Joseph (Durocher) Deruchie (1797 - 1860)

Born 6 Jun 1797 in Indian Lands, Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Chatelain — married 6 Jun 1820 in Akwesasne, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died Jan 1860 at age 62 in Indian Lands, Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Canada West

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Biography

Joseph was baptized on 8 Jun 1797 in Saint-Régis, Quebec (Akwesasne), as “Joseph Duroché”. Sponsors were Joseph Parré and Maria Ludovica (Marie-Louise) Parré.^[1]

On 6 Jun 1820, Joseph (son of Antoine Durocher, “cultivateur du bois sauvage” (farmer living in Indian Lands) and Marguerite (illegitimate, also living “au bois sauvage”, Upper Canada) were married in Saint-Régis. Witnesses (témoins) for the groom were Pierre Guillemet and Joseph Paré: for the bride, Patrice Gallaher and Eustache Vandandaigue.^[2] In later records Marguerite used the surname Chatelain.

In 1851, Joseph (farmer), Margaret, Joseph, Peter, Edward, Sophia, Mary, and Bridget lived in the 2nd Concession, Charlottenburgh, on the Derochie homestead, a 1-story log house (next to Joseph’s brothers Stephen and Angus). A note records that “The Deruchies are of the first settlers, and good + respectable farmers of French descent”.^[3]

Joseph died of heart disease in 1860, aged 64,^[4] and was buried in Flanagan’s Point Cemetery in the presence of his sons John, Joseph, Alexander, and Peter.^[5]

Family

Joseph and Marguerite had the following children:

1. Joseph (1821 - 1879)
2. Jean Baptiste/John (b. 1824)
3. Ambroise (b. 1825)
4. Alexandre (b. 1827)
5. Marguerite/Margaret (b. 1830)
6. Peter (1832 - 1893)
7. Sophia (b. 1833)
8. Antoine (b. 1837)
9. Marie/Mary (b. 1838)
10. Edward (1844 - 1915)

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1091 #15227814 (accessed 6 September 2023)
   Josephim baptism on 8 Iun 1764-1825, child of Antoni Duroché & Benovefa Parré, in St-Régis, Québec (Quebec), Canada.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1091 #13976066 (accessed 6 September 2023)
   Marguerite marriage to Joseph Desrochers on 6 Jun 1764 in St-Régis, Québec (Quebec), Canada.
3. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia"
   Year: 1851; Census Place: Glengarry, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11722; Page: 34; Line: 36
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1061 #1558429 (accessed 6 September 2023)
   Joseph Deruchie in Glengarry, Canada West (Ontario), Canada. Born in Canada.
4. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 Census of Canada"
   Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1023-1024; Page number: 14
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1570 #797558252 (accessed 6 September 2023)
   Joseph Deruchie (64) head of household in Charlottenburgh, Glengarry, Canada West. Born in Upper Canada.
5. ↑ Burial: "Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1802-1967"
   Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1109 #23020 (accessed 6 September 2023)
   Joseph Durocher Senior burial in 1857-1873 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.