Claude GIROUARD

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abt. 1728 , Acadia, Canada

Died

12 July 1816 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Germain GIROUARD Marie DOUCET

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Born: abt. 1728 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Germain GIROUARD

Mother: Marie DOUCET

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

Maternal grandparents: Toussaint Dit François DOUCET , Marie CAISSIE

Claude 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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Claude married Marie BERNARD abt. 1755 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie BERNARD was born 2 November 1740 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie was the child of Michel BERNARD and Marie BRASSEUR.

Claude GIROUARD died 12 July 1816 in Saint-Ours, 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

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

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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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Claude GIROUARD married

Marie BERNARD
Marriage date: abt. 1755
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie BERNARD was the child of Michel BERNARD and Marie BRASSEUR

Children of Claude GIROUARD and Marie BERNARD

Marie GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1759,
Died: ,

Married: Francois-Xavier LANGLOIS 11 October 1779 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Justinien GIROUARD

Born: 3 April 1762, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Died: 15 September 1834, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Charlotte-Louise SASSEVILLE 4 October 1784 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Anastasia GIROURARD

Born: 10 September 1764, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 13 August 1832, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques PLANTE 1800

Marie-Josephte GIROUARD

Born: 18 December 1779, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 18 August 1865, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Louis ARCHAMBAULT 2 October 1797 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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

1762 Birth of Child
Justinien GIROUARD was born 3 April 1762, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Anastasia GIROURARD was born 10 September 1764, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie GIROUARD married 11 October 1779, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Francois-Xavier LANGLOIS

1779 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GIROUARD was born 18 December 1779, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Justinien GIROUARD married 4 October 1784, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Charlotte-Louise SASSEVILLE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GIROUARD married 2 October 1797, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Louis ARCHAMBAULT

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)