Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

(b. 5 March 1723 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 23 December 1793 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 5 March 1723 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was the child of François MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marguerite LEDOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (MEUSNIER) and Barbe RICHAUME (maternal) Louis LEDOUX and 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, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Isabelle died 16 April 1796 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, 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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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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Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE married

Isabelle MIEL dite LUSIGNAN-- Date: 22 August 1746 Place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
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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 (b.6 June 1747, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 22 June 1831, La Présentation, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph ARCHAMBAULT 18 November 1762 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE (b.20 September 1750, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 22 January 1836, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph PHANEUF 4 February 1771 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (b.30 January 1754, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 14 November 1831, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Victoire TETREAULT 9 September 1786 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Pierre MEUNIER (b.1 April 1758, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1800, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Geneviève ARCHAMBAULT 4 October 1784 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (b.abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 April 1832, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise TRUDEAU 11 February 1793 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1723 Birth
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, Québec, 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, 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, Québec, Canada to Marie-Geneviève ARCHAMBAULT

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

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