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Surnames: LaDuke
Classification: Query
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I have some information on John Cadet Laduke and his descendants. I have just updated my
family tree information here on
ancestry.com, have a look.
There is a lot of conflicting/ unverified information about this John Cadet LaDuke. I
have included only information from primary sources (mostly census records).
I have found him in the 1820, 1830, 1850, 1860, and 1870 census records all in Harrison
County, Indiana. I have also found a marriage record in Floyd County, Indiana. He claims
to have been born in the West Indies in every record, but I have seen unverifiable reports
that he may have been born in France.
The information that I have found in the census records suggest that he may have been
Cadet or Caddet LaDuke, he may have adopted the name John later in life.
He married twice and had at least 9 children, probably more. He reportedly lived in
Pennsylvania before going to Indiana. I have not found anything to prove this, except
that census records list his first children as being born there.
I also discovered an interesting biographical sketch of his grandson Elliott LaDuke, in an
Illinois history book that is in my notes on the GEDCOM I uploaded to
ancestry.com.
I have been unable to link this John to the several LaDuke/ Leduc, etc lines that came
from Canada.
I am very interested in finding siblings and parents for John Cadet LaDuke as well as more
information on his descendants.
If you have any information that may help or would like more information from me, please
contact me at amyreaney(a)yahoo.com. I would love to hear from you.
(My connection to this line is through my fathers mother, daughter of Charlotte LaDuke,
who was the daughter of Harrison LaDuke, son of John Cadet).