Pierre Jacques LEGER

(b. abt. 1726 , Acadia, Canada d. 29 March 1814 , Grande-Digue, Canada )

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Pierre Jacques LEGER was born abt. 1726 in Acadia, Canada

Pierre Jacques LEGER was the child of Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Anne AMIRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Madeleine TRAHAN (maternal) François AMIRAULT dit TOURANGEAU and Marie PITRE DE PALOMCOUP

Pierre Jacques was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre Jacques married Agathe BRAULT abt. 1752 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Agathe BRAULT was born abt. 1723 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Agathe was the child of Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) and Anne LEBLANC.

Pierre Jacques married (2) Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT abt. 1761 in Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT was born abt. 1741 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine died 18 November 1818 in Grand-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Michel HACHE dit GALLANT and Anne Marie GRAVOIS.

Pierre Jacques LEGER died 29 March 1814 in Grande-Digue, Canada.
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Family and Children of Pierre Jacques LEGER

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Pierre Jacques LEGER married

Agathe BRAULT-- Date: abt. 1752 Place:
Agathe BRAULT was the child of Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) and Anne LEBLANC

Children of Pierre Jacques LEGER and Agathe BRAULT:

Joseph LEGER (b.22 April 1753, Petitcodiac, Acadia d. 31 May 1815, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Anne GAUDET 1778 in , New Brunswick, Canada

Pierre Jacques LEGER married

Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT-- Date: abt. 1761 Place: Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia
Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT was the child of Michel HACHE dit GALLANT and Anne Marie GRAVOIS

Children of Pierre Jacques LEGER and Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT:

Rosalie LEGER (b.abt. 1762, Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia d. , )
m. Pierre CAISSIE 1777 in , New Brunswick, Canada

Charles LEGER (b.abt. 1762, Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia d. 5 April 1836, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie GAUDREAU (GAUTROT) 1787 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Anastasie LEGER (b.abt. 1765, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 26 June 1832, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Joseph CAISSIE 1780 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Madeleine LEGER (b.abt. 1767, , New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Jean Pierre JAILLET 1789 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie LEGER (b.abt. 1767, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 20 December 1845, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. François Benoit ROY 1795 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1753 Birth of Child
Joseph LEGER was born 22 April 1753, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Petitcodiac, Acadia)

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.