Clement John Peltier and Vivian Harriet Hansen (December 26, 2025)
1 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Register of Births for the year 1912 (Town of White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota), page 7 [stamped], Joseph Peltier [Clement John], November 22, 1912.
2 “Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001,” Eveline Pertier, 24 February 1901.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5QB-9N79?i=38&wc=36TN-DPV%3A1583719402%2C1583719401&cc=2185953 : accessed 23 December 2023), image 39 of 57; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
3 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262418610/edgar-joseph-peltier: accessed 24 December 2023), memorial page for Edgar Joseph “Benjamin Jean Joseph” Peltier (7 Feb 1906–5 Apr 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 262418610, citing Saint Johns Cemetery, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Cynthia Vadnais (contributor 49980879).
4 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Township of White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota), Clement John Peltier, November 22, 1912.
5 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, Clement J. B. Peltier baptism, December 1, 1912.
6 St. John’s Catholic Church Baptism Certificate, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, Clement Pelletier, November 22, 1912, issued October 6 1937, privately held by JoAnn Schultz, Vadnais Heights, Ramsey County, Minnesota, 2025. Inherited from mother, Vivian H. Peltier, in 2017.
7 U.S. census, population schedule, 1920, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 151; p 10A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 182, family 187, line 40, Clem Pelters [Peltier].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4312204-00536?pId=47874513 : accessed 23 Feb 2022), image 19 of 23, citing NARA microfilm publication T625_856, FHL microfilm: 1820856.
8 U.S. census, population schedule, 1930, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 62-177; p 19B [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 459, family 459, lines 92, Clem Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4610068_00257?pId=78589462 : accessed 14 Dec 2021), image 38 of 45, citing NARA microfilm publication T626_1114, FHL microfilm: 2340849.
9 Minnesota State Board of Education Certificates issued to Clem J. Peltier, April 1928, privately held by JoAnn Schultz, Vadnais Heights, Ramsey County, Minnesota, 2025. Inherited from mother, Vivian H. Peltier, in 2017.
10 1900 U.S. Census, Ramsey County, Minnesota, population schedule, St. Paul Ward 6, Enumeration District (ED) 0112, p 17A [stamped and handwritten], dwelling 311, family 315, line 1, Arthur Hansen.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4120303_00671?pId=27000978 : accessed 6 November 2025),image 33 of 34.; citing NARA microfilm publication T623.
11 1920 U.S. Census, Ramsey County, Minnesota, population schedule, St. Paul City Precinct 11, Enumeration District (ED) 17, p 16A [handwritten and stamped], line 3, dwelling 297, house 457, Emma Hanson.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4312200-00472?pId=47715317 : accessed 6 November 2025), image 31 of 33; citing NARA microfilm publication T625_842.
12 “Minnesota, Marriages Index, 1849-1950,” Carl Arthur Hansen or Hanson and Emma Henrietta Bangfield, April 26, 1911, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
13 “Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017,” Vivian H. Peltier, birth date shown as October 2, 1916, certificate #2017-Mn-031233, Minnesota Department of Health; St Paul, Minnesota.
14 Certificate of Baptism issued to Vivian Harriet Hansen showing birth date of October 2, 1916, privately held by JoAnn Schultz, Vadnais Heights, Ramsey County, Minnesota, 2025. Inherited from mother, Vivian H. Peltier, in 2017.
15 “U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” Evelyn Henrietta Hansen, birth date January 24, 1912.
16 “U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” Earl Aurther Henrietta Hansen, birth date June 1, 1915.
17 “U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” Lloyd Elmer Hansen, birth date February 12, 1919.
18 U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Serial No. 92, Donald Vernon Hansen, birth date December 5, 1924.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44018_11_00010-01089?pId=16804114 : accessed 6 November 2025), images 1090 of 5392.
19 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1930, Minnesota, Ramsey County, St. Paul City, 1st precinct, Enumeration District (ED) 0008; p 5B [stamped and handwritten], house 613, dwelling 64, family 92, lines 64-71, Arther C. Hanson family.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4610068_00903?pId=78607359 : accessed 6 November 2025), page 9 of 41, citing NARA microfilm publication T626, FHL microfilm: 2340849.
20 St. Paul, Minnesota, City Directory 1937 (St. Paul: R. L. Polk & Co., 1937), p 495.
21 Unknown author, Peltier Hansen wedding announcement, White Bear Press, (Friday, November 12, 1937). Marriage date, November 6, 1937, extrapolated from the date of the newspaper article.
22 Certificate of Marriage for Clement John Peltier and Vivian Harriet Hansen showing marriage date of November 5, 1937, privately held by JoAnn Schultz, Vadnais Heights, Ramsey County, Minnesota, 2025. Inherited from mother, Vivian H. Peltier, in 2017.
23 Unknown author, Peltier Hansen wedding announcement, White Bear Press, (Friday, November 12, 1937).
24 U.S. census, population schedule, 1940, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 62-10A; p 16A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 391, lines 34-40, Celestine Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-01950-00897?pId=99112851 : accessed 14 Dec 2021), image 33 of 52, citing NARA microfilm publication T626_1950, FHL microfilm: 5454945.
25 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, p23, #186, Ronald Clement Peter Peltier, born April 29, 1940, baptism May 12, 1940.
26 Ibid.
27 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, p28, #235, Carol Joanne Peltier, born August 16, 1941, baptism August 31, 1941.
28 Ibid.
29 OnWar.com, Chronology of World War II (https://www.onwar.com/wwii/chronology/194001.html : accessed 7 November 2025).
30 U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Serial No. 2098, Clem John Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44018_04_00027-03419?pId=16409097 : accessed 7 November 2025), images 3420 & 3421 of 5342.
31 Rosemary J. Palmer (1982). The St. Paul Farmer’s Market – A 130-year-old Tradition. Ramsey County History, (17)2, 3-11.
32 St. Paul, Minnesota, Polk’s St. Paul City Directory 1955 (St. Paul: R. L. Polk & Co., 1955), p 588.
33 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, p3, #10, Christine Marie Peltier, born September 26, 1954, baptism November 14, 1954.
34 Ibid.
35 Polk’s St. Paul North Suburban City Directory 1958 (St. Paul: R. L. Polk & Co., 1958), p 255.
36 Ibid.
37 Surgery information provided over a phone call with Christine’s sister JoAnn Schultz.
38 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #026785, Clem J. Peltier, 15 October 1965.
39 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, p 44, Christine Peltier burial record, 23 November December 1963.
40 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #026785, Clem J. Peltier, 15 October 1965.
41 Unknown author, “Clem J. Peltier,” Unknown newspaper.
42 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, p 46, Clement Peltier burial record, 15 October 1965.
43 Unknown author, Vadnais residents who help pack food picture, Unknown newspaper.
44 Unknown author, Happy 100th Birthday Vivian Peltier, White Bear Press, (2016).
45 “Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017,” Vivian H. Peltier, September 19, 2017, certificate #2017-Mn-031233, Minnesota Department of Health; St Paul, Minnesota and also Legacy.com, Vivian H. Peltier (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/twincities/name/vivian-peltier-obituary?id=15305242 : accessed 9 November 2025).
