Henry Peets

1882 Chateaugay, New York – 1947 Elliston, Montana

 

 

Continuation of tree (6th child of Ignace Lepitre/Eulalie 'Adelaide' Gadouas); all known surname descendants:

               9          Henry Peets  b: 28 March 1882  Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 22 May 1947  Elliston, Powell, Montana

                                   +Belle S. Cory (Corner)  b: 23 October 1875  Waukegan, Lake, IL; m: 2 December 1911  Anaconda, Deer Lodge, MT [David A./Sarah Dickinson]; d: 18 October 1960  Helena, Lewis & Clark, MT

 

 

Notes for Henry Peets:

Census

- 1900 Franklin, Franklin, NY:  Henry 18, living with brother William's family.

 

- 1905 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY:  Henry 22 lumberman, living with his brother Frank's family.

 

- 1910

 

- 1920 Orphir, Powell, Montana:  Henry Peets 37, wife Belle 44.

 

- 1930 Orphir, Powell, MT:  Henry Peets 48 lime quarry/lime burner, wife Belle S. 54.

 

- 1940 Orphir, Powell, MT:  Henry Peets 64 fireman/lime kiln, wife Belle 58.

 

- 1950 Orphir, Powell, MT:  Widow Isabella S. Peets 74.

 

WWI Registration Records:  Henry Peets; res. Elliston, Powell, MT; 28 Mar 1882; Belle Cory Peets; tall/stout; brown eyes; light hair.

WWII Records:  Henry Peets, res. Elliston, MT; b. 28 Mar 1882 Merrill, NY; contact Mrs. Henry Peets (same address); 5'11", 240 lbs., brown eyes & gray hair, ruddy complexion; 27 Apr 1942 Deer Lodge, MT.

 

Obituary:  The Montana Standard (Butte, MT), Friday, 23 May 1947:  Deer Lodge, May 22 - Henry Peets, well-known Powell county resident, dropped dead Wednesday morning at 8:30 o'clock while at his work on the highway maintenance crew near Elliston.  Mr. Peets, a resident of Elliston, was born in Merrill, N.Y., March 28, 1882.  Surviving are his wife, Belle.  Services will be held on Saturday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the church in Elliston.  Interment will be in Forest Vale cemetery near Helena.  Pallbearers will be Frank Dougherty, Harold Keen, Henry Lowery, Lynn Fuller, Art Fee and Byron Hunt.

 

Tombstone Inscription, Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis & Clark, MT:  Henry Peets / born March 28, 1882 / died May 22, 1947  //  Belle Cory Peets / born Oct. 23, 1875 / died Oct. 18, 1960

 

Notes for Belle S. Cory:

Obituary:  The Independent Record (Helena, MT), Tuesday, 18 October 1960:  Belle Cory Peets, R.N., 85, of Elliston, member of an early-day merchant family, died this morning at St. Peter's Hospital where she had been a patient for the past year.  Mrs. Peets was born Oct. 23, 1875.  Her father, a prominent merchant, operated the Bach-Cory Mercantile Co.  Mrs. Peets spent her girlhood years in Helena.  While in nurses training in the lidwest, she met and married Dr. Albert Corner, a physician and surgeon.  Dr. Corner died several years after their marriage, and his wife returned to Montana.  In 1911, she married Henry Peets, who was engaged for many years in mining and farming in the Elliston area.  In 1912, Mrs. Peets lost the sight of her eyes, but continued leading a comparatively normal life and doing all her own housework.  After the death of Mr. Peets, she operated rental property in Elliston.  She had followed the nursing profession in Butte and Deer Lodge.  Survivors include two cousins, Fannie Cory Cooney, noted cartoonist, of Seattle, Wash., who visited here recently with Mrs. Peets, and another cousin, William Dickinson of Missoula.  A brother, James Cory, died many years ago in Helena.  Funeral arrangements are pending at Hagler Mortuary.

 

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries. 

- New York birth/marriage/death items in RED have come from newspaper obituaries, some marriage announcements, and occasional birth announcements. 

- Early New York births/marriages/deaths in RED from transcription of St. Bernard & Chateaugay Mission registers.

 

Last updated:  14 September 2022.