Marguerite
Léger
Born in Grande-Digue, Colony of New Brunswick
Ancestors 
Daughter of Simon Léger
and Marie (Arsenault) Léger
Sister of
Eugène Léger, Jean Chrysostôme Léger, Cécile Léger, Domitille Léger, Joachim Léger, Victor Léger, Obéline Léger, Isidore Léger and Pierre Léger
Wife of
Simon Bourque
— married
24 Jan 1853 in Grande-Digue, Kent, Colony of New Brunswick
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jul 2023
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Biography
Marguerite was born Feb 03, 1830, and baptised the following month on Mar 17 by Antoine Gagnon at Grand Digue.[1] She was the daughter of Simon Léger and Marie-Rose Arsenault. According to the Grand Digue parish register (transcriptions), Marguerite married Simon Bourque in 1853.[2][3] and passed away in 1888🕯
Sources
- ↑ Baptism: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3016/1244 (Nôtre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Grand Digue parish register transcription, Image #1244, bapt #8: “le dix-sept mars, mille huit cent trente, nous prêtre soussigné avons baptisée Marguerite, née le trois février dernier du légitime mariage de Simon Léger, cultivateur de cette paroisse, et de Marie-Rose Arsenault. P&M: Patrice Haché et Marie Babineau”)
- ↑ Marriage: "Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946", Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image; citing G > Grande-Digue > 1800-1889, Simon Bourk and Marguerite Leger marriage on 24 Jan 1853.
- ↑ Marriage (Transcription): Grande-Digue, Nouveau-Brunswick, Registre de la paroisse Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, catholique, Baptêmes et Mariages 1800-1875, Sépultures 1802-1875 (F.M. 9, A 11, vol 6), Image #272, marriage for Simon Bourk and Marguerite Leger, 24 Jan 1853, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-3016/C-3017, Parish Registers: New Brunswick : C-3016/C-3017, accessed 1 Sep 2023.
See also:
- https://famille.genacadie.ca/g1/p207.htm#i5152 (Merci Gilles Pinet🙏)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marguerite by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marguerite:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marguerite by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marguerite:
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~6.25%
Lisa (Legere) McKillop
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lisasurvey81
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Jack Kelly :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A267542 [compare], yourDNAportal JOH5c13e547, Ancestry member JackFKelly
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jennifer Kelly :
23andMe, GEDmatch A484951 [compare]
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~0.78%
Joe Desautel :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Marilyn Despres :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Maria Goguen :
23andMe, GEDmatch A112569 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Pauline Dugas :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LF5480456 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jo-Ann Gallant :
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