Olivier Leger (abt. 1734 - 1818)

Born about 1734 in Petitcodiac, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Josèphe Hébert — married 1757 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1818 at about age 84 in Caraquet, Gloucester, Colony of New Brunswick

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Biography

Olivier was born about 1734. He was the son of Jacques Léger and Anne-Marie Amireau. ^[1]

In 1752, his widowed mother was residing at Petcoudiac (in present-day New Brunswick) with 6 children as shown in the Acadian census that year. The children were not named in the census but considering Olivier's age at the time and his date of marriage in 1758, it is likely that he was one of the 4 boys recorded. ^[2][3]

He married Marie-Josèphe Hébert (Jean & Isabelle Bourque) about 1758 in Acadie. ^[1]

During the Great Upheaval, they found refuge at Camp d'Espérance, Miramichi, which was established at the end of the summer of 1756 to protect from famine and from the roundups of the British soldiers the approximately 1250 Acadians who fled there. ^[4] Also there were Olivier's mother, his brothers Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, Paul, Pierre-Jacques, and Pierre dit Pierrot as well as his sister Anne and their respective families. Olivier and Marie-Josèphe were refugees at Caraquet in July 1761^[5] with one son and in another census taken later that year with 2 children. ^[6] There is a note in the margin of the census that they were among 157 people that were left in Caraquet for lack of vessels to take them away. Olivier later moved a bit further up north, to Baie des Chaleurs, Bonaventure, where he was recorded on a census in 1765 as owner of a house with 2 sons over 15 years of age, and a younger son. However, no wife or daughters were listed.^[7]

Olivier finally settled in Caraquet where he passed away on 20 June 1818.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Léger)

   17. x. Olivier, n v 1734; m v 1758 Marie-Josèphe HÉBERT (Jean & Isabelle Bourque); d Caraquet 20 juin 1818.

2. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 277-308.

   The widow LÉGER, 4 boys, 2 girls..

3. ↑ White, Stephen A. Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p. 356-357.
4. ↑ LeBlanc, R.-G. (2012). Les réfugiés acadiens au camp d’Espérance de la Miramichi en 1756-1761 : un épisode méconnu du Grand Dérangement. Acadiensis, 41(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/19077/21083. English translation "The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761"

   Olivier Léger (Jacques DGFA #3) from Petcoudiac, married to Marie-Josèphe Hébert (Jean DGFA #25) around 1757. They were refugees at Caraquet in 1761- Du Calvet census - 3 people. They were on the MacKenzie census in 1761 - 4 people. After 1763 the family settled at Caraquet and Grand-Digue.

5. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Census, p. 5. 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Original Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12837, Images 176-184, image 182

   Olivier Léger, his wife, one son.

6. ↑ original record 1761 Acadians Inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not Surrendered at Fort Cumberland Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12838, Images 1855-1857, image 1855

   Olivier Leger 4 people

7. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1761 Baie de Chaleurs Census

   Olivier Leger, 1 house, 2 boys over 15 years of age, 1 son under 15. No wife listed.

See also:

• http://www.genealogie-acadienne.net/?action=indiDetails&I=2104