Continuation of tree (1st child of Jadus Pitre/Marthe Arsenault); all known surname descendants:
8 James Pitre b: 3 January 1867 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 20 March 1921 Rumford, Oxford, ME
+Mary Madeleine Chiasson b: 21 January 1870 Tignish, PEI; m: 30 September 1890 Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI [Maxime/Marguerite Poirier]; d: Aft. March 1921
9 Arthur Joseph Peters b: 3 June 1897 Alberton, PEI (adopted); d: 18 December 1954 Lewiston, Androscoggin, ME
+Emma Schwengsbier b: Abt. 1896 Austria; m: 16 September 1922 Westbrook, Cumberland, ME [Hans/Anna Kugler]; d: 11 January 1981 Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Notes for James Pitre:
Census
- 1891 PEI, Lot 2C2: Jadus Pitre 53 (farmer), wife Martha 34, Fabien 23, Gilbert 20, Mary 18, George 16 farmer, John 13, Arthur 10, Joseph 7; son James 25 (lumberman), wife Mary 21.
- 1901 Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick: Jacque Peters 33, wife Mary 27, adopted son Arthur 4.
- 1910 Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine: James Peters 41 (pulp mill/laborer), wife of 17 years Mary 39 [no children], adopted son Arthur 14.
-1920 Westbrook, Cumberland, ME: James Peters 54, wife Marie 49, living w/Frank Buote 45 & wife Marie 37.
Maine Naturalization record: James Peters, age 51, mill employee, 5'7", 148 lbs., medium brown hair, gray eyes, b. Tignish, NS 3 Jan 1866, reside 37 Walker Street, Portland, ME; emigrated from Chatham, NB on Intercolonial and Canadian Pacific Railway; wife Mary (Chisholm) Peters b. Tignish; arrived at Vanceboro, ME 15 Aug 1902; signed James Peters 30 Aug 1917
Obituary: Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, ME), Tuesday, 22 March 1921: Rumford - The death of James Peters, age 54 years, occurred Sunday morning at his home 231 Knox street, the cause of death being given as encephalitis. The deceased had been a resident of Rumford for only nine months and had come here from Westbrook. He leaves a wife and several children.
Notes for adopted son Arthur Joseph Peters:
Obituary: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, ME), Monday, 20 December 1954: Rumford - Arthur J. Peters, 54, a kitchen employee of the DeWitt Hotel, Lewiston, was found dead in his bed in his room at the hotel Saturday, and County Medical Examiner Paul R. Chevalier listed cause of death as heart disease. The deceased had been working at the hotel about two months. Fellow workers were unable to arouse him Saturday morning and summoned police who took him to a hospital where Dr. Chevalier pronounced him dead due to heart disease. Mr. Peters was born June 3, 1900, at Alberton, P.E.I., son of James and Medeleine Chaisson Peters. A former construction worker, he resided here at 607 Pine St. A member of St. Athanasius Church, Napoleon Ouellette Post, AL; and Robert Shand Post, VFW, he served in World War I with the 101st Engineer Guard. Mr. Peters is survived by his widow, the former Emma Schwengabier; two sons, James L., Rumford, and S/Sgt. Albert, Washington, D.C.; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Lamb, Enid, Okla., and Miss Barbara, Rumford; a half-brother, Stanley Godin, Waterville, and three grandchildren.
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