Continuation of tree (9th child of Hilaire 'Alexander' Pitre/Tarsille Boudreau); all known surname descendants:
7 Joseph H. Pitre b: 6 August 1852 Beresford, Gloucester, NB; d: 21 August 1937 Beresford, Gloucester, NB
+Helene Doucet b: 22 June 1854 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 5 February 1878 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Hilaire/Rose Doucet]; d: 21 January 1895 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Alphonse Pitre b: 26 February 1879 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 24 March 1959 Halifax, Halifax, NS
+Marie Gertrude Roy b: 18 May 1876 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 9 July 1900 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Jean Baptiste/Marguerite Boudreau]; d: 25 October 1908 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
*2nd Wife of Joseph Alphonse Pitre:
+Harriett 'Hattie' Coolan b: 22 October 1874 Blind Bay (or Prospect), NS; m: 15 May 1910 Upper Prospect, Halifax, NS [Thomas/Mary Duggan]; d: 26 February 1951 Halifax, NS
8 Marie Rose Pitre b: 30 April 1881 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 12 January 1956 Beresford, Gloucester, NB
+Stanislas Hache b: 19 March 1878 Beresford, Gloucester, NB; m: 7 August 1899 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Joseph L./Salome Landry]; d: 14 May 1964 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Adelard Pitre b: 7 August 1882 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 23 April 1958 Halifax, Halifax, NS
+Marguerite Roy b: 25 January 1886 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 9 April 1907 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Jean Baptiste/Marguerite Boudreau]; d: Aft. 1921
8 Marie Anne Pitre b: 10 December 1883 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 17 October 1943 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+Jerome Doucet b: Abt. 1878 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 7 August 1906 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [William/Rose Anne Doucet]; d: Bef. 1917
*2nd Husband of Marie Anne Pitre:
+Georges Duguay b: 19 July 1873 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 27 November 1917 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Guillaume/Genevieve Arseneau]; d: 28 May 1966 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
8 Nicholas Edmond Pitre b: 1 September 1885 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 20 February 1951 Armonk, Westchester, NY
+Marie Anne Roy b: 2 July 1883 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 11 September 1906 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Jean Baptiste/Marguerite Boudreau]; d: 17 March 1908 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
*2nd Wife of Nicholas Edmond Pitre:
+Mary Kathleen Murphy b: 8 August 1898 St. Patrick, Halifax, NS; m: 17 February 1916 St. Patrick's Cathedral, Halifax, Halifax, NS [Bernard Daniel/Sarah Agnes Coolen]; d: 1956 Armonk, Westchester, NY
8 Joseph Camille Pitre b: 27 March 1887 Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB; d: 1 August 1959 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+Marie Jeanne 'Eulalie' Degrace b: 9 January 1891 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 31 August 1909 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Jacques/Elizabeth Lejeune]; d: 25 May 1969 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB
8 Virginie Flore Pitre b: 12 January 1889 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: Bef. February 1951
+Joseph Theodore Arseneau b: 12 March 1888 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 19 November 1907 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Joseph/Marie Doucet]; d: 12 December 1964 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB
8 Marie Jeanne Pitre b: 21 August 1890 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 17 August 1892 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
8 Jean Theodule Pitre b: 16 February 1892 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: February 1972 White Plains, Westchester, NY
+Mary Bertha Minnehan b: 24 March 1897 St. John, St. John, NB; m: 28 June 1915 Immaculate Conception, St. John, NB [John & Mary Hall, adopted by Minnehan]; d: 7 October 1977 White Plains, Westchester, NY
8 Telesphore Pitre b: 4 January 1895 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 27 February 1959 Bristol, Hartford, CT
+Marie Fournier b: 25 May 1903 Quebec; m: Abt. 1920 [Joseph/Jane McLaughlin]; d: 22 June 1964 Somers, Westchester, NY
*2nd Wife of Joseph H. Pitre:
+Monique Godin b: 1 May 1860 Caraquet, Gloucester, NB; m: 22 November 1897 Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Nil/Henriette Godin]; d: 19 May 1945 Beresford, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Camille Pitre b: 18 July 1899 Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB; d: 9 September 1899 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Octave Pitre b: 18 February 1902 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 19 February 1944 Beresford, Gloucester, NB
+Marie Louise Alice Aube b: 25 October 1900 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 8 September 1920 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Joseph/Marie Godin]; d: 12 January 1998 Beresford, Gloucester, NB
Notes for Joseph H. Pitre:
Census
- 1881 Beresford, Gloucester, New Brunswick: Hilaire Pitre 64 (farmer), wife Tharsille 63, Pierre 22 (farmer), Victor 20, Jane 30 widow; Joseph 26 (farmer), wife Helene 26, Alphonse 2.
