Jean Baptiste Cyriaque Pitre

1811 Windsor, Ontario – 1885 Detroit, Michigan

 

 

Continuation of tree (2nd child of Jean Baptiste Pitre/1st wife Clara Maillou); all known surname descendants:

            6          Jean Baptiste Cyriaque Pitre  b: 19 June 1811  Assumption, Windsor, Essex, ONT; d: 9 October 1885  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                              +Felicite Trudel  b: 17 May 1812  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT (Riviere a la Tranche); m: 12 January 1836  St. Pierre, Kent, ONT [Louis/Felicia Labutte]; d: 11 March 1886  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Jean Baptiste Pitre  b: 24 October 1836  St. Pierre, Kent, ONT; d: 20 August 1838  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT

                        7          Felicie Pitre  b: 18 November 1838  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 31 August 1914  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Adolph Vanhuve (aka Lyon)  b: 19 January 1838  Brussels, Belgium; m: 29 May 1860  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Francois/Coelita Lausford]; d: 6 April 1926  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Claire Pitre  b: 21 October 1841  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 5 April 1873  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +William Trudel  b: 5 May 1843  Chatham, Kent, ONT; m: 26 September 1864  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Antoine/Marguerite Ataya]; d: 9 June 1921  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Helen 'Ellen' Pitre  b: 21 October 1841  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 19 August 1923  Flat Rock, Brownstown, Wayne, MI

                                       +Toussaint 'Louis/Ludovic' Allard dit Longpres (aka Louis Longprey)  b: 13 October 1839  Notre Dame, Montreal, Quebec; m: 8 January 1867  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Jerome/Marie Rose Desautels]; d: 26 January 1919  Flat Rock, Brownstown, Wayne, MI

                        7          Florianne Pitre  b: 25 June 1843  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 2 September 1894  Omaha, Douglas, NE

                                       +Leon Alphonse Allard dit Longpres (aka John Longprey)  b: 25 July 1841  Notre Dame, Montreal, Quebec; m: 26 December 1870  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Jerome/Marie Rose Desautels]; d: 6 June 1909 Rock Springs, Sweetwater, WY

                        7          Jean Baptiste Pitre  b: 1 July 1845  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 15 March 1918  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Marie Elisabeth Gagne  b: 15 August 1852  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 18 June 1872  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Francois Xavier/Sophia Dandurand]; d: 30 June 1933  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Napoleon Pitre  b: Abt. 1847  Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: Aft. 1870  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Emilie Pitre  b: 13 August 1848  Sts. Simon & Jude, Belle River, ONT; d: 22 May 1873  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +William Alfred Underwood  b: Abt. 1841; m: 22 November 1869  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [William/Marie Colie]; d: 3 March 1877  Immaculate Conception, Paincourt, Kent, ONT                    

                        7          Louis M. Pitre  b: 2 September 1850  Sts. Simon & Jude, Belle River, ONT; d: 12 October 1929  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Marie Philomene Paulus  b: 20 January 1852  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 23 February 1876  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI [Charles/Marie Louise Barbier]; d: Bet. 1888-1889         

                                     *2nd Wife of Louis M. Pitre:

                                       +Matilda E. Baade  b: 14 September 1865  Brandenburg, Germany; m: 16 December 1889  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Frederick/Wilhelmina Laurenz]; d: 1 February 1927  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Marie Lucie Pitre  b: 14 January 1856  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 9 September 1857  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Mary Peters  b: Abt. 1857  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: Aft. 1870

 

 

Notes for Jean Baptiste Cyriaque Pitre:

Census

- 1860 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan:  John Peters 49 (dealer in fishnets), wife Phillis 48, Clara 18, Ellen 18, Flora 16, John 14, Emily 11, Louis 9, Mary 3.  [Emigrated to Michigan c1854.]

- 1870 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  John B. Peters 59 (laborer), wife Elles 58, Flory 26, John 24 (carriagemaker), Louis 20 (upholsterer), Maria 14, Napolion 24 (carpenter)

- 1880 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  John Peters 69 (laborer), wife Alice 65, James (Trudell) 11, servant Mayko Orells 22.
 

Notes for Felicite Trudel:

Obituary:  The Evening News (Detroit, MI), Saturday, 13 March 1886:  Died - Peters, at her residence, 539 Clinton ave., Mrs. Peters, aged 74, widow of the late John B. Peters.  Notice of funeral hereafter.

