Jean Baptiste Pitre

1849 Windsor, Ontario – 1922 Detroit, Michigan

 

 

Continuation of tree (3rd child of Medard Pitre/Mathilde Gouin); all known surname descendants:

              7          Jean Baptiste Pitre  b: 6 October 1849  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 22 February 1922  Detroit, Wayne, MI  (angina; contributory - fracture of left femur by falling from street car while getting off same)

                               +Clemence 'Helene' St. Pierre  b: 7 July 1853  Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Stukeley Nord, Shefford, Quebec; m: 29 July 1872  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Louis/Marguerite Brisset]; d: 8 June 1921  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Marie Helene Philomene Pitre  b: 7 September 1874  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: Aft. 1881

                         8          Josephine Pitre  b: 17 April 1876  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT; d: Aft. September 1957

                                       +Henry Louis Glaser  b: 7 February 1878  Stony Creek, MI; m: 1 September 1897  Detroit, Wayne, MI [John T./Frances Lark]; d: October 1962

                         8          Louis John Baptiste Pitre  b: 17 February 1878  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT; d: 11 June 1918  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Pierre Henry Pitre  b: 7 March 1880  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT; d: 2 May 1882  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT

                         8          Victor Albert Pitre  b: 11 June 1882  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT; d: 29 January 1960  San Mateo, San Mateo, CA Florida

                                       +Eugenie 'Jeanne' Tinneau dite Laforet  b: 3 March 1879  Sandwich East, Essex, ONT; m: 12 October 1903  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT [Pierre/Julie Laforet]; d: 3 December 1904  Tecumseh, Essex, ONT

                                     *2nd Wife of Victor Albert Pitre:

                                        +Bertha Schiller  b: Abt. 1882; m: 25 January 1908  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Frederick/Eva ---] (divorced 16 February 1909 Detroit)

                                     *3rd Wife of Victor Albert Pitre:

                                        +Sadie Cecilia Grifford  b: 23 January 1892  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI; m: 22 June 1909  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Edward/Nancy Peltier]; d: 30 July 1967  Ferndale, Oakland, MI

                                     *4th Wife of Victor Albert Pitre:

                                        +Edith Rose Bee (Kernaghan, Walker)  b: 12 December 1876  Nottingham, England; m: 11 April 1921  Mt. Clemens, Macomb, MI [Charles/Rose Mandel]; d: (bet 1-5) April 1960  San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

                         8          Henry Gilbert Pitre  b: 16 May 1885  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 16 May 1951  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Mabel Vollmer  b: 8 July 1892  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 25 January 1909  Detroit, Wayne, MI [divorced 14 January 1929]; d: 1 March 1988  Missouri

                         8          Maxime Pitre  b: 4 March 1887  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 10 January 1949  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +unknown    m: Abt. 1913

                                     *2nd Wife of Maxime Pitre:

                                       +Della Morton (Hayes)  b: 17 March 1877  Brighton, Livingston, MI; m: 31 October 1921  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Delos/Clara Goodell]; d: 27 December 1936  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Christine Pitre  b: 5 May 1889  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 19 April 1920  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Frank Snay  b: 27 October 1877  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 17 November 1909  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Louis/Mary Girardy]; d: 28 July 1941  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Ernest Joseph Pitre  b: 9 May 1892  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 16 June 1971  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Marie Lastowski  b: 24 May 1892  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 8 August 1916  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Albert/Anna Schultz]; d: 10 July 1969  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          William Pitre  b: 26 April 1896  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 13 October 1981  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Lillian Boss  b: Abt. 1901  Michigan; m: 16 July 1917  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Benjamin/Lillian Hanshaw]; d: Aft. 1953

 

 

Notes for Jean Baptiste Pitre:

Census

- 1881 Ontario:  John Baptist Pitre 30 (laborer), wife Clemance 28, Josephine 5, Mary 7, John 3, David 1, Rose 10.  [Emigrated to Michigan 1885.]

