Obit for PELLAND, Mrs. Joseph Jr. (Deliama LaGau) (d.1940), Koochiching Co., MN
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From 'The Littlefork Times' January 1940

Mrs. Joseph Pelland, Sr. one of the first white women to settle in 
the Littlefork valley, passed away January 10, 1940, in Mt. Vernon,
Washington. She had resided in the west since 1912 but had been back 
here several times for visits.
Deliama LaGau Pelland spent her girlhood days near Fond Du Lac, Wisc. 
Her early married life was spent in Upper Michigan, where Mr. Pelland 
was a logger. In 1894 the family moved to this county via Tower and 
Rainy Lade and settled on a homestead at the mouth of the Littlefork 
river. Not only was Mrs. Pelland one of the first white women in the 
Littlefork valley, but she was the mother of the first boy born in the 
locality.
Surviving Mrs. Peland are four daughters, Mrs. Guy (Emma) Parker, Mrs. 
Grant (Mayme) Franklin, Mrs. Frank (Stella) Mitchell, and Mrs. John 
(Eva) Huntington and six sons, Joseph Jr., Fred, Walter, Elmer, Willard 
and Abraham; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren