Marie-Madeleine Girouard

Marie-Madeleine Girouard
Also Known As:	"Marguerite"
Birthdate:	circa 1654
Birthplace:	Port-Royal, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]
Death:	after circa 1714 Acadie, Beaubasin, Colony of Nova Scotia, [British Colony]
Immediate Family:	Daughter of François Girouard dit La Varenne and Jeanne Aucoin Wife of Thomas Cormier Mother of Marie-Madeleine Cormier; François Cormier; Marie-Anne Cormier; Alexis Cormier dit la Côte; Germain Cormier and 6 others Sister of Jacques Jacob Girouard dit La Varenne, I; Francois Girouard; Marie-Marguerite Girouard; Germain Girouard; Louis Girouard and 4 others

Managed by:	James Fred Patin, Jr.
Last Updated:	today

Also Known As:

"Marguerite"

Birthdate:

circa 1654

Birthplace:

Port-Royal, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]

Death:

after circa 1714
Acadie, Beaubasin, Colony of Nova Scotia, [British Colony]

Immediate Family:

Daughter of François Girouard dit La Varenne and Jeanne Aucoin
Wife of Thomas Cormier
Mother of Marie-Madeleine Cormier; François Cormier; Marie-Anne Cormier; Alexis Cormier dit la Côte; Germain Cormier and 6 others
Sister of Jacques Jacob Girouard dit La Varenne, I; Francois Girouard; Marie-Marguerite Girouard; Germain Girouard; Louis Girouard and 4 others

Managed by:

James Fred Patin, Jr.

Last Updated:

today

Historical records matching Marie-Madeleine Girouard

Marie-Madeleine Girouard in France, Vital Records Index

Marie Cormier (born Girouard) in MyHeritage family trees (Leamon Web Site)

Marie Girouard in MyHeritage family trees (Kersell-Grummett Web Site)

Marie-madeleine Cormier (born Girouard) in MyHeritage family trees (deschenes simard Web Site)

Marie Belou Blou (born Girouard) in MyHeritage family trees (Frédéric Web Site)

Marie-Madeleine Girouard in France, Vital Records Index

Marie-madeleine Cormier (born Girouard) in MyHeritage family trees (Letourneau Web Site)

Marie Madeleine Girouard in MyHeritage family trees (Thibideau Web Site)

Marie Madeleine Cormier (born Girouard) in MyHeritage family trees (Cormier Web Site)

Marie-madeleine Cormier (born Girouard) in MyHeritage family trees (Willett Web Site)

Marie-madeleine Cormier (born Girouard) in MyHeritage family trees (Robert Web Site)

Marie-Madeleine Girouard in GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index

Biography == NOTICE: this profile is protected by the Acadian Project because she is an historically important person as ancestral matriarch of numerous Acadian families. Please contact the Acadian Project before making any substantive changes. Thanks for helping make WikiTree the best site for accurate information

:The ancestral matriarch of one of the largest Acadian families is Marie-Madeleine Girouard.≤ref name=Mass> SA-GM1962

p=p43(Cormier);p42-58(other large families)≤/ref>. Marie-Madeleine was born around 1654 to parents Fran%C3%A7ois Girouard and Jeanne Aucoin≤ref name=DGFA>White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton,N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, 400,401, 718-719.≤/ref> likely in Acadia.≤ref>There is no birth record. Her father François arrived in Acadia for his marriage to Madeleine's mother. See father's timeline.≤/ref>
:Around 1668, Marie-Madeleine married Thomas Cormier, a carpenter and son of Robert Cormier and Marie Péraud.≤ref name=DGFA/> In 1671 she and Thomas were living in Port-Royal.
:In the 1670's, the available farmland at Port-Royal was diminishing and some Acadians established new villages such as at Beaubassin (Amherst, Nova Scotia).≤ref name=pioneers>Les familles pionnières Pioneer Families, in 1755 l'Histoire et les Histoires, University of Moncton≤/ref> Thomas and Marie-Madeleine were among the first settlers of Beaubassin. Around 1679 Thomas claimed the large marsh area in the second loop of the River of the Planks (Rivière des Planches), building a home on the southern flank, which was exposed to the north wind. Within the year, the family abandoned this site and started a new settlement on the reverse and southern side of the Ouescoque heights (Amherst Point, NS)≤ref name=surette>Surette, Paul. Atlas of the Acadian Settlement of the Beaubassin 1660 to 1755. Tintamarre and Le Lac. Tantramar Heritage Trust. 2005, p5-6 (claiming the marsh at Ouescoque); p9(dispute with the Poiriers); p44,45(locationof Ouescoque Amherst point).≤/ref>
:By 1688≤ref name=DGFA/>, Marie-Madeleine had given birth to 10 children: Marie-Madeleine, François, Anne, Alexis, Germain, Pierre, Claire,twins Marie and Agnès, and Jeanne. Their daughter Anne had married Michel Hache dit Gallant (an agent of the Sieur) and started her own family. The census indicated that Thomas and Madeleine had 40 arpents ofcultivated land (about 34 acres), 30 cattle, 10 sheep, and 15 hogs. The family were among the most prosperous settlers ≤ref name=prosperity>Cormier, Stephen. Acadians in Grey, Cormier Appendix.≤/ref>
:Marie-Madeleine was widowed before 1693.≤ref name=death>In the 1693 census, his wife is a widow.≤/ref> By 1714, she was living with her daugther Anne and son-in-law Michel Hache called Gallant. He date of death is no known.
:Marie-Madeleine left a profound legacy.≤ref name=Mass/> Her 17 married grandsons and their offspring would generate one of the largest Acadian families. Her 6 daughters and 25 grandaughters married into otherlarge Acadian families including the LeBlanc, Arsenau, Haché-Gallant, Boudrot, Richard, Doucet, Landry, Poirier, Comeau, Chiasson, Theriot, Bourg, Cyr, Hébert, Thibodeau, Bourgeois, Dupuis, and Babin.

