Louis Bonnain was a merchant in the Parish of St-Jacques de L'Houmeau a Angouleme. In a letter from France sent to Rufine Swan, they found the baptisims for 6 of the children.
It is recorded that he and his wife Francoise had died before December 2, 1717, because they were not present at the second wedding of their son Pierre on this date.
Note: Some records name Louis Bonnain as a post master, taking mail to Paris, France.
Sources:  Stephen White, Rufine Swan, Ed Galvin
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From Jim Burke’s GEDCOM:
Pierre was born in Angouleme, France but set sail for Newfoundland before his first marriage to Bernardine Vrignaud, who he married on November 12, 1712 in Plaisance (Placentia), Newfoundland.
Pierre was a fisherman and remained in Newfoundland until the death of Bernardine, about 1715.
By 1717 Pierre was living in Louisbourg, NS and married his second wife Marguerite, who was 13 years of age. Although there were no records found of Pierre having children with his first wife, he did have 5 children with Marguerite.
Pierre and Marguerite lived in the parish of St. Esprit (near Louisbourg) where all his children were born. In St. Esprit, Pierre was a sub-commander of the Harbour. In 1726 Pierre was the King's intendant at Port Royal.
After her husbands death, Marguerite Guyon kept an inn at Saint-Esprit. On January 18, 1735, she remarried there. Her second husband was Jean Perrez, son of Antoine Perrez and Marie-Anne Pons, former inhabitants of plaisance (Plecenta, NFLD.).
Pierre's first marriage contract shows him as a merchant. His second contract lists his father Louis as a merchant also. Marguerite's father, Francois Guyon, was the captain of a merchant vessel. In the same contract, Marguerite's step-father, Francois Cresenneet is listed as a merchant. From this, one can surmise that both families were of substance. The second marriage contract also shows that Pierre was already settled in St. Esprit by 1717.
Note;
On April 26, 1708, Pierre was a witness at the marriage of Francois Clermont dit la Rose, whose mother was Marguerite Chauvin. Is it possible this was a relative of his mother?




HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY

July 8, 1735

Pierre Bonin dit La Chaume
Fisherman Innkeeper

Papers concerning the liquidation of the rights of Demoiselle Marguerite Guyon, widow of Sieur Bonnain lachaume.

Extract from the registers of the office of the Royal Billiagie of Louisbourg, Isle Royale.

To all thoes who shall see these present letters;
Joseph Lartigire, King's Councilor and Royal Baille, cival and criminal magistrate in the Royal Billiage of Louisbourg, Isle Royale .
Between; Demoiselle Marguerite Guyon, widow from her first marriage to Pierre Bonin LaChaume, residing at the Port of St. Esprit, tutoress of their children, and at present the wife of Sieur Jean Peze, her second husband duly authorized by him for the management of her property and the prosecution of her rights, according to the clause contained in their marriage contract, plaintiff ,of the first part.

And

Sieur Guillaume Delort, citizen merchant residing in this city, subrogate tutor of the minor children born of the marriage between Sieur Bonnain LaChaume and Demoiselle Guyon, in the aforesaid capacity, defendant, of the second part;

The plaintiff having concluded at the ends of her request answered by us on the second instance to the effect that to dissolve the community of property which existed between herself and her first husband, deceased, she had caused an inventory of the same to be done and the same to be legally closed, and having examined whether this community would be more onerous than profitable for her, renounced it and obtained an act of her renucitation in the Superior Council of this island by the commissary appointed in this case, the plaintiff to content herself with taking back her dowry ,dower, preciput, furnished room and other matrimonial benefits stipulated by her contract of marriage with the late Sieur LaChaume.


