Continuation of tree (6th child of Jean Baptiste Pitre/1st wife Clara Maillou); all known surname descendants:
6 David Pitre b: 10 January 1820 Assumption, Windsor, Essex, ONT; d: 11 February 1885 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Sophie 'Emelia' Mercure b: 18 May 1827 St. Basile, Madawaska, NB; m: 27 February 1843 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Pierre/Angelique Ayott]; d: 21 September 1902 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Elizabeth Pitre b: 3 July 1844 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 2 February 1914 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Hypolite Brossard b: 30 January 1826 Notre Dame de la Prairie de la Madeleine, Quebec; m: 20 November 1861 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Hypolite/Marie Madeleine Hebert]; d: 4 March 1892 Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Sophia Pitre b: 6 December 1846 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 10 December 1898 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Samuel Weller b: Abt. 20 August 1837 Canada; m: Abt. 1872; d: 13 January 1893 Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Velaniza 'Phillis' Pitre b: 8 August 1849 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 30 October 1897 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Joseph Robitaille b: 13 March 1839 St. Roch, Quebec; m: 15 September 1868 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Michel/Angele Normand]; d: 25 September 1916 Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Octave Joseph Pitre b: 5 November 1851 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 23 December 1895 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Gratia Soleau b: Abt. 1862; m: 15 February 1881 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Louis/Leonie Griffith] (divorced 11 May 1884); d: 26 December 1895
*2nd Wife of Octave Joseph Pitre:
+Elner --- d: Aft. December 1895
7 Laurent David Pitre b: 13 November 1853 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 26 October 1854 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Samuel Pitre b: 13 January 1856 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 18 April 1926 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Josephe 'Jessie' Reed Crowley b: 31 January 1859 Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 26 May 1879 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Michael/Bridget Ann Burns]; d: 13 February 1944 Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Angeline 'Adeline/Della' Pitre b: 6 January 1858 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 19 May 1948 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Oliver Beaulieu b: 2 July 1852 Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 14 February 1888 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Francis/Josephine Bertrand]; d: 15 December 1890 Detroit, Wayne, MI
*2nd Husband of Angeline Pitre:
+Eugene Alfred Ouellet b: 9 August 1857 L'Assomption, Sandwich, Windsor, Essex, ONT; m: 9 May 1894 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Victor/Archange Marentelle]; d: 2 August 1947 Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 David Pitre b: 10 July 1860 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 5 May 1934 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Anna Elizabeth Fleming b: 10 January 1860 Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 3 June 1884 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Constant/Margaret Pode]; d: 6 May 1925 Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Joseph Stephen Pitre b: 26 December 1862 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 6 August 1864 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Marie Virginie Pitre b: 25 December 1864 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 24 May 1919 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Thomas Henry McCarthy b: 27 November 1865 Michigan; m: 17 October 1893 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Charles/Mary Gormley]; d: 14 March 1903 Wyandotte, Wayne, MI (typhoid fever)
*2nd Husband of Marie Virginie Pitre:
+Martin Finleon (aka Fenlon) b: 11 May 1869 St. Augustine, Ontario; m: 14 June 1905 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Thomas/Ellen Donoghoe]; d: 12 December 1954 Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Louis Joseph Pitre b: 9 April 1867 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 23 December 1868 Detroit, Wayne, MI
7 Joseph Napoleon Pitre b: 24 August 1869 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 2 February 1883 Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Notes for David Pitre:
Census
- 1850 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan: David Peter 29
(blacksmith), wife Sophia 26, Elizabeth 6, Sophia 4, Phelis 1.
- 1860 Detroit, Wayne, MI: David Peters 36 (laborer), wife Sophia McClour
33, Elizabeth 16, Sophia 12, Phillis 10, Octavia 8, Samuel 5, Adeline 2.
- 1870 Detroit, Wayne, MI: David Peters 48 (moulder), wife Sophia 43,
Sophia 22, Octave 18 (apprentice to machinist), Samuel 14, Adelia 12, David 10,
Mary 5, Joseph N. 10 months.
