Continuation of tree (11th child of Pierre Pitre/Marie Louise Reaume); all known surname descendants:
8 Salmon 'Benjamin' Peets b: 18 July 1870 St. Edmunds, Ellenburg, Clinton, NY; d: 4 March 1948 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
+Minnie Gadway b: January 1871 Schuyler Falls, Clinton, NY; m: Abt. 1891 Mooers, Clinton, NY [Frank/Sallie ----]; d: 1897 Mooers, Clinton, NY
9 Benie 'Frank' Peets b: 28 August 1892 Mooers Forks, Clinton, NY; d: 18 September 1968 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
+Elizabeth Cahier (aka Tellier) b: 6 November 1895 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY; m: 8 February 1915 St. Edmund's, Ellenburg, Clinton, NY: [Ceasar/Olivia Houle]; d: 14 May 1941 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
*2nd Wife of Benie 'Frank' Peets:
+Ann Minnie Mapp (Butler) b: 23 February 1894 Ponsonby, Quebec; m: Abt. 1944 [James Chapman/Margaret Triquet]; d: 22 April 1967 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
9 Fred Peets b: 24 December 1894 Mooers Forks, Clinton, NY; d: 11 October 1940 Youngstown, Niagara, NY
+Violet Bilson b: 9 October 1898 Ontario; m: 23 December 1913 [Edward/Mary Jodoin]; d: Aft. 1940
*2nd Wife of Salmon 'Benjamin' Peets:
+Jennie Vevia b: 11 January 1871 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY; m: 11 November 1899 Mooers Forks, Clinton, NY [Joseph/Lucille Provo]; d: 2 April 1940 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
9 Rose Peets b: 12 May 1902 Altona, Clinton, NY; d: 23 December 1977 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
+Andrew F. Miller b: 14 August 1901 Lyon Mountain, Clinton, NY; m: 7 September 1921 St. Alphonsus, Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY [John/Orilly ---]; d: 28 August 1974 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
9 Joseph Peets b: 6 August 1905 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY; d: 8 May 1987 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, NY
+Marie Anna Marguerite Denault b: 27 February 1901 St. Romain, Hemmingford, Huntingdon, Quebec; m: 26 May 1927 Niagara Falls, Niagara, NY [Mederic/Euphrosine Bourdeau]; d: 31 March 1979 Saranac Lake, Franklin, NY
9 Lavina Peets b: Abt. 1908 Altona, Clinton, NY; d: Aft. May 1987
+Homer Pharand (aka Farrant) m: 27 December 1927 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
9 Henry Thomas Peets b: 21 March 1911 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY; d: 9 March 1977 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
+Rena Lena Papin b: 10 March 1913 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY; m: 16 September 1933 [John/Lena Gallant]; d: 24 January 2001 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
9 Melvina Peets b: 27 June 1913 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY; d: 8 December 1984 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
+Thomas Willette b: 14 July 1903 St. Cyprien, Quebec; m: 28 June 1942 St. Alphonsus, Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY [Joseph/Enedine Ouellet]; d: 22 September 1975 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
9 Gertrude Peets b: 1917 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY; d: 2013 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
+Henry R. Labarge b: 22 September 1912 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY; m: 16 October 1937 St. Alphonsus, Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY [William/Isabelle Amell]; d: 10 June 1986 Saranac Lake, Franklin, NY
Notes for Salmon 'Benjamin' Peets:
Census
- 1900 Mooers, Clinton, New York: Benie Pete 30 (farmer), 2nd wife Jenie 29, & Freddie 6. Son Benie aka Frank 7 is living with Benjamin's parents next door.
- 1905 Altona, Clinton, NY: Benjamin Peet 34 day labourer, wife Jennie 34, Rosa 3.
- 1910 Altona, Clinton, NY: Benjamin Peet 40 (laborer), 2nd wife of 10
years Jennie 37 (3 of 6 children surviving),
Rose 7, Joseph 4, & Vina 11 months.
- 1920 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY: Benjamin Peet 49 (railroad laborer), 2nd wife
Jennie 48, children Rose 17, Joseph 14, Vina 11, Thomas 8, Melvina 6, & Gertrude
2.
- 1930 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY: Benjamen Peetes 59 (saw mill laborer),
2nd wife of 32 years Jenny 57, Thomas H. 19, Melvinia 16, &
Gertrude 12.
