Maximilien Girouard (1811 - bef. 1870)

Born 27 Nov 1811 in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Orleans Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Carmelite Broussard — married 11 Feb 1833 in Lafayette Church, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Descendants

Died before 19 Apr 1870 before age 58 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

From Acadians in Gray [Girouard]

Maximilien married Carmezille, Carmegille, Carmesile, Carmelite, or Melite, daughter of fellow Acadian Nicolas Amand Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1833. Their son Caliste was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1833 but died at age 2 in June 1835, Jean le jeune was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in September 1835, Joseph Martial, called Martial, was born in July 1844, Jules in July 1846, Louis in July 1851, Martin in November 1854, Nicolas in April 1857, and Théodore in November 1859. They also had a son named Terence, unless he was Jean le jeune. Their daughters married into the Broussard, Fercy, and Landry families. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 4 slaves--2 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 30 to 4--on Maxn Girouard's farm in the parish's Western District next to Pierre Girouard Jr. and near Pierre Girouard Sr. and J. D. Girouard. Maximilien's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in April 1870; he would have been 59 years old that year.

Terence married Adonatille, daughter of fellow Acadian Clet Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1854. Their son Joseph was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1856, Ambroise in December 1858, Hilaire near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in January 1861, Jean in January 1863, Nicholas in February 1867, and Auzaire in St. Martin Parish in January 1869.

During the War Between the States, Martial served in Company F of the Yellow Jackets Battalion Louisiana Infantry, raised in St. Martin Parish, which fought in Louisiana. He was captured on Bayou Teche in April 1863 during the first federal invasion of southwest Louisiana. After the Yellow Jackets Battalion was consolidated with another Louisiana unit in late 1863, Martial served in the 7th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, raised on the western prairies, which fought in Louisiana, especially against local Jayhawkers. Martial married Céleste, daughter of Martin Aubry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1870.

During the War Between the States, Jules served in Company G of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Lafourche Parish, which fought in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Though a resident of Lafayette Parish, he enlisted in the Lafourche company in October 1861 and followed it to Tennessee that winter. His enlistment in a company that was raised a distance from his home probably had something to do with his age; he was only 15 years old at the time of his enlistment! Still not yet 16, he was wounded and captured in the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. The federals sent him to a hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, and then on to the prison hospital at Camp Douglas, Illinois. The federals discharged him from the hospital in June and held him in confinement until his release late that summer. He returned to his company, stationed in southern Alabama, and followed it to Louisiana later that fall. After November 1863, he served in Company F of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jackets Battalion Louisiana Infantry, which fought in Louisiana. Jules married Louise or Louisa, also called Odile, another daughter of Clet Landry, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1866. Their son Horace was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1869.

A succession record for Louis Girouard was filed at the Vermilionville Courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in October 1870. If this was Louis, son of Maximilien, he would have been 19 years old that year. Did he marry?

This Man?^[1]

Name: Maxile Girouard

Gender: Male

Race: White

Marital Status: Widowed

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813

Birth Place: Louisiana, USA

Age: 57

Death Date: Apr 1870

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Census Year: 1870

Census Place: Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

LINE: 33

Residence (1850) Western District, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA^[2]

Maximillier Girouard 35

D Broussard 32

Jean Girouard 15

E Girouard 14

Emma Girouard 13

A[melie] Girouard 8

M[artial] Girouard 6

Jules Girouard 4

E[ugenie] Girouard 2

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 23; Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Lafayette, Louisiana; Page: 98A Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. A portion of this collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
2. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Lafayette, Louisiana; Roll: M432_232; Page: 237B; Image: 481

• Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; CD 101.

