Clerk in Loggong camp at Pere Marquete .M

John James De Carteret, age on joining as clerk: 21; date of entry: June 1861; last date of salary increase: Sept 1863; cause of end of service: Resigned Nov 1863.







(b) here in USA 20 Oct 1840 it is belived he died in or around Chicago on 11 March 1911 probably unmarried
the last twenty years of his life were and are a mystery .
He sent home a Journal of his early life and his arrival in USA , covering the first winter .
There was a clerk in a logging camp at Pere Marquet in North Michigan .
We are aware that John James was in Chicago at the time of the Great Fire
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and After two days, rain began to fall. On the morning of October 10, 1871, the fire died out, leaving complete devastation in the heart of the city. At least 300 people were dead, 100,000 people were homeless, and $200 million worth of property was destroyed. The entire central business district of Chicago was leveled. The fire was one of the most spectacular events of the nineteenth century, and it is recognized as a major milestone in the city's history.
John James 1840-1911 the later part of his life was spent in and around Fox Lake Illinois letting holiday cottages on a Island
living alone in the winter months