- 1940 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY: Melvine Peets 26 (female/single) machine operator/factory [$2000 house value], father Bennie 70 widower, brother-in-law Henry LaBarge 27 chauffeur/legion-camp, wife Gertrude 22. [Altamont, 66 McLaughlin Avenue]
Obituary: Tupper Lake Free
Press (NY), Thursday, 11 March 1948: Benjamin Peets, 77, of
66 McLaughlin St. died Thursday night at 10:30 at Mercy General hospital here.
He had been confined to the hospital for the past month, after suffering a
paralytic shock. Funeral services were held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at
St. Alphonsus Church, and burial was in St. Alphonsus cemetery here. He
was born at Mooers Forks, N.Y. on July 18, 1870, the son of Peter and Mary
Reome Peets, and was married there about 57 years ago to Miss Minnie
Gadway. His first wife died six years later, and Mr. Peets was married
a second time at Mooers Forks 47 years ago to Miss Jennie Vevie.
The family moved to Tupper Lake 35 years ago, and Mr. Peets worked for eight
years on the maintenance of way department of the old New York & Ottawa
Railroad. He was employed nearly 20 years at the Oval Wood Dish plant
here, until his retirement eight years ago. His second wife, died in
Tupper Lake April 2, 1940. Surviving are three sons, Frank, Joseph and
Thomas Peets, all of Tupper Lake; four daughters, Mrs. Andrew (Rose)
Miller, Mrs. Henry (Gertrude) LaBarge and Mrs. Thomas (Melvina)
Willette, all of this village, and Mrs. Homer (Lavina) Pharand of
Buckingham, Que.; one sister, Mrs. Lavina Forkey of Ludlow, Mass.; 39
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Many out-of-town relatives and
friends attended the funeral services here Monday. Among them were Mrs.
Homer Pharand of Masson, Que.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scanlon of
Herkimer; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown and daughter Dorothy of Old
Forge; Francis Veivia, Mrs. Joseph Veivia, Miss Theresa Veivia and
Mrs. Lena Veivia, all of Ellenburg, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Peets,
Mrs. Robert Jacobi and Mrs. Dorothy Curtius, all of Niagara Falls,
N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry St. John, Mrs. Liza Carlson and Mrs. Mary
Dion, all of Ludlow, Mass.; Mrs. Clara Burgess of Montreal, Que.;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Trombly and Mrs. Denise Parson of Mooers Forks,
N.Y. and Ben Berthiaume of Hemmingford, Que. Tupper Lake Free Press
- a week later: A Correction: Should have said 18 great grandchildren. And
should have had Gerald Peets of Niagara Falls listed as attending the
funeral.
Tombstone Inscription: St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Tupper Lake, NY: PEETS / Bennie 1870 - 1948 / Jennie Veivia / his wife / 1872 - 1940
Online photos: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/31369843/person/12436430712
Notes for Jennie Veivia:
Obituary: Tupper Lake Free Press (NY), Thursday, 4 April 1940: Mrs. Jennie Peete, 68, a resident of this village for the past 30 years, died Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock at her home at 66 McLaughlin avenue. She had been in failing health for several years although confined to bed only a day before her death. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Alphonsus Church. Burial will be in the family plot at St. Alphonsus Cemetery. She was born at Ellenburg, N.Y., the daughter of Joseph and Lucille Provo Vevia. Forty-one years ago at Mooers Forks, N.Y. she was married to Benjamin Peete, who survives. The family had resided here since 1910. Surviving are four sons: Frank, Joseph and Thomas Peete, all of Tupper Lake, and Frederick of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; four daughters: Mrs. Lavina Farrant of Montebelle, P.Q. and Mrs. Rose Miller, Mrs. Gertrude LaBarge and Miss Melvina Peete, all of Tupper Lake; five sisters, Mrs. Hermidos Deorosiers, Mrs. Sarah Boulia, and Mrs. Jerry LaBarge, all of Tupper Lake, Mrs. Henry LaSella, Plattsburgh and Mrs. Thomas Scanlon of Herkimer and two brothers, Henry and Joseph Vevia, both of Ellenburg Depot, N.Y.; also 17 grandchildren.
WWI Registration Records (sons):
Benie 'Frank' Peets: Frank Peet, res. Forest, NY; b. 28 Aug 1893 Mooers, NY; farm laborer; wife & 1 child; medium height & stout build, blue eyes & brown hair; Jun 1917 Altona, NY.
