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Old 12-01-14, 04:59
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Propriétaire means landowner as well as owner in the general sense, and as they've put it where the occupation would normally go, I'm sure they mean landowner.

I've translated Cailly's occupation as "Receiver-General of Customs", which seems to be the usual title.
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I've just been having a look at the dictionary to see if I can work out the first witness's occupation.

It might possibly be chanoine (canon, in the religious sense).
Oh yes, you could be right.
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Old 12-01-14, 05:13
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Oh yes, here he is:

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l'abbé Joseph-Marie Montera, chanoine de l'église catholique d'Alger
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%2...chanoine+alger
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I'm not sure about the numbers, either. The first one almost looks like Arabic, although everything else is in French, so it seems unlikely.
I agree that I don't think they're Arabic numbers. Reminiscent, but they don't match up with samples I found online.

Well, this is intriguing. Trying to download the PDF now.
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Good one Janet....What's it mean? lol



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Old 12-01-14, 05:31
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Funnily enough I was just coming to post that - I actually found the book it appears in.

It's a sort of Who's Who of Algeria in 1848, and mentions Cailly as well as Giacobbi. As the address is right, it's clearly François:

https://archive.org/stream/lalgrieen...e/240/mode/2up

https://archive.org/stream/lalgrieen...e/270/mode/2up
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Old 12-01-14, 05:33
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It shows that François was a conseiller at the Cour Royale.

The Cour Royale would be the law courts. A conseiller is an advisor or diplomat; not sure if it's an old word for a lawyer, but I don't think so.

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Old 12-01-14, 05:38
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I think I shall have to change Cailly's occupation - he seems to be fairly low down in the pecking order
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Thank you Mary. I keep googling Francois but coming up with the more modern one. Pity the name is not that uncommon when it comes to politics/law, etc....
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Yes, it is an irritating name to search. There seems to have been quite a dynasty of Giacobbis.
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