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Etienne first appears in New Orleans in the 1720 census as being a “silk worker.” He was with his wife and no children that year. He no doubt came to New Orleans in 1718 with the Jesuits to affect their scheme involving the silk-worm culture and tobacco production. This information was taken from the Paris Archives des Colonies, indexed Gl-465, No. 44. Etienne came here with his first wife, Catherine Hemery (Lemere, Lemay, Aime). Catherine died in New Orleans on October 9, 1724 (Funeral Reg. for 1724, p. 4) and is named as the wife of Etienne Giraud. By this wife, Etienne had two children. The first was Catherine who died September 7, 1725 at the age of four years. Evidence of a second child, name unknown, can be found in the 1727 New Orleans, LA census. Here, Etienne appears with one child and no wife.
It should be noted that at the time of his first wife’s death, he lists his occupation as “carpenter.” After the silk-worm bust, he apparently had to do something for a living. Also, the baptismal record of his son, Andre, in 1729 states that he was a carpenter.
On November 25, 1728, Etienne Giraud married his second wife, Catherine Hulnoy in New Orleans. This record can be found in St. Louis Cathedral Marriage Book A (1720-1730), p. 167, act 312. According to the St. Louis Cathedral marriage record, she was the daughter of Gilles Hulnoy and Jaquette Lagourlay and a native of Lorient, Diocese of Vannes, France.
This city is in the Department of Morbihan and Provence of “Brittany.”
Assuming that Catherine Hulnoy was approximately 20 years old at the time of her marriage to Etienne, she would have been born around 1708. After she was left a widow with small children, it is unknown what happened to her. It can be assumed that she died in or around New Orleans after the year 1733, the approximate year of the birth of her youngest son by Etienne.
It should be noted that on the Giraud/Hulnoy marriage, she is shown to be the widow of a Michel Bonpais. There were no known children born to this Bonpais/ Hulnoy marriage. Neither have we been able to identify any brothers, sisters, parents, etc. of Catherine Hulnoy living in America during this early period. The same for Etienne Giraud, we have been unable to positively identify any of his brothers or sisters (if he had any) in this country. Because he was married when he first came here, we suspect he left his parents in France.
Etienne Giraud and his second wife, Catherine Hulnoy, had the following children.
1.	Andre Louis Giraud - baptized October 21, 1729 (St. Louis Cathedral Bapt. Book 1729 p. 104b). He married Jeanne Negrier and their family was covered earlier in this report.
2.	Pierre Giraud - bom around 1730 and married Anne Negrier.
3.	Simon Giraud - born around 1731 and married Marie Agnes Lay, widow of (first name unknown) Troxeler.
4.	Jean Baptiste Giraud - bom around 1732.
5.	Thomas Giraud - bom around 1733. He married Antoinette Dobie (r). They had at least one child called Jean Baptiste, bom November 13, 1758.
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