Jacques Leger

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  • Marriage: Généalogie Québec, www.genealogiequebec.com - acte/6162892

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Born 1694/1695.

Married 1716/1717.

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Jacques Pierre LEGER II1,2,11,12,13 was born in 1698 in Port Royal, ACADIA (Annapolis Royal, NOVA SCOTIA). He died before 1752. Jacques Léger (junior) married Anne Amirault in 1717 and his family settled on the Petitcodiac river. His eldest son, Jean-Baptiste, was deported to New England in 1755 and later migrated to Louisiana.

Jacques Pierre LEGER II and Anne (Dite Tourangeau) AMIRAULT were married on 12 Jan 1717 in Port Royal, ACADIA (Annapolis Royal, NOVA SCOTIA) (St Jean Baptiste Church). Anne (Dite Tourangeau) AMIRAULT1,14 (daughter of Francois (Dit Tourangeau) AMIRAULT and Marie PITRE) was born on 14 Dec 1691 in Port Royal, ACADIA (Annapolis Royal, NOVA SCOTIA). She was baptized on 14 Dec 1691 in Port Royal, ACADIA (Annapolis Royal, NOVA SCOTIA). She was baptized on 23 Oct 1705 in Port Royal, ACADIA (Annapolis Royal, NOVA SCOTIA) (St Jean Baptiste Church). She died on 18 Dec 1758 in Bouctouche, Kent, NEW BRUNSWICK. Jacques Pierre LEGER II and Anne (Dite Tourangeau) AMIRAULT had the following children:

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i. Marie LEGER.

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ii. Jean Baptiste LEGER.

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iii. Joseph (Dit Fluzan) LEGER I.

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iv. Francoise LEGER15 was born before 1722 in Beaubassin, ACADIA (Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, NOVA SCOTIA).

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v. Jacques Pierre LEGER III.

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vi. Paul LEGER.

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vii. Anne LEGER.

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viii. Armand LEGER1 was born in 1729 in Petitcodiac, ACADIA (NEW BRUNSWICK). He died.

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ix. Pierre (Dit Pierrot) LEGER.

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x. Olivier LEGER.

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xi. Francois LEGER15 was born about 1735 in Petitcodiac, ACADIA (NEW BRUNSWICK). He died. Lost 1755

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xii. Marie LEGER.

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xiii. Elizabeth LEGER16 was born about 1740 in Petitcodiac, ACADIA (NEW BRUNSWICK).

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xiv. Simon LEGER1 was born about 1741 in Petitcodiac, ACADIA (NEW BRUNSWICK). He died. Simon was lost in 1755 during the EXPULSION of the Acadian's, He was later found in LOUISIANA Military in 1770

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Fete des Leger de Grande-Digue, NB Unknown Grande-Digue, NB, 17/09/1988

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Settled in the area of present day Hillsborough, NB. Some refer to it as Edgett's Landing.

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Dictionaire généalogique des familles Acadiennes Stephen A. White Centre d'études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, July 1999

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P. 1043

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Dictionaire généalogique des familles Acadiennes Stephen A. White Centre d'études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, July 1999

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P. 1043

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before census of 01 jan 1752.

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Rick Legere Website

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FamilySearch: Find A Grave Index
Jacques Leger, "Find A Grave Index"
Lead confidence: 2
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-Y8QZ

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
Jacques Pierre Leger
Birth  12 January 1695 • Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
Death  before 1 January 1752
Parents  Anne Madeleine Trahan • Jacques Larosette Leger
Spouse  Anne Marie Amireau • Marie Anne BODENEQ  de
Children  Amand Légère • Anne Leger • Francois LEGER • Jean Baptiste Jacques Leger • Joseph  Fluzan Leger • Marguerite Leger • Marie Anne Leger • Marie Rose LEGER • Olivier Légère • Paul Leger • Pierre Jacques Léger • Pierre Leger • Pierre dit Pierrot Léger • Simon Légère

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/9KDP-PRX

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
mr pierre léger
Death  before 1 February 1745
Spouse  mme renée chapelle
Children  mme guillemette léger • mme jeanne léger • mme léonarde léger • mme renée léger • mr jean léger

Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G3NQ-B94

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
Jacques LEGER
Death  before 24 November 1756
Spouse  Marie Anne BODENEQ  de
Children  Anne Leger • Jean Baptiste Leger • Marie Rose LEGER

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/KN1J-ZYZ

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Sources: Name : Bergeron Vol I pg 83 at ACGS, Manchester, NH

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--"A Breau Genealogy" by Clarence T. Breaux & Robert Brault

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Information per: Carroll and Dolores Hamlet 586 Tulip Ct.; Uniondale, NY 11553

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Jacques Léger (junior) married Anne Amirault in 1717 and settled onthe Petitcodiac river in 1769. His eldest son, Jean-Baptiste, wasdeported to New England and migrated to Louisiana IN 1755.

https://archives.novascotia.ca/acadian/archives/?
ID=1327&fbclid=IwAR2DQaR1qvDWDosBMVoGGDd_3gW6p76utaOKz8D8sMjq24uFQFnCapTF5k4