Charles Pitre

1846 Connors Creek, Michigan - 1911 Connors Creek, Michigan

 

 

Continuation of tree (2nd child of Louis Lambert Pitre/Marie Anne Fournier); all known surname descendants:

                   7     Charles Pitre  b: 6 September 1846  Connors Creek, Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 10 July 1911  Connors Creek, Wayne, MI

                               +Marie Adelaide Leduc  b: 18 November 1848  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 13 November 1866  Assumption, Greinerville, Wayne, MI [Toussaint/Adelaide Boulay]; d: 25 July 1940  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Mary Elizabeth Peters  b: 21 August 1867  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 22 June 1942  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI 

                                        +Victor Trombley  b: 8 August 1863  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; m: 24 May 1890  Assumption, Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI [Thomas/Ursula Therese Villers dit St. Louis]; d: 29 March 1932  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI

                         8          Helena Ellen Peters  b: 11 October 1869  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 7 February 1911  Gratiot, Wayne, MI

                                        +William Henry Johnson  b: 28 December 1867  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; m: 15 February 1890  Assumption, Greinerville, Wayne, MI [John/Elisabeth Vokes]; d: 12 December 1951  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Mary Adelaide Peters  b: 9 June 1872  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 8 May 1951  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                        +Victor Stephen Corby  b: 19 January 1966  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; m: 9 June 1896  Assumption, Wayne, MI [John/Adeline Tremblay]; d: 9 August 1935  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Agnes Peters  b: 27 August 1873  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 18 July 1937  Mt. Clemens, Macomb, MI

                                        +Emil De Clercq (aka DeClark)  b: 10 December 1872  Belgium; m: 7 May 1895  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Leo/Emelia Blome]; d: 9 September 1908  Gratiot, Wayne, MI  (found shot in the back of the head, in his wagon on Harper Road, Gratiot, MI)

                                     *2nd Husband of Agnes Peters:                                                

                                        +Camille DeHondt  b: 18 June 1874  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; m: 19 January 1909  Assumption Grotto, Connors Creek, Wayne, MI [Camille/Emma Droo]; d: 21 May 1945  Pontiac, Oakland, MI

                         8          Louis Salvador Peters  b: 14 February 1880  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 28 September 1881  Greinerville, Wayne, MI

                         8          Julia Sophia Peters  b: 6 April 1882  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 12 July 1957  Windsor, Essex, ONT

                                        +Francis Hubert Drouillard  b: 25 February 1880  Tecumseh, Essex, ONT; m: 23 November 1904  St. Clair Heights, Wayne, MI [Hubert Gilbert/Ida Ellen Hebert]; d: 28 June 1970  Windsor, Essex, ONT

                         8          Theodore Alexander Peters  b: 13 August 1884  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 3 February 1889  Greinerville, Wayne, MI

                         8          Emma Winnifred Peters  b: 15 August 1887  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 19 November 1974  Windsor, Essex, ONT

                                        +Joseph Moyse Drouillard  b: 9 February 1882  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT; m: 18 October 1905  St. Clair Heights, Wayne, MI [Hubert Gilbert/Ida Ellen Hebert]; d: 5 April 1972  Windsor, Essex, ONT

                         8          Henry Victor Peters  b: 11 May 1892  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; d: 19 May 1975  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                        +Rose Lachat  b: 19 May 1890  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; m: 30 July 1912  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI [Charles/Maria Karr]; d: 29 July 1961  Detroit, Wayne, MI

 

 

Notes for Charles Pitre:

Census

- 1870 Connors Creek, Wayne, Michigan:  Charles Peters 25 (carpenter), wife Adeline 22, Elizabeth 2, Ellen 8 months.

- 1880 Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI:  Charles Peters 33 (farm laborer), wife Adeline 30, Elizabeth 12 Ellen 10, Ida 8, Agnes 5, Salvador 3 months.

- 1900 Gratiot, Wayne, MI:  Charles Pitre 53 (carpenter), wife of 34 years Delia 63, 7 of 9 children still living, Julia 17, Emma 12, Henry 8.

- 1910 Gratiot, Wayne, MI:  Charles Peters 63 (house carpenter), wife of 43 years Delia 61, Henry V. 18.

- 1920

 

- 1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  Widow Delia Lachet (sic Peters) 80, living with son Henry Peters 37, wife Rosa 36, their children Edna 16, Madeline 14, & Vincent 7, and Henry's father-in-law Charles Lachet 74.

- 1940 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  Henry V. Peters 47 [$4000 house value] electrician/lighting, wife Rose 49, Vincent 17, Elenor 2, widowed mother Delia 91.  [3532 Cadieux Road]

Obituary:  Detroit Times, Wednesday, 12 July 1911:  Peters - Charles Peters, July 10, beloved husband of Delia and father of Elizabeth Trombley, Addie Corby, Agnes Dount, Julia Drouillard, Emma Drouillard and Henry Peters, aged 64 years.  Funeral from residence, Conners Creek, Thursday at 7:30 and St. Bernard's church, Mack ave., at 9.  Burial at Grotto.

