Continuation of tree (12th child of Joseph Pitre/Louisa Belanger); all known surname descendants:
8 Charles Edmund Pitre b: 18 January 1895 St. Edmunds, Ellenburg, Clinton, NY; d: 28 June 1962 Hanover, Grafton, NH
+Gertrude Soucie b: 11 March 1895 Chazy, Clinton, NY; m: 11 November 1914 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY [Delor/Julia Abare] (divorced December 1917 Cheshire, NH); d: 10 July 1971 Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY
Notes for Charles Edmund Pitre:
Census
- 1915 Malone, Franklin, New York: Chas. Peets 19 day laborer (lodger at 154 West Main)
[March 1915 - in Ellenburg; in December 1929 in Utica; in May 1942 in Watertown]
- WWI Military Service (abstracts): Charles E. Peats, res. West Main St., Watertowm, NY; inducted at #1 Malone, NY on 27 May 1918; b. 18 Jan 1896 Ellenburg, NY; Co. C 52 Pion Inf to July 5/18. 156 Dep Brig to disch.; Pvt; no overseas service; honorably discharged on 2 Aug 1919
- 1933 Watertown City Directory: Peets Chas driver r608 Factory
- 1940 Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire: Charles E. Peets 45 farmer, lodging with the Horace Parker family.
Obituary: The United Opinion (Bradford, VT), Friday, 6 July 1962: Charles Peets, who was rushed to Hanover hospital last week for an emergency operation, died during a second operation on Thursday, June 28. The funeral was held on Saturday at the Ricker Funeral home in Woodsville with the Rev. Ralph Bruce, pastor of the Woodsville Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in Horse Meadow cemetery in North Haverhill. Mr. Peets had been in poor health for many years and for the last three years had been cared for by Mrs. Florence Mayette at her home in North Haverhill. Recently, she had moved to Piermont and it was from there that he was taken to Hanover. He was born in Ellenburg, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895. There are no survivors.
Notes for Gertrude Soucie:
- 15 July 1919 at Niagara Falls, Niagara, NY, Gertrude married Howard Collins. Gertrude listed as d/o Adeloid Soucise & Julia Bath, her 2nd marriage, divorced (Dec 1917), 1st husband still living (in Keane, NH).
- Obituary: Plattsburgh Press Republican, 12 July 1971: Plattsburgh - Mrs. Gertrude I. Collins, 76, of 53 Main Mill St. died Saturday at the Champlain Valley Unit of the Medical Center after a long illness. She was born in Chazy March 11, 1895, the daughter of Delore and Julia (Abare) Sousis. She was the widow of Howard Collins and owner and operator of the Collins Nursing home and Trailer Court. She is survived by three sons, Owen of Sandy Creek, Calvin of Plattsburgh, Rodney of Chazy; four daughters, Mrs. Gloria Pinko of Plattsburgh, Winona Collins of Plattsburgh, Mrs. Raymond (Carmen) Preavy of Winooski, Vt., Mrs. Theodore (Lola) Coel of Lakeside, Calif.; 21 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The body is at the R.W. Walker Funeral Home where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory Church. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.
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Last updated: 22 December 2021.