Continuation of tree (1st child of John Baptist Pitre/Celine Ursula Tremblay); all known surname descendants:
8 John Charles Baptist Pitre b: 12 August 1873 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 18 July 1932 Bay City, Bay, MI
+Edna Ratte b: 22 March 1879 Isle la Motte, VT; m: 15 April 1895 Bay City, Bay, MI [David/Catherine Lafountaine]; d: 25 November 1944 Bay City, Bay, MI
9 Ivan Peters b: Abt. 1896 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: Bef. 1900
9 James Joseph Peters b: 11 August 1897 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 20 September 1945 Bangor, Bay, MI
+Elna Ilone 'Eleanor' Wihtinen b: 30 May 1902 Helsinki, Finland; m: 10 October 1919 River Rouge, Wayne, MI [Johan/Anna Gustana Huttunen]; d: 27 May 1990 Detroit, Wayne, MI
9 Vernon David Peters b: 23 August 1900 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: December 1968 Eastpointe, Macomb, MI
+Della D. Kluive b: Abt. 1901 New York; m: 8 July 1919 River Rouge, Wayne, MI [Fred/--ella Damuth] (divorced 16 February 1938 CA)
*2nd Wife of Vernon David Peters:
+Ollie Ethel Murphy (Ergas, Tsikuris) b: 30 June 1914 Florida; m: 3 June 1943 Pinellas, FL [Lark/Eugenia ---] (divorced 1949 Taylor Co., FL); d: 9 January 1992 Tallahassee, Leon, FL
9 Leona Mary Peters b: 3 November 1903 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 12 June 1974 Lincoln Park, Wayne, MI
+Joseph Durrett Lawrence b: 6 February 1902 Cedar City, Callaway, MO; m: 5 April 1920 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Thomas Albert/Effie Draper] (divorced 17 November 1939); d: 4 August 1944 Detroit, Wayne, MI
*2nd Husband of Leona Mary Peters:
+George Zaris b: 7 December 1904 Cyprus, Greece; m: 14 January 1941 Lucas, Richland, OH [Efxtathios/Helen Kyriacoudian] (divorced 1956)
9 Bernetta Peters b: 30 March 1906 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 2 October 1914 River Rouge, Wayne, MI
9 Violet May Peters b: 10 August 1908 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 10 July 1968 Bay City, Bay, MI
+Oliver Samuel. Grumbley b: 7 August 1898 Michigan; m: 7 August 1924 Bay City, Bay, MI [Harvey/Eva Baker] (divorced 8 September 1939); d: 28 June 1969 Rhodes, Gladwin, MI
*2nd Husband of Violet May Peters:
+Robert Irving b: 11 March 1901; m: Aft. 1931; d: 9 May 1969 Kawkawlin, Bay, MI
9 Roland Anthony Peters b: 12 March 1911 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 18 October 1977 Bay City, Bay, MI
+Lillian Ethelyn Tate b: 30 July 1913 Bay City, Bay, MI; m: 7 June 1930 Visitation, Bay City, Bay, MI [Herman/Marie May McChensey]; d: 28 December 2002 Seneca, Oconee, SC
9 Loyal Devere Peters b: 15 August 1913 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 9 January 1982 Hampton, Bay, MI
+Mary Eileen Cody b: 5 November 1916 Bay City, Bay, MI; m: 27 November 1937 Bay City, Bay, MI [Daniel/Celia Boivin] (divorced 21 June 1948); d: 16 May 1981 Simi Valley, Ventura, CA
*2nd Wife of Loyal Devere Peters:
+Kathryn Bosley (Marande) b: 5 July 1918 Bay City, Bay, MI; m: 19 February 1949 Lucas, Richland, OH [Henry P./Mary Sullivan]; d: 28 July 1995 Bangor, Bay, MI
9 Eleanor C. Peters b: 16 March 1916 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 8 August 1991 Midland, Midland, MI
+Lawrence A. Letourneau b: 18 March 1912 Bay City, Bay, MI; m: 7 January 1935 Gero, Tuscola, |MI [Joseph W./Eva Loranger]; d: 11 August 1976 Bay City, Bay, MI
9 Kenneth Peters b: 23 February 1919 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 23 February 1919 Bay City, Bay, MI
9 John Charles Peters b: 20 June 1922 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 24 April 2013 Southfield, Oakland, MI
+Leota Marie Hartson b: 1 February 1921 Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 27 January 1947 Napoleon, Henry, OH [Lee William/Ardelia Olmsted]; d: 16 December 2008 Southfield, Oakland, MI
Notes for John Charles Baptist Pitre:
Census
- 1900 West Bay, Bay, Michigan:
Charles Peters 26 (day laborer), wife of 5 years Edna 21; 1 of 2 children still
living, James 2, sister-in-law Ida Retter 18.
