Continuation of tree (1st child of Joseph Denis Pitre/Marie Eulalie 'Alice' Boudreau); all known surname descendants:
10 Dennis Paul Petrie b: 25 June 1927 St. John, St. John, NB; d: 31 December 1995 Strong, Franklin, ME
+Diana Florence Teele b: 15 March 1931 Boston, Suffolk, MA; m: 1949 Melrose, Middlesex, MA [Harold Leonard/Elizabeth Besse]; d: 16 September 2005 Brookfield, Fairfield, CT
11 Dennis E. Petrie b: February 1950 Maine; d: 24 December 2020 Arizona
11 Stephen Petrie d: Aft. January 1996 Arizona
11 John Petrie d: Aft. January 1996 Delaware
11 Elizabeth Petrie d: Aft. January 1996 Connecticut
+---Gallagher
*2nd Wife of Dennis Paul Petrie:
+Priscilla June Wade (Coffin) b: 18 February 1929 Worcester, Worcester, MA; m: 1 August 1987 Hamden, New Haven, CT [Chester E./Hazel E. Maxim]; d: 21 April 2017 Wilton, Franklin, ME
Notes for Dennis Paul Petrie:
Census
- 1940 Rumford, Oxford, Maine: Dennis Petrie 33 third hand/paper mill, wife Alice 30, Dennis Jr. 12, Roger 11, Cora 9, Meryse 5, Roland 4, Joan 0 months, widowed mother-in-law Emerance Boudreau 64.
- 1950 Rumford, Oxford, ME: Dennis Petrie 43 machine tender/Oxford Paper Co., wife Alice 40 clerk grocery/Coulombes, Marie 15, Roland 14, Joan 10; Dennis P. 22, wife Diana 19, Dennis E. 2 months; Joseph R. 21 color tester/Oxford Paper Co., wife Estelle 20, David R. 5 months.
Obituary: Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), Tuesday, 2 January 1996: Strong - Dennis Paul Petrie, 68, of Main Street, Strong, died Sunday at his home following a long illness. He was born June 25, 1927 in St. John, New Brunswick, son of Dennis J. and Alice Boudreau Petrie. He attended Rumford schools. Mr. Petrie was a veteran of the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1947. Upon his discharge from the Navy, he made his home in Connecticut, where he attended night school and earned his degree as an electronics technician, a field he worked in until his retirement. On Aug. 1, 1987, he married Priscilla Coffin in Hamden, Conn., moving to Maine in 1990. He enjoyed photography, electronics, painting and fishing. He also played many musical instruments. He is survived by his wife, Priscilla, of Strong; three sons, Dennis Jr. and Stephen, both of Arizona and John of Delaware; one daughter, Elizabeth Gallagher of Connecticut; one brother, Roger Petrie of Rumford; four sisters, Mrs. Clifford (Cora) Wade of Dixfield, Mrs. Millett (Marie) Coffin, Mrs. Albert (Joan) Cyr and Mrs. Rudy (Sharon) Sirois, all of Rumford; nine step-children; many grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by a brother, Joseph 'J.R.' Petrie, who died on Dec. 27, 1995.
Tombstone Inscription, Sunnyside Terrace Cemetery, Rumford, ME: Dennis Petrie / 1927 - 1995 / Giles Funeral Home
Back one generation to parents of Dennis Paul Petrie
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1963). death registrations (1888-1919).
- New Brunswick births/marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 7 October 2024.