Gelase Pitre

1844 Rustico, PEI – after 1911

 

 

Continuation of tree (1st child of Augustin Pitre/Rose Doucet); all known surname descendants:

               8       Gelase Pitre  b: 18 November 1844  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bet. 1911-1921  Duvar, PEI

                                + Veronique Doiron  b: 20 August 1848  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 15 January 1867  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Gilbert/Ursule Pitre]; d: May 1937  Bloomfield, PEI

                           9      Marie Josephine Pitre  b: 21 February 1868  St. John the Baptist, Miscouche, PEI

                                      + Peter Richard  b: Abt. 1866; m: 24 November 1891  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI

                           9      Catherine Pitre  b: 10 April 1869  St. John the Baptist, Miscouche, PEI; d: Aft. 1911

                                      + Prospere Arseneau  b: July 1861; m: 21 February 1887  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI [Leon/Marie Marguerite Blanchard]; d: Aft. 1911

                           9      Elizabeth Pitre  b: 2 May 1871  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: Aft. 1881

                           9      Emelienne Genevieve Peters  b: 25 July 1873  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: Aft. 1901   

                           9      Julianne Pitre  b: 8 May 1875  Bloomfield, PEI; d: 23 July 1907  Duvar Road, PEI

                           9      Philomene Peters  b: 7 February 1876  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: Bef. 1881

                           9      Judith Ann Pitre  b: 4 May 1877  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: Bef. 1881

                           9      Edeste ‘Isabella’ Pitre  b: 10 June 1880  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI

                                     +Joseph Emanuel Gallant  b: 21 February 1882  Mont Carmel, PEI; m: 25 November 1902  Sydney, Cape Breton, NS [Amand/Marie Arsenault]; d: 4 April 1936  Summerside, PEI

                           9      Felix Peters  b: 30 August 1882  Bloomfield, PEI; d: Bef. 1891                                        

                           9      Philomene Pitre  b: 30 November 1883  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: Bef. 1891

                           9      Elise Pitre  b: 5 August 1886  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: Bef. 1891

                           9      Joseph Oliver Pitre  b: 26 March 1889  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: 29 December 1968  Duvar, PEI

                                      + Elisabeth Gallant  b: Abt. 1893; m: Abt. 1921

                           9      Felix 'Floret' Pitre  b: 1 September 1890  St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: 29 April 1922  Duvar, PEI

                                      + Edesse Blanchard  b: Abt. 1894; m: Abt. 1913

 

 

Notes for Gelase Pitre:

Census

- 1881 PEI, Alberton Creek, Lot 5:  Jelose Peters 36 (farmer), wife Veronica 32, Mary 13, Catherine 11, Eliza 9, Emily Jane 7, Julia Anne 5, Ida Bell 1.

- 1891 PEI, Lot 5F:  Gelas A. Pitre 46 (farmer & fisherman), wife Veronique 44, Emilie Jeanne 17 (school teacher), Julie Anne 15, Edesse Isabella 11, Joseph Oliver 2, Felix Floret 7 months.

- 1901 PEI, Lot 5E2:  Jelas Pitre 58, wife Veronique 53, Emilie 28, Julia 26, Belle 21, Oliver 12, Filix 11, lodger Adoline Gallant 15.

- 1911 PEI, Duvar, Lot 5:  Gelas A. Pitre 68 (farmer), wife Veronique 64, Joseph O. 22 (farmer), Felix F. 20 (farmer), domestic Bruno Gallant 21.

 

- 1921 PEI: Bloomfield (Lot 5):  Felix Peters 39 farmer, wife Eaith 25, Dorothy 7, Emma 6, Isadore 4, Paul 1, widowed mother Veronica 74.

 

- 1931 Duvar, Bloomfield, Prince, PEI:  Oliver Pitre 42 farmer, wife Elizabeth 38, William 16, Pius 14, Bert 12, Rita 10, Stella 3, Leo 8 months, widowed mother Veronique 85.
 

Notes for Veronique Doiron:

Obituary:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), May 1937: Funeral Service - The funeral service for Veronica Peters was held yesterday morning from Compton's Funeral Home to St. Paul's Church and cemetery. Rev. Father Murray officiated at the Requiem Mass and Rt. Rev. Mgr. MacLellan, D.D., V.G. at the grave. The pallbearers were Messrs. Ralph and Ernest Arsenault, Edmund Gallant and Henry Peters.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Julianne Pitre:  L'Impartial (PEI), Thursday, 25 July 1907:  Died at Duvar Road, Tuesday, at the age of 36 years, Miss Julienne Pitre, after a long illness suffered with resignation.  She received  all the consolations of the holy Church.  Her mortal remains were buried in the cemetery of St. Antoine at Bloomfield, amidst a large group of family and friends.  She leaves her father and mother, two sisters and two brothers to mourn her.  L'Impartial offers its condolences to the family.

 

 

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Last updated:  25 October 2022.