An Aunt and Her Niece (November 27, 2025 & December 5, 2025)
1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110794942/annie-arcand: accessed October 16, 2025), memorial page for Annie Baillargeon Arcand (1871–6 Nov 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110794942, citing Saint Mary of the Lake Cemetery, White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by KWH (contributor 48123018). Also, “Stillwater Death Records 1870-1911,” (Washington County, Minnesota, USA), Annie Arcand, 6 November 1900. ; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89DL-X72Z?view=index&action=view&lang=en&groupId= : accessed 18 October 2025), image 474 of 1203.; Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics.
2 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1880, Minnesota, Anoka Co., Centerville, Enumeration District (ED) 044, p 10 [handwritten], dwelling 78, family 81, line 46, Norbert Baillargean [Baillargeon].; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBW-KZB?i=9&wc=XC1N-929%3A1589406338%2C1589406542%2C1589396155%2C1589395534&cc=1417683 : accessed 12 Nov 2021), page 10 of 19, citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 615. Also, U.S. Census, population schedule, 1880, Minnesota, Anoka Co., Centerville, Enumeration District (ED) 044, p 11 [handwritten], dwelling 78, family 81, line 1, Annie Baillargean [Baillargeon].; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBW-LQX?cc=1417683&wc=XC1N-929%3A1589406338%2C1589406542%2C1589396155%2C1589395534 : accessed 12 Nov 2021), page 11 of 19, citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 615.
3 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, No. A-510, Albert Arcand.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005253072_03088?pId=28701046 : accessed 17 October 2025), image 55 of 85.
4 Minnesota State Census, population schedule, 1885, Minnesota, Washington County, Forest Lake, p 2 [handwritten], line 3, Albert Arcorn [Arcand].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1058/images/mnsc_45-0174?pId=5576366 : accessed 17 October 2025), image 66 of 408; State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
5 St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota) digital church records held at White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, Albertus Arcand and Anna Baillargeon wedding, 4 November 1890.
6 “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 (Washington County, Grant), Births 1871-1910,” William Joseph Arcand, 27 March 1891.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95QN-WQ9?i=107&cc=1920099&lang=en : accessed 17 October 2025), image 108 of 488.; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
7 St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota) digital church records held at White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, Josephum Arcand baptism, 1 April 1891.
8 “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 (Washington County, Grant), Births 1871-1910,” Addie [Edward] Arcand, 21 May 1892.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95QN-7YF?i=127&cc=1920099&lang=en : accessed 17 October 2025), image 128 of 488.; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
9 St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota) digital church records held at White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, Eduardum Arcand baptism, 5 June 1892.
10 “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 (Washington County, Grant), Births 1885-1896, vol. B,” page 44, line 25, Edwidge [Hedwidge] Arcand, 1 April 1894.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5JQ-L5G?i=6&cc=1920099&lang=en : accessed 17 October 2025), image 7 of 11.; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
11 St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota) digital church records held at White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, Marium Edwidge Arcand baptism, 13 May 1894.
12 “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 (Washington County, Grant), Births 1871-1910,” Joseph Wilfred Arcand, 13 February 1896.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95QN-71L?i=674&cc=1920099 : accessed 17 October 2025), image 190 of 488.; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
13 “Stillwater Death Records 1870-1911,” (Washington County, Minnesota, USA), Joseph Wilfred Arcand, 8 January 1897. ; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DL-X7BD?view=index&action=view&lang=en&groupId= : accessed 18 October 2025), image 446 of 1203.; Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics.
14 “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 (Washington County, Grant), Births 1871-1910,” no. 2, Mary Stelan Arcand, 4 July 1899.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95QN-724?i=732&cc=1920099 : accessed 18 October 2025), image 248 of 488; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
15 “Baptism Register,” p 153 [stamped], 9 July 1899, Mariam Hellenam Arcand [Marie Hellene], Church of St. Mary of White Bear Lake, Diocese of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
16 “Stillwater Death Records 1870-1911,” (Washington County, Minnesota, USA), Helen Arcand, 13 March 1900. ; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9DL-XWZJ?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQP46-G3YM&action=view&lang=en&groupId= : accessed 18 October 2025), image 466 of 1203.; Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics.
17 “Stillwater Death Records 1870-1911,” (Washington County, Minnesota, USA), Annie Arcand, 6 November 1900. ; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89DL-X72Z?view=index&action=view&lang=en&groupId= : accessed 18 October 2025), image 474 of 1203.; Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics.
18Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110794942/annie-arcand: accessed October 16, 2025), memorial page for Annie Baillargeon Arcand (1871–6 Nov 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110794942, citing Saint Mary of the Lake Cemetery, White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by KWH (contributor 48123018).
19 1900 U.S. census, Oneka Township, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Enumeration District (ED) 39, p. 1B [handwritten and stamped], family 13, line 73, Bellione Asselan [Asselin], married 28 years.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4120322_00209?pId=27371954 : accessed 20 October 2025), image 2 of 22.; National Archives & Records Administration (NARA).
20 “Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2022,” certificate # Mf00080, Alfred Arcand and Mary Asselin, 6 November 1896.
21 1900 U.S. census, Oneka Township, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Enumeration District (ED) 39, p. 1B [handwritten and stamped], family 13, line 75, Hedwidge Asselan [Asselin], born March 1884.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PX3-GP4?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM9Q7-HZQ&action=view&cc=1325221&lang=en&groupId=M9LC-CL4 : accessed 20 October 2025), image 209 of 595.; National Archives & Records Administration (NARA).
22 St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota) digital church records held at White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, Arcand and Asselin wedding, 24 November 1901.
23 “Minnesota, County Marriages, 1863-1983,” p 591, Albert Arcand, Edwidga Hasland [Hedwidge Asselin], license dated 20 November 1901.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89CG-Q9H3-F?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ2M5-GGK2&action=view&cc=1803974&lang=en&groupId= : accessed 20 October 2025), image 972 of 1189.
24 “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 (Washington County, Oneka), Births 1871-1910,” Clarence Arcand, 11 January 1904.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95QP-SXMC?wc=3XSV-L24%3A212910501%2C212906801%26cc%3D1920099&lang=en&i=191&cc=1920099 : accessed 20 October 2025), image 192 of 350.; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
25 Minnesota State Census, population schedule, 1905, Minnesota, Washington County, Oneka Township, p 11, Hedwidge, Clarence and Alvert [Albert] Arcand.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1058/images/mnsc_161-0362?pId=3008871 : accessed 20 October 2025), image 11 of 746.; State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
26 “Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001,” (Washington County, Minnesota, USA), Deaths 1870-1910, Oneka Township,” Clarence Arkand [Arcand], 24 June 1905.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DL-XCT5?wc=36TV-PTY%3A1583729602%2C1583732802%26cc%3D2185953&lang=en&i=198&cc=2185953 : accessed 20 October 2025), image 199 of 291.; Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics.
