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Larocque, François-Antoine, 1784-1869.
1784-1869
François-Antoine LaRocque was born on August 19, 1784, in L’Assomption, Quebec, and died on May 1, 1869, in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. He was the son of François-Antoine LaRocque, the first representative for the county of Leinster, and Angélique Leroux, the daughter of merchant Germain Leroux. On January 26, 1818, LaRocque married Marie-Catherine-Émilie Cotté, daughter of merchant Gabriel Cotté, in Montreal. They had one son named François-Alfred-Chartier. In 1806, LaRocque moved to Montreal to run a trading house. He was a partner of Joseph Masson and then organized his own business under the name of LaRocque, Bernard, et Compagnie in 1832. In 1855, LaRocque entered the Hôtel-Dieu of Saint-Hyacinthe, where he spent the last years of his life. During the War of 1812, LaRocque served as an ensign in the 3rd militia division of Lower Canada and as a captain in the 5th battalion of Chasseurs Canadiens. Upon his return to Montreal after the war, he was decorated with the Châteauguay medal.
Revised on June 12, 2024, by Leah Louttit-Bunker