Continuation of tree (3rd child of Francois Xavier Pitre/Caroline Faubert); all known surname descendants:
8 Francois 'George'* Pitre b: 21 August 1867 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE; d: 30 April 1948 Bay City, Bay, MI
+Antoinette Prieur b: 30 December 1877 Hampton, Bay, MI; m: 22 August 1893 Essexville, Bay, MI [Leon/Alexandrine Meunier]; d: 5 July 1955 Bay City, Bay, MI
9 Amelia Pitre b: 25 May 1894 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 13 June 1976 Bay City, Bay, MI
+Emil Alfrey Leonard b: 15 April 1892 Bay City, Bay, MI; m: 19 June 1915 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Edward/Anna ---]; d: 21 May 1963 Bay City, Bay, MI
9 Frederick Joseph Pitre b: 19 December 1895 Hampton, Bay, MI; d: 11 August 1958 Essexville, Bay, MI
+Mary Louise Toutant b: 5 July 1897 Williams, Bay, MI; m: 15 June 1925 Essexville, Bay, MI [Hilarion Joseph /Melina Charron]; d: 27 July 1982 Huntington, WV
9 Flora Mary Pitre b: 29 October 1897 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 20 May 1907 Bay City, Bay, MI
9 George Joseph Pitre b: 24 February 1900 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 14 December 1989 Scottsdale, Maricopa, AZ
+Mary S. Taverne b: 27 July 1902 France; m: 15 May 1928 Essexville, Bay, MI [Ernest/Sophie Lefevre]; d: 18 March 1997 Scottsdale, Maricopa, AZ
9 Wilfred Michael Pitre b: 22 January 1902 Reese, Tuscola, MI; d: 29 September 1964 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Corine Gagner b: 12 July 1892 Essexville, Bay, MI; m: 12 October 1925 Essexville, Bay, MI [Charles/Delima Ouellette]; d: 5 March 1944 Kawkawlin, Bay, MI
*2nd Wife of Wilfred Michael Pitre:
+Edith May Pelcher (Borden) b: 11 January 1894 Oscoda, MI; m: 25 June 1946 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Charles E./Anna LaFlamme]; d: 23 September 1951 Detroit, Wayne, MI
*3rd Wife of Wilfred Michael Pitre:
+Marie Warnick (Weatherred, Partridge) b: 20 May 1901 New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ; m: 20 December 1952 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Sam/Katherine Jerome]; d: 30 September 1982 Colfax, Huron, MI
9 Leona Mary Pitre b: 28 February 1905 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 9 July 1995 Bangor, Bay, MI
+Ward William Sheck b: 30 June 1900 Essexville, Bay, MI; m: 9 May 1922 Essexville, Bay, MI [George/Lydia Miller]; d: 21 February 1944 Midland City, Midland, MI
9 Beulah J. Pitre b: 8 September 1913 Auburn, Bay, MI; d: 13 October 2004 Essexville, Bay, MI
+Harold Paul Kramer b: 9 January 1905 Bay City, Bay, MI; m: 23 August 1952 Essexville, Bay, MI [August/Elizabeth Repp]; d: 12 June 1993 Tawas City, Iosco, MI
9 Edward Joseph Pitre b: 28 July 1916 Essexville, Bay, MI; d: 6 January 1980 Midland, Midland, MI
+Geraldine Louise Wilcox b: 21 November 1919 Bay City, Bay, MI; m: 26 April 1941 Bay City, Bay, MI [Hugh J./Victoria Chesney]; d: 29 November 1949 Bay City, Bay, MI (childbirth)
*2nd Wife of Edward Joseph Pitre:
+Florence Clara Birch (Gillman) b: 9 September 1915 Auburn, Bay, MI; m: 9 September 1950 Bay City, Bay, MI [Bert/Martha Gibas]; d: 5 August 1988 Bay City, Bay, MI
9 Marian Catherine Pitre b: 18 August 1918 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 23 January 2007 Essexville, Bay, MI
+Ernest F. Dansereau b: 25 January 1920 Essexville, Bay, MI; m: 28 September 1946 St. John's, Essexville, Bay, MI [Ernest/Marie G. Vallier]; d: 28 February 1968 Bay City, Bay, MI
*2nd Husband of Marian Catherine Pitre:
+Leo Ramond Fournier b: 30 June 1915 Beaver, MI; m: 1 February 1973 Essexville, Bay, MI; d: 23 March 1992 Essexville, Bay, MI
Notes for Francois 'George' Pitre*:
- Placing George Pitre has been very difficult. Finding his marriage record has still not resolved all my questions. The Michigan marriage returns have his marriage listed as George Petre (Frank/Caroline Fobert), age 24, b. Canada, married to Antoinette Prieur (Leon/Alexandrine Meuner), age 17, b. Canada. Marriage was 22 August 1893 in Essexville, Bay, MI. Witnesses were Jeff Pitre (of Bay City) & Nora Prieur.
