Edward Clement Petrie

1887 Chatham, New Brunswick - 1966  Berlin, New Hampshire

 

 

Continuation of tree (13th child of Gilbert Pitre/Emelia Johnson); all known surname descendants:

               8          Edward Clement Petrie  b: 6 October 1887  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: November 1966  Berlin, Coos, NH

                                +Mary Ellen 'Minnie' Savoy  b: 30 November 1892  Pokemouche, Gloucester, NB; m: 21 July 1909  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB [William/Jane Glidden]  (divorced 14 October 1921 Berlin, NH); d: 8 January 1972  Danbury, Fairfield, CT

                         9          Mary Beatrice Petry  b: 26 December 1910  Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: Bef. May 1934

                         9          Mary Leona Petry  b: 26 December 1910  Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: 7 September 1911  Berlin, Coos, NH

                         9          Mary Jane Louisa Petry  b: 7 June 1913  Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: 10 March 1987  Danbury, Fairfield, CT

                                        +Edward F. Gillen  b: Abt. 1911  New York; m: Abt. 1939; d: 1980  Bronx, NY

 

                           *2nd Wife of Edward Clement Petrie:

                                +Hellen Rhubena McCosh  b: 29 March 1903  Newcastle, Northumberland, NB; m: 12 June 1934  Berlin, Coos, NH [George/Margaret A. Palmer]; d: 11 October 1994  Berlin, Coos, NH

 

 

Notes for Edward Clement Petrie:

Census

- 1911

- 1920

 

- 1930 Berlin, Coos, New Hampshire:  Clement Petrie 43 (div.) cook/sulphite mill, lodger with Gertrude Willoughby 43 (widow)

 

- 1940 Berlin, Coos, NH:  Clement Petrie 53 sulphite dept./paper mill, wife Helen 37, widowed sister Mary Commo 68   [151 Bridge Street]

 

- 1950 Berlin, Coos, NH:  Clement M. Petrie 63 stock runner foreman/paper mill, wife Ellen R. 47   (152 Bridge)

 

WWII cards (1942):  Clement M. Petrie, 152 Bridge Street, Berlin, NH, age 55, b. Can 10 Oct 1886, wife; 5'8", 202 lbs., hazel eyes, grey hair, ruddy complexion

 

Tombstone Inscription:  Russian City Cemetery, Berlin, Coos, NH:  PETRIE / (reverse) Clement M. / 1886 - 1966 / Ellen R. / 1903 - 1994 / Bertha A. / Robichaud / 1905 - 1984

 

Notes for Mary Ellen Savoy:

- Border crossing 20 August 1917:  Minnie Petrie, at Vanceboro, ME; b. Pokemouche, NB, age 24, father William Savoie of Chatham, NB; was in US from 1910 to 5 July 1917; husband Clement of 170 Green St., Berlin, NH

- Mary Savoy remarried to Lyonel William McCosh 8 September 1923 in Manhattan, NY. 

- 1930 Manhattan, NY, NY:  Lyonel McCosh 33 (ME), wife Minnie 33 (Can), Louise 17, Shirley 4y7m, Doris 3y4m.

- 1940 Manhattan, NY, NY:  Lionel McCosh 44 elevator repair man, wife Minnie 44, Shirley 15, Doris 13, son-in-law Edward Gillen 29 maintainer/subway, wife Louise 27

- 1950 New York, Bronx, NY:  Lyonel McCosh 54 elevator mechanic, wife Mary Ellen 56 waitress/restaurant, Doris 22 filler/woolen mfg.

 

 

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Last updated:  29 September 2023.