Leger HÉBERT

Born

11 June 1698 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

Died

30 March 1764 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Leger HÉBERT Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN

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Born: 11 June 1698 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Father: Leger HÉBERT

Mother: Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN

Paternal grandparents: Augustin HÉBERT , Adrienne DEVIVIER (DUVIVIER)

Maternal grandparents: Michel GAMELIN dit LAFONTAINE , Marguerite CREVIER

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Leger married Marie-Charlotte CANTARA 29 September 1723 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Charlotte CANTARA was born 25 November 1698 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Bernardin CANTARA dit DESLAURIERS and Petronille DANIS dite TOURANGEAU.

Leger HÉBERT died 30 March 1764 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Leger HÉBERT married

Marie-Charlotte CANTARA
Marriage date: 29 September 1723
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Marie-Charlotte CANTARA was the child of Bernardin CANTARA dit DESLAURIERS and Petronille DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

Children of Leger HÉBERT and Marie-Charlotte CANTARA

Marie-Josephe HEBERT

Born: 23 September 1724, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Pierre HEBERT

Born: 29 March 1726, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie-Angelique HEBERT

Born: 7 November 1727, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie-Jeanne HEBERT

Born: 8 September 1729, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Michel HÉBERT

Born: 28 September 1731, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: 25 February 1797, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Angélique-Jeanne DUMAS 18 February 1760 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Jean-Baptiste HEBERT

Born: 14 October 1737, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: 21 March 1809, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite CARTIER 16 February 1795 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Agathe HÉBERT

Born: 22 May 1740, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 11 March 1808, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: François FORCIER 12 October 1761 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Married: Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER 8 November 1802 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Ignace HEBERT

Born: 31 December 1742, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 17 December 1768, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Geneviève FORCIER 1768 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Charlotte HEBERT

Born: abt. 1744, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 20 May 1811, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre BELANGER 20 February 1764 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Birth — 1698
11 June 1698
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1723 Marriage / Partner
Leger HÉBERT and Marie-Charlotte CANTARA 29 September 1723, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe HEBERT was born 23 September 1724, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Leger was 26 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Pierre HEBERT was born 29 March 1726, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Leger was 27 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique HEBERT was born 7 November 1727, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Leger was 29 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne HEBERT was born 8 September 1729, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Leger was 31 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Michel HÉBERT was born 28 September 1731, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Leger was 33 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste HEBERT was born 14 October 1737, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Leger was 39 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Agathe HÉBERT was born 22 May 1740, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Leger was 41 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Ignace HEBERT was born 31 December 1742, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Leger was 44 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage of Child
Michel HÉBERT married 18 February 1760, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Angélique-Jeanne DUMAS

1761 Marriage of Child
Agathe HÉBERT married 12 October 1761, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to François FORCIER

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.