Anne Helene GIROUARD

(b. 14 April 1728 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 1 September 1807 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Anne Helene GIROUARD was born 14 April 1728 in Port Royal, Acadia

Anne Helene 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

Anne Helene 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):

Anne Helene married Claude BENOIT 14 February 1746 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Claude BENOIT was born abt. 1713 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Claude died 11 August 1784 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Claude was the child of Claude BENOIT and Jeanne HÉBERT.

Anne Helene GIROUARD died 1 September 1807 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada .
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Family and Children of Anne Helene GIROUARD

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Anne Helene GIROUARD married

Claude BENOIT-- Date: 14 February 1746 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Thanks to Gail

Claude BENOIT was the child of Claude BENOIT and Jeanne HÉBERT

From An Acadian Parish Remembered
The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste
Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

14 February 1746 Marriage Claude Benoits and Anne Girouard

On 14 February 1746 in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada, Anne-Hélène married Claude Benoit, the son of Claude Benoit and Jeanne Hébert.

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

Canada Marriages, 1661-1949
groom's name: Claude Benoit
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace: Saint Joseph De La Vieciaire De Canard
groom's age:
bride's name: Anne Girouard
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace: Annapolis Royal
bride's age:
marriage date: 14 Feb 1746
marriage place: Annapolis Royal, Digby, Nova Scotia
groom's father's name: Claude Benoit
groom's mother's name: Jeanne Herbert
bride's father's name: Francois Girouard
bride's mother's name: Anne Girouard
groom's race:
groom's marital status: Unknown
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status: Unknown
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M53406-2
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1320000
reference number: p307
source: familysearch.org

Children of Claude BENOIT and Anne Helene GIROUARD:

Joseph BENOIT (b.abt. 1749, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marguerite Felicite DAIGLE 9 September 1771 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
m. Marie-Esther LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 4 February 1799 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jean Baptiste BENOIT (b.abt. 1750, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Anne Madeleine ROY 10 February 1777 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
m. Marie-Anne DESMARAIS 25 February 1805 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre BENOIT (b.abt. 1759, , Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 31 October 1816, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine MATHIEU 26 February 1781 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Antoine BENOIT (b.30 January 1762, Saint-Ours, Canada d. 7 May 1834, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine NAULT 29 September 1783 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
m. Marguerite CHAPDELAINE 30 May 1796 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
m. Marie ST-MARTIN 13 February 1804 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel BENOIT (b.18 September 1763, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 August 1829, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise NAULT (HENAULT) 18 October 1784 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marguerite BENOIT (b.17 May 1765, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 May 1824, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. François DAIGLE 9 January 1786 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Charles BENOIT (b.abt. 1767, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

François BENOIT (b.abt. 1768, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1794, )

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1728 Birth
14 April 1728
Port Royal, Acadia

Baptism - St. Jean Baptiste - Annapolis Royal, Acadia
17 April 1728
Baptism
Anne Helene Giroard
born 14 April 1728, born and baptised at the house by Guillaume Blanchard, 14 April 1728
Father: François Giroard
Mother: Anne Bourgeois
Godparents:
Claude Bourgeois
Marie Joseph Giroard, daughter of Claude Giroard

www.gov.ns.ca/ nsarm/ cap/ acadian/ registers_image.asp?ID=1647&Search=helene%20girouard&fieldSelect=name
The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

1746 Marriage / Partner
Anne Helene GIROUARD and Claude BENOIT 14 February 1746, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 17 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Antoine BENOIT was born 30 January 1762, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Anne Helene was 33 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Michel BENOIT was born 18 September 1763, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Anne Helene was 35 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marguerite BENOIT was born 17 May 1765, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Anne Helene was 37 years old.

1771 Marriage of Child
Joseph BENOIT married 9 September 1771, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marguerite Felicite DAIGLE

1775 - 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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste BENOIT married 10 February 1777, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Anne Madeleine ROY

1781 Marriage of Child
Pierre BENOIT married 26 February 1781, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Madeleine MATHIEU

1783 Marriage of Child
Antoine BENOIT married 29 September 1783 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Catherine NAULT

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claude BENOIT died 11 August 1784, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1784 Marriage of Child
Michel BENOIT married 18 October 1784, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Françoise NAULT (HENAULT)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BENOIT married 9 January 1786, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to François DAIGLE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage of Child
Antoine BENOIT married 30 May 1796, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marguerite CHAPDELAINE

1799 Marriage of Child
Joseph BENOIT married 4 February 1799, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Esther LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1804 Marriage of Child
Antoine BENOIT married 13 February 1804, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie ST-MARTIN

1805 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste BENOIT married 25 February 1805, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie-Anne DESMARAIS