When Michel Pelletier Antaya was born on 8 September 1759, in Île Dupas, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada, his father, Jean-Baptiste Pelletier, was 29 and his mother, Marie Catherine Hus, was 24. He died on 22 December 1760, in Sorel-Tracy, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 1.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Lucien, Emile, Andre, Normand, Jacques, Marcel, Rosaire, Cecile, Laurent, Laurier, Adelard.
French: occupational name from pelletier ‘furrier’, also ‘fur trapper’. Compare Peltier and also Pelcher , Pelkey , Pelky , and Pilkey .
History: Guillaume Pelletier/Peltier dit Gobloteur from Bresolettes in Orne, France, married Michelle Mabille in France in 1619, died in Quebec City, QC, in 1657. Nicolas Pelletier/Peltier from Gallardon in Eure-et-Loir, France, married Jeanne (de) Voisy in France c. 1632, died in Sillery, QC, c. 1675. Pierre Pelletier/Peltier from Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau in Vendée, France, married Françoise Trochet in QC in 1671. See also Antaya .
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