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Prisque Léon Legris (1777)

Prisque Léon Legris
Born in St-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canadamap
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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:
User ID: EFD11168-589B-45F2-A4F9-4FDDBD4D7101
Record ID Number: MH:IF3299
Date: 22 SEP 1777
Place: St-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Death

Death:
User ID: 73B3C2D5-98E6-471B-B6FA-A08400D5A05C
Record ID Number: MH:IF4846

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I447

User ID

User ID: 3E220F37-35DC-45EE-A4C2-CD00084D34E7

UPD

UPD 22 AUG 2012 20:52:07 GMT-6

Occupation

Occupation: Voyageur pour la Cie du Nord-Ouest
User ID: 30ABE9BE-A98B-4CA4-8C49-055F8EA5EC54
Record ID Number: MH:IF3300

Note

Note: #N41

Sources

  • Source: S10 Record ID Number: MH:S10 User ID: 9CA447D3-0F51-4366-8F5F-4E2B81C11D59 Author: Edward Tassey Title: Tassey Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: Tassey Web Site CONT Family tree: Tassey Record ID Number: MH:SC153 Page: Prisque Léon Legris Event: Smart Matching Role: 1001088 Data: Date: 22 AUG 2012 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Notes

Note N41Prisque Legris né le 22 septembre 1777 à Saint-Pierre Les Becquets, il s'est probablement engagé, au début des années 1800, comme Voyageur pour la compagnie du Nord-Ouest qui avait un poste à l'Île Makinac (Fort Michillimakinak).
En 1796, les Américains s'emparent de l'Île Makinac et repoussent les Britanniques ainsi que les Voyageurs à l'Île St Joseph. En 1812, Le capitaine britannique Roberts dirige une troupe d'environ 150 voyageurs volontaires et surprend les Américains de Mékinac et les oblige à céder l'île aux Britanniques. En 1814, l'île Makinac est retournée aux Américains par le traité de Gand. En 1815, les Britanniques ainsi que les Voyageurs se réfugient à l'Île Drummond.
En 1828, un nouveau traité entre Britanniques et Américains cède l'Île Drummond aux Américains. Certains voyageurs, dont Prisque Legris émigrent alors de l'Île Drummond à Penetanguishene. En1834, les nouveaux venus reçoivent du gouvernement britannique des lots de terre de 20 acres dans le canton de Tiny, du côté Ouest de la Baie de Pénétanguishene.
Extrait de:
"The Migration of Voyageurs From Drummond Island to Penetanguishene in 1828", ON Historical Society, 1901
"the grantee of Part of Park lit 32, Tiny, in 1834, with his brother. He fell from the loft of a stable he was building for Adjutant Keating and broke his neck. It was popularly reported that he wassent in pursuit of a deserting soldier on Drummond Island and shot him.[1] He has numerous descendants on Beausoleil Island and in Penetanguishene all known by the name of Prisque. Paul Prisque who perished on the ice two years ago while returning to Beausoleil Island, was his grandson."
Les descendants de Prisque sont probablement les Legris-Prisque et Prisque installés sur les rives du Lac Huron (Penetanguishene, Tiny et Ile Beausoleil). Il a épousé Marie Landry ENV 1800 à __________.
Record ID Number: MH:N131
PRIN MH:I447
  1. The Migration of the Voyageurs From Drummond Island to Penetanguishene in 1828, by A. C Osbourne; 1901, pp. 123-166.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Nathalie Denis for creating WikiTree profile Legris-36 through the import of Descendant Claude Legris.GED on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Nathalie and others.






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