François MEUNIER

(b. 20 July 1740 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 3 December 1787 , Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François MEUNIER was born 20 July 1740 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

François MEUNIER was the child of Joseph MEUNIER and Marguerite BONHOMME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin MEUNIER and Marie-Madeleine MENEUX (maternal) Nicolas BONHOMME and Marie-Thérèse LEVASSEUR

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François married Thérèse COTE 14 April 1766 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thérèse COTE was born 4 January 1747 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Thérèse died 8 March 1803 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Thérèse was the child of François COTE and Marguerite TRUDEL.

François MEUNIER died 3 December 1787 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, 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.

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François MEUNIER married

Thérèse COTE-- Date: 14 April 1766 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada
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Thérèse COTE was the child of François COTE and Marguerite TRUDEL

Children of François MEUNIER and Thérèse COTE:

Angélique MEUNIER (b.18 November 1768, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 August 1833, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )
m. Jean LEDUC 9 February 1795 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Catherine MEUNIER (b.29 September 1773, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 March 1850, Verchères, Canada East )
m. Joseph PRIVÉ 27 January 1794 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
m. Antoine VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ 5 October 1812 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1740 Birth
20 July 1740
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
François MEUNIER and Thérèse COTE 14 April 1766, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Angélique MEUNIER was born 18 November 1768, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

François was 28 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Catherine MEUNIER was born 29 September 1773, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

François was 33 years old.

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.