Augustin MEUNIER

Born

29 February 1788 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 July 1861 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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Born: 29 February 1788 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Augustin MEUNIER

Father

Augustin-Bruno MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Mother

Louise-Praxede PETIT

Grandparents of Augustin MEUNIER

Paternal grandparents

Nicolas MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE Marie-Madeleine BÉRARD dite LEPINE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre PETIT Marie-Charlotte RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS

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

Augustin married Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE 22 February 1813 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE was born 2 September 1794 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephe died 13 March 1878 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean-Marie BUSSIÈRE and Marie-Josephte VIVIER.

Augustin MEUNIER died 20 July 1861 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Augustin MEUNIER

Augustin MEUNIER married

Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE
Marriage date: 22 February 1813
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE was the child of Jean-Marie BUSSIÈRE and Marie-Josephte VIVIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Augustin MEUNIER and Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE

Pierre-Honore MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Born: 9 January 1823, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Zoe-Aglae DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX 27 February 1843 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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

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Birth — 1788
29 February 1788
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Augustin MEUNIER and Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE 22 February 1813, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 24 years old.

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

1823 Birth of Child
Pierre-Honore MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 9 January 1823, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Augustin was 34 years old.

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Honore MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE married 27 February 1843, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East to Zoe-Aglae DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

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