Captain Jean-Baptiste Légère

Abt 1761 - 1818  (57 years)

• Name	Jean-Baptiste Légère
  Birth	Abt 1761  [1]
  Married	Abt 1785 (24 years)  [1]
  Victorie Cormier, the daughter of Alexis Cormier and Élisabeth Gauthier. She died about 1792. Issue: 1. Marie Légère (1787-____) 2. Vénéranda Légère c1788-1868)
  Married	23 Jun 1794 (33 years)	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Félicité Robichaud, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Robichaud and Félicité Cyr. She was born say 1774 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada and died in 1848 in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada. After Jean-Baptiste's death, she remarried Mathurin Landry. Issue: 1. Jean-Urban Légère (1795-____) 2. Sophie Légère (1796-1872) 3. Félicité Légère (c1797-1878) 4. Geneviève Légère (c1798-1861) 5. Domitilde Légère (c1802-1827) 6. Joseph Légère (c1802-1882) 7. Germain Légère (c1805-1861) 8. Anne-Marie Légère (1807-1890) 9. Stanislas-Olivier Légère (1809-1888) 10. Pierre-Ephrem Légère (1811-1890) 11. Augustin Légère (1812-1871) 12. Gervais Légère (1816-____) 13. Luce Légère (1816-1816) 14. Toussaint Légère (1817-1818)
  Military	1799 (38 years)  [1]
  He was a Captain in the militia from 1799 to 1818.
  Death	19 Apr 1818	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 7 sisters
  1. Charlotte Légère,   b. Abt 1760, Canada d. 3 Apr 1857, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 97 years) + 2. Captain Jean-Baptiste Légère,   b. Abt 1761   d. 19 Apr 1818, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 57 years) ▻ Félicité Robichaud,  m. 23 Jun 1794 + 3. Judith-Clothilde Légère,   b. 1763   d. Oct 1813, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 50 years) ▻ Victor-Firmin Boucher;   Victor-Firmin Boucher + 4. Madeleine Légère,   b. 10 Jul 1764   d. 15 Nov 1807, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 43 years) ▻ Thadée Landry,  m. Abt 1782   5. François Légère,   b. Abt 1765   6. Marie Légère,   c. 27 Sep 1772, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. Abt 1813, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age ~ 40 years)   7. Élisabeth Légère,   b. Abt 1773, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. Abt 1836, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 63 years) + 8. Cryille Légère,   b. 6 Mar 1776, Caraquet, Gloucester County, Colony of Nova Scotia, British North America That part of the colony that is now New Brunswick. d. 2 Jan 1858, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America  (Age 81 years) ▻ Marie-Vénérande Savoie,  m. 1796   9. Victore Légère,   b. 20 Oct 1778, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 12 Dec 1855, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 77 years)   10. Claire Légère,   b. 21 Jan 1781, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 Nov 1801, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada  (Age 20 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Jacques Légère dit La Rosette,   b. Abt 1663, Lorette, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France d. 27 Mar 1751, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control  (Age 88 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Marie-Josephte Herbert  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I12216
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Oliver Légère,   b. Abt 1734, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Port-Royal became Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia when the English took control d. 10 Jun 1818, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Marie-Josephte Herbert
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Félicité Robichaud,   b. Shippagan, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1848, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada
  Marriage	23 Jun 1794	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 33 years and 6 months - She : ??.
  Children	1795 to  [1]
  1. Jean-Urban Légère (1795-____) 2. Sophie Légère (1796-1872) 3. Félicité Légère (c1797-1878) 4. Geneviève Légère (c1798-1861) 5. Domitilde Légère (c1802-1827) 6. Joseph Légère (c1802-1882) 7. Germain Légère (c1805-1861) 8. Anne-Marie Légère (1807-1890) 9. Stanislas-Olivier Légère (1809-1888) 10. Pierre-Ephrem Légère (1811-1890) 11. Augustin Légère (1812-1871) 12. Gervais Légère (1816-____) 13. Luce Légère (1816-1816) 14. Toussaint Légère (1817-1818)
  Children	>   1. Pierre-Ephrem Légère,   b. 2 Jan 1811, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 3 Jan 1890, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 79 years) ▻ Victorie Boudreau  m. 2 Jan 1832;   Agathe Cormier  m. 14 Feb 1871
  Family ID	F9462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Jean-Baptiste Légère(Abt 1761 – 1818) 2Oliver Légère(Abt 1734 – 1818) 4Jacques Légère(Abt 1695 – 1752) 8Jacques Légère dit La Rosette(Abt 1663 – 1751) 16 17 9Madeleine Trahan(Abt 1678 – 1742) 18Guillaume Trahan(1611 – 1682) 19Magdeleine Brun(1645 – ) 5Anne Amireau(1691 – ) 10François Amireau dit Tourangeau(1664 – ) 20 21 11Marie Pitre(Abt 1666 – ) 22Jean Pitre dit Beneque(1639 – 1689) 23Marie Pesselet(1641 – ) 3Marie-Josephte Herbert 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 23 Jun 1794 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada Marriage - 23 Jun 1794 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America Death - 19 Apr 1818 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S203] Thériault, Fidèle, Thériault, Fidèle. Les Familles de Caraquet - Dictionnaire Généalogique, (Canada: Tous Droits Réservés, 1985).