1. | Joseph Legary was born on 15 Aug 1790 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada (son of Jacques Joseph Legare and Marie Louise Trudel); died on 7 Sep 1854 in Perth, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 13 Sep 1854 in Old Burying Ground, Perth, Ontario, Canada. Notes:
Burial Info:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158090552/joseph-legary
Interred 13 Sep 1854 aged (blank) years in presence of (blank). (Most likely Joseph Legary born Lower Canada circa 1790 found on the 1852 census in Bathurst with wife Ann Ellison)
[St. John the Baptist Parish Register]
Son of Jacques-Joseph Legaré and Marie-Agnès Trudel.
Surname on 1852 census as Legary.
A Sergeant in the Canadian Fencibles he completed Settlement Duties on Lot 27, X Concession of Bathurst Twp. 31 Dec 1819 and was Granted a Patent for the land on 17 May 1820.
He married Anne "Nancy" Ellison 4 Nov 1817 at the First Presbyterian Church by the Rev. William Bell
A veteran of the war of 1812
More about Joseph Legary and his military service in the war of 1812:
https://gravesideproject.ca/?p=328
Thanks to Bill Amell
Joseph Legary military service: War of 1812:
Between 1808 and 1813, Quartermaster Sergeant (QMSgt) Joseph Legare had risen through the ranks and was a staff member of the regiment. A few months later, the regiment was dispatched south of Montreal, and would help to defend the territory against an American invasion in October 1813 at the Battle of Chateauguay.
The colonial regiment was renamed the Canadian Fencibles, and posted to serve garrison duty between 1814 and 1815 to defend Fort Henry at Kingston, which was a strategic location at the entrance of the St. Lawrence River, and the gateway to Lake Ontario.
Credit: William Amell - full story at the following link:
https://gravesideproject.ca/?p=328
War of 1812 Perth Military Records - Joseph Legary listed on the right hand side half way down:
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c4651/11
Full record - line 610 on the left:
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c4651/49
More 1812 records - he was awarded the Chateauguay medal for serving in that battle in the war of 1812:
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/british-military-naval-records-documents/Pages/item.aspx?PageID=1672723
Joseph Legare awarded 100 acres in Broughton township for his service in the war of 1812 (Page 5 (683):
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4370530?docsearchtext=quebec%20gazette%201839%20august%2029
Joseph married Ann (Nancy) Ellison on 4 Nov 1817 in Perth, Ontario, Canada. Ann (daughter of Samuel Ellison and Ann Ellison) was born on 17 Aug 1800; died on 25 Nov 1865 in Bathurst, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Anne Legary was born on 5 Feb 1827 in Balderson, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Mar 1911 in Dalhousie Lake, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Columbkill church, McDonalds Corners, Ontario, Canada.
- James Legary was born on 13 Aug 1836 in Bathurst, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Dec 1910 in Lanark Counry, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dec 1910 in Saint Columbkill's Parish Cemetery McDonald Corners, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
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