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This page is dedicated to my line of LeBlonds. I will also add info on other LeBlonds I run across in my research. Feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, additions, corrections, or suggestions.
MY LINE
My line of LeBlonds emigrated from France to England in 1685/6 and then to the U.S. in the mid 1800's where they settled in Cincinnati. The immigrant ancestor in America was Robert LeBlond, the printer.
My line runs like this:
Robert LeBlond born ? m. Elizabeth Mayeux - This Robert probably
left France for England in 1685/6.
....Robert LeBlond born 1702 in London married Madeleine (surname
unknown)
........Robert LeBlond born 1732 in London, married Elizabeth
Chansat or Chaugot in 1754.
............Robert LeBlond born 1761 in London, married Jeanne
Gammage.
................Robert LeBlond born 1789 in London, married Elizabeth
Saling.
....................Robert LeBlond born August 4, 1816 in London.
Married Sarah Brooker on November 19, 1837. This Robert was the
printer who was in business with his brother Abraham. Died October
18, 1863.
........................Robert Emmett LeBlond, born November 24,
1840, in London. Married Elizabeth Jane Knight in 1863. Moved to
America 1856. Died October 8, 1928.
............................Robert Arthur LeBlond, born February
21, 1866 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Married Anna Elinora Blomberg. Member
of Ohio legislature, judge, lawyer, member of City Council. Died
May 22, 1937.
................................Katherine Elizabeth LeBlond,
born August 22, 1910 in Cincinnati, Ohio. My grandmother.
Died 2002.
Some Miscellaneous Info
LeBlonds Listed in the Register of the Church at Threadneedle Street in London
Photos
Elizabeth Jane Knight (LeBlond)
Sarah Brooker (wife of printer Robert LeBlond b. 1816)
Mary LeBlond (sister of printer Robert LeBlond b. 1816)
Other LeBlonds (not in my line)
Jacob Christoph Le Blon (1667-1741) - Inventor of three color printing. I have found no connection between my line of LeBlonds and this man.
Francis Le Blond - Portrait painter. Active in Philadelphia in 1850 and in New York City in 1851. From Who was Who in American Art.
Robert Le Blond, Gilbert le Blond, Guillaume Le Blond
- Knights who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066. This list is taken from the plaque in the church at Dives-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, where William the Conqueror and his knights said mass before setting sail to invade England in 1066. It lists all the knights who took part in the invasion.
List found on Olive Tree
Website, 1066 List of Knights.
Links to William the Conqueror
The Conqueror
and His Companions - by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874.
Jacques or James Le Blond - Huguenot probably from the city of Trouville, a small village seven miles east of Bolbec, a town of ten thousand inhabitants, fourteen miles to the north-east of Harfleur in Normandy Harfluer is an ancient seaport town near Havre near the mouth of the Seine river. Jacques emigrated to Boston in 1689. He had nine children baptized, between 1690 and 1709, in Cotton Mather's church, of which his wife became a member in 1690. Their children were James, baptized June 7, 1691; Peter, January 6, 1695; Gabriel, March 6, 1698; Ann, December 15, 1700; Philippa, April 23, 1704; Marian, March 10, 1706; Alexander, September 4, 1709. From The Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles W. Baird, Volume II, page 83 and 213. Published in New York by Dodd, Mead & Company, 1885. Winterthur catalog number E29 H89.
Anthoine or Anthony Le Blond - Huguenot, emigrated to Boston around 1703. From The Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles W. Baird, Volume II, page 83 and 213. Published in New York by Dodd, Mead & Company, 1885. Winterthur catalog number E29 H89.
LeBlonds In Civil War
I found the following 5 names in the 12 volume set of " The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1866" which was published under the auspices of the state of Ohio in 1887.
- E. Celestian LeBlond, 2nd Lieutenant, Companies H and D, 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- Gideon LeBlond, Captain, Company H, 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- John F. LeBlond, Private, Company G, 137th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- Lafayette LeBlond, Sergeant, Company H, 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- William LeBlond, Private, Company H, 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
My great-great-grandfather Robert Emmett LeBlond fought in the 139th Ohio Regiment, National Guard Infantry.