Photo Friday (43rd)

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Cleveland (Cleve) Peltier
My granduncle Cleve was born on May 29, 1895 and died on November 6, 1977.  I’m guessing that this studio picture was taken in the early 1910s.
Cleve Peltier (2nd from the right)
Circa 1905 – Augustin Joseph Garceau, Amanda Marie Morency and their first 3 children (left to right): Leon Jean, Marie Lillian Viola and Agnes Ella Florence.
Augustin’s father, David Garceau, was a younger brother of my 2nd great-grandmother Mathilda Domitille (Garceau) Peltier.  Augustin is my first cousin 3 times removed and his children are my second cousins 2 times removed. 
Viola opened a confectionary in 1933 and then with the help of her brother David (Dave), she added a dance hall and tavern.  Garceau’s Tavern on Centerville Road opened around 1934 serving food and alcohol.  On the weekends there was a band and dancing.  The tavern/dance hall closed in 1945, at which time Viola and Dave opened a grocery store/butcher shop and eventually a hardware store and gas station.
August 1963 – second cousins Viola Garceau (left) and Avis Peltier (right)
Avis, my grandaunt, is my grandmother Ellen (Peltier) Vadnais’ youngest sister.

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Cynthia

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