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Peter Lafleur

• Born: 7 Jul 1828, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Marriage: Unknown
• Died: 12 Dec 1905, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, WI at age 77 ¹

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PETER LA FLUER From the Two Rivers Chronicle, Tuesday, December 12, 190 5: AN OLD SETTLER AND OLD SOLDIER GONE LaSt Saturday Peter La Fleur, an ea rly settler of this portion of the county and a well-known resident of t he Eastside, this city, breathed his last- departed for Elysian fields whe re the eternal camps of the dead are located. He had been a helpless inval id for years, being afflicted sorely with trembling palsy, and death broug ht to him welcome relief. He was born in Montreal, July 7, 1828. Came to t his city in 1849 and made it his home moSt of his life. He served in the U nion Army during the laSt year of the war, part of the time being in t he 3d Wis. Rg. and the balance of the time in the 35th Wis. Rg. He leav es a sorrowing wife and several grown-up sons and daughters. The funeral t ook place from St Luke's church this morning.

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