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And as the said widow should cause her rights and reprises to be liquidated in order to be paid therefor by preference to ~11 creditors subsequent to herself out of the property left by her late husband, she had caused Sieur Delort to be summoned to this audience in order, he acting in his capacity as subrogate tutor of the said minor children, the heirs of their father ,to cause the said contract of marriage between the deceased and the plaintiff decleared executory upon him ,the said minors being sentenced .personally for such shares and portions as they are heirs to , and by way of a mortgage on the whole. To give and pay to the said Demoiselle Guyon one thousand livres in respect of the dowry she brought to her late husband, 500 livres in respect of her dower, and a like sum of 500 livres, with which she agreed to content herself for the value of the furnished room stipulated by their contract of marriage, with intrest on the said sums until actual payment; and requested the costs, with out prejudice to her rights and actions, as may seem fit subsequently .
And in order to abrivate the legal costs, which would absorbe this succession, she was given permission to take the above sums in movable effects of the succession of the late Sieur LaChaume, in accordance with the appraisal which had been done by means of the inventory.
Sieur Delort said that since the plaintiff had renounced the community of property with her late husband and contented herself with her entitlements, he did not think he could approve her requests, which were based on her contract of marriage; that there were due her only 500 livres at which she had set her furnished room, which was not an excessive demand; and that as the effects in the inventory had been appraised by expert persons, he believed that it was to the advantage of the minors to consent to their mothers taking the reimbursement of her benifits in movables of her own choosing; in accordance with the inventory appraisal, adding thereto the augmentation as stated in the Custom of Parts; that it appeared that this would be more advantagous for the minors than if they caused the said movables, which were of little value, whereof the costs would absorb a part, to be sold ; thus the said Sieur Delort consented to Demoiselle Guyon's being reimbursed the sum of 2000 livres for the recovery of her entitlements in movables and effects of her own choosing, in accordance with the inventory appraisal, adding thereto one 4th for the augmentation, and for the rest deferring to the court to make such order as might be seen fit.

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Having heard the parties and seen the contract of marriage between Sieur LaChaume and Demoieslle Guyon signed before Micoin Royal Notary of this city, on the second of Dec. 1717;the judgment of the Superior Council of this city, of the 5th of Aug. 1734,officially appointing the experts to do the inventory in question; an expedition of the said inventory, of the 5th of Oct. last, containing an appraisal of the effects left by the deceased, the act of closure of the said inventory, of the 1st of this month; and the plaintiff's renuncitation of the community of property between herself and her first husband dated the same day; and having then the conclusions of the King's Procuer, to whom the whole had been communicated;
We have declared and do declare the contract of marriage in question to be executory upon the defendant in the capacity in which he is acting, and in so doing sentence the minor children, the heirs of the late Lachaume, their father, personally for such share and portion as they are heirs to, and by way of a mortgage on the whole, to pay with out delay to the plaintiff, their mother the sum of 2000 livres for reimbursment of her dowry, preciput and furnished room mentioned above, with interest on the said sum until actual payment; and give permission to the plaintiff to take the said sum in movables and effects contained in the said inventory, according to the appraisal of the same, said heirs to the costs.
Done and given by us, he Bailli aforesaid, the audience being held at Louisbourg on Friday, the 8th of July, l735; signed on the register " Lartique " Baillif.
To the Bailli 31. s.
To the ' King' s Procurer 2 5
To the Clerk 3
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To our Lordships of the Superior Council of Louisbourg, Isle Royale.
Marguerite Guyon, widow of Sieur Pierre Bonin LaChaume, residing at St. Esprit, humbly supplicate, saying that she became a widow on the l4th of Feb. 1730, having four minor children born of their marriage, namely, Pierre, l4 years of age, George, ten years of age, feancois, seven years of age, and Angelique Bonin Lachaume, four years of age, for which children it was necessary to provide a tutor and subrogate tutor to be present at the inventory which suppliant intends to cause to be done of the property, which existed between herself and her late husband, in order then to proceed to the liquidation of her rights and matrimonial conventions, reserving the right, after closure of said inventory, to accept or renounce the said community by taking back her benifits;

