Pierre François LeBlanc

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Email from relative:"LeBlanc family Ecorse, Michigan. Your thread stops with Pierre Leblanc born Assumption. I offer the following to assist. Pierre Leblanc who settled at Ecorse from Essex County, LaSalle, Assumption Parish, South Shore of Detroit was baptized along with his sister Suzette at Assumption. He being 5 years old and she being 18 months. Their mother was Marie Josette Jourdain who's father was an interpreter at LaBaye, Green Bay Wisc. Francois Jerome LeBlanc, dit LaTour and Marie were married at Fort Michilimackinac. Marie's mother was Marie Josephe Reaume the daughter of Jean Baptiste Reaume and Symphorose Quaouagoukoue an Indian who was born at Ft. St. Joseph. Francois Leblanc was born in 1706 at Montreal of a father of the same name who was stationed at the Garrison. Francois's father was one of the original lot owners in Cadillac's village who was listed as Francois Bone a common dit name for LeBlanc he was a part of the group that went with Cadillac to New Orleans. The Leblanc family from Montreal were a major part of the early fur trade. Francois Jr. first trip to the upper reaches was with deVilliers to fight in the fox wars, both at Fort St. Joseph and LaBaye. Later he was engaged by LaVerendrye is the "search for the western sea" Francois Jerome LeBlanc dit LaTour was known by the Indians as Saswaus, Saswee, Sirdaw and Shash. The English ofter referred to him as old Franceway since he was in his late sixties and had been in the area longer than most. He operated a trade post at Nipawin on the upper Saskatchewan river and partner with James Finlay a Scot who with his country born wife fathered the famous Joco Finlay. As with custom many of these early traders were married to "country wives" resulting in many Metis offspring. One of the Leblanc families country born son's was Pierre who was sent by McKinzie with LaGrasse over the Rockies two years before Lewis and Clark. Francois Leblanc fled the upper country in 1787 was to have killed an Indian at the Sturgeon Fort. He arrives at south shore of Detroit in the summer of 1788 with his wife and two children who were baptized. Francois died on October 8, 1794 and was buried at St. Anne cemetery which was located near where the Ambassador bridge is located today. Pierre married Teresa Bourassa, a family also involved in the fur trade out of Ft. Michilimackinac. Pierre and his family moved across the river from Canada on land that is located in Ecorse Michigan along the Detroit River specifically the 4500 block of West Jefferson where my father was born. I have the deed for this property which was signed by President Madison and Secretary of State Monroe. These strip farms in the French tradition wer! e about a block wide and sometimes several miles deep. LeBlanc land holdings extended from Ecorse all the way to Allen Park. If you go to google earth drop down on the Canadian side of the river and you will see that the farms there are still in strip form from the rivers edge. I have all of this documented and this is just a snap shot of my many years of research. Dan Leblanc"

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