George 'Treffle' Lepitre

1844 Nicolet, Quebec – 1928 Sherbrooke, Quebec

 

 

Continuation of tree (2nd child of Pierre Lepitre/Marguerite Lemire); all known surname descendants:

               8          George 'Treffle' Lepitre  b: 23 May 1844  St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: 27 January 1928  Hospice du Sacre Coeur, Sherbrooke, QUE

                                +Marie Domitille Huppe  b: 11 December 1847  St. Joseph (Lauzon), Levis, QUE; m: 11 June 1871  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE [Joseph Laglois dit Huppe/Sara Ainse]; d: 30 November 1919  Rock Island, Stanstead, QUE

                          9          Alfred Lepitre  b: 22 March 1872  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 1 September 1873  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE

                          9          Georges Napoleon Lepitre  b: 13 June 1873  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 23 November 1873  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE

                          9          Alfred Lepitre  b: 14 July 1874  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 2 January 1882  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE

                          9          Alice Lepitre  b: 20 July 1876  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 2 January 1882  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE

                          9          Albert Joseph Lepitre  b: 21 February 1878  Stanstead, QUE; d: 23 February 1934  Waterford, Caledonia, VT

                                         +Ida May Hall (Gaffney)  b: 19 August 1872  Sutton, Caledonia, VT; m: 3 May 1930  St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT [Loren/Rosaline Mooney]; d: 19 March 1953  St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT

                          9          Gertrude Mathilde Lepitre  b: 10 March 1880  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 4 July 1883  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE

                          9          Sophie Adele Lepitre  b: 13 September 1881  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 25 April 1929  Notre Dame de la Merci, Rock Island, Stanstead, QUE

                          9          Jeanne Mathilde Lepitre  b: 4 August 1883  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 18 April 1909  St. Jean de Dieu, Montreal, QUE

                          9          Marie Gertrude Lepitre  b: 11 June 1885  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 24 May 1966  Coaticook, QUE

                                         +Charles Fox  b: 11 November 1880  Barnston, Stanstead, QUE; m: 20 December 1905  Holland, Orleans, VT [Charles Henry/Mary Ann Peavey]; d: 31 March 1957  Stanstead, QUE

                          9          Alice (Cor)delia Lepitre  b: 6 July 1888  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 18 July 1936  Newport, Orleans, VT

                                         +Bede Maxwell Powers  b: 15 November 1892  Stanstead, Magog, QUE; m: 6 May 1912  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE [Francis Elmore/Louise Alberta Powell]; d: 13 February 1960  Burlington, Chittenden, VT

                          9          George Arthur Lepitre  b: 27 February 1891  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: 9 September 1961  Sherbrooke, QUE

                                         +Erma Lulu 'Birdie' Powers  b: 5 May 1899  Magog, Sherbrooke, QUE; m: 10 March 1919  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE [Francis Elmore/Louise Alberta Powell]; d: 16 February 1991  West Bolton, QUE

                          9          Agnes Josephine Lepitre  b: 10 October 1897  Sacre Coeur, Stanstead, QUE; d: Aft. May 1963  Littleton, Grafton, NH

                                          +Tennyson Lee Keith  b: 4 January 1876  Albany, Orleans, VT; partner [Warren/Ella Butler]; d: 1952  Newbury, Orange, VT

                               10              Arthur George Lapete  b: 4 March 1918  Glover, Orleans, VT; d: 13 January 1978  Willington, Tolland, CT

                                                    +Rita Lillian Forbes  b: 24 June 1920  Old Town, Penobscot, ME; m: 16 November 1939  Berlin, Coos, NH [William Joseph/Delina Saucier]; d: 12 January 1968  West Stewartstown, Coos, NH

                                                *2nd Wife of Arthur George Lapete:

                                                    +Laura K. Bishop    m: 25 June 1966  E. Hartford, Hartford, CT

                                       *1st Husband of Agnes Josephine Lepitre:

                                           +Harold Guy Buker  b: 15 July 1899  Underhill Center, Chittenden, VT; m: 8 November 1923  Lisbon, Grafton, NH [Don L./Bertha Morgan] (divorced May 1938); d: Bet. 1938-1947

                                       *2nd Husband of Agnes Josephine Lepitre:

                                           +Frank Edward/Edwin Kennison  b: 23 March 1901  Waterloo, Yamaska, Broome, QUE; m: 20 May 1942  Littleton, Grafton, NH [Edwin/Matilda Rembers]; d: December 1967  Bristol, Grafton, NH

 

 

Notes for George 'Treffle' Lepitre:

Census

- 1881 Stanstead, Stanstead, Quebec:  George Lapete 36, wife Matilda 31, Frederick 6, Alice 4, Bertie 3, Gertie 1.