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Wherefore she requested that Our Lordships be pleased to appoint a councillor and commissary in order that the suppliant might cause the relatives and friends of the minors to be assembled in competent number before him to give their advice concerning the said elections of a tutor and subrogate tutor; and as the suppliant resides at the Port of St. Esprit on this island ,where there is no one appointed for the adminstration of justice ,and it would occasion great expense both for her and for her children if it were necessary, in order to proceed to an inventory of what little property they have, to cause commissary and the clerk to go there, she requested that to abrivate: such expense, the Council be pleased to order that the aforesaid inventory be done by two inhabitants of the barachois of St. Esprit whome it would be pleased officially to appoint, both for the inventory and for the appraisal of the whole the inventory then to be deposited at the office of the council; and you will do justice.
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Inventory, deposited at the office of the Council, of the property of the community of the late Sieur LaChaume, inhabitant of St. Esprit, and Demoiselle Marguerite Guyon, his wife.
Mass of the property left by the late Sieur pierre Bonnain la Chaume, according to the inventory done by the request of his widow and the liquidation of her rights.

Imovables

A fishing habitation at St. Esprit, assessed at
1500 1.) 2100 1. s.
A house at the said place assessed at 600 ) Cash 60 movable effects 1394 10 Active debts, both good and bad, due at the time of inventory 1250
Total 4804 10


Passive debts of the succession 1024 1. 1 Os

Liquidation of the rights of the widow

For her reprises and matrimonial conventions 2000 i. s. d

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Reimbursement of the legal expenses 68
Reimbursement of the debts of the succession of her husband which she had paid off since the time of the inventory, as tutoress of her children. 1024
To pay herself this sum the widow is taking movable effects amounting to: 1394 1. 10 s. d.

For the augmentation in accordence with the custom of Paris. 348 12 6
Cash 60
Recovery of the active debts 1250
Total 3053 26

There therefore remains due to the widow of her children to be taken from the house 57 17 6
Mass of property left by the late Sieur Pierre Bonnain lachaume, according to the inventory done at the request of his widow.

His fishing habitation at St. Esprit,assessed at 1500 l. s. d.

His house at the said place 600

Movable effects 1394 1. s. d.

Augmentation in accordance 1743 2 6
with the Custom of Paris 348 12 6 )
Cash 60
Active debts, both good and bad 1250
Total 5153 2 6

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Passive debts to the widow for her reprises and matrimonial conventions 2000
Reimbursement of the legal expenses 86 l. 2086 10
Debts paid off by the widow since the inventory, as tutoress to her children 102 10 ) --3111--
There remains for the children 2044
Note that the widow retaining all the movables, silver and active debts of the succession, still has owing her by her children from the habitation and house
57 1. 17 s. 6 d.

Request to the Superior Council 2
Judgment in consequence 7 10
Seal 2
Summones to the relatives concerning
the tutorship 7
Act of tutorship 22 10 Deposit of the inventory and expedition 24
Request for iiquidations of the rights of the widow 2
Summonses to the subrogate tutor, including copies of the titles 4 /...?.../ and expedition of the /...?.../ 11

Seal 1 10
/ Summons ? / to the subrogate tutor, including the copy 3
86 10
Inventory of the property left by Sieur Bonnain LaChaume. Extract of the registers and minutes of the office of the Superior Council of Louisbourg, Isle Royale.


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Inventory of the property of the community of the late Sieur Bonnain la Chaume and Demoiselle Marguerite Guyon, his wife.
In the year 1734,on the 5th of Oct. in the forenoon, we. Joannis dolabrats cadet residing at the harbor of Louisbourg, and George Barbudeau, surgeon and inhabitant of St. Esprit, appointed by a judgment of the Superior Council of Louisbourg dated 5th of Aug. last to conduct an inventory of the property and movables and immovable effects left by the late Pierre la Chaume, another inhabitant of the said harbor of St. Esprit, from the community between himself and Demoiselle Marguerite Guyon, his wife, tutoress of the children born of their marriage, all to abrivate the expenses of having the judges go and travel to the place, went at request of the said widow to the house she occupies, situate to the west of the harbor entrance, and to satisfy the provisions of the said judgment, we, the aforesaid appointees, called upon the said Demoiselle Guion, widow LaChaume to declare to us in her soul and concience all and each item of the movable effects. immovables, papers and generally everything that might belong to the said community, and to produce them all for us, to be inventoried and appraisel and after the other by two persons whom we told her to send for; which she promised to do; and forth with she caused Sieurs Jean De Menne dit Bearegard and Francois lisalde, the foreman as inhabitant , to be notified, who appeared, and also promised in their souls and consicences to appraise and assess all the said effects , movables and immovables at their just value; and then signed with us.

