The surname Goard was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie.)
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Giard and others.
Notable amongst the family name at this period was Antoine Giard, born in Montreal in 1682, who took his first trip West in 1705 with his brother Gabriel. They were sent, by the Company of the Colony, established in 1700, to Detroit, a major center of the fur trade. He soon revealed himself to be an active settler, possessing a house in Kaskaskia, fertile lands, and another farm near Prairie-du-Rocher. Alfred-Mathieu Giard, born in Valenciennes in 1846, was a Zoology demonstrator and a professor of Natural History. From 1882 to 1885 he was deputy of...
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