Peltier Ancestors

On occasion my Dad would mention that our neighbor, Mark Peltier, was a shirt-tail cousin.  I knew that he and Mark had grown up together and frequently Dad would speak of their adventures when they were young.  I loved the stories, but I often wondered if we really were related and if we were, how?  In the end, I’m not sure if they even knew that they were half 2^nd cousins once removed.  

As it turns out, we are related through Paul Peltier, my 3^rd great-grandfather; I wrote about him last week.  Paul Peltier was Mark’s great-grandfather.  Paul’s first wife Rosalie Deguire dite Derosiers was my 3^rd great-grandmother, and his 2^nd wife Angele Parenteau was Mark’s great-grandmother.  Because we’re only related through Paul Peltier, that makes any relationship a half relationship. 

Those of us who grew up in White Bear Lake knew some of Mark’s other siblings and, I for one, went to school with a number of their children.  Here are some pictures I have of them.

I remember that each year around Easter, Marguerite would make sugar eggs and decorate them beautifully!

I already mentioned my Dad and Mark’s relationship, and to me, Mark and his siblings are my half 2^nd cousins twice removed and their children are my half 3^rd cousins once removed.

Thanks for visiting, come back soon,
Cindy

© 2022 Copyright by Cynthia Vadnais, All Rights Reserved