Pierre-Ephrem Légère

1811 - 1890  (79 years)

• Name	Pierre-Ephrem Légère
  Birth	2 Jan 1811	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America   [7]
  Census	1861 (49 years)	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America   [1]
  In the 1861 Census, he was recorded as age 50, living in Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick. He was a farmer and a fisherman.
  History	1 Jul 1867 (56 years)	Dominion of Canada established
  Census	1871 (59 years)	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  In the 1871 Canadian Census, he was recorded as age 58, living in Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick. He was a farmer.
  Census	1881 (69 years)	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [3]
  In the 1881 Canadian Census, he was recorded as age 71, living in Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick. He was a carpenter.
  Death	3 Jan 1890	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [4, 7]
  	Death Record of Peter Ephram Leger
  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)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Françoise Charbonneau  (5 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I25869
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Captain Jean-Baptiste Légère,   b. Abt 1761   d. 19 Apr 1818, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Félicité Robichaud,   b. Shippagan, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1848, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada
  Family ID	F9462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Victorie Boudreau,   b. 5 Dec 1806, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 7 Jan 1870, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 63 years)
  Children	1832 to 1850  [8]
  1. Luce Légère (1832-1833) 2. Marie Légère (1834-1908) 3. Christine Légère (c1836-1910) 4. Marguerite Légère (1838-1881) 5. Jean-Baptiste Légère (1841-1912) 6. Raphaël Légère (c1843-1900) 7. Suzanne Légère (1845-1918) 8. Charlotte Légère (1848-1883) 9. Tranquil Légère (1850-____)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1832	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America   [8, 9, 10]
  	Marriage Record of Victoire Boudrault and Pierre Leger
  Age at Marriage	He : 21 years - She : 25 years and 1 month.
  Family ID	F9461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2026

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Agathe Cormier,   b. 31 Jul 1821, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 26 Jan 1883, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1871	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [7]
  They had no children together. [7]
  Age at Marriage	He : 60 years and 1 month - She : 49 years and 7 months.
  Family ID	F9463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Pierre-Ephrem Légère(1811 – 1890) 2Captain Jean-Baptiste Légère(Abt 1761 – 1818) 4Oliver Légère(Abt 1734 – 1818) 8Jacques Légère(Abt 1695 – 1752) 16Jacques Légère dit La Rosette(Abt 1663 – 1751) 17Madeleine Trahan(Abt 1678 – 1742) 9Anne Amireau(1691 – ) 18François Amireau dit Tourangeau(1664 – ) 19Marie Pitre(Abt 1666 – ) 5Marie-Josephte Herbert 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Félicité Robichaud( – 1848) 6Jean-Baptiste Robichaud(1751 – 1808) 12Joseph Robichaud(Abt 1704 – 1759) 24Charles Robichaud dit Cadet(Abt 1667 – 1737) 25Marie Bourg(1673 – ) 13Claire LeBlanc(1710 – ) 26André LeBlanc(1659 – 1743) 27Marie Dugas(Abt 1667 – 1734) 7Félicité Cyr(1754 – ) 14Jean-Jacques Cyr(Abt 1713 – 1776) 28Pierre Cyr(Abt 1677 – ) 29Claire Cormier(1684 – 1747) 15Marie-Josèphe Hébert(1713 – ) 30Jean-Emmanuel Hébert(Abt 1683 – Before 12 Feb 1746/47) 31Madeleine Dugas(Abt 1683 – 1766)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Jan 1811 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America Marriage - 2 Jan 1832 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America Census - 1861 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America Census - 1871 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada Marriage - 14 Feb 1871 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada Census - 1881 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 3 Jan 1890 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S215] Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, 1861 Census of Canada, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1001-1002. [S129] Library and Archives Canada, 1871 Census of Canada, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Year: 1871; Census Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick; Roll: C-10388; Page: 63; Family No: 219. [S126] Library and Archives Canada, 1881 Census of Canada, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Year: 1881; Census Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick; Roll: C_13186; Page: 23; Family No: 84. [S2043] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths, 1888-1938, ( Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Death Record of Peter Ephram Leger . [S1917] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Marriage Record of Victoire Boudrault and Pierre Leger. [S2252] Drouin, Gabriel, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, ( Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008), Marriage Record of Victoire Boudrault and Pierre Leger. [S203] Thériault, Fidèle, Thériault, Fidèle. Les Familles de Caraquet - Dictionnaire Généalogique, (Canada: Tous Droits Réservés, 1985). 🟡 [S203] Thériault, Fidèle, Thériault, Fidèle. Les Familles de Caraquet - Dictionnaire Généalogique, (Canada: Tous Droits Réservés, 1985) . 🟢 [S1917] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Marriage Record of Victoire Boudrault and Pierre Leger . 🟢 [S2252] Drouin, Gabriel, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, ( Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008), Marriage Record of Victoire Boudrault and Pierre Leger .