Joseph Duquet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lower Canadian notary
Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1815
Place of Birth: Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
Date of Death: 21-Dec-1838
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Joseph Duquet
- Joseph Duquet (September 18, 1815 – December 21, 1838) was a notary in Lower Canada.
- He was executed for his part in the Lower Canada Rebellion. He was born in Châteauguay, Lower Canada in 1815.
- He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal and the Collège de Chambly.
- Duquet articled as a notary with Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal and then studied law with Chevalier de Lorimier.
- In 1837, he continued his training as a notary with his uncle Pierre-Paul DĂ©maray at Dorchester (later Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu).
- DĂ©maray was arrested for high treason in November 1837 but was freed by a group of Patriotes while he was being escorted to the jail at Montreal.
- Duquet helped his uncle escape to the United States.
- After a skirmish at Moore's Corner, he escaped to Swanton, Vermont.
- In February 1838, he took part in an attempted invasion of Lower Canada by Robert Nelson. Duquet returned to Lower Canada in July 1838 after an amnesty was proclaimed.
- He then helped recruit members for the frères chasseurs and organized a lodge at Châteauguay.
- He was captured with Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal at Kahnawake when they attempted to get weapons from the native people there.
- At a trial in November 1838, he was sentenced to death for the crime of high treason with a recommendation for executive clemency.
- He was hanged at Montreal in December 1838 and buried in the old Catholic cemetery there.
- In 1858, his remains were moved to the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery and buried under a monument dedicated to the Patriotes of 1837-8.
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