Redfern Lineage Genealogy
Isabella Redfern 1819-1896
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Thomas Redfern Culley 1856-1929
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James Bruce Culley 1877-1947
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Louise Seavey Culley 1913-1986
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Peter Michael Legere 1954-
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Ryan Michael Legere 1993-
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Redfern Lineage Designs takes its name from Isabella Redfern Culley (1819–1896), an Englishwoman whose descendants spread across Canada, the United States, and Australia. She was the great-great-great-grandmother of founder Ryan Légère and a woman ahead of her time. The fact that so many descendants carry her surname as a given name — and that multiple businesses have been named in her honour — speaks to the deep respect her children and grandchildren held for their family matriarch. Her enduring legacy, carried proudly through generations, inspires the mission of our work today: preserving family histories with the same care and devotion she gave to her own family.
About us
Founded by Ryan Légère in 2023, Redfern Lineage Genealogy preserves your family’s legacy through expert genealogy research and custom family tree designs.
Based in Montreal and originally from New Brunswick, Ryan has helped clients across Canada and the United States uncover their family histories and create heirloom-quality, personalized projects that celebrate their heritage.
Ryan has spent years navigating archival records across North America and Europe, driven by a passion for uncovering the lives hidden within old documents. His love of languages has enabled him to research families from countries including Germany, France, Poland, Italy, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Australia. He is also trained in DNA analysis, helping reconnect families and identify previously unknown relatives. He has successfully discovered biological parents and grandparents for multiple clients — work he is particularly passionate about, knowing the profound difference it can make in a client’s understanding of their own background and identity. Every custom chart genealogy report he creates is approached with the same care: transforming research into family history reports and custom-designed trees that are not only accurate, but beautiful and visually-striking keepsakes meant to be passed down for generations.
Ryan Legere
Ryan Legere is the founder of Redfern Lineage Genealogy, a genealogist and author specializing in tracing French Canadian and Loyalist families from eastern Canada. He is currently writing a comprehensive genealogy of the Culley family, uncovering descendants across the United States, Canada, Australia, and United Kingdom, and bringing to light connections that span generations and continents.
Raised in New Brunswick, Ryan maintains strong ties to the province’s genealogical community while focusing on Acadian, Scottish Highlander, and Loyalist settler families—many of which are part of his own ancestry. He is an active member of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada, and the Monarchist League of Canada,
Ryan holds degrees in Music Education and Arts (French and History) from Wilfrid Laurier University, and completed a Travel Study Certificate through the University of New Brunswick and Hangzhou Dianzi University in China. Fluent in French, he accesses, interprets, and translates historical records in multiple languages and has completed projects involving records from the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Australia, Luxembourg, Jamaica, Mexico, Spain.
Professionally, Ryan has worked as a Business Immigration Analyst and Business Development Officer with Canadian and American immigration law firms, and has experience as a Statistics Canada census enumerator and he taught english and music at a summer academy in the Valencia region of Spain in 2018. Now based in Montreal, Quebec, he founded Redfern Lineage Genealogy in 2023, helping clients across North America and Europe create custom family trees, reunion displays, complete DNA analysis, and resolve cases of unknown parentage or adoption. His work combines traditional historical research, legal expertise, and modern genealogy techniques to deliver accurate, meaningful, and visually compelling family historie that can be appreciated by current and future generations.
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