Nazaire (Meunier) Lapierre (1849 - 1923)

Born 25 Oct 1849 in Verchères, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Son of Lambert Meunier and Christine Dansereau

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1923 at age 73 in Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Nazaire was born in 1849. He is born and baptised on 25 October 1849 in Verchères^[1]. (listed as 4 in 1851 census)^[2] He passed away in 1923. He is mentioned on a memorial in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 1923.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptême Nazaire Meunier Collection Drouin, IGD (Membership) (read Rosaire by IGD)
2. ↑ 1851 Census of Canada lines 41-49
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #178627797 (accessed 14 October 2022)
   Memorial page for Nazaire Lapierre (1850-1923), citing Mount Carmel Cemetery, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA (plot: Section B Row 8 Lot 2).

• 1851 Canadian Census, Vercherer District 3, Page 27, lines 41-49 listing Lambert Meunier (44) and Christine Dancereau (37) and the following Meunier children - Lambert (15), Joseph (14), Louise (11), Adelaide (9), Rosalie (7), Zoe (6), and Nazaire (4).

• Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, 1021-1924.

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Russell Butler and BW, his 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Lambert Meunier and Christine Dansereau, the great great grandparents of both Russell Butler and BW. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Ancestry, based on sharing 54 cM across 3 segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 36.8 cM segment on chromosome 6, consisting of Russell Butler and ED, his 4th cousin 1x removed, and AM, his 4th cousin 1x removed. (ED and AM are 3rd cousins.) These matches have been independently verified by via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestors are Augustin Bruno Meunier and Marie Louise Praxède Petit, the 3x great grandparents of Russell Butler and 4x great grandparents of both ED and AM. DNA test taker Russell Butler is the great grandson of Nazaire Meunier, the son of Lambert Meunier, the son of the common ancestors Augustin Bruno Meunier & Marie Louise Praxède Petit.