Continuation of tree (12th child of Joseph Pitre/Pelagie Arseneau); all known surname descendants:
8 Gilbert Pitre b: 4 January 1876 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 15 January 1921 Fairfield, Somerset, ME
+Mary Couturier (aka Taylor) b: December 1881 St. Francis, Canada; m: 15 September 1907 Fairfield, Somerset, ME [Henry/Selina Carey]; d: 30 May 1957 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
9 Joseph Lawrence Peters b: 13 January 1909 Fairfield, Somerset, ME; d: 22 September 1986 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
+Anna Gurski b: 20 February 1912; m: 14 February 1931 Maine; d: 12 December 2002 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
9 Joseph Bernard Peters b: 28 August 1910 Fairfield, Somerset, ME; d: 1936 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
9 Joseph Vincent Cornelius Peters b: 17 September 1911 Fairfield, Somerset, ME; d: 28 December 1991 Fairfield, Somerset, ME
+Wilma F. Lavoie b: Abt. 1914 Idaho; m: 17 September 1935 Fairfield, Somerset, ME; d: 6 September 1968 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
* 2nd Wife of Joseph Vincent Cornelius Peters:
+Winona Berrie (Mullen) b: 14 December 1908 Millinocket, Penobscot, ME; m: Aft. 1965 [Albert C./Ethel M. Thompson]; d: 12 October 2005 Augusta, Kennebec, ME
9 Joseph Gregory Peters b: 7 January 1914 Fairfield, Somerset, ME; d: 23 May 1978
+Betty Paulhamus b: 18 November 1920; m: 5 March 1946 Naugatuck, CT; d: 11 April 1976
9 Celena Bella 'Pelgie' Peters b: 17 May 1916 Fairfield, Somerset, ME; d: 25 February 2002
+Paul Freeman m: 9 June 1941 Maine
9 Edith Margaret Peters b: 1 August 1919 Fairfield, Somerset, ME; d: 28 October 2012 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
+Carroll Alfred Emery b: 19 October 1914 Waterville, Kennebec, ME; m: 18 April 1936 Fairfield, Somerset, ME [Charles H./Ethel A. Farria]; d: 7 June 2004 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
Notes for Gilbert Pitre:
Census
- 1900 Maine
- 1910 Fairfield, Somerset, Maine: Gilbert Peters 33
(barber/own shop), wife of 2 years Mary T. 27, Lawrence J. 1 year 3 months.
- 1920 Fairfield, Somerset, ME: Gilbert Peters 42 (barber), wife Mary 38,
Laurence 11, Bernard 9, Vincent 8, Gregory 6, Pelaigea 3, Margaret 3 months.
- 1930 Fairfield, Somerset, ME: Widow Mary E. 47 has remarried to Charles
O. Lubin 63, and her children Lawrence P. Peters 21, J. Bernard Peters 19, J.
Vincent Peters 18, J. Gregory Peters 16, J. Pilgia L. Peters 14, Margaret E.
Peters 12.
- 1940 Fort William Davis Military Reservation, Christobal, Panama Canal (2-7, p. 4A): Gregory J. Peters 26 (ME) PFC / US Army.
- 1950 Fairfield, Somerset, ME: Vincent C. Peters 38 owner/service station, wife Wilma F. 36, Janice M. 13, James A. 10, Janine A. 4, widowed mother Mary T. Peters 68.
WW1 registration records: Gilbert Peters; Somerset, ME; born 1 Jan 1879 (Canada); Mary Peters (wife); medium height, medium build; blue eyes & brown hair; barber.
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Gregory Peters: Tombstone Inscription, Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, ME: Gregory J. Peters / PFC US Army / World War II / 1914 - 1978 // Betty J. Peters / Nov. 18, 1920 - Apr. 11, 1976
Edith Margaret Peters: Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME), Thursday, 1 November 2012: Fairfield - Marguerite E. (Peters) Emery, of Fairfield, passed away peacefully at Oak Grove Center in Waterville on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Marguerite was born on Aug. 1, 1919, in Fairfield, to Gilbert and Mary Peters, the youngest of six children. She attended Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Fairfield. On April 18, 1936, she married Carroll A. Emery at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, and they attended the church for many years. For several years following her husband's retirement, they delivered Meals on Wheels. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Carroll; her grandson, Eric Emery; her brothers, Lawrence, Vincent, Bernard and Gregory; her sister, Pelgia Freeman; and her sons-in-law, Robert King and Daniel Bacheller. Marguerite is survived by her daughters, Carolyn King, of Lowville, N.Y. and Gail Bacheller, of Clinton; her sons, Richard Emery, of Belgrade Lakes, and Bernard Emery and his wife, Dru, of Glenburn; her grandchildren; great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and very special friends, Theresa Thibodeau and June Sheive. Graveside committal services will take place at the Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, Augusta.
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Last updated: 23 June 2022.