Continuation of tree (1st child of Prospere Pitre/Marie Gallant); all known surname descendants:
8 Jerome Pitre b: 11 August 1853 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 7 April 1909 Salem, Essex, MA
+ Justine 'Isabella' Pitre b: 11 September 1856 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 26 October 1875 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec [Severe/Charlotte Doiron]; d: 1 March 1941 Salem, Essex, MA
9 Pacifique Joseph 'Paul' Pitre b: 4 September 1876 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec; d: 11 May 1959 Tyngsboro, Middlesex, MA
+ Alberta Thibeault b: 13 May 1881 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; m: 1 August 1899 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: 29 April 1974 N. Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA
9 Prospere Severe Pitre b: 24 January 1880 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec; d: 27 April 1880 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec
9 Cleophas Pitre b: 5 March 1881 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec; d: 24 December 1904 Tupper Lake, Franklin, NY
9 Marie Rose Pitre b: 28 September 1883 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec; d: 26 January 1884 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec
9 Rose Mary Pitre b: 26 November 1885 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: 22 June 1902 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB
9 Pritchard Pitre b: 22 March 1887 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: Aft. 1901
9 Henry Joseph Pitre b: 25 July 1889 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: 8 December 1967 Glens Falls, Warren, NY
+ Celia Alexina Lavallee b: Abt. 1893 Salem, Essex, MA; m: 3 November 1909 Salem, Essex, MA [Leandre/Clara Giroux]; d: Aft. 1910
*2nd Wife of Henry Joseph Pitre:
+ Grace --- b: 1902 New York; m: Abt. 1922; d: 1962 Glens Falls, Warren, NY
9 Mary Agnes Pitre b: 5 April 1891 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: Aft. 1901
9 Joseph Pitre b: 21 June 1892 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: 1959 Middleton, Essex, MA
+Marie Rose Dionne b: 24 May 1894 Salem, Essex, MA; m: 26 May 1913 Salem, Essex, MA [Joseph/Georgiana Lemieux]; d: 1929 Salem, Essex, MA
*2nd Wife of Joseph Peters:
+Madeline E. Vaillancourt b: 26 March 1906 Lynn, Essex, MA; m: 1934 Middleton, Essex, MA [Joseph M./Nellie M. Long]; d: 20 October 1982 Swampscott, Essex, MA
9 Mary Eva Pitre b: 19 July 1895 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: Aft. 1940 Ipswich, Essex, MA
+Joseph P. Poirier b: Abt. 1887 PEI; m: Abt. 1921; d: Aft. 1940
9 Marie Delvina Pitre b: 17 November 1898 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: Aft. 1910
Notes for Jerome Pitre:
Census
- 1881 Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec: Jerome Pitre 27 (farmer), wife Justine 24, Pacifique 5, Cleophas 1 month.
- 1891
- 1901 Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick: Jerome
Petters 47 (farmer), wife Justine 44, R. Mary 16, Pritchard 14, Henery 11,
Agness 9, Joseph 8, Eva 6, Delvina 2.
- 1910 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts: Widow Justine Peter 52 (6 of 12
children still living), Joseph 17, Yvone 15, Delvina 11; son Henry 20
(shoe shop/stock fitter), wife of 1 year Celia 18, Riginal 1 month; boarders
Maxime Commeau 3 & Joseph Commeau 1 year 10 months.
Notes for Justine 'Isabella' Pitre:
- Justine remarried on 20 June 1911 at Balmoral, Restigouche, NB to Thelesphore Francoeur.
- 1921 Salem, MA Directory: Telesphore Francoeur (Justine) h 15 Franklin
- 1930 Ipswich, Essex, MA: Widow Justine Francoeur 73 living with son-in-law Joseph P. Poirrier 43 carpenter & his wife Eva 35, and their 2 children.
WWI registration records (sons):
Pacifique Joseph 'Paul' Pitre: Paul Peters, age 42, b. 4 Sep 1876, fireman, rel: Alberta Peters; tall height/medium build; brown eyes & black hair; 12 Sep 1918 Tewksbury, MA
Obituaries for the children:
Henry Joseph Pitre: The Post Star (Glens Falls, NY), Saturday, 9 December 1967: Henry J. Peters, 78, 25 Bush St., died Friday at 9 a.m. in Glens Falls Hospital following a long illness. He was a member of St. Alphonsus Church and was formerly employed by the Duplex Construction Co. of Glens Falls. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Joseph David, Mrs. Edward Weller and Mrs. James LaFarr, all of Glens Falls; three sons, Ralph and Leon Peters of Glens Falls and Reginald Peters of Salem, Mass.; one sister, Miss Irene Peters of Brooklyn, and several grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 9 a.m. in St. Alphonsus Church. Interment will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery. Friends may call at the Sullivan and Minahan Funeral Home, tonight from 7 to 9 and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Members of Carpenters Local Union, 229, will meet tonight at 7:30 at the funeral home to pay their respects.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Massachusetts births/marriages/deaths in RED from online state registers.
Last updated: 28 October 2022.