- 1900 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  John Peters 52 (stone mounter), wife of 28 years Ella 49; 9 of 10 children still living, John 22 (sheet iron worker), Albert 18 (boat tender), Henry 13, Maxine 12, Christine 8, Ernest 4, William 4.

- 1910 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  John Peters 57 (stone mounter), wife of 37 years Helen 58, John 32 (painter), Albert 27 (machinist), wife Sadie 18; Henry 25 (steam fitter), wife Mabel 17; Max 23 (lather), Ernest 18 (plumber), William 14.

- 1920 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  John B. Peters 69 (laborer), wife Helen 69, divorced son Max 32; and Henry 36, wife Mabel 27, Gilbert 9.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Josephine Pitre:  Misc - Detroit Times (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 1 September 1957:  Happy Anniversary (photo of the couple) Mr. and Mrs. Henry Glaser:  "Live right and don't cheat, if you want to stay married 60 years."  And if you don't believe it can be done with that simple formula, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Glaser, 14230 Auburn, will prove otherwise Sunday - their sixtieth wedding anniversary.  Glaser, who will be 80 in February and his wife, Josephine, 83 in April, said: "It was real love when we first met.  I had only $10 in my pocket when we got married."  A retired insurance executive with the Metropolitan Life Co., Glaser has pretty definite views on today's romancing.  He said: "It's not true love today like in the old days.  Girls want too much luxury to begin with and at one time.  In the old days, if a man had only a dollar in his pocket and he was a good man, that was enough.  You've got to make a real beginning to be married 60 years."  Glaser, born at Stoney Creek near Monroe, and his wife from Canada, met while working in a store in Detroit.  The Glasers have a son, Roy, 59; a daughter, Mrs. Grace Smith; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  All will be present for an anniversary dinner in the couple's honor Sunday at Mrs. Smith's home, 14150 Warwick Rd.

 

Louis John Baptiste Pitre:  Detroit Times (Detroit, MI), Thursday, 13 June 1918:  Deaths - John Peters, Jr., 148 Fairview, 40 years, pulmonary tuberculosis.

 

Victor Albert Pitre:  The Times (San Mateo, CA), Monday, 1 February 1960:  Albert Peters - Redwood City - Funeral services are pending at Crippen and Flynn chapel for Albert Peters, 77, 425 Douglas avenue, here, who died Friday at Community hospital in San Mateo following a long illness.  A retired employee of the S & W cannery in Redwood City, he lived in this city for 22 years.  He was a native of Detroit, Mich.  Peters is survived by his wife, Edith N. Peters, here.

Tombstone Inscription, Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alta, Santa Clara, CA:  Albert Peters / 1882 - 1960 (?)

 

Henry Gilbert Pitre:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Friday, 18 May 1951:  Peters, Henry; dear brother of Mrs. Henry Glaser, Ernest and William of Detroit, Albert of California.  Funeral from Doherty's Funeral Home, 10612 E. Jefferson, near Harding, Saturday morning 9:15; to St. Rose Church 9:30.  Interment Mt. Olivet.  Rosary Friday evening at 8.

 

Maxime Pitre:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Tuesday, 11 January 1949:  Peters - Max. Jan. 10, dear brother of Mrs. Henry Glaser, Henry, Albert, Ernest and William Peters.  Funeral from the Charles W. Jeffery Funeral Home, 14219 Kercheval near Lakewood, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 9 a.m. to St. Rose Church, 9:30 a.m.  Rosary Tuesday evening 8 p.m.  Graveside service under the auspices of the Fairview Post No. 393 V. F. W., Westlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

 

Ernest Joseph Pitre:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Friday, 18 June 1971:  Peters, Ernest A.  Husband of the late Mary V.  Funeral Friday 9:15 a.m. from A. H. Peters Funeral Home, 12057 Gratiot Ave., and 10 a.m. at Guardian Angel Church.  Rosary Thursday 8 p.m.

 

 

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