I have found a David Allgeo who was Chimney inspector in Quebec when he died in 1800, and I think for a time before that, although i don't know when he was appointed. There is a mention of a a Mr. Allgeo in a listing of debts for chimney sweeping but unclear from what I can find whether he was the debtor or the person to whom money was owed. The entry for his internment says that he was 76 years old. It says Chimney inspector on his internment record. The record also says that his sons John and James were present at his internment.

There is also a David Allgeo, Publick Notary, who married Elizabeth Freeman in 1772 in Quebec City. He is identified as public notary on the marriage entry. He was appointed public notary in 1765,

The trouble is, I only have one death record for a David Allgeo, and that is the one in Quebec City. Elizabeth Allgeo, widow, was buried in Montreal in 1813. From notarial records, there are brothers John and James living at Richelieu near Montreal, in the early 1800's. "Jacques Auldjeau" son of David and Elizabeth Freeman, died there in 1836. So I am wondering if he died near Montreal.

I would be more confident that these two DAvid Allgeos are the same if a) there were not a couple of other David Allgeos/Algeos/Auldjo etc. around at the same time, so I think it is not an uncommon Scots name.

But more important, how reasonable is that David could be identified as both Chimney Inspector and Publick Notary in overlapping time period in the same city? (assuming that the Chimney Inspector is the Mr. Allgeo referred to in the entry about debts owed, 1769)?

As far as I can tell, there was just one David Algeo, married to Elizabeth Freeman. His sons James and John were baptised in Quebec city's Protestant Metropolitan Church in 1781 and 1785 respectively. Married in Quebec city, John settled at l'Ile-Dupas; he remarried in Sorel.

I think that it is probably the case that the David Allgeo/Algeo who married Elizabeth Freeman in 1772, is the same David Allgeo who is buried in 1800, in the Anglican Church in Quebec City, age 76. A widow Elizabeth Algeo is buried in Montreal in 1813. The burial entry for David Allgeo (1800) describes him as Inspector of Chimneys and does note that his son John and James were present at his internment. Given that David Algeo and Elizabeth Freeman also had sons John and James, that pretty much nails down their identify.

The one question I have is that the entry in the register for the marriage of David and Elizabeth describes him as "Publick Notary." I just noticed the difference in occupation in the two records and wondered what weight to give it. It would help if I knew (where to look for) the date that David Allgeo became Inspector of Chimneys., and whether it was reasonable that someone would be both a public notary and Inspector of Chimneys.

There are though, other David Algeo/Allgeos in Quebec at this time, including, e.g., a Capt. David Algeo who was captured in 1775 at the fall of the fort at Chambly, and a David Allgeo married to Mary Pinkney who had a son baptized at St. Andrew's Presbyterian in 1800. And there may be others.

But it is helpful to at least be able to combine two of them into one identity.