George Alexis 'Hector' Pitre

1903 Campbellton, New Brunswick – 1967 St. John, New Brunswick

 

 

Continuation of tree (5th child of George 'Alexander' Pitre/Marie Marcelline Boudreau); all know surname descendants:

                  9        George Alexis 'Hector' Pitre  b: 8 February 1903  Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: 5 July 1967  St. John, St. John, NB

                               +Ruth Lena McMillan  b: 24 November 1907  Grand Falls, Victoria, NB; m: 1 September 1925  Andover, Victoria, NB [Alfred Douglas/Sarah Mildred Ryan]; d: 1997

                          10       Donald Arthur Peters  b: 25 October 1926  Grand Falls, Victoria, NB; d: 8 May 1998  Lake Havasu City, Mohave, AZ

                                         +Marion Hannah Carter  b: 25 May 1933  Stouffville, York, ONT; m: 30 September 1950  Brougham, ONT [Franklin B./Florence M. Thompson]; d: 18 December 2004  Lake Havasu City, Mohave, AZ

                          10       Clayton Alexander Peters  b: 28 March 1928  Grand Falls, Victoria, NB; d: 28 March 1988  Huntington Beach, Orange, CA

                                        +unknown spouse    m: 23 August 1952  Hamilton, ONT

                          10       Frederick Allen Peters  b: 1 April 1930  Grand Falls, Victoria, NB; d: 21 December 1951  Truro, Colchester, NS  (automobile accident)

                          10       Walbert Peters

                          10       Norman Peters

                          10       Mildred Peters

                          10       Harvey Peters  b: Abt. 1940  Grand Falls, Victoria, NB

                                        +Deborah Lynn McCluskey  b: Abt. 1951  Perth, Victoria, NB; m: 18 June 1971  Grand Falls, Victoria, NB [Gerard/Grace Hudson]

 

Notes for George Alexis 'Hector' Pitre:

Census

- 1911

 

- 1921 

 

- 1931 Grand Falls, Victoria-Carleton, New Brunswick:  Hector Peters 28 labourer/odd jobs, wife Ruth 22, Donald 4, Clayton 3, Frederick 1.

 

Naturalization intent records: Portland, ME:  Alexander George Hector Peters, age 22, carpenter, 5'4", 127 lbs., dark brown hair & brown eyes; b. Campbellton, NB 9 Feb 1901, now reside in Van Buren, ME; emigrated from Garnd Falls by car 12 July 1923; single.

 

Tombstone Inscription, Pine Hill Cemetery, Grand Falls, NB:  PETERS / Hector Peters / 1903 - 1967 / his wife / Ruth McMillan / 1907 - 1997

 

Obituaries for the children:

Frederick Allan Peters:  (unknown paper)  A brutal highway accident, near Stewiacke, N.S., has taken the lives of five young Navy men and brought Christmas sadness to widely-separated Canadian homes.  Included in the five was AB. Fred Allan Peters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Peters, of Grand Falls.  The others were: OS. Gordon David Ryan, 18, Vancouver; OS. Jack Michaley, 21, Rossland, B.C.; Brockville Willette MacLaren, 19, whose widow is stationed with the 3650 W.A.F. Squadron at Sampson Air Base, Geneva, N.Y. and OS. Sandborne Smith, 19, Lennoxville, Que.  MacLaren was instantly killed when the coupe collided with a truck at the brow of a hill Friday night.  The others died in hospital the same night.  The two occupants of the truck, residents of Elmsdale, N.S., were injured slightly.  Peters is survived by his parents; five brothers, Donald, Clayton and Walbert, all of Hamilton, Ont., and Harvey and Norman, at home, and one sister, Mildred, at home.  An inquest began at Truro, N.S., on Saturday into the deaths of the five ratings killed when their coupe smashed head-on into a truck near Stewiacke, on the Halifax highway.  The inquest was adjourned on January 4th, after three witnesses gave evidence.  Two of the witnesses were Navy men, who identified the dead, and the third was Dr. Seymour MacKenzie, Jr. of Truro, who said all the men died from fractures of the skull.  Reports said the bodies were badly mangled.  It took nearly an hour of cutting and prying the twisted wreckage of the car to free two of the bodies.  The 18-foot-long car was telescoped to a length of 12 feet.

Tombstone Inscription, Pine Hill Cemetery, Grand Falls, NB:  14514H  AB / Frederick A. Peters / R C N / died 21 Dec. 1951

 

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.

- Deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938).

 

Last updated:  7 October 2025.