LEVANGIE ( LAVENDIERE)
ABRAHAM LAVENDIERE, BORN 1735. WAS LIVING IN PORT TOULOUSE (ST.
PETERS, CAPE BRETON). HE THEN MOVED TO ILE MADAME AND MARRIED GENEVIEVE BERNARD, DAUGHTER
OF PIERRE BERNARD AND CECILE LONGUESPEE. THEY SETTLED IN ARICHAT AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY.
ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS FAMILY MIGRATED TO HAVRE BOUCHER IN 1785. BY 1817, THERE WERE FOUR
FAMILIES OF LAVENDIERE. OVER THE YEARS THE NAME CHANGED TO LEVANGIE WHICH IS PRESENTLY IN
USE NOW. ALL OF THE LEVANGIES IN ANTIGONISH COUNTY ARE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM LAVENDIERE
& GENEVIEVE BERNARD.
STEPHEN LEVANGIE ARRIVED IN POMQUET AFTER HIS MARRIAGE ON AUG.
30, 1980 TO ELISE BENOIT, DAUGHTER OF ANTHONY BENOIT AND KATHLEEN POIRIER OF D'ESCOUSSE. |
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