Other Blayney names eg Blainey and Blaney
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[01] BLANEY
[02] BLAINEY (descended from BLANC / BLANE) from Germany
[03] BLAINEY (descended from BLAYNEY) in SHROPSHIRE
[04] BLAINEY (descended from BLAYNEY) in AUSTRALIA
[2] BLAINEY derieved from BLANC (FRANCE then GERMANY)
Much of this information has been researched by Richard Blainey [1736]; The Scott Family Tree; Ancestry.com; Familysearch.org [1738], Raphael Dammer [1737], Berlin Huguenot Family Trees [1739], Compgen [1740], "The Huguenot Refuge"[1741] and "French Huguenots in Berlin" [1742].
King Louis XIV
of France
With the Edict of Fontainebleau, prohibiting the practice of Protestantism in France (issued by French King Louis XIV in 1685), Huguenots were forced to either convert to Catholicism or face exile. After the Edict of Potsdam, by Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia), many French Protestants (réformés) sought refuge in Prussia where they were welcomed after the population had been decimated in the Thirty Years' War. A French "colony" [Französischen Kolonie] was established in the area that later became Französisch Buchholz.
This Edict of Potsdam, written in German and French, was passed clandestinely into France. This publicity was continued by Friedrich's son, Prince Elector Frederick III, who came to power in 1688, and who in 1701 became Frederick I, King of Prussia.
Friedrich Wilhelm
of Brandenburg
By 1700, approximately 30% of Berlin's residents were French, largely as a result of refugee immigration.
The origianal réfugiés were French Protestants, sometimes labelled Huguenots (a certainly pejorative term at the time).
Their descendants preferred the terms réformés or descendants réfugiés.
The Great Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg inviting French protestant refugees1 Jacques BLANC b.Gard, France; d.12Jul1732 (Kassel, Hesse); Glovemaker Presumed religious refugee coming to the "French Colony" [Französisch Buchholz] in Berlin discussed above. + Suzanna DABRES / DUBRAY (from du Bré) 2 Jean Balthazar BLANC / BLANE b.15Jul1708 (Hessen-Kassel, Heiliges Römisches Reich); Merchant (Kaufmann); d.12Jul1732; Lutheran +(1) Anne SOLEYROL / SOLBEROT / SOLLEROL b.8Feb1716; m.17Mar1735; d.28Jun1736 (all in Berlin) 9081 [dau. of Andre SOLLEROL and Judith GEYDAN] +(2) Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE b.15Sep1713 (Berlin); m.26May1737 (Berlin Kurfürstentum, Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire) d.11Jun17523 Guillaume BLANC (BLANE/BLANY) b.11Apr1739 (Berlin). See below aka André Guillaume BLANC (BLANE) [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] 3 Pierre Guillaume BLANC b.2Mar1740 (Berlin); bap.6Mar1740 (Berlin); [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] Banker in Warsaw; Raised to the Polish nobility in 1790; Childless Nobility transferred to brother Isaac 6Mar1792 by diploma from King Stanislaus Augustus of Warsaw Recognition of this diploma was denied in Prussia 14Jun1793 3 Jean Samson BLANC b.7Mar1741 (Berlin); [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] d.21Jan1789; bur.23Jan1789 (Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland) 3 Elisabeth Wilhelmine BLANC b.18Jun1742 (Berlin) [dau. of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] 3 Marie Susanne BLANC b.17Sep1743 [dau. of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] ?bap.19Sep1743 (Berlin); d.28Apr1832 (all Berlin) + David HUMBERT b.9Sep1734 (Wesel); m.30Jun1765 (Berlin); d.21Aug1819 (Berlin 4 Six HUMBERT children: Paul, Jean Pierre, Jeremy Guillaume, Catherine Louise, Andre Guillaume and Marie Sophie HUMBERT 3 Andre Guillaume BLANC b.25Nov1745 [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] Bap.29Nov1745 (Berlin, Kurfürstentum Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire aka Guillaume BLANC/BLANE/BLANY b.11Apr1739 + Susanne Gabrielle ANTHONIN b.23May1747; Bap.28May1747 (both Berlin); m.4Mar1770 (Berlin, Brandenburg,); d.31Jul1798 [daughter of Jean and Sara ANTHONIN] 4 Elisabetha BLANC b.1765; d.1801 4 Pierre BLANC b.20Feb1771 d.5Oct1776 4 Anne Susanne BLANC b.20Nov1772; d.27Aug1776 4 Marie Catherine BLANC b.12Mar1776; d.17Sep1776 4 Anne Elisabeth BLANC d.15Sep1776 4 Jean Cornelle BLANC d.1840; d.28Oct1840 + Susanne Marguerite DUPORT d.1851; bur31Oct1851 (Berlin, Brandenburg) 4 Auguste Henri Andre BLANC / BLANE d.23Dec1789; bur.25Dec1789 (Berlin, Brandenburg) 3 Alexandre BLANE b.7Dec1746; d.15Mar1747 [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] 3 Isaäc BLANC b.23Aug1748. [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] d.28Apr1805 age 56 (both Berlin); Merchant and silk manufacturer + Suzanne Marie (or Marie Susanne) CLAUDE b.21Jan1756; 4 Pierre Louis BLANC b.2Mar1775; d.14Oct1824 (both Berlin); Merchant He was ennobled in Prussia 2Apr1819 + Marie Susanne HUMBERT (de la GARDE) d.21Jan1829 5 Three BLANC children: Louis, Clémence Marie and Louis Henri BLANC 4 Pierre Henri BLANC b.2Jan1777; d.16Dec1806 (both Berlin); Justice Commissioner + Marianne Charlotte POPPE 5 Two BLANC children: Marianne Julie and Henriette Pauline BLANC 4 Charles Pilani BLANC b.30Jun1778 (Berlin); ?dy 4 David Auguste BLANC b.14Jul1780 (Berlin) Senior Bailiff of Bimbaum; District Administrator He was ennobled in Prussia. + Wilhelmine TEDERAN 5 Augustine Wilhelmine Caroline BLANC b.21Dec1810 4 Charles BLANC b.1781 Accountant The Charles Pilani above presumably died young and this is Charles II as we see below with Jean Ferdinand and Marie dying and having their names given to a younger child. + Henriette Laurence JANSSEN b.1789; m.19Jan1808 (Berlin) 5 Three BLANC children: Charles Théophile; Louis Ami (Ammy) & Rodolphe Charles BLANC + Henriette Lausane JANSSEN 4 Jean Ferdinand BLANC b.28Jan1785; d.14Mar1785 (6½ weeks) 4 Marie Luise Henriette BLANC b12Feb1787; d.28Dec1789 4 Jean Ferdinand BLANC II b.26Apr1788; d.1830 (both Berlin); Captain in the 2nd Life Hussar Regiment. Ennobled in Prussia + Charlotte BLANC d.1861 (Cousin) [dau. of Jean André Guillaume BLANC and Dorothée Sophie RICHTER] 4 Marie Anne Wilhelmine BLANC b.18Jan1791 4 __ BLANC d.6Apr1797; bur. Berlin 3 Jean André Guillaume BLANC [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] b.10Nov1749; Bap.17Nov1749 (both Berlin, Kurfürstentum Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire); d.13Apr1802; Merchant in Bernau + Dorothée Sophie RICHTER 4 Suzanne Philiberte Guillaumine BLANC b.14Aug1785 (Bernau); d.9Feb1835 (Berlin) + Phillippe JACOB 4 Frédérique Suzette BLANC + Guillaume Chrétien Louis Armand de BEAVAIS 4 Charlotte BLANC d.1861 + Jean Ferdinand BLANC (Cousin) 4 Elisabeth BLANC +(1) Unknown BEAUVAIS +(2) Unknown ZANTA 3 Jean Loneson BLANE d.21Jan1789 [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE]
Immigration of the Huguenots in[to] Berlin - Etching by Daniiel Chodowiecki, 1771
