Re: Pelky's from Canada-Erie, PA. area.
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Re: Pelky's from Canada-Erie, PA. area.
2/12/02
Hi Dena,
I don't know if this helps or not, but according to my dad's cousin, who is now deceased, their great grandfather, Antoine C. Pelletier/Peltier owned farmland that was located where Selfridge Air Field was.The story is that Antoine had served as a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and received a land grant of a section of Selfridge Field as payment for his service.I have never substantiated this bit of information, but I do know that Antoine(Anthony) and his wife, Terese Goulet, lived in Harrison Twp., Macomb County, Michigan.I suppose it could be checked out.
Something you said in your post to the Pelletier/Peltier Board also caught my attention.My grandfather always said that their family was 1/8 th Indian, but I've never been able to substantiate this.You mentioned a Chippewa connection in your family.Perhaps we descend from the same line?Let me know what you think.
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