Continuation of tree (5th child of Zozime Pitre/Rose Arseneau); all known surname descendants:
7 Jean Pitre b: 23 October 1839 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1911 Toronto, PEI
+Genevieve Doiron b: 1 October 1841 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 25 November 1862 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Francois Xavier/Apolline Doucet]; d: Bet. 1891-1893 Hope River, PEI
8 Catherine Pitre b: 8 October 1866 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1891
8 Dauphine Pitre b: 9 December 1868 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1881
8 Theodore Pitre b: 11 March 1871 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1891
8 Joseph Pitre b: Abt. 1872 Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1881
8 Priscille Pitre b: 15 February 1876 Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1901
8 Emmanuel 'Hunewill' Pitre b: 24 August 1878 Rustico, PEI; d: 16 November 1962 Palo Alto, Santa Clara, CA
+Euphemie Catherine 'Cassie' MacNeil b: 20 May 1884 Nova Scotia; m: Abt. 1906 [Angus John/Catherine Ann MacDonald]; d: 21 June 1920 San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
8 Mary Pitre b: Abt. 1880 Rustico, PEI
+Michael Joseph Donahoe (aka Denhaut) b: Abt. 1878 Newton, Middlesex, MA; m: 3 June 1902 Newton, Middlesex, MA [William/Margaret Golden]
8 Anselme Pitre b: 11 February 1882 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI; d: Bef. 1891
8 Jean Pitre b: 25 December 1883 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI; d: Aft. 1911
*2nd Wife of Jean Pitre:
+Catherine Desroches b: 19 August 1856 Tignish, PEI; m: 4 September 1893 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI [Louis/Marguerite Arseneau]; d: Aft. 1911
8 Marienne Pitre b: 26 April 1894 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI; d: Aft. 1911
8 Marie Rose Pitre b: 28 February 1896 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI; d: Bef. 1901
8 Frank Pitre b: 15 July 1897 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI; d: Bef. 1901
Notes for Jean Pitre:
Census
- 1881 PEI, Lot 23E1: John Peters 30 (laborer), wife
Judith 30, Catherine 14, Thodenis 12, Joseph 10, Pricilla 5, Emanuel 3, Mary 1.
- 1891 PEI, Lot 23: John Peters 48 (farm laborer), wife Jane 47, Kate 26,
Dorice 28 (farm laborer), Honewell 13, Mary 11.
- 1901 PEI, Lot 23E1: Jean Pitre 55, wife Catherine 36, Prescille 25, Jean
16, Marine 6.
- 1911 PEI, Toronto: John Peters 68 (farmer), wife Catherine DeRoche 63,
Marian 17, granddaughter Mary Denhaut 7, grandson Benjamin Denhaut 5, Peter 26.
Possible Notes for Joseph Pitre:
- 1930 Boston, Suffolk, MA (ED49): Widower Joseph J. Peters 67 (PEI-PEI-PEI; immig 1888), lumber hardner/lumber co.
Possible Notes for Anselme Pitre:
- 1910 Newton, Middlesex, MA (ED963, W3, p. 18B, Chestnut Street): Samuel Peters 24 (Can-FC-FC; immig. 1904), single, boarding, laborer/farm
- WWI Registration Records: Samuel Peters, 20 Franklin Street, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; age 36, b. 11 Feb 1882 PEI; rivetter; brother Joseph Peters (10 Hyde Park Ave., Forest Hills, Suffolk, MA); tall/medium build, brown eyes & dark brown hair; at Dorchester 12 Sep 1918.
- 10 May 1920 MA Naturalization records: Samuel Peters, res. 128 Park St., Dorchester; b. 11 Feb 1882 Hope River, PEI; riveter; unmarried; brother Joseph Peters 10 Hyde Park, Suffolk.
- 1930 Weston, Middlesex, MA (ED534, p. 16A): Samuel Peters 48 (FC; immig 1901), single, laborer/private estate
- 1940 Newton, Middlesex, MA (9-416, p. 10A): Samuel Peters 55 (FC), single, farmhand/private farm
Obituaries for the children:
Emmanuel 'Hunewill' Pitre: The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA), Sunday, 18 November 1962: Peters - In Mountain View, Calif., Friday, Nov. 16, 1962, Huneywill Peters of Palo Alto, widower of Cassie Peters; father of Mrs. Agnes Derzay of Palo Alto, Richard and Albert Peters, both of San Francisco; also survived by 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; a native of Prince Edward Island, B.C.; aged 84 years. Friends are invited to attend the funeral Monday morning at 9 o'clock from Tinney Funeral Chapel, 555 College Ave., Palo Alto, thence to the Church of St. Albert the Great, 1093 Channing Ave., Palo Alto, for a Requiem Mass, commencing at 9:30 a.m. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. The Rosary will be recited Sunday evening at 8 o'clock at the Tinney Chapel.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Last updated: 14 February 2020.