Docite Pitre

1879 Tignish, PEI – 1959 Manchester, New Hampshire

 

 

Continuation of tree (3rd child of Gilbert Pitre/Aubiline Osite Bernard); all known surname descendants:

               8       Docite 'Dosithe David' Pitre  b: 13 February 1879  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 15 August 1959  Manchester, Hillsborough, NH

                                +Marie Aurelie Eugenie Trahan  b: 18 August 1883  Ste. Flore, St. Maurice, QUE; m: 11 September 1911  Berlin, Coos, NH [Telesphore/Aurelie Sagala]; d: 28 September 1967  Berlin, Coos, NH

                           9       female Peters  b: 1912  Berlin, Coos, NH; d: 15 November 1912  Berlin, Coos, NH

                           9       Alexander Albert Pitre  b: 4 March 1916  Berlin, Coos, NH; d: 17 November 2011  Canterbury, Windham, CT

                                      +Marie Armelde Zephyrine Duclos  b: 12 July 1922  St. Narcisse, Lotbiniere, QUE; m: 30 December 1940  Berlin, Coos, NH [Louis/Marianna Demers]; d: 26 December 2010  Canterbury, Windham, CT

                           9       Charles Edward Pitre  b: 30 June 1918  Berlin, Coos, NH; d: 10 August 2002  West Stewartstown, Coos, NH

                                      +Madeleine Helen Perrault  b: 24 September 1923  Berlin, Coos, NH; m: Abt. 1944 [Telesphore/Marie A. Morin]; d: 20 November 1995  Berlin, Coos, NH

                           9       Mary Agnes Loretta Pitre  b: 21 June 1920  Berlin, Coos, NH; d: 25 April 1999  Florida

                                       +Arthur Raymont Dandeneau  b: 18 July 1909  Dover, Strafford, NH; m: 18 September 1937  Berlin, Coos, NH [Isaie/Marie Boisoneault]; d: 7 May 1989  Tampa, Hillsborough, FL

                           9       Roland K. Pitre  b: 27 January 1923  Berlin, Coos, NH; d: 29 June 1926  Berlin, Coos, NH

                           9       Anita Pauline Pitre  b: 30 July 1926  Berlin, Coos, NH; d: 29 September 2001  Missouri

                                       +Philip Rene Bergeron  b: 7 February 1922; m: 15 September 1947  Berlin, Coos, NH [Joseph/Marie Louise Bergeron]; d: 1 June 1991

 

 

Notes for Docite Pitre:

Census

- 1901 Saumarez, Gloucester, New Brunswick:  Gregoire Arsenault 27 (farmer), wife Marie 26; lodger Dosithe Pitre 20.

 

- 1910/11

 

- 1920

 

- 1930 Berlin, Coos, New Hampshire:  Dosithe Petre 51 (millwright), wife Eugenie 46, J. Albert 14, Charles C. 11, Loretta 9, Anita 3 years 9 months.

 

- 1940 Berlin, Coos, NH:  Dosithe Pitre 61 millwright/paper mill, wife Eugenie 56, Alexander 24 salvage laborer/paper mill, Charles 21 laborer in yard/paper mill, Anita 13.  [636 Beaudoin]

 

- 1950 Berlin, Coos, NH:  Dosithe Pitre 71 millwright/paper mill, wife Eugenie 66.

 

* Although the baptism record has:  bap. 16 Feb 1879, b. 13 Feb - Docite Peters (Gilbert/Oballina Bernard),
(sp: Peter Bernard & Mary Bernard), I have noted Docite as Pitre as he seemed to have kept Pitre as his surname as well as having his children baptised as Pitre.

 

WWI records: Dosety Peters; Berlin, NH; b. 13 Feb 1879 (PEI); res. 810 Western Ave., Berlin, NH; non-declared alien; millwright; rel - Mrs. Jennie Peters (same address); tall height/medium build; grey eyes & dark brown hair; 12 Sep 1918 Berlin, NH.

WWII Records:  Dosithee David Pitre, b. 13 Feb 1879 PEI; res. 636 Beaudoin St., Berlin, Coos, NH w/wife; 5' 9 1/2", 150 lbs., blue eyes & brown hair, dark complexion; 25 Apr 1942 Berlin, NH.

