Joseph Nicolas Girouard (abt. 1755 - abt. 1789)

Born about 1755 in Halifax, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph Nicolas was born in Acadie between 1754 and 1759. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Girouard and Madeleine LeBlanc. ^[1]

Some time between 1756 and 1757, the Girouard family who was residing in Memramcook, fled to Camp d'Espérance, established at the end of the summer of 1756 to protect from famine and from the roundups of the British soldiers the approximately 1250 Acadians who went there. ^[2]

In 1761, the family was residing in Nepisiguit where they had sought refuge for their 2 sons and 2 daughters. ^[3] Another census was taken in November that year. There were 5 people recorded in Nepisiguit.^[4]

Joseph Nicolas was found with his parents and siblings in Halifax, prisoners held at Fort Beausejour (renamed Fort Cumberland) on August 24, 1763.^[5]

After 1763, and having managed to escape deportation, they settled in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. ^[6]

He married Angélique Petitpas, daughter of Joseph Petitpas and Louise Fougère, around 1780. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bérubé, Martine, avec la collaboration de Stephen A. White. Le cahier de messes de l’abbé François Lejamtel: Missionnaire à l’Isle Madame, Cape Breton. (Lévis, Québec: Martine Bérubé, 2023) p. 89, online at BAnQ https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/4631675 accessed 31 Dec 2023,

   Girouard, Nicolas : d. av. 19 février 1796, Arichat. (Jean-Baptiste & Madeleine LeBlanc) m. Angélique Petitpas (Joseph & Louise Fougère). Né entre 1754 et 1759, Nicolas serait décédé vers la fin de la trentaine ou au début de la quarantaine. (Google translation: Girouard, Nicolas: d. before February 19, 1796, Arichat. (Jean-Baptiste & Madeleine LeBlanc) m. Angélique Petitpas (Joseph & Louise Fougère). Born between 1754 and 1759, Nicolas would have died in his late thirties or early forties.)

2. ↑ Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, "List of Refugee Acadian Households at Camp Espérance on the Miramichi, 1756-1757: Appendix to The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761". English translation & glossary of place name by John Estano DeRoche. PDF accessible online for download at The Official Blog of the Association des Acadiens-Métis Souriquois, dated March 30, 2018, https://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/aams-blog/news-and-reflections-the-acadian-refugee-camp-on-the-miramichi-1756-1761-march-30-2018

   Jean Baptiste Girouard (François #8) m to Madeleine LeBlanc (Pierre #43) around 1751. Census 1755 in Memramcook: 4 people. Census 1761(July) in Nepisiguit: 6 people. Census 1761 (November) in Nepisiguit: 5 people. At Fort Beauséjour in 1763. Settled in Tracadie, Nova Scotia.

3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Census, original record 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Original Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12837, Images 176-184, image 179

   Baptiste Girouard, his wife, 2 boys, 2 girls, total of 6.

4. ↑ original record 1761 Acadians Inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not Surrendered at Fort Cumberland Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12838, Images 1855-1857, image 1855

   Jean Girouard, 5 people

5. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; Acadian Prisoners at Fort Beauséjour (renamed Fort Cumberland) as of August 24, 1763 citing: Historique Acadienne for their permission to post this article. "La Socièté Historique Acadienne, March 1965", Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The source noted by La Socièté Historique Acadienne for this information was Archives nationales, Fonds des Colonies, C. 12 (Correspondance gènérale, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, vol. 1, f. 22-26

   Jean Girouard

   Magdelaine Girouard (all the women on the list were given their married name)

   Marie Girouard

   Francois Girouard (Name is Fran?oise in Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, Francois in Héritage, Genealogy collection)

   Joseph Girouard

   Modeste Girouard

6. ↑ White, Stephen A. Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p. 326-327.

See also:

• Marcel Walter Landry Joseph Nicolas Girouard at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed 2023 (login required)

• Source: S-2074384522 Repository: #R-2141342757 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=24482866&pid=1134