Celestine Léger (1799)

Born 7 Jun 1799 in St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, New Spain

Ancestors

Wife of Cornelio Paul Breaux — married 7 Feb 1820 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Celeste Léger is a descendant of an Acadian

Celeste Léger lived in Louisiana.

Celeste Léger, daughter of Michel Léger and Marguerite Boutin, was born in June 1799 in Louisiana. She was twenty when she married Cornelius Landry Evariste Breaux in Grand Coteau, Louisiana.^[1]

Known children of the marriage:

1. Elisa Breaux (1820)^[2]
2. Celestine Olive Breaux (1822)^[3]
3. Drausin Breaux (1824)^[4]

After her first husband died, she married Maximilien Leblanc in 1855.^[1][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications):
   • Birth: "LEGER, CELESTINE (Michel - of Louisbourg in Acadia & Marguerite Louise Boutin of Manchac) b. 7 June 1799, bt 21 April 1811. Pats. Michael Leger of Canada & Angelique Pinet of Louisbourg. Mats.: Paul Boutin of Louisbourg & Ursule Guedry of the same place: Spons. Michel Leger fils & Marie Clemence Brau wife of Jean Baptiste Sauniere. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch.: v.6 page #1162"
   • Marriage: "LEGER, Celeste - 20 yrs. old (Michel - living at L'Abatte & Marguerite BOUTIN) m. 7 Feb. 1820 Landry BRAUX - 19 yrs. old; living at Attakapas; native of the parish of St. Jacques sur le fleuve [St. James on the River] (dec. Paul BRAUX & dec. Marguerite LANDRY) Wits: Gilbert SAUNIER, Humbert PERRODIN. Fr. Hercule BRASSAC (GC Ch.: v.1, p.3, #9)"
   • 2nd marriage: "LEGER, Celeste wid. of Evariste BREAUX m. 29 Aug. 1855 Maximilien LEBLANC (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Mar. #1353)"
2. ↑ Child: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWGF-GVH : 14 January 2020), Celeste Leger in entry for Eliza Breaux, 1820.
3. ↑ Child: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWGF-GVS : 14 January 2020), Celestine Lege in entry for Celestine Olive Breaux, 1822.
4. ↑ Child: "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZS-L1H : 14 January 2020), Celeste Leger in entry for Drozin Breaux, 1843.
5. ↑ 2nd marriage: "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJH-B3S4 : 18 February 2021), Maximilion LeBlanc and Celeste Leger Breaux, 29 Aug 1855; citing St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 870,694.