27 U.S. census, population schedule, 1910, Minnesota, Washington County, Grant Township, Enumeration District (ED) 169; p 12B [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 261, family# 282, lines 83-86, Albert, Hedwidge, William and Edward Arcand.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4330256-00730?pId=13535513 : accessed 20 October 2025), image 24 of 25, citing NARA microfilm publication T624_730, FHL microfilm: 1374743.
28 “U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918,” Minnesota, Washington County, Grant Township No. 30 N Range No. 21 W 4th Mer., 1913.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1127/images/31617_072139-00134?pId=4311228 : accessed 20 October 2025), image 16 of 43.
29 Cynthia E. Vadnais, Looking Back at White Bear Lake, A Pictorial History of the White Bear Lake Area, p 255 & p 289.
30 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1920, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear Village, Enumeration District (ED) 152; p 6B [stamped and handwritten], house No. 310, dwelling 146, lines 99-100, Bert and Hedwidge Arcand.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4312204-00553?pId=47875310 : accessed 20 Oct 2025), page 12 of 41, citing NARA microfilm publication T625_856, record group 29.
31 Cynthia E. Vadnais, Looking Back at White Bear Lake, A Pictorial History of the White Bear Lake Area, p 255.
32 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, No. A-150, Albert Arcand.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005253072_03088?pId=28701046 : accessed 20 October 2025), image 55 of 85.
33 Cynthia E. Vadnais, Looking Back at White Bear Lake, A Pictorial History of the White Bear Lake Area, p 255.
34 Ibid.
35 West Palm Beach, Florida, City Directory, 1924 (Lake Worth: Florida-Piedmont Directory Company, 1924), p 419.
36 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1930, Florida, Palm Beach County, Precinct 23, Enumeration District (ED) 50-32; p 2A [stamped and handwritten], dwelling 39, house 30, lines 39-41, Albert, Hedwidge and David Arcand.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4531949_00252?pId=114002660 : accessed 20 October 2025), page 3 of 4, citing NARA microfilm publication T626.
37 “Dolphos Arcand,” Palm Beach Post (Tuesday, 17 June 1930), p 6.
38 Ibid.
39 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144079712/alvinia-arcand: accessed October 20, 2025), memorial page for Alvinia Bariel Arcand (May 1855–18 Jul 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 144079712, citing Pinecrest Cemetery, Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Dan & Karen Read (contributor 47581255).
40 Cynthia E. Vadnais, Looking Back at White Bear Lake, A Pictorial History of the White Bear Lake Area, p 255.
41 “U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960,” Sweet Grass, Montana, Aug 1917-Jun 1954, Albert Arcand, October 28, 1936.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1075/images/31047_174555-02341?pId=15335439 : accessed October 20, 2025), image 2342 of 6837.
42 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #1943-Mn-012741, Albert Arcand, May 12, 1943.
43 Ibid.
44 “Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, (Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA), Hedwidge A. Arcand, 16 October 1948, certificate #027116.
45Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153969239/hedwidge-arcand: accessed October 20, 2025), memorial page for Hedwidge Asselin Arcand (Mar 1884–18 Oct 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 153969239, citing Saint Mary of the Lake Cemetery, White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by KWH (contributor 48123018).
Infant mortality among our French-Canadian Ancestors (November 14, 2025)
1 “Infant Mortality;” digital image, tfcg.ca (https://www.tfcg.ca/infant-mortality-new-france : accessed 26 September 2025).
2 Jacques Henripin, “From Acceptance of Nature to Control: The Demography of the French Canadians Since the Seventeenth Century,” in Perspectives on Canada’s Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, eds. Frank Trovato and Carl F. Grindstaff (Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 1994), 25-6.
3 Roderic P. Beaujot and Kevin McQuillan, “The Social Effects of Demographic Change, Canada 1851-1981,” in Perspectives on Canada’s Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, eds. Frank Trovato and Carl F. Grindstaff (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1994), 40.
4 Saint-Aime, Massueville, Pierre-de-Sorel, Quebec, Canada, burial record, “S33, Marie Celina Vadenais,” 20 Mar 1849.; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99Q-Q98F-R?i=691&wc=HC1Q-6TL%3A18150801%2C18150802%2C19679103&cc=1321742 : accessed 19 Mar 2022), image 692 of 717.; National Archives of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
5 Saint-Aime, Massueville, Pierre-de-Sorel, Quebec, Canada, burial record, “S34, Marie Vadenais,” 4 Apr 1849.; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-Q98R-Y?i=692&wc=HC1Q-6TL%3A18150801%2C18150802%2C19679103&cc=1321742 : accessed 19 Mar 2022), image 693 of 717.; National Archives of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
6 Saint-Aime, Massueville, Pierre-de-Sorel, Quebec, Canada, 1852 burial index, “Vadnais Francois” and “Vadnais Timothee,” p. 134, lines 25-26.; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-Q98C-Z?i=75&wc=HC1Q-6TL%3A18150801%2C18150802%2C19679103&cc=1321742 : accessed 19 Mar 2022), , image 76 of 717.; National Archives of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
7 Individual PRDH for Henriette Pelletier [Peltier], born 24 January 1829, record #858880, Institut Genealogique Drouin, Drouin Collection [Parish and Notorial Records]. Microfilm publication, 2,366 rolls, (Montreal, Canada).
8 Family PRDH for Louis Valois and Henriette Pelletier [Peltier], married 1 August 1848, record #251317, Institut Genealogique Drouin, Drouin Collection [Parish and Notorial Records]. Microfilm publication, 2,366 rolls, (Montreal, Canada).
9 Ibid.
Roy Henry Peltier and Alice Ruth Flom (October 31, 2025)
1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262418610/edgar-joseph-peltier: accessed 24 December 2023), memorial page for Edgar Joseph “Benjamin Jean Joseph” Peltier (7 Feb 1906–5 Apr 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 262418610, citing Saint Johns Cemetery, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Cynthia Vadnais (contributor 49980879).
2 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Register of Births for the year 1906 (Town of White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota), page 1 [stamped], Henry Peltier, January 12, 1908.
3 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Township of White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota), Henry Peltier, January 12, 1908.
4 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, Henri Joseph Roy Pelletier baptism, January 19, 2008.
5 U.S. census, population schedule, 1910, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 162; p 2A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 22, family 22, lines 24-32, Albert J. Peltier family.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4330244-01025?pId=146030668 : accessed 15 August 2025), image 3 of 29, citing NARA microfilm publication T624_720, FHL microfilm: 1374733.
6 U.S. census, population schedule, 1920, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 151; p 10A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 182, family 187, line 38, Roy Pelters [Peltier].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4312204-00536?pId=47874513 : accessed 8 May 2023), image 19 of 23, citing NARA microfilm publication T625_856, FHL microfilm: 1820856.
7 U.S. census, population schedule, 1930, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 62-177; p 19B [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 459, family 459, lines 87-92, Albert Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4610068_00257?pId=78589462 : accessed 15 August 2025), image 38 of 45, citing NARA microfilm publication T626_1114, FHL microfilm: 2340849.
8 Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969, North Dakota, Mapes, Center Lutheran Church, Ruth Alise (Flom), 13 August 1911. ; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60722/images/41742_314339-00203?pId=3962424 : accessed 15 August 2025), image 204 of 272.
