Brief Life History of Remi Jean Baptiste
When Remi Jean Baptiste Pelletier was born on 24 June 1901, in New Canada, Aroostook, Maine, United States, his father, Joseph Pelletier, was 44 and his mother, Eulalie St Germain, was 43. He married Elizabeth Pelletier on 23 October 1923, in New Canada, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 28 July 1968, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
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- Remie Pelletier, "United States 1950 Census"
- Remie Pelletier, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
- Remie Pelletier, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1905 · Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout
In 1905, a fire lookout tower (among the first of its kind) was constructed in Piscataquis County on Squaw Mountain. Due to Maine's abundance of lumber and paper mills, it was essential that a system be developed to help spot fires as quickly as possible.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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