Continuation of tree (4th child of Louis Stanislas Pitre/Marie Caroline Lafond); all known surname descendants:
8 George Joseph Peters b: 20 May 1886 Alpena, Alpena, MI; d: 1 May 1955 Libby, Eureka, Lincoln, MT
+Florence Adeline Lafond b: 1 January 1886 Ossineke, Alpena, MI; m: Abt. 1905 [Joseph/Clarabell Celia Shell]; d: 19 March 1965 Toledo, Lucas, OH
9 Joseph Sylvester Stanley Peters (lived as Baumgartner) b: 7 February 1906 Spruce, Alcona, MI; d: 8 May 1966 Monroe, Monroe, MI
+Dorothy A. Snyder b: 20 October 1907 Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; m: 21 November 1923 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Osmond/Elizabeth Engels]; d: 12 August 1992 Luna Pier, Monroe, MI
*2nd wife of George Joseph Peters:
+Myrtle Olive James (Julian, Sunkel) b: 1 September 1885 Alpena, Alpena, MI; m: 9 July 1912 Onaway, Presque Isle, MI [William/Henrietta Rose] (divorced 21 February 1920); d: 22 September 1966 Hot Springs, Sanders, MT
*3rd wife of George Joseph Peters (divorced & remarried):
+Myrtle Olive James (Julian, Sunkel, Peters, Tetrault) b: 1 September 1885 Alpena, Alpena, MI; m: 10 March 1931 Lincoln Co., MT [William/Henrietta Rose]; d: 22 September 1966 Hot Springs, Sanders, MT
Notes for George Joseph Peters:
Census
- 1910 Caledonia, Alcona, Michigan: Earl C. Baumgartner 20 farmer, wife of 1 year Florence 24, step-son Joseph Peters 4, widowed father-in-law Joseph La Fond 63 own income, servant Beatrice DeRosier 15.
- 1920 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California: Widow Caroline Peters 57, Fred E. 37 truck driver/own acct., George J. 34 laborer/lumber yd., Irene 13, Evelyn 28 waitress/restaurant, husband William Dufton 39 repair work/auto fact.
- 1930 Alpena, Alpena, MI: Robert Watson 43 laborer/general, wife Mary 41, brother-in-law Angus Mcgillivary 48 dealer/horses, wife Maude 45, lodger George J. Peters 43 stock keeper/garage.
- 1940 Eureka, Lincoln, Montana: George J. Peters 53 card dealer/club room, wife Myrtle O. 54.
- 1950 Eureka, Lincoln, MT: George J. Peters 6, wife Myrtle O. 64.
World War I registrations: George Joseph Peters, res. Eureka, Lincoln, MT; b. 20 May 1886, lumberman, rel: Myrtle Olive Peters; tall/slender, blue eyes & brown hair; 12 Sept, Libby, MT.
WWII Records: George Joseph Peters, res. Fortine, Lincoln, MT; b. 20 May 1886 Alpena, MI; contact Myrtle O. Peters (same address); 5' 10", 175 lbs., gray eyes & gray hair, light complexion; 27 Apr 1942 Lincoln, MT.
Obituary: Great Falls Tribune (MT), Tuesday, 3 May 1955: Eureka Man dies at Nursing Home: Libby - The body of George Peters, 69, was sent Monday by the Gompf Funeral Home to Eureka for funeral and burial. Peters, a Eureka resident, died in the local nursing home, following a prolonged illness. He is survived by the widow, Myrtle, at the home in Eureka; a brother, Fred E. Peters, Los Angeles, and a sister, Mrs. Evaline Dufton.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Tobacco Valley Cemetery, Eureka, MT: PETERS / Myrtle O. / 1885 - 1966 / George J. / 1886 - 1955
Notes for Florence Adeline Lafond :
Tombstone Inscription, Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, OH: BAUMGARTNER / Florence A. / 1886 - 1965 / Earl C. / 1892 - 1952
Notes for Myrtle Olive James:
- Myrtle was 1st married to Albert John Julian on 13 Nov 1899 in Alpena (divorced 4 Sep 1907), then to William Sunkel on 19 Jan 1909 in Bay City (died 25 Jul 1911). She then married George in 1912. They were divorced in 1920. She then married Joseph J. Tetrault on 8 May 1923 in Eureka (together in 1930 Trego, MT census). She remarried George in 1931.
Divorce Proceedings, 29 Dec 1919: Summation - In a District Court of Flathead, Montana: Myrtle Peters plaintiff vs. George Peters defendant - Myrtle states they were married in Onaway, MI on 9 July 1912, she has now been resident in Montana for more than a year, and is the innocent and injured party. For more than two years, George has failed to provide the "common necessities of life, because of his idleness, profligacy and dissipation. Refusing to work and earn money" for their support "when honorable employment was offered to him, except occasionally and after such times a great part of his earnings were spent at saloons and in dissipation and riotous living." Because of this, Myrtle has been compelled to earn a greater part of her living by working for others, and often she has provided for them both. Myrtle states that "she has often entreated defendant to cease his dissipations and vicious associations, offering to help him to make a home for himself and plaintiff for their declining years, but defendant has turned her away with scorn, and that the defendant without cause finally entirely abandoned plaintiff, and plaintiff does not at this time know his whereabouts." They have no children. George has failed to appear despite a summons being issued & published, and the sheriff is unable to locate him. He may now be in Oregon. Divorce granted 21 Feb 1920.
Back one generation to parents of George Joseph Peters
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Ontario deaths in RED also from tombstone inscriptions.
- Some Ontario births/marriages/deaths in RED from online records.
- Some records in RED from St. Anne, Alpena, MI church records
Last updated: 28 February 2022.