Continuation of tree (5th child of Pierre Pitre/Clara Lesperance); all known surname descendants:
9 Alexander Peete b: 2 October 1880 Mooers Forks, Clinton, NY; d: 27 October 1963 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
+Mary Elizabeth Wood (Garlick) b: 5 February 1870 New York; m: 8 December 1901 Mooers Forks, Clinton, NY [Wallace William/Mary Elizabeth Eaton]; d: 21 June 1940 Woods Falls, Clinton, NY
*2nd Wife of Alexander Peete:
+Marie Leopoldine Fauvel (Seguin) b: 23 July 1890 Ste. Madeleine, Rigaud, Vaudreuil, Quebec; m: 7 April 1951 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY [Andre/Helene Brazeau]; d: 9 December 1953 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
Notes for Alexander Peete:
Census:
- 1910 Mooers, Clinton, NY: Alex Pete
28 (farmer), wife of 8 years Mary 33, nephew Bennie 22 & his wife Celinda
28, who've been married for a year.
- 1920 Mooers, Clinton, NY: Alexander Peete 38 (dairy farmer) & wife
Mary C. 44.
- 1925 Mooers, Clinton, NY: Alex Pete 56 farm laborer,
wife Mary 58.
- 1930 Mooers, Clinton, NY: Alex Peete 46, wife Mary 55 and a boarder
Rose Broderish 53.
- 1940 Mooers, Clinton, NY: Alex Peet 57 [$200 house value] laborer/road project, wife Mary 70.
- 1950 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY: Widower Alex Peete 65 laborer/wooden ware factory, lodging (O.W.D. Club House, rooming house)
World War I Registration Records: Alex Pete, res. Mooers Forks, NY; b. 2 Oct 1880; farming; contact Mary Pete; signature witnessed; tall height, medium build, brown eyes & brown hair; 12 Sep 1918 Ausable Forks, NY.
Obituary: Tupper Lake Free Press
(NY),
Thursday,
31 October 1963:
Alexander Peets, 83, of 3 Emma St., died at 9:50 a.m. Sunday at Mercy
General Hospital here after a long illness. Funeral services were held at
9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Alphonsus Church. Burial was in St. Alphonsus
Cemetery here. He was born at Mooers Forks Oct. 2, 1880, the son of
Peter and Gladys Lesperance Peete. Mr. Peete was married twice. His
first wife, Mary Wood Garlick, died at West Chazy. His second wife,
Leopoldine Fauvel Sequin, died here in 1953. Mr. Peete had made his
home in Tupper Lake for the past 25 years, and was employed at the Oval Wood
Dish Corporation plant until his retirement. Surviving are five sisters:
Mrs. Clara Patnode of Beekmantown; Mrs. Emma LaFountain and
Mrs. Albina Mayou, both of Clinton, Mass.; Mrs. Flanda Nephew of West
Chazy, and Mrs. Mary Rivard of Northampton, Mass.; one brother, Joseph
Peete of Clinton, Mass., and several nieces and nephews. [posted online by Malda
Miller]
Notes for Mary Elizabeth Wood:
Obituary: Plattsburgh Daily Republican (NY), 25 June 1940 - Mrs. Mary (Wood) Peet, wife of Alex Peet, died at her home in Woods Falls, June 21st. Interment was at West Chazy in the Wood family plot, Sunday afternoon.
Notes for Marie Leopoldine Fauvel:
Obituary: Tupper Lake Free Press (NY), Thursday, 10
December 1953: Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Alphonsus Church for Mrs. Alexander Peets, 63, who died at 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday at her home, 42 Demars blvd. She had been in failing health more
than a year, and was under treatment through October at Mercy General Hospital,
returning home Nov. 4th. She was born Leopoldine Faubel on July 23,
1890, at Rigaud, Quebec, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Faubel, and
was married 42 years ago at Hawkesbury, Ont. to Paul Seguin. They
moved to Tupper Lake 32 years ago, and Mr. Seguin worked as a barber here until
his death in 1943. On April 7, 1951, she married to Alexander Peets,
he survives. Surviving besides her husband are three sons, Leopold
Seguin of Brainardsville, Charles Seguin of Palmer, N.Y. and
Lawrence Seguin of Hartford, Conn.; two daughters, Mrs. Don (Yvette)
Smith of Jay, N.Y. and Mrs. Harry (Jane) Ackier of Ilion; 11
grandchildren; also one sister, Mrs. Alexandre Sabourin of Vankleek Hill,
Ont. and four brothers, Maxime and Arthur Faubel of Montreal, Wilfred
of Lachine, Que. and Oscar Faubel, Hawkesbury, Ont. Mrs. Peets
was active in the St. Ann Society of St. Alphonsus Church.
Back one generation to parents of Alexander Peete
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- New York birth/marriage/death items in RED have come from newspaper obituaries, some marriage announcements, and occasional birth announcements.
Last updated: 29 May 2022.