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Jacques "dit Jacob" Girouard

Also Known As: "Jacques Girouard", "Jacob Girouard", "Jacques Jacob Girouard LaVerenne", "dit Jacob"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Death: October 27, 1703 (50-59)
Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Place of Burial: Port-Royal, Acadie, Novelle-France
Immediate Family:

Son of François Girouard dit La Varenne and Jeanne Aucoin
Husband of Marguerite Aucoin and Marguerite Girouard
Father of Alexandre Girouard dit de Ru; Pierre Girouard; Jacques Jacob Girouard, fils; Jean Girouard; Marie Girouard and 10 others
Brother of Francois Girouard; Marie-Marguerite Girouard; Marie-Madeleine Girouard; Germain Girouard; Louis Girouard and 2 others

Occupation: Laborer
Managed by: James Fred Patin, Jr.
Last Updated:

About Jacques "dit Jacob" Girouard

  • Sources:
    • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 23 years old which estimates birth c.1648
    • Drouin Institute (Archived death and burial record - see attached in Media tab)

The family of François GIROUARD and Jeanne AUCOIN

[85527] GIROUARD, François (..), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1621 (rec. 1671) or 1616 (rec. 1686), died before 1700 Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie)

Him : Origin : would be from La Chaussée (860069) (family name found), but that person was not identified there

(Origine : serait de La Chaussée (860069) (nom existe), mais l'individu n'a pas été retracé)

  • married about 1647, from .. (France)

AUCOIN, Jeanne (.. & .. [120063]), born about 1631 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686) or 1632 (rec. 1699), buried 1718-04-18 Port-Royal (Acadie)

     1) Jacques dit Jacob, ploughman (laboureur), born about 1648 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), 1647 (rec. 1693), 1648 (rec. 1698), 1647 (rec. 1700) or 1649 (rec. 1701), died 1703-10-27, buried 1703-10-28 Port-Royal (Acadie), married peu before census 1671 Marguerite GAUTREAU

2) Marie, born about 1651 (rec. 1671) or 1648 (rec. 1686), married about 1669 Jacques BLOU
3) Marie Madeleine, born about 1654 (rec. 1671), 1649 (rec. 1686), 1653 (rec. 1698), 1652 (rec. 1699) or 1654 (rec. 1693), married about 1668 Thomas CORMIER
4) Germain, born about 1657 (rec. 1671) or 1656 (rec. 1686), married Beaubassin (Acadie) 1680-06-09 Marie BOURGEOIS
5) Anne, born about 1659 (rec. 1671), 1660 (rec. 1686) or 1659 (rec. 1699), married about 1675 Julien LORD
Bibliographie : Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (White); http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html; Déclarations de Belle-Île-en-Mer; Dictionnaire des Acadiens d'Archange Godbout; Acadian Church Records; Microfilms Drouin; Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens (Arsenault)

http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/085/085527.php


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@R703549614@ Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60527::0

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@R703549614@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. 1,7836::0

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Source number: 268.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MFD 1,7836::471368

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@R703549614@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. 1,7836::0

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Source number: 1014.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JTW 1,7836::723034

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@R703549614@ Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60527::0

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@R703549614@ Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada Ancestry.com Operations Inc Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry. 1,7920::0

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@R703549614@ Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60527::0

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@R703549614@ Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. <i>GenealogieOnline</i>. Coret Genealogie. http://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/: accessed 31 August 2015. 1,9289::0

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@R703549614@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. 1,7836::0

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Source number: 268.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MFD 1,7836::471368

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@R703549614@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. 1,7836::0

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Source number: 1014.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JTW 1,7836::723034

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@R703549614@ Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada Ancestry.com Operations Inc Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry. 1,7920::0

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@R703549614@ Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60527::0

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@R703549614@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=159754148&pi...


