Paul Lejeune (abt. 1747)

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Biography

Born about 1747, Paul LeJeune married Angelique Helene, daughter of Joseph and Jeanne who were Mi’kmaq, about 1765. They wed in the presence of witnesses awaiting the arrival of a missionary priest who would rehabilitate their marriage. On 27 August 1771 Abbe Charles-Francois Bailly during a missionary visit to Labrador rehabilitated the marriage of Paul LeJeune dit Briard, son of Germain LeJeune dit Briard and Marie Guitri, and Helene, daughter of Joseph and Jeanne, Mi’kmaq. Present at the ceremony were Germain LeJeune dit Briard, father of Paul LeJeune; Marie Guitry mother of Paul LeJeune; his brothers Germain LeJeune and Joseph LeJeune; his cousin Joseph LeJeune dit Briard; his sister-in-law Louise Galand and several other witnesses.22 Earlier on 10 August 1771 at Neireichak, Ile Madame, Ile Royale (today Arichat, Isle Madame, Cape Breton) Abbe Bailly baptized two children of Paul LeJeune dit Briard and Angelique. They were Pulcherie LeJeune dit Briard, age 5 years, and Pelagie LeJeune dit Briard, age 18 months. At this time Paul LeJeune dit Briard and Angelique promised to take the vows of marriage - which they did 17 days later.

Sources

• White, Stephen A., Registre de L’Abbe Charles-Francois Bailly 1768 a 1773 (Caraquet) (Centre d’Etudes Acadiennes, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, 1978), p. 66 (Register Entry 51) http://cfml.ci.umoncton.ca/cea/livres/doc.cfm?livre=bailly&goto=66.