Probate:  Petition of John B. Peters, that Philis Peters died Thursday, 11 March 1886, no will.  She was resident in Detroit, value of estate $4500 ($1300 being personal estate).  Heirs are: Flora Longprey of Echo City, Utah Terr., Helen Longprey of Omaha, Nebraska, Philis Lyons of Detroit, Louis M. Peters of Detroit, James J. Trudell of Detroit, and the petitioner John B. Peters of Detroit (dated 17 March 1886).  Recapitulation: $3113 total amount received, less charges of administration & disbursements $2136.73, equal balance in hands of administrator $976.27.  Deceased was believed to be the owner of Lot 14 in block 22 east half of P.C. 91 in the James Campau farm in Detroit; reported to the Court and requested sale.  At time of sale discovered title was in name of John B. Peters, husband of deceased.  Sale of property brought $2000 less mortgage with accrued interest, leaving $1,232.  Household effects $150, equally divided amongst heirs.  Final account 31 October 1887.  Real estate: Lot lying between Larned & Catherine streets (Detroit) - $1700, Lot at Campau farm - $1100.  Personal property: mortgage - $636.40, open accounts due from Louis M. Peters ($537), and Philis Lyons ($50); household effects ($150).  Signed Louis M. Peters - total $4173.40.  [Misc: James J. Trudell minor of 16 years in 1886 living in Detroit, father William Trudell (living in Canada), mother Clara (deceased at Detroit), John B. Peters guardian, Detroit]

 

Obituaries for the children:

Felicie PitreDetroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Tuesday, 1 September 1914:  Mrs. Helen Phillis Lyon, 75 years old, wife of Adolph Lyon, and a resident of Detroit for 65 years, died at her home, 239 Strong avenue, Monday morning.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. George H. Clippert, and two sons, Edward F. and Frank A. Lyon.  Funeral services will be held at the residence Thursday morning at 8:15 o'clock and in St. Joachim's church at 9 o'clock.  Interment will be in Mt. Elliott cemetery.

- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Wednesday, 2 September 1914:  Lyon - At family residence, 239 Strong ave., corner Helen, Phillis, beloved wife of Adolph Lyon, mother of Mrs. Geo. H. Clippert, Edward F. and Frank A. Lyon.  Funeral Thursday from above residence at 8:15 and St. Joachim's church at 9o'clock, corner Fort and Dubois.  Burial Mt. Elliott.

 

Helen 'Ellen' Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Mary Cemetery, Rockwood, MI:  LONGPREY //  Louis T. / 1839 - 1919  //  Ellen / 1841 - 1923

 

Florianne Pitre:  Morning World-Herald (Omaha, NE), 3 September 1894:  DIED - Longpre: Florian, wife of Leon Longpre, at St. Joseph's hospital, Sunday morning at 10:45, of cancer.  Funeral at 8:30 Tuesday morning from Holy Family church, Eighteenth and Izard streets. Friends of the family invited.
Morning World-Herald (Omaha, NE), 4 September 1894:  In Memory of Mrs. Longprey:  The Electrical Workers union No. 22, at its last regular meeting, passed the following resolutions on the death of Mrs. Florian Longprey: Whereas, The Almighty and Merciful Father, has in his infinite wisdom and providence, seen fit to remove from our midst the mother of one of our most worthy members, Mrs. Florian Longprey, therefore be it Resolved, That the members of Electrical Workers' union No. 22, called together by the death of Mrs. Longprey, extend to the relatives and friends of the deceased our most heartfelt sympathy, especially to the bereaved son, Arthur L. Longprey. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the records of this union, and a copy forwarded to the family of the deceased, also to the daily papers and the journal of our order, the Electrical Worker. F. M. VANDERVOORT, President; C. ASTMUSEN, Recording Secretary.

Tombstone Inscription, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, NE:  LONGPRE / Leon Longpre / 1841 - 1909 / Floriann Longpre / 1844 - 1894 / Henry Longpre / 1875 - 1893

 

Jean Baptiste Pitre:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 17 March 1918:  Peters - John B., March 15, at his residence, 339 Baldwin ave., aged 72 years, beloved husband of Elizabeth M. (nee Gagnier), dear father of Clara E., Edgar L., Charles A., Wm. A., Albert K.  Funeral Monday a.m. at 8:30 from house, 9 o'clock at St. Charles church.  Interment at Mt. Elliott, by limousine.

 

Louis M. Pitre:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 13 October 1929:  Peters - October 12, 1929, at his son's residence, 1550 Harding ave., Louis M., dear father of Mrs. Floyd B. Sherman, Mrs. Lewis Whitman, Mrs. Ward I. Lyons, Mrs. Peter Petcoff, Marcel E., J. George, William and David Peters.  Notice of funeral later.

Tombstone Inscription, Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, MI:  Father / Louis M. Peters / 1850 - 1929  //  Mother / Mathilde Peters / 1865 - 1927

 


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