Osite Barbe (Leblanc) Le Blanc (1769-bef.1811)

Osite Barbe Le Blanc formerly Leblanc aka Melancon

Born Feb 1769 in St. James, Louisiana, New Spain

Ancestors

Daughter of Marcel (Leblanc) LeBlanc and Marie Josèphe Breau

Sister of Marguerite LeBlanc, Marie Josèphe (Leblanc) LeBlanc, Sylvain Marie LeBlanc, Angelique LeBlanc, Paul Olivier LeBlanc, Apollonie LeBlanc and Adelaide LeBlanc

Wife of Paul (Melancon) Melanson — married 1785 in St. James, Spanish Louisiana

Descendants

Mother of Marie Josephe (Melancon) LeBlanc, Julienne (Melancon) Babin, Marguerite (Melanson) Melancon, Marie Louise Melanson, Paul Melancon, Gilbert Melancon, Emerante (Melancon) Braud and Joseph Melanson

Died before 24 Aug 1811 before age 42 in St. James, Louisiana, Orleans Territory, United States

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Biography

Osite Barbe Leblanc, daughter of Marcel Leblanc (~1732–1786) and Marie Josèphe Breau (~1737–~1811), was born in February, 1769 in St. James, Louisiana, New Spain.^[1]

Osite (15) married Paul Melancon in 1785 in St. James, Spanish Louisiana.^[2]

Their known children were:

Marie Josephe Melancon (1786–>1860)
Julienne Melancon (1787–~1850)
Marguerite Melanson (1791–1881)
Marie Louise Melanson (1794–1848)
Paul Melancon (1797– )
Gilbert Melancon (1799–~1843)
Emerante Melancon (1804–1887)
Joseph Melanson (1806–1854)

Ozite Barbe Leblanc was buried at St. James Church cemetery on 24 August 1811. The burial record notes that she was about 44 years old and that she was the wife of Paul Melanson.^[3]

Sources

↑ Karen Theriot Reader, Rootsweb.com. cites Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810, (Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978), p. 2540 (Louisiana).
↑ Karen Theriot Reader, citing Eileen Larré Behrman, St. James Parish, Louisiana, Colonial Records, 1782-1787 (MacBean Press, 1981), pp. 30, 635-639;
1785-1815, #266: Marriage Contract between Paul MELANSON, son of the late Alexandre MELANSON & Marie Ozitte HEBERT, and Ozitte LeBLANC, daughter of Marcel LeBLANC & Marie Josephe BREAUX. Appearing for the groom: Joseph & Etienne MELANSON, his brothers. For the bride: Joseph DUGAS, her brother-in-law; Louis GAUTHEROT, her friend. Signed: Miguel CANTRELLE; Louis GAUTRO. Made marks: Ozitte LeBLANC; Paul MELANSON; Joseph DUGAS; Joseph MELANSON; ---.
↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records ("DOBR"), 1804-1819, Vol. 3 (Baton Rouge, LA: Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1982), p. 553;
LEBLANC Ozite Barbe, age about 44 yrs., wife of Paul Melanson, bur. 24 Aug. 1811 (SJA-4,34).

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:

Justin Russ : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1B2, FTDNA kit #N66807, MitoYDNA ID T13336 [compare]
Angèle (LeBlanc) Barker : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1, haplogroup J, FTDNA kit #N61635, MitoYDNA ID T15001 [compare]
Christine Balboni : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test
Clorice Surette : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1B2, FTDNA kit #427697
M Cole : Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup J1B

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Osite Barbe:

~3.12% Mary (Melancon) Perque : 23andMe, GEDmatch CP9938981 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CP9938981 [compare], Ancestry member 3FrankieMel
~2.34% Kathleen LeBlanc : Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A209600 [compare]
~1.56% ~12.50% Lynne Heintz : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Jessie LeBlanc : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Mercedes Ohlmeyer : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Celeste (Roberts) Lewis : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A199787 [compare], FTDNA kit #B111627
~0.78% ~3.12% Michelle Wiseman : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mWISEMANm
~0.78% Morris Simon : 23andMe, GEDmatch M056851 [compare]
~0.78% ~1.56% Rocky Berlier : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.78% Laurie Lamb : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A945152 [compare], Ancestry member llllovesjww2013
~0.78% ~3.12% Stephen Collins : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member stevec39564 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #667755
~0.78% Jan (Judice) Lemoine : AncestryDNA
~0.39% ~0.78% Tammy Falgout : 23andMe
~0.39% Penny (Cowart) Cagle : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch kk9062602 [compare], Ancestry member zydecotrain2014
~0.39% ~1.56% David Anderson : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LC6189731 [compare], Ancestry member DavidJr1979
~0.39% Rosemary (Kennedy) Kinney : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RoseKinney56 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A222752 [compare], yourDNAportal ROS64eb2e81, FTDNA kit #B324622
~0.39% Donna (Greaux) Boudreaux : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member donna_boudreaux
~0.39% Tom Parr : AncestryDNA

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Osite Barbe (Leblanc) Le Blanc (1769 - bef. 1811)

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