Jean Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

(b. 8 August 1828 , Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 8 May 1904 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Jean Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 8 August 1828 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Jean Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Justine DANSEREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Victoire TETREAULT (maternal) François-Xavier DANSEREAU and Apolline GUYON

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Jean Baptiste married Sophronie ROBIDOUX 1 October 1849 in Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sophronie ROBIDOUX was born 9 July 1834 in Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle). Sophronie died abt. 1917 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Sophronie was the child of Amable ROBIDOUX and Marie-Anne GOUPIL.

Jean Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE died 8 May 1904 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Sophronie ROBIDOUX-- Date: 1 October 1849 Place: Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Canada East
Sophronie ROBIDOUX was the child of Amable ROBIDOUX and Marie-Anne GOUPIL

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1828 Birth
8 August 1828
Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Sophronie ROBIDOUX 1 October 1849, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada (Milton)

He was 21 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)