Continuation of tree (adopted child of James Pitre/Mary Madeleine Chiasson); all known surname descendants:
9 Arthur Joseph Peters b: 3 June 1897 PEI (adopted); d: 18 December 1954 Rumford, Oxford, ME
+Emma Schoensbier b: Abt. 1896 Austria; m: 16 September 1922 Westbrook, Cumberland, ME [Hans/Anna Kugler]; d: 11 January 1981 Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, ME
10 James L. Peters b: 7 August 1923 Rumford, Oxford, ME; d: 18 January 1978 Maine
+Rita Richard b: 25 September 1924 Mexico, Oxford, ME; m: Abt. 1946 [Camille/Lenie Thibodeau]; d: 2 May 1992 Lewiston, Androscoggin, ME
10 Arthur Peters b: Abt. June 1925; d: Aft. 1940
10 Albert L. Peters b: 6 May 1927 Rumford, Oxford, ME; d: 29 September 2001 Revere, Suffolk, MA
+Irene A. Shields (Baron) m: unknown; d: 20 May 2011 Revere, Suffolk, MA
10 Ralph S. Peters b: Abt. January 1928; d: Bef. 1940
10 Eleanor F. Peters b: 3 February 1932 Rumford, Oxford, ME; d: 16 January 2000
+--- Harrington
10 Barbara A. Peters b: Abt. 1933; d: 15 February 2020 Farmington Falls, Franklin, ME
+Lynden Clarke
Notes for Arthur Joseph Peters:
Census
- 1901 Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick: Jacque Peters 33, wife Mary 27, adopted son Arthur 4.
- 1910 Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine: James Peters 41 (pulp mill/laborer), wife of 17 years Mary 39 [no children], adopted son Arthur 14.
- 1920
- 1930 Rumford, Oxford, Maine: Arthur Peters 34 laborer/paper mill, wife of 9 years Emma 34, James L. 6, Arthur J. 4 years 9 months, Albert L. 2 years, 10 months, Ralph S. 1 year 2 months.
- 1940 Rumford, Oxford, Maine: Arthur J. Peters 43 laborer/road construction [$1200 house value], wife Emma 42, James 17 news boy/Lewiston Daily Sun, Arthur Jr. 15, Albert 12, Eleanor 8, Barbara 6. [628 Pine Street]
- 1950 Rumford, Oxford, ME: Arthur J. Peters 52, wife Emma M. 54, Eleanor F. 18 nurses helper/community hospital, Barbara A. 16, lodger Omer J. Coty 22 unloading crew/paper co.
Misc: Admitted to USA 23 Apr 1919 - Arthur Peters, res 37 Walker Street, Westbrook, ME, b. 3 June 1895 Albertha, PEI, coudes, unmarried.
- Headstone application for Military Veteran: Arthur J. Peters; enlisted 15 April 1916; honorably discharged 28 April 1919; Private, Co. B - 101st Engineers Y.D. Div, 26 Div; b. 3 June 1897; d. 18 Dec 1954; signed Emma M. Peters (applicant Mrs. Arthur J. Peters, 607 Pine Street, Rumford, ME); ship to James L. Peters, 536 Pine St., Rumford.
Obituaries for the children:
James L. Peters: Tombstone Inscription, Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, ME: James L. Peters / CPL US Army / World War II / 1923 - 1978
Albert L. Peters: Peters - Of Beachmont-Revere, formerly of Rumford, ME, Sept. 29, Albert L. Beloved husband of Irene A. (Shields). Step-father of Diane Baron & her husband Salvatore Dimino of Revere & James Baron of Winthrop. Grandfather of Julianna Dimino. Brother of Barbara Clarke & her husband Lynden of Maine & the late James, Arthur, Ralph Peters & Eleanor Peters Harrington. Also survived by many nieces & nephews. Relatives & friends invited to attend a Memorial Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Endicott Ave., Beachmont-Revere on Friday at 10 a.m. Donations in his memory may be made to the American Lung Association, Middleboro, MA. WW II U.S. Army Air Corps veteran.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Last updated: 28 June 2022.