Text: GIROUARD, Maximilien (Pierre - of La cote Gelee & Magdeleine THIBAUDEAU) b. 27 Nov. 1811, bt. 7 July 1812 Pats: Firmin GIROUARD & Marguerite CORMIER; Mats: dec. Olivier THIBAUDEAU & dec. Agnes BRAU; Spons: Rosemond BROUSSARD & Marguerite UVAL, wife of Michel MARTIN, represented by Adelaide GIROUARD. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #1367)

Text: BROUSSARD, Carmigille of Laf. (Nicolas Amand & Adelaide BROUSSARD) m. 11 Feb. 1833 Maximilien GIROUARD of Laf. (Laf. Ch.: v.2, p.81)

Text: GIROUARD, Maximilien of Laf. (Pierre & Magdeleine THIBODEAUX) m. 11 Feb. 1833 Carmigille BROUSSARD of Laf. (Laf. Ch.: v. 2, p. 81)

Text: GIROUARD, Maximilien m. Carmezile BROUSSARD Succ. dated 19 April 1870 (Laf. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #1257)

Entries for children from Hebert CD

1. GIROUARD, Caliste (Maximilien & Carmezille BROUSSARD) b. 15 Aug. 1833 (Laf. Ch.: v. 4, p. 88); GIROUARD, Caliste (Maximilien & Carmegille GIROUARD) d. 7 June 1835 at age 2 yrs. (Laf. Ch.: v. 3, p. 76)
2. GIROUARD, Jean [Terence?] (Maximilien & Carmezille BROUSSARD) bt. 20 Sept. 1835 at age 3 mths. (Laf. Ch.: v. 4, # 526); GIROUARD, Terence (Maximilien & Carmesile BROUSSARD) m. 12 Dec. 1854 Adonatile LANDRY (Laf. Ch.: v. 4, p. 107)
3. GIROUARD, Reministere (Maximilien & Carmigille BROUSSARD) bt. 16 April 1837 at age 2 mths. (Laf. Ch.: v. 5, p. 37); GIROUARD, Remise (Maximilien & Carmelite BROUSSARD) m. 7 Jan. 1852 Simon FERCY (Laf. Ch.: v. 4, p. 64)
4. GIROUARD, Emma (Maximilien & Carmesile BROUSSARD) m. 2 Jan 1855 Emile Alcide LANDRY (Laf. Ch.: v. 4, p. 109) [so born about 1839?]
5. GIROUARD, Amelie (Maximilien & Melite BROUSSARD) b. 5 Feb. 1842 (Laf. Ch.: v.5, p.234); GIROUARD, Amelie (Maximilien & Carmezile BROUSSARD) m. 28 May 1861 Sosthene BROUSSARD (Youngsville Ch.: v. 1, p. 9)
6. GIROUARD, Joseph Martial (Maximilien & Carmesille BROUSSARD) b. 14 July 1844 (SM Ch.: v.9, #1)
7. GIROUARD, Jules (Maxilien & Carmesile BROUSSARD) b. 25 July 1846 (SM Ch.: v.9, #131); GIROUARD, Jules (Maximilien & Carmesyle BROUSSARD) m. 26 Nov. 1866 Louise LANDRY (Laf. Ct. Hse.: Mar. # 866)
8. GIROUARD, Eugenie (Maximilien & Carmesile BROUSSARD) b. 12 Dec. 1848 (SM Ch.: v. 9, # 23)
9. GIROUARD, Louis (Maximilien & Carmelite BROUSSARD) b. 20 July 1851 (Laf. Ch.: v. 6, p. 68); GIROUARD, Louis (Maximilien & Carmezile BROUSSARD) m. 14 Feb. 1876 Elmira LANDRY (Youngsville Ch.: v. 2, p. 176)
10. GIROUARD, Martin (Maximilien & Carmezile BROUSSARD) b. 11 Nov. 1854 (SM Ch.: v. 10, # 33); GIROUARD, Martial (d. Maximilien & d. Ermezile BROUSSARD) m. 7 May 1870 Celeste AUBRY (SM Ch.: v. 10, # 364)
11. GIROUARD, Nicolas (Maximilien & Carmelite BROUSSARD) b. 8 April 1857 (Laf. Ch.: v. 6, #86)
12. GIROUARD, Theodore (Maximilien & Carmesine BROUSSARD) b. 29 Nov. 1859 (Youngsville Ch.: v. 1, p. 7)