Pierre Girouard

1741 - Bef 1816  (< 75 years)

• Name	Pierre Girouard  [1, 2, 3]
  Alternate birth	1740  [4]
  Birth	28 Feb 1741  [5, 6]
  Baptism	9 Jul 1741	Beaubassin, Acadia   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1750  [8]
  Death	Bef 6 Aug 1816  [9]
  Burial	6 Aug 1816	St-Luc, now part of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Le Haut-Richelieu, Montérégie, Québec   [9]
  Person ID	I31954	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Germain dit Jacques Girouard
  Mother	Marie Arsenault,   b. Abt 1717   d. 1 Dec 1757 (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1733	Beaubassin, Acadia   [1, 7]
  Family ID	F3386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Anne Gamache,   b. 27 Dec 1749   d. 13 Jul 1827 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1778	St-Ignace-de-Loyola, Cap-St-Ignace, Montmagny, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec   [1, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Marie-Anne Girouard,   b. 22 Aug 1786   d. 24 Mar 1844 (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F18874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  The original parish record of his birth clearly says that it took place on 29 ("vingt-neuf") February 1741, and this impossible date is duly perpetuated through many online transcripts, including those of the Drouin Institute.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025. [S8862] Marriage, NBMDS, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 2/25/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/mariages/3320727. [S8863] Marie Anne Girouard, Birth, LaFrance, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 2/25/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/lafrance_naissances/450610. [S8901] Birth, NBMDS, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 3/7/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/naissances/211046. [S8902] Birth, NBMDS, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 3/7/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/naissances/2110461. [S8900] Pierre Girouard, Individual file, ABCD, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 3/7/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/abcd_indiv/42777969. [S8903] Germain Girouard and Marie Arseneau, Family file, Acadia Families, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 3/7/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/acadiefamilles/70333. [S176] Ancestors of Hazel Ethel Coston, record held in the family of TNH. [S8904] Burial record for Pierre Girouard on familysearch.org. [S8865] Pierre Girouard and Marie-Anne Gamache, Marriage, ABCD, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 2/25/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/abcd_mariages/6588592.