Madeleine Girouard (abt. 1699)

Born about 1699 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Blanchard — married 11 Jun 1718 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

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Biography

Madeleine was born about 1699. She was the daughter of Alexandre (dit de Ru) Girouard Alexandre Girouard and Marie (Madeleine) Le Borgne Marie Leborgne. She was on the 1701 Census of Port Royal as Mathurine, age 2.

Magdelaine Girouer married Charles Blanchard, son of the late Guillaume Blanchard and the late Huguette Goujon 3 January 1718 in Port Royal, Acadia. Witnesses were Charle Blanchard (the groom), Antoinne Blanchard and J F Flan who have signed, the bride made her mark as did Alexandre Girouer and Pierre Blanchard.^[1][2]

Children, all baptized at Port Royal:

1. Marie Josephe BLANCHARD 1719-1751
2. Anne BLANCHARD 1721-1722
3. Marguerite Madeleine BLANCHARD 1723-1757
4. Ursule BLANCHARD 1726-1747
5. Charles BLANCHARD 1728-
6. Marguerite BLANCHARD 1731-
7. Joseph BLANCHARD 1733-
8. Guillaume BLANCHARD 1735-
9. Anne BLANCHARD 1737-
10. Pierre BLANCHARD 1739-

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 175) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/175?r=0&s=5
2. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Charles Blanchard and Magdelaine Girouer marriage RG 1 volume 26 page 320 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1332

• CENSUS: 1701, Port Royal, Acadia: Alexandre GIROUARD 30, Magdeleine LEBORGNE (wife) 22; Marie 11, Marguerite 9, Jeanne 7, Angelique 3, Alexandre 5, Marie 7, Maturine 2; 1 gun, 20 cattle, 26 sheep, 12 hogs, 10 arpents.

• BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Arsenault, H&G, p. 570 (Port Royal)

• Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version; Repository: Name: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, University of Moncton; Page: BLANCHARD #10. source published by Karen Theriot Reader, Rootsweb.com, Inc.

Text: Witnesses: Antoine BLANCHARD; J.-F. FLAN, who have signed ; Alexandre GIROUARD; Pierre BLANCHARD.

• Genealogy Madeleine Girouard

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Raymond Girouard for starting this profile.