Continuation of tree (6th child of Pierre Pitre/Jeanne Migneron); all known surname descendants:
7 Louis Cyrile Pitre b: 13 November 1861 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 3 August 1888 Stoney Point, Pointe aux Roches, Essex, ONT
+ Marie Edwige Parent b: 5 April 1866 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: Abt. 1884 [Honore/Basilise Raville]; d: 13 November 1929 Bay City, Bay, MI
8 Pierre Ernest Pitre b: 21 June 1885 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 26 December 1932 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
+Theresa M. McDonald b: 15 April 1889 Ireland; m: 1922 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA [P./---]; d: 14 June 1929 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
8 Blanche Alice Peters b: 12 December 1886 Bay City, Bay, MI; d: 30 December 1968 Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA
+Ivanhoe Roald Gulliksen b: 1 June 1884 Drobak, Norway; m: Abt. 1909 [Fredrik/----]; d: 19 October 1972 Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA
Notes for Marie Edwige Parent:
Census
- 1900 Bay City, Bay, Michigan: Zephir Lavasseur 51 laborer, wife Edwige 32, stepchildren Ernest 15 & Blanche 13, Edna 3. [1325 Woodside Avenue]
- 1910 Bay City, Bay, MI: Zephyr Lavasseur 60 laborer/boiler shop, wife Edgwie 44, Edna 13. Ernest J. Peters 26, in the Navy on the USS New Orleans. Blanche 22, now married to Ivanhoe Gulliksen 24 (Norway) watchmaker/jewelry store, and living in Detroit.
- 1920 Bay, Bay, MI: Zephirin Le Vasseur 73 helper/boiler shop, wife Edwige 53. [1214 Jefferson Street]
**Edwidge's 3rd marriage to Leo Turcotte on 10 January 1928 in Pinconning, Bay, MI.
Obituary: Bay City Times (Bay City, MI), Thursday, 14 November 1929: Turcotte - Mrs. Edwidge Turcotte, 60 years old, of 1214 North Jefferson street, died at her home Wednesday after an illness of two and a half months. Mrs. Turcotte was born in Canada April 5, 1869, and has resided in Bay City for the last 40 years. She is survived by her husband, Leo Turcotte; one son, Ernest Peters, of Philadelphia, Pa.; one daughter, Mrs. Blanche Goodickson, of Detroit; and one brother, Albert Parent, of Bay City. Mrs. Turcotte was a member of the St. Joseph's church. Funeral services will be held Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the residence and at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph's church. The Rev. Fr. Carron will officiate. Burial will be in St. Patrick's cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, MI: Wife / Edwidge Turcotte / 1869 - 1929
Obituaries for the children:
Blanche Alice Peters: Independent (Long Beach, CA), Wednesday, 1 January 1969: Gulliksen - Blanche A. beloved wife of Jack I. R. Gulliksen of 1100 E. Ocean Blvd. Mr. & Mrs. Gulliksen were in the jewelry business on 18 Long Beach Blvd. from 1947 to 1967. Mrs. Gulliksen was known by many people and worked hand in hand with her husband all these years. Rosary Friday 7:30 p.m. Mottell's Chapel. Requiem Mass Saturday 9:00 a.m. St. Anthony Catholic Church directed by Mottell's Mortuary, 3rd & Alamitos.
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Last updated: 4 March 2022.