Joseph Arthur Pitre
1862 Portneuf, Quebec - 1938 Lowell, Massachusetts
Continuation of tree (5th child of Joseph Narcisse Pitre/Marie Virginie Frenette); all known surname descendants:
7 Joseph Arthur Pitre b: 7 November 1862 Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs, Portneuf, Portneuf, QUE; d: 31 December 1938 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
+ Arise Spooner b: December 1870 Quebec; m: 12 June 1887 Lowell, Middlesex, MA [Joseph/Amelie ---]; d: 17 June 1949 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
8 Joseph Henri Pitre b: 22 March 1892 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; d: February 1963 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
+Lucia Mary Boisvert (aka Greenwood) b: 17 July 1902 Biddeford, York, ME; m: 25 April 1919 Portland, Cumberland, ME [Louis/Laura Harnois]; d: 23 July 1963 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
8 Felix Pitre b: 1 May 1894 Quebec; d: June 1963 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
8 Eva Pitre b: 1 November 1895 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; d: 28 February 1897 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
8 Marie Alida Pitre b: 6 May 1897 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; d: Aft. December 1945
+Jesse Auman Marshall b: 23 April 1897 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; m: 9 August 1919 Lowell, Middlesex, MA [Fred D./Hallie M. Corson]; d: 17 December 1945
8 Eva Pitre b: 6 May 1897 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; d: 23 April 1898 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
8 Joseph Alfred Pitre b: 5 February 1901 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; d: 29 April 1972 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
+Dorothy Agnes Quebec b: 24 April 1915 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; m: 1945 Lowell, Middlesex, MA [Henry/Rose McNamara]; d: 15 April 1994
8 Leo Pitre b: 1 January 1905 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; d: 3 May 1905 Lowell, Middlesex, MA
Notes for Joseph Arthur Pitre:
Census
- 1891 Ditton, Compton, Quebec: Arthur Lepitre 28 (blacksmith), wife Orise 21.
- Emigrated 1895.
- 1900 Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts: Arthur Pitre 36 (fold hand in hosiery), wife of 12 years Arise 39, Henry 8, Felix 6, Alida 1.
- 1910 Lowell, Middlesex, MA: Arthur Pietre 48 (machinist), wife of 23 years Orris 38 (4 of 8 children still living), Henri 18, Felix 16, Alida 11, Alfred 9.
- 1920 Lowell, Middlesex, MA: Arthur Pitre 57 (cotton mill/machinist), wife Orise 50 (lodging/house keeper), Felix 26 (teamster), Alfred 19 (coal co./chauffeur); son Henri 27 (cotton mill/laborer), wife Lucie 17; 17 lodgers. (Merrimack St.)
- 1930 Lowell, Middlesex, MA: Arthur Peter 66, wife Arise 61, Felix 35, Alfred 29; roomers Leon A. Paquette 26 & Raymond P. Pinette 27.
- 1940 Lowell, Middlesex, MA: Widow Orise Peters 71, 6 lodgers, Fred Pietre 34 truck driver/wrecking business, Phelix Pitre 38 truck driver/contract hauling [71 Cabot Street]
- 1950 Lowell, Middlesex, MA: Alfred Pitre 49 truck driver/construction concern, wife Dorothy 34 shipping clerk/lingerie manufacturer, brother Felix Pitre 56 (Can) truck driver/construction concern.
Obituary: The Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA), Saturday, 31 December 1938: Arthur Pitre died today at his home, 71 Cabot street at the age of 75 years. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Orise (Spooner) Pitre; a daughter, Mrs. Alida Marshall, of Dracut; three sons, Henry, Felix and Alfred Pitre, all of this city; a sister, Mrs. Aurdelie Savard of Lowell; three brothers, Alderic, of this city, George of Dracut, and Emile Pitre of Montreal, P.Q., seven grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. The body was removed to the M. R. Laurin funeral home where friends may call.
WWI registration records (sons):
Joseph Henri Pitre: Henry Pitre; Lowell, Middlesex, MA; born 23 Mar 1892 (Lowell, MA); mother; medium height, stout build; blue eyes & dark brown hair; mark on left arm to elbow.
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Henri Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Lowell, MA: PITRE / 1892 Henry J. Sr. 1963 / his wife / 1902 Lucie M. 1963 / 1921 Doris M. their dau 1926
Joseph Alfred Pitre: The Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA), Sunday, 30 April 1972: Alfred J. Petrie...Teamsters Local 49. Lowell - Alfred J. Petrie, 19 Read St., died unexpectedly yesterday at St. John's Hospital. Born in Lowell, the son of the late Arthur and the late Arise (Spooner) Pitrie, he was a member of St. Jeanne the Baptist church. Mr. Petrie for many years was a chauffeur for the Cogger Sand and Gravel Company and in recent years was a watchman for the Hub Properties. He was a member of the Teamsters Union Local 49. He was married to the former Dorothy Quebec, who survives him, along with a stepson, Henry Quebec and several nieces and nephews.
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Last updated: 4 November 2022.