Fred Peets: Fred Peete, age 23, res. Newton Falls, b. 24 Dec 1894 Mooers Forks, NY; paper maker; wife & 2 children; medium height/medium build, brown eyes & black hair; 5 June 1917 Clifton, St. Lawrence, NY
Obituaries for the children:
Benie 'Frank' Peets: Tupper Lake Free Press (NY), Thursday, 19 September 1968: Frank Peet, 76, of 6 Lakeview Ave., died at 6:55 p.m. Wednesday at Mercy General Hospital, where he was admitted on September 7th and underwent surgery. The funeral will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Alphonsus Church and interment will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery here. He was born at Mooers Forks August 28, 1892, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Peet, and was married there to Elizabeth Tellier. They moved to Tupper Lake in 1916, and he worked on lumbering jobs and operated a dairy farm on Stetson Road for many years, retiring about ten years ago. His first wife died 28 years ago. In 1944 he married Ann Mapp Butler, who died here April 22, 1967. Surviving are three sons: Lawrence Peet, Tupper Lake, and Lyman and Floyd Peet of Dolgeville; one daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Evelyn) Theberge, Tupper Lake; two brothers, Joseph and Thomas Peet, Tupper Lake; four sisters, Mrs. Lavina Ferrand of Masson. Que., Mrs. Gertrude LaBarge of Plattsburgh, and Mrs. Melvina Willette and Mrs. Andrew (Rose) Miller, both of Tupper Lake; and six grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Tupper Lake, NY: PEETE / Frank 1893 - 1968 / Elizabeth CAYEA / Wife 1897 - 1941
Fred Peets: Tupper
Lake Free Press (NY), Thursday, 17 October 1940: Fred Peets, 47, of
Youngstown, N.Y., son of Mr. Bennie Peets of 66 McLaughlin Ave., Tupper
Lake, was killed in an automobile accident Friday night when his car skidded on
the Lewiston Hill pavement, crashed thru a guard rail and plunged over the
embankment, dropping 50 feet, upside down into a clump of trees. Mr. Peets
suffered a fracture of the skull and his lung was punctured. He lay
beneath the car for six hours, unnoticed by hundreds of passing motorists,
before the wreck was discovered. Born in Chateaugay, N.Y., he had resided
in Youngstown for the past 20 years. Surviving besides his father are 11
children: Edward and Gerald Peets and Mrs. Albert Wills, all of
Niagara Falls, and Raymond, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Mary, Veronica, Robert,
Richard and Shirley Peets, all of Youngstown. His wife died several
years ago. Funeral services were held Monday morning in Youngstown and
burial was in the Riverdale Cemetery there. Those who attended the services from
here were his father, Bennie Peets; his brothers, Joseph and Thomas
Peets; his sisters, Miss Melvina Peets and Mrs. Henry LaBarge;
his nephew, Lymond Peets, Frank Peets and Mr. LaBarge.
Rose Peets: Adirondack Enterprise (NY), Wednesday, 28 December 1977:
Tupper Lake: Mrs. Rose Miller, who died early Friday, was the widow of
Andrew Miller, who died in 1974. She is survived by three daughters,
Rita (Mrs. Andrew) Paddock of Hatfield, Mass.; Eva (Mrs. Harvey)
Villeneuve of Berlin, N.H.; and Beulah (Mrs. Gilbert) Martin of
Tupper Lake. Also by four sons, Thomas, Amos, Clifford and Alfred
all of Tupper Lake; one brother, Joseph Peets of Tupper Lake; three
sisters, Mrs. Lavina Pharand of Masson, Que., Mrs. Malvina Willette
of Tupper Lake and Gertrude (Mrs. Henry) LaBarge of Tupper Lake; and by
30 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Calling hours were at the
Richer Funeral Home. The funeral mass was said on Monday at St. Alphonsus
Church. Burial will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery in the spring.
Tombstone Inscription, St.