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Then the said widow LaChaume caused us to enter a low room at the entrance of the said house, to the left, where the following items were found, namely;
First. a bed with its wooden bedstead in an alcove, fitted with a woolen mattress, a feather tick, a bolster, a straw matress, a white woolen blanket and a calico coverlet, with the curtains, headpiece, bottom and tester of citron-colored serge with a small blue ribbon, the lot half worn out assessed at one hundred fifty livres.
150 1. s. d.

A mirror with a plain frame, assessed at 5 livres opposite
An armoire with one door for storing the glasses and pots, assessed at ten livres
5 ----155---~------155
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NOTE ,
Item, another armoire, of fir, with 2 doors, for storing the linen that will be inventoried below assessed at 15

Seven doz. napkins, half warn out, at ten sous apiece, making 42 livres 42

Eight tablecloths, assessed at 4 livres apiece, making 32 livres 32

Six pairs of sheets, assessed at 8 livres/pr. 48

2 doz. faience plates with two porrengers of the same material assessed at 6 livres ten sous 6 10.

An English commode containing the personal belongings of the said lady and her children, which we did not think should be inventoried; the said lady declared that she had not paid for the said commode and not knowing if it would remain with her, we did not inventory it.

Item: these were found in a drawer of the said commode, 6 spoons and 6 forks of silver, which we did not weigh, for lack of weights, but which were appraised at 8 livres apiece. 96


Item:, a large pewter ladle for serving
BROUGHT FORWARD 404 10 404 10
Soup assessed at 30 sous 1 10

Item, 5 table knives, assessed at 5 sous apiece 1 10

Two tables, one with a cover in poor condition, assessed at 6 livres 6

Item, another table, English, assessed at 10 Livres 10

Item, an armchair, assessed at 10 livres 10

Item, 5 chairs, at 15 sous apiece 3 15

Two silver goblets on the cornice of the chimney, assessed at 30 livres 30

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And nothing else having been found in the said room, we went into another apartment situate on the south side on the street side, when the following items were found;
A bed with a matress, feather tick, bolster and straw matress, with jonquil colored curtains, assessed at 80 livres 80

An English table assessed at 10 livres 10 A straw armchair, assessed at 2 livres 2
And nothing else having been found in the said room, we went into another room situate on the garden side to the south west, where the following items were found;

A bed assessed at 80 livres 80 639
Opposite 639

An armchair, 40 sous 2
A chair 15
A chest 3


And nothing else having been found in the said room, we went into another room situate on the chimney side, where nothing was found except a bedstead for a tombeau bed, in poor condition, with a set of serge hangings in poor condition, for the children, which we did not think should be inventoried.

Then we went into another room situate to the right, at the entrance, serving as a kitchen, where the following items were found;

5 doz. pewter plates, which we did not weigh, but which were assessed by the appraisers at 60 livres 60

Item,12 dishes and a baisin of the same material, at 40 livres 40

Item, 5 candlesticks, one of which was broken, assessed at 30 sous apiece 7 10

A coldron,3 livres 3
2 chairs @15 sous 1 10
A stewpan 2
A skimmer 10 3 trivets @15 sous 2 5
A shovel 1
The pincers 1
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763 10


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A pair of firedogs, 4 livres 4
the bottom of a pie dish 1
A pot ladle 10

Item, in the same room, an iron fork, and the snufters, with a snuffer pan,
the lot broken, 10 sous. 10

A pinte, a chopine and a quart of pewter 4

A pair of laundry irons, assessed at 5 livres. 5

A fir buffet with 2 doors and a drawer assessed at 40 sous. 2

And nothing else having been found in the said kitchen, we went into a small room on the garden side, where the following items were found, namley;

