Eugène Léger (1919 - 2016)

Born 27 Dec 1919 in Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Thérèse (Boudreau) Léger — married 22 Oct 1955 in Lynn, Massachusetts

Died 6 Mar 2016 at age 96 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Eugène was born in 1919. ^{[1] [2]}He was the son of Elzéar Léger and Lydia Richard. His family emigrated to the United States in 1923. Record indicates he was 2 years old but he must have been at least 3 or 4 years old. ^[3]

Eugene enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a Corporal with the 2133 AAF Base Unit Spence F. in GA and was honorably discharged in 1945.^[4]

He married Theresa Boudreau on October 22, 1955 in Lynn, Mass. ^[5] They lived in that city afterwards.^[6]He passed away in 2016. ^[2]

Obituary
LYNN — Eugene J. Leger, 96, of Lynn, loving husband of Theresa M. (Boudreau) Leger, passed away at the NSMC Salem Hospital on Sunday, March 6, 2016, with his family by his side.

Mr. Leger was born in Shediac, NB, Canada, on Dec. 27, 1919, the son of Elzear and Lydia (Richard) Leger. As an infant his family immigrated to the United States and made their home in Lynn. He attended and graduated from St. Jean Baptiste Grammar School and St. Mary’s High School. He was a longtime resident of the city. In 1944, he enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a Corporal with the 2133 AAF Base Unit Spence F. in GA and was honorably discharged in 1945.

Eugene pursued his education for four years as an apprentice machinist at General Electric, where he remained employed for 44 years, and retired in 1984 as a manufacturing specialist. Eugene had a 75-year special love for singing, and sang in the St. Jean Baptiste Men’s Choir in Lynn until its closing. The choir then joined St. Mary’s Italian Church in Salem and returned to St. Mary’s Church in Lynn. In 1984, the choir traveled to Rome, where they auditioned for Pope John Paul II. He was also a member of the Franco American Veteran Post 12 and the G.E. Spark Plugs Club in Lynn. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Date of birth Dec. 27, 1919, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLF3-6NL : 22 May 2014), E Leger, Residence, Lynn, Massachusetts, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} https://www.itemlive.com/obituaries/eugene-j-leger-96/
3. ↑ "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL22-DNG : 27 November 2014), Eugene Leger, 15 May 1923; from "Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Ship , arrival port Vanceboro, Maine,, line , NARA microfilm publication M2071, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 5.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8R3-946 : 5 December 2014), Eugene J Leger, enlisted 08 Jun 1944, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ Gilles Pinet, My Acadian Family | Ma famille acadienne, Eugène Léger
6. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLF3-6NL : 22 May 2014), E Leger, Residence, Lynn, Massachusetts, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.