Jean-Marie Ducharme, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Jean-Marie Ducharme
- Jean-Marie Ducharme (July 19, 1723 – July 20, 1807) was a fur trader and political figure in New France, British Quebec, and Lower Canada. He was born in Lachine, New France in 1723, the son of a farmer there who also was involved in the fur trade.
- He entered the fur trade in the southwest.
- He helped establish the French establish Fort Duquesne near the current site of Pittsburgh.
- After the British took control of Quebec, Ducharme began operating near what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, then known as La Baye.
- In 1763, he transported ammunition to Michilimackinac, contravening a British ban.
- He was later arrested and imprisoned at Montreal.
- In 1772, Ducharme was trading with the Little Osages on the Missouri River, leading to an attempt by the Spanish to capture him; his furs were confiscated, but Ducharme managed to escape to Montreal.
- He continued to trade in the La Baye area. He was arrested by the British after the American Revolutionary War for selling supplies to the Americans.
- Ducharme became a partner in a general store set up at Michilimackinac in 1779.
- During 1779–80, he helped lead a British expedition against the Spanish at St.
- Louis, in the Anglo-Spanish War.
- After he retired from the fur trade, Ducharme represented Montreal County in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1796 to 1800. He died at Lachine in 1807.
- His son Dominique also entered the fur trade and later served with distinction during the War of 1812.
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