Augustus Peet

1841 Erie, Michigan – 1915 Washington, Ohio

 

 

Continuation of tree (1st child of Augustus Hermis Pitre/Pauline Dusseau); all known surname descendants:

           7      Augustus Peet  b: 4 October 1841  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 25 September 1915  Washington, Lucas, OH

                        +Elizabeth Grondin  b: 16 October 1842  Erie, Monroe, MI; m: 16 May 1864  Erie, Monroe, MI [Peter/Mary Elizabeth Jacob]; d: 20 August 1911  W. Toledo, Lucas, OH

                  8         George Augustus Pete  b: 2 December 1866  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 13 July 1947  Gregory, Gregory, SD

                               +Margaret Langdeau (Turgeon)  b: 12 September 1858  Rulo, Richardson, NE; m: Abt. 1892 [Maurice/Margaret Hart]; d: 30 January 1926  Burke, Gregory, SD

                  8         Antoine Pete  b: 15 January 1871  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 28 September 1924  Erie, Monroe, MI

                               +Anna Lajeuneuse  b: 27 February 1873  Erie, Monroe, MI; m: 30 July 1894  Erie, Monroe, MI [David/Mary Sulier]; d: 12 December 1948  Erie, Monroe, MI

                  8         John Peters  b: 20 December 1872  Erie, Monroe, MI

                  8         Albert Pete  b: 28 October 1873  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 24 August 1923  Erie, Monroe, MI

                               +Laura Rousseau  b: 12 November 1873  La Salle, Monroe, MI; m: 31 July 1893  Erie, Monroe, MI [Alexander/Mary Roe]; d: 18 February 1932  Monroe, Monroe, MI

                  8         Edward Peet  b:  22 June 1876  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 5 November 1950  Burke, Gregory, SD

                               +Anna E. Culbertson (Allison)  b: 10 June 1900; m: 10 November 1926  Burke, Gregory, SD; d: April 1981  Canistota, Mccook, SD

                  8         Nettie Peet  b: 11 April 1880  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 20 July 1933  Toledo, Lucas, OH

                               +Charles Lee Buck  b: 29 December 1873  Ridgeway, Hardin, OH; m: 16 March 1899  Lucas Co., OH [Joseph Springer/Lydia Anna Cottrell] (divorced); d: 17 November 1967  Oregon, Lucas, OH

                             *2nd Husband of Nettie Pete:

                               +Adam Sunderman  b: 1871  Germany; m: 14 June 1923  Adrian, Lenawee, MI [Adam/Catherine Dettrich]; d: October 1956  Toledo, Lucas, OH

                  8         Mary Josephine Peet  b: 13 May 1883  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 12 July 1966  Toledo, Lucas, OH

                               +Clayo Bushroe  b: 31 January 1879  Erie, Monroe, MI; m: 30 October 1903  Erie, Monroe, MI [Levi/Margaret Boskey]; d: 30 March 1939  Pontiac, Oakland, MI

                  8         Cornelius Samuel Peet  b: 13 September 1885  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 17 June 1952  Toledo, Lucas, OH

                              +Mary Josephine Digue (Grodi)  b: 27 February 1864  Monroe, Monroe, MI; m: Bet. 1910-1918 Ohio [Thomas/Mary Giroux]; d: 9 June 1954  Toledo, Lucas, OH

 

 

Notes for Augustus Peet:

Census

- 1850 Erie, Monroe, Michigan:  Augustus Peters 30, wife Polly 28, Augustus 9, Catherine 2.

 

- 1860

 

- 1870 Erie, Monroe, MI:  Augustus Peet 30 fisherman, wife Elizabeth 30, George 3.

 

- 1880 Erie, Monroe, MI:  Augustus Pete 35 fisherman, wife Elizabeth 35, George 13, Antoine 10, Bartlet 7, Albert 4, Nettie 2 months.

 

- 1900

 

- 1910 Washington, Lucas, Ohio:  Augustus Peet 70, wife Elizabeth 67.

 

Civil War Record:  Augustus Pete, enlisted 5 September 1861, age 19; enlisted in Co. C, Ohio 1st Cavalry Regiment.  Mustered out 13 October 1865.

Ohio death cert:  Augustus Peet, 23 Funston Ave., d. 25 Sep 1915 Washington, Lucas, OH; widower; b. 4 Oct 1845 Toledo, OH; carpenter; heart weakness; mother Mary Dusseau (MI); inf: Charles Buck (same address), burial Erie MI

 

Notes for Elizabeth Grondin:

Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Erie, MI:  Elizabeth / Peet / 1842 - 1911

 

WWI registration records (sons): 

Albert Pete:  Albert Pete, age 45, b. 28 Oct 1873, fisherman, Laura Russou Pete, Erie; medium height, medium build, grey eyes, dark hair

Edward Pete:  Edward Pete, Burke, Gregory, SD; age 42, b. 22 June 1876, working in garage (Pete & Turgeon), rel: George Pete (brother); short/medium, blue eyes, brown hair; 12 Sep 1918 Bonesteel, SD

Cornelius Samuel Peet:  Cornelious Samuel Peet, 182 Sylvania Ave., Toledo, age 33, b. 18 Oct 1885; moulding, Lewis Electric, rel Josephine Mary Peet same address; tall/stout, blue eyes, light hair, 12 Sep 1917/18; no signature

 

Obituaries for the children:

George Augustus Pete:  Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Burke, SD:  Mr. Geo. Pete / Mrs. Geo. Pete  //  (separate stone) G. Pete / 1866 - 1947  //  (separate stone) M. Pete / 1858 - 1926

 

Albert Pete:  Detroit Free Press (MI), Tuesday, 28 August 1923:  Monroe, Mich., Aug. 27 - The funeral of Albert Pete, 50 years old, Erie fisherman, who died from gas asphyxiation in a motor boat while on Lake Erie last Thursday will be held Wednesday morning from St. Joseph's church in the village of Erie, 12 miles south of here.  Harvey Monimee, 28 years old, companion of Pete, is in critical condition at his home in Erie township.  He was burned in the explosion.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Erie:  PETE / Albert / 1873 - 1923 / Nelin / 1894 - 1971 / Nora L. / 1901 - 1921 / Victor / 1869 - 1934  /  PETE / Laura / 1873 - 1931

 

Edward Pete: Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Burke, SD:  Ed. Pete / 1876 - 1950

 

Nettie Peet:  Tombstone Inscription, Collingwood Cemetery, Toledo, OH:  SUNDERMAN / Adam / 1871 - 1956 / Nettie / 1880 - 1933

 

Mary J. Peet:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Erie, MI:  Mother / Mary J. Bushroe / 1883 - 1966 // Clayo Bushroe / 1879 - 1939

 

 

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Michigan death certificates.

 

Last updated:  5 February 2024.