Researching Gabriel Girard
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 196 people with the Girard surname? In that year Girard was ranked number 3383 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gabriel means "God is my Strength" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Gabriel Girard on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gabriel Girard and the Girard Genealogy
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Gabriel Girard (politician)
Gabriel Girard (September 14, 1935 – February 4, 2006) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba legislature from 1969 to 1973.
He was born in St. Eustache, Manitoba, the son of Paul and Cecile Girard. Girard worked as a teacher, principal, superintendent of schools, real estate agent and grain farmer. He also managed a farm equipment dealership and served on the St. Boniface school board. He married Marcie Yarmie.
Girard first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1966 election, in the rural constituency of Emerson in the province's southeast corner. He lost to Liberal incumbent John Tanchak by 175 votes. He ran again in the 1969 election and defeated Tanchak by 453 votes, as the Liberals saw their support base decrease in rural Manitoba.
Girard does not appear to have played a major role in the legislature, and did not seek re-election in 1973.
Source: Gabriel Girard (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGabriel Girard (priest)
Gabriel Girard (1677 in Montferrand – 4 February 1748, in Montferrand) was a French churchman and grammarian, notable as the author of the first work on synonyms published in France.
He was chaplain to the duchess of Berry and the king's secretary-interpreter in Slavonic and Russian.
Appointed chaplain of the widowed Duchess of Berry in 1718, Girard only exercised this ministry very briefly for the powerful and influential daughter of the Regent, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. The royal princess had a reputation for promiscuity and concealing pregnancies. When Girard became her chaplain, the Duchess of Berry alternated moments of debauchery with prolonged retreats at a Carmelite convent. She was then in the family way again but kept it a secret and freely indulged in lechery and strong drinks. Berry's shameful state soon became public gossip. At the end of March 1719, the infamous Duchess suffered a harrowing delivery while being denied the sacraments. The young woman did not recover from childbirth and died on 21 July 1719. She was found to be once more pregnant.
The philological works of Girard influenced Vasily Trediakovski, the pioneer of Russian language reform, whom he met in Paris around 1727. He was elected to the Académie française in 1744.
Source: Gabriel Girard (priest), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Girard
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