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| | Archive, Volume 6 |
 | | About 1884, William H. Peckham, one of Cerneau's successors as Grand Commander, thought fit to write to the mairie (Town Hall) of his birth-place in France. |
 | | The answer Peckham received showed that Joseph Cerneau was born in Villeblevin near Sens, in the department Yonne, as 'the legitimate son of Elme Etienne Cerneau, rector of the small schools [? |
 | | For the past century and a half, most historians stated that Cerneau was born in 1763. |
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