Leger HÉBERT

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19 April 1650 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

28 April 1719 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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Augustin HÉBERT Adrienne DEVIVIER (DUVIVIER)

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Born: 19 April 1650 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Augustin HÉBERT

Mother: Adrienne DEVIVIER (DUVIVIER)

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Leger married Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN 17 November 1681 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN was born abt. 1664 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite-Marie died 17 November 1736 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marguerite-Marie was the child of Michel GAMELIN dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite CREVIER.

Leger HÉBERT died 28 April 1719 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France.
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Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN
Marriage date: 17 November 1681
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN was the child of Michel GAMELIN dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite CREVIER

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Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Leger Hebert and Marguerite Gamelin

Children of Leger HÉBERT and Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN

Marie HÉBERT

Born: 26 January 1692, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 19 April 1754, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE 14 June 1712 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Augustin HÉBERT

Born: 15 February 1694 , Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 4 March 1694, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Anne HÉBERT

Born: 25 May 1695, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 21 January 1709, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Leger HÉBERT

Born: 11 June 1698, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 30 March 1764, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Charlotte CANTARA 29 September 1723 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Nicolas HEBERT

Born: 25 March 1700, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 12 April 1700, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Charlotte HÉBERT

Born: 17 June 1702 , Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 22 April 1719, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Pierre HÉBERT dit LENOIR

Born: 22 June 1704 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 26 December 1776, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Catherine-Agathe BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE 18 February 1732 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis HÉBERT

Born: 17 February 1708, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 4 June 1708, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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Birth — 1650
19 April 1650
Montréal, Canada, New France

1650 Baptism
Baptism found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Census - Montreal, Quebec
Robert cavelier - 40 arquebuzier, habitant
Adrianne vivier - 40 sa fem. ve de hebert
Leger hebert - 16 fils
Ignace hebert - 13 fils
Magdelaine hebert - 9 fille
Jean Baptiste hebert - 7 fils
pierre hebert - 4 fils
Louis Cavelier - 2 fils
et Michel fabulet - 22 domestiq. engagé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

16 July 1670
16th July 1670. — Information laid against Leger Hebert, at the request of Pierre Barreau, and the examination of the witnesses summoned.

Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legislature
January 1, 1890

1681 Marriage / Partner
Leger HÉBERT and Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN 17 November 1681, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 31 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Ville de Montreal
Robert Cavelier, 56
Adriane Duvivier, sa femme, 54
enfants:
Jean, 23
Louis-Michel, 17
Jeanne, 14
Anne, 10
Leger Hebert, 31
Ignace, 28

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

Also found in the same census at Seigneurie du Varene
Leger Hebert, 32

1682
June 20, 1682. - Deposition of Ledger Hebert, relative to the same.

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 145

1692 Birth of Child
Marie HÉBERT was born 26 January 1692, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Leger was 41 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Augustin HÉBERT was born 15 February 1694 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Leger was 43 years old.

1695 Birth of Child
Anne HÉBERT was born 25 May 1695, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Leger was 45 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Birth of Child
Leger HÉBERT was born 11 June 1698, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Leger was 48 years old.

1700 Birth of Child
Nicolas HEBERT was born 25 March 1700, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Leger was 49 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Charlotte HÉBERT was born 17 June 1702 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Leger was 52 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Pierre HÉBERT dit LENOIR was born 22 June 1704 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Leger was 54 years old.

1708 Birth of Child
Louis HÉBERT was born 17 February 1708, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Leger was 57 years old.