https://hauntedmontreal.com/haunted-montreal-blog-83-jeanne-le-bers-ghost.html Ghost Tours Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hauntedmontreal.com/haunted-montreal-blog-83-jeanne-le-bers-ghost.html#comment-38452 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:41:25 +0000 https://hauntedmontreal.com/?p=13809#comment-38452 There are two or three facts or legends worth mentioning about Jeanne Le Ber.
First of all, concerning the forensic inquest on her remains: it’s reported that one of the members of the committee was Kathy Reichs and another was Dr. Marcel Cadotte. Reichs, who’s both a forensic anthropologist and a crime writer, said that the shape of Jeanne Le Ber’s skull clearly showed that she was partly of Black African ancestry. Not all agreed. This should be checked out. CND Archives?
In 1711, Montrealers were terrified of the invading English fleet. Their military commander, Charles Le Moyne, prevailed upon his cousin, Jeanne Le Ber, “to embroider a holy banner with which he could lead his men into battle. On it was a prayer she had written, saying in part, ‘Our enemies put all their confidence in their arms, but we put ours in the name of the Queen of Angels’.” Disaster ensued. “As Walker’s fleet came up the St. Lawrence, it was beset by fog and contrary winds. As many as eight ships were driven onto rocks and sank, with great loss of life and materiel.” See https://montrealgazette.com/sponsored/mtl-375th/from-the-archives-in-1711-montreal-turned-to-prayer-as-hostile-troops-approached-from-new-england.
Following the Conquest and the Cession, 1760-1763, many of the French nobility, including the Le Bers, chose to return to France. The Le Bers drowned in the St. Lawrence.

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