Marie Josephe ARSENAULT

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abt. 1738 , Acadia, Canada

Died

9 December 1813 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Paul ARSENAULT Madeleine HÉBERT

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Born: abt. 1738 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Paul ARSENAULT

Mother: Madeleine HÉBERT

Paternal grandparents: Abraham ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) , Jeanne GAUDET

Maternal grandparents: Jacques HÉBERT , Jeanne GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)

Marie Josephe 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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Marie Josephe married Joseph GIROUARD 3 July 1758 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Joseph GIROUARD was born 19 January 1731 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Joseph died 22 October 1792 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Joseph was the child of François GIROUARD and Anne BOURGEOIS.

Marie Josephe ARSENAULT died 9 December 1813 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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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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Spouse & Children of Marie Josephe ARSENAULT

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Marie Josephe ARSENAULT married

Joseph GIROUARD
Marriage date: 3 July 1758
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Joseph GIROUARD was the child of François GIROUARD and Anne BOURGEOIS

Marriage notes:

On 3 July 1758 in Québec City, Comté de Québec, Québec, Canada, Joseph married Marie-Josèphe Arseneau, the daughter of Paul Arseneau and Madeleine Hébert.

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

Children of Joseph GIROUARD and Marie Josephe ARSENAULT

Josephte GIROUARD

Born: 19 May 1761, Deschaillons, Canada
Died: 1 August 1825, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

Married: Etienne TURGEON 19 February 1787 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Catherine GIROUARD dite MALOUIN

Born: 20 September 1764, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 October 1840, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Charles DUPUIS 6 February 1791 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Angelique GIROUARD dite MALOUIN

Born: 3 July 1766, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 4 October 1826, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Charles HEBERT 22 April 1799 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marguerite GIROUARD

Born: 10 January 1770, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis-Francois DUFAULT 2 October 1797 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Pierre GIROUARD dit MALOUIN

Born: 18 September 1771, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Archange SENET (SENEZ) 18 October 1802 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marie GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1773, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre David PETITOT dit SINCENNE 5 August 1793 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Alexis GIROUARD

Born: 1 August 1773, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 24 January 1840, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Madeleine LANDRY 19 September 1796 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Euphrosine GIROUARD

Born: 27 November 1780, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François THOUIN dit GERMAIN 13 August 1798 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Basile GIROUARD

Born: 21 September 1782, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Angélique LAMOUREUX 16 November 1807 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie Josephe ARSENAULT and Joseph GIROUARD 3 July 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1761 Birth of Child
Josephte GIROUARD was born 19 May 1761, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

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
Catherine GIROUARD dite MALOUIN was born 20 September 1764, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

1766 Birth of Child
Angelique GIROUARD dite MALOUIN was born 3 July 1766, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

1770 Birth of Child
Marguerite GIROUARD was born 10 January 1770, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

1771 Birth of Child
Pierre GIROUARD dit MALOUIN was born 18 September 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

1773 Birth of Child
Alexis GIROUARD was born 1 August 1773, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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.

1780 Birth of Child
Euphrosine GIROUARD was born 27 November 1780, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

1782 Birth of Child
Basile GIROUARD was born 21 September 1782, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Josephte GIROUARD married 19 February 1787, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada to Etienne TURGEON

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Catherine GIROUARD dite MALOUIN married 6 February 1791, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Charles DUPUIS

1792 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph GIROUARD died 22 October 1792, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie GIROUARD married 5 August 1793, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Pierre David PETITOT dit SINCENNE

1796 Marriage of Child
Alexis GIROUARD married 19 September 1796, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Madeleine LANDRY

1797 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GIROUARD married 2 October 1797, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Louis-Francois DUFAULT

1798 Marriage of Child
Euphrosine GIROUARD married 13 August 1798, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to François THOUIN dit GERMAIN

1799 Marriage of Child
Angelique GIROUARD dite MALOUIN married 22 April 1799, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Charles HEBERT

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

1802 Marriage of Child
Pierre GIROUARD dit MALOUIN married 18 October 1802, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Marie-Archange SENET (SENEZ)

1807 Marriage of Child
Basile GIROUARD married 16 November 1807, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Angélique LAMOUREUX

Death — 1813
9 December 1813
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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