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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jacques Girouard, person ID LYQM-W3H. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jacques Girouard, person ID LYQM-W3H. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jacques Girouard, person ID LYQM-W3H. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: Name: Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);;;

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Charles Girouard, person ID LZ27-CNF. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: Name: Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);;;

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Anne Bastarache, person ID MVQN-RPV.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jacques Girouard, person ID LYQM-W3H. 3


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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jacques Girouard Varenne, person ID LR48-6KH. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jacques Girouard Varenne, person ID LR48-6KH. 3


  • Sources:
    • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 23 years old which estimates birth c.1648

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weRelate:
Jacques Girouard
Birth  1648 • Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  Oct 27, 1703 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage  1670 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Francois Girouard
Spouse  marguerite gautrot
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jacques+Girouard+%281%29

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wikiTrees:
jacques girouard
Birth  1648 • Port Royal, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Death  Oct 27, 1703 • Port Royal, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Marriage  1670 • Canada, Nouvelle-France
Parents  francois girouard • jeanne aucoin
Spouse  marguerite gautrot
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/24064

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!INTERIM SOURCE NOTE: This person is part of the generation that came to Acadia from France or was a member of the first few succeeding generations who lived in Acadia in the 1600s and early 1700s.
Information on this person is from one or more of the secondary sources listed below. Until I find the time to add the specific source information (volume/page and exact source) this interim note willhave to suffice. The sources are:
Denis Beauregard's Dictionnaire Genealogique de la Ancienne Acadie is located at http://www.francogene.com/dgaa/index.php (explanation in both English and French at viewer's option; dictionnaire in French). His Francogene, an extensive list of Acadian genealogical sources and bibliography is located at http://www.francogene.com/acadia/resources.php (in English).
Acadian History and Genealogy website (gives brief history of Acadia and some selected Acadian family trees), at http://www.craftconn.com/genealogy/acadianh.htm (in English).
Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home (a searchable data base of web sites with information on early Acadian families, at http://www.acadian.org/ (in English).
Center for Acadian Studies, University of Moncton (New Brunswick), has short genealogies of 37 Acadian families, at http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/55 (in French).
See also, Stephen White's Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes (in French, but available with an English supplement), the best and most recent secondary source for Acadian family information, described and available for purchase at http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/38

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After the 1671 census, Jacob left his father's farm to build on the south bank of the River Dauphin in the area of modern day Tupperville, NS. Jacob was buried in the cemetery at the garrison.

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had 14 kids.

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Jacob GIROUARD 23, wife Marguerite GAUTEROT; Child: Alexandre; cattle 7, sheep 3. 1671 Acadian Census Port Royal


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Category: Girouard Name Study
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:Jacques dit Jacob Girouard dit La Varenne was born around 1648, likely in Port-Royal, to François Girouard and Jeanne Aucoin.≤ref>Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, Hector-J. Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p.718-721≤/ref>≤ref name=birthdate>Jacob was 23 at the time of the 1671 Port Royal Census≤/ref>
:When Jacques married Marguerite Gautrot around 1670, he was about 22 years of age and Marguerite was around 16. Between 1671 and 1698 theyhad 14 children, presumably all born in Port-Royal.

:Children

  1. Alexandre (dit de Ru) c1671
  2. Pierre c1673
  3. Jacques c1674
  4. Jean c1676
  5. Marie c1678
  6. François c1680
  7. Marguerite c1682
  8. Claude c1684
  9. Guillaume c1685
  10. Denis c1688
  11. Charles c1689
  12. Germain (dit le jeune) c1691
  13. Marie Madeleine c1695
  14. Anne Marie c1698

