Leger Family History
- Leger Name Meaning
- French (Léger) and English: from the Germanic personal name Leodegar (see Ledger). French: nickname from léger ‘light’, ‘superficial’. English: see Letcher. Dutch (also de Leger): occupational name from Middle Dutch legger, ligger ‘bailiff’, ‘tax collector’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 794,706 Historical Documents with Leger on Ancestry
- 131,093 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 47,031 Census and Voter Lists
- 7,742 Military Records
- 6,641 Immigration Records
- 602,199 Member Trees
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Number of Leger families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Leger families
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64 - 126 22 - 63 |
1 - 21 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Leger census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Leger census records
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