Continuation of tree (6th child of Richard Pitre/Bridget Dalton); all known surname descendants:
7 John E. Peters b: 29 August 1873 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 16 March 1934 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Ellen Halacy b: December 1875 Michigan; m: 2 November 1898 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Patrick/---]; d: 1956 Detroit, Wayne, MI
8 Margaret Marie 'Peg' Peters b: 17 July 1904 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 1 March 1993 Haslett, Ingham, MI
Notes for John E. Peters:
Census
- 1900 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan: John Peters 25 electrician, wife Ellen 25.
- 1910 Detroit, Wayne, MI: John E. Peters 37 salesman/automobile, wife Ellen M. 37, Margaret M. 5, widowed father-in-law Patric D. Halasey 77. [Wilkins St.]
- 1920 Detroit, Wayne, MI: John Peters 45 salesman/auto factory, wife Ellen 45, Margaret 15 [Hurlbut Avenue]
- 1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI: John E. Peters 52 salesman/auto truck, wife Ellen M. 52, Margarete M. 23 teacher/school.
- 1940 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Widow Ellen Peters 65, Margaret 33 school teacher/public school.
- 1950 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Widow Ellen Peters 72, Margaret 45 5th grade schoolteacher/city.
Obituary: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sunday, 18 March 1934: (photo) John E. Peters - Following services at the home at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday solemn requiem high mass will be sung at St. Benedict's Church at 9 for John E. Peters, 650 Brentwood Ave., widely known in automobile circles here. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Peters died at his home Friday at the age of 60 after an illness of a year. He was born in Detroit and attended Detroit College, now the University of Detroit. For the past 20 years he had been salesman and then sales-manager for the Federal Motor Truck Co. Previously he was with the Thompson Auto Co. During the Spanish-American War he served in Cuba. He was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus and a member of the Rotary Club, the Elks, the Detroit Yacht Club and the United Spanish War Veterans. Surviving are his wife, Ellen; a daughter, Margaret; two sisters, Mrs. Wilbur Jackman and Mrs. John Schroeder, and a brother, Charles.
Notes for Ellen Halacy:
Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI: Ellen H. Peters / 1875 - 1956
Obituary for the daughter:
Margaret M. 'Peg' Peters: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Wednesday, 3 March 1993: Margaret M. 'Peg' Peters, Haslett, MI. Age 88, died March 1, 1993. Born July 17, 1904 in Detroit. Former teacher at Courville School. Services Thursday, March 4, 10:30 a.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, East Lansing. Arrangements by Gorsline-Runciman Co. East Chapel, East Lansing.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, Ingham, MI: Margaret M. Peters / 1904 - 1993
Back one generation to parents of John E. Peters
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Last updated: 30 November 2022.