When Jeanne Marie Francoise Blot was born in February 1751, in Saint-Denis-le-Vêtu, Manche, France, her father, Giles Blot, was 12 and her mother, Francoise Lerute ( Levitre), was 8. She married Julien De St Jore about 1784, in Gavray, Manche, France. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 12 August 1836, in Gavray, Manche, France, at the age of 85.
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After the battle of Saratoga France realized that America might be worth backing. They formed an alliance with the colonies and sent naval fleets to help with the war.
While Benjamin Franklin was the ambassador to France he negotiated with the French during the war to keep them on the American side. At the same time the Treaty of Paris was established.
Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, then Emperor of the French (1804). Establishment of modern administrative institutions, codification of the law. European wars lead to abdication of the Emperor.
North German: nickname for a destitute person or someone without a beard or scantily dressed, from Middle Low German blōt ‘bare, naked, poor’. This surname is very rare in Germany.
French: shortened form of Belot . This surname is also found in Haiti.
French: habitational name from Blot-l'Église in Puy-de-Dôme.
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