Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Jean Baptiste "Jacques"  LEGER

  (b. 16 April 1719 Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1787 Territory of Orleans )  

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Jean Baptiste "Jacques" LEGER was born 16 April 1719 in Port Royal, Acadia

Jean Baptiste "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

Jean Baptiste "Jacques" 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


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Jean Baptiste "Jacques"  married  Marie Madeleine SAULNIER abt. 1739 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Madeleine SAULNIER  was born 14 September 1718 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia).  Marie Madeleine was the child of Pierre SAULNIER and Madeleine COMEAU.

Jean Baptiste "Jacques" LEGER died abt. 1787 in Territory of Orleans.
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Jean Baptiste "Jacques" LEGER married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Marie Madeleine SAULNIER-- Date: abt. 1739 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Madeleine SAULNIER was the child of Pierre SAULNIER and Madeleine COMEAU




Children of Jean Baptiste "Jacques" LEGER and Marie Madeleine SAULNIER:

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Elisabeth Isabelle LEGER (b.23 September 1739, Chipoudy, Acadia, Canada  d. abt. 1774, , Territory of Orleans)
m. Joseph BOUDREAU (FOREST) 1765



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birth1719 Birth
16 April 1719
Port Royal, Acadia
1739 Birth of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle LEGER was born 23 September 1739, Chipoudy, Acadia, Canada

Jean Baptiste "Jacques" was 20 years old.
Added: 9/11/2019 1:15:49 PM - Updated: 9/11/2019 1:17:46 PM

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