Veronique
Leger
Born about in Memramcook, Colony of Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Pierre Jacques Léger
and Marie Madeleine Haché
Sister of
Joseph Léger [half], Francois Leger [half], Rosalie Leger, Charles Leger, Anastasie Léger, Marie-Madeleine Léger, Marie Léger, Gabriel Leger, Marie Henriette Leger, Auguste Léger, Eugène Leger and Michel Leger
Wife of
François Cormier
— married
about 1800 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Michel Cormier, Fidèle Cormier, Joseph Cormier, Marie Cormier, Marie Cormier, Basile Cormier, Moise Cormier, Vincent Cormier, Colette Cormier and Pascal Cormier
Died
at about age 71
in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick Colony
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Biography
Veronique Léger, daughter of Pierre Jacques Léger and Marie Madeleine Haché, was born about 1776 in Memramcook in the British colony of Nova Scotia (today: Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada).[1]
She married François Cormier about 1800. They had the following children:
- Michel Cormier (abt.1799-____) m. Gertrude Girouard
- Fidèle Cormier (abt.1801-1864) m. Hélène Breau
- Joseph Cormier (1805-abt.1874) m. Angelique Surette
- Marie Cormier (abt.1807-1808)
- Marie Cormier (abt.1808-1866) m. Emmanuel Collet
- Basile Cormier (1810-1866) m. Marguerite Robichaud
- Moise Cormier (1812-1880) m. Perpétue Allain
- Vincent Cormier (1815-1887) m. Marguerite Léger
- Colette Cormier (1817-1855) m. Jean Collet
- Pascal Cormier (1819-1901) m. Ursule Bastarache
Veronique died on September 8, 1847 was and was buried two days later in Bouctouche, Kent county, New Brunswick Colony (today: Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)[2][3]. The age given on her burial record was 71 years.
Research Notes
At the baptism of Veronique's son Joseph on August 3, 1806, the godfather was Joseph Léger, her brother, and the godmother was Anastasie Léger, her sister. On the same day, Veronique's nephew Fidèle Léger was baptized and Veronique was his godmother.
Veronique's relationship to her parents Pierre Jacques Léger and Marie Madeleine Haché is show in the following marriage dispensation:
- When her granddaughter Marie Blanche Cormier married Olivier Roy, a marriage dispensation was granted for 3 degrees of consanguinity. They were second cousins (view relationship).
Sources
- ↑ White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Léger)
8. PIERRE-JACQUES LÉGER (à Jacques à Jacques), m (2) MARIE-MADELEINE HACHÉ: x. Véronique, n v 1776; m v 1800 François CORMIER (François & Anne-Marie Pinet); d Bouctouche 8 sept 1847.
- ↑ Burial (typed transcription) - "Parish registers: New Brunswick : C-3016," database with images, Canadiana Heritage. (https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3016/858?r=0&s=3 : accessed 13 Aug 2021). Image 858, Buctouche, Nouveau-Brunswick, registre de la paroisse St-Jean-Baptiste de Butctouche, catholique, 1800-1870. S 7 - Veronique Legere.
- ↑ "Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946", database with images, Ancestry.com. Ancestry Record 1110 #89040. Parish: Bouctouche, Page: 172, Burial Date: 10 Sep 1847, Name: Véronique Légère.
Acknowledgments
- Thanks to Roland Arsenault for starting this profile.
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