Germain GIROUARD

(b. abt. 1691 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 18 July 1760 , Restigouche County, Acadia )

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Germain GIROUARD was born abt. 1691 in Port Royal, Acadia

Germain GIROUARD was the child of Jacques Jacob GIROUARD and Marguerite GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GIROUARD and Jeanne AUCOIN (maternal) François GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and Marie-Edmée LEJEUNE

Germain 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):

Germain married Marie DOUCET abt. 1710 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie DOUCET was born abt. 1692 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie was the child of Toussaint Dit François DOUCET and Marie CAISSIE.

Germain GIROUARD died 18 July 1760 in Restigouche County, Acadia.
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Family and Children of Germain GIROUARD

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Germain GIROUARD married

Marie DOUCET-- Date: abt. 1710 Place: , Acadia, Canada
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Marie DOUCET was the child of Toussaint Dit François DOUCET and Marie CAISSIE

About 1710 Germain, married Marie Doucet, daughter of Toussaint Doucet and Marie Caissie, in Acadia, Canada.

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

Children of Germain GIROUARD and Marie DOUCET:

Germain Jacques GIROUARD (b.abt. 1711, , Acadia, Canada d. 31 May 1779, Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 24 November 1733 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Marguerite HENRY 4 July 1763 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie Madeleine GIROUARD (b.abt. 1712, , Acadia, Canada d. 24 November 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Claude GAUDET 27 September 1734 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Anne GIROUARD (b.abt. 1721, , Acadia, Canada d. April 1770, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France)
m. Pierre GAUDET 14 November 1740 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Michel GIROUARD (b.abt. 1723, , Acadia, Canada d. 22 March 1797, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite HACHE dite GALLANT 1743 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Claude GIROUARD (b.abt. 1728, , Acadia, Canada d. 12 July 1816, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Marie BERNARD 1755 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jacques GIROUARD (b.25 November 1733, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 19 April 1813, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Françoise GAUDET 1760

Marguerite GIROUARD (b.abt. 1734, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre POIRIER 1754

Marie Josephte GIROUARD (b.16 December 1734, , Acadia, Canada d. 5 May 1814, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Michel GAUDET 1750 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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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

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

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage of Child
Germain Jacques GIROUARD married 24 November 1733, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

1733 Birth of Child
Jacques GIROUARD was born 25 November 1733, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1734 Marriage of Child
Marie Madeleine GIROUARD married 27 September 1734, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Claude GAUDET

1734 Birth of Child
Marie Josephte GIROUARD was born 16 December 1734, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1740 Marriage of Child
Anne GIROUARD married 14 November 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Pierre GAUDET

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