Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE

(b. 20 May 1765 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 May 1846 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East )

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Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE was born 20 May 1765 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE was the child of Pierre MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Josephe COTE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre COTE and Marie-Josephe CHARLAND

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre-Francois married Marie LEDUC 3 July 1792 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie LEDUC was born abt. 1770 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 15 August 1850 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEDUC and Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS.

Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE died 3 May 1846 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East.
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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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Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE married

Marie LEDUC-- Date: 3 July 1792 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marie LEDUC was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEDUC and Marguerite HOULE dite GERVAIS

Children of Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE and Marie LEDUC:

François MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE (b.21 May 1793, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 1 April 1857, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )
m. Angelique ORION dite CHAMPAGNE 14 November 1820 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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1765 Birth
20 May 1765
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE and Marie LEDUC 3 July 1792, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 27 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
François MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE was born 21 May 1793, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Pierre-Francois was 28 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Marriage of Child
François MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE married 14 November 1820, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Angelique ORION dite CHAMPAGNE

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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

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