Continuation of tree (4th child of John 'Janvier' Peters/Julia Daigle); all known surname descendants:
7 Felix Peters b: 16 October 1833 Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 22 January 1904 Rollo Bay, PEI [bur. 24 January 1904]
+ Margaret Daigle b: 6 February 1839 Rollo Bay, PEI; m: 28 January 1861 Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 17 January 1904 Rollo Bay, PEI [bur. 19 January 1904]
8 Frederick Peters b: 4 April 1862 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: Abt. 1862 Rollo Bay, PEI
8 Joseph 'Robert' Peters b: 14 August 1863 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 1 November 1891 Gloucester, Essex, MA (accidentally killed)
8 Philomen Peters b: 6 October 1865 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: Aft. 1901
8 Edward Peters b: 9 December 1867 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 18 April 1944 Charlottetown, PEI
+ Sophia Burke b: 15 August 1870 Rollo Bay, PEI; m: 28 June 1892 Rockport, Essex, MA [Placide E./Lucy Daigle]; d: 19 January 1956
8 Mary Jane Peters b: 17 October 1869 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 1951
+ Louis Carpenter b: 27 May 1857 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; m: 14 July 1891 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI [Joseph/Julia Leblanc]; d: 1923
8 John F. Peters b: 12 July 1873 St. Mary, Souris, PEI; d: 6 July 1893 Gardner, Worcester, MA
8 Juliane Peters b: 16 December 1876 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 1951
+ John Andrew MacDonald b: 4 February 1867 PEI; m: Abt. 1902 [Roderick/Lillian Chiasson]; d: 1948 Rollo Bay, PEI
8 Felix Andrew Peters b: 22 February 1880 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 18 April 1954
+ Ann Sophia Chiasson b: 27 June 1873 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; m: Abt. 1900 [Lemuel 'Clement'/Anne MacDonald]; d: 5 May 1940
8 Margaret Olivia Peters b: 31 October 1882 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 12 December 1921 San Rafael, Marin, CA
+ Henry Stephens Reithenburg b: 16 July 1884 Buffalo, Erie, NY; m: Abt. 1911; d: 28 November 1964 Oakland, Alameda, CA
Notes for Felix Peters:
Census
- 1861 PEI, Lot 44, Rollo Bay: John Peters 61, wife Julia Daigle 60, John 17, son Felix Peters 28, wife Margaret Daigle 22.
- 1871 census not extant
- 1881 PEI, Lot 44, Rollo Bay: Felix Peters 45 (farmer), wife Margaret 40,
Joseph 17, Philemean 15, Edward 13, Mary J. 11, John 7, Julia 4, Felix A. 1.
- 1891 PEI, Lot 44H: Felix Peters 56 (farmer), wife Margaret 51, Joseph
27, Philomen 25, Edward 23, Mary Jane 21, John 17, Mary Ann 14, Andrew 11, Olive
M. 8.
- 1901 PEI, Lot 44H1: Felix Peters 67, Margaret 61, Philomene 35, Julia
24, Olive M. 18; son Edward 33, wife Sophia 31, Mary M. 7, Lucy A. 5, Sophia G.
3, Joseph I. 4 months.
Tombstone Inscription:
St. Alexis Cemetery, Rollo Bay, PEI: Father / Felix Peters / died /
Jan. 22, 1904 / aged 70 years / Mother / Margaret Deagle / died / Jan. 17, 1904
/ aged 64 years / their sons / Robert J. / died Nov. 1, 1891 / aged 28 years /
John F. / died July 6, 1893 / aged 20 years
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph 'Robert' Peters: Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Monday, 2 November 1891: The man run over and killed last evening by the cars at the depot in Gloucester has been recognized as Joseph R. Peters, a carpenter in the employ of Maddox Brothers and belonging in Rollobay, P.E.I.
Margaret Olivia Peters: San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA), Tuesday, 13 Dec 1921: Reithenburg - In San Rafael, December 12, 1921, Margaret Olive, beloved wife of Henry S. Reithenburg, and devoted mother of Margaret Anna, Mary Olive and Henry Reithenburg Jr., a native of Prince Edward Island, Canada, aged 39 years. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Wednesday, December 14, 1921, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. at St. Raphael's Church, where a requiem mass will be said for the repose of her soul. Interment, Mount Olivet Cemetery. Friends may call at the F. E. Sawyer Co's parlors, San Rafael, Cal.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Massachusetts items in RED from online records.
- Some PEI marriages in RED (no church indicated) sourced from marriages registers (no parents listed).
Last updated: 16 October 2022.