 

- 1891 Stanstead, Stanstead, QUE:  George Lapetre 46 (farmer), wife Matilda 41, Bertie 13, Ida 9, Jeanie 7, Gertie 5, Alice 2, George A. 1 month.

 

- 1901 Stanstead, Stanstead, QUE:  George Lapete 54, wife Matilda 45, Bert 23, Ida 19, Jennie 17, Gertrude 15, Alice 12, George 10, Agnes A. 3.

 

- 1911 Stanstead Plain, Stanstead, QUE:  Jacob Walker 48, wife Mary 55, stepdaughter Elsie Lason 19; widower George La Pete 66 (farmer) boarding.

- 1911 Rock Island, QUE:  Albert Lapete 31, wife Annie 32 servants.

- 1911 Rock Island, QUE:  Widow Lavania Lapete 60, Ida 25, George 21, Josephine 19.

- 1911 Rock Island, QUE:  Charles Fox 30, wife Gertie 25, Thelma 2; sister-in-law Alice Lapete 22, 3 boarders.

 

- 1921

 

MISC:  Le Progres de l'Est, 19 September 1905:  Stanstead - Geo. Lepitre, from Rock Island, an employee at the Butterfield factories, had a hand horribly mutilated and almost completely torn off while operating a faulty machine.  He is under the care of Dr. Stckwell.

 

Notes for Marie Domitille Huppe:

Obituary:  The Stanstead Journal (Stanstead, QUE), Thursday, 4 December 1919:  Mrs. George Lepetre died at her home in this place Sunday night.  She had been in failing health for some time, but her final illness was of short duration.  Her death was caused by a complication of cold, asthma and heart trouble.  The family formerly lived on the New Boston road, four miles from Stanstead, but Mrs. Lepetre had been a resident of Rock Island several years.  The funeral took place here on Wednesday.

Tombstone Inscription, Mont Ste. Marie Cemetery, Stanstead, QUE:  Euppé, Matilda M., b. 1849, d. 1919, wife of George LaPetre

 

Misc: online photo  http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4005610/person/-1662476259/photo/38dd7049-327d-471a-b935-109bced9ec2c?src=search

 

Obituaries for the children:

Albert Joseph Lepitre:  The Stanstead Journal (Stanstead, QUE), 1 March 1934:  The body of Bert Joseph Lepetre arrived here Monday noon, and was placed in the vault at the old Roman Catholic Cemetery at Stanstead to await burial in Mount St. Mary's Cemetery in the spring.  Bert Lepetre was born in Stanstead Feb. 21, 1878, having just passed his fifty-sixth birthday.  He was well-known in this vicinity, having spent nearly all his life here.  His last venture at Rock Island was in connection with a milk route which he operated from his premises on Railroad street.  In 1927 he sold out, left town, and later on went to Caledonia County, Vermont.  Latterly he had lived in a lumber shack near Waterford Mountain, two miles from a highway and two and a half miles from any other habitation.  He went to town Wednesday February 7, and returning at night, was unable to locate his matches, so threw himself on his straw bed without building a fire.  When he awoke next day both feet were frozen and he was practically helpless while the temperature outside ran to twenty or thirty degrees below zero for days.  On the following Sunday, the eleventh, he was found, half starved, half frozen, by Henry McKinstry of St. Johnsbury, a wood customer.  Dr. D. E. Sheffield of St. Johnsbury, with Edward R. French, drove as far as they could then ploughed their way to the shack through the drifts.  Bound to the front bob of a double sled, Lepetre was drawn out of the woods, placed in a car and driven to Brightlook Hospital.  Gangrene was already doing its deadly work and both legs were amputated 16 inches above the heel.  This, however, failed to arrest the disease and finally a hemorrhage of the right stump brought his awful suffering to an end on Friday night.  The funeral was held in the R. C. Church, St. Johnsbury, at 9 o'clock, Monday morning.  A sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bede Powers of Island Pond, accompanied the body to this place, arriving here by the mid-day train.  Surviving members of this family are a brother, George Lepetre of Graniteville, and three sisters, Gertrude (Mrs. Charles Fox) of Stanstead, Mrs. Powers, and Josephine (Mrs. Berker) of Lisbon, N.H.

 

Alice (Cor)delia LepitreThe Newport Daily Express (Newport, VT), Monday, 20 July 1936:  Alice C. Powers, 48 years of age, wife of Bede M. Powers, residing on Third street, passed away suddenly Saturday evening following a stroke of paralysis.  Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.  The deceased was born in Stanstead, Que., July 6, 1888, daughter of Matilda Uppe and George LaPetrie.  She is survived by her husband, a mechanic at the Raymond Blake garage, also two daughters.  Burial will take place in the Catholic cemetery.

 

George Arthur Lepitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Mont Ste. Marie Cemetery, Stanstead, QUE:  LEPITRE / George A. / 1891 - 1961 / Erma L. / 1899 - 1991

 

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