October 1837, Longworth became a notary public and opened his own Charlottetown law office the following year. He quickly built a reputation as a land conveyancer and acted as agent for a variety of British

professions of law, notarial practice, or medicine. Both in Canada and elsewhere in the world, engineers adopted those professions as their models and provided themselves with tools to enhance their status and

Gilles Rageot; Greffe de Pierre Rivet Cavalier, 8 avril, 6 nov. 1713, 21 nov. 1717, passim (since the quantity of notarial acts involving Maillou as a party or expert

in 1796 the death of his parish priest, Pierre-Victor Archambault, from whom he was taking lessons, interrupted his studies. In 1804 he left the family farm to serve as a clerk in the office of notary

a notary whenever you desire,” he added. The promise, an unusual gesture for a seigneur of the time, was carried out the following week

big landowners if necessary, to be notary, doctor, postmaster, justice of the peace, etc.” He participated regularly in municipal and school affairs, and he was not afraid to support certain Liberal

in the group; the others were lawyers and notaries. More important, eight of the ten, including Molleur, had served or would serve as municipal councillors or mayors of Saint-Jean in the late 19th and

was as a proctor and notary. Active on town council, he assisted in drafting its charter and by-laws, and moved a petition for the erection of a courthouse. In addition, he served as solicitor of the

councillor, while Antoine-Prospère, the youngest, became a notary at Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets (Les Becquets) and a member of the assembly for Nicolet. Contrary to the assertions of such authors as Pierre

important place. His father, a notary and violin aficionado, frequently organized chamber-music evenings in the family home. Between 1888 and 1892 Rodolphe received his classical education at the Petit

, the king’s doctor Michel Sarrazin. He died on 1 June 1702 and was buried on 5 June in the cathedral vault. The inventory of his possessions, drawn up by the notary

constitutional reform, Périnault had joined the committee of Canadians which was created in 1784 in Montreal to work for it and which counted among its members notary Jean

notary La Cetière in Montreal, he decided to retain his baronetcy. Jacques Robinau, his brother, became

 Oct. 1652, at Trois-Rivières, he signed before the notary Ameau* a marriage contract with Marie-Anne, the daughter of Jacques Leneuf de La

Mémoires, XI (1960), 21–23), Claude de La Tour usually signed his name “de Saint-Étienne,” but two notarial acts call him “Turgis, dit Saint-Étienne, écuyer, sieur de La Tour” and “Claude

” in 1832. In the absence of an exact inventory it is difficult to put a value on his fortune, and the wills that he made in 1799 and 1810 are no longer in the Montreal notaries’ minute-books. One thing

. Numerous complaints about Tonty’s conduct were sworn before notaries, and petitions were signed asking for his recall, but Vaudreuil adamantly refused to take action against his protégé. The governor’s

of about $75,000. From 1875 to 1899 Tourigny had conducted 218 transactions registered by notarial act, most of them concerning land; in a

affectionate father. A daughter married William D. Antrobus, an inspector in the North-West Mounted Police, one son became a notary, and another, Arthur Norreys, followed in his father’s footsteps before

the suit of an ironmonger. The warrant had been signed by Panet as notary; although defeated in Quebec’s Lower Town constituency in 1792, he had been elected for Upper Town and, despite