Marie Josephe FOREST

(b. abt. 1723 , Acadia, Canada d. 5 January 1758 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Marie Josephe FOREST was born abt. 1723 in Acadia, Canada

Marie Josephe FOREST was the child of Joseph FOREST and Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) René FOREST and Françoise DUGAS (maternal) Charles GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) and Anne BOURG

Marie Josephe 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):

Marie Josephe married Pierre GIROUARD 4 February 1743 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre GIROUARD was born 10 October 1721 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Pierre died 25 October 1763 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Pierre was the child of François GIROUARD and Anne BOURGEOIS.

Marie Josephe FOREST died 5 January 1758 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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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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Family and Children of Marie Josephe FOREST

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Marie Josephe FOREST married

Pierre GIROUARD-- Date: 4 February 1743 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Pierre GIROUARD was the child of François GIROUARD and Anne BOURGEOIS

On 4 February 1743 in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada, Pierre married Marie-Josèphe Forest, the daughter of Joseph Forest and Marie Guilbeau.

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

Children of Pierre GIROUARD and Marie Josephe FOREST:

Marie-Louise GIROUARD (b.abt. 1747, , Acadia, Canada d. 25 April 1838, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph MARTIN dit BARNABÉ 22 June 1767 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Anastasie GIROUARD dite MALOUIN (b.abt. 1752, d. 29 January 1812, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Amable MARTIN 27 January 1772 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1743 Marriage / Partner
Marie Josephe FOREST and Pierre GIROUARD 4 February 1743, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)