- 1910 Bay, Bay, MI: Charles Peters 39 (shipyard/ironworker), wife of 15
years Edna 38; 5 of 6 children still living:, James 12, Vernon 9, Leona 6,
Bernetta 4, Violet 1.
- 1920 Detroit, Wayne, MI: John C. Peters 46 (shipyard/inspector), wife
Edna 40, James J. 22 (city work/laborer) & wife Eleanor L. 17; Vernon D. 19 &
wife Della D. 18, their daughter Gladys C. 6 months; Leona M. 16, Violet M. 11,
Roland, Loyal D. 6, Eleanor C. 3 years 10 months; boarders Louis S. Shanteau 21,
Robert D. Rueschke 21, Lillian E. Folse 19.
- 1930 Bay City, Bay, MI: John C. Peters 56 (shipyard/fitter), wife of 35
years Edna C. 51, Roland A. 19, Loyal D. 16, Eleanor G. 14, John C. Jr. 7,
granddaughter Gloria 8 months; James J. Peters 32 & wife of 10 years Eleanor I.
27, Ida B. 8.
- 1940 Bay City, Bay, MI: Widow Edna Florence 61 [$1200 house value], son Charles Peters 17 barking logs/reforestation project. [409 Sidney]
Obituary: Bay City Times (Bay City, MI), Wednesday, 20 July 1932: Peters - Funeral services for Charles Peters, 59, life-long resident of Bay City, were held this morning at the residence, 409 Smith street, and at Visitation church. The Rev. Fr. George DeQuay officiated and burial was in Calvary cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Edna; three daughters; five sons; four sisters, Mrs. Alex Frasier, Mt. Clements, Mrs. Roland Everson, Aubur, Mrs. John Ragen, and Mrs. Ralph Thompson, Bay City, and two brothers, Henry, River Rouge, and David, Detroit.
World War I registration records (sons):
James Joseph Peters: James Peters, b. 11 Aug 1877 Bay City; rel: Charles Peters; medium build/medium complexion, blue eyes, light hair.
Vernon David Peters: Vernon David Peters, b. 23 Aug 1900, not working, mother Mrs. Edna Peters; medium height, medium build, brown eyes & brown hair; 12 Sep 1918 Detroit
Obituaries for the children:
Leona Mary Peters: Misc.: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 30 December 1962: A small fortune in moldy bills, wrapped in an old newspaper and stuffed into a jar, apparently by a forgetful gambler, came to light Saturday in the wake of duplicity and attempted murder. The story sounds like a morality play, to prove the adage that money corrupts. In this case the money was $11,500 in $20, $50 and $100 bills, wrapped in a Dec. 5, 1948 newspaper, and stuffed into a glass jar hidden in the crawl space under a house at 1225 Fifteenth on Detroit's near West side. The jar was discovered about Thanksgiving Day by Adolfo Acosta, 38, who bought the house for $2,000 on Oct. 13. He was crawling around, trying to dig up a faulty sewer line......A Police investigation turned up reports in the Acosta neighborhood that the former owner of the house was a gambler and was believed to have stashed large sums of money in various places. Detectives contacted Mrs. Leona Zaris, of 34534 Ecorse Rd., Wayne, who lived in the house until 1960. She confirmed that her ex-husband, George Zaris, whom she divorced in 1956, was a gambler. She said that she had no idea where he is now and expressed no surprise that Acosta had found $11,500 in a jar under the house. "Yeh," Mrs. Zaris said. "There was a lot of money around there. It could be his - George's." She indicated no interest in trying to claim the money. Gambling money which comes into the possession of police in Detroit is almost always turned over to the City's general fund - which is what might happen to the last $1,000.
Bernetta Peters: The Detroit Tribune (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 4 October 1914: The eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peters, Division street, River Rouge, died of diphtheria Friday. The funeral was held yesterday.
Roland Anthony Peters: Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Kawkawlin, Bay, MI: PETERS / Roland A. / 1911 - 1977 / Lillian E. / 1913 - 2002
Loyal Devere Peters: Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, Bay, MI: PETERS / Kathryn / 1918 - 1995 / Loyal / 1913 - 1982
Back one generation to parents of John Charles Baptist Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Births/Marriages/Deaths in RED without a church have come from the Michigan Return of Births/Marriages/Deaths (Family Search online - actual pages viewable). While births & marriages name parents, deaths list only age & marital status.
Last updated: 22 May 2023.