Continuation of tree (11th child of Toussaint Pitre/Gilfera 'Mary' Bethui); all known surname descendants:
8 Charles Leonard Petre b: Abt. 1905 Saginaw, MI; d: 2 August 1939 Ontario, San Bernardino, CA
+Eileen Catherine Skillman b: 7 September 1907 Ontario, San Bernardino, CA; m: 15 June 1935 [Arthur D./Julia D. Early]; d: 31 August 1960 Clearwater, BC
9 Ann Catherine Petre b: 27 June 1938 Ontario, San Bernardino, CA; d: Aft. July 2012
+Richard M. Trippe m: 15 June 1957 Los Angeles, CA (divorced 20 August 1980 San Bernardino, CA)
*2nd Husband of Ann Catherine Petre:
+Robert Kern Chittenden b: 5 January 1929 Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA; m: 5 September 1980 San Bernardino, CA; d: 23 July 2012 Adna, Lewis, WA
Notes for Charles Leonard Petre:
Census
- 1920 Jonesfield, Merrill, Saginaw, MI: Tusan Petre 56 (RR laborer), wife Mary 52, Lottie 21, Della 16, Leonard 14, Grace 12, brother-in-law Alexander Beture 57 (farm laborer).
- 1930 Tekonsha, Calhoun, MI: Leonard Petrie 24 printer/newspaper.
- 1940 Ontario, San Bernardino, California: Arthur D. Skillman 64 farmer/orange, wife Julia C. 56, Arthur J. 20, widowed daughter Eileen C. Petre 32 teacher/public school, Ann C. Petre 1.
- 1950 Signal Hill, Los Angeles, CA: Frederick Bolinger 40 reporter/newspaper, wife Eileen 42, step-daughter Ann Petre 11.
Obituary: The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA), Friday, 4 August 1939: Life Ended by Long Illness - Ontario, Aug. 3 - Charles Leonard Petre, 34, West California boulevard, died late yesterday at San Antonio hospital, following a long illness with undulent fever, complicated a week ago by leukaemia. Many blood transfusions administered in an effort to save his life proved unavailing. Mr. Petre, who was employed at the Ontario plant of the General Electric Co., is survived by his wife, Eileen Skillman Petre; a daughter, Ann Cathryn Petre, age one year; his father, Tousan Petre, Merrill, Mich.; four sisters, Mrs. H. L. Barber, Mrs. Frank Shannon and Mrs. Grace Trayham, Merrill, Mich., and Mrs. P. Kowquaski, Saginaw, Mich.; and five brothers, Leo of Ontario, Walter, Clarence and DeLos of Merrill, Mich., and Floyd of Great Falls, Mont. A rosary service was conducted at 8 o'clock this evening at the Richardson mortuary, 123 West G street, and the funeral will be held tomorrow, 9 a.m., at St. George's Catholic church, of which Mr. Petre was a member. The Rev. James Houlihan will officiate and interment will be in Bellevue cemetery.
Notes for Eileen Catherine Skillman:
- Eileen & her 2nd husband Fred Bolinger both drowned when they car he was driving on a vacation trip slipped off the highway and into a river near Clearwater, BC.
- The Province (Vancouver, BC), Wednesday, 21 September 1960: The body of Eileen Bolinger of Long Beach, Calif., has been recovered from the North Thompson River. The body of her husband was found the day after the couple plunged off the highway into the river, 30 miles north of Kamloops.
- Press Telegram (Long Beach, CA), Friday, 23 September 1960: Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Lakewood Mortuary Chapel for Mrs. Eileen Bolinger, wife of Fred Bolinger, Independent Press-Telegram police reporter. Requiem mass will be offered at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Cyprian's Church. Mr. and Mrs. Bolinger met death when their car skidded into a river in British Columbia Aug. 31 on a vacation trip. Her body was not found until last Monday. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ann Trippe; father, Arthur Skillman; brothers, Arthur Skillman Jr., William J. and Charles L. Skillman, and a sister, Mrs. Eleanor Montgomery. Funeral arrangements are being directed by Sheelar-McFadyen Mortuary.
- Tombstone Inscription, All Souls Cemetery, Long
Beach, CA: Forever with the Lord / Eileen C. Bolinger / 1907 - 1960.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange, CA: Frederic W. Bolinger /
born February 21, 1905 / died with his wife / Eileen / August 31, 1960
Back one generation to parents of Charles Leonard Petre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Births/Marriages/Deaths in RED without a church have come from the Michigan Return of Births/Marriages/Deaths (Family Search online - actual pages viewable). While births & marriages name parents, deaths list only age & marital status.
- Michigan deaths between 1897-1920 in RED taken from death certificates (online), which may also include birthdate.
- Some items in RED from obituaries.
Last updated: 7 December 2022.