Hello aameunier. I see that this post is a few years old and perhaps you have the information you needed by now. I an new to this, so please forgive me if I take up too much space.
My mother was the daughter of Philias
Abraham Meunier and our line goes all the way back to
Bertrand Meunier & Madeline Guibour. My mother has researched both the
Meunier and
Hurtubise lines back to France. That being said, I can offer you no information on Aurele Gilbert
Meunier.
The following is information that my mother was able to find about Pierre
Meunier, our first ancestor in Canada:
#256, Pierre Meunier-dit-LaPierre, our first ancestor in Canada;
Source of information for #256, PIERRE
Meunier -dit-LaPIERRE was taken from "Dictionaire Genealogique des Famille du Qubec", page 204
by Rene
Jette. These records originate from ancient R.C. church records. The following information taken from these dictionaires is of the first
census taken in "New France (Canada)" in 1666.
1) Pierre was possibly a soldier in the "Regiment de
Carrigan" who had come from France to fight against he British in the earliest days of New France.
2) Pierre waqs classified as a master stonemason and many were brought over at this time to build forts. From "Dictionaire Genealogique des
Familles
Canadien", page 428 by L"
Abbe Cyprien
Tanguay, Vol. 7.
3) Pierre was confirmed on the 9/27/1665 at the age of 17, in Ste. Ours, Contrecoeur, P.Q.
4) By 1666, Pierre worked as a "Domestique" for the religeous order of the "Sulpicine" of Montreal. This R.C. order were missionaries from France.
5) By 1667, Pierre was living in Montreal.
6) In 1681 Pierre was living in Saite
Ours, Contrecoeur, P.Q. At this time he wasa tenant-farmer of the Seigneural land system for Mr. Boucher. In
time these farmers owned their own land.
I hope that this is of some help. I have all of the charts that mother made and have transferred them to my computer and updated to the present time, in Excel format. If I can be of further help, plese let me know!
Regards. Rodger
Hurtubise