9 U.S. census, population schedule, 1920, North Dakota, Nelson County, Williams Township, Enumeration District (ED) 79; p 3A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 45, house 7M, lines 34-42, Nels Floom [Flom].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4384779_00979?pId=107664021 : accessed 15 August 2025), image 5 of 5, citing NARA microfilm publication T625_1337.
10 U.S. census, population schedule, 1930, Minnesota, Ramsey County, St. Paul, Enumeration District (ED) 62-193; p 10A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 155, family 159, line 48, Alice Flom.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4610076_00084?pId=86355694 : accessed 15 August 2025), image 18 of 37, citing NARA microfilm publication T626, FHL microfilm: 2340857.
11 Cock, George William (1914), History and genealogy of the Cock, Cocks, Cox family, descended from James and Sarah Cock, of Killi, p 205. Privately printed.
12 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, p 67. Pelletier et Flom marriage, November 14, 1931.
13 “Mn, U. S., Birth Index, 1900-1934,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Minnesota), Vera Peltier, 4 April 1932, certificate #1932-42353.
14 “Mn, U. S., Birth Index, 1900-1934,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Minnesota), Verna Celestine Peltier, 4 April 1932, certificate #1932-42352.
15 “Mn, U. S., Birth Index, 1900-1934,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Minnesota), Beverly Ann Peltier, 9 April 1933, certificate #1933-40869.
16 “Mn, U. S., Birth Index, 1900-1934,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Minnesota), Lloyd Henry Joseph Peltier, 8 September 1934, certificate #1934-44110.
17 “Mn, U. S., Birth Index, 1935-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Minnesota), Gerald Wayne Peltier, 5 January 1937, certificate #1937-Mn-029158.
18 “Mn, U. S., Birth Index, 1935-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Minnesota), Darlene Mary Peltier, 29 April 1938, certificate #1938-Mn-028903.
19 “Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017,” Judith Ann Hoppe, birth date shown as 1 September 1941, certificate #035070, Minnesota Department of Health; St Paul, Minnesota.
20 “Mn, U. S., Birth Index, 1935-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Minnesota), Robert James Peltier, 6 June 1943, certificate #1943-Mn-057823.
21 “Mn, U. S., Birth Index, 1935-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Minnesota), Donald Albert Peltier, 7 August 1944, certificate #1944-Mn-053788.
22 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1940, Minnesota, Ramsey County, City of St. Paul, Enumeration District (ED) 90-179; p 3A [stamped and handwritten], house #178, visitation #52, lines 18-25, Roy H. Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-01999-00482?pId=98139581 : accessed 18 August 2025), page 5 of 28, citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1940.
23 U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, State of Minnesota, 1940, Serial No. 2144, Roy Henry Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44018_04_00027-03516?pId=16409145 : accessed 18 August 2025), images 3516 & 3517 of 5342.
24 St. Paul, Minnesota, Polk’s St. Paul City Directory 1944 (St. Paul: R. L. Polk & Co., 1944), p 831.
25 St. Paul, Minnesota, Polk’s St. Paul City Directory 1948 (St. Paul: R. L. Polk & Co., 1948), p 642.
26 “The Little Treasures, Family Line Up Division,” submitted by B.B. (Bev Boogren) of Little Canada, St. Paul Dispatch, unknown date.
27 U.S. census, population schedule, 1950, Minnesota, Ramsey County, St. Paul, Enumeration District (ED) 90-31; p 5 [handwritten], house number 595, dwelling #45, lines 13-23, Peltier, Roy H.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62308/images/43290879-Minnesota-054109-0006?pId=92898244 : accessed 18 August 2025), image 6 of 18, citing NARA microfilm publication Minnesota; Roll: 1410.
28 Unknown author, “St. Paul Marriage License Applications,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, (November 28, 1951): p 29.
29 Unknown author, “St. Paul Applications Marriage License,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, (Friday, April 11, 1952): p 19.
30 Unknown author, “St. Paul Marriage License Applications,” Minneapolis Star, (May 17, 1955): p 29.
31 Unknown author, “St. Paul Marriage License Applications,” Minneapolis Star, (Friday, December 21, 1956): p 32.
32 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #028515, Roy H. Peltier, 2 November 1957.
33 Unknown author, “Roy H. Peltier Funeral,” St. Paul Dispatch, (Thursday, April 4, 1957).
34 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, p 38, Roy H. Peltier burial record, 6 April 1957.
35 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #97006043, Alice Ruth Peltier, 17 February 1997.
36 Unknown author, “Peltier,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, (February 20, 1997).
37 St. John’s Cemetery (Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota), Alice R. and Roy H. Peltier grave marker, photographed by C. Vadnais, 21 December 2023.
Joseph Albert Vadnais (1883-1954) (September 19, October 3 & 10, 2025)
1 Minnesota department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Return of Births (Centreville [Centerville], Anoka County, Minnesota), “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983,” line 24, Joseph Vadnais, 23 June 1883.; images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5Q2-B97?cc=1920099&cat=1052426 : accessed 25 August 2025), image 49 of 763.
2 “Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949,” Anoka County Courthouse, Anoka Co., 591-592:1607, William Vadnais & Eugenia Ballargeon [Baillargeon], 7 Nov 1881.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-Y5SK-XX?cc=1803974&wc=MRJL-3TL%3A146209601 : accessed 7 Jun 2021).
3 “Baptism Register 1866-1882,” p 168, 1883, Joseph Vadnais, St. Genevieve’s Catholic Church, Diocese of St. Paul, Anoka County, Minnesota.
4 “The Transfers,” The St Paul Daily Globe, 9 Sep 1883, Sunday, p 2, col 3, lines 22-23.; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/467752407 : accessed 10 Jun 2021).
5 Minnesota State Census, population schedule, 1885, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear village, p 16 [handwritten], family 109, line 4, Wm. Vadnia Jr. [William Vadnais].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1058/images/mnsc_37-0305?pId=152360 : accessed 26 June 2023), image 36 of 64; State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
6 Minnesota State Census, population schedule, 1895, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear village, p 5 [handwritten], family 33, lines 8-12, William Cadnis [Vadnais].; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XW19-W6W?i=4&wc=M6GC-TNG%3A65687401%2C66122601&cc=1503031 : accessed 23 Apr 2021), image 5 of 37; State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
7 A. H. S. Perkins, All About White Bear Lake, The Popular Summer Resort of Minnesota (White Bear: Lake Breeze Printing House, 1890).
8 1900 U.S. Census, Ramsey Co., Minnesota, population schedule, White Bear Lake Village, Enumeration District (ED) 0155, p 258A [stamped], dwelling 60, family 62, Jennie Vadnais.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4120305_00522?pId=27037178 : accessed 8 April 2021), citing NARA microfilm publication T623, record group 29.
9 Minnesota State Census, population schedule, 1905, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear village, Enumeration District (ED) 51, p 231-232 [interpolated from stamped numbers on preceding and succeeding pages], line 38, Joseph Vadnais.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1058/images/mnsc_144-0320?pId=3341181 : accessed 12 Aug 2021), images 230 & 231 of 237; State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
10 St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Marriage Certificate, Bowbells, Ward County, North Dakota, Joseph Vadnais and Nellie McGee, October 4, 1906.