Jacques and Marguerite were counted in the first Acadian census of 1671 with their newborn son Alexandre, in Port-Royal. They owned 7 cattleand 3 sheep, but no land was listed. Jacques dit Jacob was also enumerated in his parents' household.≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.≤blockquote>at Port Royal:Jacob GIROUARD 23, wife Marguerite GAUTEROT; Child: Alexandre; cattle 7, sheep 3. Parents: Francois GIROUARD, 50, wife Jeanne AUCOIN 40; Children (3 married): Jacob 23, Marie 20, Marie Magdeleine 17, (not married): Germain14, Anne 12; cattle 16, sheep 12.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
Their growing family continued to be listed in subsequent censuses at Port-Royal between 1686 and 1701 and seemed to be doing well with an impressive number of farm animals and acres of cultivable land. ≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 15-60.≤blockquote>Jacques GIROUARD 38, Marguerite GOTRO 32; children: Alexandre 16, Pierre 14, Jacques 12, Jean 10, Francois 6, Claude 3, Guillaume 3 months, Marie 8, Marguerite 4; 6 arpents, 13 cattle, 15 sheep.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Censusmicrofilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108≤blockquote>Jacob GIROUD 46, Marguerite GOUTROT 39, ALexandre 22, Pierre 20, Jean 17, Marie 15, Francois 13, Marguerite 10, Claude 9, Guillaume 7, Denis 5, Charles 4, Germain 2; 25 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 pigs, 22 arpents, 2 guns≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref name=census1698> Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 AcadianCensus, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-150≤blockquote> Jacob GIROUARD 50; Margueritte GOTROT (wife) 45; Jacques 24; Jean 22; Francois 20; Marie 18; Marguerite 16; Claude 14; Guillaume 12; Denis 10; Charles 8; Germain 6; Madeleine 3; Anne-Marie 1/2; 20 cattle, 30 sheep,12 hogs, 48 arpents, 18 fruit trees, 1 gun≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 151-173.≤blockquote>Jacob GIROUARD 53; Marguerite GOUTROT (wife) Alexandre 29; Pierre 27; Jean 24; Francoise 20; Claude 16; Guillaume 14; Denis 12; Charles 11; Germain 9; Marie 22; Marguerite 17; Madelaine 5; Marie 2; 35 cattle,32 sheep, 26 arpents, 2 guns.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 174-211.≤blockquote>Jacob GIROUARD 52, Marguerite GAUTROT (wife) 45; Jacques GIROUARD 27, Francois 21, Claude 17, Guilaume 14, Germain 7, Denis 12, Chariot 12, Magdeleine 6, Marie 4; 2 guns, 15 cattle, 6 sheep, 3 hogs, 25 arpents;≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
By 1698, they owned 20 cattle, 30 sheep, 12 hogs, 48 arpents of land, 18 fruit trees and 1 gun. There were 12 children in their household,from 6 months to 24 years of age.≤ref name=census1698/>
Jacques passed away on 27 October 1703 at about 55 years of age, and was buried the next day in Port-Royal, leaving 49-year-old Marguerite with 8 children still living at home.≤ref>Nova Scotia Archives, "AnAcadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register RG 1 volume 26 page 339; online database with images, Jacob Girouard burial 28 October 1703, accessed February 2020≤/ref>

Biographie

:"François épousa vers 1647 Jeanne Aucoin, de qui il eut cinq enfants, dont Jacques (ou Jacob), né vers 1648. Ce dernier épousa, peu avant le recensement de 1671, Marguerite Gautrot, fille de François Gautrot et d'Edmée Lejeune. Nous comptons au moins quatorze enfants dans la famille de Jacques et de Marguerite."≤ref> White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94,online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), GIROUARD, page 1 ≤/ref>

Sources

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See also:*Karen Theriot Reader Jacques Girouardat Geneanet* Source: Genealogy of Canada Genealogy Jacques-Jacob Girouard*Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 14 February 2020), memorial page for Jacques Jacob Girouard (1648–27 Oct 1703), Find A Grave Memorial no. 136645223, citing Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by AW (contributor 47829810) .FindAGrave136645223

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Jacques "dit Jacob" Girouard's Timeline

1621
1621
P718-1
1640
1640
from France to Acadia
1648
1648
Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
1648
Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Écosse, CANADA
1671
November 1671
Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
1671
Age 23
Port Royal, Acadia, New France
1671
Age 23
Port Royal, Acadie
1673
1673
Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France