Continuation of tree (5th child of George 'Treffle' Lepitre/Marie Domitille Huppe); all known surname descendants:
9 Albert Joseph Lepitre b: 21 February 1878 Stanstead, QUE; d: 23 February 1934 St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT (frost bite both feet and legs, gangrene, amputation)
+Ida May Hall (Gaffney) b: 19 August 1872 Sutton, Caledonia, VT; m: 3 May 1930 St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT [Loren/Rosaline Mooney]; d: 19 March 1953 St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT
Notes for Albert Joseph Lepitre:
Census
- 1900 Derby, Orleans, Vermont: Bert LaPete 18 servant/ farm laborer.
- 1911 Rock Island, Stanstead, Quebec: Albert Lapete 31 hostler, (wife) Annie 32 waitress, servants at a hotel.
- 1921 Rock Island Village, Stanstead, QUE: Bert Lepitre 43 lodger.
- 1930 St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT: Burt Lepete 52 (Can - immig 1927) laborer/odd jobs & Ida Gaffney 53 (divorced) servant/private family (2 of 9 lodgers at 30 Railroad Street)
- 1940 Lyndonville, Caledonia, VT: Widow Ida Gaffney 67.
Obituary: The Stanstead Journal (Stanstead, QUE), 1 March 1934: The body of Bert Joseph Lepetre arrived here Monday noon, and was placed in the vault at the old Roman Catholic Cemetery at Stanstead to await burial in Mount St. Mary's Cemetery in the spring. Bert Lepetre was born in Stanstead Feb. 21, 1878, having just passed his fifty-sixth birthday. He was well-known in this vicinity, having spent nearly all his life here. His last venture at Rock Island was in connection with a milk route which he operated from his premises on Railroad street. In 1927 he sold out, left town, and later on went to Caledonia County, Vermont. Latterly he had lived in a lumber shack near Waterford Mountain, two miles from a highway and two and a half miles from any other habitation. He went to town Wednesday February 7, and returning at night, was unable to locate his matches, so threw himself on his straw bed without building a fire. When he awoke next day both feet were frozen and he was practically helpless while the temperature outside ran to twenty or thirty degrees below zero for days. On the following Sunday, the eleventh, he was found, half starved, half frozen, by Henry McKinstry of St. Johnsbury, a wood customer. Dr. D. E. Sheffield of St. Johnsbury, with Edward R. French, drove as far as they could then ploughed their way to the shack through the drifts. Bound to the front bob of a double sled, Lepetre was drawn out of the woods, placed in a car and driven to Brightlook Hospital. Gangrene was already doing its deadly work and both legs were amputated 16 inches above the heel. This, however, failed to arrest the disease and finally a hemorrhage of the right stump brought his awful suffering to an end on Friday night. The funeral was held in the R. C. Church, St. Johnsbury, at 9 o'clock, Monday morning. A sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bede Powers of Island Pond, accompanied the body to this place, arriving here by the mid-day train. Surviving members of this family are a brother, George Lepetre of Graniteville, and three sisters, Gertrude (Mrs. Charles Fox) of Stanstead, Mrs. Powers, and Josephine (Mrs. Berker) of Lisbon, N.H.
Notes for Ida May Hall:
Obituary: The Caledonian Record (St. Johnsbury, VT), Friday, 20 March 1953: Gaffney: In St. Johnsbury, on March 19, Ida May Gaffney, at the age of 78 years. Funeral services will be held at the Lyndonville Congregational Church at 2 P.M. on Saturday with the Rev. Robert Mayhew officiating. Entombment will be at the Lyndon Center Cemetery. Friends may call at the Woods & Trefren Funeral Home.
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Last updated: 21 January 2024.