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My name is Mary Villalobos and I have a BA in Anthropological Archaeology from the
University of California at San Diego. I love to dig for pieces of a puzzle and use
those pieces to reconstruct a culture. Pieces of puzzles can tell much about an individual and family too
and so it was inevitable that I would want to search for pieces of our family's past to reconstruct.
This search began when a cousin attempted to complete a family tree and was unable to find any information
on Henry Peltier who was married to Rose Delima Leduc. After a few years of wondering why information
could not be found, I decided to take on the challenge. I finally made a breakthrough when I started to
check not only various spellings of Peltier, but also various spellings of Henry. When I found a name, I would
check to see if it was associated with other names of relatives like Rose Delima Leduc or known offspring.
The breakthrough came when I found Honorius Pelletier. Honorius was widowed and remarried to a woman
named Rose Delima Leduc who was also widowed and remarried. This matched the oral history of our family
and after checking vital records, I found that he was known by several names throughout his lifetime including
Honorius, Honoré, Henrí and Henry. After this was discovered, the rest of our history was relatively easy to uncover.
University of California at San Diego. I love to dig for pieces of a puzzle and use
those pieces to reconstruct a culture. Pieces of puzzles can tell much about an individual and family too
and so it was inevitable that I would want to search for pieces of our family's past to reconstruct.
This search began when a cousin attempted to complete a family tree and was unable to find any information
on Henry Peltier who was married to Rose Delima Leduc. After a few years of wondering why information
could not be found, I decided to take on the challenge. I finally made a breakthrough when I started to
check not only various spellings of Peltier, but also various spellings of Henry. When I found a name, I would
check to see if it was associated with other names of relatives like Rose Delima Leduc or known offspring.
The breakthrough came when I found Honorius Pelletier. Honorius was widowed and remarried to a woman
named Rose Delima Leduc who was also widowed and remarried. This matched the oral history of our family
and after checking vital records, I found that he was known by several names throughout his lifetime including
Honorius, Honoré, Henrí and Henry. After this was discovered, the rest of our history was relatively easy to uncover.