Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Born

5 March 1723 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Died

23 December 1793 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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François MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE Marguerite LEDOUX

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Born: 5 March 1723 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Father: François MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Mother: Marguerite LEDOUX

Paternal grandparents: Pierre MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (MEUSNIER) , Barbe RICHAUME

Maternal grandparents: Louis LEDOUX , Marie-Nicole VALIQUET

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Joseph married Isabelle MIEL dite LUSIGNAN 22 August 1746 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Isabelle MIEL dite LUSIGNAN was born 26 October 1725 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . Isabelle died 16 April 1796 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Isabelle was the child of Jean MIEL dit LUSIGNAN and Thérèse-Catherine LATOUCHE.

Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE died 23 December 1793 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
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Isabelle MIEL dite LUSIGNAN
Marriage date: 22 August 1746
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Isabelle MIEL dite LUSIGNAN was the child of Jean MIEL dit LUSIGNAN and Thérèse-Catherine LATOUCHE

Children of Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Isabelle MIEL dite LUSIGNAN

Desanges MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

Born: 6 June 1747, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 22 June 1831, La Présentation, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph ARCHAMBAULT 18 November 1762 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada

Elisabeth MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

Born: 20 September 1750, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 22 January 1836, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph PHANEUF 4 February 1771 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Born: 30 January 1754, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 14 November 1831, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Victoire TETREAULT 9 September 1786 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre MEUNIER

Born: 1 April 1758, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 22 December 1800, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Geneviève ARCHAMBAULT 4 October 1784 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Born: abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 April 1832, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Louise TRUDEAU 11 February 1793 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1723
5 March 1723
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Isabelle MIEL dite LUSIGNAN 22 August 1746, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 23 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Desanges MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was born 6 June 1747, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Joseph was 24 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Elisabeth MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was born 20 September 1750, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Joseph was 27 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 30 January 1754, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 30 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Pierre MEUNIER was born 1 April 1758, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 35 years old.

1762 Marriage of Child
Desanges MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE married 18 November 1762, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada to Joseph ARCHAMBAULT

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE married 4 February 1771, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada to Joseph PHANEUF

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)

1784 Marriage of Child
Pierre MEUNIER married 4 October 1784, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Geneviève ARCHAMBAULT

1786 Marriage of Child
Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE married 9 September 1786, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada to Victoire TETREAULT

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