George Pitre
1876 Portneuf, Quebec - 1949 Lowell, Massachusetts
Continuation of tree (11th child of Joseph Narcisse Pitre/Marie Virginie Frenette); all known surname descendants:
7 George Pitre b: 27 April 1876 Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs, Portneuf, Portneuf, Quebec; d: 1949 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
+Edith 'Ida' Racine b: May 1880 New York; m: 10 April 1899 Lowell, Middlesex, MA [Stephen/Sarah L'Ecuyer]; d: Aft. 1915
8 George Leo Pitre b: 30 April 1900 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; d: 22 October 1977 Dracut, Middlesex, MA
+Lidia Celina Lizotte b: 27 January 1901 Fall River, Bristol, MA; m: 29 December 1919 Lowell, Middlesex, MA [Joseph/Melina Beausoleil]; d: 27 September 1937 Dracut, Middlesex, MA
*2nd Wife of George Leo Pitre:
+Yvonne J. Ouellette b: 1911 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; m: 1940 Lowell, Middlesex, MA [Dominique Joseph/Laura Gaudette]; d: 31 December 1968 Dracut, Middlesex, MA
*2nd Wife of George Pitre:
+Cecilia -- (Gibson) b: Abt. 1876 Canada; m: Abt. 1927; d: 1946 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
Notes for George Pitre:
Census
- 1900 Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts: --- Racine 40, wife Sarah 38, George 10; daughter Edith 20, husband of 1 year George Pitre 22 (framer/knitter), George infant.
- 1910 Lowell, Middlesex, MA: Leo Peters 10, boarding with his grandmother Sarah Racine 49.
- 1920 Haverhill, Essex, MA: Leo Petters 19 shoemaker/shoe shop, wife Lidia 19, living with his widowed grandmother Sarah Racine 58 and widowed uncle George Racine 32.
- 1930 Framingham, Middlesex, MA: George Peters 51 machinist/carpet mill, wife Celia 48 [Saxonville Village]. In Dracut, Leo Peters 29 collector/credit house & wife Lydia 29, living with his widowed father-in-law Joseph Lizotte 72. Rita Peters 9 & Raymond Peters 8, with their cousin Vivian Bloom 29 and her widowed mother Margaret Bloom 50 in Lowell.
- 1940 Dracut, Middlesex, MA: Widower Leo George Peters 39 collector/installments, Rita 19 typist, Raymond 17, parents George 59 machinist/textile machinery & wife Cecilia 59. [1345 Lakeview Avenue]
Naturalization petition (1902-1906): George Pitre, 19 Lilley Ave., Lowell, MA; b. 27 April 1877 Portneuf, Can.
WWI Registration Record: George Joseph Peters, res. 402 Moody, Lowell, MA; b. 27 Apr 1876; machinist; wife Edith Peters (same address); tall height, stout build, grey eyes & dark hair, right eye gone; Lowell, MA
Obituaries for the children:
George Leo Pitre: Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA), Monday, 24 October 1977: Dracut - Leo G. Peters, 77, widower of Yvonne J. (Ouellette) Peters, of 50 New Boston Road, died Saturday evening at St. John's Hospital. Born in Lowell, he was a son of the late George and Edith (Racine) Peters. He was a communicant of Ste. Therese Church. He was a charter member of the Knights of Columbus Dracut Council 1225; a past president of the Dracut Lions, an honorary member of the Club Lafayette, a member of the Republican National Committee and the Massachusetts Republican Committee; a member of the Lowell Musicians Association, Local 83; a member of the Dracut Senior Citizens; the American Association of Retired Persons and a member of the National Advisory Board of American Security Council. At the time of his death, he was the owner and operator of the Atlas Supply Company of Dracut. Surviving him are a son, Raymond L. Peters of Westminster, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Roger (Rita) Biguld of North Billerica; Mrs. H. Thomas (Joan) Hammond and Miss Susan C. Peters of Dracut; a step-brother, Joseph Gibson of West Wareham, Mass.; also nine grandchildren.
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Last updated: 9 March 2022.