Continuation of tree (2nd child of Victor Pitre/Marguerite Leblanc); all known surname descendants:
8 Guillaume Pitre b: 2 December 1886 Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB; d: 25 October 1953 Huntington, Long Island, Suffolk, NY
+Marie Eva Pitre b: 13 October 1897 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 25 November 1913 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [William/Catherine Roy]; d: 1 December 1990 Venice, Sarasota, FL
9 Moses Hector Pitre b: 29 August 1914 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 24 February 1915 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
9 Mary Agatha 'Lillian' Pitre b: 19 April 1916 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 28 August 2003 Venice, Sarasota, FL
+Walton Grey Bowers b: 14 August 1911 Franklin, Pendleton, WV; m: Abt. 1941 [Lucien Edward/Frances Victoria Keister] (divorced 1942 Dade Co., Florida); d: 11 June 2005 Englewood, Sarasota, FL
9 Joseph Francis 'Chestley aka Charles' Pitre b: 5 December 1917 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 12 February 1986 Huntington, Suffolk, NY
+Veronica A. O'Neil b: Abt. 1926; m: Abt. 1948; d: Aft. September 1989
9 Joseph Oswald Pitre b: 15 April 1919 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 25 December 1983 Huntington Station, Suffolk, NY
+Josephine Veronica Brennan b: 13 January 1925; m: 5 June 1944 St. Joseph, King Porte, Long Island, NY; d: 2 February 2015 Huntington Station, Suffolk, NY
Notes for Guillaume Pitre:
Census
- 1911 Bathurst, Gloucester, New Brunswick: William Pitre 24 buildings carpenter, living with brother Theodore Pitre 26 buildings carpenter & his wife Hattie 22, William 1.
- May 1921 Border crossings: William V. Pitre, wife Eva 23, Lily 4, Chesley 3, Mary 1; St. John, NB; age 34, carpenter, b. Bathurst, father Victor; dest Bridgeport, Conn.
- 1930 Glen Cove, Nassau, New York: William Petrie 43 carpenter/house. wife Eva 32, Lillian 13, Chestley 12, Oswald 10.
- 1940 Huntington, Suffolk, New York: William Petrie 54 [$8000 house value] carpenter/building line, wife Eva 43, Lillian 24 waitress/diner; lodgers Joseph Swynow 34 & Walton G. Bauers 29 [266 East Jericho Turnpike]. Chestley Petrie 22 painter/building and brother Ozzie 21 gardener/private estate, also living in Huntington on East Chestnut Drive.
- 1950 South Huntington, Suffolk, NY: William Petrie 63 (sep), 2 lodgers.
- 1950 Huntington, Suffolk, NY: Eva Petrie 52 (sep) housework/restaurant, 5 roomers. Also: Charles Petrie 32 painter/contractors, wife Veronica A. 23, Thomas C. (July). And: Oswald Petrie 30 painter/private home, wife Josephine 25 attendant/state hospital, Barbara 2.
Obituary: The Suffolk County News (Sayville, NY), 30 October 1953 - Missing Man found dead - South Huntington - Missing for 18 hours from the boarding house he owned, William Petrie, 66, of 266 East Jericho Turnpike, was found Monday lying dead near a pile of leaves. Death was attributed to natural causes, probably a heart attack. He had last been seen Sunday afternoon burning the leaves.
Notes for Marie Eva Pitre:
Obituary: Sarasota Herald Tribune (Sarasota, FL), Tuesday, 4 December 1990: Eva Petrie, 93, 1100 block Lemon Bay Drive, Venice, died Dec. 1, 1990. She was born Oct. 13, 1897, in West Bathurst, New Brunswick, and came to this area three years ago from Huntington Station, N.Y. She was a member of St. Hugh's Catholic Church. Survivors include a daughter, Lillian Bowers of Venice, three sisters, Francis Doucet of Cowansville, Quebec, Florence Doucet of Robertville, New Brunswick, and Bertha Holste of West Bathurst, New Brunswick; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services and burial will be in New York, Lemon Bay Funeral Home, Venice Chapel, is in charge.
Obituaries for the children:
Mary Agatha 'Lillian' Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, TI, Gulf Pines Memorial Park, Englewood, Sarasota, FL: BOWERS / Walton G. / 1911 - 2005 / Lillian A. / 1916 - 2003
Joseph Francis 'Chestley aka Charles' Pitre: The Long Islander (Huntington, NY), Thursday, 27 February 1986: Charles Petrie, employed as a professional painter, passed away on Feb. 12 at the age of sixty-eight in Huntington Hospital. He was a Huntington resident. Mr. Petrie is survived by his wife, Veronica (O'Neil), his daughter, Carol Vanasse, his sons, Thomas, Donald, Fred and William, his sister, Lillian Bowers, his mother, Eva Petrie and seven grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial was said at St. Hugh's R.C. Church on Feb. 15. Interment followed at St. Patrick's Cemetery under the direction of M. A. Connell Funeral Home. Mr. Petrie was a member of the Painter's Local -1486 of East Islip.
Joseph Oswald Pitre: The Long Islander, Huntington, NY, Thursday, 29 December 1983: Ossie Petrie, 64, of Huntington Station, died Dec. 25,
Back one generation to parents of Guillaume Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1963).
Last updated: 20 July 2023.