11 Unknown author, Bowbells Tribune, Vol 7, #49, (Friday, October 12, 1906): p 7, col 1.
12 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94626619/john-mcgee: accessed August 29, 2025), memorial page for John McGee (11 Jul 1850–6 Oct 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94626619, citing Calvary Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA; Maintained by yrrehierde (contributor 47891980).
13 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187879257/matilda_julia-mcgee: accessed August 29, 2025), memorial page for Matilda Julia “Mary” Majeau McGee (2 Jan 1849–15 Jul 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 187879257, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Toppenish, Yakima County, Washington, USA; Maintained by lrogden (contributor 49061395).
14 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186495993/nellie_o-vadnais_baker: accessed August 29, 2025), memorial page for Nellie O McGee Vadnais Baker (17 Mar 1888–29 Apr 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186495993, citing Oakmont Memorial Park, Lafayette, Contra Costa County, California, USA; Maintained by lrogden (contributor 49061395).
15 1900 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Oneka Township, Enumeration District (ED) 0039, p 7, family 103, line 40, Nellie McGee.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4120322_00220?pId=27372520 : accessed 29 August 2025), citing NARA microfilm publication T623.
16 “Minnesota, Marriages Index, 1849-1950,” Anoka County, Centreville, Peter H. Bernier and Laura McGee, 7 November 1898.
17 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186750407/peter_alphonse-bernier: accessed August 29, 2025), memorial page for Peter Alphonse Bernier (26 Sep 1875–22 Feb 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186750407, citing Saint John Baptist Cemetery, Hugo, Washington County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by lrogden (contributor 49061395).
18 Unknown author, Bowbells Tribune, Vol 7, #49, (Friday, October 12, 1906): p 7, col 1.
19 Unknown author, “Ambrose Items of People and Things,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol 3, #8, (Friday, August 28, 1908): p 3, col 1.
20 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Ramsey County, Village of White Bear, Minnesota), Josephine Genevieve Ellen Vadnais, 2 January 1909, registered #32.
21 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Register of Births for the year 1909 (Village of White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota), page 20 [stamped], line 11, Josephine G. E. Vadnais, 2 January 1909.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5MB-CTQ?i=15&wc=3XSV-C6R%3A212887301%2C212892701&cc=1920099&lang=en : accessed 29 August 2025), image 16 of 30.
22 “Baptism Register,” p 9 [stamped], January 10, 1909, Josephine G. E. Vadnais, Church of St. Mary of White Bear Lake, Diocese of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
23 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol II, #18, (Friday, September 3, 1909): p 5, col 3.
24 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol II, #18, (Friday, September 3, 1909): p 5, col 3.
25 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol II, #23, (Friday, October 8, 1909): p 5, col 3.
26 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol II, #34, (Friday, December 31, 1909): p 7, col 3.
27 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol II, #37, (Friday, January 21, 1910): p 9, col 6.
28 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol II, #52, (Friday, May 6, 1910): p 7, col 5.
29 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol III, #16, (Friday, August 26, 1910): p 7, col 2.
30 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol III, #22, (Friday, October 7, 1910): p 7, col 2.
31 Unknown author, “Local News,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol V, #25, (Friday, December 23, 1910): p 10, col 3.
32 Unknown author, “Caught in Storm,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol III, #12, (Friday, July 29, 1910): p 1, col 2.
33 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol V, #40, (Friday, April 7, 1911): p 4, col 1.
34 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol V, #47, (Friday, May 26, 1911): p 4, col 1.
35 Unknown author, “Ambrose Will Have a Good Ball Team,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol V, #49, (Friday, June 9, 1911): p 4, col 4.
36 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol VI, #1, (Friday, July 7, 1912): p 4, col 2.
37 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol IV, #35, (Friday, January 12, 1912): p 3, col 1.
38 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol IV, #38, (Friday, February 2, 1912): p 4, col 2.
39 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol I, #44, (Friday, May 3, 1912): p 6, col 1.
40 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol I, #52, (Friday, June 28, 1912): p 4, col 2.
41 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol 7, #20, (Friday, November 14, 1912): p 6, col 2.
42 Unknown author, “Ambrose, Local Happenings of the Week in the Queen City of Divide,” Ambrose Newsman, Vol 7, #37, (Friday, March 14, 1913): p 8, col 3.
43 Unknown author, “Sheriff’s Sale,” Ambrose Tribune, Vol V, #45, (Friday, February 2, 1912): p 3, col 6.
44 Montana State Historical Society; Helena, Montana; “Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950,” (Sheridan County, Plentywood), Joseph Vadnais and Blanche Block [Black], 17 November 1917.
45 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota), #019245, Blanche Vadnais, (birth date listed) 16 February 1897.
46 1900 U.S. Census, Ogle County, Illinois, population schedule, Oregon Township, Enumeration District (ED) 0089, p 1B [handwritten and stamped], family 16, lines 58-67, Richard Black family.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4113792_00322?pId=12524331 : accessed 30 August 2025), image 2 of 50; citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 333.
47 “California, U.S. Death Index, 1940-1997,” (Los Angeles County, Los Angeles), Marie M. Goldberg [Pearl Marie Black], (birth date listed) 18 February 1902.
48 1910 U.S. Census, Kane County, Illinois, population schedule, Geneva Township, Illinois Home for Girls, Enumeration District (ED) 0080, p 7A [handwritten and stamped], line 6, Blanch H. Black.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4328191-01027?pId=5455198 : accessed 30 August 2025), image 13 of 13; citing NARA microfilm publication T624_296.
49 1910 U.S. Census, Perry County, Illinois, population schedule, Du Quoin Ward 5, Orphans Home, Enumeration District (ED) 76, p 6B [handwritten and stamped], line 90, Blanch Black.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4328210-00272?pId=5782014 : accessed 30 August 2025), image 12 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T624_315.
50 1910 U.S. Census, Ogle County, Illinois, population schedule, Oregon Township, Enumeration District (ED) 0083, p 5B [handwritten and stamped], line 95, Olive Black.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4328209-01098?pId=5777725 : accessed 30 August 2025), image 10 of 15; citing NARA microfilm publication T624_314.
51 Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory 1915 (Minneapolis Directory Company, Vol. XLIII, 1915), Blanche H. Black, p 297.
52 Minnesota, Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2022, (Hennepin County, Minnesota), certificate # 1450344, May Black and William Pagel, October 25, 1910.
53 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124176400/olive_mae-pagel: accessed September 1, 2025), memorial page for Olive Mae Black Pagel (23 Nov 1891–27 Aug 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 124176400, citing Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Steve Carlson (contributor 47330162).
54 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, No. 2012, Joseph Albert Vadnais.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005241986_01953?pId=9170437 : accessed 30 August 2025), image 1 of 87.
55 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota), #19245, Blanche Vadnais, 23 February 1920.
