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
Back one generation to parents of Firmin Pitre
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.