Jean-Baptiste Durocher, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Jean-Baptiste Durocher
- Jean-Baptiste Durocher (August 15, 1754 – July 8, 1811) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born Jean-Baptiste-Amable Desrocher in L'Assomption, New France in 1754, the son of Jean-Baptiste Desrocher and the greatgrandson of Joseph Durocher, a merchant and tailor who came to New France from Angers, France.
- He entered business as a merchant at Montreal and was also involved in the fur trade at Detroit.
- In 1782, Durocher married Marie-Joseph, the daughter of Charles Curot; she died in 1785.
- In 1792, he married Charlotte, the daughter of merchant Eustache Trottier Desrivières Beaubien and the niece of François Malhiot.
- In that same year, he was elected to the 1st Parliament of Lower Canada for Montreal West; he was elected again for Montreal County in 1808, 1809 and 1810.
- He generally supported the parti canadien.
- Durocher was named a justice of the peace in 1800.
- He was a member of the Club des ApĂ´tres at Montreal, a club with 12 members that held monthly suppers.
- Durocher served in the local militia, becoming major in 1809.
- Governor James Henry Craig relieved him of this post in 1810 because he support a bill which made judges ineligible to serve in the assembly. He died in office at Montreal in 1811.
- Durocher's second wife had died in 1805.
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