born October 14th 1970 William Street Tudhoe Grange Spennmoor Died 30-11-1940 (aged 70 years) at 3 Rainton Street Sunderland Susannah Blanchard Born Feb 21st 1868 Little Thorpe Easington Died Sept 9th 1923 (at her sons 8 Wolseley Terrace Sunderland) =Family= Matthew Joseph Blanchard Born Nov 4th 1893 North Terrace - Easington - Durham James William Blanchard born Sept 27th 1895 Easington Durham Drowned 19th October 1917 (torpedoed in English Channel) Melville Blanchard Born May 1st 1897 18 Stratford Road Heaton Newcastle Cicely Blanchard Born April 30th 1899 George Street Haswell Died Jan 24th 1905 Bottle Makers Tavern Ayres Quay Sunderland Hilda Blanchard Born July 12th 1903 Bottle Makers Tavern Ayers Quay Sunderland Died Aug 11th 1904 Ivy Blanchard Born March 29th 1908 Malt Grass Inn Ayres Quay Sunderland Melville Blanchard (Grandson of the first named Melville Blanchard) Born 29th January 1922 8 Wolseley Terrace Sunderland Page 6 Hand-written entry Jean Watson Blanchard (Daughter of Matthew Joseph Blanchard) born 20-1-1923 at Garden Lane Cleadon Nr Sunderland Supplementary sheet attached to page. Great Grandmother Blanchard Champion swimmer Great Grandfather B. Builder, W. Hartlepool. Built Spennymoor School with partner, who ran off to Australia with profits. Brother of Jim (of Melville B.) settled in Vancouver as a chemist. Brother Andrew(?) artist & inebriate Sister Hennryetta - Spinster & settled in South Hetton (Harriet) Hamiltons are cousins Thomas Harrison Blanchard - Cousin ? of Easington and over (Continuation of attached supplementary sheet on Page 6) From: The Trail of the Huguenots - G Elmore Reaman Blanchard origin - Cape of the Hague, Normandy Made Huguenots by John Calvin First Migration to England 1500 A.D. First known ancestor Thos. Blanchard Second migration to Boston Mass. 1610, also Braintree and Dorchester Migration to Canada 1799 to Leeds City. Founded Greenbush, near Brockville. Canadian ancestors John and Abigail Blanchard Records also of Blanchards arriving by ship in Boston, Mass. 1639 Contact Harry D. Blanchard 224 Oakridge Drive Toronto 1963 ______________________ This is the end of the transcribed Bible entries and supplementary sheets. Since receiving this material from Laura and Tony, Laura has provided the following information on some of her recent ancestors and additional notes concerning the Bible entries: Father: Melville Blanchard ****b.29.01.1922 Mother :Patricia Anne Jenkins b.18.07.1931 Grandfather: Melville Blanchard*** b.10.05.1897 Grandmother: Huulda Olsen-Prockter(family Norwegian) Great Grandfather: Melville Blanchard **b.14.10.1870 died 30.11.1940 Great Grandmother: Susanna b.21.02.1868 at Easington, died 09.09.1923 Great Great Grandfather Blanchard* (built Spennymoor School) dates and names unknown Names which appear (and which almost certainly form part of my line) include the following: Joseph Lawson Blanchard (Lawson may read Lowson) b.19.01. ?(year illegible) died 02.02.1903 Thomas Harrison Blanchard 26.02.1887 at Easington. Died August 1887 Harriet Isabella Blanchard b.01.02.1891 at 93 Cumberland Street, StrantonGrange, West Hartlepool died 16.09.1907 Mathew Joseph Blanchard b. 04.11.1893 at Easington James William Blanchard born at Easington 27.09.1895 (Torpedoed in Channel) Cicely Blanchard b.30.04.1899 died 24.01.1905 Jean Watson Blanchard b.20.01.1923 at Garden Lane Cleadon, Sunderland. The areas from which my relatives come include: Spennymoor, Durham. (Great-great-Blanchard *- given names not certain - built Spennymoor School.) Also William Street, Tudhoe Grange,Spennymoor - Birthplace of my great grandfather, Melville Blanchard ** born 14.10.1870(Married Susanna of Littlethorpe, Easington.born 21.02.1868) 93 Cumberland Street, Stranton Grange,West Hartlepool - Harriet Blanchard b.01.02.1891 Easington , Durham. (see Susanna above). Also several Easington entries made in my Bible but with undefined relationship :- Mathew Joseph Blanchard b. 04.11.1893 North Terrace Easington, and James William Blanchard b.27.09.1895 at Easington.(drowned 19.10.1917 -torpedoed in English Channel) 18 Stratford Road, Heaton, Newcastle - my grandfather, Melville Blanchard's***birthplace b.01.05.1897 George Street, Haswell (Town unknown ). Cicely Blanchard b.30.04.1899. Died 24.01.1905 at Bottlemakers Tavern Ayres Quay,Sunderland) Bottlemakers Tavern, Ayres Quay, Sunderland. Hilda Blanchard b.12.07.1903. Died 11.08.1904 Maltgrass Inn, Ayres Quay Sunderland. Ivy Blanchard b.29.03.1908. Wolseley Terrace, Sunderland - my late father, Melville Blanchard's**** birthplace.b. 29.01.1922 Pocklington in Yorkshire - "J.Blanchard" (possibly Joseph Lawson or Lowson) ___________________ Finally, and perhaps this should be put in a separate message since this one is becoming so long, I was able to obtain a copy of "The Trail of the Huguenots" by G. Elmore Reaman, through ILL and have prepared a summary of parts of this book that might be of interest to List members who are searching for the parents (origins) of Thomas Blanchard and Joseph Blanchard. Jean Pierre Blanchard has been proposed as the father of the emigrants Thomas and Joseph (as well as Peter and Jean/John who are said to have remained in England) and is rumored to have been the "Huguenot" connection that Reaman credits to Harry D. Blanchard of Toronto. If you are interested in seeing this summary, I will be happy to send it to your personal address as an attached file (ASCII Text). I could also send it via regular e-mail if you don't mind how it changes the formatting. By posting this message, Laura's Bible records will become a part of the BLANCHARD-L Archives so all Blanchard researchers can benefit from this information. For now, I will add an Index-Line for this message: Summary: Bible Records 1800/1900 Spennymoor, Hartlepool, Easington, Sunderland, etc., England 1998 10 15 Please share any comments on this message with the List or you may contact Laura personally at: Sidnelltony@email.msn.com Fletch