1. 2. John BLANCHETT   b. 1769, Saint Marys, Portsea, Hampshire, England; d. 25 Apr 1850, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh; bur. Avon Center Cemetery.
2. 3. Charles John BLANCHETT   b. Mar 1808; d. 6 Jan 1866, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh; bur. Avon Center Cemetery.

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Came to America in 1834 from Portsmouth, England

1. 4. Henry Howe BLANCHETT   b. 14 Jun 1804, Saint Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire, England; d. 3 Aug 1891, Avon, Oh.
2. 5. Charles J. BLANCHETT   b. 1808.
3. 6. William F BLANCHETT   b. Sep 1814.

1. 7. Lucy BLANCHETT   b. 1859, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh; d. 1 Jan 1866, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh; bur. Avon Center Cemetery.

1. 8. Elizabeth Ann BLANCHETT   b. 20 Oct 1830, Portsmouth, England; c. St Mary's Church, Portsea, Southampton Co., England; d. 13 Jun 1867, Bethel, Mi.
2. 9. Emma Jane BLANCHETT   b. 3 Mar 1833.
3. 10. Henry Charles BLANCHETT   b. Sep 1864.
4. 11. Henry W BLANCHETT   b. 1836; d. 1852, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh; bur. Avon Center Cemetery.
5. 12. Charles B BLANCHETT   b. 1841; d. 1864, Washington Dc; bur. Arlington National Cemetery.
6. 13. Caroline C M BLANCHETT   b. 1842; d. 30 Mar 1850, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh, at the age of 7 years and 7 months.

1. 14. Thomas BLANCHETT   b. 1844.
2. 15. Joseph R BLANCHETT   b. 1845, Avon, Lorain Co., Oh.
3. 16. John C BLANCHETT   b. 1849.
4. 17. Nelson BLANCHETT  
5. 18. Frank BLANCHETT  

DEATH: Died 13 days after her second set of twins were born.

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Elizabeth was raised in Avon Twp., Lorain Co., Ohio. She died at the age of 36 yrs, 7 mo and 21 days. She died from complications of childbirth after giving birth to twins.

1. 19. Charles Edward CHENEY, [twin]   b. 10 Mar 1865, Ovid, Clinton, Michigan; d. 16 Feb 1952, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio.
2. 20. Estella Lorette CHENEY   b. 12 Sep 1863, Avon Twp, Lorain, Ohio; d. 1 Jul 1937, Elyria, Oh, buried at Bridgeport, Connecticut; bur. 5 Jul 1937, ,, New York.
3. 21. Ida Blanch CHENEY, [twin]   b. 10 Mar 1865, Bethel, Mi; d. 26 Dec 1957, Coldwater Twp. Mi, bur in Sorter Cemetery.
4. 22. Alice Elizabeth CHENEY, [twin]   b. 2 Jun 1867, Bethel, Mi; d. 15 Jan 1890, East Gilead, Mi.
5. 23. Bernice Ann CHENEY, [twin]   b. 2 Jun 1867, Bethel, Mi; d. 21 Feb 1874, Bur Lockwood Cemetery.

This Henry Charles could also be a grandson of Henry Howe.


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Do you have any Blanchett's in Ohio? My grt grt grndfthr Henry Charles Blanchett was from Lorraine, Ohio. Later moved to MI where he married Mary Elizabeth Angus.
children:
1) Walter Blanchett m. 1)Alice 2)Blanche- he had no children.
2) Alice M. Blanchett m. Orley Hilsabeck- 1) Orlay 2)Lewis 3)Elwyn
3) Lillian Louella Blanchett b. 1905 d. 198? m. 1927 1)George Andrew Montgomery- a) Marshall George Montgomery b) Mary Jean Montgomery. 2) George "Melvin" Arrand
Thanx,
Kim

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1. 24. Walter BLANCHETT   b. Aug 1894.
2. 25. Alice BLANCHETT  
3. 26. Lillian BLANCHETT  

From History of the Great Lakes, Vol 2 by J. B. Mansfield; Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers & Marine Biographies - Published Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co 1899

Joseph R. Blanchette, who has been chief engineer of the Nyanza since the season of 1892, is the second of five sons of William and Catharine (Quilliams) Blanchette. The father was an old-time steamboat engineer, and was lost on the lakes, in 1856, while on the J. W. Brooks of the old National Transit line. The sons, like their father, all became engineers; and Thomas, the eldest, met with the same fate, being chief engineer of the B. W. Jones, when she was blown up at Port Huron, on the St. Clair River, in May, 1871. John is a locomotive engineer on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad and resides at Aurora, Ill. Nelson is a locomotive engineer on the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad, residing at Saginaw, Mich. Frank, the youngest, is engineer on the Northern Pacific railroad.

Joseph R. Blanchette, the subject of this sketch, was born in Avon, Ohio in 1845, and obtained his schooling at that place. His first employment was running a drill for the Dean & Eaton Car Co., at Detroit, Mich., and after three years of that work he entered the machine shops of the Kellogg Nut and Bolt Works, remaining there two years. He then started railroading, firing on the Grand Haven & Milwaukee railroad for the three years of 1865-65-66, and in 1867 began his marine life as assistant engineer of the tug Grant, out of Detroit, owned by John Deman. Leaving her after two season,s he went on the tug Thomas Quayle, of which he was second engineer for the season of 1869, and the succeeding seasons of 1870-71 was chief engineer of the Jay Cook, a passenger boat, of Detroit. In 1872 he returned to railraoding, as a locomotive engineer of the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad until May, 1874, when he left to accept the position of chief engineer of the John Sherman for that season. During the winter of 1874-75 he engaged in railroading again until Mary 22, 1875, when he again went on the John Sherman as chief. In 1876-77 he was chief of the George R. Dunlap, and for the four successive seasons, from 1878-81 inclusive, of the Dove, being then transferred to the Arundel, of which he was chief the next nine seasons. It will thus be seen that Mr. Blanchette spent seventeen years in the employ of the Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Mail line of steamers. He entered the service of the McBrier line, of Erie, Penn., in 1891 as chief of the Fedora, and in 1892 went on the Nyanza, belonging to the same line, and was on her five seasons. During his career as engineer Mr. Blanchette has proven himself a careful, reliable and steady navigator, never having been in any steamboat collision or wreck, and since he has had chief's papers has been in the employ of only two lines, one seventeen, the other seven years.

He is a holder of a number of issues of chief's license, is a member of Local Harbor No. 1, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, of Buffalo, and is a thirty-second-degree Mason, being a member of Michigan Sovereign Consistory, A. A. S. R., Valley of Detroit, and Blue Lodge No 129, F. & A. M., of Bay City, Michigan.

Mr. Blanchette was married, December 12, 1876, to Miss Louisa Clark, a daughter of T. L Clark, an old pioneer of Maumee, Ohio. The family residence is at No. 209 Potomac avenue, Buffalo, New York.