Ezekiel Peltier's biography, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan

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Ezekiel A. PELTIER (dit Pelletier, dit Antaya), son of Isidore Peltier and 
Sophie SALOMON, was born in Detroit on May 26, 1799. Ezekiel lineage goes 
back to Nicolas PELLETIER, a master carpenter, who immigrated from 
Gallardon, France to Quebec City, New France in 1636. Father Gabriel 
Richard married Ezekiel and Marie Veronique LaDuc in Detroit on January 24, 
1826. Ezekiel and Marie moved to Frenchtown in Monroe, Michigan sometime 
that year. There is a 1827 record of Ezekiel owning property in Frenchtown 
on the south side of Wate Stree and bounded south by River Raisin. Ezekiel 
was a farmer and a dry goods merchant for a William H. BOYD. Eventually, 
Ezekiel opened his own dry goods store in a brick building he owned in 
Monroe. The store was bounded by Front Street on the North, Crane, Sanklie, 
and south by the Exchange lot. Ezekiel served as Monroe trustee in 1827, 
Monroe township assessor in 1832, city officer in 1838 & 1839, city 
alderman in 1840 and 1842. He died on March 17, 1848 in Monroe and is 
buried in St. Joseph's cemetery section 1. Ezekiel and Marie had nine 
children and they are as follows: (1) Dorothy Matilda PELTIER, born 
December 25, 1826, married Phillip Justine LORANGER on April 8, 1845; (2) 
Marie Elizabeth PELTIER, born February 1, 1829, married Prosper DESNOYER on 
? ; (3) Ezekiel Abrahm PELTIER, born October 17, 1830, married Sarah M. 
ANDREWS on ? ; (4) Edmund S. PELTIER, born June 23, 1833, married Mary A. 
NADEAU on ? ; (5) Josephine PELTIER born April 14, 1835, married Hilary 
CICOTTE on October 19, 1853; (6) Loanna PELTIER, born March 27, 1838, died 
August, 23, 1838; (7) Henrietta PELTIER, born June 21, 1840, died September 
1, 1860; (8) Mariet PELTIER, born July 11, 1842, married Alexander 
Toussaint NAVARRE on May 5, 1868; and (9) Phillip Baptise PELTIER, born 
August 31, 1845, married Mary Frances HAMILTON on January 28, 1874. Dorothy 
Loranger, Marie Desnoyer, Ezekiel Peltier, Edmund Peltier, Josephine 
Cicotte, Loanna Peltier, and Mariet Navarre are all buried in St. Joseph's 
cemetery. Henrietta Peltier is buried in Monroe but the location is 
unknown. Phillip Peltier is buried in Gracelawn Cemetery, Flint, Michigan. 
This biographical sketch was written by William H. PELTIER III, ancestor of 
Phillip Baptise Peltier. Present address is 1090 Latham Dr. Watkinsville, 
GA. 30677, e-mail address bpeltier@bellsouth.net