Genevieve, Spanish Louisiana, New Spain[1] on October 21, 1788,[2] the son of Laurent Durocher and Marie Janis.

[1] He volunteered to fight in the American army under General William Hull prior to the outbreak of the War of 1812.

Left free, but unarmed, they were unable to stop the Native Americans who began to pillage the town.

Durocher remained there as a paroled prisoner of war until the town was recaptured by General James Winchester in the First Battle of Frenchtown.

They had ten children: Laurent, Emélie, Euphrosine, Cosme, Luc, Cléophase, Marie, Dorothée Monique, Elizabeth, and Caroline.