56 Unknown author, Tri-State Press, Polo, Illinois, (Thursday, March 4, 1920): p 15, col 4.
57 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Village of Lake Benton, Lincoln County, Minnesota), Isador Kerschner, 22 February 1922.
58 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148537418/kathryn_ann-vadnais: accessed August 30, 2025), memorial page for Kathryn Ann “Kate” Kroeger Vadnais (7 Sep 1873–16 Sep 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148537418, citing Union Cemetery, White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by KWH (contributor 48123018).
59 1920 U.S. Census, Lincoln County, Minnesota, population schedule, Village of Lake Benton, Enumeration District (ED) 0116, p 1A [handwritten and stamped], lines 42-50, 1, dwelling #10, Isador Kerschner family.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4312190-00559?pId=47459286 : accessed 30 August 2025), images 1 and 2 of 29; citing NARA microfilm publication T625_842.
60 “South Dakota, U.S., Marriages, 1905-2018,” South Dakota State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Record of Marriage (Brookings County, South Dakota), certificate # 2083, Joseph Albert Vadnais and Kate Kerschner, 13 December 1922.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8561/images/SDVR_M_11-0954?pId=603914 : accessed August 30, 3035), image 954 of 4912.
61 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1930, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear Lake (city), Enumeration District (ED) 0178; p 11B [stamped and handwritten], dwelling 234, family 237, lines 67-71, Joseph Vadnais.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4610068_00287?pId=78588002 : accessed 30 August 2025), image 22 of 53, citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1114, FHL microfilm: 2340849.
62 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1940, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear Lake city, Enumeration District (ED) 62-12; p 9B [stamped and handwritten], visitation #156, lines 1-3, Joseph Vadnais.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-01950-01025?pId=99117149 : accessed 20 August 2025), page 18 of 38, citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll m-t0627-01950.
63 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards Fourth Registration for the State of Minnesota, 1942, Serial No. 1087, Joseph Albert Vadnais.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1002/images/44474_01_00038-02051?pId=18169526 : accessed 1 September 2025), images 2052 of 2080.
64 “Warranty Deed” (original), Adlore J. Vadnais and Ellen L. Vadnais, 15 October 1948, privately held by Cynthia Vadnais, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota, 2025. Inherited from father, John Russell Vadnais, in 2010.
65 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1950, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear Lake, Enumeration District (ED) 62-34; p 8 [handwritten], house #417, dwelling #72, lines 20-28, Joseph Vadnais.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62308/images/43290879-Minnesota-166897-0008?pId=93031751 : accessed 31 August 2025), page 8 of 50, citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1950.
66 “Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002,” Kathryn Ann Vadnais, 16 Sep 1954.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4ZZ-FMD : accessed 1 September 2025); multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
67 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148537418/kathryn_ann-vadnais: accessed September 1, 2025), memorial page for Kathryn Ann “Kate” Kroeger Vadnais (7 Sep 1873–16 Sep 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148537418, citing Union Cemetery, White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by KWH (contributor 48123018).
68 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #027176, Joseph Albert Vadnais, 26 September 1954.
69 Unknown author, “Funeral Services held Tuesday for Joseph Vadnais,” White Bear Press, Vol LIX, #29 (Thursday, September 30, 1954): p 4.
Updates – Alma Mary Vadnais and Lewis Charles Heckel (September 12, 2025)
1 Alice R. Smith, Sharon F. Wright and Judy Kaiser, Mahtomedi Memories, Chp. III. Early Settlers, p 8 (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1992).
2 Measuringworth.com, (https://measuringworth.com/dollarvaluetoday/?amount=2000000&from=1904 : accessed 14 August 2025).
3 St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota) digital church records held at White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, Heckel and Cardinal wedding, June 21, 1905.
Updates – Alice Mabel Peltier and Benjamin LaBore (September 5, 2025)
1 Minute Book, Village of Dellwood, January 14, 1925 – December 5, 1939 (Village of Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota), Charles B. Harris, Clerk, p 133.
2 Minute Book, Village of Dellwood, August 22, 1917 – December 11, 1924 (Village of Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota), Charles B. Harris, Clerk, p 21.
3 Minute Book, Village of Dellwood, August 22, 1917 – December 11, 1924 (Village of Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota), Charles B. Harris, Clerk, p 44.
4 Minute Book, Village of Dellwood, August 22, 1917 – December 11, 1924 (Village of Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota), Charles B. Harris, Clerk, p 45.
5 Minute Book, Village of Dellwood, August 22, 1917 – December 11, 1924 (Village of Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota), Charles B. Harris, Clerk, p 91.
6 Minute Book, Village of Dellwood, August 22, 1917 – December 11, 1924 and Minute Book, Village of Dellwood, January 14, 1925 – December 5, 1939 (Village of Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota), Charles B. Harris, Clerk, various pages.
7 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota), #015957, Alice Marie La Bore, 23 August 1933.
8Birth and Death Register Village of Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota,” Certificate of Death, State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, 1933, #2, Alice Marie La Bore, 23 August 1933.
Jean Baptiste Peltier and Lillian Celeste Pepin (August 22, 2025)
1 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, Joannem Baptistam Pelletier baptism, March 25, 1890.
2 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records 1844-1866, p 22, Marie Peltier burial, 1860.
3 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, Joannem Baptistam Pelletier baptism, March 25, 1890.
4 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1870, Minnesota, Ramsey County, White Bear Township, p 10 [handwritten], line 6, Baptiste Speltear [Jean Baptiste Peltier].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4264748_00219?pId=41697062 : accessed 8 July 2025), page 6 of 7, citing NARA microfilm publication T132, roll T132_10, p 1424.
5 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1880, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Township of White Bear, Enumeration District (ED) 024; p 466C [stamped], dwelling 57, family 59, line 31, Jean B. Pelletier [Peltier].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4241842-00349?pId=24319342 : accessed 8 July 2025), page 7 of 23, citing NARA microfilm publication T9_631. FHL roll #1254631.
6 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67459427/lillian_celestine-peltier: accessed July 8, 2025), memorial page for Lillian Celestine Pepin Peltier (29 Feb 1872–2 Aug 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67459427, citing Saint Josephs Catholic Cemetery, North Branch, Chisago County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Robert John Chudek (contributor 46972218).
7 “News in Minnesota,” St. Charles Union (Thursday, 14 March 1901).
8 “Mendota’s First Born,” The Minneapolis Journal (Friday, 8 March 1901).
9 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, Jean Baptiste Pelletier [Peltier] and Lalie Pepin [Lillian] marriage, April 13, 1890.
10 “Minnesota, County Marriages, 1863-1983,” #614, John Pelbier [Jean Baptiste Peltier], Lily Pipen [Lillian Pepin], license dated 12 April 1890.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LB6N-VWY?wc=MRJY-MNG%3A1060650501%26cc%3D1803974&lang=en&i=445&cc=1803974 : accessed 8 July 2025), image 446 of 715.
