Posted by PHYLLIS (4.253.12.181) on February 09, 2005 at 17:50:56:
HELLO. I AM RESEARCHING THE PELATE SIDE OF MY FAMILY.
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN MARY ELIZABETH PELATE, ON
FEB. 20, 1882 IN PRAIRIE DU ROCHER, ILLIOIS. SHE HAD
A TWIN SISTER, SYLVANIA EMILY PELATE, WHO MARRIED
A JOHN T. LAROSE.
THEIR PARENTS WERE LOUIS PELATE AND EMILY BOYER.
MY GRANDMOTHER AND HER TWIN SISTER WERE ADOPTED.
THEY HAD TWO OTHER SISTERS, STELL AND NELL. THEY ALSO
WERE ADOPTED. AND A BROTHER, LOUIS PELATE.