Continuation of tree (6th child of Peter Benjamin Pitre/Angelina Josephine Trainor); all known surname descendants:
9 Leo Joseph Peters b: 17 February 1917 Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 15 December 1968 Wollaston, Norfolk, MA
+Eleanor Rita Cahill b: 18 December 1920 Lowell, Middlesex, MA; m: Abt. 1941 [James F./Ellen R. Lynch]; d: 4 December 1995 Quincy, Norfolk, MA
10 Thomas James Peters b: 10 January 1942 MA; d: 26 March 2004 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
+Patricia A. McCormick d: Aft. March 2004
10 James David Peters b: 20 August 1948 Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 5 February 2023 Princeton, Mercer, NJ
+Deborah Joan Cabral m: November 1970 St. Gerard Majella Church, Canton, MA [Charles J./---]
10 Eleanor Peters d: Aft. March 2004
Notes for Leo Joseph Peters:
Census
- 1940 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts: Angeline J. Peters 56, George B. 29 proprietor/retail grocery, Harold C. 25 laborer/street construction, Leo J. 23 steward/hotel; 3 lodgers. [12 ½ Dartmouth Place]
- 1950 Boston, Suffolk, MA: Leo Peters 33 bartender/hotel, wife Elinor 28, Thomas 8, James 1.
WWII Records: Leo Joseph Peters, res. 143 West Concord, Boston, MA; b. 17 Feb 1917 Boston, MA; contact brother Mr. Claude Arthur Peters (77 Bailey St., Dorchester, MA); 5' 11 1/2", 154 lbs., hazel eyes & brown hair, light complexion, broken front tooth; 29 Oct 1940 Roxbury, MA.
Obituary: Boston Globe (MA), Monday, 16 December 1968: Peters - Leo Joseph of Wollaston, Dec. 15, 1968. Beloved husband of Eleanor (Cahill) of 294 Fenno St. Father of Thomas of Delaware and James and Eleanor of the home address. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the Keohane Funeral Home, 785 Hancock St., Wollaston, Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. High Mass of Requiem at St. Anns Church at 9 a.m. Visiting hours Monday 2-4 and 7-10.
Tombstone Inscription, Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, MA: PETERS / 1917 Leo J. 1968 / Eleanor R. 1995 / 1942 Thomas J. 2004
Notes for Eleanor Rita Cahill:
Obituary: Boston Globe (MA), Wednesday, 6 December 1995: Peters - Eleanor R. (Cahill) of Quincy, December 4, 1995. Wife of the late Leo J., beloved mother of Thomas J. of Weymouth, James D. of Princeton, NJ and Eleanor Peters of Newton. Sister of Maureen McDonald of No. Quincy. Grandmother of T. J. Peters of Brookline, Sue Peters of Manhattan, NY, Courtney and J. D. Peters of Princeton, NJ, and Anna Chaletzki of Newton. Special friend of Timothy Murphy of Quincy. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Memorial Mass in St. Ann's Church, Wollaston, Thursday at 10 a.m. Contributions in memory of Eleanor may be made to the Quincy Hospital Charitable Foundation, Quincy. Arrangements by Keohane Funeral Home, Wollaston.
Obituaries for the children:
Thomas James Peters: Boston Globe (MA), Sunday, 28 March 2004: Peters, Thomas J., Sr. - of Weymouth, formerly of Milton and Quincy, age 62, March 26, 2004. Beloved husband of Patricia A. (McCormick) Peters. Devoted father of Thomas J. Peters, Jr. of Sudbury and Sue Pike of Needham. Loving brother of Jim Peters of Princeton, N.J. and Eleanor Peters of Newton. Also survived by 4 grandchildren. Memorial visitation in the McDonald Funeral Home, South Weymouth Wednesday evening 5:00-8:00 P.M. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. A Memorial Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the St. Francis Xavier Church, South Weymouth, on Thursday at 10:00 AM. Burial in Mount Wollaston Cemetery will be private at a later date. Late owner American Real Estate, Weymouth and co-owner Tiffany Realty Co., Quincy. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Lung Transplant Fund, Boston, MA.
James David Peters: The Times (Trenton, NJ), 6 February 2023: Princeton - James David Peters, Sr., of Princeton, died on February 5, 2023, of pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Deborah Cabral Peters, their children Courtney Peters-Manning and her husband Tomas Manning and James David (JD) Peters, Jr., and his wife Meghan Boswell Peters, grandsons Seamus Manning, Conor Manning, Liam Peters, and Rory Peters, and his beloved Springer Spaniel, Tucker. He is also survived by the entire Cambridge School family. Jim was born on August 20, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in Quincy, Mass., and met Deborah in 1963 when they were both 15 years old. Their great love story started that day and grew deeper every day until his death. His thirty-year career in business took the family through the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois, before moving to Princeton in 1995 to become the President & CEO of E&B Marine, and then Utrecht Art Supplies. Jim and Deborah founded the Cambridge School in Pennington in 2001. Together, they changed the lives of countless children with dyslexia and other learning differences, giving them the opportunity to learn the way their brains work best and reach their full potential. Jim managed the school's finances, while Deborah developed the curriculum and oversaw all of the academics. Though Jim was much more than that at the school. He was a constant presence in the hallways, even after he passed on the day-to-day running of the business office to his daughter Courtney. He was a mentor and friend to all of the students, especially the older boys, who often could be seen having lunch on the floor of his office, talking about sports and respect and life. Jim was most proud, however, of his family. He was more than just a Husband, Dad and Grandpa. He was the best Husband, Dad and Grandpa. He spent countless hours throwing the ball around, playing hoops in the driveway, setting up trains and trucks and super heroes, captaining his boat with his co-captain grandsons, and listening. He will be profoundly missed. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. James Church in Pennington, New Jersey, on Thursday, February 9th at 10am. Viewing will be at Wilson Apple Funeral Home, Pennington, NJ, on Wednesday, February 8th from 4-7pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to HomeFront or the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. Wilson Apple Funeral Home.
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