Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET

(b. 4 August 1720 , Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1803 , Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET was born 4 August 1720 in Port Royal, Acadia

Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET was the child of Charles GIROUARD and Anne BASTARACHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques Jacob GIROUARD and Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) (maternal) Jean-Joannis BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE and Huguette Agathe VINCENT

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

Joseph married Anne DOUCET 16 July 1743 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne DOUCET was born abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Anne was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER.

Joseph married (2) Jeanne BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) abt. 1761 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was born 1 April 1731 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jeanne was the child of Pierre BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Jeanne GAUDET.

Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET died abt. 1803 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET married

Anne DOUCET-- Date: 16 July 1743 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Anne DOUCET was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER

Children of Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET and Anne DOUCET:

Anne-Hélene GIROUARD (b.abt. 1744, Port Royal, Acadia d. 5 April 1823, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Pierre BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) 29 August 1768 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET married

Jeanne BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)-- Date: abt. 1761 Place:
Jeanne BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was the child of Pierre BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Jeanne GAUDET

Children of Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET and Jeanne BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU):

Marie Madeleine GIROUARD (b.October 1762, Pisiquit, Acadia d. 30 November 1820, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Joseph BASTARACHE 1778

Rosalie GIROUARD (b.abt. 1767, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1790, )
m. Charles "Charlitte" LEBLANC 1786

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1720 Birth
4 August 1720
Port Royal, Acadia

Baptism

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

1743 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GIROUARD dit BISTET and Anne DOUCET 16 July 1743, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

He was 22 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Marie Madeleine GIROUARD was born October 1762, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

Joseph was 42 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Anne-Hélene GIROUARD married 29 August 1768, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada to Pierre BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

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.