Pierre LEGER

Born

15 February 1795 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

20 October 1878 , Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada

Pierre married Henriette GOGUEN 20 October 1817 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette GOGUEN was born abt. 1798 Henriette died 6 January 1884 in Grand Digue, New Brunswick, Canada. Henriette was the child of Jean Baptiste GOGUEN and Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU .

Parents & Family of Pierre LEGER

Parents of Pierre LEGER

Father

Francois LEGER

Mother

Marie Rosalie BOURG

Grandparents of Pierre LEGER

Paternal grandparents

Olivier LEGER Marie Josephte HEBERT

Maternal grandparents

Jean BOURG dit JEANNOTTE Marie Madeleine ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre LEGER

Pierre LEGER married

Henriette GOGUEN
Marriage date: 20 October 1817
Marriage place: Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
Henriette GOGUEN was the child of Jean Baptiste GOGUEN and Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU

Children of Pierre LEGER and Henriette GOGUEN

Marguerite LEGER

Born: 17 June 1841, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Narcisse LEBLANC 24 November 1862

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Birth — 1795
15 February 1795
Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEGER and Henriette GOGUEN 20 October 1817, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Marguerite LEGER was born 17 June 1841, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada

Pierre was 46 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.