Joseph Arthur Pitre
1862 Portneuf, Quebec - 1933 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, Quebec; d: 1933 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.
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.