Toussaint
Lessin
Léger
Born in Rayne, Acadia, Louisiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Michel Léger
and Marguerite (Leblanc) Leger
Brother of
Marguerite (Léger) Broussard, Elisse Leger, Anastasie Nathalie (Léger) Simon, Michel Leger, Joachim Leger, Marie Sylvanie (Leger) Simon and Azelie Leger
Husband of
Eloise Louviere
— married
23 Apr 1866 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Duplessis Leger, Lesima Marie (Léger) Trahan, Jean Duplessis Léger, Joseph Dupre Léger, Marie Velida Léger, Leous Leger, Olens Leger, Martin Leger, Azelie (Leger) Richard, Alcide Leger and Marie Lezimene Leger
Died
at age 71
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Feb 2016
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Biography
Toussaint Léger is a descendant of an Acadian
Toussaint Léger lived in Louisiana.
Toussaint Leger, born c.1845 in Louisiana, lived with his parents and siblings in Lafayette in 1850:
- Michel Leger M 30 Louisiana
- Marguerite Leblanc F 30 Louisiana
- Marguerite Leger F 9 Louisiana
- Elysee Leger M 7 Louisiana
- Toussamt Leger M 5 Louisiana
- Anatalie Leger F 3 Louisiana
- Michel Leger M 1 Louisiana[1]
He was married with two children by 1870.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ4-ZXC : 12 April 2016), Toussamt Leger in household of Michel Leger, Lafayette parish, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing family 213, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M873-289 : 12 April 2016), Toussaint Leger, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 110, family 1052, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,015.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Toussaint by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Toussaint by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Thomas Patin
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Other, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #N28763 - Jolene LeBlanc :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #B182132
- Christy Woodward :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #B884943, MitoYDNA ID T18014 [compare]
- Denise Hendricks :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test
-
~3.12%
Rogers Sonnier :
23andMe, GEDmatch M563870 [compare]
-
~3.12%
K Duhon :
23andMe, GEDmatch M185334 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M185334 [compare], Ancestry member kduhon20
-
~1.56%
Joseph Leger :
23andMe, GEDmatch M762636 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Martin LeBlanc :
23andMe, GEDmatch DJ4131600 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Andrea (Stutes) Rogers :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Sharon Racca :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Private Suire :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member J_Suire
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Tim (Fuselier) McClelland :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Michelle (Leger) Jordan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GT1353827 [compare], Ancestry member michellejordanproperties
+
Autosomal DNA Test
-
~0.78%
Joyce (Smith) Doucet :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T090848 [compare], FTDNA kit #441562
-
~0.39%
Ken Manceaux :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
K Suire :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kjunkutie2
-
~0.39%
Janet Claeys :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA
-
~0.39%
Beverly (Rando) Patout :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FA3690425 [compare]
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