Continuation of tree (6th child of Eusebe Pitre/Angele Basinet); all known surname descendants:
8 Jean Emerie Pitre b: 4 February 1865 Ste. Felicite, Clarence Creek, Russell, ONT; d: 11 November 1944 Torch Lake, Houghton, MI
+Mary McDonald b: 27 January 1870 Somerset North, Megantic, QUE; m: 22 April 1895 Lake Linden, Houghton, MI [John/Julie Bolduc]; d: 15 May 1928 Newberry, Luce, MI
Notes for Jean Emerie Pitre:
Census
- 1881 Clarence, Russell, ONT: Eusebe Pitre 48 (farmer), wife Angele 49, Eusebe 25, Adele 24, Charles 19, Emeri 16, Moise 13, Febranie 11, Napoleon 9, Gedeon 9, Entime 6.
- 1891
- 1900 Osceola, Houghton, Michigan: Henry Petre 34 day laborer, wife Mary 27.
- 1910 Osceola, Houghton, MI: Henry Pitre 47 copper smelter laborer, wife Mary 39.
- 1920 Osceola, Houghton, MI: Henry Pitre 53, wife Mary 48.
- 1930 Torch Lake, Houghton, MI: Widower Henry Pitre 64 teamster operative/copper smelter.
- 1940 Torch Lake, Hubbell-Tamarack Mills, Houghton, MI: Theodore Lamore 38 blacksmith help/road construction, wife Aline 29, boarder Emery Pitre 75.
MISC: Gouverneur Free Press, Friday, 10 August 1928: Visits Brother Believed Dead - Moses Pete, Brother of Emery Pete of Gouverneur, Hadn’t Seen Him in 55 Years - Moses Pete of Sterlingville, father of Emery Pete of this village, passed through Gouverneur on Sunday en route to Cornwall, Ont., where he was summoned to see a brother, Emery Pete, whom he has not seen in 55 years nor from whom he had heard in more than 25 years. Mr. Pete had believed his brother dead. Members of his family had not been in communication with him in more than a quarter century and long ago it had been accepted fact that Mr. Pete was dead. On Saturday Moses Pete received a telephone call from his brother, Emery, at Cornwall, asking him to visit him and he immediately made arrangements for his departure. He is expected to stop in Gouverneur on Tuesday or Wednesday to visit his son, Emery Pete, of this village.
Notes for Mary McDonald:
Tombstone Inscription: Lake Linden, MI: Mary Pitre / Jan. 27, 1870 / May 15, 1928
Back one generation to parents of Jean Emerie Pitre
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Last updated: 7 November 2025.