Joseph LEGER

(b. 22 April 1753 , Petitcodiac, Acadia d. 31 May 1815 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph LEGER was born 22 April 1753 in Petitcodiac, Acadia

Joseph LEGER was the child of Pierre Jacques LEGER and Agathe BRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Anne AMIRAULT (maternal) Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) and Anne LEBLANC

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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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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Joseph LEGER married

Anne GAUDET-- Date: abt. 1778 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 (b.19 December 1781, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 24 April 1854, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie Geneviève CORMIER 1804

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1753 Birth
22 April 1753
Petitcodiac, Acadia

Baptism

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.