Claude GIROUARD

(b. abt. 1684 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 14 March 1738 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Claude GIROUARD was born abt. 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia

Claude GIROUARD was the child of Jacques Jacob GIROUARD and Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GIROUARD and Jeanne AUCOIN (maternal) François GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and Marie-Edmée LEJEUNE

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Claude married Elisabeth BLANCHARD 5 February 1709 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Elisabeth BLANCHARD was born abt. 1689 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Elisabeth was the child of Guillaume BLANCHARD and Huguette GOUGEON (GOUJEON).

Claude GIROUARD died 14 March 1738 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Claude GIROUARD married

Elisabeth BLANCHARD-- Date: 5 February 1709 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Elisabeth BLANCHARD was the child of Guillaume BLANCHARD and Huguette GOUGEON (GOUJEON)

On 5 February 1709 Claude, married Élisabeth Blanchard, daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and Hughette Gougeon, in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada

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

Children of Claude GIROUARD and Elisabeth BLANCHARD:

Marie Josèphe GIROUARD (b.9 May 1710, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Charles LANDRY 1728 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Madeleine GIROUARD (b.22 October 1714, Port Royal, Acadia d. 5 March 1735, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Alexandre HEBERT 10 January 1735 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph GIROUARD (b.20 July 1717, Port Royal, Acadia d. 25 August 1776, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Nathalie Anastasie LEBLANC 19 February 1748 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

François GIROUARD (b.13 June 1720, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

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1686 Port Royal
Jacques GIROUARD 38, Marguerite GOTRO 32; children: Alexandre 16, Pierre 14, Jacques 12, Jean 10, Francois 6, Claude 3, Guillaume 3 months, Marie 8, Marguerite 4; 6 arpents, 13 cattle, 15 sheep.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUD 46, Marguerite GOUTROT 39, ALexandre 22, Pierre 20, Jean 17, Marie 15, Francois 13, Marguerite 10, Claude 9, Guillaume 7, Denis 5, Charles 4, Germain 2; 25 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 pigs, 22 arpents, 2 guns
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUARD 50; Margueritte GOTROT (wife) 45; Jacques 24; Jean 22; Francois 20; Marie 18; Marguerite 16; Claude 14; Guillaume 12; Denis 10; Charles 8; Germain 6; Madeleine 3; Anne-Marie 1/ 2; 20 cattle, 30 sheep, 12 hogs, 48 arpents, 18 fruit trees, 1 gun,
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1700 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUARD 53; Marguerite GOUTROT (wife) Alexandre 29; Pierre 27; Jean 24; Francoise 20; Claude 16; Guillaume 14; Denis 12; Charles 11; Germain 9; Marie 22; Marguerite 17; Madelaine 5; Marie 2; 35 cattle, 32 sheep, 26 arpents, 2 guns.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1701 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUARD 52, Marguerite GAUTROT (wife) 45; Jacques GIROUARD 27, Francois 21, Claude 17, Guilaume 14, Germain 7, Denis 12, Chariot 12, Magdeleine 6, Marie 4; 2 guns, 15 cattle, 6 sheep, 3 hogs, 25 arpents;
1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1709 Marriage / Partner
Claude GIROUARD and Elisabeth BLANCHARD 5 February 1709 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1710 Birth of Child
Marie Josèphe GIROUARD was born 9 May 1710, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1714 Birth of Child
Madeleine GIROUARD was born 22 October 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Joseph GIROUARD was born 20 July 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Birth of Child
François GIROUARD was born 13 June 1720, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1735 Marriage of Child
Madeleine GIROUARD married 10 January 1735, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Alexandre HEBERT