Bénoni
Léger
Born in Memramcook, Colony of New Brunswick
Ancestors 
Son of Israël Léger
and Marguerite Cormier
Brother of
Marie Léger, Placide Léger, Blanche Léger, Henriette Leger, Marguerite Leger, Sylvain Léger, Marcel Léger, Hippolyte Léger, Marie Anathalie Leger and Édouard Léger
Husband of
Anne Gaudet
— married
11 Jan 1836 in Memramcook, New Brunswick Colony
Husband of
Marie LeBlanc
— married
about 1840 in Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Geneviève Léger, Philomène Léger, Vital Léger, Israël Léger, Anne Léger and Marguerite Léger
Died
at age 80
in Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jul 2020
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Biography
Bénoni was born in Memramcook on 8 Jun 1815. He was the son of Israel Leger and Marguerite Cormier.[1] He married Anne Gaudet, daughter of Emmanuel Gaudet and Anne-Blanche Bourgeois in Memramcook on 11 Jan 1836.[2] He married Marie LeBlanc in Dorchester in 1840.
In 1851, Bénoni and members of his family were enumerated in the Dorchester Parish of Westmorland County as follow: Belona Leshare 56; Mary 41; Shunva 14; Phillamon 12; Ehen 10; Vital 8; Israel 5; Ann 2.
He passed away at age 81 in Dorchester on 4 Jun 1896. (His name is shown as Béloni in the parish register).[3]
Sources
- ↑ https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3018/368?r=0&s=5 (See B. 39)
- ↑ https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3018/892?r=0&s=4
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22682488?h=4b263f&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
- http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3018/368?r=0&s=4
- 1851 New Brunswick Census: An image of the census page is available online at : http://automatedgenealogy.com/censusnb51/SplitView.jsp?id=487 (accessed Mar 2024)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bénoni by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bénoni by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- John White
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup J-L256, FTDNA kit #951670
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~1.56%
Maria Goguen :
23andMe, GEDmatch A112569 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Rachel (Bourque) King :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Denis Leger :
23andMe, GEDmatch M064222 [compare]
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~0.78%
Gisèle Cormier :
23andMe, GEDmatch RY6896236 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JH8696373 [compare]
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~0.78%
Marcel Cormier :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #IN133450
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~0.78%
Stephen Bryant :
23andMe, GEDmatch BX2374460 [compare]
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~0.78%
Barbara MacDougall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TS9754202 [compare], Ancestry member MacGau
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T261283 [compare], FTDNA kit #N14738
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~0.78%
Angeline Gallant :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CS8749222 [compare], yourDNAportal ANGe81876ca, Ancestry member AngelineG1980
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~0.78%
Joan Prout :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member joanprout
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~0.78%
Harry Cooper :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member harrycooper5255
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~0.78%
Sandra (MacDougall) Gautreau :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T893900 [compare], FTDNA kit #708087
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~0.78%
Roger Nowlan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T025805 [compare], FTDNA kit #75302
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