Charles Pitre

1803 Chateauguay, Quebec – 1878 Hopkinton, New York

 

 

Continuation of tree (8th child of Ignace Hypolite Pitre/2nd Wife Catherine Bergevin); all known surname descendants:  

            6     Charles Pitre  b: 12 August 1803  St. Joachim, Chateauguay, Quebec; d: 8 October 1878  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                              +Lucie Leblanc  b: 21 March 1813  St. Martin, Laval, Quebec; m: 25 October 1836  Ste. Martine, Chateauguay, Quebec [Nicolas/Marie Josephe Allard]; d: 31 August 1897  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                        7          Charles Pitre  b: 14 September 1837  St. Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 29 June 1914  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                                       +Mary Bowen  b: January 1841  New York; m: Abt. 1860 [Philip/Fanny Dubose]; d: 11 October 1919  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                        7          Philomene Pitre  b: 19 July 1839  Ste. Martine, Chateauguay, Quebec; d: 2 January 1914  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                                       +Lewis Wheeler  b: Abt. 1836  Quebec; m: 29 January 1857  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY [Lewis Oliver/Mary McDonald]; d: 2 September 1906  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                        7          Catherine 'Mary' Pitre  b: 2 July 1842  Ste. Martine, Chateauguay, Quebec; d: 26 February 1881  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                                       +Alexis Parent (aka Alexander Perry)  b: 8 January 1834  St. Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec; m: 1858 [Alexander/Mary Labelle]; d: 30 July 1902  Fort Jackson, Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                        7          Pierre Moyse Pitre  b: 23 June 1845  Ste. Martine, Chateauguay, Quebec; d: 25 May 1847  Ste. Martine, Chateauguay, Quebec

                        7          Nazaire Pitre  b: 27 March 1847  Ste. Martine, Chateauguay, Quebec; d: Aft. 1850

                        7          Adeline 'Caroline' Pitre  b: 26 September 1849  Hogansburg, Franklin, NY; d: 14 July 1909  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY

                                       +Oliver Joseph Wheeler  b: 5 October 1852  New York; m: Abt. 1883 [Lewis Oliver/Mary McDonald]; d: 3 November 1942  Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY

                        7          Lewis Pitre  b: 27 September 1852  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 27 April 1918  Aldrich, St. Lawrence, NY

                                       +Sophia F. Hurteau  b: 6 May 1859  Malone, Franklin, NY; m: 25 October 1880  Fort Covington, Franklin, NY [John/Florence ---]; d: 3 May 1940  Oswego, Oswego, NY

                        7          Nelson Pitre  b: Abt. 1854  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY; d: Aft. 1860

                        7          Marila 'Orilla' Pitre  b: Abt. 1855  Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY; d: Aft. 1870                  

 

 

Notes for Charles Pitre:

Census

- 1850 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY:  Charles Peet 40 (farmhand), wife Lucy 34, Charles 13, Philoma 10, Mary 8, Asahel 4, Delia 9 months.

- 1860 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY:  Charles Pete 50 (farm laborer), wife Lucy 45, Caroline 11, Lewis 7, Nelson 5, Marila 4.

- 1870 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY:  Charles Peat 60 (farmer), wife Lucy 55, Orilla 14.

- 1880 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY:  Widow Lucy Peete 68, Addie 30, Lewis 28 (farm laborer)

 

Obituaries for the children:

Philomene Pitre:  Courier Freeman (Potsdam, NY), Wednesday, 7 January 1914:  Hopkinton -  Mrs. Lewis Wheeler died at her home Friday evening. The funeral was held Monday at one o'clock.  She had been in poor health for a year or more.  Her son Lewis who lived with her went to the barn for something, leaving her as well as usual and on returning found her dead.  She leaves besides her son, another son John of Parishville and two daughters, Ella Russell of Fulton, N. Y., and Oliva Boyle of Salem, Mass.

Tombstone Inscription, Fort Jackson Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, NY:  Lewis / 1828 - 1907 / Flemina, his wife / 1828 - 1914 / Lewis, their son / 1858 - 18-- / WHEELER

 

Adeline 'Caroline' Pitre:  Courier Freeman (Potsdam, NY), Wednesday, 21 July 1909:  Hopkinton:  Mrs. Ada Wheeler died at her residence Wednesday July 14, after suffering a paralytic stroke Tuesday evening between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock.  She was a well respected woman of amiable disposition and was dearly loved.  She leaves a husband and two brothers and one sister and a great many more relatives and a host of friends to mourn her loss.  There was a very large attendance at the funeral.  Rev. Aubrey of Nicholvllle officiating.  Among those present out of town were Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler, Miss Lillian Williams and brother of North Lawrence, Mrs. Allen Russell of Tupper Lake, Mrs. Paul Prespare and daughter of Tupper Lake, Mr. And Mrs. David McCarthy of Parishvllle and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tupper, Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler Jr., Mr. Lewis Peet and daughter of Parishville and many more.  The sympathy of the community are with her bereaved husband who is in poor health.

 

Lewis PitreCourier and Freeman (Potsdam, NY), Wednesday, 1 May 1918:  Lewis Peet dies at Aldrich: Funeral services Held on Sunday at Parishville: Parishville, May 1:  The remains of Lewis C. Peet were brought home Saturday April 27 from Aldrich N.Y.  He was born in Hopkinton Sept. 27, 1852 and his early life was spent there.  October 25, 1880, he was united in marriage to Sophia F. Hurteau of St. Aniscent, Quebec.  The family moved to Parishville thirty-six years ago and he was employed by S.L. Clark & Son for 27 years.  The past few years he went with his family to work at the Loon Lake House.  He leaves his wife, two daughters, Irma of Willsboro, N.Y., and Mrs. A.V. Henderson of Aldrich, two sons Plin of Lucky Lake, Sask., Canada, and Clark of Niagara Falls, and a son-in-law A.V. Henderson of Aldrich.  His son Plin came to spend a few days with his father during his illness and was accompanied by his daughter Vivian.  He was a conscientious Christian man and much devoted to his church, having been a member of the Baptist Church twelve years.  Relatives from out of town to attend the funeral were Mr. And Mrs. Jno. Hurto of Burke, Eddie and William Peet and Mr. And Mrs. Joseph White of Hopkinton, Mrs. Paul Prespare and daughter Alice of Tupper Lake, Mr. And Mrs. N.L. Dodge and daughter Hazel, Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Maxwell, Mr. And Mrs. A.F. Flint and son Neil, Donald Spencer, Henry Page, Raymond Drake and Chas. Stiles of Moira, H.S. Clark, Mr. And Mrs. Winford Smith of Potsdam, Mrs. Mary Cregg of Hopkinton. The funeral was from the home on Pleasant St. Saturday afternoon at two. Rev. E.E. Barrett officiating, and interment was in Hill Crest cemetery.

Tombstone Inscription, Hillcrest Cemetery, Parishville, NY:  PEET / Lewis / 1852 - 1918 / Sophia Hurtou / his wife / 1859 - 1940

 

 

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