Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

(b. 12 April 1801 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. , )

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Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 12 April 1801 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was the child of Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Angélique OUILEM (WILLIAM) (maternal) Jacques-Amable AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Charlotte CHARLES LEFRANCOIS

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

Joseph married Rosalie DUQUET 25 June 1822 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . Rosalie DUQUET was born 3 November 1801 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Rosalie died 8 December 1879 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Rosalie was the child of Andre DUQUET and Marie-Sylvie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).

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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