3 chairs, assessed at @15 sous 2 5
And nothing else having been found, we went into another room on the street side, where there we found;
9 quarts of eels, assessed at 5 livres apiece 45
2 sifters 10
A chair 15

opposite 829 10

And nothing else having been found, we went into an apartment situate on the north side, serving as a storehouse for the said widow, where the following items were found;
Nine quarts of flour, weighing 1620 livres net, at 10 livres per quintal. 164
Two quarts of peas @ 12 livres 24
A barrique of Torsac wine 100
A demi-barrique of Saintonge wine 40
A quart of pork fat, 2/3 40
A demi-baril of butter containing 80 litres weight C 10 sous 40
A piece of makerel net assessed at 25
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1262 10


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And where as it was noon, we left off the session, and postponed the continuation to 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and drew up the proceeds to the sum of one thousand and sixty-two livres ten sous, and signed with the said lady, the appraisers and ourselves.
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And continuing the said inventory this day, the 5th of Oct. at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we the aforesaid appointees accompanied by the said widow



Brought forward 1262 10
1262 10
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1262 10
and appraisers, went into the yard of the said lady,
the widow of Lachaume, where she showed us the following;
Two cows ,which were assessed at 50 livres apiece 100
A ewe and a ram, assessed at 12
Twenty hens or chickens,
assessed at 20 sous apiece 20

And whereas nothing else was found in the said yard, we went back into the said house, which the appraisers at the sum of six hundred livres, including the garden, stable, yard, bake house and generally all its emplacements and dependencies 600

Then we went with the said lady and the appraisers to the habitation situate on the east side of the entrance, where we found 2 huts in poor condition and unservicable; a very dilapedated stage; and the stones carried away by the sea, leaving sand in their place; which habitation was assessed at one thousand five hundred livres
1500

Then we again came back with the said lady and the appraisers to the house of the said lady, who showed us in
Opposite 3494 10
3494 10
A Chest, ten six-livres ecus 60

we examined the account books of the said lady who making sales and having many small sums to collect from private individuals, which we did not put in the inventory, in order to avoid too much detail, but which we estimated to amount to the sum of 1250 livres
1250
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4804 10

At the same time the said lady told us there was nothing to put in the inventory, and being questioned on what owed, she declared to us the following debts, namely;


To Monsieur dolabarats 805 1. 1Os
To Monsieur Delort 200
To Monsieur Barthelemy 19
1024 10
And said that to her knowledge she did not haveany other debts 1024 10
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3780 10

The total of the said inventory amounting, quit of the debts to the sum of 3780 livres; and as the said lady declared she had no other property, we ended the session on said day, the 5th of Oct. 1734, signed

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Act of closure of inventory and renunciation made by the widow of the community of property with her husband.

This day, the first of July, 1735, about 8 o'clock in the morning, before us Maitre francois Marie Degoutins, councillor in the Superior Council of Louisbourg, Isle Royle, Commissary in this case, in our house appeared Demiselle Marguerite guyon, widow of her first marriage, the late Sieur Pierre Bonnain Lachaume, inhabitants of Esprit harbor of this island; tutoress of their children; and the wife by her second marriage, of Jean Pere, also an inhabitant of this port, who duly authorized his wife, by their marriage conventions, to manage her property not having stipulated any community property between them, by express renuncition; who said that there being no magistrate or other public person for judical acts in the place where she resides, she was taking action in the court in order to cause
therein to be officially appointed capable persons before whom she might cause an inventory of the property of the late Sieur Lachaume to be done, for the purpose of dissolving mity of property before her remarriage; and that in execution of the judgment she had optained the Superior Council on the 5th of Aug. of last
she had caused the said inventory to be done and completed by Sieurs Dolabrats and barbadeau ,experts appointed hat purpose; which inventory had been depoised by them at the office of this court; and after the said Demoiselle had sworn in the usual manner to tell the truth, declared that to her knowledge there were no other
moveables or effects belonging to the succession or to community between herself and the late Sieur Lachaume thoes contained in the said inventory;

