Continuation of tree (7th child of John Baptist Pitre/Celine Ursula Tremblay); all known surname descendants:
8 David Alexander Pitre b: 28 September 1889 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 2 March 1949 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Sarah Josephine Leonard b: 3 February 1891 Midland, Bay, MI; m: 6 July 1911 Bay City, Bay, MI [Samuel George/Mary Lafountaine]; d: 31 October 1918 Detroit, Wayne, MI
9 Loyal Peters b: 22 March 1913 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 22 March 1913 Bay City, Bay, MI
9 Ursal Marie Peters b: 24 May 1914 Wayne, MI; d: 9 August 2000 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Eugene Zysk b: 9 November 1910 Michigan; m: 15 January 1931 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Joseph/Rose Bielinski]; d: February 1976 Detroit, Wayne, MI
9 Veronica Catherine Peters b: 5 July 1916 Wayne, MI; d: 2 June 1996 Harrisville, Alcona, MI
+Edward John Isaac Fall b: 12 April 1916 Allen, Ottawa, OH; m: 23 November 1935 Ecorse, Wayne, MI [Edward/Naoma Foster]; d: 15 April 1982 Romulus, Wayne, MI
9 Monica Marie Peters b: 5 July 1916 Wayne, MI; d: 30 March 1986 Garden City, Wayne, MI
+James Francis Agney b: 28 November 1912 Ecorse, Wayne, MI m: 27 June 1936 Ecorse, Wayne, MI [James/Ethel ---]; d: 22 February 1992
*2nd Wife of David Alexander Pitre:
+Vera Peek (Slattery) b: 14 October 1891 Michigan; m: 15 October 1919 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Louis/Julia Veitch]; d: 19 August 1926 Detroit, Wayne, MI
*3rd Wife of David Alexander Pitre:
+Martha E. Boncor (Cook) b: Abt. 1901 Fredericktown, Madison, MO; m: 31 May 1947 Howell City, Livingston, MI [Fred/Addie Casey]; d: Aft. 1950
Notes for David Alexander Peters:
Census
- 1920 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan: David Peters 30 (shipbuilder), 2nd wife Rena (sic Vera) 28, Ursual 5, Vena (Slattery) 4, Dennis (Slattery) 3, Minnie 3, Veronica 3.
- 1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI: David A. Peters 40, Ursal C. 15, stepdaughter
Vena (Slattery) 15, stepson Dennis (Slattery) 10, Veronica 13, Ursina 13.
- 1940 Detroit, Wayne, MI: David Peters 50 truck driver/wholesale grocery, wife Martha 39. [545 West Grand Boulevard]
- 1950 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Widow Martha E. Peters 49 coffee packer/grocery warehouse [871 West Grand Blvd.]
World War I registrations: David A. Peters, 5 Jun 1917 Detroit, MI; 28 Sep 1889 (Bay City); wife & 3 children (lives River Rouge); medium height, medium build light blue eyes; brown hair.
WWII Records: David Alexander Peters, 1441 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, b. 28 Sep 1889 Bay City; contact Mrs. Eugene Zysk, 250 Belmont, Detroit; 5'8 1/2", 190 lbs., blue eyes & gray hair; Detroit 22 Apr 1942.
Death Notice (Detroit): Detroit Free Press (MI), Tuesday, 8 March 1949: Peters, David A., 59, 871 W. Grand Blvd.
Notes for Vera Peek:
Obituary: The Herald Press (St. Joseph, MI), Friday, 20 August 1926: Detroit, Aug 20 - A cut on the wrist from a broken bowl, received several days ago, resulted in the death of Mrs. Vera Peters here last night. Infection was the direct cause of death.
Obituaries for the children:
Ursal Marie Peters: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 13 August 2000: Zysk, Ursal M. (nee Peters), age 86, died August 9, 2000. Beloved wife of the late Eugene W.; beloved and respected mother of Eugene (Audrey), Kenneth (Marti), Joyce (Stephen) Daher, Barbara (Dougles) Zysk-Berman, Linda (Lester) Hamann, William, and Josephine (Daniel) Thompson; also survived by 19 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Pre-deceased by three children, Patricia, Elaine and Mary Ellen, two grandsons, Paul and Jacob, two sisters, Veronica Falls and Monica Agney and one brother, Dennis Slatterly. Memorial Mass Saturday, August 19, 10 a.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church, 409 W. Columbia Blvd., Belleville, MI. Donations to St. Anthony Church would be appreciated. Arrangements by the Cremation Society of Michigan.
Veronica Catherine Peters: Veronica Catherine Fall, 79, of Harrisville, died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at home. Born Veronica Peters on July 5, 1916, in Bay City, she was raised there and lived in Taylor, Mich. from 1935 until 1978, when she moved to Harrisville. Mrs. Fall retired from Ford Motor Company in 1978 after 31 years. She is survived by four daughters, Carol Tait of Harrisville, Veronica Doty of Coldwater, Mich., Velma Wortinger of Ypsilanti, Mich. and Monica Glaze of Greenbush; one son, Edward Fall of Romulus, Mich.; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; one sister, Ursyel Zysk of Troy, Mich. She was predeceased by a twin sister, Monica, and a step-brother, Dennis. There will be a memorial Mass Saturday at noon at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Mikado. The Rev. Lawrence Boks will officiate. Arrangements for cremation were made through Gillies Funeral Home of Lincoln.
Tombstone Inscription, Mikado Township Cemetery, Mikado, Alcona, MI: Beloved / daughter / Carol Tait / Oct. 25, 1937 / Dec. 22, 2007 / mother / Veronica Fall / July 5, 1916 / June 2, 1996 [Romulus Memorial Cemetery, Romulus, Wayne, MI: father / Edward J. Fall / 1916 - 1982]
Back one generation to parents of David Alexander Pitre
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.
Last updated: 12 May 2023.