Tidbits from the history of our ancestors. # 6<h2>Land census of Montréal on September 1, 1731.<br>
Far east section.</h2><h5><FONT COLOR="#0099FF">last update : January 2, 1998</FONT><h5>
The following is an extract from the September 1, 1731 "Aveu et dénombrement des Messieurs de Saint-Sulpice". This document lists all the lots, with dimensions, owners, buildings and land uses and annual seigneurial dues (tax) for the whole island of Montréal and surrounding smaller islands. The area was a Seigneurie belonging to the Sulpicians congregation, the main financial backer with Mrs. de Bullion of the foundation of Montréal in 1642.
This land census contains a few thousand names for the whole seigneurie. I am reproducing the names of those owning land within the walled city only. If anyone would like me to check for a specific name on the rest of the island, feel free to contact me on "soc.genealogy.french" for the benefit of everybody.
I have divided the walled city plan in six sections to reduce the files to manageable size for viewing. This page gives the first and most easterly section. Future pages will give the other sections.
The "Aveu..." is kept at the National Archives of Québec. Five hundred printed copies were published in 1943 by Antoine Roy, chief archivist. The present list is taken from one of these copies which I found in a used books store in Vancouver.
Plan of Montreal, far east section, from Chaussegros de Lery, prepared in 1731, kept at the Archives Nationales de France and corrected according to cadastral information
