Charles Girouard (abt. 1689)

Born about 1689 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Bastarache — married 14 Nov 1713 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Husband of Marie-Josephe Pitre — married 16 Jun 1744 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie , Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

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Biography

Charles Girouard was born about 1688. He was the son of Jacques Girouard and Marguerite Gautrot. He was age 4 on the 1693 census of Port Royal. Charles married twice.

He married first, Anne Bastarache, daughter of Jean Bastarache and Huguette Vincent 14 November 1713 at Port Royal.^[1][2]

Children:

1. Charles GIROUARD 1716-/1763
2. Marie Josephe GIROUARD 1717-
3. Joseph GIROUARD 1720-
4. Anne GIROUARD 1722-1800
5. Madeleine GIROUARD 1723-/1763
6. Francois GIROUARD 1726-
7. Basile GIROUARD 1728-
8. Gregoire GIROUARD 1731-1734

He married second Marie Joseph Pitre, widow of Charles Simon 16 June 1744 at Port Royal. Witnesses were Guillaume Girouard, François Girouard, Jean Prejean and Charles Prijean. There was a dispensation for 3-4 consanguinity.^[3]

Children:

1. Madeleine (Nathalie) GIROUARD 1745-1763/
2. Anselme GIROUARD 1747-/1763
3. Gregoire GIROUARD 1748-
4. Bonaventure GIROUARD 1751-

Biographie

"L'autre branche de la famille remonte à Charles Girouard, le neuvième fils de Jacques à François, qui est né vers 1689. Charles s'est marié deux fois : en premières noces, à Port-Royal, le 14 novembre 1713, à Anne Bastarache, fille de Jean Bastarache et d'Huguette Vincent, et en secondes noces, au même endroit, le 16 juin 1744, à Marie-Josèphe Pitre, fille de François Pitre et d'Anne Préjean, et veuve de Charles Simon dit Boucher"^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 168) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/168?r=0&s=5
2. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Charles Girouard and Anne Bastarache marriage RG 1 volume 26 page 307 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1294
3. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Charles Girouard and Marie Joseph Pitre marriage RG 1 volume 26a page 268 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=2724
4. ↑ White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Girouard)

• BIRTH-CENSUS-PARENTS-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; pp. 721 & 738; #13

• BIRTH-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN-DEATH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 570 (Port Royal)