3 Guillaume BLANC/BLANE/BLANY b.11Apr1739. (Berlin); [son of Jean Balthazar BLANC and Marie Magdelaine ESPAGNE] Merchant in Bernau; Not in all genealogies (probably because he emigrated). It is not clear why he chose to emigrate to England, but his move coincides with a change from BLANC to BLANE. -aka Andre Guillaume BLANC / BLANE -The French pronunciation of BLANE as Blané could have resulted in it being written BLANY so a transcription as BLAINEY presumably followed. -aka William BLAINEY (French Guillame = William in English). + Susannah COOPER 4 William Jeremiah BLAINEY b.1779 (Bewdley, Shropshire); d.4Apr1845 Possibly the William BLAINEY born Alsover, Shropshire, served in the 51st Foot Regiment, Northamptonshire Fencibles from 1794 to 1819. He was discharged aged 41 (which would put his date of birth 1778/9 [1735] + Rachel MITCHELL b.1785 (St Bride and Precinct, Middlesex); m.29Apr1804 (Tenterden, Kent); d.1866 [dau. of William MITCHELL and Elizabeth TOUCH] 5 Joseph William BLAINEY b.1813 (St Bride Fleet Street, London); d.Q3.1884 (London) + Sarah Ann POVEY b.1816 (Newington, Surrey); d.Q4.1895 (Birmingham) [dau. of Isaac and Susannah POVEY] 6 Thomas William BLAINEY b.7Apr1833 (Peterborough Court, Fleet Street, London); d.10Aug1912 (London) + Sarah Maria BRANSTON b.Q3.1839 (Greenwich, London); d.Q3.1907 (Wandsworth) [dau. of William A BRANSTON and Elizabeth Ann ANDREWS] 7 William Thomas Joseph BLAINEY b.Jan1859 (Shoreditch, London); d.?Q1.1938 (Edmonton) age 79 OR d.Q4.1927 (Lambeth, Middlesex, London) age 69 + Charlotte Elizabeth WHITE b.Q1.1862 (Bermondsey, Surrey); m.27Apr1883 (All Saints, Newington Parish, Surrey); d.Q2.1932 (Camberwell) 8 William Thomas C BLAINEY b.Dec1885 (Deptford, London); d.Q3.1933 (Rochford, Essex) age 47 + Theresa Violet NASH b.Q1.1888 (Bethnal Green or Bermondsey, Surrey); d.Q4.1982 (Southend on Sea, Essex) 9 (Laurence) Henry George BLAINEY b.1925 (St Olave Bermondsey); d.1987 + Living CHILDS 10 Living BLAINEY + Living POPE 11 Living BLAINEY + Living WATSON 12 Living BLAINEY 8 Clara Elizabeth BLAINEY b.16Jul1887 (Bermondsey, Surrey) d.17Jun1950 (Ilford, Essex) + Frank Bertram PRIEST b.1887 (Lambeth, Middlesex); m.1912 (Lambeth, London); d.1939 8 Jane Charlotte BLAINEY b.10Jun1889 (St Olave Southwark, London); d.25Dec1948 (Gateshead, Durham) + Joseph (Joe) FREEMAN b.1888 (Camberwell, London); m.23Oct1910 (Bermondsey, London); d.1963 9 Five Freeman children 8 Charlotte Maria BLAINEY b.Jun1893 (Hackney, Middlesex); d.Mar1947 (Ilford, Essex) + Oscar LILJEGREN b.1890 (Limehouse, London); d.1963 8 Frederick Thomas BLAINEY b.24Aug1895 (Walworth, Greater London); d.1966 (Poplar, London) + Sarah Ann SOMERS b.8Jul1894 (Newington, Southwark, London); m.1926 (Southwark, London); d.23Aug1971 (Redbridge, London) 9 Doreen J. Charlotte BLAINEY b.13Nov1927 (Southwark, London) d.Sept1990 (Colchester, Essex) + Kurt HEISER b.5Oct1925; m.Apr1948 (Islington, London); d.8Mar2003 (Waltham Forest, Essex) 9 Dorothy Alma June BLAINEY b.9May1931 (Southwark, London); d.21Nov2015 (Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire) + Henry Thomas WOOLF b.18Sep1924; m.1951 (both Islington, London); d.19Apr1981 (Redbridge, London) 9 Sheila Josephine BLAINEY b.12Jan1934 (Southwark, London); d.Mar2004 (Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire) + Robert Gladstone MARTIN b.10Dec1934; d.Dec1996 (Hillingdon, London) 8 Henry John