- His brother Joseph Sigefroy Pitre married in 1898 at Valleyfield, Quebec and is found there in the 1901 census. Joseph Sigefroy is listed in the border crossings at Malone, New York in 1910 as Geoffroy Pitre 36 with wife Mary Louise 35, and nearest relative from own country is mother Caroline F. Pitre of Valleyfield.
- Believe the marriage witness Jeff Pitre is brother Sigefroy. A Francois Pitre is witness at Sigefroy's marriage.
- George is in the Michigan censuses of 1900 (age 30), 1920 (age 53), and 1930 (age 64), and claims to have immigrated to America in variously 1885, 1887 & 1890; and to have married at age 26 which would put his birth at 1866/7.
- This leaves George as either an unrecorded twin of Onfroid or more likely George = Francois.
Census
- Emigrated 1885.
- 1900 Williams, Bay, Michigan: George Pitre 30 (farmer), wife of 7 years Atnett 23, Amelia 6, Fredie 4, Flora 2, George 2 months.
- 1910:
- 1920 Essexville, Bay, MI: George Pitre 53 (laborer), wife Antoinette 43, Fred 24 (retail merchant), George Jr. 20 (grocery store mgr.), Wilfrid 18 (laborer), Lena 15 (machine operator), Beulah 6, Edward 3 years 5 months, Marian 1 year 4 months.
- 1930 Essexville, Bay, MI: George Petrie 64, wife Antinette 52; boarder William Dushane 59.
- 1940 Essexville, Bay, MI: George Pitre 75 [$1600 house value], wife Antonette 63, Beulah 26 clerk/general store, Edward 23 new worker, Marion 21 clerk/retail dept. store.
- 1950 Bay City, Bay, MI: Ernest F. Dansereau 30 tool & dye maker/auto parts factory, wife Marianne 31, Roxanne M. (Aug), widowed mother-in-law Antoinette Pitre 73.
Misc.: Bay City Times (MI), 31 August 1922: Delightful Afternoon - Mrs. George Pitre, of 314 Woodside avenue, entertained a group of friends at her home one afternoon, the first part of the week, for the pleasure of Miss A.M. Dore and Mrs. Ward Sheck. Games and music provided the amusement. A dainty luncheon was served at the close of the afternoon.
Obituary: The Bay City Times Extra (Bay City, MI), Sunday, 2 May 1948: Essex Lumberman Dies at Home - Tuesday Rites set for George Pitre, Sr., 81: Funeral services for George Pitre, Sr., 81, retired lumberman and longtime resident of Essexville, who died Friday evening at his residence, 2225 Woodside avenue, after a short illness, will be held Tuesday morning. The Rev. Fr. Raphel Greven will conduct services at 8:15 o'clock at the Trahan Funeral chapel, and at 9 o'clock at St. John's church, Essexville. Burial will be in St. Patrick's cemetery. Born in Valleyfield, Canada, July 12, 1866, he had lived in Essexville for 60 years. He married the former Miss Antoinette Prieur, who survives him, at St. John's church Aug. 22, 1893. Survivors include, beside his widow, four sons, Fred and George, Jr., both of Essexville, Edward and Wilfred, both of Bay City; four daughters, Miss Beulah Pitre and Mrs. Ernest Dansereau, Jr., both at home, Mrs. Leona Sheck, of Bay City, and Mrs. Emil Leonard, of Kawkawlin; three sisters, Mrs. Jenny Mitchell and Mrs. Roberta Fortine, both of Montreal, and Mrs. Georgianna Lemieux, of Detroit; two brothers, John and Raoul, both of Montreal; 16 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, MI: Pitre / Antoinette / 1876 - 1955 / mother / George, Sr. / 1866 - 1948 / father
Notes for Antoinette Prieur:
Obituary: The Bay City Times Extra (Bay City, MI), Wednesday, 6 July 1955: Pitre - Mrs. Antoinette Pitre, lifelong Bay county resident, died at Mercy hospital Tuesday afternoon following a short illness. She lived at 1400 Green avenue. Born in Hampton township Dec. 30, 1875, she was a member of Essexville St. John church and the League of Catholic Women. Survivors include her husband George; four daughters, Mrs. Emil Leonard, Mrs. Leona Sheck, Mrs. Harold Kramer, and Mrs. Ernest Dansereau, all of Bay City; four sons, Fred and George, of Essexville, Wilfred, of Detroit, and Edward, of Bay City; five sisters, Mrs. Nettie Fisk and Mrs. Wilfred Leonard, both of Essexville, Mrs. Polly Croteau, of Detroit, and Mrs. Josephine Marsrow and Mrs. Donelda Moquin, both of Bay City; 17 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. The body is at Trahan Funeral home. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 8:15 o'clock at the funeral home and at 9 at St. John church. The Rev. Fr. H. H. Hietpas will be celebrant of the requiem mass. The Rev. Frs. F. B. McHugh and Quentin Boelhower will be deacon and sub-deacon. Burial will be in St. Patrick cemetery. [Correction in 7 July issue: Her husband, George, preceded her in death.]
