Continuation of tree (3rd child of Peter Peete/Eliza LaFontaine); all known surname descendants:
10 Francis Peets b: 12 December 1898 Mooers Forks, Clinton, NY; d: 27 May 1946 Buffalo, Erie, NY
+Jeanne Reandeau b: 12 July 1905 Stafford, Orange, VT; m: 19 September 1929 (1921?) New York [Napoleon/Eugenie Cadorette] (divorced 5 December 1945 Wayne Co., MI - desertion); d: 19 September 1984 Mt. Clemens, Macomb, MI
11 Gloria Doris Peets b: 11 February 1924 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY; d: 14 March 2000 Winter Springs, Seminole, FL
+--- Kitzul m: 1947 Springfield, MA
*2nd Husband of Gloria Doris Peets:
+--- Douglas
Notes for Francis Peets:
Census:
- 1930 Huntingdon, Suffolk, New York (U.S. Veterans Hospital): Frank Peets 33 (mail clerk).
- 1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan: Jeanne Peets 34 (divorced), Gloria D. 16.
Obituary: Tupper Lake Free Press (NY), Thursday, 30 May 1946: Frank Peets, World War I Veteran, Dies In Buffalo Hospital -- Frank Peets, 46, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Peets of this village, died Monday morning at the E.J. Meyer Memorial Hospital in Buffalo, where he had been under treatment for the past six months. The body is being brought to Tupper Lake for funeral services and interment at St. Alphonsus cemetery. He was born at Mooers Forks, the son of Peter and Eliza LaFountain Peets, and came to Tupper Lake as a boy. He was employed at Easthampton, Mass., when World War I broke out, and enlisted at 17, serving three years with a cavalry unit in France and Germany. He was employed at the Sunmount Veterans' Hospital here for several years after his return from overseas, and was married here about 25 years ago to Miss Jeanne Reandeau, who survives. In recent years he had travelled extensively, working on various projects from coast to coast. Surviving, besides his wife, is one daughter, Gloria, residing in Canada; his parents; five brothers, Louis Peets of Ludlow, Mass.; Henry, of Springfield, Mass.; Edward, of Indian Orchard, Mass.; and William and Alex Peets, both of Tupper Lake; four sisters, Mrs. Henry (Alvina) Mayou, Indian Orchard, Mass.; Mrs. Wilfred (Rose) Fontaine, Springfield, Mass.; Mrs. Albert (Nellie) Liberty, Easthampton, Mass.; and Mrs. Leon (Mary) Demars, Tupper Lake.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Tupper Lake, NY: PEETE / Frank / Vermont / Sgt 2 Cav / World War I / Dec. 12, 1898 - May 27, 1946
Notes for Jeanne Reandeau:
Obituary: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Friday, 21 September 1984: Quesnel, Jeanne M. (Peets), Sept. 19, 1984, of Mt. Clemens. Mother of Gloria Douglas of Detroit; sister of George Reandeau of Rochester, NY; grandmother of Stephen Kitzul of North Bay, Ont.; great-grandmother of Scott and Angela Kitzul. Funeral service 10 a.m. Saturday at the Wm. R. Hamilton Co., Groesbeck Chapel, Mt. Clemens. Visitation 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday.
Obituary for the daughter:
Gloria Doris Peets: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL), Friday, 24 March 2000: Gloria D. Douglas, 76, Casa Park Circle, Winter Springs, died Tuesday, March 14. Mrs. Douglas was a nurse's aide. Born in Tupper Lake, N.Y., she moved to Central Florida in 1989. She was Roman Catholic. Survivors: son, Stephen J. Kitzul, Ontario, Canada; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Baldwin-Fairchild Goldenrod-Winter Park Chapel, Winter Park.
Back one generation to parents of Francis Peets
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- New York birth/marriage/death items in RED have come from newspaper obituaries, some marriage announcements, and occasional birth announcements.
Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.
Last updated: 29 November 2021.