Pelletier family histories, 1913-2018

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Pelletier family
Title
Pelletier family histories
Dates
1913-2018 (inclusive)
1981-2018 (bulk)
Quantity
0.1 cubic feet, (5 folders)
Collection Number
Coll 841
Summary
Biographies, memoir, obituaries, and photographs relating to the lives of Felix Albert Pelletier (1915-1981) and Bertha Hickman Pelletier (1913-1993), who were husband and wife. Felix Albert Pelletier was born in Canada and worked in the logging and lumber industries in Yamhill County and Albany, Oregon. Bertha Hickman Pelletier was born in Yamhill County, Oregon.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Felix Albert Pelletier was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1915, and moved with his family to McMinnville, Oregon, in 1923. In the 1930s he worked for the Flora Logging Company in Carlton, Oregon. He later worked as a laborer in the construction of the Bonneville Dam. In 1941, he found employment as a millwright with the Malarkey and Malarkey Plywood Company (later M & M Timber Company, and then Simpson Timber) in Albany, Oregon. He continued to work as a millwright until the 1970s, when a heart attack forced him to change his job to a saw filer. He retired in 1977 and died in 1981.

Bertha Hickman Pelletier was born in 1913 in Fairdale, Yamhill County, Oregon. Her father was frequently out of work, and during her childhood she lived with relatives in various places in Oregon, such as near the coastal town of Yachats and in Portland. Her father was physically and emotionally abusive, and she left home at the age of 18. In 1935, she married Felix Pelletier. The couple had four children: Raymond, Edmund, Bunny, and Dianna. After the death of her husband in 1981, Bertha Hickman Pelletier moved to Arizona. She died in 1993.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of materials relating to the lives of Felix Albert Pelletier and Bertha Hickman Pelletier. Items include biographies of each by their daughter, Dianna M. Hanson, titled "Pop's Stories" and "About Our Mother's Life," respectively; copies of photographs used in the biographies; a memoir by Bertha Hickman Pelletier titled, "My Early Life: 1913 to 1935 in Yamhill County Oregon"; and obituaries for both Felix and Bertha.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Pelletier family histories, Coll 841, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dianna M. Hanson, November 2018 (RL2019-071).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1 Biographies - "About Our Mother's Life;" "Pop's Stories" 2018
2 Supplemental photographs for "About Our Mother's Life" circa 1913-1980
3 Supplemental photographs for "Pop's Stories" circa 1920-1975
4 Memoir of Bertha Hickman Pelletier, "My Early Life: 1913-1935 in Yamhill County Oregon" circa 1987
5 Obituaries 1981; 1993

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Lumber trade--Oregon--Albany--20th century
  • Lumber trade--Oregon--Yamhill County--20th century

Personal Names

  • Pelletier, Bertha Hickman, 1913-1993
  • Pelletier, Felix Albert, 1915-1981

Form or Genre Terms

  • Biographies (literary works)
  • Memoirs

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Hanson, Dianna M. (creator)