val-de-travers meaning in French

val-de-travers

He was a burgher of Couvet, burgher of Neuchâtel, and justice of the peace for Val-de-Travers from 1717 to 1732.
Il est communier de Couvet, bourgeois de Neuchâtel et justicier du Val-de-Travers de 1717 à 1732.
Ferdinand had four brothers: Abraham (1708-?); Jean-Henry (1710-1790), justice of the peace for Val-de-Travers, clerk of the court in Les Verrières, barrister in Cressier, and an expert watchmaker and clockmaker; Jean-Jacques (1711-1784), a draughtsman, and Pierre (1717-?), a farmer and clockmaker.
Ferdinand a quatre frères : Abraham (1708- ?) ; Jean-Henry (1710-1790), justicier du Val-de-Travers, greffier aux Verrières, avocat à Cressier et expert horloger-pendulier ; Jean-Jacques (1711-1784), dessinateur et Pierre (1717-?), paysan et pendulier.