Family:Henri L'Official and Isabelle Chego (1)

"About the first part or middle of the last century one Henry L'Official, a Frenchman, arrived in Quebec. After a short sojourn in that Province he became acquainted with a young French-Canadian, whose Christian name was Nannette, this young lady he subsequently married and shortly after, for some reason or other which I cannot understand, sailed down the St. Lawrence in a small craft of his own, taking, with him his wife. Making for the Straits of Belle Isle he met with adverse weather and was wrecked and driven ashore some miles north of Bay St. George. At this point he managed to spend the winter somehow and the summer following made his way to Sandy Point, the chief settlement of this same Bay. He settled her among a few Jersey families that were already in possession of the place. Of his union with Nannette there was issue two daughters and one son. The career of the latter is lost but of the daughters it is known that one married in Cape Breton, the other formed an alliance with a Frenchman born on the passage from France, this mans name was Benoit. From this union sprang a long lineage." - Pioneer History of St George's Diocese, Michael Brosnan

This passage was written over a century after The L'Officials arrived in Newfoundland, and it was based on local oral tradition. As a result, there are some inconsistencies with existing records. Mainly, Henri's wife is referred to as Nannette, when all other accounts list her as Elizabeth or Isabelle. It is commonly believed that the name Nannette was the nickname of Elizabeth's daughter, Ann, and, in this passage, had been incorrectly attributed to Elizabeth.

During the summer, Henri was a fisherman of both Cod and Salmon. During the winter, he pursued trapping and he refined his trade as a barrel maker. (2)

1. ↑ Butt, Kirk R. Early Settlers of Bay St. George: The Inner Bay, Volume 1, Third Edition. (Whitby, Ontario: Boonen Books, 2009)
   120.
2.   Butt, Kirk R. Early Settlers of Bay St. George: The Inner Bay, Volume 1, Third Edition. (Whitby, Ontario: Boonen Books, 2009)
   123.