Jerome Pitre

1853 Rustico, PEI – 1909 Salem, Massachusetts

 

 

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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Last updated:  28 October 2022.