Jacques GIROUARD

Born

25 November 1733 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Died

19 April 1813 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Germain GIROUARD Marie DOUCET

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Born: 25 November 1733 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Father: Germain GIROUARD

Mother: Marie DOUCET

Paternal grandparents: Jacques Jacob GIROUARD , Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)

Maternal grandparents: Toussaint Dit François DOUCET , Marie CAISSIE

Jacques 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

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Jacques married Françoise GAUDET abt. 1760 . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Françoise GAUDET was born abt. 1735 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Françoise died 19 March 1815 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Françoise was the child of Augustin GAUDET and Agnès CHIASSON.

Jacques GIROUARD died 19 April 1813 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower 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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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jacques GIROUARD married

Françoise GAUDET
Marriage date: abt. 1760
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Françoise GAUDET was the child of Augustin GAUDET and Agnès CHIASSON

Children of Jacques GIROUARD and Françoise GAUDET

Joseph GIROUARD

Born: 15 March 1762, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Marguerite DUMAS 14 January 1788 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin CHARTIER 12 January 1784 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François GIROUARD

Born: 29 October 1774, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 August 1853, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Osithee LANGLOIS 24 February 1794 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie Françoise GIROUARD

Born: 30 September 1776, , Canada
Died: 20 December 1871, Verchères, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste BERNARD 21 September 1795 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1733
25 November 1733
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph GIROUARD was born 15 March 1762, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 28 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1774 Birth of Child
François GIROUARD was born 29 October 1774, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 40 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.