Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

(b. 4 July 1758 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 26 February 1803 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 4 July 1758 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was the child of Louis-Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Angélique OUILEM (WILLIAM) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Geneviève PETIT (maternal) Joseph THOMAS OUILEM and Angélique VERONNEAU

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

Jacques married Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE 7 October 1782 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 9 June 1758 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Charlotte died 27 August 1850 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Charlotte was the child of Jacques-Amable AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Charlotte CHARLES LEFRANCOIS.

Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE died 26 February 1803 in La Prairie, 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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Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE married

Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE-- Date: 7 October 1782 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Jacques-Amable AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Charlotte CHARLES LEFRANCOIS

Children of Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE:

Louis MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (b.21 October 1788, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Françoise CHABOT 19 February 1810 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (b.12 April 1801, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Rosalie DUQUET 25 June 1822 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

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1758 Birth
4 July 1758
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE 7 October 1782 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 24 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Louis MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 21 October 1788, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jacques was 30 years old.

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Birth of Child
Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 12 April 1801, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 42 years old.