Henry Anthony Peters

1923 Amherst, Nova Scotia – 1900 Medford, Massachusetts

 

 

Continuation of tree (9th child of Jerome Pitre/Catherine Marguerite Gallant); all known surname descendants:

                    10          Henry Anthony Peters  b: 23 July 1923  Amherst, Cumberland, NS; d: 19 September 1999  Medford, Middlesex, MA

                                        +Eleanor F. Driscoll  b: 23 July 1925; m: Abt. 1947; d: 21 April 2008  Everett, Middlesex, MA

                                 11         Michael J. Peters  b: Abt. 1948; d: 17 July 1972  Everett, Middlesex, MA

                                                 +Deborah E. Parrott

                                 11         Ann Marie Peters  b: 1950; d: Aft. April 2008  Taunton, MA

                                                 +Richard Copithorne

                                 11         Barbara J. Peters    d: Aft. April 2008  New Hampshire

                                                 +--- Mullin

                                 11         Catherine Peters    d: Aft. April 2008  Revere, MA

                                                 +George Porcella

                                 11         Eileen Peters    d: Aft. April 2008  Mansfield, MA

                                                 +--- Gravinese

                                 11         Paul S. Peters    d: Aft. April 2008  Florida

                                                 +Jennifer ---        

 

Notes for Henry Anthony Peters:

Census

-  1940 Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts:  Jerome Peters 57 carpenter/building, wife Catherine 58, Edna 29 presser/dry cleaning, Francis 25 spotter/dry cleaning, Wilfred 19 clerk/grocery, Henry 16  [202 Fenno Street]

 

- 1950 Everett, Middlesex, MA:  Henry J. Peters 26, wife Eleanor F. 24, Michael J. 1, Ann M. 4 months.

 

Obituary:  The Boston Globe (MA), Tuesday, 21 September 1999:  Henry Joseph Peters - Retired MBTA employee, at 76 - Henry Joseph Peters of Pompano Beach, Fla., a retired MBTA employee, Army veteran, and former longtime resident of Everett, died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford.  He was 76.  Mr. Peters was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia.  His family relocated to the United States in the 1920s, and he graduated from the Immaculate Conception school in Revere in 1941.  He served in the Army during World War II.  He worked for the MBTA for 26 years and was a member of the Local 589 Transit Union.  Mr. Peters and his wife Eleanor (Driscoll) moved to Pompano Beach in 1984.  Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Paul S. of Revere; four daughters, Anne M. Copithorne of Taunton, Barbara J. Mullin of Malden, Catherine Porcella of Revere, and Eileen Gravinese of Roslindale; a sister, Rose Holland of Tyngsborough; two brothers, Joseph of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and Wilfred of Hingham; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.  A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Immaculate Conception Church in Everett.  Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery in Everett.

 

Notes for Eleanor F. Driscoll:

Obituary:  The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Tuesday, 22 April 2008:  Peters, Eleanor F. (Driscoll) - Of Everett, beloved wife of the late Henry J. Peters.  Devoted mother of Anne Copithorne and her husband Richard of Taunton, Barbara J. Mullin and her companion Lynn Downie of NH, Cathy Porcella and her husband George of Revere, Eileen 'Lanie' Gravinese of Mansfield, Paul Peters his wife Jennifer of FL and the late Michael Peters.  Sister of the late Sister Francis Michael Driscoll, Dorothy Fields, Charles 'Bunty', Marion and Joseph Driscoll.  Also survived by 10 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.  Funeral from the Murphy-O'Hara Funeral Home, Everett on Thursday at 9AM followed by a Funeral Mass in the Immaculate Conception Church at 10AM.  Visiting hours Wednesday, 4-8PM.  Interment Glenwood Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be sent to the Sisters of Providence, St. Mary of the Woods, in Eleanor's memory.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Michael J. Pitre:  The Boston Globe (MA), Thursday, 20 July 1972: Peters - In Everett, suddenly, July 17, 1972, residence 72 Jefferson Ave., Michael J., beloved husband of Deborah E. (Parrott) formerly of Saugus, son of Eleanor (Driscoll) and Henry J. Peters, brother of Ann Marie Copithorne of East Boston, Barbara J., Catherine, Eileen and Paul S. Peters of Everett. Grandson of Elizabeth (Slater) and Charles Driscoll of Everett and the late Catherine (Gallant) and Jerome Peters. Funeral from the Charles J. Murphy Funeral Home, 519 Broadway, on Friday morning at 9:15, followed by a funeral Mass in St. Joseph's Church (Buckman St.), at 10 o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours Wednesday 7-9, Thursday 2-4 and 7-9. Interment Glenwood. Vietnam Veteran.

 

 

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