Joseph Pitre

1862 Rustico, PEI – 1946 Summerside, PEI

 

 

Continuation of tree (2nd child of Maurice Pitre/Christine Pitre); all known surname descendants:

              8      Joseph Pitre  b: 27 January 1862  Rustico, PEI; d: 17 January 1946  Summerside, PEI

                               + Marie Rose Arsenault  b: June 1865  Egmont Bay, PEI; m: 27 November 1888  St. Paul, Summerside, PEI [Hypolite/Julienne Gallant]; d: 14 February 1942  Summerside, PEI

                          9           Augustin Peters  b: 31 May 1889  Summerside, PEI; d: 1947  Summerside, PEI

                          9           Isaac Newman Peters  b: 19 May 1891  Summerside, PEI; d: 18 March 1974  Bangor, Penobscot, ME

                                         +Agnes B. Reynolds  b: 10 April 1903  Lewiston, Androscoggin, ME; m: 17 August 1921  Auburn, Androscoggin, ME [Osborne/Maud L. Field] (divorced); d: 22 February 1950  North Auburn, Androscoggin, ME

                          9           Mary Euphemia Henrietta Peters  b: 18 August 1893  Summerside, PEI; d: Bef. 1901 

                          9           Amy Eileen 'Irene' Peters  b: 19 January 1897  Summerside, PEI; d: August 1969  Rochester, Stafford, NH

                                         + Samuel Lewis Jones  b: 12 June 1902  Alton, Belknap, NH; m: 3 July 1926  Sanbornville, Carroll, NH [James M./Emma Gleadin]; d: 10 August 1963  Rochester, Stafford, NH

                          9           Mabel Alice Peters  b: 23 May 1899  Summerside, PEI; d: 1973  Summerside, PEI

                          9           Mary Lilian Peters  b: 23 January 1902  Summerside, PEI; d: 5 June 1951  Portland, Cumberland, ME

                                         + Joseph Hercule Gallant  b: 16 November 1892  Mount Carmel, PEI; m: 21 January 1929  Portsmouth, NH [Ismael/Matilda Gallant]; d: December 1978  Blackstone, Worcester, MA

                          9           Ralph Thomas Peters  b: 9 May 1904  Summerside, PEI; d: 29 May 1976  Hartford, Hartford, CT

                                         +Mary Raye Rogers (Roberts)  b: 3 August 1904  Chicopee, Hampden, MA; m: Abt. 1935 [---Rogers/Harriet Cynthia Chapman]; d: 6 April 1992  Wethersfield, Hartford, CT

                          9           Joseph Laurier Peters  b: 20 January 1906  Summerside, PEI; d: 1994  Summerside, PEI

                                         +Donalda M. Arsenault  b: 1905; m: 16 October 1929; d: 1986  Summerside, PEI

                          9           George Edmond Peters  b: 15 February 1912  Summerside, PEI; d: 21 April 2008  Summerside, PEI

                                         +Inez Mary Gallant  b: 15 August 1916  Summerside, PEI; m: January 1941 [Wilfred/Nettie ---]; d: 15 September 2015  Summerside, PEI

                             

 

Notes for Joseph Pitre:

Census

- 1891 PEI, Summerside:  Joseph Peters 29 (sea captain), wife Mary R. 26, Augustine 2.

 

- 1901 PEI, Summerside:  Joseph Peters 39, wife Mary B. 36, Augustin 11, Isaac N. 9, Emma J. 4, Mable A. 1.

 

- 1911 PEI, Summerside:  Joseph Peters 48 (baggage master), wife Mary R. 46, Isaac N. 20 (typesetter), Amey I. 14, Mable A. 12, Mary L. 9, Ralph T. 7, Joseph Lorier 5; widowed mother-in-law Julia Arsenault 84.

 

- 1921 PEI, Summerside:  Joseph Peters 54 baggage man/railway, wife Marie Rose 56, Mabel 22, Ralph Thomas 17 salesman, Joseph Laurier 15, George 9.

 

- 1931 Summerside, Prince, PEI:  Joseph Peters 69 own income, wife Mary 66, Mable 33, Laurier 25 stone cutter, wife Donalda 25, Francis 7 months (101 Milton La.).

 

Misc.:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Thursday, 11 August 1938:  Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peters, Summerside, are receiving congratulations on their 50th wedding anniversary which they celebrated quietly at their home on Milton Avenue with their family of eight children and their grandchildren.  Four of the family came home from the States for the celebration.  They are Mrs. Samuel Jones, with her husband and three children, Somerville, Mass.; Mrs. J. H. Gallant and little daughter, Portland, Maine; Ralph, of Hartford, Conn.; Augustin, of Los Angeles, California.  Mr. and Mrs. Peters were very happy to have all their children home once more all together.  Mr. Peters was born in Rustico 76 years ago and had the pleasure of being present at the recent celebration there of the founding of the Catholic parish.  He came to Summerside with his parents when only three years old.  His wife is a native of Mont Carmel.  For many years Mr. Peters was the very efficient baggage-master of the C. N. R. at Summerside and was a favorite with the travelling public for his unfailing courtesy and faithfulness in his duties.  He is now retired on his well deserved pension and is enjoying the evening of his life with his wife and the members of his family who remained with him in Summerside.  Since his retirement, Mr. Peters had a most enjoyable visit to California, but he much prefers his old home town as a permanent home.  The Guardian joins the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Peters in hearty congratulations and all hope they will have many more years of happy wedded life.

