Continuation of tree (10th child of Moyse Pitre/2nd wife Marie Pitre); all known surname descendants:
9 Henry Pitre b: 23 December 1897 Charlottetown, PEI; d: 18 April 1963 Mexico, Oxford, ME
+ Marie Bibianne Gallant b: 28 December 1893 Egmont Bay, PEI; m: 20 October 1925 Maine [Norbert/Elizabeth Barriault]; d: 21 November 1966 Mexico, Oxford, ME
Notes for Henry Pitre:
Census
- 1921 Charlottetown, PEI: Widow Mary Peters 55, Henry 23 salesman/oil company [27 Bayfield Street]
- 1930 Mexico, Oxford, Maine: Henry Peters 32, wife of 5 years Vivianne 34, widowed mother Mary 65; w/Fred Blanchard 31 & wife Emelia 28.
- 1940
- 1950 Mexico, Oxford, ME: Henry Peters 52 machine tender/paper mill, wife Bibianne 55.
WWI Canadian attestation records: Henry Peters, address 1 Bayfield Street, Charlotteville, PEI; b. 23 Dec 1897 Charlottetown; single; next of kin mother Mrs. Mary Peters (same address); 5' 3 3/4", dark complexion, brown eyes & dark brown hair; 1 Mar 1918 Charlottetown
Maine Naturalization records: 1929
Henry Peters, age 31, paper maker, 5'6", 145 lbs., black hair, brown eyes, b. Charlottetown, PEI 23 Dec 1897; now reside 63 Osgood Ave, Mexico, ME; emigrated from Charlottetown on Canadian Pacific RR; married to Bibianne Peters b. Egmond Bay, PEI; arrived at Vanceboro, ME 8 Nov 1923; signed Henry Peters 28 Jun 1929
Bibianne Peters, age 34, paper sorter, 5'4", 135 lbs., black hair, gray eyes, b. Egmond Bay, PEI 28 Dec 1894; reside 63 Osgood Ave., Mexico, ME; arrived from Wellington Station, PEI on Canadian Pacific RR; married to Henry Peters b. Charlottetown, PEI; arrived at Vanceboro, ME on 25 Sep 1917; signed Bibianne Peters 28 Jun 1929
Border crossing: 25 Sep 1917, Vanceboro, ME: Bibienne Gallant, age 23, b. Egmont Bay, father Norman of Egmont Bay, PEI, brother John Gallant of 19 Walker Street, Westbrook, ME
Obituary: Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), Friday, 19 April 1963: Mexico - Henry Peters, 65, died unexpectedly Thursday at his home, 3 Gleason St. He was born Dec. 23, 1897, at Charlottetown, PEI, son of Moise and Mary Peters. He had served in the Canadian Army during World War I and was retired from the Oxford Paper Co. where he was employed on the paper machines. Mr. Peters was a communicant of St. Theresa's Church and a member of the Foresters, the Assumption Society and Napoleon Ouellette Post, AL. He is survived by his widow, the former Bibianne Gallant; a half-sister, Miss Josephine Peters, Springfirld, Mass.
Notes for Marie Bibianne Gallant:
Obituary: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), Tuesday, 22 November 1966: Mexico - Mrs. Bibianne Peters, 72, widow of Henry Peters, died Monday at a local hospital where she had been a patient for nine weeks. She was born Dec. 28, 1893, at Egmond Bay, P.E.I., the daughter of Norbert and Elizabeth Barriault Gallant. A resident of this community 49 years, she resided at 39 Osgood Ave., and was retired from the finishing room at the Oxford Paper Co. Mrs. Peters was a communicant of St. Theresa's Church and a member of the Ladies of St. Anne. She is survived by a brother, Glorice Gallant, Egmond Bay, P.E.I.; two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Arsenault of Egmond Bay, and Mrs. Albina Waite of Rumford. A Solemn Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at St. Theresa's Church Thursday at 9 a.m. with burial at St. John's Cemetery, Rumford.
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