Firmin Pitre

1837 Rustico, PEI – after 1911 New Brunswick

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Daniel Pitre/Isabelle Arseneau); all known surname descendants:

              7     Firmin Pitre  b: 11 July 1837  Rustico, PEI; d: Bet. 1911-1921  Newcastle, Northumberland, NB

                              +Brigitte Arseneau  b: 15 June 1842  Rustico, PEI; m: 17 May 1864  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: 3 June 1922  Millbank, Newcastle, Northumberland, NB

                        8          Marie Madeleine Pitre  b: 29 November 1865  Matapedia, Quebec; d: Aft. 1881  

                        8          Isabelle Pitre  b: 20 December 1867  Matapedia, Quebec; d: Aft. 1881

                        8          Appolline Pitre  b: 2 March 1870  Matapedia, Quebec; d: Aft. 1881 

                        8          Agnes Obeline Pitre  b: 19 January 1872  St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec; d: 10 August 1923  Canaan, Moncton, St. Paul, Kent, NB

                                         +Eugene Bernard  b: 14 September 1872  Ste. Marie de Mont Carmel, Kent, NB; m: 19 January 1896  Chelsea, Suffolk, MA [Israel/Marie Cormier]; d: 21 September 1916  St. Paul, Kent, NB  (shot accidentally by another man)

                        8          Joseph Cyrille Pitre  b: 29 November 1873  St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec; d: 9 November 1918  St. Isidore, Gloucester, NB

                                         +Genevieve Goulet  b: October 1875  St. Isidore, Gloucester, NB; m: 7 January 1908  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB [John/Genevieve ---]; d: 8 February 1918  St. Isidore, Gloucester, NB

                        8          John Albert Petrie  b: 12 December 1875  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: 10 July 1951  Dixfield, Oxford, ME

                                         +Charlotte Madeline Arseneault  b: 10 January 1879  Bloomfield, PEI; m: 15 February 1909  Rumford, Oxford, ME [Joseph/Mary Gaudet]; d: 20 January 1947  Dixfield, Oxford, ME

                        8          James Edmund Petrie  b: 2 October 1877  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: 20 November 1924  Mill Bank, Newcastle, Northumberland, NB

                        8          Anna Josephine Petrey  b: 15 March 1882  St. Michael, Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: 9 April 1922  Millbank, Newcastle, Northumberland, NB

                        8          Thomas Cornelius Pitre  b: 15 January 1885  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB

                                         +Catherine Eva Lawlor  b: 12 February 1891  St. Laurent, Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec; m: 22 November 1910  St. Laurent, Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec [Daniel/Mary Ann Haley]

                        8          Alexander Petrie  b: 22 August 1889  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: Aft. 1911

 

 

Notes for Firmin Pitre:

Census

- 1871 Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec:  Firmain Pitre 33 (farmer/merchant), wife Brigitte 28, Marie Magdelaine 5, Isabelle 3, Apoline 2.

- 1881 Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick:  Fairman Petre 40 (mason), Bridget 38, Mary 15, Isabella 13, Avline 11, Agnes 9, Cyrus 7, John 5, James 3.


- 1891 Newcastle, Northumberland, NB:  Firmin Petre 52 (farmer), wife Bridget 47, Bella 23, Agnes 19, Cyrial 17, John 15, James 13, Annie 9, Thomas 6, Alexander 1.

- 1901 Newcastle, Northumberland, NB:  Fermin Petrie 63, wife Bridget 58, Cyrrile 27, James 23, Annie J. 18, Thomas 16, Alexander 11.

- 1911 Newcastle, Northumberland, NB:  Firmin Petrie 74 (retired farmer), wife Bridget 69, James 30 (farmer), Alexander 22 (mason), Annie 29, granddaughter Clara Bernard 11.

 

- 1921 Newcastle, Northumberland, NB:  James Petrie 41 farmer, sister Annie 39, widowed mother Bridget 78, nephew Henry Bernard 14

 

World War I registration records (sons):

John Albert Petrie:  John Albert Petrie; Oxford,12 Sep 1918; b. 12 Dec 1875 (naturalized citizen); Madeleine (wife); works in paper mill; medium height, medium build; blue eyes & brown hair; part of 5th finger of left hand gone.

 

Obituaries for the children:

John Albert Petrie:  The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, ME), Wednesday, 11 July 1951:  At Dixfield, July 10, John Albert Petrie.  Funeral services will be held at St. Theresa church, Mexico, Friday at 8:30 A.M.  Friends may call at the residence of his son, Leo Petrie, 89 Main Street, Ridlonville, Wednesday after 3 P.M.  Interment St. John's cemetery.

Tombstone Inscriptions, St. John's Cemetery, Rumford, ME:  John A. Petrie / 1875 / 1951 / husband of / Madeline / Arsenault (reverse) Madeline / Arsenault / 1879 / 1947 / wife of / John A. Petrie

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries. 

- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1963), death registrations online (1888-1919).

- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)

 

Last updated:  29 September 2023.