Rosalie Trahan (abt. 1745 - aft. 1785)

Born about 1745 in Acadie

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Honore LeBlanc — married 1 Feb 1763 in St. Servan, France

Descendants

Died after 10 Sep 1785 after about age 40 in Louisiana

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Biography

CHARLES LE BLANC is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 9 Right Le Saint Remi, Arrivee Le 9 Septembre, 1785. Listed with him is his wife Rosalie Trahan and their six children: Pierre Honnore, Andre, Jean Baptiste, Marie Rose, Marie Francoise and Barbe.^[1]

Rosalie Trahan, daughter of Claude Trahan and Marie Louise Tillard, was born about 1745 in Acadie.^[2] She was recorded on the 1752 La Roque census at Anse-au-Matelost, Isle Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island) at 7 years of age, with her widowed father and 8 siblings. ^[3]

She was deported from Acadia to France by the British, aboard the Duke William, with her sister Marie and her family, her father, and her brother Fiacre. ^[4]

She died in Louisiana, or, she may have died at sea on the passage to New Orleans.

Residence

Census: Sep 1784 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[5]

Immigration: 10 Sep 1785 New Orleans, Orleans, LA ^[6]

Rosalie Trahan married Charles LE BLANC 1 Feb 1763 in St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France ^[7]

Children: ^[8]

1. Marie Rose LE BLANC b: 18 Nov 1763 in St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France c: 18 Nov 1763 in St. Servan, , Ille-et-Vilaine, France
2. Pierre Honore LE BLANC b: 10 Jul 1765 in St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France c: 10 Jul 1765 in St. Servan, , Ille-et-Vilaine, France
3. Andre Marie LE BLANC b: 21 Nov 1766 in St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France c: 21 Nov 1766 in St. Servan, , Ille-et-Vilaine, France
4. Marie Francoise LE BLANC b: 18 Jan 1769 in St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France c: 18 Jan 1769 in St. Servan, , Ille-et-Vilaine, France
5. Gregoire Charles LE BLANC b: 16 May 1771 in St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France c: 17 May 1771 in St. Servan, , Ille-et-Vilaine, France
6. Barbe Anne LE BLANC b: 3 Dec 1772 in St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France c: 3 Dec 1772 in St. Servan, , Ille-et-Vilaine, France
7. Jean Baptiste LE BLANC c: 18 Jun 1774 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France
8. Rosalie Genevieve LE BLANC c: 21 Feb 1776 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
9. Marie Appoline LE BLANC c: 18 Oct 1777 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
10. Louis Rene LE BLANC c: 30 Apr 1779 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
11. Rosalie LE BLANC c: 12 Jan 1782 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
12. Jean Baptiste LE BLANC c: 8 Oct 1784 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France

Sources

1. ↑ Title: The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Author: Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; Personal Copy. p. 36.
2. ↑ Title: Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785; Author: Gérard-Marc Braud; Publication: Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; Personal Copy; p. 178 Text: Born around 1745, daughter of Claude TRAHAN & Marie TILLARD, sister of Marguerite TRAHAN.
3. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 110. A transcription of the original census, in French, can be found at Census Transcription of Original Record “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 410

   Claude Trahant, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 58 years, he has been in the country two years.

   He has two sons and seven daughters:-

   Auguste Trahant, aged 17 years.

   Fiacre, aged 12 years.

   Auzitte, aged 25 years.

   Margueritte, aged 23 years.

   Blanche, aged 21 years.

   Magdelaine, aged 19 years.

   Anne, aged 15 years.

   Elisabeth, aged 10 years.

   Rozalie, aged 7 years.

   In stock, four oxen, three cows, one heifer, two calves, one horse, five pigs, and two fowls. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases, it was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonneventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of radishes.

4. ↑ "Etat des gens de mer, habitans et autres qui ont débarqué à St Malo du paquebot Anglois le Duc Guillaume," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the Duke William, disembarked at Saint-Malo on November 1, 1758 image 138, accessed 18 Jan 2024

   Family # 35
   PINEAU Jean "a habitant, former soldier" hospitalized from 3/11 to 26/11/1758
   TREHAN Marie, wife, died at sea
   BOUTIN Josèphe, stepdaughter, died at sea
   BOUTIN Anne, stepdaughter, died at the hospital on 11/11/1758
   TREHAN Claude, father-in-law, died at sea
   TREHAN Fiacre, brother-in-law, died at the hospital on 7 November 1758
   TREHAN Rosalie, sister-in-law, hospitalized on 13/11/1758
   

5. ↑ Title: Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Author: Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Publication: Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com. p. 501

   Text: On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His Catholic Majesty, dated Sep 1784 (cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575).

   On list from NANTES:

   Charles LeBLANC, with wife Rosalie TRAHAN, 3 sons, 3 daughters, for a total of 8 in family.

6. ↑ Title: Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995. Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com. pp. 54-55 Text: Charles LEBLANC, a day laborer ("journalier") age 52, traveling with his wife Rosalie TRAHAN , age 40, and six children as the 53rd family (of 8 persons) aboard "Le Saint Rémi."
7. ↑ Title: Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785; Author: Gérard-Marc Braud; Publication: Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; Personal Copy; p. 178
8. ↑ Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Rosalie Trahan