Ancestry of
Beyoncé

Singer and Movie Actress

Josephine Lesser

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Beyoncé — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 31 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1840 
  • Birth Location:
  • Louisiana 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Eloy-René Broussard
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  Frank Broussard

  Eugene Broussard

  Louis Broussard

  Rosalie Broussard

  Jean Broussard

  Olivanir Broussard

  Odelia Broussard (Ahnentafel No:15 )

  Eugenie Broussard

  Edauard Moderant Broussard

  Ovide Broussard

  • Notes: 

  • Josephine Lesser's maiden name is also seen as Lessassier.

• Sources for Josephine Lesser

  • ¹ Federal Census, LA, Iberia Parish, 1880, Petite Anse, E.D. 32, p. 3, Image 3 of 39.
  • ² Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934, Birth record for son Edouard Moderant Broussard.
  • ³ Noël, Jacques, La Diaspora Québécoise, Québec, Canada: Les Éditions GID (2016), 141.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 990.

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