 

Obituary:  Union Leader (Manchester, NH), Sunday, 16 Aug 1959:  Dosithe Pitre of Berlin Dies.  Berlin, Aug. 15 - Dosithe David Pitre, 80, of 457 Hillsboro St., died Saturday at Sacred Heart Hospital, Manchester, where he had been a patient two days.  Born at Prince Edward Island, Canada, he had been a resident of Berlin for 55 years.  He was a member of Angel Guardian Parish and the Golden Age Club.  He was employed by the Brown Co., prior to his retirement eight years ago.  Members of the family include his wife, Eugenie (Trahan) Pitre, two sons, Charles Edward Pitre of Berlin and Alexander Albert Pitre of Norwich, Conn.; two daughters, Mrs. Laurett Dandeneau of Manchester and Mrs. Anita Bergeron of Berlin; a sister, Mrs. Isaie Lozier of Tracadie, New Brunswick; 19 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Services will be held Tuesday morning at Angel Guardian Church with a high mass of requiem.  Burial will be at St. Anne's Cemetery.  Arrangements are under direction of Fleury Funeral Homes.

 

Tombstone Inscription, St. Anne Cemetery, Berlin, NH:  PITRE / (reverse) 1879  Dosithe  1959 / 1883  Eugenie  1967 / 1923  Roland  1926 / 1950  Raymond  1950 / 1948  Mary  1948 / 1923  Madeleine 1995 / 1918  Charles  2002 / 1916  Alexander  2011 / 1922  Armelde  2010

 

Notes for Marie Aurelie Eugenie Trahan:

Obituary:  Union Leader (Manchester, NH), Friday, 29 September 1967:  Mrs. Eugenie Pitre.  Berlin - Mrs. Eugenie Pitre, 84, of 636 Beaudoin St., died yesterday at a local nursing home.  A native of Three Rivers, Que., she had lived here for 60 years and was a communicant of Angel Guardian Parish.  The family includes two sons, Alexandre Patre of Norwich, Conn., and Charles Pitre of Berlin; two daughters, Mrs. Laurette Dandeneau of Manchester and Mrs. Anita Bergeron of Berlin; 19 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Albert Trehan of Berlin and Henry Trehan of Fall River, Mass.; two sisters, Rev. Sr. Marie Ste. Aurelie of Prince Albert, Sask., and Rev. Sr. Alma Trehan of West Scarboro, Me.; and several nieces and nephews.  A solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated Saturday morning at Angel Guardian Church.  Burial will be in St. Anne Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Fleury Funeral Home at their convenience.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Alexander Albert Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Anne Cemetery, Berlin, NH:  PITRE / (reverse) 1879  Dosithe  1959 / 1883  Eugenie  1967 / 1923  Roland  1926 / 1950  Raymond  1950 / 1948  Mary  1948 / 1923  Madeleine 1995 / 1918  Charles  2002 / 1916  Alexander  2011 / 1922  Armelde  2010

 

Charles Edward Pitre:  The Union Leader (Manchester, NH), Wednesday, 14 August 2002:  Stewartstown - Charles Edward Pitre, 84, died Aug. 10, 2002, at Coos County Nursing Home in West Stewartstown.  He was born in Berlin on June 30, 1918, the son of Dosithe and Eugenie (Trahan) Pitre.  Mr. Pitre worked as an auto mechanic for Glen Motors.  From 1967 to his retirement in 1982, he was the auto instructor for Berlin High School.  As a teacher he was active in the Plymouth trouble-shooting championship, where his team won several awards, including 10th place at the nationals.  He was an avid fisherman, a cabinet maker and a former member of St. Joseph Parish, now Good Shepherd Parish.  He was also a member of the teachers association.  The family includes a son, Richard Pitre of Kennebunk, Maine; one brother, Alexander Albert Pitre of Canterbury, Conn.; two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by his wife of 51 years, Madeleine (Perreault) Pitre, in 1995; by a son, Raymond Pitre, in 1950; and by two sisters, Anita Bergeron and Laurette Dandeneau.  Calling hours are in Fleury-Patry Funeral Home on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., when a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish.  Burial will be at St. Anne Cemetery.  Donations can be made to the Alzheimer's Greater New Hampshire Chapter, Concord.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Anne Cemetery, Berlin, NH:  PITRE / (reverse) 1879  Dosithe  1959 / 1883  Eugenie  1967 / 1923  Roland  1926 / 1950  Raymond  1950 / 1948  Mary  1948 / 1923  Madeleine 1995 / 1918  Charles  2002 / 1916  Alexander  2011 / 1922  Armelde  2010

 

Anita Pauline Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Berlin, NH:  BERGERON / Anita / 1926 - 2001 / Philip / 1922 - 1991

 

 

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