Continuation of tree (2nd child of 'Lafayette' Israel Lepitre/Marie Rose Anna Peruce); all known surname descendants:
8 Adelard Robert 'Benjamin Lapete' Lepitre b: 19 January 1893 Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 13 April 1969 Newport, Sullivan, NH
+Marie Louise Lavoie (Paige) b: Abt. 1886 Moscow, Quebec; m: Abt. 1918 [Joseph/---]; d: Aft. 1920
9 Elsie Margaret Lapete b: 11 September 1919 Newport, Orleans, VT; d: 29 January 1994 Arlington Heights, Cook, IL
+Bernice Paris McClellan b: 19 September 1926 Savannah, Chatham, GA; m: Abt. 1949 [Bernice Paris/Estelle Thacker]; d: 5 July 1968 Rolling Meadows, Cook, IL
*2nd Wife of Adelard Robert 'Benjamin Lapete' Lepitre:
+Ethel L. Bassett (Moore, Demerritt) b: 23 September 1877 Stowe, Lamoille, VT; m: 30 September 1924 Rumney, Grafton, NH [Alpheus/Laura A. Horner]; d: 1 May 1966 Hardwick, Caledonia, VT
Notes for Adelard Robert Lepitre:
Census
- 1920 Irasburg, Orleans, Vermont: Lafayette I. Lapete 57, wife Rose 42, John 11, Benjamin 24, wife Louise 33, Alsie 4 months.
- 1930 Cornish, Sullivan, VT: Benjamin La Pete 40 (teamster/road work), wife Ethel 49. In Rochester, Windsor, VT: Albay Paige 27 (lumberwoods/laborer), wife Lula B. 18, father Charles 57 (div.), half-sister Elsie M. Lapete 10.
- 1940 Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts: Benjamin La Pete 47 farmer/farm, wife Ethyl 52. In Westbury, Washington, VT, Elsie M. Lapete 23 attendant at Vermont State Hospital for the insane, Waterburg Village.
- 1950 Bellingham, Norfolk, MAs: Benjamin La Pete 58 (mar) farmer/farm, lodging. In San Francisco, CA, Elsie M. 30 with husband Bernice P. McClellan 24 & son Robert R. (Dec).
- 1950 Hardwick, Caledonia, VT: Ethel L. Lapete 72 lodger.
WW1 registration records: Benjamin E. La Pete; Franklin, VT (resided in Canada until about 15 Dec 1917); 18 Jan 1893 (Derby Center, VT); wife; medium height, medium build; blue eyes & brown hair.
WWII 1942 records: Benjamin Edward Lapete, b. 18 Jan 1893 Derby Center, VT; res. South Main, Bellingham, Norfolk, MA; contact Mrs. Ethel Lapete same address; employer's name Wade's Dairy, Woonsocket, Providence, RI; 5' 5", 130 lbs.; blue eyes, brown hair, light brown complexion; imperfection left eye.
Notes for Ethel L. Bassett:
Obituary: Hardwick Gazette (Hardwick, VT), Thursday, 5 May 1966: Ethel L. Lapete, who has been a patient at the Greensboro Nursing Home for the past two years died at the Hardwick Hospital on May 1. Mrs. Lapete was born September 23, 1877, the daughter of Alphus and Laura H. Bassett. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Iris H. Collier and Mrs. Jeanette P. Hanson. Burial was in the Greensboro Village Cemetery.
Back one generation to parents of Adelard Robert Lepitre
Items in RED sourced from parish registers.
- Vermont birth/marriage/death items in RED taken from online images of records.
Last updated: 31 January 2024.