Nicolas MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

(b. 7 March 1767 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1811 , Longueuil, Lower Canada )

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Nicolas MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 7 March 1767 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Nicolas MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was the child of Nicolas MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Madeleine BÉRARD dite LEPINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marguerite LEDOUX (maternal) François BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Madeleine RENAUD

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Nicolas married Angelique GORDIEN 7 January 1788 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Angelique GORDIEN was born 25 May 1768 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Angelique was the child of Etienne GORDIEN dit BELLEFLEUR and Catherine BARABE.

Nicolas MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE died 5 March 1811 in Longueuil, Lower Canada .

m. Gordien Angelique

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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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Angelique GORDIEN-- Date: 7 January 1788 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique GORDIEN was the child of Etienne GORDIEN dit BELLEFLEUR and Catherine BARABE

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1767 Birth
7 March 1767
Verchères, 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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Angelique GORDIEN 7 January 1788, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 20 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)