Joseph Marin de la Malgue
- Joseph Marin de la Malgue
Joseph Marin de la Malgue, (b. February, 1719 – d. 1774) was the son of Charles-Paul Marin de la Malgue and continued on in the family military and exploration tradition, entering the colonial regular troops at the age of 13. He spent the next 13 years in the Michigan and Wisconsin areas including the Michilimackinac area, west of Baie-des-Puants. He was mostly based out of the Baie-des-Puants post, learned the fur trade and became fluent in a number of Indian dialects.
In 1745, Marin was recalled to fight the British in Acadia and at Fortress Louisbourg. During that period, he married the daughter of daughter of Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière. His remaining remaining military career was illustrious ending only with his capture near Fort Niagara and deportation to France by way of England . He attempted to return to the fight aboard the "François-Louis" in 1762, but the ship was captured by the British and, again, he was returned to France.
After a number of unhappy years in France, Marin was appointed lieutenant-colonel as part of a force headed to Madagascar to start a French colony. He died of fever shortly after his arrival on the island in 1774.
He had been an integral part of the military forces during his North American career and also a very successful trader and explorer. He was awarded the Cross of Saint Louis in 1761 as a recognition of the military efforts.
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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2047 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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