11 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1900, Minnesota, Isanti County, North Branch Township, Enumeration District (ED) 0021; p 173A [stamped and handwritten], dwelling 117, family 149, lines 12-18, John Pelcher [Jean Baptiste Peltier].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4120287_00350?pId=26560685 : accessed 8 July 2025), page 15 of 24, citing NARA microfilm publication T623, record group 29, FHL microfilm 1240783.
12 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1910, Minnesota, Isanti County, North Branch Township, Enumeration District (ED) 0053; p 11A [handwritten & stamped], dwelling 208, family 211, lines 30-39, John B. Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4330231-00235?pId=13137184 : accessed 8 July 2025), page 21 of 23, citing NARA microfilm publication T624_707. FHL roll #1374720.
13 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #024981, Lillian Celestine Peltier, 2 August 1928.
14 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Isanti County, Minnesota), #006020, John Baplist Peltier, 10 March 1935.
15 “Stroke Fatal to 72 Year Old Oxford Resident,” Unknown Paper (1935).
Leona Rose Vadnais and Thomas William Whitrock (July 25, August 1 & August 15, 2025)
1 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #26232, Leona Rose Vadnais, 4 April 1923.
2 “Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), Mona Celestine Vadnais, April 5, 1921.
3 “Baptism Register,” p 16 [stamped], 29 April 1923, Rose Leona Vadnais, Church of St. Mary of White Bear Lake, Diocese of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
4 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), Book 191, p 120, John Russell Vadnais, 19 February 1925.
5 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #24500, Marguerite Mary Vadnais, 17 October 1926.
6 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #23679, Gordon Francis Vadnais, 20 November 1928.
7 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #22584, Anna May [Mae] Vadnais, 27 March 1930.
8 Unknown author, “Senior High Home Economics Club,” White Bear High School 1942 Matoskan, p 50.
9 Unknown author, “G. A. A. Encourages Girls’ Sports,” White Bear High School 1942 Matoskan, p 46.
10 Unknown author, “The O. S. K.,” White Bear High School 1942 Matoskan, p 48.
11 Unknown author, “Corps Add Fanfare to Games,” White Bear High School 1941 Matoskan, p 37.
12 Unknown author, “Locker Rattlings,” White Bear High School 1942 Matoskan, p 66.
13 Unknown author, “Seniors,” White Bear High School 1942 Matoskan, p 25.
14 “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 (Washington County, Lincoln), Births 1918-1934, Vol. D,” p. 90, line 26, Thomas William Whitrock, 8 September 1920.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95JC-N6P?wc=3XS2-7MP%3A212907001%2C212907002&cc=1920099&lang=en&i=0 : accessed 8 July 2025), images 1 & 2 of 7; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
15 “Northern Pacific Railway Company Personnel Files, 1890-1963,” 24 July 1958, Charles Frank Whitrock.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2157/images/32722_1521003236_0032-03096 : accessed 8 July 2025), image 2558 of 5465.
16 “Thomas William Whitrock Family Sheet” compiled by Marguerite (Vadnais) Parker, privately held by Cynthia Vadnais, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota, 2025.
17 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1930, Minnesota, Washington County, Lincolntown, Enumeration District (ED) 0016; p 3B [stamped and handwritten], family 69, lines 56-61, C. F. Whitrock [and family].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4610088_00214?pId=78135102 : accessed 8 July 2025), page 6 of 26, citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1114, FHL microfilm: 2340869.
18 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110582453/john_j-whitrock: accessed July 8, 2025), memorial page for John J Whitrock (1918–1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110582453, citing Saint Marys Cemetery Old, North Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Adam (contributor 47938965).
19 U.S. Census, population schedule, 1940, Minnesota, Washington County, Mahtomedi Village, Enumeration District (ED) 82-17; p 3A [stamped and handwritten], visitation #45, lines 4-6, Charles F. Whitrock.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-01950-00994?pId=99116076 : accessed 8 July 2025), page 6 of 25, citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1940.
20 “Thomas William Whitrock Family Sheet” compiled by Marguerite (Vadnais) Parker, privately held by Cynthia Vadnais, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota, 2025.
21 U.S., World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940-1947, Serial No. 1138, Thomas William Whitrock.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44018_09_00019-02270?pId=16657715 : accessed 8 July 2025), images 2271 & 2272 of 5381.
22 “Baptism Register,” p 16 [stamped], 29 April 1923, Rose Leona Vadnais, Church of St. Mary of White Bear Lake, Diocese of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
23 “Leona Vadnais Bride of Thomas Whitrock,” White Bear Press (Friday, 26 February 1943), Vol XLVII, #51, p 2, col 4.
24 “Whitrocks at Lake Home after Marriage,” unknown paper, 1943.
25 “Minnesota, Ramsey County Birth Index, 1935-2000,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics (Ramsey County, Minnesota), file #1948-Mn-057626, Kathleen Mary Whitrock, May 1, 1948.
26 U.S. census, population and housing, 1950, Minnesota, Washington County, Mahtomedi, Enumeration District (ED) 82-20; p 8 [handwritten], house number 420, line 7, Whitrock, Thomas W.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62308/images/43290879-Minnesota-149863-0009?pId=93348958 : accessed July 21, 2025), image 9 of 24, citing NARA microfilm publication Minnesota; Roll: 4003.
27 “Minnesota, Ramsey County Birth Index, 1935-2000,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics (Ramsey County, Minnesota), file #1951-Mn-038741, Charlene Ann Whitrock, September 25, 1951.
28 “Minnesota, Ramsey County Birth Index, 1935-2000,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics (Ramsey County, Minnesota), file #1953-Mn-064342, Marlene Mona Whitrock, March 23, 1953.
29 “Minnesota, Ramsey County Birth Index, 1935-2000,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics (Ramsey County, Minnesota), file #1955-Mn-048052, Thomas William Whitrock, December 20, 1955.
30 “Minnesota, Ramsey County Birth Index, 1935-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics (Ramsey County, Minnesota), file #1966-MN-034076, Lee Ann Mary Whitrock, December 18, 1966.
31 “Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Washington County, Minnesota, USA), Charles Frank Whitrock, # 1958-Mn-018907, 12 June 1958.
32 “Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA), Mrs. Agnes Whitrock, # 1958-Mn-029024, 18 June 1958.
33 “Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA), Thomas Williamn Whitrock, # 2002-Mn-029753, 9 August 2002.
34 Unknown author, “Whitrock,” St. Paul Dispatch, (August 2002).
35 “Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA), Leona Rose Whitrock, # 2003-Mn-025969, 9 August 2003.
36 Unknown author, “Whitrock,” White Bear Press, (August 2003).
37 St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery, Church of St. Mary of the Lake (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), Whitrock monumental inscription, read by C. Vadnais, August 2009.
Leon Onesime Peltier (July 18, 2025)
1 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, Leo Pelletier baptism, September 30, 1861.
2 Map of Township No. 30 N Range No. 22W 4th Mer., 15 Mar 1848. digital image, gisdata.mn.gov (https://resources.gisdata.mn.gov/pub/data/basemaps/glo/Ramsey/LowResolution/t030r22w4fi01.pdf : accessed 2 October 2021).