 

Obituary:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Friday, 18 January 1946:  Peters - At his home in Summerside, Thursday, Jan. 17, 1946, Joseph M. Peters, aged 84.  Funeral arrangements later.

Death Notice:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Monday, 28 January 1946:  Mr. Ralph Peters of Hartford, Conn., accompanied by his two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Gallant, Portland, Maine, and Mrs. Samuel Jones, Rochester, N. H., have left on return to their homes.  They had been called home by the death of their father, Mr. Joseph Peters of Summerside.

 

Tombstone Inscription, St. Paul's Cemetery, Summerside, PEI:  1826  Morris Peters  1918 / his wife / 1825  Christine Peters  1913 / 1862  Joseph M. Peters  1946 / his wife / 1866  Mary R. Arsenault  1942 / their daughter / 1898  Mabel Alice  1973 / 1847  Brazil Blacquiere  1944

 

Notes for Marie Rose Arsenault:

Obituary:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Tuesday, 17 February 1942:  Peters - At Summerside, Feb. 14, 1942, Mrs. Joseph Peters, age 76 years.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Isaac Newman Peters:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Tuesday, 19 March 1974:  Hudson - Isaac Newman Peters, 82, died March 18 at a Bangor hospital after a short illness.  He was born May 19, 1891 at Summerside, P.E.I., the son of Joseph and Mary (Arsenault) Peters.  He had been a shoe cutter at the Penobscot Shoe Co. for the past 20 years.  He is survived by two sons, Newman of Hudson and Arthur of Orrington; three brothers, Laurier of Bath, George of Summerside, P.E.I. and Ralph of Hartford, Conn.; four grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Thompson Funeral Home, East Corinth.  Spring burial will be in the Hudson Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

 

Amy Eileen 'Irene' Peters:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Mary's Cemetery, Rochester, NH:  JONES / 1902  Samuel L.  1963 / his wife / 1897  Irene A.  1969

 

Mary Lillian Peters:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Tuesday, 12 June 1951:  Dies in Maine - The death occurred in Portland, Maine on June 5th of Mrs. Joseph H. Gallant, 49, after a long illness.  She was the former Lilian Peters, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peters of Summerside.  Two brothers, Laurier and George Peters, live here now.  She is survived by her husband and one daughter.  Funeral services and burial were in Portland.

- Misc.:  Maine Naturalization record - Lillian Mary Gallant, age 40, b. 23 Jan 1902 Summerside, PEI, now res. Portsmouth, NH; husband Joseph Hercule Gallant; married 21 Jan 1929 Portsmouth, NH; entered USA as Lillian Peters 12 Mar 1924 at Vanceboro, ME; signed Lilliam Mary Gallant 5 Jun 1942 Portland, ME

 

Ralph Thomas Peters:  Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Sunday, 30 May 1976:  Ralph T. Peters, 72, of 98 Montford St., died Saturday in Hartford Hospital.  Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, he lived in Hartford 40 years.  He worked for the former A&P supermarket on LaSalle Road in West Hartford.  He was a member of St. Augustine's Church, Hartfoed.  He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Raye Peters; three sons, Arthur C. Roberts of Meriden, Thomas F. Roberts of Rockville, and Wilbur E. Roberts of Epsom, N.H.; a daughter, Mrs. Marion Sulima of Galveston, Tex.; two brothers, George Peters and Lauriet Peters, both in Canada; 21 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.  The funeral: Wednesday, 9:15 a.m., Rose Hill Funeral Home, 580 Elm St., Rocky Hill; Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., St. Augustine's Church.  Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill.  Calling hours: Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m.

 

Joseph Laurier Peters:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Paul's Cemetery, Summerside, PEI:  Golen Memories / Laurier J. Peters / 1906 - 1994 / Donalda M. Arsenault / 1905 - 1986 / wed Oct. 16, 1929

 

George Edmond Peters:  Moase Funeral Home (Summerside, PEI):  George E. Peters 1912-2008: (photo)  Peters -The death occurred at the Prince County Hospital, Summerside, on Monday, April 21, 2008, of George E. Peters, of Milton Avenue, Summerside, age 96 years.  Veteran of the Second World War.  Born in Summerside, he was the son of the late Joseph M. and Mary (Arsenault) Peters.  Survived by his wife Inez M. (Gallant) Peters; sons Jim (Donna) Peters, Summerside; Tom (Darlene) Peters, Summerside; grandchildren Jennifer (Robbie) Rankin, Laura (Jason Gallant) Peters, Amy (Elliott Olscamp) Peters, Clayton (Jana) Peters, Lincoln Peters; great-grandchildren Jordan and Paige Rankin and by Drake, Isabella and George Gallant.  Predeceased by a son George; brothers Augustus, Isaac, Ralph and Laurier; and by sisters Irene Jones, Lillian Gallant and Mabel Peters.  Resting at the Moase Funeral Home, Summerside, until Wednesday, then to St. Paul’s Church, Summerside, for funeral mass at 10:30 a.m.  Interment later in St. Paul’s Cemetery, Summerside.  Visiting hours Tuesday from 7-9:00 p.m. only.  Members of the Summerside Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will hold a Service of Remembrance, at the funeral home, Tuesday at 6:45 p.m.  Memorial donations to St. Paul’s Parish Cemetery Fund or the Prince County Hospital Foundation would be appreciated.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Paul's Cemetery, Summerside, PEI:  PETERS / (reverse) George E. Peters / Feb. 15, 1912 - Apr. 21, 2008 / beloved husband of / M. Inez Gallant / Aug. 15, 1916 - Sept. 15, 2015 / "greatest love story ever"

 

 

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