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Descendants of Francois Girouard
Generation No. 1
1. FRANCOIS1 GIROUARD was born Abt. 1621 in Chaussee, Vienne, Loudun, France. He married JEANNE AUCOIN. She was born 26 Nov 1630 in La Rochelle, Charente Mar, France, and died 18 Apr 1718 in Port Royal, Acadie.
Notes for FRANCOIS GIROUARD:
OUR FRENCH HERITAGE
THE FIRST FAMILIES OF Acadie - CENSUS OF 1671
Francois GIROUARD, 50; wife Jeanne AUCOIN 40; Children (3 married): Jacob 23, Marie 20, Marie Magdeleine 17, (not married): Germain 14, Anne 12; cattle 16, sheep 12.
The Girouard family, originally from Paris, travelled to Port Royal in 1642. François-Jacques was the first Girouard in Acadia, where his descendants still live today. One of his sons, Paul-Gervais, is of particular interest to us; born in 1744 in Connecticut, he married Geneviève Therriault and was living in Halifax in 1768. This future founder of Bouctouche subsequently travelled to Menoudie, where he resided for many years; he then moved to Petitcoudiac, whence he travelled to Bouctouche between 1792 and 1795.
Paul-Gervais had 12 children, including four sons who all began families in the Bouctouche area. Six of his children married Cormiers, children of Jacques and Osithe Pothier (this Jacques lived on the point, where the first church was erected in Bouctouche, called the Pointe-à-Jacquot Jacquot's Point).
One of the Girouards, also known as Bistet, lived a most extraordinary life. On July 28, 1755, Governor Lawrence of Halifax decided to have the Acadians deported once and for all; on August 11, he had the unsuspecting people of the locale meet at Fort Beauséjour, where he then jailed 250 of the men. It was difficult for the women and children to arrange visits to the men; the women would go to the prison as a group, bringing food and even women's clothing for the prisoners to use to try to escape. In addition, 86 prisoners managed to dig a hole through the compound walls and thus escape. The opening was so small that one of the English soldiers inspecting the area was killed trying to pass through it. Among the escapees was the elder Girouard, also known as Bistet, and Michel Bastarache (also known as O'Bask), husband of Marguerite Gaudet.
Children of FRANCOIS GIROUARD and JEANNE AUCOIN are:
i. JACOB2 GIROUARD, b. Abt. 1648; m. MARGUERITE GAUTEROT; b. Abt. 1655, Port Royal, Acadie.
Notes for JACOB GIROUARD:
OUR FRENCH HERITAGE
THE FIRST FAMILIES OF Acadie - CENSUS OF 1671
Jacob GIROUARD, 23; wife Marguerite GAUTROT; Child: Alexandre; cattle 7, sheep 3.
ii. MARIE GIROUARD, b. Abt. 1651, Port Royal, Acadie; m. JACQUES BELOU, Abt. 1670, Port Royal, Acadie; b. Abt. 1641, Port Royal, Acadie.
Notes for JACQUES BELOU:
OUR FRENCH HERITAGE
THE FIRST FAMILIES OF Acadie - CENSUS OF 1671
Jacques BELOU, cooper, 30; wife Marie GIROUARD 20; Child: Marie 8 months; cattle 7, sheep 1.
More About JACQUES BELOU and MARIE GIROUARD:
Marriage: Abt. 1670, Port Royal, Acadie
iii. MARIE MADELEINE GIROUARD, b. Abt. 1654, Port Royal, Acadie; d. Abt. 1707, Beaubassin, Acadie; m. THOMAS CHARLES CORMIER, Abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadie; b. Abt. 1636, Charente-, Maritime, La Rochelle, France; d. Beaubassin, Acadie.
Notes for THOMAS CHARLES CORMIER:
OUR FRENCH HERITAGE
THE FIRST FAMILIES OF Acadie - CENSUS OF 1671
Thomas CORMIER, carpenter, 35; wife Madeline GIROUARD 17; Child: 1 daughter 2; cattle 7, sheep 7.
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Details on Thomas Cormier
Date: 1636
Location: Beaubassin
Surname: Cormier
Name: Thomas
Comment: Parents of Madeleine Girouard were from Port-Royal
Work: Carpenter and cultivator
Wife: Madeleine Girouard
Father of husband: Robert Cormier
Mother of husband: Marie Péraud
Father of wife: François Girouard
Mother of wife: Jeanne Aucoin
Date maried: near 1688
Location of husband: Port-Royal
Location of wife: Beaubassin
Number of children: 10
Date of death: deceased near 1690
Source : Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens vol. 3.
More About THOMAS CORMIER and MARIE GIROUARD:
Marriage: Abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadie
iv. GERMAIN GIROUARD, b. Abt. 1657.
v. ANNE GIROUARD, b. Abt. 1659.
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