Maurice Dennis Pitre

1895 Hope River, PEI – 1932 Charlottetown, PEI

 

 

Continuation of tree (8th child of Etienne Pitre/Rose Gallant); all known surname descendants:              

                  9          Maurice Dennis Pitre  b: 10 May 1895  Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI; d: 25 August 1932  Charlottetown, PEI

                                  +Mary Adele Power  b: 15 October 1897  Charlottetown, PEI; m: 26 November 1917  Charlottetown, PEI [Thomas/Catherine McGonnel]; d: 13 August 1964  Charlottetown, PEI

                             10        Mary Irene Peters  b: 9 May 1918  Charlottetown, PEI; d: 7 March 1990  Charlottetown, PEI

                                             +Barton Morrison Crabbe  b: 9 November 1916; m: 17 May 1937  Charlottetown, PEI [Lorne Wesley/Maizie Purdy]; d: 14 November 1984  Charlottetown, PEI

                             10        Thomas Vernon Peters  b: 27 January 1920  Charlottetown, PEI; d: 17 June 1979  Charlottetown, PEI

                                             +Frances Jean ---  b: 8 November 1923; m: unknown; d: 4 March 1994

                             10        Margaret Dorothy Peters  b: 20 November 1921  Charlottetown, PEI

                                             +Howard Arthur Francis    m: November 1952  St. Mary's Rectory, Halifax, NS

                             10        Frances Peters  b: Abt. 1924; d: Aft. 1931

                             10        Florence Marie Peters  b: July 1930  Charlottetown, PEI; d: 18 September 1986  Charlottetown, PEI

                                             +James Eric MacDonald    m: 4 October 1948  St. Dunstan's Basilica, Charlottetown, PEI [L. J./---]

 

Notes for Maurice Dennis Pitre:

Census

- 1901 PEI, Lot 23E1:  Etienne Pitre 46, wife Rose 39, Joseph 17, Amy 15, Marie L. 11, Francois M. 9, Pierre H. 7, Maurice D. 5, Fernand M. 3, Paul I. 1.

 

- 1911 Rustico, PEI:  Lemuel Clark 68 farmer, wife Jeanette Miller 67, Ella May 34, John Leslie 29; servant Maurice D. Pitre 16.

 

- 1921 PEI, SD51, Charlottetown City:  Dennis Peters 25 driver/taxi, Mary 23, Irma 3, Vernon 1  (246 Dorchester)

 

- 1931 Charlottetown (City), Queens, PEI (62):  Thomas Power 64, son-in-law Denis Peters 36 income, wife Mary 33, Irene 13, Vernon 11, Dorothy 9, Frances 7, Florence 10 months   (246 Dorchester)

 

WWI Attestation Papers:  Dennis Peters, res. New Glasgow, PEI; b. 15 May 1895 New Glasgow, PEI; father Stephen Peters; barber; single; belongs to active militia 8- Regt.; 15 Dec 1915 Charlottetown, PEI

- Dennis Peters, res. 246 Dorchester St., Charlottetown, PEI; b. New Glasgow, PEI; wife Mrs. Mary Peters; barber; 25 Jan 1918 Charlottetown, PEI.

 

Obituary:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Friday, 26 August 1932:  Peters - At the Sanatorium, Aug. 25th, Dennis M. Peters, aged 37.  Funeral to take place from his late residence, 247 Dorchester St., Saturday morning at 8:45 to St. Dunstan's Basilica, thence to R.C. Cemetery.

- Canada War Graves Registers:  Cpl. Dennis Peters, 105th Battalion; d. at Charlottetown, PEI 25 Aug 1932, pulmonary tuberculosis, death was due to service.

 

Tombstone Inscription, People's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Charlottetown, PEI:  PETERS / Dennis Peters / May 15, 1895 - Aug. 25, 1932 / his wife / Mary Adele Power / Oct. 15, 1897 - Aug. 13, 1964 / Blessed are the pure in heart

 

Notes for Mary Adele Power:

Obituary:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Saturday, 15 August 1964:  Peters - At the Charlottetown Hospital on Aug. 13, 1964, Mrs. Mary Adele Peters, widow of the late Dennis Peters, 246 Dorchester Street, aged 65 years.  Resting at the Hennessey Funeral Home from where the funeral will take place on Monday morning at 8:45 to St. Dunstan's Basilica for Requiem High Mass at 9 o'clock.  Interment in the Catholic cemetery.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Thomas Vernon Peters:  Tombstone Inscription, People's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Charlottetown, PEI:  Vernon Peters / Private / West NS Highrs / 17 June 1979 / age 59 // PETERS / Frances Jean / November 8, 1923 / March 4, 1994 / forever in our hearts

 

Margaret Dorothy Peters:  MISC:  Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Wednesday, 4 September 1946:  The two girls, Adele Lappin and Dorothy Peters, both of Charlottetown, who were struck by a car on the Malpeque Road last Sunday night, have not been released from the Charlottetown Hospital as previously reported but are still under medical treatment.  The girls were riding bicycles at the time of the mishap.  Adele Lappin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lappin while Dorothy Peters is the daughter of Mrs. Denis Peters.

 

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