The birth of Jean Claude Justin Meunier on 20 Jan 1813 was recorded at Levier, Doubs, France. He arrived at the port of New Orleans on the ship Old England on 21 Oct 1852, along with his first wife, Marie Adelaide Courvoisier, b. 1822 in Doubs, France, d. 4 Nov 1852 in Perryville, Perry, Missouri. With them came several of their children:

-- Anne Francis Meunier, b. 24 March 1846 in Levier, Doubs, France

-- Constant Justin Meunier, b. 10 Jan 1848 in Levier, Doubs, France.

-- Marie Josephine Hermance Meunier, b. 30 Sept 1849 in Levier, Doubs, France.

-- Louis Joseph Meunier, b. 9 May 1851 in Levier, Doubs, France, d. 21 Oct 1852 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jean-Claude married his second wife, Mary Camille Mezalaine, on 12 July 1863 in Perry County.

Jean-Claude's brother, Francois (Francis) Julien Meunier, is buried in Home Cemetery, Perryville, Perry County, Missouri.

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OBITUARY. Died, Nov. 5, 1902, at his home seven and a half miles from Perryville near the Farmington road, John C. Moonie, aged 99 years. The deceased was born in France ... and came to America in 1840. He was married twice and raised a family of 22 children. A wife and 11 children survive him. He was raised a Catholic and often in his last days he has remarked "to die is a good blessing." The bereaved ones have the sympathy of many friends who met at the Cedar Fork church to pay their last respects to the deceased, who was laid to rest in the cemetery at that place. Funeral services were conducted by the pastor of the Methodist church, Rev. Rudolph Jones.

Source: Perry County [Perryville, Mo.] Republican, 13 Nov. 1902, p. 4, col. 2. Newspapers (retrieved 1 Jul 2022).