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Pelletier comes from the Latin word "pellis" and means one which prepares, works or sells skins or furs. The Greeks and the romans regarded the furs as a sign characteristic of cruelty. But, as of the 6th century the Europeans delevoped a taste for the feel of the soft fur-lined coats. In France Charlemagne wore an otter doublet. In 1346 Paris, the fur merchants were thriving. Many of these merchants took the name Pelletier.
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About 1598 Guillaume Pelletier is born in Bresolettes. He is the son of Eloi Pelletier and Francoise Matte. Eloi was a merchant in wood and coal. Guillaume went into the same business as his father.
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In February 12 1619 he married Michelle Mabille in Tourouvre, France. This marriage produces 3 sons baptised in the church of Saint-Aubin. Claude and Guillaume died in France. Only Jean accompanied his parents overseas.
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Guillaume, his wife and son are accompanied by Guillaume unmarried brother Antoine to Canada. Robert Giffard conceeds them 6 arpents of land along the Montmorency River.
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Antoine married Francoise Morin on August 19, 1647 but on October 2 of the same year his boat capsized close to his home in Sault de Montmorency and he leaves no descendants.
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Guillaume inherited his brothers property and sells it to Jean Mignault dit Chatillon.
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Jean, the third of three sons of Guillaume and Michelle Mabille, married Anne Langlois, daughter of Noel Langlois and Francoise Garnier in 1647. After the second reading of the banns Jean finds out the Anne was baptized on sept. 2, 1637 making her 10 years old. He will have to watch 2 years until she is 12 and then they are married at Beaupre on November 9, 1649. It is interesting to note and Noel Langlois was one of the first colonists at Beaupre. Jean and Anne Langlois had 9 children of which 7 live to adulthood. Noel, Rene, Jean, Charles, Anne, Marie, and Marie Charlotte. Our family line continues on through Anne Pelletier who married
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The Pelletier name is linked, by marriage, to Mignault, Leclerc, Godbout, Huot, Ouellet, Lizet, Saint-Pierre, Gerbert and Mignier.
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It is through Guillaume and his son Jean that we are related to David Pelletier, partner of Jamie Sale in the 2002 Winter Olympics, gold medal winners in the pairs skating.
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