Anne Léger (abt. 1732 - 1812)

Born about 1732 in Acadie

Ancestors

Wife of Louis Allain — married 24 Jun 1748 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1812 at about age 80 in Bouctouche, Colony of New Brunswick

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Biography

Anne Leger was born about 1732. She was the daughter of Jacques Léger and Anne Amirault.^[1]

She married Louis Allain, son of Pierre Allain and Marguerite Leblanc 24 June 1748 at Beaubassin in the presence of Charles Heon and Jean Damio. There was a dispensation for 3-4 consanguinity.^[2][3][4]

Location of the family during the Great Upheaval:

• 1755 Petcoudiac ^[5]
• 1756-1757 Camp d'Espérance, Miramichi ^[6][7]
• 1760 Restigouche ^[8]
• 1761 Caraquet ^[9]
• 1763 Fort Beauséjour ^[10]

Around 1780 she married Michel dit Michaud Bourque (Michel & Marie Cormier) widow of Marguerite-Josèphe Bourgeois.^[1] They had no children..^[11]

She passed away at about age 85 on 12 December 1812 at Bouctouche, New Brunswick.^[1] She was buried the next day. The funeral was held on 11 March 1814 in Bouctouche.^[12][13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 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 1

   ix. Anne, n v 1732; m (1) Beaubassin 24 juin 1748 Louis ALLAIN (Pierre & Marguerite LeBlanc); m (2) v 1780 Michel dit Michaud BOURQUE (Michel & Marie Cormier) veuf de Marguerite-Josèphe Bourgeois; d Bouctouche 12 déc 1812.

2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime [La Rochelle, France]:C-1207 Registres de Beaubassin-reel_c1207 MG 6 A 2 (Image 168) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/168?r=0&s=6
3. ↑ Acadian Church Records, vol. II - Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder - Metairie, LA: Authors, 1976 - p 131
4. ↑ Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780 - Stephen A. White - Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version - Centre d'Études Acadiennes - Centre d'Études Acadiennes University of Moncton - Centre d'Études Acadiennes - 1 University of Moncton - ALLAIN #3 c.
5. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census, p. 5

   at Pekoudiac : Louis Allain, 1 man, 1 woman, 2 girls

6. ↑ 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.238-239.

   Louis Allain (son of Pierre), married to Anne Léger (daughter of Jacques), married 1748 Beaubassin, 1752 and 1755 at Petcoudiac with 2 girls, sought refuge at Camp d'Espérance, family settled in Bouctouche and Néguac after the Great Upheaval

7. ↑ 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. English translation "The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761" p. 156 (Annexe)

   Louis Allain, Anne Léger, married 1748 Beaubassin, 1754-1755 in Petcoudiac family of 4; Census in Restigouche (1760) family of 7; Camp d'Espérance 1756-1757; Mackenzie census (Nov 1761) family of 8; Fort Beauséjour 1763 9 people; settled in Bouctouche and Neguac after the Great Upheaval

8. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1760 Restigouche Census

   at Restigouche: Louis Allain, 7 people in the household

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

   Louis Allain, 8 people in the household. Note added to the list: "These 154 persons were left at Caraket for want of vessels to carry them away."

10. ↑ 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. [1], Image 42, accessed November 2020

    
    Louis Allain
    Anne Allain
    Magdelaine Allain
    Marguerite Allain
    Benjamin Allain
    Michel Allain
    Marie Allain
    Baptiste Allain
    Joseph Allain

11. ↑ 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), Bourg, page 2.
12. ↑ 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 > image 53 of 90. Accessed on ancestry.ca, November 2020.
    • View Ancestry Record 1110 #98154 (requires subscription).
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13. ↑ Bouctouche, Nouveau-Brunswick, Registre de la paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste, catholique, Baptêmes, Mariages, Sépultures 1800-1870, ( F.M. 9, A 11, vol 3), Image #844, funeral for Anne Leger, 11 Mar 1814, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-3016, Parish Registers: New Brunswick : C-3016, accessed 5 Jun 2023.