Continuation of tree (13th child of Alexis Pitre/2nd wife Francoise Hache); all known surname descendants:
6 Antoine Pitre b: 15 February 1837 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 9 July 1902 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB
+Angelique Duplessis b: 29 March 1844 Stella Maris, Escuminac, Northumberland, NB; m: 12 January 1869 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Olivier/Lucille Lagace]; d: 1 March 1917 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB
7 Mary Jane Pitre b: 3 April 1870 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 31 December 1939 Belledune, Gloucester, NB
+Joseph Doucet b: Abt. 1867; m: 11 January 1888 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB [Philias/Matilda Lagace]; d: Bet. 1891-1922
*2nd Husband of Mary Jane Pitre:
+William Patrick Gibson b: 3 November 1875 Dalhousie, Restigouche, NB; m: 9 October 1922 Frederickton, York, NB [John/Maria Welch]; d: 9 May 1958 Dalhousie, Restigouche, NB
7 Thomas Pitre b: 17 December 1871 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 9 October 1924 Belledune, Restigouche, NB
+Marie Helene Guitard b: 26 November 1873 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 6 July 1898 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB [Jacques/Marie Duplessis]; d: 16 March 1920 Culligans, Durham, Restigouche, NB
7 Margaret Jane Pitre b: 12 October 1873 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 27 March 1959 Turgeon, Beresford, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Alexander Pitre (aka Guitar) b: 1 April 1894 Belledune, Gloucester, NB
+Victoria Hache b: Abt. 1895 Belledune, Gloucester, NB; m: 24 July 1916 Gloucester, NB [Augustin/Olive Legasse]
+ Alexandre Guitard b: 1 February 1872 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; m: 13 April 1896 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB [Fabien/Virginie Lejeune]; d: 19 April 1952 Beresford, Gloucester, NB
7 Mary Anne Pitre b: 25 September 1875 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 5 December 1914 Belledune, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Adelard Pitre b: 15 October 1894 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. 1911
+William Blair b: 28 Jan 1871 Belledune, Gloucester, NB; m: 20 June 1897 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB [James/Margaret Daigle] ; d: 24 January 1907 Belledune, Gloucester, NB
7 Mary Lucille Pitre b: 25 August 1877 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 4 November 1928 Belledune, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Leonard Pitre b: 21 September 1899 Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. 1911
+Michael James Matthews b: 27 February 1883 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; m: 22 September 1906 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB [Richard/Margaret Blair]; d: 25 November 1940 Belledune, Beresford, Gloucester, NB (froze to death)
7 David Pitre b: 3 March 1880 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 5 February 1921 Belledune, Gloucester, NB
+Rose Anne Guitard b: c30May 1884 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 7 November 1905 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Samuel/Marie Roy]; d: 1972 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
7 Mary Elizabeth Pitre b: 19 March 1882 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 27 October 1966 Culligan, Restigouche, NB
+Robert Gray b: 9 March 1882 Belledune, Gloucester, NB; m: 1 September 1906 Manse of New Mills, Restigouche, NB [Robert/Mary Blair]; d: 17 March 1951 Belledune, Beresford, Gloucester, NB
7 Joseph Albert Pitre b: 11 December 1884 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 7 June 1966 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+Elizabeth Guitard b: 30 September 1893 Durham, Restigouche, NB; m: 25 November 1912 Jacquet River, Restigouche, NB [Joseph/Elizabeth Daigle]; d: 30 July 1974 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
Notes for Antoine Pitre:
Census
- 1871 Beresford, Gloucester, New Brunswick: Antoine
Peat 40 (laborer), wife Anglisk 25, Mary J. 1.
- 1881 Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Anthoine Peet 50 (farmer), wife Ange 35,
Mary 11, Thomas 10, Margaret 8, Ann 6, Lucie 5, David 1.
- 1891 Durham, Restigouche, NB: Antoine Peete 58 (farmer), wife Angelique
45, Thomas 16, Margaret 14, Mary 12, Lucy 10, David 8, Elizabeth 6, Joseph 4;
Mary J. Doucett 22 (married/lodger)
- 1901 Durham, Restigouche, NB: Antoine Petrie 60, wife Angelique 59, Lucy
23, David 20, Elizabeth 18, Albert 16, grandsons Adelard 7 & Leonard 1.
- 1911 Durham, Restigouche, NB: Widow Angelie Pete 70, Albert 25,
grandsons Adlard 15 & Leonard 12, granddaughter Mary 8.
MISC: L'Evangeline (NB), 8 January 1891: Murder in Belledune. "On the information of Mr. Joseph Doucet of the Jaquette River, W. D. Smith, Ecr., of Dalhousie, has issued a warrant for the arrest of five men—Cameron, Culligan, Young, Arseneau and Guitar—alleged to have participated in the murder of Williams in October 1890. An arrest warrant was also issued for Antoine Pitre and his wife, Marie-Jeanne Doucet, Marguerite Pitre and Thomas Pitre — persons whose testimony will be invoked. Cameron was stopped at the Jaquette River on the 1st of the current. Geo. W. Allen of Fredericton is the Queen's Advocate. Williams, according to an article in the Miramichi Advance, was a young sailor of English descent. He had deserted Dalhousie in October 1890 and had taken refuge in Belledune, where he took his meals here and there. One day he entered the home of Antoine Pitre whose residence, a kind of cabin, is located seven miles away of the Intercolonial station. Williams dined in the cabin and got to spend the night there. There were only two compartments in this hut, the kitchen and the bedroom. Some time after supper, around 9 a.m., while Williams was in the bedroom with Pitre's daughter, one sitting on a chest and the other on the bed, five men burst into the kitchen, speaking aloud. They were apparently under the influence of strong liquors. Cameron, one of the men, entered the second compartment, and with murderer's blasphemy on his lips, he banged Williams hard with his fist on the head. William did not pretend to want to resist, but he rolled under the bed near the wall. Cameron pulled him out of that retreat and he pounded him on the head and where he could strike. All this without cause or provocation. The girl wanted to intervene, but her interlocution only earned the poor fugitive blows. While this tragedy was taking place, Pitre was absent; His wife and daughter were family alone at home. When Williams was forced to seek salvation in flight, he was reportedly followed by Cameron and Culligan. The last words heard from Williams were: 'For God's sake, don't murder me.' Williams has not been seen again since the events we have just briefly reported. It is assumed in Belledune that Williams' murderers threw Williams' corpse into the sea. This supposition is based on the fact that a rowboat, which had not been floated for some time, was seen arriving at the shore, mounted by strangers, before sunrise, a few days after what had happened at Pitre's."
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), online death registrations (1888-1919).
- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 20 September 2023.