Ambroise Pitre

1823 Rustico, PEI – 1894 Boston, MA

 

 

Continuation of tree (3rd child of Rufin Pitre/Josephine Doiron); all known surname descendants:

             7     Ambroise Pitre  b:  8 December 1823  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 23 May 1894  Boston, Suffolk, MA

                             +Sarah Jane Pattison  b: January 1835  Ireland; m: Abt. 1853 [Thomas/---]; d: 19 November 1901  Chelsea Hospital, Groton, Middlesex. MA

                         8      Mary Josephine Peters  b: 17 March 1854  Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 1935  Groton, Middlesex, MA

                                     + John A. Halden  b: Abt. 1848; m: 24 December 1872  Boston, Suffolk, MA [ Francis T./Frederika ---]

                                   *2nd Husband of Mary Josephine Peters:

                                     + Sidney Hubbard Whitney  b: 27 October 1847  Tunbridge, Orange, VT; m: 10 October 1888  Boston, Suffolk, MA [Henry/Fannie Banister]; d: 2 September 1912  Groton, Middlesex, MA

                         8      Thomas William Peters  b: 14 January 1861  Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 12 September 1900  Boston, Suffolk, MA

                                     + Caroline M. Niles  b: August 1861  Sackville, NB; m: 9 June 1880  Massachusetts [John B./Cynthia Barnes]; d: 1 February 1898  Cambridge, Middlesex, MA

                         8      Helen Louisa Peters  b: 6 December 1862  Boston, Suffolk, MA

                                     + Eugene Berry  b: Abt. 1864; m: 11 March 1890  Boston, Suffolk, MA [George W./Mary V. ---]

                         8      Frederick Seward Peters  b: 1 June 1865  Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 4 December 1916  Boston, Suffolk, MA

                                     + Mary A. Gilgan  b: Abt. 1871  Boston, Suffolk, MA; m: 9 January 1894  Boston, Suffolk, MA [Edward B./Margaret Carrigan]; d: 24 November 1915  Boston, Suffolk, MA

                         8      Ambrosine 'Amie' D. Peters  b: 14 May 1867  Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 24 January 1945  E. Boston, Suffolk, MA

                                     + John A. Garcia  b: Abt. 1866  Massachusetts; m: 10 September 1890  Chelsea, Suffolk, MA [John A./Annie A. ---]; d: 17 September 1941  E. Boston, Suffolk, MA

                         8      Ralph Waldo Peters  b: 25 May 1869  Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 4 October 1938  Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

                                     + Martha J. Noble  b: 29 May 1870  Co. Cork, Ireland; m: 23 November 1892  Boston, Suffolk, MA [John J./Mary Ann Spriggs]; d: 12 August 1938  Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

                         8      Sarah Jane 'Sadie' Peters  b: 9 April 1873  Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: Aft. 1930  Groton, Middlesex, MA

                                     + Charles H. Lucy  b: November 1865  North Conway, NH, m: 6 January 1897  Chelsea, Suffolk, MA [George/Emma Baker]; d: Aft. 1930

                         8      Joseph Cushing Peters  b: 5 April 1875  Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 17 November 1879  Boston, Suffolk, MA

 

 

Notes for Ambroise Pitre:

Census

- 1855 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts:  Ambrose D. Peters 32 (ship carpenter), wife Sarah J. 22, Mary J. 1.

 

- 1860 Boston, Suffolk, MA:  Ambrose Peters 37 (ship carpenter), wife Sarah J. 28, Josephine 7.

 

- 1865 Boston, Suffolk, MA:  Ambrose D. Peters 41 (carpenter), wife Sarah J. 32, Mary J. 11, Thomas W. 4, Hellen L. 2; servant Margaret J. Kerby 19.

 

- 1870 East Boston, Suffolk, MA:  Ambros D. Peters 46 (four s. joiner), wife Sarah J. 36, Mary J. 16 (dressmaking), Thos. W. 9, Helen 7, Frederick 5, Ambrosine 3, Ralph W. 1.

 

- 1880 Boston, Suffolk, MA:  Ambrose D. Peters 57 (ship carpenter), wife Sarah J. 46, Mary J. 26 (best basting), William T. 19 (laborer), Hellen L. 17, Frederick S. 15, Amie 13, Ralph W. 11, Sadie 7.

 

- 1900 Groton, Middlesex, MA:  Sidney H. Whitney 52, wife of 11 years Mary J. 46, widowed mother-in-law Sarah J. Peters 65, widowed boarder Mary L. Beals 81.

 

Naturalization:  27 Oct 1864 - Ambrose D. Peters of East Boston, ship carpenter, b. PEI 8 Dec 1823, age about 41; emigrated to Bath, ME c1847

 

Obituaries for the children:

Thomas William Peters:  Boston Globe, Tuesday, 11 September 1900:  Will probably die from fall - Wm. Peters, 39, 374 Border st., East Boston, is at the city hospital in a dying condition as a result of a fall down stairs at his home yesterday.  He sustained a possible fracture of the spine.

 

Mary Josephine Peters:  Tombstone Inscriptions, Groton Cemetery, Groton: WHITNEY / Sidney H. Whitney / 1848 - 1912 / Mary J. his wife / 1854 - 1935

 

Frederick Seward Peters:  Boston Globe, Wednesday, 6 December 1916:  Peters - In East Boston, Dec. 4, Frederick S. Peters.  Funeral from the parlors of M.J. Kelley, 11 Merdian st., Thursday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m.  Relatives and friends invited to attend.

 

Ambrosine 'Amie' D. Peters:  Boston Globe, Friday, 26 January 1945:  Garcia - In East Boston, Jan. 24, Ambrozine D., wife of the late John A. Garcia of 9 Condor st.  Funeral services are to be held at the C.A. Rollins' Funeral Home, 300 Meridian st., East Boston, on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend.

 

 

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Last updated:  8 August 2018.