Michel MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Born

28 September 1730 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

3 June 1816 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

Michel married Marie-Anne PEPIN 20 January 1755 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PEPIN was born 17 August 1735 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne died 17 May 1816 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS and Marguerite CASAVANT .

Parents & Family of Michel MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Parents of Michel MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Father

François MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Mother

Marguerite LEDOUX

Grandparents of Michel MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (MEUSNIER) Barbe RICHAUME

Maternal grandparents

Louis LEDOUX Marie-Nicole VALIQUET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Michel MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Michel MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE married

Marie-Anne PEPIN
Marriage date: 20 January 1755
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne PEPIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS and Marguerite CASAVANT

Children of Michel MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne PEPIN

Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

Born: abt. 1763, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 28 February 1793, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste ROCHON 29 November 1781 Place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Michel's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

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

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Birth — 1730
28 September 1730
Verchères, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Marriage / Partner
Michel MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne PEPIN 20 January 1755, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 24 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1781 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE married 29 November 1781, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste ROCHON

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)