Continuation of tree (6th child of Simon Pitre/2nd wife Marie Doucet); all known surname descendants:
7 Joseph Pitre b: 18 July 1831 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1907 Fairfield, Somerset, ME
+Pelagie Arseneau b: 31 August 1833 Egmont Bay, PEI; m: 8 November 1853 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Claude/Marie Arseneau]; d: 15 May 1899 St. Paul, Kent, NB
8 Leon Pitre b: 17 February 1855 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1921 PEI
+Marie Lebrun b: 26 January 1866 Rustico, PEI; m: 10 August 1881 St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI [Joseph/Helene Doucet]; d: Aft. 1916
*2nd Wife of Leon Pitre:
+Judith Poirier (Allain) b: Abt. 1876 PEI; m: Abt. 1919; d: Aft. 1921
8 Catharine Pitre b: 29 July 1856 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI
8 Marie Pitre b: 13 June 1858 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI
+ Gilbert Gallant b: 6 April 1852 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 4 May 1875 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Victor/Judith Pitre]
8 Margaret Pitre b: 21 April 1860 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1901
+ Camille Clement Godin b: 8 May 1869 St. Pierre aux Liens, Caraquet, Gloucester, NB; m: 26 January 1899 St. Michael, Chatham, Northumberland, NB [Eugene/Julie Chaisson]; d: Aft. 1901
8 Albert Pitre b: 3 May 1862 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 17 March 1923 St. Paul, Kent, NB
+ Madeleine Bernard b: 14 February 1865 St. Jacques, Egmont Bay, PEI; m: 15 April 1888 Chelsea, Suffolk, MA [Israel/Marine Cormier]; d: 18 August 1952 Shediac, Northumberland, NB
8 Thessalonique Pitre b: 19 April 1864 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1881
8 Lucien Pitre b: 3 August 1865 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 10 December 1951 St. Louis, Kent, NB
+ Henriette Gallant b: 15 January 1868 New Brunswick; m: Abt. 1893 [Theophile/Helene Arsenault]; d: 12 October 1951 St. Louis, Kent, NB
8 Jean Pitre b: 20 July 1867 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 5 June 1953 Amherst, Hillsborough, NH
+Minnie Fontaine b: 20 December 1877 Quebec; m: 10 September 1900 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA [Francois/Zoe Desmarais]; d: 10 January 1915 Boston, Suffolk, MA
*2nd Wife of Jean Pitre:
+Exilda Boucher b: 27 November 1878 New Brunswick; m: 16 September 1916 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA [Patrick/Marguerite Mayers]; d: 10 December 1953 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA
8 Henry Pitre b: 31 July 1869 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 1954 Westbrook, Cumberland, ME
+Emilienne ‘Marianne’ Gallant b: 20 July 1870 St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; m: 26 November 1889 St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI [Thomas/Marie Gallant]; d: 22 July 1914 Westbrook, Cumberland, ME
*2nd Wife of Henry Pitre:
+Marie Alice Albina Parent (Charette) b: 23 March 1878 Cap Chat, St. Norbert, Gaspe Nord, Quebec; m: 27 July 1927 Westbrook, Cumberland, ME [Xavier/Aurore Dugasse]; d: 8 February 1962 Windham, Cumberland, ME
8 Catherine Pitre b: 22 January 1872 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1881
8 Simon Pitre b: 19 August 1873 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 17 April 1945 Orono, Penobscot, ME
+Margaret LeBreton b: 8 April 1885 Chatham, Northumberland, NB; m: 17 February 1903 St. Michael, Chatham, Northumberland, NB [Charles/Basilise Landry]; d: 1 March 1949 Orono, Penobscot, ME
8 Gilbert Pitre b: 4 January 1876 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 15 January 1921 Fairfield, Somerset, ME
+Mary Couturier (aka Taylor) b: December 1881 St. Francis, Canada; m: 15 September 1907 Fairfield, Somerset, ME [Henry/Selina Carey]; d: 30 May 1957 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
8 Priscille Pitre b: 26 April 1878 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1891
8 Emilie 'Mary Ann' Pitre b: 18 November 1880 St. Marie, Kent, NB; d: 27 October 1952 Anson, Somerset, ME
+Charles LeBreton b: 13 June 1877 Chatham, Northumberland, NB; m: 21 September 1900 [Charles/Bessie Landry]; d: 5 December 1957 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME
Notes for Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1881 St. Mary's, Kent, New Brunswick: Joseph Pitre 50
(farmer), wife Pelagie 45, Leon 26 (sailor), Marguerite 19, Albert 17, Lucien
14, Jean 13, Henrie 11, Simon 8, Gilbert 6, Pricille 4, Emilie 5 months.
