Ignace MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Born

14 September 1792 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

23 March 1862 , St-Paul-d'Abotsford, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE Marie-Josephe DANSEREAU

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Born: 14 September 1792 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Mother: Marie-Josephe DANSEREAU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE , Marguerite LUSSIER

Maternal grandparents: François DANSEREAU , Marie-Charlotte RIVET

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Ignace married Desanges VEILLEUX 13 November 1815 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Desanges VEILLEUX was born 13 June 1798 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Desanges died 10 December 1856 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Desanges was the child of Pierre-Noel VEILLEUX and Françoise FORTIER.

Ignace MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE died 23 March 1862 in St-Paul-d'Abotsford, Quebec, Canada.
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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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Desanges VEILLEUX
Marriage date: 13 November 1815
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

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Desanges VEILLEUX was the child of Pierre-Noel VEILLEUX and Françoise FORTIER

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Ignace MEUNIER

Born: 9 December 1816, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 2 October 1897, St Paul d'Abbotsford, Quebec, Canada

Married: Emilie GABORIAULT dite LAPALME 15 February 1836 Place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

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Birth — 1792
14 September 1792
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Ignace MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Desanges VEILLEUX 13 November 1815, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 23 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Ignace MEUNIER was born 9 December 1816, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Ignace 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

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 Marriage of Child
Ignace MEUNIER married 15 February 1836, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire) to Emilie GABORIAULT dite LAPALME

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)

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.