Continuation of tree (12th child of Thomas Lajambe/Lucie Taillon); all known surname descendants:
8 David Louis Peets b: 10 June 1884 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 21 October 1932 Belleville, Hastings, ONT
+Mary Elizabeth Savage b: Abt. 1887 Quebec; m: July 1908 St. Mary's, Brushton, Franklin, NY; d: Abt. 1978
9 Leland Edward Peets b: 7 July 1909 Moira, Franklin, NY; d: 3 May 1998 Venice, Sarasota, FL
+Helen Janacek b: Abt. 1913; m: Abt. 1932; d: 1979
9 Alice Agnes Peets b: Abt. 1911 Moira, Franklin, NY; d: 2 June 2001 Thornhill, ONT
9 Doris Peets b: December 1913 Moira, Franklin, NY; d: 1996 Ontario
9 James Peets b: Abt. 1915 Belleville, Hastings, ONT; d: Aft. October 1932
9 Thomas Peets b: 1919 Belleville, Hastings, ONT; d: 30 May 1943 Belgium (killed in action during WWII while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force)
9 Lawrence Peets b: Abt. 1921 Belleville, Hastings, ONT; d: Aft. October 1932
9 John Raphael 'Ray' Peets b: Abt. 1923 Belleville, Hastings, ONT; d: December 1999 Ontario
9 Francis Peets b: Abt. 1925 Belleville, Hastings, ONT; d: Aft. October 1932
9 David Peets b: Abt. 1929 Belleville, Hastings, ONT; d: Aft. October 1932
Notes for David Louis Peets:
Census
- 1910 Moira, Franklin, New York: David A. Peets 26, wife of 2 years Elizabeth 22, Leland 10 months.
- 1914: Border crossing (from Moira, NY to Belleville, ONT): David A. Peets 29 (telegraph operator); carrying $1.50; absent 15 years.
- March 1914: Border crossing (from Moira, NY to Belleville, ONT): Elizabeth Peets 26, Leland 5, Alice 3, Doris 3 months; carrying $25; Canadian citizen by marriage, on way to husband.
- 1921 Belleville, Hastings West, ONT: David A. Peets 36 telegrapher/railway co., wife Elizabeth 34, Leland E. 12, Alice A. 10, Doris E. 7, James E. 5, Thomas W. 10 months. (97 Chatham)
Obituary: Fort Covington Sun: Died: Peets – On Friday morning, October 21, 1932, at Belleville, Ontario, Mr. David Peets, aged 48 years. Mr. Peets passed away very suddenly while at work as operator in the office of the Canadian National Railway at Belleville. His remains were brought to the home of his sister, Mrs. Agnes Walsh of Moira, N.Y., and funeral services were held from St. Mary’s R.C. Church at Brushton on Monday morning. Interment was made in St. Mary’s cemetery. Mr. Peets was born in Fort Covington in 1884. He later went to Moira where he was employed as telegraph operator. In July of 1908 he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Savage of Moira. For several years Mr. And Mrs. Peets have resided in Belleville. Mr. Peets was a communicant of the Roman Catholic Church there and for some time had been a member of the choir. He was also a member of the Belleville council, Knights Columbus. For the past nineteen years he had been in the employ of the Canadian National Railway. Besides his widow, he leaves to mourn his passing two daughters, Alice and Doris; seven sons, Leland, James, Thomas, Lawrence, Ray, Francis, and David, all of Belleville; two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Walsh and Mrs. J.O. McCullough, Moira, and two brothers, John and William Peets, Moira.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- New York birth/marriage/death items in RED have come from newspaper obituaries, some marriage announcements, and occasional birth announcements.
Last updated: 29 December 2013.