Continuation of tree (1st child of Gelase Pitre/'Beatrice' Theodosie Doucet); all known surname descendants:
8 Benoit 'Benjamin Franklin' Pitre b: 31 October 1864 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 19 July 1951 Parrsboro, Cumberland, NS
+Jessie McDonald b: March 1876 Port Mulgrave, NS; m: 6 May 1896 Gloucester, Essex, MA [Ronald/Mary Ann ---]; d: 8 October 1901 Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
*2nd Wife of Benoit Pitre:
+Lillian Cecelia Chandler b: 25 July 1879 Boston, Suffolk, MA; m: Abt. 1903; d: 12 March 1965 Parrsboro, Cumberland, NS
9 Benjamin Peters b: 5 November 1906 Milo, Piscataquis, ME; d: 9 August 1917 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB (residence Kedgwick)
Notes for Benoit Pitre:
Census
- 1881 PEI, Alberton Creek, Lot 5: Jelose Peters 39 (fisherman), wife Beatrice 39, Benedict 16, Euphemia 15, Mary 13, Catherine 11, Eugenia 9, James 7, Joseph 5, Peter 3, William 8 months.
- 1891 USA
- 1900 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts: Benjamin F. Peters 33 (Sep 1866-Can - immig 1884) insurance agent, wife Jessie 24 (Mar 1876-Can) [mar. 4 yrs.; no children] [278 Pleasant St.]
- 1910 Aroostook, ME: Benjamin Peters 45 (Can) agent/insurance [2nd mar., 7 years], wife Lilian 30 (MA), Benjamin 3 [Van Buren, ED17, p. 30A]
- February 1916 (brother's obit): Benj. Peters, postmaster at Kedgwick, N.B.
- 1921 Grimmer, Restigouche and Madawaska, New Brunswick: Benj F. Petre 56 retired, wife Lillian 40 (Kedgwick Village)
- The Times Transcript (Moncton, NB), Thursday, 9 March 1922: Appointments in the Province: Restigouche - Benj. Peters, of Kedgwick to be stipendiary and police magistrate for the parish of Grimmer, with civil jurisdiction.
- In Halifax by 6 January 1929 (father's obit)
- 1931 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Benjamin Peters 66 awning maker/awning mfg., wife Lillian Cecelia 49, nephew William 10.
Notes for Jessie McDonald:
Obituary: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Wednesday, 9 October 1901: Peters - In Roxbury, Oct. 8, Jessie, beloved wife of Benjamin Peters, 25 yrs. Funeral from late residence, No. 40 Sherman st. Thursday morning. Interment in Gloucester. Relatives and friends kindly invited to attend.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
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Last updated: 3 October 2025.