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About Claude Dénéchau
- Claude Dénéchau (March 8, 1768 – October 30, 1836) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Quebec City in 1768, the son of surgeon Jacques Dénéchaud.
- He went into business with his brother Pierre at Quebec, later entering the import-export on his own.
- In 1800, he married Marianne-Josette, the daughter of seigneur Jacques-Hyacinthe Simon, dit Delorme.
- In the same year, he became a member of the Freemasons.
- After her death, he married Adélaïde, the daughter of Louis Gauvreau in 1807.
- In 1808, he was named justice of the peace for Quebec district.
- In the same year, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for the Upper Town of Quebec and represented it in the assembly as a member of the English party until July 1820.
- He was a captain in the local militia during the War of 1812, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1828.
- In 1813, he leased the seigneury of Bellechasse from the nuns of the Hôpital Général of Quebec and settled at the manor house at Berthier.
- He became a partner in a toll bridge across the Rivière du Sud in 1818.
- He served as commissioner for the trial of small causes at Berthier and was also president of the Quebec Fire Society.
- Dénéchau was a member of the freemasons and became provincial grand master for the districts of Quebec and Trois-Rivières in 1820.
- He was secretary-treasurer of the Union Company of Quebec, which operated the Union Hotel at Quebec. He died of a stroke at Berthier in 1836.
- During the last year of his life, he had renounced freemasonry and he was buried in the local church. His daughter Eulalie-Antoinette married physician Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière and his daughter Zoé-Louise married physician Olivier Robitaille, who later became a mayor of Quebec City.
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