Joseph LEGER

Born

22 April 1753 , Petitcodiac, Acadia

Died

31 May 1815 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Pierre Jacques LEGER Agathe BRAULT

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Born: 22 April 1753 in Petitcodiac, Acadia

Father: Pierre Jacques LEGER

Mother: Agathe BRAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE , Anne AMIRAULT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) , Anne LEBLANC

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Joseph married Anne GAUDET abt. 1778 in New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne GAUDET was born abt. 1757 Anne was the child of Jean Baptiste Varouel GAUDET and Anne BASTARACHE.

Joseph LEGER died 31 May 1815 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

m. Anne Gaudet
abt. 1778

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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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Joseph LEGER married

Anne GAUDET
Marriage date: abt. 1778
Marriage place: , New Brunswick, Canada
Anne GAUDET was the child of Jean Baptiste Varouel GAUDET and Anne BASTARACHE

Children of Joseph LEGER and Anne GAUDET

Jean LEGER

Born: 19 December 1781, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 24 April 1854, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie Geneviève CORMIER 1804

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Birth — 1753
22 April 1753
Petitcodiac, Acadia

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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

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.