Guillaume Laberge

Guillaume Laberge

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Guillaume Laberge was the son of Robert de la Berge who inherited Maison

Laberge. He had one older step-sister, Marie-Ursule Durand, three older sisters,

Genevieve, Françoise, and Catherine, and two older brothers, Francois and

Nicolas.

Because times were difficult at the turn of the century (1700), Francois left for Montréal and Nicolas left to voyage down the Mississippi to work at a tanning

factory. Nicolas wound up a few years later at Fort Louis de La Louisiane,

in Mobile in 1705.

In 1703, Guillaume signed a contract to go to Fort Pontchatrain du Détroit

under the command of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.

Guillaume decided not to honor that contract and, instead, stayed at

Maison Laberge in the home that would be handed down for generations

to come.

Taken from Pierre-Lionel's book translation, page 254 & 255:

	02 Feb February 1697: Nicolas with his younger brother Guillaume, had acquired their father Robert’s three arpent (2.53 acre) property shortly before the expiration of the lease the following April. Nicolas had then moved back to L’Ange-Gardien to live. After paying 96 pounds a year, or a total of 480 pounds for the five year lease, plus 50 pounds for the rental of a cow, and probably having to pay for half the value of the cow that died during the lease, he had not become very rich, since the profits went to pay the price of the rental, when they were insufficient even for that. He eventually decided to dispose of the land, whose upkeep had cost him quite dearly.
	February 8, 1702: Nicolas Laberge sells his half of the estate to his brother-in-law Guillaume Maroist. The property consisted of full half of the three arpent (2.53 acre) acquired with his brother Guillaume from their parents, Robert Laberge and Françoise Gosse.
	08 Feb 1702: Nicolas Laberge sold his half to Guillaume Maroist and left for the Mississippi.
	22 April 1703, the Sovereign Council dismissed all of Marie-Ursule Durand's petitions.
	April, 1703: Guillaume Maroist, who had bought half of the Laberge estate from Nicolas and with certain stipulations, insisted on taking possession of it and asked Nicolas' wife and children to vacate Maison Laberge.
	12 Oct 1703: Guillaume Laberge signed a contract to go to Fort Pontchatrain du Détroit.
	15 Mar 1704: Balif of Beaupré orders Nicolas Laberge (represented by his wife Magdeleine Quentin & brother Guillaume) to complete the stipulations of the contract of 02 Feb 1697. Robert would take back possession if the stipulations were unpaid.
	19 April 1704: The court renders a decsion. Guillaume Maroist was required to pay pounds to Robert & Françoise and he would retain possession and use of Nicolas' half of the land.
	The lawsuits would continue past the deaths of Guillaume Maroist in 1708, Robert in 1712, and Françoise in 1714, but nothing would change.
	The land on the west side of the estate which was sold by Nicolas Laberge to Guillaume Maroist would be passed on to the descendants of Guillaume Maroist & Catherine Laberge. The east sideof the estate along with Maison Laberge would be passed on to the descendants of Guillaume Laberge & Marie-Anne Quentin.