Laurent Cadotte Jr (abt. 1786 - 1874)

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Died 23 Oct 1874 at about age 88 in St. Norbert, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

Laurent was born about 1783 and is the son of Laurent Cadotte and Suzanne Mackegone. He died in and was buried on October 25, 1874 in St. Norbert, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Laurent Cadotte (1786-1874): La Loche Boat Brigade Leader Laurent Cadotte was the son of Laurent Cadotte Sr. (b. 1766) and Suzanne (Cree). He married Betsy William (b. 1822) and they had ten children: • Alexis • Pierre, born 1830, married Julie Blondin. • Jean Baptiste, born 1831, married Elise Pilon. • Joseph, born 1832, married Christine Caron. • Augustin, born 1837, married Angelique Laferte. • Marie, born 1844, married Antoine Laliberte. • Julie, born 1845, married Louis Vermette. • Felix, born 1849, married Sarah Sutherland. • Elise, born 1850, died 1864. • Louise, born 1854, married David Larence. Laurent started working for the North West Company in 1811 as a steersman at Ile a la Crosse 1811 to 1819. He was then employed with the Hudson’s Bay Company after amalgamation of the companies on the Columbia River 1822-1826, he then returned to the La Loche Boat Brigade. He led this brigade from 1826 to 1833. This involved traveling from Red River in York boats across Lake Winnipeg to Norway House, then along the Saskatchewan River, then the Churchill River, then to Lac La Loche, then to Methy Portage, where this crew met those coming down from the Mackenzie River district and furs were exchanged for provisions. The route covered 4,000 miles on a tight schedule using dangerous waterways. Laurent is shown as a Freeman at Red River from 1833 to 1835, then working as a guide until he retired in 1839.1 After 1833 Alexis “Bonami” Lesperance became brigade leader.

http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/14466.Laurent%20Cadotte.pdf

1 Men from the Red River Settlement recruited by the Hudson’s Bay Company formed the first Portage LaLoche brigade of 1828. The brigade consisted of 7 York boats with Laurent Cadotte as guide. The guide in 1833 was Alexis L'Esperance (he retired in 1866). In 1848 two Portage La Loche Brigades were formed. Each brigade had seven boats, each with a guide. One brigade was still guided by Alexis L'Esperance, the other by Jean Baptiste Bruce. In 1866 the HBC increased the Portage La Loche Brigades to three with seventeen boats in total. The last Portage La Loche Brigade arrived at Norway House in the early 1870’s. Many of the men of the Portage La Loche Brigades of 1862 took part in the Red River Resistance of 1869. Michel Dumas, Baptiste Boucher, Jean Baptiste Bruce (mentioned by Father Emile Petitot O.M.I.) and most of the men were French Metis from the Red River Settlement. Many of these men also had close family ties to residents of the North-West. A few years after the Red River Resistance of 1869 the Portage La Loche Brigade route was broken up into smaller shorter sections. The trip from the Red River Settlement to Portage La Loche would begin around the 1st of June and end around the 8th of October. (From “History of La Loche” http://sites.google.com/site/portagelaloche/grandportage-la-loche/the-fur-trade)

2 The family lived on River Lot 113 at St. Norbert. His son, Baptiste patented this lot in 1885.

Name

Name: Laurent/Cadotte/

Given Name: Laurent

Surname: Cadotte^[1]

Birth

Date: About 1783^[2]

Death

Date: 23 Oct 1874^[3]

Burial

Date: 25 Oct 1874

Place: St. Norbert, Provencher, Manitoba, Canada^[4]

Sources

• Source: S20 Abbreviation: Métis Families; Title: Métis Families; Author: Gail Morin, editor; Publication: Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications, 1996.

1. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: 1; 165. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3; Date: 20 Dec 2014
2. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: 1; 165. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3; Date: 20 Dec 2014
3. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: 1; 165. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3; Date: 20 Dec 2014
4. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: 1; 165. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3; Date: 20 Dec 2014

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Cadotte-11 created by Masm x on August 7, 2011 through the import of MaryStamperMcKague2011-08-06_01.ged. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Masm and others.
• WikiTree profile Cadotte-74 was created by Carrie Portlance through the import of wikicarrie.ged on April 14, 2015.

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