Oldest son Chauncey said in the 1900 census that father and mother were French Canadian. New York on some census. Vermont on Horace's Death.Michigan on other census. Found a land record in Detroit 1836 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6V7H-C5SM "United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955", database with images, <i>FamilySearch </i>"United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955", database with images, <i>FamilySearch

I have arrived at this date from the information that the sons in the house in 1850 are from Theresa's earlier marriage to Bello. The Bellow boys are all born in Mighigan and all of Theresa's siblings are living there, so I guess they are married right there in the area.

Clyde becomes Kimball Twsp in 1855 : John Blockman Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Clyde, St. Clair, Michigan, United States Gender: Male Age: 41 Race: White Race: Birth Year (Estimated): 1809 Birthplace: Vermont Household ID: 659 House Number: 659 Line Number: 24 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 363 GS Film Number: 443578 Digital Folder Number: 004200037 Image Number: 00242 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace John Blockman M 41 Vermont Theresa Blockman F 23 Michigan Antwine Blockman M 4 Michigan Charles Blockman M 3 Michigan Marks Blockman M 5 Michigan Robert Blockman M 6 Michigan "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8L-YPZ : 12 April 2016), John Blockman, Clyde, St. Clair, Michigan, United States; citing family 659, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Wa shington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Nextdoor to Joseph Bushaw possibly the brother of Theresa John Blackman Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1860 Event Place: Town of Kimball, St Clair, Michigan, United States Gender: Male Age: 66 Race: White Race: Occupation: Birth Year (Estimated): 1794 Birthplace: Canada Page: 235 Household ID: 1696 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653 Affiliate Film Number: 559 GS Film Number: 803559 Digital Folder Number: 005170193 Image Number: 00359 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace John Blackman M 66 Canada Theressa Blackman F 45 Canada Robert Blackman M 17 Michigan Mark Blackman M 15 Michigan Chas Blackman M 14 Michigan Antonie Blackman M 11 Michigan John Blackman M 9 Michigan Mary Blackman F 6 Michigan Laurence Blackman M 3 Michigan Lucy Blackman F 2 Michigan "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDY-J73 : 14 December 2017), John Blackman in entry for John Blackman, 1860.

Note also in the house is Margaret Boshaw, maybe the daughter of John's brother-in-Law Name: John Blackmoore Event Type: Census Event Year: 1870 Event Place: Michigan, United States Gender: Male Age: 60 Race: White Race: W Birth Year (Estimated): 1809-1810 Birthplace: New York Page Number: 4 Household ID: 24 Line Number: 8 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M593 GS Film number: 000552198 Digital Folder Number: 004273756 Image Number: 00041 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace John Kimball M 63 New Hampshire Clarisa Kimball F 42 New York Clara Kimball F 14 Michigan John Kimball M 11 Michigan Susan Kimball F 8 Michigan Frank Kimball M 2 Michigan Michael Ward M 19 New York John Blackmoore M 60 New York Frank Myes M 20 Baden Margaret Boshaw F 17 Michigan "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHC6-CL1 : 12 April 2016), John Blackmoore in household of John Kimball, Michigan, United States; citing p. 4, family 24, NARA microfilm pu blication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,198.