World War I registration records (sons):
George Joseph Pitre: George Joseph Pitre; Bay, MI; born 24 Feb 1900; Antoinette Pitre; medium height, medium build; brown eyes & brown hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Amelia Pitre: The Bay City Times (Bay City, MI), Tuesday, 15 June 1976: Leonard, Amelia M., No. 2 Brady Court - Mrs. Amelia M. Leonard died Sunday, June 13, 1976, at Bay Medical Care Facility following a lingering illness. She was the widow of Emil A. Leonard, who preceded her in death in May 1963. Mrs. Leonard was a member of St. Joseph's Church; its St. Anne Society; Daughters of Isabella; and the League of Catholic Women. She is survived by one daughter and two sons: Mrs. Jack (Lois) O'Farrell; Fred J. Leonard; and Edward G. Leonard; 18 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three sisters: Mrs. Ward (Leona) Sheck; Mrs. Beulah Kramer; and Mrs. Leo (Marion) Fournier; and two brothers: George and Edward Pitre. Funeral services will take place Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. in the W. A. Trahan Funeral Chapel, and at 9:00 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church. Rev. Fr. Stanley J. Trahan will officiate, and interment will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Daughters of Isabella will participate in a prayer service to be led by Father Trahan at the funeral chapel Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Friends may call at the W. A. Trahan Funeral Chapel today until 9:30 p.m., and on Wednesday after 8:00 a.m.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, MI: LEONARD / Edward C. / 1919 - 1977 / Amelia M. / 1894 - 1976 / Emil A. / 1892 - 1963
Frederick Joseph Pitre: The Bay City Times Extra (Bay City, MI), Monday, 11 August 1958: Fred J. Pitre Rites Thursday, Meat Dealer was ill three months: Fred J. Pitre, 62, owner of the Pitre Meat Market in Essexville, died early today at his home, 303 Borton avenue, Essexville, after a three-month illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 8:15 o'clock at the W. A. Trahan Funeral chapel, and at 9 o'clock at Essexville St. John church, the Rev. Fr. G. H. Hietpas officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick cemetery. Born in Essexville December 19, 1895, he was a long-time operator of his own meat market. He had also served as a Grand Knight of the Essexville council of Knights of Columbus. He was a member of St. John church. Survivors include his widow, Mary Louise; three daughters, Sister Frederick Mary, DOM, of Grand Rapids, Mrs. David O'Neil, of New Orleans, La., and Mrs. Dennis McLoughlin, of Boston, Mass.; one son, Paul, of Essexville. Other survivors are four sisters, Mrs. Emil Leonard, Mrs. Leona Sheck, Mrs. Harold Kramer, and Mrs. Ernest Dansereau, all of Bay City; three brothers, George, of Essexville, Edward, of Bay City, and Wilfred, of Detroit; and three grandchildren. The body is at the chapel.
George Joseph Pitre: The Bay City Times (MI), Saturday, 16 December 1989: George Joseph Pitre, 89, Scottsdale, Arizona, formerly of Midland, retired Dow Chemical worker, died Thursday. Services are scheduled Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Daniel Catholic Church in Scottsdale. Messinger Mortuary in Scottsdale is handling arrangements.