further, the said Demoiselle Guyon said and declared by her marriage conventions with Sieur Perie, she had renounced the community of property herself and her first husband, deceased, because it would have been more onerous then profitable for her, contenting herself with her dowry, preciput, reprises and matrimonial conventions, which were due her according to her contract of marriage, signed before the late Micoin, Royal Notary in this city, Dec.2, 1717, and other rights and actions which she reserved the right to prosecute against such persons, and in such manner as should seem fit; which renuncition Demoiselle Guyon presently reiterated, declaring that she had been unable to do so sooner because of the remoteness of the place and the rigor of the seasons; and in consequence she requsted an act both of the closure of the said inventory, which is dated the 5th of Oct. of last yr.
And of her renunciation of their community of property; and that it be said that the community should be dissolved from the date of the said inventory, subject to her rights;
she signed
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Whereupon we, the councilor and commissary aforesaid, in the presence and with the consent of the King's Procurer general, gave Demoiselle Guyon an act of her appearence, affirnation, statements and requests; and in consequence the inventory in question shall be considered closed and the community between them dissolved from the date of the same; and we gave her an act of her renunciation of the said community, subject to her matrimonial and other rights, in accordance with the custom of Paris.
Done and given at Louisbourg, on the day and in the year aforesaid. Signed: V Sabatier, degoutins and Desmarest, clerk.

Deposit ,minuites and Expedited to Demoiselle Guyon expedition: 24 1. petitioner.
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Inventory of the property , effects, movables and immovables of the community of the late Pierre Bonnain Lachaume and Marguerite Guyon, his widow.
In the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty- four, on the fifth of Oct. in the forenoon, we, Dolabarats cadet, inhabitant of the port of Louisbourg and George Basbudeau, surgeon and inhabitant of St. Esprit, appointed by a judgment of the Superior Council of Louisbourg dated 5th of Aug. last to conduct an inventory of the property, effects, movables and immovables left by the late Pierre Bonnain Lachaume; another inhabitant of the said harbor of St. Esprit from the community between himself and Demoiselle Marguerite Guion, his wife, tutoress of the children born of their marriage, all to abrivate the expenses of having the judges go and travel to the place, went at the request of the said widow to the house she occupies, situate to the west of the harbor entrance, and to satisfy the provisions of the said judgment, we the aforesaid appointees, called upon the said Demoiselle Guyon, widow Lachaume, to declare to us in her soul consience all and each item of the movable effects, immovables papers and generally everything that might belong to the said community and to produce them all for us, to be inventoried and appraised one after the other by two persons whom we told her to send for, which she promised to do, and forth-with she caused Sieures Jean de menne dit Beaurgard and francois Lisalde, the former inhabitant of Petit Degrat and the latter a residant of this harbor, to be notified; who appeared: and also promised in their souls and consiences to appraise and asses all the said effects, movable and immovables at their just value; and they signed with us;

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Then the said widow LaChaume caused us to enter a low room at the entrance of the said house, to the left, where the following items were found namely;
First; A bed with its wooden bedstead in an alcove, fitted with
a woolen mattress, a feather tick, a bolster, a straw amttress and a white woolen blanket with a calico coverlet and the curtains.

* note; All the data from pages 8 to 13 to the place where signatures were is repeated. *

