“ Helene LEBLANC
. daughter of Claude LEBLANC and Marie-
. Josephe LONGUESPEE, his first wife
. born about 1751
. died January 30, 1759
. at the age of 8 years
. buried January 31, 1759
. (St. Servan, I.-et-V.) “6084

    ____________________

“ CLAUDE LEBLANC, 1723, fils de Jean et de Jeanne Bourgeois, marié à Cobequid, le 9 octobre 1748, à Marie-Josephe Longuespée, fille de Louis et d’Anne Brasseau; en deuxième noces, à Saint-Servan, de Saint-Malo, en février 1763, à Marie Guedry, fille de Pierre et de Marguerite Brasseau, de Port-Royal; et en troisièmes noces, à Saint-Malo, en 1768, à Dorothée Richard, fille de François et de Marie Martin, veuve d’Alexis Comeau. Enfants issus du premier mariage: Jean, 1752; Hélène, 1759; Joseph, 1760; Pierre, 1762. Il était à Cobequid en 1752, à Louisbourg en 1758, à Saint-Malo en 1759, à Belle-Île-en-Mer en 1765 et de nouveau à Saint-Malo en 1768. Il s’embarque sur La Bergère pour la Louisiane, avec sa famille, en 1785. “

Translation:
“ CLAUDE LEBLANC, 1723, son of Jean and of Jeanne Bourgeois, married at Cobequid, 9 October 1748, to Marie-Josephe Longuespée, daughter of Louis and of Anne Brasseau; a second time at Saint-Servan of Saint-Malo in February 1763 to Marie Guedry, daughter of Pierre and of Marguerite Brasseau of Port-Royal; and a third time at Saint-Malo in 1768 to Dorothée Richard, daughter of François and of Marie Martin, widow of Alexis Comeau. Children issued from first marriage: Jean, 1752; Hélène, 1759; Joseph, 1760; Pierre, 1762. He was at Cobequid in 1752, at Louisbourg in 1758, at Saint-Malo in 1759, at Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1765 and again at Saint-Malo in 1768. He embarked on the La Bergère for Louisiana with his family in 1785. “5156

    ____________________

“ CLAUDE LEBLANC, né en 1723, fils de Jean et de Jeanne Bourgeois, marié à Cobequid, en 1748, à Marie-Josephe Longuespée, fille de Louis et d’Anne Brasseau, de Cobequid, et marié en deuxièmes noces, à Saint-Servan de Saint-Malo, en 1760, à Marie Guidry, veuve de Benjamin Mius. Enfants du premier mariage: Jean de Dieu, 1752; Hélène, 1759. Enfants du deuxième mariage: Joseph, né à Goinière, évêché de Saint-Malo, en 1760; Pierre, né à Saint-Meloise-des-Ondes, évêché de Saint-Malo, en 1762. Vraisemblablement transporté en France lors de la déportation des réfugiés Acadiens de l’île Saint-Jean, en 1758, Marie-Josephe Longuespée et plusieurs de ses enfants moururent durant la traversée. En 1767, Claude LeBlanc était au village Bordicado, Belle-Île-en-Mer, avec le reste de sa famille. “

Translation:
“ CLAUDE LEBLANC, born in 1723, son of Jean and of Jeanne Bourgeois, married at Cobequid in 1748, to Marie-Josephe Longuespée, daughter of Louis and of Anne Brasseau of Cobequid, and married a second time at Saint-Servan of Saint-Malo in 1760 to Marie Guidry, widow of Benjamin Mius. Children from first marriage: Jean de Dieu, 1752; Hélène, 1759. Children from second marriage: Joseph, born at Goinière, diocese of Saint-Malo, in 1760; Pierre, born at Saint-Meloise-des-Ondes, diocese of Saint-Malo, in 1762. Probably transported to France at the time of the deportation of the Acadian refugees from Ile Saint-Jean en 1758, Marie-Josephe Longuespée and several of their children died during the crossing. In 1767 Claude LeBlanc was at the village Bordicado, Belle-Île-en-Mer with the rest of his family. “5128

    ____________________

“ Roll of the inhabitants of Isle Royale, Isle Saint Jean, Gaspee and other places near the English whom the King granted the subsistance calculated to the day of their disembarking. Transcribed on the General Roll.

Le Tamerlan

Disembarked January 16, 1759

215 tons, 16 men, including the Captain and Le Sieur Haye, Agent. State of the inhabitants of Isle Saint Jean who disembarked at Saint Malo from the English ship “Le Tamerlan” and includes those who died on the crossing.

. . .

CLAUDE LEBLANC of Acadia, 22 years, farmhand and carpenter, at Saint Meloir.
MARIE JOSEPHE LANGUEEPEE his wife, 36 years, weaves, spins and brocades.
JEAN LEBLANC their son, 7 years.
HELENE LEBLANC their daughter, 8 years, died at St-Servan February 16, 1759.
RENNIL LEBLANC their child, died at sea.
MARGUERITE LEBLANC their child, died at sea.
JOSEPH FIRMIN LEBLANC their child, born March 24, 1760. “5169

    ____________________

“ Roll of the inhabitants of Isle Royale, Isle Saint Jean, Gaspee and other places near the English whom the King granted the subsistance calculated to the day of their disembarking. Transcribed on the General Roll.

. . .

Disembarked January 16, 1759 from the ship “Tamerlane”

. . .

CLAUDE LEBLANC Acadian, 22 years, farmhand and carpenter, living at Bassablous at the home of the widow Launay.
MARIE JOSEPHE LONGUEEPEE his wife, 36 years, weaves, spins and brocades.
JEAN LEBLANC their child, 7 years.
HELENE LEBLANC their child, 8 years, died January 30, 1759. “5170

    ____________________

“ Claude LeBlanc, Marie-Josephe Longuespee, his first wife and their children: Jean and Helene LeBlanc disembarked at St-Malo on January 16, 1759 from the ship, le Tamerian. Claude LeBlanc resided with his family in the following parishes:

LaGouesniere 1759 - 1760
St. Melior 1760 - 1764
St-Servan 1764 - 1765

In 1765, this family went to reside on Belle-Île-en-Mer. On March 6, 1767, Claude LeBlanc and his family were residing in the village of Bordicado in the parish of Sauzon on Belle-Île-en-Mer. The declaration of Claude LeBlanc on that date provides the date of his marriage at Cobequid to Marie-Josephe Longuespee. “5160

Arsenault6083,5128 states that Hélène LeBlanc was born in 1759 while Robichaux6084 places her birth in about 1751. Robichaux6084 bases his approximate date on the fact that she was eight years old at the time of her death on 30 January 1759.

Hélène LeBlanc
Helene LeBlanc