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position of respect, distinction or leadership. Marie Roger‘s name stands out as does that of her husband. François Douville, and others in the Douville family. Jean Baptist Veco. Jacques Veco, Jacques Oudy, Louis Aubin LeBuff, the community doctor, Dominique DuClos and Louis Talbot are a few others. Talbot conducted a number of burials at times when no pn'est was available.

The register of Saint-Pierre-du-Nord reveals a number of place names. some of which are familiar, others less so. Havre- à-l’Anguille was used interchangeably with Havre-aux—Sauvages. particularly during the first half of the F rench regime. but during the second half the name Havre—à—l’Anguille apparently fell into disuse. Tracadie, which was initially within the parish of Saint-Pierre-du—Nord. by 1753 became part of the parish of Saint—Louis-du-Nord-Est, following the establishment of that parish.

The village of Portage is referred t0 on a few occasions. It was at the head of the Hillsborough River. Marie Gentil and her husband, Jean-Baptiste Hache, described as residents of Portage, had a child baptised in 1736. Madame Gentil’s name became better known in lsland French history through Louis Franquet’s writing of her in 1751 while travelling between Port-LaJoye and Saint-Pierre-du—Nord. Though by now widowed, she still lived, according to Franquet, by the portage, though he does not refer to a village by that name.5 Havre—de-Bonne-Fortune is mentioned Presumably, this is the same as Havre—de—Fortune or Baie—de—Fortune, the “Bonne” having gotten dropped. There was also Havre—de—Bonne—Espérance, being dependent on the parish of Saint- Pierre—dn—Nord — its location is unlcnown.

François Douvillc‘s buriul cntry in I757 is interesting in that it claims lhnt Douville was thc ñrst rcsident ol' Île Saint—Jean. Anothcr interesting cntry occurred in February l758 when Futhcr Bisearret married Paul Dcvaux and Marguerite Potier. Both arc described as refugees in the parish. Thc groom‘s parents. from Beaubassin, were said to bc prisoners of the British. Thc bridc‘s mother, formerly from Beaubassin, 'as living at Havre—aux-Sauvagcs. but thc bride‘s father was also a prisoncr of thc British. Quite probably. thc three parents were being held at Fort C‘umberland. forrnerly Fort Beauséjour.

Though the last register entry made on Île Saint-Jean occurred in September 1758, there is one subsequent entry. Made on April l8, 1759 at St—Malo, it gives a fleeting glimpse into the register’s joumey t0 France. On that date Marie

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and our friend, Simon Billard, ex-soldier, lover and blacksmith, and several others appeared before two notaries at St-Malo. Charles de la Borde, formerly of Saint— Pierre-du-Nord and quite likely the man who owned the black slave, Dorothée, needed a baptismal extract conceming his son who had been baptized in Île Saint- Jean in 1750. Marie Roger and Louis Talbot had been the godparents.

In testimony given before the notaries,_ it was stated that following the fall of lle Saint-Jean to the British, the register had come t0 St—Malo aboard one of the transports and had been given t0 a St- Malo church official. It was retrieved from the official in order to have a baptismal extract prepared, but the relevant baptism could not be found in the register. It was stated that during the

5 Louis Franquet, Voyage de Franquet aux [les Royale et Sainthean, Rapport de I 'Archiviste de la va—

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