Continuation of tree (1st child of Louis Pitre/Catherine Suliere); all known surname descendants:
8 Louis Frederick Pitre b: 22 November 1871 Grosse Point, Wayne, MI; d: Aft. 1930 New York
Notes for Louis Frederick Pitre:
Census
- 1880 Grosse Pointe, Wayne, Michigan: Louis Peters 35
(farm laborer), 2nd wife Adeline 19, Frederick 8, Edward 7, Alice 1.
- 1900 in Europe
- 1910 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Louis N. Peters 65 (school janitor), 2nd wife
of 30 years Adelyne 50 (9 of 12 children still living), Fred 38, Thomas 28,
Walter 22, Mary A. 25, Leo 16, Henry 14, Irene 10, Louis 6.
- 1920
- 1930 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California: Fred
Peters 58 (MI-MI-Can) lodger, kitchen help/restaurant. [Salvation Army
Hotel for Men]
- 1940
- 1950
Misc.:
- Emergency Passport Application issued abroad 17 March 1900 at US Embassy in London: Frederick Peters, b. Detroit 22 Nov 1870; (father is US native); residence Detroit; employed as a cook; left US on 26 Feb 1898 to travel; intend to return within 3 years; age 29, 5'7", high forehead, brown eyes, aquiline nose, moustache, square chin, black hair, fair complexion, long face; signed Frederick Peters.
- Manifest SS Rowanmore sailing from Liverpool, England 3 Jan 1905, arriving Baltimore, MD 20 Jan 1905: Frederick Peters 35, single, cook, can read/write, native US; last residence Wayne Co., MI; stowaway; headed home to Gross Pt, Wayne, MI.
Contributed from Jim Hoy: A story related by cousin Clair Gray: "My Dad, Matthew Peters related this story to me and told me not to tell it till he was gone, and also your grandfather Eddie Peters. Uncle Freddie traveled with the Circus for many years and stayed in Europe. He never wrote home or contacted anyone for 25 years. When he came back his father did not believe he was his son and quizzed him time after time. The truth was which he told my Dad Matthew, was that he had married in France to a non-Catholic and didn't want his family to know. He had two children, a boy and a girl who still reside in France. Freddie died in the Bowery in New York." This letter was dated Feb 6, 1983
Back one generation to parents of
Louis Frederick Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Births/Marriages/Deaths in RED without a church have come from the Michigan Return of Births/Marriages/Deaths (Family Search online - actual pages viewable).
- While births & marriages name parents, deaths list only age & marital status. Michigan deaths between 1897-1920 in RED taken from death certificates (online), which may also include birthdate.
Last updated: 7 May 2023.