Oliver Légère

1835 - 1885  (49 years)

• Name	Oliver Légère
  Birth	14 Oct 1835	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America   [1]
  Census	1861 (25 years)	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America   [2]
  He was recorded while living with his father.
  Age: 26
  Married	2 Nov 1863 (28 years)	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America   [1]
  Françoise Haché, the daughter of André Haché and Prudente Thériault. She was born about 1842 in Caraquet, New Brunswick. Issue: 1. André Légère (1864-????) 2. Philias Légère (1867-????) 3. Félix Légère (1869-????) 4. Anonyme Légère (1871-1871) 5. Marie-Phoebée Légère (1872-????) 6. Marie Légère (1876-c1876) 7. Marie Légère (1877-1877) 8. Marie Légère (1878-1878) 9. Marie Légère (1880-1880) 10. Marie Légère (c1882-????)
  History	1 Jul 1867 (31 years)	Dominion of Canada established
  Census	1871 (35 years)	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [3]
  Age: 37
  Death	7 Apr 1885	Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Jean-Louis Légère,   b. 1 Nov 1825, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 21 Mar 1897, Bertrand, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 71 years)   2. Marie-Claire Légère,   b. 1 Feb 1828, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1860  (Age 31 years)   3. Marcelline Légère,   b. 9 Nov 1829, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 30 Nov 1829, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 0 years)   4. Charles Légère,   b. 10 Aug 1831, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 10 Aug 1897, Paquetville, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 66 years)   5. Romain Légère,   b. 20 Apr 1833, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 Oct 1908, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 75 years)   6. Oliver Légère,   b. 14 Oct 1835, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 7 Apr 1885, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 49 years)   7. Marcelline Légère,   b. 10 Jan 1838, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   8. Luc Légère,   b. 4 Jan 1839, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 Jun 1914, Maisonnette, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 75 years) + 9. Victoire Légère,   b. 1840, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 28 Feb 1908, Paquetville, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 68 years) ▻ Jean-Louis-Israël Boudreau,  m. 7 Jan 1860   10. Phoebée Légère,   b. 17 Dec 1843, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 3 Apr 1887, Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Half siblings	4 half brothers and 4 half sisters (family of Auguste Cormier and Marguerite Haché)
  1. Adèle Cormier,   b. 16 Sep 1841, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   2. Aimé Cormier,   b. 1843, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 May 1876, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 33 years)   3. Isaac Cormier,   b. 1846, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   4. François-Jean Cormier,   b. 22 Feb 1846, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   5. Basilice Cormier,   b. 4 Feb 1848, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 15 Nov 1892, Paquetville, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 44 years)   6. Marie-Reine Cormier,   b. 3 Feb 1850, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 Jun 1876, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 26 years)   7. Justine Cormier,   b. 1852, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada   8. Marie-Angèle Cormier,   b. 14 Mar 1855, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America
  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)  (3 x Great Grandfather)  Élisabeth Melanson  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I11508
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Fabien Légère,   b. Abt 1797, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 19 Feb 1866, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Marguerite Haché,   b. 12 Sep 1810, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1857, Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Oliver Légère(1835 – 1885) 2Fabien Légère(Abt 1797 – 1866) 4Cryille Légère(1776 – 1858) 8Oliver Légère(Abt 1734 – 1818) 16Jacques Légère(Abt 1695 – 1752) 17Anne Amireau(1691 – ) 9Marie-Josephte Herbert 18 19 5Marie-Vénérande Savoie(1780 – 1819) 10Jean-François Savoie(1750 – 1810) 20Jean Savoie dit Djanne(1710 – 1791) 21Anne Landry(1718 – 1803) 11Anne Poirier 22Charles Poirier( – 1798) 23Madeleine Landry 3Marguerite Haché(1810 – 1857) 6Isaac Haché(Abt 1781 – ) 12René Haché dit Gallant(1744 – 1815) 24François Haché dit Gallant(1707 – ) 25Anne Boudrot(1719 – ) 13Margarete Blanchard(1753 – 1796) 26Captain Oliver Blanchard(1726 – 1796) 27Catherine Amirault dite Mirau(Abt 1735 – 1817) 7Marie-Madeleine Thibodeau(1785 – 1868) 14Pierre Thibadau(Abt 1735 – 1819) 28Pierre Thibodeau( – 1723) 29Marie-Josèphte Boudrot(Abt 1701 – ) 15Ann Landry 30Alexis Landry(1721 – 1798) 31Marie Thériault dite Bernard(1719 – )

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 14 Oct 1835 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America Census - 1861 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America Married - 2 Nov 1863 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, British North America Census - 1871 - Caraquet, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 7 Apr 1885 - 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). [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: 52; Family No: 178