François GIROUARD

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abt. 1710 , Acadia, Canada

Died

30 May 1790 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Germain GIROUARD Jeanne BARIAU (BÉRIAULT)

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Born: abt. 1710 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Germain GIROUARD

Mother: Jeanne BARIAU (BÉRIAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Germain GIROUARD , Marie Françoise BOURGEOIS

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas BARIAU (BARILLOT) (BARRIEU) (BARIAULT) , Martine HÉBERT

François 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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François married Marie POIRIER 25 January 1735 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie POIRIER was born abt. 1719 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie was the child of Michel POIRIER and Jeanne BOURGEOIS.

François married (2) Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 3 November 1762 in Québec, Canada . Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was born abt. 1705 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Catherine died 19 May 1799 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Catherine was the child of Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marie CORPORON.

François GIROUARD died 30 May 1790 in Québec, 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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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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François GIROUARD married

Marie POIRIER
Marriage date: 25 January 1735
Marriage place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Marie POIRIER was the child of Michel POIRIER and Jeanne BOURGEOIS

Children of François GIROUARD and Marie POIRIER

Joseph GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1738, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne DESMOLIERS (DEMOLIER) 13 January 1766 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie Blanche GIROUARD

Born: 9 September 1741, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: ,

Married: Antoine TELMOSSE 2 August 1779 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

François GIROUARD married

Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)
Marriage date: 3 November 1762
Marriage place: Québec, Canada
Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was the child of Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marie CORPORON

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Notre-Dame

Catherine Boudrot married Francois Girouard, son of Germain Girouard and Jeanne Barrieau, on 3 November 1762

Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 727.

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
François GIROUARD and Marie POIRIER 25 January 1735, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1741 Birth of Child
Marie Blanche GIROUARD was born 9 September 1741, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
François GIROUARD and Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 3 November 1762, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIROUARD married 13 January 1766, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie-Anne DESMOLIERS (DEMOLIER)

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.