In the year 1734, on Friday, 6 th of August about 4 0'clock in the afternoon, before us francois Marie Desgutins, of the Superior Council of Isle Royale, Commissary in this case, appeared before us, in our house, Marguerite Guyon, being four in number, namely three boys, and one girl;Pierre,l4 years,George,10, francois, 7 years of age and Marguerite Bonin LaChaume, 4 years of age, for which minor children no tutor had been elected; the said widow having for this purposed caused the aforesaid relatives and friends to be summond, namely the said Sieur Delort, second cousin of the said minors, having married Demoiselle Marie Charlotte Gauthier, the said Sieur Martissance, relative in the same degree, having M Demoiselle; M. Claude Morin; and pierre Benoit, Angelique Chariguy; the said Sieurs Dolabarts, Cassagnol, Lagonnaire, Morin and Benoist, trader and inhabitant of this city, friends of the said minors; which persons having appeared.,the said widow La Chaume requested that we be pleased to receive their friends and proceed to the election of a tutor and subrogate tutor for the said minors; and after we had taken the usual oath from the appearers in their souls and conciences to give good and faithfull advice concerning the election of a tutor and subrogate tutor to the said minors, which they promised to do ,the said / widow / said that she would defer for the said electors to the relatives and friends here assembled and to the court to make such order as should seem fit and she signed.
Whereupon we, the councilor and commissary aforesaid and undersigned, gave the said widow La Chaulme an act of her appearence, statement and request, and ordered that we should forthwith proceed, in the presence and at the request of the Procurer General, to the reception of the advice; and we proceeded thereto as follows;


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Sieur Delort said that he nominated the said widow La Chaule for tutoress to her minor children, and Sieur Martissance for subrogate tutor; and he signed
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Sieur Martissance said that he nominated the said widow LaChaulme for tutoress to her minor children and Sieur Delort for subrogate tutor and he signed
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Sieur Benoit said that he nominated and said Demoiselle La Chaume for tutoress to her minor children and Sieur Delort for their subrogate tutor and he signed
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Sieur Dolabrats said he nominated the said widow La Chaulme for tutoress to her minor children, and Sieur Delort for subrogate tutor to the said minors, and he signed.
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Sieur Morin said that he nominated the said widow La Chaulme for tutoress to her minor children and Sieur Guillaume Delort for their subrogate tutor and he signed.
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Sieur Cassagnoll said that he nominated the said widow LaChaulme to be tutoress to her minor children and Sieur Delort for subrogate tutor, and he signed.
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Sieur Lagonnaire nominated the said widow for tutoress, and Sieur Delort to be subrogate tutor to the said minor children, and he signed.
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Whereupon we, the aforesaid concilor and commissary, the conclusions of the Procurer General having been taken, oedered and do order that the said Dame Marguerite Guyon widow La Chaulme, will remain the tutoress to the children born of her marriage to the said Pierre Bonin La Chaulme for the purpose of managing the persons property of the said children, and Sieur Guillaume Delort will remain their subrogate tutor, according to the advice of the relatives and friends above;
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Which we have homologated and do Homolagate,and / ?... / the said Demoiselle Guyon widow LaChaulme, and the said Guillaume Delort have voluntairly accepted the said charges of tutor and subrogate tutor to the said minors and promised to do their duty in the same, each in what concerns him, for which they took the oath required and necessary in like cases, and given all and such undertakings as are required by law, whereof we gave an act.
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Taxed to us for our fees the sum of 7 1.10 S
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Act of swearing in:
In the year 1734,on Tuesday, 1Oth of August, about 9 o'clock in the morning, before us Maitre francois Desgoutins, councillor in the Superior Council of Isle Royale, commissary in this case, appeared in our house Demoiselle M. Guyon widow of Sieur Bonin LaChaulme, in his lifetime an habitant of the harbor of St. Esprit, tutoress of the minor children born of her marriage to the said Sieur La Chaulme, who tols us that in consequence of the / judgment ?/ of the council of the 5th of the present month of Aug. which entered INTER ALIA that /..?../ cause an inventory and description of the property of their community to be done, she took the oath for the appointed expert to do the said inventory to receive her oath an to give her an act thereof.

Whereupon we, the councilor and commissary aforesaid and undersigned, gave the said Widow La Chaulme an act of her appearence, statement and request, and ordered that we should forthwith proceed to the recption of her oath, and forthwith the said Widow La Chaulme having raised her hand and promised to God in her soul and concience to produce for the experts appointed to do the inventory of the property of the community between herself and her late husband generally all items of which she knew to belong to their community ,we gave her an act; and the said Widow La Chaume signed with us after the reading.
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