Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

(b. 3 July 1770 , Saint-Jude, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 September 1836 , Saint-Jude, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was born 3 July 1770 in Saint-Jude, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was the child of Francois MEUNIER and Marie-Marthe MICHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Antoinette GIARD (maternal) Charles MICHON and Marie-Anne DUFRESNE

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

Marie-Anne married Francois-Xavier GAUDET 20 September 1791 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois-Xavier GAUDET was born 16 June 1771 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Francois-Xavier died 14 May 1847 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Francois-Xavier was the child of Michel GAUDET and Marie Josephte GIROUARD.

Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE died 6 September 1836 in Saint-Jude, Lower 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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Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE married

Francois-Xavier GAUDET-- Date: 20 September 1791 Place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Francois-Xavier GAUDET was the child of Michel GAUDET and Marie Josephte GIROUARD

Children of Francois-Xavier GAUDET and Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE:

Francois-Xavier GAUDET (b.15 February 1793, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Marguerite BEAUNOYER HILAIRE dite FRAPPIER 18 January 1819

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1770 Birth
3 July 1770
Saint-Jude, 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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE and Francois-Xavier GAUDET 20 September 1791, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 21 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier GAUDET was born 15 February 1793, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 22 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