- 1891 PEI, Lot 4E2: Joseph Peters 60 (farmer), wife Mary Ann 58, Maggie
26, John 24, Howard [sic Lucien] 22 (factory hand/Lobster Rd.), Simon 15,
Gilbert 13, Priscilla 12, Mary Ann 10; son Henry Peters 21 (farmer), wife Mary
20, Benjamin 1.
- 1901 Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick: Joseph Pe--- 70,
Simon 25; living with daughter Maggie 30, husband Clement Goudin 31 & son
Stanley 1.
Obituaries for the children:
Albert Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Paul Cemetery: Albert Pitre / 1863 - 1923 / son epouse / Madeleine Bernard / 1865 1952
Lucien Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Paul Cemetery: (wooden marker) Lucien Pitre // (wooden marker) Henriette Gallan Pitre
Jean Pitre: Nashua Telegraph, Saturday, 6 June 1953: Peters - Died in Amherst, Friday, June 5, 1953, John Peters. Friends may call at the John T. Smith and Son funeral home in Milford from 2-4 and 7-9 on Saturday and Sunday. High mass of requiem will be celebrated at St. Patrick's church on Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in the family lot at St. Patrick's cemetery in Amherst.
- Nashua Telegraph, Saturday, 6 June 1953: John Peters - Amherst, June 6 - John Peters died at his home on the Milford rd at Cricket Corner in Amherst Friday after a short illness. He was born on July 20, 1867, in Rustico, Prince Edward Island, the son of Joseph and Pelogie (Arsenault) Peters. He came to Amherst from Fitchburg, Mass. and has resided in Amherst for 26 years. He was a stone mason contractor. He leaves his wife, Exilda Peters; two sons, Daniel Peters of Wellington and Gilbert Peters of Fitchburg, Mass. L. Keeley Smith has charge of funeral arrangements.
Simon Pitre: The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Wednesday, 18 April 1945: Simon Peters. Orono, April 17 - Simon Peters, 63, died April 17 after a brief illness. He was born in Rustico, P.E.I., son of Joseph and Bernice Arsenault Peters. For the past 35 years he had lived in Orono. Besides his wife, Margaret LeBreton Peters, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank Duguay of Orono and Mrs. Leo Cote of Old Town; a brother, Henry of Westbrook; a sister, Mrs. Charles LeBreton of Anson, and 12 grandchildren. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, where funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock.
Emilie 'Mary Ann' Pitre: The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Tuesday, 28 October 1952: Mrs. Minnie Lebreton. Madison, Oct. 27 - Mrs. Minnie Lebreton, 71, died at her home in Anson today following a long illness. She was born Nov. 18, 1880, at St. Marie, N.B., daughter of Joseph and Pelagie Arsenault Peter. She married Charles Lebreton of Chatham, N.B., Oct. 1, 1900, and for the past 25 years, has made her home in Anson. Besides her husband, she is survived by four sons, John and Walter of Madison, Henry of Anson, and Charles, Jr., of Osgood, Ind.; eight daughters, Mrs. Priscilla Parish of Raleigh, N.C.; Mrs. Bessie Bouchard and Mrs. Sylvia Deroche of Madison; Mrs. Margaret Martin and Mrs. Virginia Bouchard of Old Town; Mrs. Evangeline Quimby, Mrs. Leona Berry and Mrs. Bernice Beaumont, all of Anson; two brothers, John Peters of Fitchburg, Mass., and Henry Peters of Augusta; 23 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence in Anson. High Mass of Requiem will be celebrated Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the St. Sebastian church in Madison with the Rev. John J. Beecher, officiating. Interment will be in St. Sebastian cemetery, Madison.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Sebastian Cemetery, Madison, Somerset, ME: LeBRETON / Emelie P. / 1880 - 1952 / Charles J. / 1877 - 1957
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some PEI marriages in RED (no church indicated) sourced from marriages registers (no parents listed).
- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), online death registrations (1888-1919), obituaries, tombstones.
- Maine items in RED from online birth/marriage/death certificates.
Last updated: 19 April 2021.