Timeline

:1670 birth, daughter Marie-Madeleine
:1671 residence, in Port-Royal
:c1672 birth, son François
:c1674 birth, daughter Anne
:c1676 birth, son Alexis
:1676-78 Michel Leneuf des Vallières is awarded a large (1000 square miles) seigneury at Beaubassin. “The grant specified that he leaveundisturbed any settlers there, together with their lands they used or had planned to use for themselves”. La Vallière builds his homestead on an island (Tonge’s Isand)≤ref>J.-Roger Comeau, “LENEUF DE LA VALLIÈRE DE BEAUBASSIN, MICHEL (d. 1705),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 1, 2013.≤/ref>≤ref name=Clark>Clark, Andrew Hill, Acadia; the geography of early nova Scotia to 1760. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1968. p141 (Bourgeois founder); p141-142 (seigneury of Beaubassin).≤/ref>

:1679 residence, in Beaubassin
:c1680 birth, son Germain
:1682 birth, son Pierre, in Beaubassin

:1684 birth, daughter Claire, in Beaubassin
:1686 birth, twin daughter Marie, in Beaubassin
:1686 birth, twin daughter Agnès, in Beaubassin
:c1688 birth, daughter Jeanne
:b1693 widowed
:1714 residence, in Beaubassin
:a1714 death

Sources

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1671 Acadian census at Port Royal: Thomas CORMIER, carpenter, 35, wife Madeline GIROUARD 17; Child: 1 daughter 2; cattle 7, sheep 7.

1686 Acadian census atBeaubassin: Thomas CORMIER 55, Magdelaine GIROUARD 37; children: Magdeleine 18. Francois 16, Alexis 14, Marie 12, Germain 10, Pierre 8, Angelique 4, twins Marie and Jeanne 1; 4 guns, 40 arpents, 30 cattle, 10 sheep, 15 hogs.

1693 Acadian census atBeaubassin: Madeleine GIROUARD widow (of Thomas CORMIER) 39, Alexis 16, Germain 13, Pierre 11, Claire 9, Marie 7, Agnes 7, Jeanne 5; 16 cattle, 4 sheep, 12 hogs.

1698 Acadian census atBeaubassin: Marie-Madeleine GIROUARD (widow of Thomas CORMIER?) 45; Germain 18; Pierre 16; Claire 14; Marie and Agnes, twins, 12; Jeanne 10; 12 cattle, 4 sheep, 8 hogs.

1700 Acadian census atBeaubassin: Madelaine GIROUARD, widow of François CORMIER, 47; Germain 20; Piere 18; Claire 16; Marie and Agnes (twins) 12; Jeanne 12; 17 cattle, 12 sheep, 4 hogs, 24 arpents. [I'm not sure why Thomas is called François here.]

1714 Acadian census at Beaubassin: Michel HACHE and Anne CORMIER his spouse; the widow Cormier; Children: Joseph, Marie, Jean-Baptiste, Charles, Pierre, Anne, Marguerite, Francois, Magdelaine, Jacques.

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Biography ==NOTICE: this profile is protected by the Acadian Project because of frequent duplication, variant name spellings and attempts to add unsourced parents. Please contact the Acadian Project before making any substantive changes.Thanks for helping make WikiTree the best site for accurate information.

