Continuation of tree (1st child of Joseph Pitre/Cecile Brouillet); all known surname descendants:
8 Joseph Etienne Pitre b: 7 December 1872 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT; d: 25 February 1948 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Ellen McCaffrey b: 1876 Center Line, Macomb, MI; m: 4 June 1896 Detroit, Wayne, MI [John/Gertrude Kaltz]; d: 20 May 1918 St. Clair, Wayne, MI
9 unknown child d. Bef. 1910
*2nd Wife of Joseph Etienne Pitre:
+Margaret Veronica Kelly (Doyle) b: 14 August 1885 Pittsfield, Berkshire, MA; m: Bet. 1920-1930 [Martin/Elizabeth Walsh]; d: 15 May 1974 Detroit, Wayne, MI
Notes for Joseph Etienne Pitre:
Census
- 1881
- 1891
- 1900 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan: Joseph Peters 27 brush moulder, wife Ella 26.
- 1910 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Joseph Peters 35, wife Ellen H. 36.
- 1920 Warren, Macomb, MI: Margeret Schlaf 46, cousin Wilburn Sehlattler 6, widowed mother Gertrude Wilson 73, widowed brother-in-law Joseph Peters 47 foreman/automobile factory.
- 1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Joseph Peters 55 die setter/auto factory, wife Margaret 49, John Doyle 15, Raymond Doyle 21, Anna Doyle 18 clerk/office.
- 1940 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Joseph Peters 67 machinist/auto plant, wife Margaret 54, Anna 27 bookbinder/bindery co.
- 1950 widow
WWI records: Joseph Peters Jr., res. Warren, MI; b. 7 Dec 1872; citizen by father's naturalization before majority; die setting at Ford Motor Co.; contact sister-in-law Margaret Sohlaf (Warren, MI); medium height & medium build; brown eyes & black mixed hair; 12 Sep 1918 Mt. Clemens, MI.
Obituary: The Detroit News (Detroit, MI), Friday, 27 February 1948: Peters - Joseph J., beloved husband of Margaret V. Peters; stepfather of Bertram R., Raymond F. and John L. Doyle, Mrs. Edmund Nowakowski. Burial Saturday from Stanley Turowski Funeral Home, 8:30 a.m.; to St. John's Church at 9.
Notes for Margaret Veronica Kelly:
Obituary: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Friday, 17 May 1974: Peters, Margaret, May 15. Dear mother of the late Bertram A., Raymond F., Mrs. Anna Novak and John L. Doyle; also survived by one sister; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 10:30 a.m. from the L. J. Griffin Funeral Home and to St. Mel's Church at 11 a.m. Rosary Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. Entombment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI: Peters / Margaret / 1885 - 1974
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Etienne 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).
Last updated: 28 February 2026.