1. "Marriage Notice: ALEXANDER BLANCHER and SOPHIA LEWIS
Source Newspaper: Ingersoll Chronicle
Thursday, November 08, 1866
Pg:, Col: 3 Text of Notice:
BLANCHER-LEWIS--By Rev. L. Warner, 3rd inst., at the Wesleyan Parsonage, Alexander Blancher, to Sophia Lewis, both of Dereham [township]"
Date of Event: Saturday, November 03, 1866
Name: Blancher, Alexander
Associated Name: Lewis, Sophia" - Ingersoll Chronicle
2.. "He had built a stone pig-pen at the end of the land and a horse stable with the 2 upper stories used as a cheese factory. Mrs. P. Meek was assisted by Mrs. Arthur Budd and Mrs. MARTIN BLANCHER in making cheese." - Histories of the Farms, pg 10.
3. "Census Place: Oxford West/Oxford South, Ontario, Canada - 1871
Martin BLANCHARD: AGE:31; BORN: USA; OCCUPATION: Labourer; DENOMINATION: West Methodist
Sophia BLANCHARD: AGE: 20; BORN: Germany
John BLANCHARD: AGE 3, BORN: Ontario
Charles BLANCHARD: AGE 1; BORN: Ontario" - Archives
4. "Census Place: Oxford West/Oxford South, Ontario, Canada - 1881
Source: FHL Film 1375903 NAC C-13267
Dist 165 SubDist G Div 2 Page 40 Family 191
Martin BLANCHER: SEX: M; AGE: 40; ORIGIN: English ; BIRTHPLACE: USA
Occupation: Labourer; Religion: E. Methodist
Sophia BLANCHER: SEX: F; AGE: 30; ORIGIN: German; BIRTHPLACE: Germany
Religion: E. Methodist
John BLANCHER: SEX: M; AGE: 12; ORIGIN: English; BIRTHPLACE: Ontario
Religion: E. Methodist
Charles BLANCHER: SEX: M; AGE: 11; ORIGIN: English; BIRTHPLACE: Ontario
Religion: E. Methodist
Fred BLANCHER: SEX: M; AGE: 7; ORIGIN: English; BIRTHPLACE: Ontario
Religion: E. Methodist
Henry BLANCHER: SEX: M; AGE: 5; ORIGIN: English; BIRTHPLACE: Ontario
Religion: E. Methodist " - Canadian Archives
5. "Census Place: Oxford West/Oxford South, Ontario, Canada - 1891
- BLANSHARD, Sophy: SEX: F; AGE 40; MARRIED OR WIDOWED: - ; RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: -; COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Germany; BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: Germany; BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: Germany; RELIGION: Methodist.:
- BLANSHARD, Charles; SEX: M; AGE: 21; MARRIED OR WIDOWED: S; RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: S; COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Ontario; BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: U.S.; BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: U.S.; RELIGION: Methodist
- BLANSHARD, Fred; SEX: M; AGE: 17; MARRIED OR WIDOWED: S; RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: S; COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Ontario; BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: U.S.; BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: U.S.; RELIGION: Methodist
- BLANSHARD, Henry; SEX: M; AGE: 15; MARRIED OR WIDOWED: S; RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: S; COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Ontario; BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: U.S.; BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: U.S.; RELIGION: Methodist
- BLANSHARD, Christopher; SEX: M; AGE: 7; MARRIED OR WIDOWED: S; RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: S; COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Ontario; BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: U.S.; BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: U.S.; RELIGION: Methodist." - 1891 Ontario Census
6. "Blanchard, M. (Mrs.), (Died on 3 Dec 1893) Death appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 5 Dec 1893, page 8, column 3." - Woodstock Public Library Archives
7. "December 7, 1893 - OBITUARY - BLANCHER - In West Oxford (township), December 3, Sophia Blancher, aged 43 years, 1 month, 20 days." - Ingersoll Chronicle
8. "HSC Blancher, Sophia B 5 Sophia Blancher, died December 3, 1893, in her 44th year / Henry Lewis, born March 23, 1864, died November 2, 1949 / and wife, Augusta, born November 21, 1869, died April 4, 1959." - Oxford County Library
9. "Sophia Blancher, died Dec 3, 1893, in her 44th Y'r" - Harris Street Cemetery, Ingersoll, Ontario" - What the headstone says. Martin BLANCHER and Sophia LEWIS had the following children:
+2 i.
John BLANCHER.
+3 ii.
Charles BLANCHER.
+4 iii.
Frederick BLANCHER.
+5 iv.
Henry BLANCHER.
+6 v.
Christopher Herbert BLANCHER.
7 vi.
unknown BLANCHER was born on Oct 4 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. She has
reference number 1534.
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