- 1891 Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Hilaire Pitre 74 (general store keeper & farmer), wife Tharsille 73; son Joseph Pitre 34 farmer, wife Helene 36, Alphonse 12, Marie Rose 10, Adelard 8, Marie Ann 7, Nicolas 5, Joseph 4, Georgina 2, Jeanne 8 months.
- 1901 Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Joseph H. Pitre 48, wife Monique 41, Alphonse 22, wife Gertrude 24, Adelard 17, Maryanne 16, Edmond 15, Joseph 13, Georgina 12, Theodule 9. [Telesphore 6 - ?]
- 1911 Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Joseph H. Pitre 57 (farmer), wife Monique 51, Theodule 19 (laborer), Telesphore 16 (laborer), Octave 9.
- 1921 Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Joseph Pitre 68 farmer, wife Monique 61, Octave 18, wife Alice 20.
- 1931 West Bathurst, Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Joseph Pitre 78, wife Monique 70, Octave 29, wife Alice 30, Emerilda 9, Martin 8, Violette 6, Olonzo 4, Jeannine 11 months.
Sent to Monsignor Donat Robichaud (25 January 1977): Information from Mrs. Octave Pitre, born Alice Aube, 76 years old, Beresford. Octave Pitre, born February 28, 1902, married 25 Oct 1910 Alice Aube. Octave was the son of Joe (to Hilarion) Pitre and Monique (to Nil) Godin of Maisonnette. Joe Pitre had land from the Millstream River to the old guide room. He had given it to his children: his daughter (Mrs. Stanislas Haché) the land sold for the new church, as well as to José Pitre. Joe's brother Victor had his land from the 40-rod guide room to the fire station. Peter Pitre also had 40 rods. (Mrs.) born in Laplante:
World War I registration records (sons):
Telesphore Pitre: Telles Petrie, b. 4 Sep 1894, Beresford, NB; carpenter (was in 93rd Regt for 2 years, 62nd Regt for 3 months); rel. Joseph H. Petrie; 10 Nov 1914 (signed as Telles Pitrie)
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Alphonse Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Thomas Cemetery, Big Lake, NS: PETRIE / Joseph A. / 1879 - 19-- / his wife / Charity C. / 1875 - 1951 / rest in peace
Nicholas Edmond Pitre: The Reporter Dispatch (White Plains, NY), Wednesday, 21 February 1951: Armonk - Edmond J. Petre, sixty-two, of Annadale Street, widely known Westchester county contractor and builder and proprietor of the Armonk Woodcraft Shop, Main Street, died unexpectedly last night in a private ambulance en route to Grasslands Hospital. Mr. Petre had lived in White Plains before moving here 11 years ago. He was, according to members of his family, the builder of the first house in the Fox Meadow section of Scarsdale. Mr. Petre constructed many homes in that development and the Gedney Farm section of White Plains. He also had constructed commercial buildings in New York. Born Aug. 28, 1888, at Beresford, New Brunswick, Canada, he came to White Plains in 1922. He was the son of the late Joseph and Helen Ducette Petre. His marriage to the former Kathleen Murphy, who survives, took place Feb. 17, 1916 in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Joseph, Allan and Edward Petre, all of the home address; three daughters, Mrs. C. Lindsay McLaughlin of 10 Lawrence Drive, Edgebrook Estates, Greenburgh, Mrs. Thomas Sodaro of Santa Monica, Calif., and Miss Christina Petre of San Francisco, Calif., and one grandson, also a sister and five brothers, all of Canada.
Telesphore Pitre: Patent Trader (Mount Kisco, NY), Thursday, 5 March 1959: Bristol, Conn. - Thomas Petrie, 64, died February 27 at his home in Bristol. He was a former resident of Somers, NY. Besides his wife, he is survived by five children, Thomas Petrie Jr of Bristol, Edward Petrie of Brewster, NY, Mrs. Albert Lavorgna of Southington, Mrs. John Demora of Bristol, Mrs. Lawton Adams and Mrs. Lawrence Schrantz of Somers and 18 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday in Bristol and interment was in Somers, NY.
Back one generation to parents of Joseph H. Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1963).
- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 18 July 2023.