From the records of Saint Joseph NEW Cemetery:
Last ELDER First SUSAN Middle
Date of Death 11/03/1923
Spouse's Name
Section 5 Range 40 Grave 20
Date of Interment 11/05/1923
Age 88 Yrs.
Parents Name ALBERT BLANCHARD & SUSAN THOMPSON
Wrote some things under: Hermine
Some of her works:
A novel, Ellen Fitzgerald (1876), portrays events in the life of Dr Richard D'Alton Williams, Irish patriot and poet, who died at her home at Thibodeaux, La
The Life of Abbé Adrien Rouquette (1913), James the Second (1874). Savonarola (1875). The Leos of the Papacy (1879). Character Glimpses of the Most Reverend William Henry Elder, D.D. (1911). Elder Flowers (1912). A Mosaic in Blue and Gray (1914).
Interesting thought:
In the 1860 Thibodeaux, La census we find:
Charles D Elder 38, Susan Elder 25, Theresa Elder 3, Henry Elder 1, Ellen Fitzgerald Dunn 35, Michael Fitzgerald (M F)Dunn 17, Denis Dunn 14, Richard Dalton Williams, 38, Elizabeth Williams, 25, Mary Williams, infant.
The above Michael (M F ) Dunn grew up to marry Susan's half sister (Hermina Catherine Blanchard). Michael's mother's maiden name was Ellen Fitzgerald, the title name used in one of Susan's novels, the story of Richard Dalton Williams, Irish patriot and poet who is also in the same census listing with the Elders
From the records of Saint Joseph NEW Cemetery:
Last ELDER First SUSAN Middle
Date of Death 11/03/1923
Spouse's Name
Section 5 Range 40 Grave 20
Date of Interment 11/05/1923
Age 88 Yrs.
Parents Name ALBERT BLANCHARD & SUSAN THOMPSON
Wrote some things under: Hermine
Some of her works:
A novel, Ellen Fitzgerald (1876), portrays events in the life of Dr Richard D'Alton Williams, Irish patriot and poet, who died at her home at Thibodeaux, La
The Life of Abbé Adrien Rouquette (1913), James the Second (1874). Savonarola (1875). The Leos of the Papacy (1879). Character Glimpses of the Most Reverend William Henry Elder, D.D. (1911). Elder Flowers (1912). A Mosaic in Blue and Gray (1914).
Interesting thought:
In the 1860 Thibodeaux, La census we find:
Charles D Elder 38, Susan Elder 25, Theresa Elder 3, Henry Elder 1, Ellen Fitzgerald Dunn 35, Michael Fitzgerald (M F)Dunn 17, Denis Dunn 14, Richard Dalton Williams, 38, Elizabeth Williams, 25, Mary Williams, infant.
The above Michael (M F ) Dunn grew up to marry Susan's half sister (Hermina Catherine Blanchard). Michael's mother's maiden name was Ellen Fitzgerald, the title name used in one of Susan's novels, the story of Richard Dalton Williams, Irish patriot and poet who is also in the same census listing with the Elders
Family Members
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Henry B Blanchard
1833–1918
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Louise Blanche Benoist Blanchard
1842–1859
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Capt Dawson A Blanchard
1843–1906
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James Gallier Blanchard
1845–1899
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Louis Constant Benoist Blanchard
1849–1851
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Albert Peniston Blanchard
1851–1859
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Marie Octavia Benoist "Octavie" Blanchard
1853–1854
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Stella A Benoist Blanchard
1854–1855
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Hermina Catherine Blanchard Dunn
1855–1945
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Edward Joseph Blanchard
1859–1882
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Herman Louis Blanchard
1863–1938
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Marie Amenaide Blanchard Sinclair
1866–1938