 

Notes for Marie Adelaide Leduc:

Obituary:  Detroit Times, Tuesday, 30 July 1940:  Death Notice:  Delia Peters, 3532 Cadieux, 91.

 

WW1 registration records (son): 

Henry Victor Peters:  Henry Victor Peters; Detroit, Wayne, MI; born 11 May 1892 (North Detroit); mother, wife & 2 children; medium height; brown eyes & black hair.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Mary Elizabeth Peters:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Paul Cemetery, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI:  TROMBLY / mother / Elizabeth / father / Victor   (stone slightly buried)

 

Helena Ellen Peters:  Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI:  Ellen Johnson / wife / died Feb. 7, 1911 / aged 40 years  // father / William H. Johnson / 1868 - 1951 / rest in peace

 

Mary Adelaide Peters:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Thursday, 10 May 1951:  Corby - May 8, Addie D., of 12253 Kilbourne; wife of the late Stephen; dear mother of Arthur S., Mrs. Margaret A. Meehan, William B., Edward J. and Henry G.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive; sister of Mrs. Julia Drouillard, Mrs. Emma Drouillard and Henry V. Peters.  Funeral Friday, 9:30 a.m. from A.H. Peters Funeral Home, 12057 Gratiot, and 10 a.m. at St. David's Church.  Rosary Thursday 8:45 p.m.

 

Agnes Peters:  Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI:  Dear Father / Camille DeHondt / June / 18 / 1874 / May / 21 / 1945

 

Julia Sophia Peters:  The Windsor Daily Star (Windsor, ONT), 13 July 1957:  Drouillard - Julia (nee Peters), 129 St. Paul St., Riverside, age 75 years, July 12, 1957, at Riverview Hospital.  Member of Altar Society of St. John Vianney.  Beloved wife of Frank Drouillard.  Four sons, Herman, of Riverside; Arthur and Raymond, of Windsor; Donald, of Sandwich West.  Three daughters, Mrs. Theodore Poisson (Valerie), Windsor; Mrs. George Maisonville (Rose), and Mrs. Walter Cecile (Mildred), Riverside.  One brother, Henry Peters, Detroit.  One sister, Mrs. Mose Drouillard (Emma), of Riverside.  Thirty-one grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren.  Funeral Monday, July 15, at 8:30 a.m., from Windsor Funeral Home (Formerly Albemy J. Janisse), to St. John Vianney Church at 9:30 a.m.  Interment in Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery.  Prayers evenings at 8 o'clock.  Altar Society of St. John Vianney Parish are requested to meet for prayers Sunday evening at 8:30.  (Detroit papers please copy.)

Tombstone Inscription, Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery, Essex, ONT:  DROUILLARD / in loving memory / Frank / 1880 - 1970 / father / Julia / 1882 - 1957 / mother

 

Emma Winnifred Peters:  The Windsor Star (Windsor, ONT), Wednesday, 20 November 1974:  Drouillard - Emma, 87 years, Nov. 19 at Hotel Dieu, late of 8060 Handy St.  Predeceased by her husband Mose (1972).  Dear mother of Walter, Wilfred, Edward, Louis, Theodore, Mrs. Rene Reaume (Florence), Mrs. Jerry Miller (Loretta), Mrs. Henry Leblanc (Doris), all of Windsor; Henry, Puce, Mrs. Fred Stone (Hazel), Emeryville, Mrs. Marcel Masse (Frances), Westland, Mich.  Sister of Henry Peters, Detroit.  32 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren survive.  Resting at the Marcotte Funeral Home.  Funeral Thursday, Nov. 21 at 10:45 a.m. to St. John Vianney Church at 11 a.m.  Interment Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery.  Prayers 8 p.m.

Tombstone Inscription, Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery, Essex, ONT:  DROUILLARD / in loving memory / Moise J. / 1882 - 1972 / father / Emma W. / 1887 - 1974 / mother

 

Henry Victor Peters:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Thursday, 22 May 1975:  Peters, Henry V., May 19, age 83, Husband of the late Rose (nee Lachat); father of Mrs. Edna (Huebner) Stoecker, Mrs. Magdalen Marchand, Vincent, and Mrs. Eleanor Gunn; 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren.  Funeral from the Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack at Outer Drive, Thursday at 10:30 and to St. Clare Church at 11.  Prayers Wednesday evening at 8:45.  Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Home for the Aged.

Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI:  Father / Henry V. Peters / May 11, 1892 - May 19, 1975  //  Mother / Rose C. Peters / May 19, 1890 - July 29, 1961

 

 

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