The 1752 census shows that they were living at Petcoudiac. There was only 1 child in the household, a boy.[2]
By 1755 there was only 1 girl in the family home in Petcoudiac.[3]
They were refugees at Camp d'Espérance in Miramichi around 1758-1759.[4]
The 1761 censuses showed them living in Caraquet. In the census taken in November by Mackenzie, they were on a list of 157 Acadians left in Caraquet because there weren’t enough vessels to take them away. [5][6]
In 1763, Pierre, Marguerite and Esther were prisoners at Fort Beauséjour.[7]
He passed away in Richibouctou-Village on 29 Jan 1805.[1]
Research Note
Stephen White does not mention a last name for Marguerite in 37 families. Karen Theriot Reader gives the last name Grosvalet, but no parents named.
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.5 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 1, 11
16. viii. Pierre dit Pierrot, n v 1730; m (1) v 1751 Marguerite; m (2) v 1775 Nathalie dite Anastasie BREAU (Pierre & Anne-Françoise Dupuis) veuve de Jacques LeBlanc; d Richibouctou-Village 29 janv 1805.
↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census image 5
Pierre Léger, 1 male, 1 female, 1 girl.
↑ 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. 358-359.
Pierre Léger (son of Jacques #3 DGFA) married to Marguerite (no last name or parents given), were recorded in Petcoudiac in 1752 with 1 son, and in 1755 with 1 daughter. They were refugees at Camp d’Espérance and settled in Richibouctou after the Grand Dérangement.
Pierre Legere, 3 people total. An inscription in the margin of the list: "These 157 persons were left at Karaket for want of vessels to carry them away."
↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. List of Acadian Prisoners at Fort Cumberland as of August 24, 1763, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, original record, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada. / France. Fonds des Archives nationales: Série C12. Correspondance générale; Saint-Pierre et Miquelon : C-9146, vol. 1, f. 22-26. Images 33-47, Page 35, Image 46, accessed September 2020
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