Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Joseph  GIROUARD

  (b. 19 January 1731 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 22 October 1792 Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )  

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Joseph GIROUARD was born 19 January 1731 in Port Royal, Acadia

Joseph GIROUARD was the child of François GIROUARD   and   Anne BOURGEOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques Jacob GIROUARD and Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) (maternal)  Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph  married  Françoise BLANCHARD 6 November 1752 in Port Royal, Acadia .  Françoise BLANCHARD  was born abt. 1732 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Françoise died 30 November 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).  Françoise was the child of Guillaume BLANCHARD and Jeanne DUPUIS.

Joseph  married  (2) Marie Josephe ARSENAULT 3 July 1758 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie Josephe ARSENAULT  was born abt. 1738 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Marie Josephe died 9 December 1813 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan).  Marie Josephe was the child of Paul ARSENAULT and Madeleine HÉBERT.

Joseph GIROUARD died 22 October 1792 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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Family and Children of Joseph GIROUARD

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Joseph GIROUARD married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Françoise BLANCHARD-- Date: 6 November 1752 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Françoise BLANCHARD was the child of Guillaume BLANCHARD and Jeanne DUPUIS


On 6 November 1752 in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada, Joseph married Françoise Blanchard, the daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and Jeanne Dupuis.

(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 Françoise BLANCHARD:



Joseph GIROUARD married Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor Marie Josephe ARSENAULT-- Date: 3 July 1758 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie Josephe ARSENAULT was the child of Paul ARSENAULT and Madeleine HÉBERT


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:

flag female ancestor Josephte GIROUARD (b.19 May 1761, Deschaillons, Canada   d. 1 August 1825, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada)
m. Etienne TURGEON 19 February 1787 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

flag female ancestor Catherine GIROUARD dite MALOUIN (b.20 September 1764, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 20 October 1840, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Charles DUPUIS 6 February 1791 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

flag female ancestor Angelique GIROUARD dite MALOUIN (b.3 July 1766, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 4 October 1826, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Charles HEBERT 22 April 1799 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

flag female ancestor Marguerite GIROUARD (b.10 January 1770, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada   d. , )
m. Louis-Francois DUFAULT 2 October 1797 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

flag male ancestor Pierre GIROUARD dit MALOUIN (b.18 September 1771, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada   d. , )
m. Marie-Archange SENET (SENEZ) 18 October 1802 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

flag female ancestor Marie GIROUARD (b.abt. 1773, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )
m. Pierre David PETITOT dit SINCENNE 5 August 1793 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

flag male ancestor Alexis GIROUARD (b.1 August 1773, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 24 January 1840, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine LANDRY 19 September 1796 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

flag female ancestor Euphrosine GIROUARD (b.27 November 1780, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada   d. , )
m. François THOUIN dit GERMAIN 13 August 1798 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

flag male ancestor Basile GIROUARD (b.21 September 1782, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada   d. , )
m. Angélique LAMOUREUX 16 November 1807 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)



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birth1731 Birth
19 January 1731
Port Royal, Acadia
marriage1752 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GIROUARD and Françoise BLANCHARD 6 November 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 21 years old.
1757 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise BLANCHARD died 30 November 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
marriage1758 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GIROUARD and Marie Josephe ARSENAULT 3 July 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 27 years old.
1761 Birth of Child
Josephte GIROUARD was born 19 May 1761, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Joseph was 30 years old.
Kings and Queens1763 - 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)

Joseph was 33 years old.
1766 Birth of Child
Angelique GIROUARD dite MALOUIN was born 3 July 1766, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph was 35 years old.
1770 Birth of Child
Marguerite GIROUARD was born 10 January 1770, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Joseph was 39 years old.
1771 Birth of Child
Pierre GIROUARD dit MALOUIN was born 18 September 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph was 40 years old.
1773 Birth of Child
Alexis GIROUARD was born 1 August 1773, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph was 42 years old.
News1775 - 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)

Joseph was 49 years old.
1782 Birth of Child
Basile GIROUARD was born 21 September 1782, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Joseph was 51 years old.
marriage1787 Marriage of Child
Josephte GIROUARD married 19 February 1787, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada to Etienne TURGEON
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1791 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
death1792 Death
22 October 1792
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 61.
Added: 8/20/2010 11:33:34 AM - Updated: 5/14/2020 8:57:04 AM

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