Continuation of tree (13th child of Charles Olivier Pitre/2nd wife Marie Esther Theriot); all known surname descendants:
6 'Eusebe' Caliste Isaie Pitre : 1 September 1825 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 17 November 1895 Brewer, Penobscot, ME
+Elizabeth Doucet b: Abt. 1833; m: 12 August 1857 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Pierre/Isabelle Pitre]; d: Abt. 1873 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
7 Mary Pitre b: 1 May 1858 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 21 October 1942 St. John, St. John, NB
+ Joseph McManus b: 23 September 1848 St. John, St. John, NB; m: 13 April 1885 St. Jean Immaculate Conception, St. John, St. John, NB; d: 22 August 1916 St. John, St. John, NB
*2nd Husband of Mary Pitre:
+ Michael Daley b: Abt. 1863 St. John, NB; m: 31 July 1917 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Hugh/Susanne McCowan]; d: Aft. October 1942
7 Charles Pitre b: 6 February 1860 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 17 September 1906 St. John, St. John, NB
+Mary Esther Degruchy b: Abt. 1865 New Bandon, Gloucester, NB; m: 16 February 1885 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB [George/Venerande Blanchard]; d: 3 July 1945 Waterford, Saratoga, NY
7 Elizabeth Pitre b: 17 August 1861 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 6 December 1922 St. John, St. John, NB
+ Edward Graham b: 4 May 1854 Norton, Kings, NB; m: 13 August 1888 St. John, St. John, NB [Michael/Margaret Dowlan]; d: 17 July 1920 St. John, St. John, NB
7 Margaret Pitre b: 24 December 1863 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 27 August 1945 Jacquet River, Restigouche, NB
+ Joseph Albert b: Abt. 1859; m: 2 February 1885 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB [Bernard/Marguerite Bertin]; d: 4 March 1940 Jacquet River, Restigouche, NB
7 Jean Pitre b: Abt. 1865 Beresford, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. 1871
7 Jacques Pitre b: 9 May 1869 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 23 June 1891 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
7 George Pitre b: 27 October 1873 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 5 July 1932 West Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+Sarah B. Doucet b: 26 January 1871 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 6 September 1898 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Basile/Marie Melanson]; d: Aft. July 1932
Notes for 'Eusebe' Caliste Isaie Pitre:
Census
- 1861 Bathurst, Gloucester, New Brunswick: Useb Petre
36 (farmer), wife Elizabeth 35, Mary 2, Charles 1; widowed mother Hester Petre
88 [sic 71]; Mary A. Doucett 26 & Samuel Doucett 15.
- 1871 Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Eusebe Pitre 55, wife Elizabeth 38,
Marie 12, Charles 10, Elizabeth 8, Marguerite 6, Jean 4, Jacques 2.
- 21 November 1874 land grant Eusebe Petre (v. 92, #15901) Beresford, Gloucester, NB, 100 acres.
- 1881 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB: Charles Pete 20, living w/family of Thomas Raitt 32 (photographer) & wife Fyfe 32. George Pete 5, living w/family of Dennis Commeau 60 (blacksmith) & wife Margaret 60. Mary Pete 30 & Margaret Pete 20, living w/John Baldwin 33 (fish merchant) & wife Annie 27. [Jacques 11 - ?]
- 1891 Durham, Restigouche, NB: Joseph Albear 24 factory laborer & wife Margaret 21, Mary 5, Margaret 2, Joseph 1, Josephine 2 months, lodger James Peete 18 mill man.
- Contributed by Marc Pitre, Eusebe's 2 x great-grandson: Eusebe Pitre's wife Elizabeth Doucet died when their last child George was born in 1873. Apparently, Eusebe fled to the USA and George was brought up and adopted by Elizabeth's family (1881 census shows George is living with Dennis & Marguerite Comeau.) George took the name of Comeau during the years prior to his own marriage in 1898, but he married using his real name of Pitre. After Eusebe left for the States, the last word the family had was that he died getting robbed for the few dollars he had in his pockets.
Obituary: Biddeford Saco Journal (Biddeford, ME), Monday, 18 November 1895: Bangor, Me., Nov. 18 - Isaac Peat of Brewer, a hermit, aged 70, was found dead in his camp yesterday afternoon. He was a native of Miramichi, N.B.
- Evening Express (Portland, ME), Monday, 18 November 1895: Brewer, Me., Nov. 18 - Isaac Peat, a Frenchman, who lived alone in a camp near here was found dead Sunday afternoon. He was partially dressed and apparently had died in the morning from heart disease. He was over 70 years old and came from Mirimachi, N.B.
- Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor, ME), Monday, 18 November 1895: Hermit Found Dead - Isaac Peat, a Frenchman, who has led the life of a hermit for many years, was found dead in his camp in the edge of the woods off the Green Point road in Brewer Sunday afternoon by Mr. Eli King, on whose land the man was allowed to live. Mr. King happened to go to the camp about 3 and to his horror found him dead in his chair. He was dressed in his underclothes and had probably died in the morning. The camp presented an awful spectacle. Coroner S. A. Hall was called but he deemed an inquest unnecessary as death was doubtless due to heart trouble, there being no evidence of foul play except a cut over one eye. Peat was over 70 years old and had lived there over three years. He was formerly of Mirimachi, N.B., it is said, but has tramped and lived alone for many years. His remains were taken to the house of James St. Peters in South Brewer. It is not known whether he has a family anywhere.
- L'Impartial (PEI), Thursday, 28 November 1895: Death of an Acadian Hermit - Monday night's newspapers announced the death of 'Isaac Peat' arriving at a camp in Brewer, Maine where his body was found by passers-by. The dispatches say that 'Isaac Peau' is a native of Miramichi. We think we can say the person mentioned above is none other than Eusebe Pitre, from Bathurst, who left this parish, 5 or 6 years ago, to go on foot to the United States. The man at that time had an attack of mental alienation. He arrived in Brewer 2 months after his departure from Bathurst, according to a report that appeared a month ago in one of the American newspapers. Pitre lived like a hermit in the middle of a plain not far from Brewer, Maine. He led a miserable life, thought himself to be pursued by the demon, and he himself recounted that in the middle of the night he often received the visit of his satanic majesty and that he chased him with a rifle. He did not work and the charitable people of his neighborhood did not let him miss the necessities of life. He died at the age of 70. He leaves several children, including a very well married daughter, it is said, in St. Jean, N.B., and who, for two months, had research done for her --- father. Courrier des Prov. Mar.
- Le Moniteur Acadien (NB), 25 Nov 1895; Courier from the Maritime Provinces: Eusebius Pitre "Death of Isaac Peat in Brewer, Maine, in a camp... from Miramichi. This is Eusebius Pitre of Bathurst... lived like a hermit... thought he was being pursued by the devil... died at 70... leaves many children including a daughter married in St. John's, NB."
* To Monsignor Robichaud: Letter from Ernestine LeBlanc, Robertville, NB, 8 January 1988: Have you heard that there was a murder in Ste-Louise around 1890? It was my uncle John Pitre of Dunlop who told me this: Around 1935 old Isaie Duguay told me that my grandfather Eusebe Pitre lived alone in the wood behind Ste-Louise with a big guard dog. Everyone said that Eusebius had gold hidden in his hut. One day a visitor found him murdered. The big dog had also been killed."
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), online death registrations (1888-1919).
- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 8 August 2024.