3 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, Leo Pelletier baptism, September 30, 1861.
4 Minnesota State Census, Census schedule, 1865, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., Town of White Bear, p 89 [handwritten], family 22, lines 2-9, Charles Peltry [Peltier] family.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1058/images/mnsc_2-1023?pId=1376600 : accessed 16 June 2025), image 30 of 192; Roll MNSC_2, State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
5 U.S. census, population schedule, 1870, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Town; p 10 [handwritten], line 5, Leon Speltear [Peltier].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4264748_00219?pId=41697061 : accessed 16 June 2025), image 6 of 7.
6 U.S. census, population schedule, 1880, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear, Enumeration District (ED) 024; p 466C [stamped], dwelling 57, line 30, Leon Pelletier [Peltier].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4241842-00349?pId=32923611 : accessed 16 June 2025), image 7 of 23, citing NARA microfilm publication T9_631, FHL microfilm: 1254631.
7 1895 Minnesota State Census, Ramsey Co., population schedule, White Bear, p 11 [handwritten], line 22, Leon Peltier.; database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XW19-H34?wc=M6GC-TNL%3A65687401%2C66121901%26cc%3D1503031&lang=en&i=10&cc=1503031 : accessed 16 June 2025), image 11 of 25.; State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
8 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital statistics, Certificate of Death (White Bear tp [township], Ramsey County, Minnesota), #1904-35-521, Charles Peltier, 28 June 1904.
9 U.S. census, population schedule, 1940, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 62-10A; p 16B [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 391, line 41, Leon Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-01950-00897?pId=99112851 : accessed 16 June 2025), image 34 of 52, citing NARA microfilm publication T626_1950, FHL microfilm: 5454945.
10 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #13437, Leon O. Peltier, 20 October 1947.
11 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, “Record of Interment,” p 29, line 6, Leon O. Peltier, October 23, 1947.
Avis Celestine Peltier (June 26, 2025)
1 “Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983,” Ramsey, White Bear, Births 1900-1914, vol 2, p 3, line 15, Celestine Peltier, 23 January 1910.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MB-HYK?cc=1920099&wc=3XSV-C6R%3A212887301%2C212892701 : accessed 6 Jun 2025), image 5 of 30.
2 “Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980,” Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Birth (Township of White Bare [Bear], Ramsey County, Minnesota), Celestine Peltier, 23 January 1910.
3 “Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001,” Eveline Pertier, 24 February 1901.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5QB-9N79?i=38&wc=36TN-DPV%3A1583719402%2C1583719401&cc=2185953 : accessed 23 December 2023), image 39 of 57; multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
4 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262418610/edgar-joseph-peltier: accessed 24 December 2023), memorial page for Edgar Joseph “Benjamin Jean Joseph” Peltier (7 Feb 1906–5 Apr 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 262418610, citing Saint Johns Cemetery, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Cynthia Vadnais (contributor 49980879).
5 “Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949,” #261, Edelore [Adlore] Vadnais, Helen [Ellen] Peltier, license dated 4 January 1910, certificate of marriage dated 10 January 1910, filed, 11 January 1910.; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B6N-XJ1?cc=1803974&wc=MRJT-BZQ%3A1060646701 : accessed 11 April 2021).
6 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, Avis Rose Delima Celestine Pelletier baptism, January 30, 1910.
7 “Minnesota, Ramsey County Marriage Records, 1910-1911,” #502, Howard W. Bloom, Vina R. Peltier, license dated 23 February 1911.; database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BG-CP89?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ2Z5-9BTQ&action=view : accessed 10 November 2023), image 1241 of 2332.
8 U.S. census, population schedule, 1910, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 162; p 2A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 22, family 22, line 32, Avis C. Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4330244-01025?pId=146030668 : accessed 23 Feb 2022), image 3 of 29, citing NARA microfilm publication T624_720, FHL microfilm: 1374733.
9 U.S. census, population schedule, 1920, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 151; p 10A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 182, family 187, line 39, Avis Pelters [Peltier].; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4312204-00536?pId=47874513 : accessed 23 Feb 2022), image 19 of 23, citing NARA microfilm publication T625_856, FHL microfilm: 1820856.
10 U.S. census, population schedule, 1930, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 62-177; p 19B [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 459, family 459, lines 91, Avis Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4610068_00257?pId=78589462 : accessed 14 Dec 2021), image 38 of 45, citing NARA microfilm publication T626_1114, FHL microfilm: 2340849.
11 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Dellwood, Washington County, Minnesota), #015957, Alice Marie La Bore, 23 August 1933.
12 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital statistics, Certificate of Death (White Bear Tsp. [township], Ramsey County, Minnesota), #12805, Albert J. Peltier, 26 September 1935.
13 U.S. census, population schedule, 1940, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., White Bear Township, Enumeration District (ED) 62-10A; p 16A [handwritten and stamped], dwelling 391, line 36, Avis Peltier.; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-01950-00897?pId=99112851 : accessed 14 Dec 2021), image 33 of 52, citing NARA microfilm publication T626_1950, FHL microfilm: 5454945.
14 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #1948-MN-013248, Frances Mary Peltier, 24 May 1948.
15 St. Paul, Minnesota, City Directory 1948 (St. Paul: R. L. Polk & Co., 1948), p 641.
16 St. Paul, Minnesota, City Directory 1948 (St. Paul: R. L. Polk & Co., 1848), p 641.
17 “Closing Statement, Kohler Rd Property” (original), 10 November 1950, privately held by Diane Schuweiler, Lake Elmo, Washington, Minnesota, 2025.
18 “Closing Statement of 499 West Lawson” (original), 1 December 1950, privately held by Diane Schuweiler, Lake Elmo, Washington, Minnesota, 2025.
19 “Quit Claim Deed Donald H. Schindler and Esther E. Schindler to Celestine Peltier” (original), Doc. No. 1357259, 1 February 1955, privately held by Diane Schuweiler, Lake Elmo, Washington, Minnesota, 2025.
20 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (White Bear Township, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #13339, Norma G. Tessier, 27 April 1950.
21 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (White Bear Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #012948, Edmund J Peltier, 13 March 1952.
22 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #27732, Albert N. Peltier, 23 November 1954.
23 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Ramsey County, Minnesota), #28515, Roy H. Peltier, 2 April 1957.
24 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #30084, Celestine Peltier, 30 August 1959.
25 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (Ramsey County, Minnesota), #26785, Clem J. Peltier, 15 October 1965.
26 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (White Bear, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #13352, Vina M. Bloom, 3 April 1967.
27 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #16295, Ellen L. Vadnais, 10 June 1969.
28 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death (St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota), #24293, Avis C. Peltier, 29 September 1976.
29 “Peltier,” St. Paul Pioneer Press?, (Sep 1976), unknown page number.
30 Little Canada Historical Society, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, St. John’s Church digital records, “Record of Interment,” p 1, line 14, Avis Peltier, burial date October 2, 1976.
31 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82441013/avis_c-peltier: accessed June 6, 2025), memorial page for Avis C. Peltier (1910–1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82441013, citing Saint Johns Cemetery, Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by DMS (contributor 47118225).