Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMargaret Delphine Duplain 
Birth1821, Bern, Switzerland
Death5 Feb 1895, Kansas
Misc. Notes
Listed as Catherine in 1850 and Margaret in 1860 and 1870; so it is not clear whether one is her middle name or nickname, or whether he remarried.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
He probably immigrated about 1845, and was a citizen by 1870.
He appears to be listed as Lawrence Blanc (30 Swiss) in the 1850 census for Stark Co, OH. He is listed as a farmer with his wife Catherine (28 Swiss) and children Joseph (10, Swiss), James (8, Swiss), Hector (6, Swiss) and Mary (2, OH).
He is listed as being a farmer from Switzerland in 1860 and 1870 where his wife is listed as Margaret b. 1820, and from France in later records.
In 1880 he and his wife are both listed as age 60, and they are listed as being from Bern. With them are children George (24), Paul (19), and Catherine (17), and grandchildren Joseph (14), and Josephine (9).
He appears to be listed as Lawrence Blanc (30 Swiss) in the 1850 census for Stark Co, OH. He is listed as a farmer with his wife Catherine (28 Swiss) and children Joseph (10, Swiss), James (8, Swiss), Hector (6, Swiss) and Mary (2, OH).
He is listed as being a farmer from Switzerland in 1860 and 1870 where his wife is listed as Margaret b. 1820, and from France in later records.
In 1880 he and his wife are both listed as age 60, and they are listed as being from Bern. With them are children George (24), Paul (19), and Catherine (17), and grandchildren Joseph (14), and Josephine (9).
ChildrenJames Eugene (1840-1917)
Joseph Y. (1843-1927)
Frances (1846-)
Victor (1846-1903)
Marie F. “Mary” (1849-1936)
Augustine Justine (1851-1936)
George (1853-1946)
Lewis (1858-1913)
Paul (1860-)
Catherine (1862-)