SOME OTHER ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS

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    Mrs Françoise Michaud-Dufresne went on a few occasions to Poitou for better knowing the country of our ancestor and finding documents referring to him.  After several years of search, she could recall, in France and in Quebec, about fifty acts mentioning the name Pierre Micheau (Michel).  Here are some relating especially to the lands and properties of the ancestor.  Concerning "Michel" and "Micheau", Mrs Michaud notes that in the Vendean provincial dialect the french letter "o" is often pronounced "è", according to a survey carried out in Vouvant by Pierre Rézeau.  Michel Gautier and Dominique Gauvrit also state that the particle "eau", as in the word "chapeau" could be pronounced "chapia", "chapéa" or "chapè".  It should not be surprising that our ancestor having to name himself said "Pierre Michè", so the tendancy towards "Michel".  On the other hand, one should note that Pierre Micheau would not know how to write nor to sign, as mentioned in some of these writings.
 
 



  Records of Claude Auber, on September 6, 1665 ; sale of the land and house of Sainte-Anne-du-Petit-Cap to François Daniaud :

(The fixed price is 150 livres (pounds).  This Jean Boutin was one of the passengers on La Fortune in 1656.
 




  Records of Romain Becquet, on September 9, 1673 ; sale of the land and house located on the Île d'Orléans to Jean Morier :



  Records of Romain Becquet, on July 17, 1674 ; concession of a land on Île-aux-Grues by  sieur de Grandville:



  Records of Louis Chambalon, on June 30, 1695 ; concession of a land at Kamouraska to Pierre Micheau by seigneur Charles Aubert de la Chesnaye:

(Pierre Micheau owns the largest land granted at Kamouraska)
 




  Records of Louis Chambalon, on May 30, 1697 ; sale of a land and house at l'Islet-Saint-Jean to Pierre Lessart :

(The sale price is up to 950 livres (pounds) cash.  All sign their names except for Pierre Micheau)
 
 

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