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Translations of Words and Terms from 1701 Census
(Part 1)
I have gone over the pages and given you the translations (if I gave the translation on another page I didn't bother giving it again if it showed up elsewhere) The spelling was really strange. I don't know if it's a case of that's
the way they spelled way back then or they just basically spelled the way it sounded. I
didn't correct any spelling mistakes, I left everything as it was on the original. NOMS DES HABITANS - Occupants name NOM DES PECHEURS QUE CHAQUE HABITANT HIVERNE - Name of fisherman that stays with occupant during the winter
NOM DES PECHEUR QUE CHAQUE HABITANT FAIT REVENIR A FRANCE Name of fisherman that each occupant sends back to France CE QUE LE ROY LEUR DONNE DE GRAVE What the King gives them (I really dont know what the expression de grave means) the word grave means serious in french but this is not what the word used here meant. Sr. is seigneur - in English it means lord. Il doit amener ses deux compaignons He must bring his two companions deux pecheurs two fishermen
Pour x chaloupes for x launch (meaning small boat probably a row boat) et un compagnons lautre doit venir de france and one companion, the other must come from France Monsr. leur fair venir de france Mister or Monsignor (not really sure on this one) is having sent from France Il passe en france et doit amener trois equipages 9 homme He is coming by way of France and must bring 3 teams 9 men Ils doivent amener chaqun leur compaignons they must each bring their own companion. ordre de Courtbiau de luy amener 9 hommes orders from Courtbiau to bring him 9 men Il doit luy venir un navire There is a a ship coming to him il est oblige de lui amener 6 hommes he is obliged to bring him 6 men Il doit amener ses deux camarade he must bring his two friends le maitre grave doit amener 3 autres hommes the master ? must bring 3 other men son fils doit amener un batiment et 5 esquipages his son must bring a ship and 5 teams remplassement replacement ils doivent amener tous trois chacuns leur deux compaignons all three of them must each bring their two companions il doint amener trois esquipaged de france he must bring 3 teams from France Les deux metres de Challoupe the two masters of Challoupe doivent amener chacun leur deux hommes- must each bring 2 men il doivent amener ses deux camarade et trois autres homme they must bring 2 friends and three other men doit les amener de france must bring from France doit luy faire venir deux compaignons must send him 2 companions elle a donnay ordre she has given the order de luy amener deux equipages de to bring two teams from La veuve the widow a plaisance ce 8e octobre in Plaisance this 8th of October Transcribed by Sue O/Neill (October 1998)
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Translations of Words and Terms from 1701 Census
(Part 2)
For better understanding of the situation at the time, it may be necessary to clarify a few words such as, to answer Sue O'Neill question (above): - "grave" which should be understood as referring to a harbor with its
fishing infrastructures whose operation was granted by the King to
shipowners. Graves were classified into four sets depending on the number of In 1698, Plaisance is divided in 3 areas in which lived forty families : - the area of the Fort includes four houses, a grave that can accomodate 40
chaloupes and an hospital near the lime kiln,
- the area of the big grave to the right of the bottleneck, includes 25
houses employing a hundred of chaloupes, A few years before the 1701 census, in February 1697, a regulation stipulates that for these regions, a maximum of 60 committed fishermen may go every spring. At Plaisance, the need for labor was high and in 1690, the Governor of the colony thought that the numbers of "chaloupes" that each resident fisherman could operate should perhaps be listed to three. A "chaloupe" s a fine rowing boat with a 3-man crew : - a master (Maître or Mr for short) an arimier, a beaussoin and sometimes a boy. The master is always the most experienced man in either a boat or ashore. When at sea he steers the chaloupe and selects the fishing banks, ashore he coordinates the drying. The beaussoin comes second in the crew both in experience and salary. He stands at the bow of the chaloupe, drops the anchor on the fishing bank and guide the chaloupe to the docks. The arimier is responsible for piling cods in the chaloupe. Ashore, while the chaloupes are fishing, the grave-teams lead by a master
(Maître de grave) wash, clean, salt and pile cods.
At a minimum, each team consists of a "Maître de grave" , a decoleur who
slice the head and separate the liver, the eggs (rogue) and the swinbladder
(naut) a saleur, important person as the conservation of the fish depends on
his know-how and a boy handyman to the team.
A grave team of four men can provide dressing for two chaloupes of cods.
issued from The Traité général des pesches, author Duhamel du Monceau
in Encyclopédie, drawings (Paris, Éditions Panckoucke, 1793) 1701 Census Desablon - Deux pêcheurs - Mathurin Le Gay de St Malo / Jacques Richard de St Malo les deux "Maîtres" de chaloupe and not "mètres" (measurment) Binic is a town not very far from the that of Saint Malo (Britany) Transcribed by Monique Baladier (2009)
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