Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE

Born

abt. 1761 , Acadie

Died

19 April 1818 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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Olivier LEGER Marie Josephte HEBERT

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Born: abt. 1761 in Acadie

Father: Olivier LEGER

Mother: Marie Josephte HEBERT

Paternal grandparents: Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE , Anne AMIRAULT

Maternal grandparents: Jean HÉBERT , Isabelle BOURG

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Jean Baptiste married Victoire CORMIER abt. 1785 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire CORMIER was born abt. 1765 Victoire was the child of Alexis CORMIER and Elisabeth GAUTHIER.

Jean Baptiste married (2) Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD 23 July 1794 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD was born 10 January 1777 in Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada . Claire-Félicité was the child of Jean Baptiste ROBICHAUD and Félicité CYR.

Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE died 19 April 1818 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE married

Victoire CORMIER
Marriage date: abt. 1785
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Victoire CORMIER was the child of Alexis CORMIER and Elisabeth GAUTHIER

Children of Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE and Victoire CORMIER

Marie LÉGER

Born: 16 December 1787, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Fabien THERIAULT 14 November 1815 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE married

Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD
Marriage date: 23 July 1794
Marriage place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD was the child of Jean Baptiste ROBICHAUD and Félicité CYR

Children of Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE and Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD

Geneviève LEGER

Born: abt. 1796, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 15 April 1861, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER 25 November 1817 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marguerite Sophie LÉGER

Born: 20 April 1796, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 4 May 1872, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Jean Léon HACHÉ dit GALLANT 12 September 1815 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Luce LEGER

Born: 5 April 1816, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Hubert Gervais LEGER

Born: 5 April 1816, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Celeste BRAULT 1835 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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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.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Marie LÉGER was born 16 December 1787, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE and Claire-Félicité ROBICHAUD 23 July 1794, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Jean Baptiste LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE - 1794 marriage

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Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1796 Birth of Child
Marguerite Sophie LÉGER was born 20 April 1796, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage of Child
Marguerite Sophie LÉGER married 12 September 1815, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Jean Léon HACHÉ dit GALLANT

1815 Marriage of Child
Marie LÉGER married 14 November 1815, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Fabien THERIAULT

1816 Birth of Child
Hubert Gervais LEGER was born 5 April 1816, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1816 Birth of Child
Luce LEGER was born 5 April 1816, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LEGER married 25 November 1817, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Charles Boromee Carolus POIRIER