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ID: 7659
Name: Pierre Leignes (M)
Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1697 Date Deceased: *19-Oct-1772  Age at Death: 75
Location: Sorèze, Languedoc, France Location: Amsterdam, NL
Parents
Father: 7673 Elie Leignes (b: <>1670)
Mother: 7674 Anne Fabre (b: 16-Jun-1667)
Spouses / Partners
7660 Marie Madelaine Rey (b: 8-Oct-1693) (d: 28-Feb-1769) Date Married: 15-Dec-1726, Waalse Kerk, Groningen
Children
IDNameGenderBirth DateBirth PlaceDeceasedAgeLocationLiving
7663Catherine Jeanne LeignesF28-Sep-1729Groningen, NL0
7661Paul Jacques LeignesM5-Dec-1731Groningen, NL18-Nov-176736Emden, Germany0
7662Marie Madelaine LeignesF17-Feb-1733Groningen, NL20-Mar-1733<1Groningen0
7652Guillaume LeignesM13-Dec-1734Groningen, NL23-Apr-180672Amsterdam, NL0
Notes
Pierre Leignes was a Huguenot Refugee from  the town of  Sorèze in Languedoc province. In 1730, he was an Elder of the Walloon church in Groningen, and listed in church records as a "Fabrikant (Manufacturer)" by profession.<br><br>Information from Groningen`s archives indicates that Pierre Leignes succeeded Jean La Carrière in a fashion shop that also sold such health and beauty remedies as Sirop de Capilaire a la Fleur d`Orange, in addition to Faber`s Elixer, and other popular potions of that time.<br /><br />
Although it would seem Pierre spent most of his working life in Groningen, he moved with the rest of his family to Amsterdam in his later years, and was buried on 19-Oct-1772 at the cemetery of the Waalsche (or French) Gereformeerde Kerk</em> in Amsterdam.<br />
Sources
Municipal Archives Groningen, Amsterdam

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