:Marie Girouard was born in Port Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada) around 1650≤ref name="DGFA">Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant,and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) pp. 718-719; 160-161.≤/ref> She was the daughter of Francois Girouard and Jeanne Aucoin.
:Around 1669, Marie married Jacques Belou, in Port Royal. The couple had seven children, 6 daughters and one son : Marie, Marguerite, C%C3%A9cile, Madeleine, Marie Josèphe, Joseph and Anne≤ref name=DGFA/>
:In the first Acadian census in 1671, twenty-year-old Marie was counted twice: in her father's household and also with her husband and theirbaby Marie, 8 months old..≤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.≤br/>With her parents: ≤blockquote>(Note: there are discrepancies between the transcription and the original census. Transcription: 12 sheep, no land listed. Original census and DGFA : 6 sheep, 8 arpents of land.) Francois GIROUARD, 50, wife Jeanne AUCOIN 40; Children (3 married): Jacob 23, Marie 20, Marie Magdeleine 17, (not married): Germain 14, Anne 12; cattle 16, sheep 12.≤/blockquote>With her husband: ≤blockquote> Jacques BELOU, cooper 30, wife Marie GIROUARD 20; Child: Marie 8 months; cattle 7, sheep 1.≤/blockquote>≤/ref> Around 1672, Jacques and Marie moved to Beaubassin and were among the first settlers.
:At the time of the 1686 census, the family was still living in Beaubassin. ≤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> at Beaubassin: Jacques BLOU 47, Marie GIROUARD 47; children: Marie 17, Jeanne 5, Francoise 18 months; 3 guns, 40 arpents, 15 cattle, 18 sheep, 20 hogs.≤/blockquote>≤/ref> Jacques and Marie had 3 children ages 18 months to 17 years and possessed 15 head of cattle, 18 sheep and 20 hogs on their homestead of 40 arpents. They were counted again at Beaubassin in the censuses between 1693 and 1703.≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 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 62-108≤blockquote>at Beaubassin: Jacques BLOU 53, Marie GIROUARD 43, Marguerite 13, Cecile 11, Madeleine 7, Marie Josephe4, Joseph 2; 34 cattle, 22 sheep, 10 pigs, 16 arpents 2 guns≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref> Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can befound at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-150≤blockquote>Jacques BLOU 58; Mar. GIROUARD (wife) 48; Marguerite 17; Cecile 15; Madeleine, 13; Marie-Josephe 11; Joseph 7; Anne 3; 20 cattle, 8 sheep,2 hogs, 13 arpents, 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>Jacques BLOU 60; Marie GIROUARD(wife) 50; Joseph 9; Marguerite 19; Cecille 17; Madelaine 15; Marie 13; Anne 5; 20 cattle, 15 sheep, 8 hogs, 20 arpents, 1 gun.≤/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>Jacques BLOU, his wife, 1 boy, 4 girls, 10 arpents, 25 cattle, 20 sheep, 12 hogs, 1 gun.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 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 212-220.≤blockquote>Jacques BLOU, his wife, 1 boy, 4 girls, 1 arms bearer. ≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
:By 1714, widowed Marie was living with her daughter Marguerite, her husband Claude Godet and their children.≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 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 239-261.≤blockquote>Claude GODET and Marguerite BLOU: Pierre, Cecile, Marguerite, Marie-Joseph, Madeleine, Claude. Widow BLOU.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>

:Marie passed away after the 1714 census.≤ref name=DGFA/>
:DNA. Marie Girouard's mother was Jeanne Aucoin. The Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project is conducting ongoing research to verify their origins. In 2010, Stephen White reported that Jeanne Aucoin had a Haplogroup H. I don't know the details re how many of her descendants were tested to support this report. Ongoing test results are also reported here. As of May 2014, 5 descendants have consistently reported H haplogroup, indicating European origins. Her sister Michelle (2 reports) also has H Haplogroup.

1650	1650	christened on 1650 Nova Scotia
1654	1654	Birth of Marie-Madeleine Girouard Port-Royal, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]
	1654	christened on c. 1654 Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
	1654	christened on 1654 Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada
	1654	christened on c. 1654 Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
1669	1669	Birth of Marie-Madeleine Cormier Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
1670	1670	Birth of François Cormier Beaubassin, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]
1674	1674	Birth of Marie-Anne Cormier Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
1676	1676	Birth of Alexis Cormier dit la Côte Beaubassin Acadie Nouvelle-Écosse Canada,,,,,
1680	1680	Birth of Germain Cormier New Brunswick, Canada

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