- 1880 Detroit, Wayne, MI: David Peters 60 (moulder), wife Emily 55,
Joseph O. 29 (engineer), Della 23, David 20 (machinist), Mary 16, Joseph 10.
- 1900 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Thomas McCarty 35 (electrician), wife Mary 35, David 5, Charles 1; widowed mother-in-law Emily Peters 75; boarder Della Weller 13.
Obituary: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Friday, 13 February 1885: Died: Peters - In this city, Wednesday, February 11, at 8 p.m., at his late residence, No. 346 Twenty-second st., David Peters, aged 64 years and 11 months. Funeral Saturday, February 14, from residence at 8 o'clock. Services from Ste. Anne's Church at 9 o'clock. Friends of the family invited to attend. Bay City and Maidstone papers please copy.
Notes for Sophie 'Emelia' Mercure:
Obituary: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Monday, 22 September 1902: Had lived in Detroit for 73 years - Mrs. Emily Peters died suddenly yesterday: Mrs. Emily Peters, 76 years of age, died suddenly at the residence of her son, 637 Michigan avenue, yesterday afternoon. Coroner Hoffmann was called, but decided that an inquest was unnecessary. Mrs. Peters lived at 427 Twenty-second street until two weeks ago, when she went to Wyandotte to visit one of her daughters. She returned home from there to spend a short time with another daughter, Mrs. O. Brossard, who lives at 257 Twentieth street. It was while going from there back to her son's residence that she was taken ill on the street, and it was with difficulty that she reached her destination. She was immediately put to bed, where she died shortly after. Mrs. Peters had lived in Detroit for seventy-three years, and up to two weeks ago she had never been out of the city.
Obituaries for the children:
Elizabeth Pitre: Detroit Times Extra (Detroit, MI), Tuesday, 3 February 1914: Brossard - Feb. 2, 1914, at residence of her daughter, 490 Howard st., Elizabeth, widow of the late Hypolite Brossard and mother of Samuel, Ellery, May, Lottie and Della Brossard and Mrs. J. McKinnon and Mrs. C. S. Belle and sister of S. Peters, Mrs. E. Ouellette, Dave Peters and Mrs. M. Finlan. Funeral Thursday from residence at 8:30, and St. Anne's church at 9 o'clock.
Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, MI: Hypolite Brossard / 1826 - 1892 // Elizabeth Brossard / 1848 - 1914
Sophia Pitre: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 11 December 1898: Weller - December 10, at her residence, 268 Twenty-third street, Sophia, beloved wife of late Samuel Weller, aged 52 years. Funeral from residence Tuesday morning at 8:30, Ste. Anne's church 9 o'clock.
Velaniza 'Phillis' Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, MI: Sophia / died / Apr. 20, 1893 / aged 22 years / Jennie / Lizzie / Georgie / David / children of / Joseph & Felice / Robitaille
Octave Joseph Pitre: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 29 December 1895: Peters - December 23, at his late residence, 218 Johnson st., corner of Twenty-second, Joseph O. Peters, beloved husband of Elner Peters and brother of Samuel and Daire Peters. Funeral Thursday, December 26, at 9 o'clock, from Ste. Anne's church.
- Detroit Free Press (MI), Thursday, 26 December 1895: Peters - Joseph O., brother of Samuel and David Peters, at his late residence, corner Twenty-second and Johnston streets. Funeral December 26, 1895, at 8:45 a.m., from residence, and at 9 a.m. from St. Anne's church. Friends invited.
Tombstone Inscription, Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, MI: Joseph O. Peters / Nov. 5, 1848 / Dec. 23, 1895 / God gives, He takes, He will restore, He does all things well.
Samuel Pitre: Tombstone inscription, Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, MI: Father / Samuel Peters / 1856-1926 / Mother / Jessie Peters / 1859-1944
Marie Virginie Pitre: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Monday, 26 May 1919: Finleon - Mrs. Mary, May 24, at her residence, 185 Plumer ave.; beloved wife of Martin, dear mother of David, Charles, Margaret, Jeanette and Catherine McCarthy, John Finleon; sister of Samuel and David Peters and Mrs. Eugene Ouelette. Time of funeral later.
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Last updated: 22 November 2022.