Continuation of tree (4th child of Anselme 'Arsene' Pitre/Amable Gagne); all known surname descendants:
7 Henry Pitre b: 12 November 1840 Ste. Martine, Chateauguay, Quebec; d: 19 February 1915 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY
+Frances 'Nancy' Sancomb b: 25 September 1841 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; m: 14 January 1867 St. Patrick's, Chateauguay, Franklin, NY [Joseph/Helen Lanctot]; d: 4 July 1918 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY
8 Henry Peat b: 24 October 1867 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 6 March 1868 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY
8 Rosalia 'Rosanna' Peat b: 3 January 1869 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 9 August 1899 Ellenburg Center, Clinton, NY
+Alfred William Tourville b: 2 August 1868 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; m: 2 January 1888 St. Edmunds, Ellenburg, Clinton, NY [Peter Etienne/Cordelia Daigneau]; d: 13 March 1932 Ellenburg Center, Clinton, NY
8 Alfred Peets b: 10 October 1870 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 13 March 1937 Chateaugay, Clinton, NY
+Marie Melanise 'Melinda' Dupuis (aka Dupree) b: 18 March 1876 St. Chrysostome, Chateauguay, Quebec; m: 7 May 1894 [Israel/Marie Laforet]; d: 23 December 1971 Malone, Franklin, NY
8 Hattie Maria Peat b: 10 September 1872 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 10 December 1919 Keene, Cheshire, NH
+William Joseph Labarre b: 4 April 1873 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY; m: Abt. 1892 New York [Alfred/Aurelia Emma Suprenant]; d: 13 April 1936 Keene, Cheshire, NH (accidental gas poisoning - illumination)
8 Louis Peets b: 22 August 1874 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 13 August 1942 Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY
+Rosalia Lena Senecal b: 22 February 1882 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; m: 17 September 1900 St. Edmunds, Ellenburg, Clinton, NY [Philias 'Felix/Virginia Prieur]; d: 21 January 1957 Ellenburg Center, Clinton, NY
8 Eugene Peats b: 14 October 1876 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: Aft. 1900 Lewis & Clark, Montana
8 Samuel Peets b: 15 February 1879 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 22 February 1947 Concord, Merrimack, NH
+Elisabeth May Rondou b: 16 May 1884 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; m: 8 September 1902 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY [John Baptiste/Angelina Dore]; d: 24 June 1942 Keene, Cheshire, NH
8 Maria Peats b: 5 May 1881 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 14 February 1882 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY
8 John Jacob 'Ernest' Peets b: 6 June 1883 St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY; d: 7 November 1962 Ellenburg Center, Clinton, NY
+Mina Santos b: 24 August 1885 New York; m: 3 March 1908 St. Edmunds, Ellenburg, Clinton, NY [Henry/Sarah Boyer]; d: 3 May 1977 Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY
8 Nettie Peets b: 17 September 1885 Ellenburg Center, Clinton, NY; d: 28 January 1983 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY
+Charles Senecal b: 23 September 1871 Dannemora, Clinton, NY; m: 25 September 1904 St. Edmunds, Ellenburg, Clinton, NY [Philias 'Felix'/Virginia Prieur]; d: 17 November 1938 Ellenburg Center, Clinton, NY
Notes for Henry Pitre:
Census
- 1870 Chateaugay, Franklin, New York: Henry Pipps 28 (farmer), wife Nancy 28, Rosana 1.
- 1875 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY: Henry Pits 33 farmer, wife Nancy 33, Rosanna 6, Fredrick 4, Hattie 2, Louis 10 months, widowed father Henry 65 (this notation is odd).
- 1880 Chateaugay, Franklin, NY: Henry Pitts 38 (farmer), Nancy 38, Rosanna 11, Fred 9, Hattie 7, Lewis 5, Eugene 3, Samuel 1.
- 1892 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY: Henry Peets 50 (farmer), wife Nancy 51, Fred 22, Lewis 18, Eugene 16, Sam 14, John 8, Nettie 7.
- 1900 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY:
Henry Pete 58, wife of 34 years Frances 58 (7 of 10 children still living), Samuel 21, John 18, Nettie
16, Louis 14. At Lewis & Clark, Montana: Eugene Peets 26
saloon keeper, with 2 boarders Foster Senical 30 & Fred Senical 21.
- 1905 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY: Henry Peets 63 (farmer), wife Nancy 63, John 22 farm laborer.
- 1910 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY: Henry Peets 68 (farmer), wife of 42 years
Nancy 68, John P. 26, wife of 2 years Mina 24, & their daughter Mary R. 4
months.
