Gabriel Giraud

Life events

1. abt. 1695

   Birth

   Normandie, France

2. bef. 1731

   Marriage

   with Madeleine Angelique Mi'kmaq 1698–1786

   possibly married in the Siknikt district

3. bef. 1766

   Death

   Bas Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

4. bef. 1766

   Burial¹

   Saint-Paul, Bas-Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada

   Gabriel and his family were originaly buried in next to his family settlement. It was uncovered by beach erosian abt. 1850-1860 when several First Nation birch bark burials as well as a european male burried with a gold crucifix, belived to be Gabriel were unearthed.

   The bodies were moved to the church graveyard near Bas-Caraquet.

   His original burial site was formerly recognized as a historical location and called the Gabriel Giraud Site in 1986.