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Gabriel Léger (1812 - 1880)

Gabriel Léger
Born in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswickmap
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Husband of — married 18 Jan 1836 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswickmap
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Died at age 68 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canadamap
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Biography

Gabriel was born and baptized on 27 October 1812 in Memramcook. [1] He was the son of Charles Léger and Scholastique Girouard. [2]

He married Félicité Bourgeois , daughter of Augustin Bourgeois and Euphrosine Maillet, on January 18, 1836 in Memramcook. [3]

Children: There were 5 nuns in the family! [4]

  1. Alphée Léger,
  2. Livin Léger
  3. Petronille Léger
  4. Emmanuel Léger
  5. Clothilde Léger
  6. Sr Marcelline Léger
  7. Charles Léger
  8. Marie Léger
  9. Sr Euphrosine Léger
  10. Sr Nathalie Léger
  11. Dominique Léger
  12. Sr Sylvie Léger
  13. Sr Catherine Léger

The 1851 census in Memramcook shows Gabriel and Félicité with 8 children in the household. [5]

In 1871 widowed Gabriel was listed in the census in Memramcook with 9 children and his son Alphée's wife Adèle and 3 children. [6]

He died on December 10, 1880 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

History of the Léger House now at the Village Historique Acadien / Acadian Village Heritage Site in Caraquet.
This house represents the house of an acadian farmer originally from Memramcook and living in the village of La Montain. Memramcook was colonised by the Acadians during the first half of the 18th century. After the great expulsion, the acadians continued to live in the region so much that in 1781, Mgr. Briand, bishop of Québec, sets up canonically the parish of Memramcook.

Thus, Memramcook becomes a prosperous and fertile region during the 19th century and this due to its agriculture. As in other acadian regions, the farmers utilize the marshes and built (aboiteaux) dyke and sluce systems on the Memramcook and Petitcodiac rivers. We can also count on a lot of craftsmen in different jobs and occupations and on a few sawmills between 1830 and 1900.

The Léger family, in the person of Gabriel, built in 1836 this house situated not far from the Chapel built around 1780 and burnt down in La Montain. Apparently Gabriel Léger built his house on a land belonging to his father who acquired it in 1838. Moreover, his father Charles, who lived a large part of his life in Bouctouche, came to end his life with his son on April 5 and died on April 7, two days after his arrival.

When Gabriel died in 1880, his oldest son Alphée inherited the house. Alphée married Adélaïde LeBlanc in 1864 and the couple only had two daughters. One of them, Marie-Angèle, inherited her father's estate and this is how the house went from Léger to Leblanc. Marie-Angèle married to Hyppolite LeBlanc in 1890. The last family to live in this house is Antoine Leblanc, son of Hyppolite and Marie-Angèle Léger." [7]

Sources

  1. ↑ Memramcook, Nouveau-Brunswick, Registre de la paroisse Saint-Thomas, catholique, Baptêmes et Mariages 1806-1870, Sépultures 1807-1870 ( F.M. 9, A 11, vol 8), Image # 346, Gabriel Léger Baptism 27 October 1812, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-3018, Parish Registers: New Brunswick : C-3018 accessed March 2021.
  2. ↑ White, Stephen A. "La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94," online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), LÉGER, page 8-9
    CHARLES LÉGER & (m2) SCHOLASTIQUE GIROUARD : xi. Gabriel, n Memramcook 27 oct 1812; m Memramcook 18 janv 1836 Félicité BOURGEOIS (Augustin & Euphrosine Maillet); s Memramcook 13 déc 1880.
  3. ↑ (Note: the name of Gabriel's mother in the register is Marguerite Cormier) Memramcook, Nouveau-Brunswick, Registre de la paroisse Saint-Thomas, catholique, Baptêmes et Mariages 1806-1870, Sépultures 1807-1870 ( F.M. 9, A 11, vol 8), Image #893, Gabriel Léger & Félicité Bourgeois Marriage 18 January 1836, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-3018, Parish Registers: New Brunswick : C-3018 accessed March 2021.
  4. ↑ Gabriel Léger Page at Généalogie acadienne
  5. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia"
    Year: 1851; Census Place: Westmorland, New Brunswick; Schedule: I; Roll: C-996; Page: 97; Line: 1
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1061 #1118030 (accessed 20 June 2023)
    Gabriel Leshare head of household in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
    • Gabriel Leshare 38 Head M
    • Felicity Leshare 36 Wife F
    • Alpheus Leshare 14 Son M
    • Devine Leshare 13 Son M
    • Patrional Leshare 11 Son M
    • Manuel Leshare 10 Son M
    • Clotil Leshare 8 Daughter F
    • Marcelin Leshare 6 Daughter F
    • Charles Leshare 4 Son M
    • Mary Leshare 1 Daughter F
  6. ↑ 1871 Census of Canada. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA%3A Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1871. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada%3A Library and Archives Canada, n.d.. RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels%3A C-9888 to C-9975, C-9977 to C-10097, C-10344 to C-10388, C-10390 to C-10395, to C-10540 to C-10570.' Year: 1871; Census Place: Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick; Roll: C-10392; Page: 42; Family No: 123 Search: New Brunswick > Westmorland > Dorchester > image 36 of 311. Accessed on ancestry.ca, March 2021.
    Gabriel Legere 58
    Petronile Legere 20
    Marceline Legere 26
    Marie Legere 21
    Euphoisine Legere 18
    Natalie Legere 17
    Sylvie Legere 13
    Catherine Legere 12
    Dominique Legere 15
    Alphée Legere 24
    Adele Legere 29
    Marguerite Legere 6
    Angile Legere 3
    Philomine Legere 1
  7. ↑ Léger House, "Families," Historical Site | Village Historique Acadien, accessed at https://www.villagehistoriqueacadien.com/en/site

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Memorial plaque at the base of the cross at La Montain
Memorial plaque at the base of the cross at La Montain


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