BLAINEY b.13Jul1898 (Camberwell, London); d.Dec1962 (Southwark, London) + Emily Sarah CLUFF b.1903 (Bethnal Green, London) 7 Jane Sarah Blainey b.1861 (Bermondsey, London); d.Mar1948 (Hastings, Sussex) 7 Henry Harry Blainey b.1863 (Mile End, Essex); d.30Nov1925 (Greenwich, London) + Jane Eliza HOBBS b.1866 (Bermondsey, London); d.1925 8 Agnes Jane BLAINEY b.9Mar1890 (Camberwell, London); d.1893 8 Ethel May BLAINEY b.14Feb1892 (New Cross, Deptford, London); d.17Sep1949 + Oscar John ELDER b.1889 (Peckham, London); d.1974 9 Two Elder children 8 Thomas Henry BLAINEY b.9Feb1893 (Deptford, London); d.Sep1957 (Lewisham, London) + ?Rose E SEABROOK b.18May1898 (Edmonton, Middlesex) + Alice Lilian Langford b.1896 (Hungerford, Berkshire); d.1932) [dau. of George Langford (1872-1946) and Annie Maria Longman (1875-1953)] 9 Thomas Harry Blainey b.20Oct1926 (Reading, Berkshire); d.Mar1997 (Lewisham, Greater London) + Gertrude F Howard b.1931 (Greenwich, London) 10 Michael James Blainey 1957-1994 9 Elizabeth Blainey b.1932 (Reading, Berkshire); d.1932 8 Daisy Edith BLAINEY b.1896 (Southwark, Surrey); d.1975 (Lewisham, London) 9 Lily Elsie BLAINEY b.14Mar1898 (Southwark, Surrey) + Samuel James HICKMOTT b.1895 (Holborn, Middlesex); d.1968 9 Hilda Louise BLAINEY b.7Aug1900 (Deptford, Southwark, Surrey) 9 Albert Victor BLAINEY b.6May1903 (London); d.Jun1980 + Vera Elizabeth RAISON (1909-1949) 10 Joan Valerie Brenda BLAINEY b.1Aug1928 (Southwark, Surrey); d.4Jan2012 (Ashford, Kent) + Horace HAWKINS (1920-1998) 9 Leonard BLAINEY b.1909 (New Cross, Deptford); d.1988 7 ?Harry Blane b.1863 (Sydenham) 7 Thomas Augustus BLAINEY b.Dec1867 (Bermondsey, London); + Louisa CRAMPHORN 1869 (St George Southwark, London); d.1954 7 Clara Frances BLAINEY b.Mar1870 (Bermondsey, London); d.Sep1943 + George Edward MEDHURST b.1869 (Kennington, London) 8 Five MEDHURST children 7 Joseph Charles BLAINEY b.Sep1872 (Bermondsey, London); d.Oct1892 7 John Ernest BLAINEY b.25Apr1875 (Bermondsey, London); d.28Dec1950 (Wandsworth, London) + Alice CLARK b.1871 (Kelredon, Essex) 8 John J BLAINEY b. Easthorpe 7 Maria Elizabeth BLAINEY b.Dec1877 (Bermondsey, London); d.28Dec1942 (Hastings, Sussex) 6 Mary A POVEY b.1837 (Overton, Hampshire) 6 Joseph Henry BLAINEY b.1837 (Lambeth, Surrey); d.1903 6 James A BLAINEY b.1847 (Lambeth, Surrey) 6 James BLAINEY b.1848 (Kennington, Surrey) 6 Sarah Sophia BLAINEY b.1849 (Lambeth, Surrey); d.Jan1877 (Camberwell, London) + Charles JOY b.1844 7 Charles Joseph Augustus JOY b.1868 (Bermondsey, Surrey) 6 John BLAINEY b.1851 6 George William BLAINEY b.1858
Edict of Potsdam
Preamble
"29 October 1685
Inasmuch as the persecutions and rigorous proceedings recently had, in France, against all of the reformed religion, have compelled many families to leave that kingdom and establish themselves abroad, we have determined, as being touched by the just compassion, which we are bound to feel for all who suffer for the Gospel's sake, and for the purity of that faith, which we hold in common with them, to offer to the aforesaid French, by this present edict, signed with our own hand, a sure and free asylum in all the lands and provinces of our dominion; and to declare to them at once what rights, franchises, and privileges we intend that they should enjoy, to console them, and repair in some degree the calamities with which divine Providence has seen it good to strike so considerable a portion of his church."
