Born in St-Victor-de-Tring, Beauce, Québec, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Octave Lessard
and Oliva (Cloutier) Lessard
Sister of
Joseph Dominique Lessard, Joseph Majorique Lessard, Marie Aglaée Lessard, Joseph Adelard Lessard, Joseph Thomas Lessard, Marie Olive-Beatrice-Euphémie (Lessard) Binette, Marie-Anne Lessard, Joseph Phillipe Lessard, Joseph Emile Lessard, Marie Obeline (Lessard) Cordeau, Albert R. Lessard and Beatrice (Lessard) Boutin
Wife of
Jerome Xavier Boucher
— married
15 May 1911 in Biddeford, York, Maine, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Albert Boucher, Philip Joseph Boucher, Edgar Albert Boucher, Edward Boucher, Irene (Boucher) Boisvert, Rita (Boucher) Allaire, Madeline Boucher, Raymond Rudolph Boucher, Francoise (Boucher) Roberge and Gertrude (Boucher) Palmitessa
Died
at age 77
in Biddeford, York, Maine, United States
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Biography
Marie Emma Delvina (Alma) Lessard was born and baptized on 25 Oct 1890 in Saint-Victor-de-Tring parish in Beauce, Québec, Canada. She was daughter of Joseph Octave Lessard, farmer, and his wife Olive Cloutier. Godparents at Alma's baptism were Joseph Belanger and Marie Paré, wife of Antoine Boisselle, At age 20 Alma married Jerome Xavier Boucher on 15 May 1911 in Biddeford, York, Maine. There were 11 known children born into this marriage. Alma died at age 77 on 26 Sep 1968 in Biddeford; she was buried there in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Alma is descended from two of the Filles du Roi
- 7th great granddaughter of Fille du Roi Marie Riton
- 7th great grand niece of Fille du Roi Marie Targer
Sources
- Baptême/Baptismal record [B-91] for Marie Emma Delvina Lessard. Saint-Victor-de-Tring (Beauce) parish register: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899S-J9MC-1?cc=1321742&wc=HC1W-FM9%3A23327101%2C23327102%2C13626703. Free access.
- 1891 Census of Canada. Alma Lessard, daughter, in household of Joseph Lessard, farmer. St-Ephrem-de-Tring, Beauce, Québec; page 25, line 24. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148188-00092
- US Federal Census Records, 1920, 1940
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3L-NWK : accessed 29 August 2022), Alma Lessard in household of Joseph Lessard, Biddeford Ward 7, York, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 238, sheet 5B, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 547; FHL microfilm 1,374,560.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDX-MRB : accessed 18 November 2018), Alma Boucher in household of Jerome Boucher, Biddeford, York, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 5A, line 37, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 841; FHL microfilm 2,340,576.
- Find a Grave, entry for Alma Lessard Boucher. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121663913/alma-boucher
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alma:
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~1.56%
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Rejected matches › Marie Olympe Alice Foucher (1891-)
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Full name at baptism: Marie Emma Delvina Lessard
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