Obituary: Chateaugay Record and Franklin County Democrat (NY), Friday, 26 February 1915: Ellenburgh West Hill - Henry Peets an old and respected resident of West Hill passed to the great beyond Friday night. The funeral was held Monday.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Chateaugay, NY: Father
/ Henry Peets / 1840 - 1914 // Mother / Nancy Sancomb / Peets / 1841
- 1918
Obituaries for the children:
Rosalia 'Rosanna' Peat: Plattsburgh Sentinel (NY), 18 August 1899: Ellenburgh Centre. Aug. 9 - Mrs. Alfred Tourville died the 9th inst.
Alfred Peets: Chateaugay Record (NY), Friday, 19 March 1937: Fred Peets passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alfred McDonald on West Main Street last Saturday afternoon, following a decline in health for the past fourteen months. The deceased was born in Chateaugay 66 years ago, a son of the late Henry and Nancy (Sancomb) Peets and moved to Ellenburg with his parents when he was fourteen years of age. He was well known and highly regarded by a wide circle of friends as a true Christian man, honest and industrious and his death is keenly mourned. Forty two years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Malinda Dupree and he is survived by his widow, six daughters, Mrs. Paul Miller, of Ellenburg, Mrs. William Trombly, of Burke, Mrs. Elazador Nichols and Miss Adrian Peets, of Johnson City, Mrs. Alfred McDonald, of Chateaugay, Mrs. Peter Laclair, of Churubusco, one sister, Mrs. Charles Senecal, of Ellenburg, three brothers, Louis and John of Ellenburg, and Samuel, of Keene, N.H. Funeral services were held at St. Patrick’s church on Tuesday morning, Rev. J.R. Kennedy officiating.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Chateaugay, NY: PEETS / Fred / 1870 - 1937 / Melinda Dupree / his wife / 1876 - 1971
Louis Peets: Chateaugay Record (NY), Friday, 21 August 1942: Louis Peets, a highly respected citizen of Ellenburg Center, died at the Physicans hospital in Plattsburgh, Thursday, August 13th at 5 a.m. at the age of 67. Due to impaired health he moved from his farm to the village two years ago where he had a host of friends who will miss seeing him about town. Tuesday evening he became critically ill, was rushed to the hospital where Dr. McDowell performed an emergency operation on Wednesday morning. He grew rapidly worse until the end came Thursday morning. Besides his wife, he leaves one daughter, Mabel, and four sons, Henry, Jean and Floyd all of Ellenburg Center, and Donald of Buffalo, one sister, Mrs. Nettie Senecal, and two brothers, John of Ellenburg Center and Samuel of Keene, N.H., and several grand-children. Mr. Peets was greatly devoted to his home and family. His many friends sympathize with them in their bereavement. The funeral was held at St. Edmund's church, Saturday at 10 a. m., Rev. O. A. Boyer officiating at the requiem high mass. Burial was in the Ellenburg cemetery. The pall bearers were: Edmund and William Patnode, George Lioyd, John Blow, George Dumont and Philip Robare.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Edmund's Cemetery, Ellenburg, NY: PEETS / Father / Louis / 1874 - 1942 // Lena Senecal / his wife / 1883 - 1957
John Ernest Peets: Plattsburgh-Press Republican (NY), Thursday, 8 November 1962: John E. Peets, 79, Dies after Short Illness: Ellenburg Centre: John E. Peets, 79, died Wednesday at his home after a short illness. A farmer for many years, he was born June 6, 1883, in Chateaugay, the son of Henry and Nancy Peets. He is survived by his wife Nina, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Murphy of Plattsburgh; a sister, Mrs. Nettie Senecal of Ellenburg Center. The body is at the Drown Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Friday at 9 a.m. at St. Edmond’s Church in Ellenburg. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Edmund's Cemetery, Ellenburg, NY: PEETS / John / 1883 - 1962 / Mina Santos / his wife / 1885 - 1977 / Not our will, but Thine be done
Nettie Peets: Press Republican (NY), Monday, 31 January 1983: Ellenburg Center - Nettie M. Senecal, 97, died Friday evening Jan. 28, 1983, at the CVPH Medical Center. She was born Sept. 17, 1885, in Ellenburg Center, the daughter of Henry and Nancy (Sancomb) Peets. She was a communicant of St. Edmund's Church, a 38-year member of Court Little Rose Catholic Daughter of America, and a trustee of that organization for many years. Her husband, Charles Senecal, died in 1938. She was also pre-deceased by five brothers, two sisters and three children. Survivors include three sons, Elisha and William, both of Ellenburg Center, and Gerald of Hurst Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Andrew (Dorothy) Stay of Plattsburgh; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be at the Drown Funeral Home in Ellenburg Depot, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Edmund's Church in Ellenburg. Burial will be in the parish cemetery at a later date.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Edmund's Cemetery,
Ellenburg, NY: SENECAL / Nettie Peets / Senecal / 1885 - 1983 //
Charles A. / 1871 - 1938
Back one generation to parents of Henry Pitre
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.
- Records from St. Patrick, Chateaugay, Franklin, NY in RED are transcriptions (by Kelly Townsend) taken from microfilm copies of registers and available online.
Last updated: 10 January 2022.