Wilfred Michael Pitre: The Bay City Times (MI), Wednesday, 30 September 1964: Pitre - Wilfred M. Pitre, 62, died in his Detroit home Tuesday. He had been ill for two years. He was born Jan. 22, 1902 in Bay City and had lived in Essexville until 1952 when he moved to Detroit. He had been a machinist. Surviving are his widow, Marie; a son, Donald, Essexville; a step-daughter, Virginia Pacific, Detroit; four sisters, Mrs. Amelia Leonard, Mrs. Leona Scheck, Mrs. Beulah Kramer and Mrs. Marion Dansereau, all of Bay City; two brothers: George, Essexville, and Edward, Bay City; and three grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Edward and Fred Leonard, Hubert Pitre, Lawrence Ayotte, Lorraine Smith and Theodore Kochanny. Funeral services will be 9 a.m. Friday in the W. A. Trahan Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery. The body will be at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, MI: Wilfred M. Pitre / 1902 - 1964 / Father // Corine Pitre / 1892 - 1944 / Mother
Leona Mary Pitre: The Bay City Times (MI), Monday, 10 July 1995: Sheck, Leona M., Bay City, Michigan - Passed away early Sunday evening at the Bay Shores Nursing Home. Age 90 years. Leona Pitre was born February 28, 1905 in Bay City and had been a lifelong resident. She was employed as a sales clerk for many years by the Sam's Department Store prior to her retirement. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church, The St. Anne's Society and The League of Catholic Men & Women. She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Lillian Morris and her husband, John, of Livonia, MI, Rosemary Sheck of Bay City and Charlotte Dark of East Aurora, New York; ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; also two sisters survive: Beulah Kramer and Marian Fournier, both of Essexville, MI. The Funeral Mass and Committal Service will be conducted by Fr. John Marini at 12:00 noon at St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Wednesday, preceded by prayers at the Hyatt-Ewald Funeral Home at 11:30 A.M. The family will be present to receive visitors at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-5 and 7-9 P.M. and on Wednesday after 10:00 A.M. The Rosary will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. by the St. Anne's Society. The family request that those people considering memorials, to please consider St. Joseph's Church. A private interment will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Beulah J. Pitre: The Bay City Times (MI), Friday, 15 October 2004: Kramer, Beulah J., Bay City, Michigan - Passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2004, at Bay Medical Care Facility at the age of 91. Beulah was born September 8, 1913 in Auburn to the late George and Antoinette (Prieur) Pitre. She was married to Harold Kramer, he preceded her in death. Beulah was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, a former member of its Altar Society and the League of Catholic Women and Men. She was the housekeeper at St. John for several years. Surviving are her sister Marian Fournier of Essexville; many nieces and nephews including special nephew Noel and Kathy Dansereau of Bay City, and two special nieces Mary Lynn and Jay Pearsall, and Sr. Roxanne Dansereau OP, all of Essexville. Besides her husband and her parents, Beulah was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters. The Funeral Mass will take place 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 16, 2004 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Rev. Fr. Thomas J. McNamara will officiate with Rite of Committal to follow in St. Patrick Cemetery. Friends may call at the Stapish Cederberg Funeral Home East on Friday from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m., where a Vigil Service will take place at 7:00 p.m. Beulah will lie in state at church on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of Mass. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church or the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids. The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to the staff of Bay Medical Care Facility for the loving care shown to Beulah. Stapish-Cederberg Funeral Home, Essexville.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, MI: Beloved sister & aunt / Beulah J. Kramer / Sept. 8, 1913 / Oct. 13, 2004
Edward Joseph Pitre: The Bay City Times (Bay City, MI), Monday, 7 January 1980: Edward J. Pitre - Mr. Pitre, 63, 511 Webb Drive, died Sunday in Midland. He was born July 28, 1916 in Bay City. He is survived by his wife, Florence. Services will be Wednesday.
Marian Catherine Pitre: The Bay City Times (MI), Thursday, 25 January 2007: Fournier, Marian C. - Essexville, Michigan - Beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Brian's House, surrounded by family at the age of 88. Marian was born August 18, 1918 in Detroit to the late George and Antoinette (Prieur) Pitre. She was married to Ernest Dansereau who predeceased her in 1968, and then to Leo Fournier who preceded her in death in 1992. Marian was the owner of the Bay Machine Tool Company. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, its Altar Society, the League of Catholic Women and Men, and the Knights of Columbus Council 2740 Ladies Auxiliary. Surviving are three children: Sr. Roxane Dansereau O.P. of Bay City, Noel (Kathy) Dansereau of Bay City, and Mary Lynn (Jay) Pearsall of Essexville; her step-daughters Mary Lee Roddy, and Elaine (Ray) Face; 7 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Marian was preceded in death by her children Richard, Harold F., and Geralyn Dansereau, her brothers Fred, George, Wilfred, and Edward Pitre, and her sisters Amelia Leonard, Leona Sheck and Beulah Kramer. The Funeral Liturgy will take place 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 27, 2007 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Rev. Fr. Dale A. Orlik and Rev. Fr. Michael H. Wolf will co-celebrate with Rite of Committal to follow in St. Patrick Cemetery. Friends may call at the Stapish Cederberg Funeral Home East on Friday from 2:00 until 8:00 p.m., where a Vigil for the Deceased will take place at 7:00 p.m. under the direction of Sr. Virginia Scally SNDdeN. Marian will lie in state at church on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of Mass. In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Dominican Order Health Facility in Grand Rapids, the St. John Capital Campaign Fund, or the Special Olympics Area 9. The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to Dr. Sutton and Dr. Yang, as well as the Brian's House staff and volunteers for their loving care and support. Stapish Cederberg Funeral Home, Essexville, Michigan.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, MI: DANSEREAU / Marian C. / 1918 - 2007 / Ernest E. / 1920 - 1968
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