Continuation of tree (3rd child of Victor Peters/Adelaide 'Adele' Petre); all known surname descendants:
8 Frederick Peters b: 18 November 1863 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 14 January 1946 Rollo Bay, PEI
+ Susan McDonald b: 27 July 1870 Souris, PEI; m: 27 August 1890 Pigeon Cove, Rockport, Essex, MA [Francis/Sarah Wilson]; d: 29 August 1961 West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
9 Mary Adeline Peters b: 15 April 1893 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 20 December 1985 Medfield, Norfolk, MA
+ John Charles Vincent Fisher b: 24 July 1891 Tracadie Cross, PEI; m: 25 July 1919 Tracadie, PEI [Charles Francis/Elizabeth Margaret McIntyre]; d: 19 February 1945 West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
9 Edwin Francis Peters b: 2 May 1895 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 15 July 1981 PEI
+ Catherine A. McDonald b: 11 March 1898; m: 30 December 1929 [Joseph A./Flora MacIntyre]; d: 1993
9 Lorne Joseph Peters b: 13 July 1898 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 16 August 1956 West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
+ Winifred Welch b: Abt. 1898 Salem, Essex, MA; m: Abt. 1923; d: 7 July 1971 Old Orchard Beach, York, ME
9 Henriette Mary Peters (aka Sister St. Wenceslaus) b: 10 August 1899 St. Alexis, Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 12 August 1977 Danbury, Fairfield, CT
9 Sarah Ellen 'Zetta' Peters b: 20 April 1902 Rollo Bay Centre, PEI; d: 11 July 2007 Attleboro, Bristol, MA
+ Neil MacDonnell b: 27 May 1904; m: January 1946; d: 11 April 2001 West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
9 Frances Edna Peters b: 2 April 1904 Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 4 October 1988 North York, Toronto, ONT
+ Chester Anthony McGaugh b: 13 June 1904 St. Margaret's, PEI; m: 9 September 1930 PEI [Thomas Frank/Mary Sophia Chaisson]; d: 7 April 1953 Bear River, PEI
9 Frederick Victor Peters b: 5 May 1911 Rollo Bay Centre, PEI; d: Aft. October 1988 Rollo Bay, PEI
+ Margaret C. O'Keefe b: 1911; m: 1936 [Michael/Sadie White]; d: 1945
9 Geraldine Ann Estelle Peters b: 16 July 1914 Rollo Bay, PEI; d: 28 May 2013 Newton, Middlesex, MA
+ Joseph Raymond MacDonald b: 17 January 1913 Boston, Suffolk, MA; m: 7 February 1942 Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 21 February 1945 Iwo Jima (USS Keokuk, WWII, Pacific Theater - status missing; name on Honolulu, Hawaii Monument)
*2nd Husband of Geraldine Ann Estelle Peters:
+ Lawrence Alexander McKinnon b: 10 May 1919 PEI; m: unknown [Frank H./Mary Whelan]; d: 22 August 2000 Dedham, Norfolk, MA
Notes for Frederick Peters:
Census
- 1891 PEI, Lot 44H: Fredrick 27 & wife Susan 20, living with his family.
- 1901 PEI, Lot 44H1: Fred
Peters 37, wife Susan 30, Addie 7, Edwin 5, Lorne 2, Hattie M. 1; his brother
Frank 39, and his parents Victor 73 & Adline 65.
- 1911 PEI, Lot 44, Rollo Bay Centre: Fredrick Peters 47 (farmer), wife
Susan 40, Mary A. 18, Edwin 16, Lorne J. 13, Mary 12, Sarah E. 9, Francis 7,
Frederick V. 1 month.
- 1921 PEI, Rollo Bay Chapel (Lot 44): Frederick Peters 57 farmer, wife Susan 50, Zetta 19 teacher, Edwin 25, Francis 17, Frederic Victor 10, Geraldine 6.
- 1931 Rollo Bay, Rollo Bay Chapel, Kings, PEI: Fredrick Peters 67 farmer, wife Susan 60, Victor 20 farm labourer.
- 1940 PEI
- 1950 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts: Widow Geraldine P. McDonald 35, Raymond G. 7, Lorne J. 4, widowed mother Susan Peters 79.
Notes for Susan McDonald:
Obituary: Boston Traveler (MA), Thursday, 31 August 1961 - Peters - In West Roxbury, the 29th, Susan (nee MacDonald), beloved wife of the late Frederick Peters, mother of Mrs. John C. V. Fisher, Mrs. Lawrence A. McKinnon, Mrs. Neil MacDonnell, Sister St. Wenceslaus of Providence, R.I., and Edwin, Victor, and Mrs. Chester McGaugh of P.E.I. Residence 24 Colbert St. Funeral from the Frederic J. Crosby Funeral Home, on Friday morning at 9:15 to be followed by a Solemn Mass of Requiem in the Holy Name Church at 10 o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours Wednesday 7-9 p.m., Thursday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Interment St. Joseph's. Please omit flowers.
Tombstone Inscription, St.
Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, MA: FISHER / (end) Dr. John C. V. / M.D. /
1891 - 1945 / Mary Adeline / 1893 - 1985 / Susan Peters / 1870 - 1961
Obituaries for the children:
Mary Adeline Peters: Boston Herald (MA), Saturday, 21 December 1985: - Fisher - Of Medfield, December 20, 1985, Mary Adeline (Peters). Wife of the late Dr. John C. V. Fisher. Loving mother of Mrs. Marie Therese Lee of Attleboro, Mrs. Anne McCabe of Medfield and Mrs. Geraldine DiCristina of Littlefield. Sister of Mrs. Zetta MacDonald of West Roxbury, Mrs. Geraldine MacKinnon of Dedham, Mrs. Frances McGaugh of Ontario, Canada and Victor Peters of Rollo Bay, P.E.I., Canada. Also survived by 13 grand- and 3 great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Edward the Confessor Church, Spring Street, Medfield on Monday at 9 AM. Visiting hours at the Roberts-Mitchell Funeral Chapel, 15 Miller Street, Medfield on Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Relatives and friends invited.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, MA: FISHER / (end) Dr. John C. V. / M.D. / 1891 - 1945 / Mary Adeline / 1893 - 1985 / Susan Peters / 1870 - 1961
Lorne Joseph Peters: Boston Herald (MA), Saturday, 18 August 1956: Services today for Lorne Peters of Boston Mutual - Services for Lorne J. Peters, 58, of 8 Alarie St., West Roxbury, agencies sales director for the Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co., will be held today with a 9 a.m. mass at St. Theresa's Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury. Mr. Peters, who died Thursday at his home, was born in Prince Edward Island. He entered the insurance business in the Boston Mutual in 1923, as a field man. He subsequently served as assistant manager in Salem and as district manager in Pawtucket, R.I. Prior to becoming agencies sales director, in 1954, he was assistant superintendent of agencies. He was a member of the Holy Name Society. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Winifred Welch Peters; a daughter, Mrs. Francis Gorham of Portland; a son, James G. of Quincy; two brothers, Edwin and Victor, both of Prince Edward Island; and four sisters, Mrs. Adeline Fisher, Mrs. Zetta McDonald and Mrs. Geraldine McDonnell, all of West Roxbury, and Sister St. Wenceslaus of Chicago.
Henriette Mary Peters: The News Times (Danbury, CT), Sunday, 14 August 1977: Sister Mary H. Peters C.N.D. of the Congregation of Notre Dame Convent, 223 W. Mountain Road, Ridgefield, died at Danbury Hospital Friday after a brief illness. Born in Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Aug. 10, 1899, daughter of the late Frederick and Susan MacDonald Peters, she was professed in 1922 in Montreal, Can. Sister Peters was a schoolteacher in Providence, R.I. and Chicago for about 45 years. She is survived by two brothers, Edwin and Victor Peters, both of Prince Edward Island; and four sisters, Mrs. Adeline Fisher, Mrs. Zetta MacDonnell, Mrs. Frances McGough and Mrs. Geraldine McKinnon, all of the Boston area. Funeral services will be at the Congregation of Notre Dame Convent tomorrow at 5 p.m., with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated by the Rev. George Birge. Friends may call at the convent this evening from 7 to 10 and tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, Danbury, on Tuesday. The Cornell Memorial Home, Danbury, is in charge of arrangements.
Sarah Ellen Peters: Boston Globe (MA), Saturday, 14 July 2007: MacDonnell, Sara "Zetta" Ellen (Peters) - at the age of 105. Sister of Geraldine (Peters) McKinnon formerly of Dedham in Medfield, Aunt to many generations of nieces and nephews including Marie T. Lee of Attleboro, MA, as well as a Great Aunt to great nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, July 16, 2007 at 10:00 AM at St. Mark Roman Catholic Church, 105 Stanley Street, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro. Burial in St. Josephs Cemetery, West Roxbury. Visitation on Sunday from 3:00-5:00 PM in the Memorial Chapel of the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, North Attleboro.
2007:
MACDONNELL - Sara Helen "Zetta" (Peters) of Attleboro Mass. And formerly
of Boston, on July 11th at age 105. Wife of the late Neil MacDonnell.
Born in PEI, the daughter of the late Frederick and Susan (MacDonald) Peters.
Frances Edna Peters: The Toronto Star (Toronto, ONT), Thursday, 6 October 1988: McGaugh, Frances (nee Peters) - At North York General Hospital on Tuesday, October 4, 1988, at the age of 84, Frances, loving wife of the late Chester. Loving mother of Susanne Allen (Hamilton), Tom and his wife Doris (Ottawa), Zita Gallant (Downsview), Margaret Lemieux (Montreal) and her husband Andy, and Earl and his wife Emma (P.E.I.). Lovingly remembered by 16 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Geraldine McKinnon, Zetta MacDonnell (both in the U.S.A.) and Victor Peters (P.E.I.), predeceased by Lorne Peters, Adeline Fisher, Sister Mary Peters and Edwin Peters. Friends may call at the R. S. Kane Funeral Home from Thursday 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Cummer Lodge Chapel followed by cremation. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cummer Lodge or charity of your choice would be appreciated.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Margaret's Cemetery, St. Margaret's, PEI: McGAUGH / In loving memory of / Chester McGaugh / 1904 - 1953 / his wife / Frances E. Peters / 1904 - 1988 / rest in peace
Back one generation to parents of Frederick Peters
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Some items in RED have been verified from combinations of border crossings, naturalization records, military records, tombstone inscriptions, and social security records.
Last updated: 28 August 2025.