Brief Life History of Jean Ignace
Jean Ignace Legras was born in 1706, in Prairie du Rocher, Randolph, Illinois, United States. He married Jeanne Germain about 1731. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died about 1739, at the age of 34.
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- May 1749 marriage of Jean Baptiste Barbeau, widower of Catherine Allard, son of Jean Bapt. Barbeau & Sylvie Lemoine, from New Orleans; and Jeanne Legras, daughter of Jean-Ignace Legras & Jeanne Germain, of Prairie du Rocher. - La population des forts fran
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1722
Historical Boundaries: 1778: Illinois, Virginia, United States 1784: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1787: Northwest Territory, United States 1790: St. Clair, Northwest Territory, United States 1795: Randolph, Northwest Territory, United States 1800: Randolph, Indiana Territory, United States 1809: Randolph, Illinois Territory, United States 1818: Randolph, Illinois, United States
Name Meaning
French:
nickname, with fused masculine definite article le, from gris ‘gray’, denoting a man with gray hair, a gray complexion, or who habitually wore gray.
habitational name from Le Gris, the name of several places in various parts of France. Compare Lagree and Legree .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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