Joseph Cadotte (abt. 1788 - abt. 1835)

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Joseph was Ojibwe.

Biography

Has an entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography that was written by Bruce M. White, but the exact relationship to Jean-Baptiste Cadotte was not known at the time. Baptized at L’Assomptionon 30 March 1807 at the age of 19. In 1823 he was a witness for the land claims of Janette (Piquette), the widow of his half-brother, Jean-Baptiste Cadotte, fils; American State Papers, Public Lands. Joseph was very active in the fur trade and the War of 1812.

Promoted from interpreter to lieutenant in the Indian Department at Fort Mackinac, October 1814. He probably was present at the capture of Fort Mackinac in July 1812. He was definitely present at the Battle of Mackinac Island on 4 August 1814, as well as participated in the capture of the USS Tigress and USS Scorpion in September 1814. He went on half-pay in June 1816. His military career is found documented in the C Series and his Upper Canada Land Petition found at Library and Archives Canada as well as his court martial.

Married to Angelie Constons, a Métisse, and had several children by her.

Joseph was born about 1788. He was the son of Jean Baptiste Cadotte and Catherine Anastasie Equaqwaise. Returned to Sault Ste. Marie where he likely died between 6 September 1835 and 24 September 1836.

Achille Cadotte- Achille Cadotte (b. ca. 1814 –d. 1867) was Joseph Cadotte’s son. Like his father, he was rather adventurous: A ship’s captain; he hauled the Algonquin, across land in the winter of 1839-1840 to overcome the rapids on the St. Mary’s River. He was involved in identifying iron deposits to mine near Marquette. A Civil War veteran who served in the 4thMinn. Regt. and then the 17th Wisc. Regt. Buried on Mackinac Island, Ste. Anne’s Cemetery, with a Grand Army of the Republic marker, with a tombstone that reads “ArchileCadotte Veteran 1861-1865.”

Sources

• "http://habitant.org", http://habitant.org/cadotte/Jean-Baptiste%20Cadotte%20Neglected%20Second%20Family.pdf

• http://habitant.org/cadotte/Some%20Cadottes%20Active%20in%20the%20Fur%20Trade%20and%20the%20War%20of%201812%20Chart%202.pdf
• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cadotte_joseph_6E.html