Claude GIROUARD

Born

abt. 1699 , Acadia, Canada

Died

18 March 1768 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre GIROUARD Marie COMEAU

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Born: abt. 1699 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Pierre GIROUARD

Mother: Marie COMEAU

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

Maternal grandparents: Jean COMEAU , Françoise HÉBERT

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 Madeleine VINCENT 3 June 1726 in Port Royal, Acadia . Madeleine VINCENT was born abt. 1708 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine died 26 February 1768 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Madeleine was the child of Clement VINCENT and Madeleine LEVRON.

Claude GIROUARD died 18 March 1768 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Claude GIROUARD married

Madeleine VINCENT
Marriage date: 3 June 1726
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Madeleine VINCENT was the child of Clement VINCENT and Madeleine LEVRON

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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

1726 Marriage / Partner
Claude GIROUARD and Madeleine VINCENT 3 June 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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

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.