Perpétue was born on 12 Mar 1821 and baptized in Bouctouche on 23 Mar 1821. She is the daughter of Pierre Cormier and Blanche Babineau.[1] Her first marriage was to André Richard on 5 Feb 1839.[2] Her second marriage was to Amable Léger in Memramcook on 18 Aug 1868.[3] She passed away in Memramcook on 4 Jun 1890.[4]
In the 1851 census Parpitue was the wife of Andrew Richard in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.[5]
In the 1871 census Perpetue (age 50) was recorded as married in Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick.[6]
In the 1881 census Parpity (age 60) was recorded as married in New Brunswick.[7]
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Search: B Bouctouche 1800-1838. Accessed on ancestry.ca, May 2022.
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↑ "Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-VKKY : 20 February 2021), Andrew Richard and Perpetue Cormien, 05 Feb 1839; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 92, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,409.
↑ Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Search: M Memramcook 1845-1899. Accessed on ancestry.ca, May 2022.
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↑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: 25; Line: 2 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1061 #1115809 (accessed 30 July 2023)
Name: Parpitue Richard; Gender: Female; Nationality: acadian; Age Next Birthday: 30; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821; Census year: 1851; Enumeration District: Westmorland County; Sub-Enumeration District: Dorchester; Sub-Enumeration District Number: 84; Residence Place: Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Spouse's Name: Andrew Richard; Household Members (Name) Age Relationship: Andrew Richard 35 Head Parpitue Richard 30 Wife Vital Richard 10 Son Octave Richard 9 Son Set Hane Richard 6 Daughter Jane Richard 5 Daughter Orit Richard 4 Daughter Limon Richard 3 Son Lamuel Richard 2 Son; Page Stamped: 25; Page Handwritten: 25.
↑1871 Census:
"1871 Census of Canada"
Year: 1871; Census Place: Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick; Roll: C-10392; Page: 56 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1578 #1671393 (accessed 30 July 2023)
Name: Perpetue Legere; Gender: Female; Marital Status: Married; Widowed: M; Origin: French; Age: 50; Birth Date: 1821; Birth Place: New Brunswick; Residence Place: Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick; District Number: 186; Subdistrict: a; Division: 03; Religion: Catholic; Cannot Write: Y; Household Members (Name) Age: Annable Legere 52 Perpetue Legere 50 Marie Legere 20 Mirante Legere 17 Andre Legere 16 Osite Legere 14 David Legere 12 Simon Legere 10 Sara Legere 7 Antoine Richard 12.
↑1881 Census:
"1881 Census of Canada"
Year: 1881; Census Place: Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick; Roll: C_13183; Page: 11; Family No: 45 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1577 #2342062 (accessed 30 July 2023)
Name: Parpity Legere; Gender: Female; Marital Status: Married; Age: 60; Birth Year: 1821; Birthplace: New Brunswick; Religion: Catholic; Nationality: French; Province: New Brunswick; District Number: 33; District: Westmorland; Sub-District Number: A; Subdistrict: Dorchester; Division: 3; Household Members (Name) Age: Lamable Legere 61 Parpity Legere 60 Mary Legere 30 Osett Legere 24 David Legere 22 Simon Legere 20 Philip Richard 29.
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