Show River Named After J Jean ean Victor Eugene Duchesne From Albert B B. B Reagan Department Department Department De De- of Anthropology Brigham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Young University Provo Fremont in writing up his trip through Uintah Basin 1814 1844 Report Report Report Re Re- port of the Expedition to the Roc Rocky y Mountains in the year of ot ofIS IS 1812 12 and to Oregon and North California in 44 1843 states We Ve camped at evening May 30 1844 on another tributary of the UIn- UIn tah tali called the Duchesne Fork the name it bears is probably that of some old French trapper and no other reference as to how this stream re received its name has come ome down to us However owe er it itt t probably received its name from I Jean Victor Eugene Duchesne this mans man's fathers father's name Jean I Duchesne or that of his son Jean Victor Duchesne the data at hand favoring a its being after the name of the first Duchesne mentioned A letter of the date of October 3 1931 from Miss Stella M. M Drum of the Missouri Historical Society of St. St Louis Loui gives the following concerning this family We Ve have the record of only one Duchesne Jean Victor Eugene Eugene Eu Eu- gene He was the son son of Jean and Catherine Girod Duchesne He lie married at Cahokia Illinois Catherine Catheline Catherine Ca Ca- therine theline daughter aughter of Dominique Dominique Dom Dom- and Margaret Carabin June 22 1835 A son named Jean Victor Duchesne six weeks old was baptized in our old Cathedral June 16 1839 The Duchesne family came from Can Can- ada There is also a chance that the name was taken from that of a aman aman aman man who spelled his name Du- Du chaine There were two different men by that name Francois Duchaine Duchaine Du- Du chaine was in the employ of the American Fur Company from 1831 to 1835 and Isadore Duchaine was in the employ of Pierre Choteau Jr Co 1838 However Fremont spells the name Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du chesne as we now spell it the stream therefore appearing to have been named from surname of Jean Victor Eugene Duchesne as given Driven n above |