Alphonsus Cemetery, Tupper Lake, NY: MILLER / Rose Peets - Andrew Miller /
Mother - Father / 1902 - 1977 - 1902 - 1974 / Eva Miller Villnave
1928 - (blank)
Joseph Peets: Tupper Lake Free Press (NY), Wednesday, 13 May 1987: Joseph Peets, 81, of 41 Pleasant Ave. died suddenly Friday night May 8, at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he was spending a week visiting at the home of his son, Raymond Peets. Stricken ill there, he was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Peets had planned to leave the next day, Saturday, to fly to Marshall, Texas to visit at the home of another son, Leonard Peets of that city. He was born at Forest, N.Y. on August 6, 1905, a son of Bennie Peets and Jennie Veivia Peets. The family moved to Tupper Lake in his early childhood and he attended Holy Ghost Academy. On May 26, 1926 he was married at Niagara Falls, N.Y. to Miss Anna Deneault, who predeceased him on March 31, 1979. Mr. Peets was employed at Sunmount VA Hospital, and at the Oval Wood Dish plant here for many years. Thereafter he worked as custodian and later as truant officer for the Tupper Lake schools. He was a member of Tupper Lake Council 2177, Knights of Columbus, which held a memorial service Monday night at the Rennell Funeral Home. Surviving are three sons: Leonard of Marshall, Texas; Raymond of Poughkeepsie and LeRoy Peets of Newton Falls; one daughter, Mrs. Richard (Jeannette) Shinnock of Massena; two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude LaBarge, Tupper Lake and Mrs. Lavina Pharand of Masson, Quebec; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated by Msgr. Edmund H. Dumas at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Alphonsus Church, and interment was in St. Alphonsus Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Tupper Lake Emergency Squad. Funeral arrangements were with the Rennell Funeral Home.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Tupper Lake, NY: PEETS / Joseph 1905-1987 / Anna Deneault 1901- his wife - 1979
Henry Thomas Peets: Tupper Lake Free Press (NY), Wednesday, 9 March 1977: Henry T. Peets, 65, of 17 Pleasant Ave., died at 12:40 a.m. today in Mercy General Hospital, where he had been a patient about three weeks. Friends may call at the Richer Funeral Home during visiting hours. The funeral is tentatively set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Alphonsus Church. He was born in Tupper Lake March 21, 1911, the son of Bennie and Jennie Veivia Peets, and was employed for many years at Mercy General Hospital, serving as laundry supervisor at the time of his retirement about a year ago. Surviving are his wife, the former Rena Papin of this village; two daughters; Mrs. Paul (June) Charland, Tupper, Mrs. Michael (Nancy) Wituszynski of Syracuse; three sons: Clarence and Roger Peets, Tupper Lake, and Chief Warrant Officer Bennie Peets, with the U.S. Army in Frankfurt, Germany; four sisters: Mrs. Andrew (Rose) Miller, Tupper Lake; Mrs. Homer (Lavina) Pharand of Mason, Que.; Mrs. Thomas (Malvina) Willette and Mrs. Henry (Gertrude) LaBarge, both of Tupper Lake; one brother, Joseph Peets of this village; and 13 grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscriptions: St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY: PEETS / Henry T. / March 21, 1911 - March 9, 1977 / Rena Papin / March 10, 1913 - 2001 / Married September 16, 1933
Melvina Peets: Tupper Lake
Free Press (NY), Wednesday, 12 December 1984: Mrs. Melvina Willette,
71, died at
2:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 at her home, 66 McLaughlin Ave. She had been in
failing health for some time. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at
10 a.m. Monday at St. Alphonsus Church with Msgr. Edmund H. Dumas officiating.
Interment will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery in the spring. She was born in
Tupper Lake on June 27, 1913, the daughter of Bennie Peets and Jennie Veivia
Peets, and attended the local schools. On June 28, 1942, she was
married at St. Alphonsus Church to Thomas Willette. He died here on
Sept. 22, 1975. Mrs. Willette was active in the St. Anne Society and the
senior citizens of Adirondack Adult Center. She was employed for many
years at the Oval Wood Dish Co. plant here. Surviving are a daughter,
Darlene Willette of this village, a brother, Joseph Peets, Tupper
Lake, two sisters, Mrs. Henry (Gertrude) LaBarge, Tupper Lake and Mrs.
Lavina Pharand of Masson, Quebec and several nieces and nephews.
Friends who wish to make memorial contributions are asked to consider the Tupper
Lake Emergency Squad.
Tombstone Inscriptions: St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Tupper Lake,
Franklin, NY: WILLETTE / Thomas 1903 - 1975 / Melvina Peets / his wife / 1913 -
1984 / Mary 1943 / our babies / Joseph 1944
Gertrude Peets: Tombstone Inscription, St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Tupper
Lake, NY: LaBARGE / Henry R. / Father / 1912 - 1986 / Gertrude Peete /
Mother / 1917 - 2013
Back one generation to parents of Salmon 'Benjamin' Peets
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.
- Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.
Last updated: 13 December 2021.