Henry Pitre

1897 Charlottetown, PEI – 1963 Mexico, Maine

 

 

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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