Pierre GIROUARD

Born

10 October 1721 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

25 October 1763 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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Born: 10 October 1721 in Port Royal, Acadia

Parents of Pierre GIROUARD

Father

François GIROUARD

Mother

Anne BOURGEOIS

Grandparents of Pierre GIROUARD

Paternal grandparents

Jacques Jacob GIROUARD Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)

Maternal grandparents

Germain BOURGEOIS Madeleine DUGAS

Pierre was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marie Josephe FOREST 4 February 1743 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Josephe FOREST was born abt. 1723 in Acadia, Canada. Marie Josephe died 5 January 1758 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie Josephe was the child of Joseph FOREST and Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU).

Pierre married (2) Madeleine DOUCET 18 February 1760 in Deschambault, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DOUCET was born abt. 1726 in Acadia, Canada. Madeleine died 13 June 1810 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . Madeleine was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER.

Pierre GIROUARD died 25 October 1763 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre GIROUARD

Pierre GIROUARD married

Marie Josephe FOREST
Marriage date: 4 February 1743
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Josephe FOREST was the child of Joseph FOREST and Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

Marriage notes:

On 4 February 1743 in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada, Pierre married Marie-Josèphe Forest, the daughter of Joseph Forest and Marie Guilbeau.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Pierre GIROUARD and Marie Josephe FOREST

Marie-Louise GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1747, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 25 April 1838, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph MARTIN dit BARNABÉ 22 June 1767 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Anastasie GIROUARD dite MALOUIN

Born: abt. 1752,
Died: 29 January 1812, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Amable MARTIN 27 January 1772 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre GIROUARD married

Madeleine DOUCET
Marriage date: 18 February 1760
Marriage place: Deschambault, Canada
Madeleine DOUCET was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER

Marriage notes:

On 18 February 1760 in Deschambault, Comté de Portneuf, Québec, Canada, Pierre married Madeleine Doucet, the daughter of François Doucet and Marie Poirier, and the widow of François Cormier.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Pierre GIROUARD and Madeleine DOUCET

Marie-Charlotte GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 17 May 1787, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin PICOTE 25 January 1778 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1721
10 October 1721
Port Royal, Acadia

1743 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GIROUARD and Marie Josephe FOREST 4 February 1743, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 21 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Josephe FOREST died 5 January 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1760 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GIROUARD and Madeleine DOUCET 18 February 1760 , Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 38 years old.

Death — 1763
25 October 1763
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 42.

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