Jerome Pitre

1851 Rustico, PEI – 1920 St. Anns, PEI

 

 

Continuation of tree (8th child of Thomas Pitre/Louise Blaquiere); all known surname descendants:

              7     Jerome Pitre  b: 28 May 1851  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 3 June 1920  St. Anns, PEI

                             +Apoline Lucie Ranson (aka Ransang)  b: 16  December 1861  L'Ardoise, Richmond, NS; m: 24 November 1881  Halifax, Halifax, NS [Charles/Adele ---]; d: 16 April 1937  Charlottetown, PEI

                        8        Alvina Pitre  b: 29 August 1882  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1891

                        8        Celine 'Selena Matilda' Pitre  b: 28 July 1884  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 13 August 1971  Charlestown, Suffolk, MA

                        8        Flavie Pitre  b: 31 May 1887  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1901  

                        8        Laurent Pitre  b: 1 December 1889; d: Aft. 1901

                        8        Elizabeth Louise Pitre  b: 1 March 1891  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 17 October 1942  Boston, Suffolk, MA Suffolk, MA

                        8        Marcel Pitre  b: 10 March 1896  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 4 September 1896  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI

                        8        Lucille Aiment 'Emma Lucy' Pitre  b: 1 October 1897  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 26 July 1973  W. Roxbury, Suffolk, MA

                        8        William Walter Pitre  b: 3 May 1900  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1911

 

 

Notes for Jerome Pitre:

Census

- 1891 PEI, Lot 24F1:  Jerome Peter 40 (fisherman), wife Apoline 30, Albina 9, Celina 7, Flovie 4, Laurent 3, Marie 1 month.

- 1901 PEI, Lot 24A1:  Geroam Peters 50, wife Poline L. 40, Selina 16, Florrie 14, Lawrence 12, Louisa 10, Emma 4, Walter 1;  Margaret Harold 60 lodger.

- 1911 PEI, Bay View, Lot 22:  Jerome Peters 60 (sailor/fisherman), Louisa 20, Emma 12, Walter 10.

 

- 1921 PEI, Falconwood Asylum:  Pauline Lucy Peters 60 patient.  In 1920 Boston, Suffolk, MA:  Selena Peters 34 cook & Emma Peters 22 maid (both for a private family).   [93 Mt. Vernon St.]  (Louise 30?)

 

- 1931  East Royalty, Charlottetown Royalty, Queens, PEI:  Widow Mrs. Jerome Peters 69 patient  ( Falconwood Hospital)

 

- 1930 Boston, Suffolk, MA:  Salina Peters 40 domestic/private home   (Louise 40?, Emma 33?)

- 1940 Boston, Suffolk, MA:  Emma Peters 42 domestic/private house  (Selena 56?, Louise 50?)

 

- 1950 Boston, Suffolk, MA:  ?? Emma 53 & Selena 66

 

Misc.: Border crossing:

- Sep 1914 from Canada to U.S.:  Selena Peters 35 & Louise Peters 29, last address Hope River, PEI, to Boston; nearest rel. aunt Dosie Gallant, N. Rustico, PEI

- Jun 1920 from Canada to U.S.: Louise Peters 23 last address Hope River, PEI; nearest rel. father Jerome Peters, Hope River, PEI; dest. Brookline, MA

 

Tombstone Inscription, St. Augustine's Cemetery, North Rustico, PEI:  Jerome Peters / died June 3, 1920 / age 69 yrs. / his wife / Pauline Ransong / died Apr. 16, 1937 / age 76 yrs.

 

Notes for Apoline Lucie Ranson:

Obituary:  The Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Thursday, 22 April 1937:  Peters - At Charlottetown April 16, 1937, Lucille Pauline Peters (nee Ransang) age 76 years, wife of the late Jerome Peters, formerly of Bay View, P.E.I.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Celine 'Selena Matilda' Pitre:  The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Saturday, 14 August 1971:  Peters - In Charlestown, August 13, Selena M., beloved sister of Emma L. Peters of 137 Bunker Hill St.  Funeral from the John H. Sawyer Funeral Home, Monday, August 16, at 9:10 a.m.  Funeral Mass at St. Catherine's Church, at 10:00.  Relatives and friends invited.  Visiting hours Saturday 7-9 p.m., Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, MA:  PETERS / 1884  Selena M.  1971

 

Elizabeth Louise Pitre:  The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Saturday, 17 October 1942:  Peters - In this city, Oct. 16, Louise E. Peters (after long illness) sister of Selena and Emma Peters of 32 Worcester sq.  Funeral from the chapel of John J. Connolly, Monday, Oct. 19 at 8:15 a.m.  Solemn High Mass in the Immaculate Conception Church at 9 o'clock.  Relatives and friends invited.

 

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Last updated:  28 December 2024.