. 1914, however, he signed a deed of gift in trust which turned over his shares in La Presse to lawyer Zénon Fontaine, notary Joseph-Roch Mainville, and Arthur, vesting them with the

of evidence at the beginning of 1782. But his bakery business fell off, and he had difficulty again with his creditors. In May 1785 he received a commission as notary at Michilimackinac, and he

BESSERER, LOUIS-THÉODORE, notary, soldier, politician, and businessman; b. 4

BIARD, PIERRE, Jesuit priest, missionary in Acadia; b. 1567 or 1568 at Grenoble, presumed to be the son of Jean Biard, royal notary

function for those intending to become notaries. Former pupils of Bibaud, both men gave instruction in their offices during the months of June and July. As for the man who pompously called himself “head

BIGOT, FRANÇOIS, seigneurial attorney, royal notary, court officer, son of François Bigot, dit Lamothe

million livres as “restitution.” Through a friend, Bernis, and by a notarial contract in Paris dated 24 Aug. 1758, Bigot had bought an estate near Versailles, the castle and fief of Vaugien

he completed in 1856. He then spent a winter in Rivière-du-Loup (Louiseville) with notary Jean-Baptiste-Arthur Chamberland in order to learn French. On 22

Black, now 37, married Jane, the 18-year-old daughter of a Quebec merchant, Sentlow Rawson; they were to have at least two children. In July Black went £1,000 into debt to buy from the notary Pierre-Louis

married Marie-Françoise, the daughter of Joseph Lizot, major of militia at Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies. In the marriage contract signed that day before notary Étienne

. Little is known about Gustave Blanche’s childhood and youth. From 1858 to 1866 he attended the Collège Saint-Sauveur in Redon, run by the Eudists; from 1868 to 1870 he studied law and worked as a notary’s

-262, 18 janv. 1805. Bayliss Public Library (Sault Ste Marie, Mich.), Misc. coll., diaries, journals, and fraternal records; Mackinac notarial

, Boisseau therefore did not shrink from calumny. Twenty times, from 22 March to 15 October, alone or surrounded by witnesses, he appeared before one or other of the notaries of Quebec to sign

BOISSEAU, NICOLAS, king’s scrivener, notary, and court clerk; b

minute-books of deceased notaries who had practised in the Government of Quebec. These duties he performed to the general satisfaction of the colonial authorities. On 6 Oct. 1754, at Saint-Thomas

BOISSEAU, NICOLAS-GASPARD, author, notary, politician, and office holder; b

have been a happy one, as François Boivin, before the Quebec notary, Romain Becquet, made a will 27 Jan

sale drawn up before the notary Pierre Petit* on 19 November of that year. Gilles Bolvin

BOUCAULT DE GODEFUS, GILBERT, merchant, royal notary; b. c. 1709 in the region of Paris, France, son of Nicolas-Gaspard

, thinking that his brother Gilbert, a notary, would succeed him. Intendant Bigot*, who had got wind of the affair, thwarted these plans by