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Alexis Lejeune (abt. 1734)

Alexis Lejeune
Born about in Acadiemap [uncertain]
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Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
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Husband of — married about 1770 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

Parents: Théodore LEJEUNE (son of Martin LEJEUNE dit BRIARD & Marie GAUDET) and ...(Unkn own) LANDRY (daughter of Jean LANDRY & Cécile MELANÇON) [1]

in 1752 he was age 18, living with his Uncle. 1752 Census, Rivière aux Habitants:

Joseph Landry, carpenter, native of l'Acadie, 36 years of age, married to Marie Brau, native des Mines, 35 years of age.
They have three daughters: Anne, aged 14 years - Marguerite, aged 9 years - The third is three months and has not yet been named.
Alexis le Jeune, aged 18 years, their nephew [2]
  • Note: Alexis LeJeune b. 1734 is the son of Theodore LeJeune and [Elizabeth ?] Landry - Grandson of Martin LeJeune dit Briard and his 2nd wife Anne-Marie Gaudet. Joseph Landry and Marie Brau must have taken Alexis in after his father Theodore passed away. [3]

He married Gervaise Catherine Wolf, daughter of Augustin Wolf and Catherine Quérine, around 1770. [4] Their daughter Marguerite was baptized 25 March 1772 in Chezzetcook by l'Abbé Charles François Bailly:

Marguerite, née le 5 août 1771 de Alexis Lejeune et Catherine Wolfe - parrain: Pierre Bonin, marraine: Marie Wolfe [5]

Children:

  1. Marguerite LEJEUNE, b. 5 Aug 1771, Chezzetcook, Halifax,
  2. Scholastique LEJEUNE
  3. Polycarpe LEJEUNE
  4. Jean Baptiste LEJEUNE

Sources

  1. Denis Beauregard: Francogene: Genealogy of French in North America Théodore Lejeune et ... Landry according to Stephen A White (no citation provided)
  2. Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the year 1905, Vol II, p. 101 1752 Census of Sieur de La Roque
  3. LeJeunes in the Acadian Censuses, by Lark Szick
  4. http://mwlandry.ca/genealog/getperson.php?personID=I39655&tree=03
  5. Registre de l'Abbé Charles François Bailly, p. 104 Baptême Marguerite Lejeune




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