Chapter XVI: Appendix: Before the War

_Survey made November, 1917._

Plan of the Village.]

1914

1. MME. MARIE GENSE—Had a few rabbits; good house.

2. M. NOULIN—Was a storekeeper; had rabbits and hens.

3. M. POITEAUX (soldat).[7]

4. M. LEON TABARY (living near Amiens).

5. M. HUILLARD (soldat).

6. M. COTTRET (prisonnier civil).

7. MME. AUGÉ—Had hens and rabbits; small garden.

8. M. HUILLARD (see 5.)

9. M. GAMBARD (at Compiègne).

10. M. THUILLARD, G. (at Bacquencourt).

11. MME. CORDIER—Had 10 cows, 2 bulls, 1 ox, 87 pigs, 3 horses,
150 chickens, 150 rabbits, market garden, orchard.

12. MME. CARPENTIER, J.—Had 3 cows, 2 horses, 30 hens, 50
rabbits, market garden.

13. MME. PICARD—Had 2 cows, 1 horse, hens, rabbits, market
garden.

14. M. THUILLARD, O.—Had 7 cows, 4 horses, 50 hens, 30 rabbits,
10 hectares of land for garden.

15. MME. BROHON (at Voyennes).

16. MME. MOROY, R. (at Esmery-Hallon).

17. MME. CARPENTIER, R.—Had 2 horses, 21 rabbits, 30 hens,
garden.

18. MME. LEFÈVRE—Had 2 cows, 2 horses, 50 rabbits, 30 hens,
market garden.

19. M. MOROY—Had 1 cow, 1 horse, 1 pig, 30 rabbits, 100 hens.

20. M. CHARLET (at Amiens).

21. MME. MOROY (dead).

22. MME. TABARY, G.—Had only a few rabbits; husband hostler at
23.

23. MME. THUILLARD, G.—Had 2 cows, 3 horses, hens, rabbits,
market garden.

24. M. TOURET (prisonnier civil).

25. M. LANNE (at Ham).

26. M. HENET (prisonnier civil).

27. MME. BUTIN—Had a few hens and rabbits; small garden.

28. M. TOURET (prisonnier civil).

29. MME. ROQUET (dead).

30. MME. CORREON—Had rabbits and hens; small garden.

31. MME. DESMARCHEZ (at Esmery-Hallon).

32. MME. DELORME (at Amiens).

33. M. HUYART (at Voyennes).

34. M. REUET (in Paris).

35. M. REUET (in Paris).

36. MME. VILLETTE (at Voyennes).

37. MME. CERF (prisonnière civile).

38. MME. MOROY (dead).

39. M. THUILLARD, C.—Had 2 cows, 2 horses, 25 chickens, 200
rabbits, large market garden.

40. MME. MOROY (dead).

41. MME. MOROY (dead).

42. MME. MOROY (dead).

43. MME. CARPENTIER, R. (see 17).

44. MME. BUTIN (see 27).

45. M. THUILLIER, A.—Had 10 rabbits, 12 hens; was a cobbler.

46. MME. MOROY, CLAIRE—Had 1 horse, 1 cow, rabbits, hens.

47. MME. DELORME, O.—Had 100 rabbits, 40 hens, small garden.

In 1914 Canizy had 445 inhabitants.

November, 1917

1. Lives at 37 in a lean-to; small garden.

2. Lives at 5 in a partially ruined house; has an _épicerie_,
in which we have stocked him, 1 pony, 30 young rabbits, 4 hens.

7. Lives at 7 in a barn; has 10 hens, small garden.

8. House occupied by Tabary, M.; has nothing.

10. Mme. Payelle lives here in a barn; does not belong in
village; has nothing.

11. Lives at 11 in a barn; has bought cow, horse, 24 rabbits, 9
hens.

12. Lives at 12 in a _baraque_; has a small garden.

13. Lives at 16 in a barn; has large market garden and employs
one worker (Mme. Correon).

14. Lives at 18 in a shed; has 2 horses, 10 hens, 10 rabbits,
large garden.

15. Mme. Musqua lives here; formerly factory worker, never
owned land, has nothing.

17. Lives at 17 in a shed; has 3 hens, 2 rabbits, small garden.

18. Lives at 18 in a partially ruined house; has 3 hens, large
garden. In her stable she houses Mme. Barbier, a worker in the
fields.

19. Lives at 42 in one room; has a garden.

23. Lives at 44 in an ell; has a cow, 8 hens, large garden.

24. (Father of prisoner) lives here, with 46.

30. Lives at 34 in a cottage; works for 13, has nothing.

32. M. Lecart lives here in a cottage; formerly coachman at
Château; has nothing.

39. Lives at 39 in a barn; has a large garden.

42. Mme. Tabary, L., lives here in partially ruined house,
never owned land; has a goat.

43. Mme. Cerf, who used to rent 46, lives in a barn; has a few
hens and a garden.

44. Lives at 44, with her daughter (see 23).

45. Lives at 16 in a shed; has a garden.

46. Lives at 24 in a barn; has a garden.

47. Lives at 47 in a chicken house; has 4 hens, 1 rabbit.

At the Château live three families, formerly employed on the estate. They have gardens.

In all, there are 100 persons in Canizy.

FOOTNOTES

[1] From Poulbot’s _Des Gosses et des Bonhommes_.

[2] From the Almanach Hachette.

[3] Deux Années d’Invasion Espagnole en Picardie, 1635-1636. Alcius Ledieu.

[4] Almanach Hachette, 1918, quoted from the _Berliner Tageblatt_.

[5] Incomes as regulated in August, 1917.

_Allocation militaire_:

Soldier, 25 c. per day.
Family, 1 fr. 25 c. for mother.
1 fr. 25 c. for child 16 or over.
75 c. for child up to 16.

_Allocation de réfugié or chômage_:

Adults, 1 fr. 25 c. per day.
Children, 50 c. per day.

_War Pensions_:

Widows of soldiers, 580 fr. per year.
Children, each, 600 fr. per year.

_Réformées_:

If wounded, a réformé receives a pension.

_Médaille militaire_:

This carries a pension.

[6] Introduction à la histoire générale de la Province de Picardie. Dom Grenier.

[7] Where no information is given as to property, no member of the family remains in the village. It should be understood that every family had some member, or members, with the colours, or _avec les Boches_, or both.