Jacques Jacob GIROUARD

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abt. 1648 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

27 October 1703 , Port Royal, Acadia

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François GIROUARD Jeanne AUCOIN

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Born: abt. 1648 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: François GIROUARD

Mother: Jeanne AUCOIN

Maternal grandparents: Martin AUCOIN , Barbe MINGUET

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Jacques Jacob married Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) abt. 1669 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) was born abt. 1654 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died 2 August 1727 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite was the child of François GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and Marie-Edmée LEJEUNE.

Jacques Jacob GIROUARD died 27 October 1703 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Jacques Jacob GIROUARD married

Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)
Marriage date: abt. 1669
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) was the child of François GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and Marie-Edmée LEJEUNE

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"Older son Jacques dit Jacob, born in c1648, married Marguerite, daughter of Francois Gautrot, at Port-Royal in c1670. They had 14 children, including nine sons who married into the Le Borgne de Bélisle, Comeau, Doiron, Petitpas, Amireau dit Tourangeau, Bourgeois, Guilbeau, Blanchard, Bernard dit Renochet, Barrieau, Bastarache, Pitre, and Doucet families. Three of their daughters married into the Granger, Doucet, and Richard dit Beaupré families. Jacques dit Jacob and his family lived for a time at Cobeguit, but he returned to Port-Royal. Jacques dit Jacob died at Port-Royal in October 1703, in his mid-50s. Some of his descendants moved to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, probably to escape British authority in Nova Scotia. "

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Children of Jacques Jacob GIROUARD and Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)

Alexandre GIROUARD

Born: November 1671, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 23 September 1744, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Marie Madeleine LEBORGNE DE BELISLE 1694 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1672, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Marie COMEAU 1697 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Married: Marie DOIRON 14 November 1709 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Jacques GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1674, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 18 June 1741, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Anne PETITPAS 3 November 1704 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Married: Jeanne AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) 26 November 1725 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1675, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Marie GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1678, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Jacques GRANGER 1708

François GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1680, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: November 1752, , Acadia, Canada

Married: Anne BOURGEOIS 7 February 1708 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Married: Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) 16 January 1737 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1682, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Louis DOUCET 1701 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Claude GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 14 March 1738, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Elisabeth BLANCHARD 5 February 1709 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Guillaume GIROUARD

Born: October 1685, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 23 November 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Marie BERNARD dite RENOCHET 1713 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Denis GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1688, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 26 December 1709, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Married: Marguerite BARIAU (BARIAULT) 15 October 1709 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Charles GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1689, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1751, , Acadia, Canada

Married: Anne BASTARACHE 14 November 1713 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Married: Marie Josephe PITRE 16 June 1744 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Germain GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1691, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 18 July 1760, Restigouche County, Acadia

Married: Marie DOUCET 1710 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Madeleine GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1694, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1752, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Pierre RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ 26 January 1712 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne Marie GIROUARD

Born: abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 10 September 1709, Port Royal, Acadia

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUARD 23, wife Marguerite GAUTEROT; Child: Alexandre; cattle 7, sheep 3.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Birth of Child
Alexandre GIROUARD was born November 1671, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1685 Birth of Child
Guillaume GIROUARD was born October 1685, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1686 Port Royal
Jacques GIROUARD 38, Marguerite GOTRO 32; children: Alexandre 16, Pierre 14, Jacques 12, Jean 10, Francois 6, Claude 3, Guillaume 3 months, Marie 8, Marguerite 4; 6 arpents, 13 cattle, 15 sheep.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUD 46, Marguerite GOUTROT 39, ALexandre 22, Pierre 20, Jean 17, Marie 15, Francois 13, Marguerite 10, Claude 9, Guillaume 7, Denis 5, Charles 4, Germain 2; 25 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 pigs, 22 arpents, 2 guns
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III
In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read full story

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUARD 50; Margueritte GOTROT (wife) 45; Jacques 24; Jean 22; Francois 20; Marie 18; Marguerite 16; Claude 14; Guillaume 12; Denis 10; Charles 8; Germain 6; Madeleine 3; Anne-Marie 1/ 2; 20 cattle, 30 sheep, 12 hogs, 48 arpents, 18 fruit trees, 1 gun,
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1700 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUARD 53; Marguerite GOUTROT (wife) Alexandre 29; Pierre 27; Jean 24; Francoise 20; Claude 16; Guillaume 14; Denis 12; Charles 11; Germain 9; Marie 22; Marguerite 17; Madelaine 5; Marie 2; 35 cattle, 32 sheep, 26 arpents, 2 guns.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1701 Port Royal
Jacob GIROUARD 52, Marguerite GAUTROT (wife) 45; Jacques GIROUARD 27, Francois 21, Claude 17, Guilaume 14, Germain 7, Denis 12, Chariot 12, Magdeleine 6, Marie 4; 2 guns, 15 cattle, 6 sheep, 3 hogs, 25 arpents;
1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Death — 1703
27 October 1703
Port Royal, Acadia

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Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Website: From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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