7430. François GIROUARD
The first ancestor of the Girouard family was named François. He was born in France about 1621 and he arrived in Acadia during the 1640's. François marrried Jeanne Aucoin in 1647. They had five children.
GIROUARD dit LA VARANNE, François, came from France with his wife Jeanne Aucoin, according to two depositions, one made by his great-grandson Pierre Richard (Doc. inéd., Vol. II, p. 191), and another made by Louis Courtin, husband of his great-great-granddaughter Marie-Josèphe Martin (ibid., Vol. III, p. 27). Both of these depositions erroneously call the Girouard ancestor Jacques, instead of François, probably because the deponents presumed that he had borne the same first name as his elder son, to whom they were both connected. François is the name that one finds, however, in three Acadian censuses and in his younger son’s marriage record in the register of Beaubassin (see DGFA-1, pp. 718-719).
1671 Census
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 12.1686 Census
Francoise GIROUARD 70, Jeanne 55; they had 5 children whom this census shows below; 1 gun, 5 arpents, 13 cattle, 16 sheep, 8 hogs.
7431. Jeanne AUCOIN
AUCOIN, Jeanne, came from France with her husband François Girouard, according to two depositions, one made by her great-grandson Pierre Richard (Doc. inéd., Vol. II, p. 191), and another made by Louis Courtin, husband of her great-great-granddaughter Marie-Josèphe Martin (ibid., Vol. III, p. 27). Jeanne’s baptismal record (November 26, 1630) has been traced in the records of the parish of Ste-Marguerite at La Rochelle in France.
1693 Census
Jean AUCOIN widow (of Francois GIROUARD) 60, Julien LORD her son-in-law 41, Charlotte GIROUD his wife 33, Alexandre their son 17, Jacque 14, Pierre 12, Marie 6, Magdeleine 1; 20 cattle, 40 sheep, 10 hogs, 20 arpents, 2 guns.1698 Census
Jeanne AUCOIN, widow 691700 Census
Jeanne AUCOIN, widow (of François GIROUARD) 87; Julien Lord her son-in-law 48; Charlotte GIROUARD 40; Allexandre 24; Jacques 21; Piere 18; Louis 5; Marie 13; Madelaine 8; Marguerite 2; 15 cattle, 34 sheep, 20 arpents, 2 guns.
7680. Jean GAUDET
From the census of 1671, Jean Gaudet would have been born about 1575.
8102. Vincent BRUN
BRUN, Vincent, came from France with his wife Renée Breau, as is mentioned in the last paragraph. Claude Pitre gave the family name as LeBrun, which is a variant used by some descendants.
1671 Census
Vincent BRUN, 60, wife Renee BRODE 55; Children (married): Madeline 25, Andree 24, Francoise 18; (not married): Bastien 15, Marie 12; cattle 10, sheep 4.
8103. Renee BREAU
BREAU, Renée, came from France with her husband Vincent Brun, according to her great-grandson Claude Pitre. The baptismal records of Renée and Vincent’s daughters Madeleine (January 25, 1645) and Andrée (August 21, 1646) are in the registers of the parish of La Chaussée, in the present department of Vienne.