Continuation of tree (2nd child of Michel Lepitre/Francoise Hebert); all known surname descendants:
7 Michel Lepitre b: 2 June 1840 St. Clement, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 23 June 1919 Seattle, King, WA
+ Marie Cecelia Bisaillon b: Abt. 1843 Monroe Co., New York; m: Abt. 1862 [Louis/Anastacia Jane Boire]; d: 26 December 1926 Seattle, King, WA
8 Alfred Dalbert Pitre b: 6 April 1863 Madrid, St. Lawrence, NY (bap. 11 Jan 1868 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE); d: 24 February 1944 Deadwood, Lawrence, SD
+Julia Hennesey (Elward) b: 18 May 1872 Hancock, Houghton, MI; m: 17 June 1916 Deadwood, Lawrence, SD [Patrick/Catherine Noonan]; d: 4 February 1950 Deadwood, Lawrence, SD
8 Jeanne 'Mary Jane' Pitre b: April 1865 Madrid, St. Lawrence, NY (bap. 11 Jan 1868 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE); d: Bet. 1870-1880
8 Michel Augustus Pitre b: July 1867 Madrid, St. Lawrence, NY (bap. 11 Jan 1868 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE); d: 29 May 1957 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
+Mary Delima Deranleau b: 16 October 1881 Little Falls, Morrison, MN; m: 1 January 1900 Lewiston, Fergus, MT [Alfred Joseph/Sophie Marson]; d: 9 September 1984 Lynwood, Los Angeles, CA
8 Mary Alice Peter b: February 1870 Madrid, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 16 January 1932 San Diego, San Diego, CA
+N. J. Martin b: February 1865 Canada; m: Abt. 1888; d: Aft. 1900
*2nd Husband of Mary Alice Peter:
+Theodore E. Kleinschmidt b: Abt. 1866 Helena, Lewis & Clark, MT; m: Abt. 1902 [Theodore H./Mary M. Blattner] d: 18 April 1939 San Diego, San Diego, CA
8 Almina Joseph(ine) Peter b: 6 July 1873 St. Columban, Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 11 June 1951 North Bend, King, WA
8 Sarah Alvira Peter b: April 1875 Waukegan, Lake, IL; d: 18 December 1955 Seattle, King, WA
+Paul Dore b: Abt. 1876 Canada; m: 19 September 1901 St. Ambrose Church, Deadwood, Lawrence, SD; d: 28 December 1913 Seattle, King, WA
8 Ida Savanah Peter b: July 1878 Waukegan, Lake, IL; d: 13 June 1942 Seattle, King, WA
+Robert Graham McDonald Brown b: Abt. 1880 Aberlady, Haddingtonshire, Scotland; m: 1 September 1909 Our Lady of Lourdes, South Park, King, WA [William/Maggie Shiell]; d: Aft. 1910
8 Joseph Henry Peter b: 7 October 1880 Waukegan, Lake, IL; d: 1 April 1962 Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ
+Josephine Beatrice Jock b: 18 June 1885 Michigan; m: Abt. 1907 Washington [Francis/Sarah Bisaillon]; d: 23 September 1976 Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ
8 Charlotte Julia Peter b: October 1882 Illinois; d: 7 July 1926 Seattle, King, WA
+Joseph Louis Simeon LaRiviere b: 28 January 1873 St. Jacques le Majeur, Montreal, QUE; m: 22 May 1901 St. Ambrose Church, Deadwood, Lawrence, SD [Charles/Alphonsius Derosier]; d: 21 August 1942 Yakima, Yakima, WA
8 Amelia 'Millie' Peter b: 24 November 1885 Waukegan, Lake, IL; d: 2 November 1980 Richland, Benton, WA
+William Moses Bezzio (aka Bisaillon) b: 2 February 1887 Waukegan, Lake, IL; m: 30 July 1908 Victoria, BC [Moses William/Mary Barry]; d: 25 April 1921 Seattle, King, WA
*2nd Husband of Amelia 'Millie' Peter:
+Frank Joseph Cyr b: 3 May 1897 Argyle, Marshall, MN; m: Abt. 20 August 1926 Snohomish Co., WA [George Lloyd/Frizina Demers]; d: 24 June 1973 Yakima, Yakima, WA
8 Anna Regina Peter b: 7 June 1888 South Dakota; d: 27 December 1975 Seattle, King, WA
+Fred Sylvester Yocum b: 29 August 1884 Kansas; m: 16 August 1911 Our Lady of Lourdes, South Park, King, WA [George A./Luella M. Barry]; d: 8 November 1963 Seattle, King, WA
8 Paul Edward Peter b: 17 November 1890 Rapid City, Pennington, SD; d: 14 April 1955 Carnation, King, WA
Notes for Michel Lepitre:
Census
- 1860 Moira, Franklin, New York: Paul C. McKee 24 blacksmith, wife Ann 23, Thomas C. 8 months, John Mitchell 20 blacksmith, Michael Peter 18 blacksmith.
- 1865 Henderson, Jefferson, NY: Michel Peters 24 blacksmith, wife Mary C. 21, Fred A. 2, Nancy J. 3 months.
- 1870 Madrid, St. Lawrence, NY: M. B. Peters 29 blacksmith, wife Mary C. 24, Fredrick D. 7, Mary Jane 5, Michael A. 3, Mary Alice 3 months (Feb).
- 1880 Waukegan, Lake, Illinois: Michael B. Peter 39 blacksmith, wife Mary C. 34, Frederick 17, Michael A. 13, Mary A. 10, Josephine 8, Sarah A. 4, Ida S. 2
- 1900 Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota: Michel Peters 59 gold miner, wife Cecelia 54, Fred D. 38 mail carrier, Cecelia 36, Josephine 28 laundress, Serah 26, Idah 21 domestic, Lottie 17, Amelea 14, Anna 12, Paul 9.
- 1910 Sprague, King, Washington: M.B. Peter 70 blacksmith/own shop, wife Celia M. 66, Paul E. 20, Anna 22 saleslady-retail/general store, daughter Ida S. Brown 30, husband Robt. G. Brown 29 butcher/in shop, Wife Celia Peter 65 also listed with her daughter Sarah Dore and her family in Seattle.
- 1920 Seattle, King, WA: Paul Peter 29 truck driver/shipyard, widowed mother Celia 75, sister Josephine 47, brother-in-law William Bezzio 32 cigar maker / wholesale, wife Millie 33 bookkeeper/department store, nephews Michael Bezzio 11 & Paul Bezzio 9.
Obituary: Seattle Daily Times (WA), Monday, 23 June 1919: Michael B. Peter dead - Resident of Seattle for sixteen years succumbs - Michael B. Peter, 78 years old, resident of Seattle sixteen years, died last night at midnight at the family home, 843 Trenton St. Mr. Peter is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cecelia Peter and eleven sons and daughters, Fred D. Peter, Deadwood, S.D.; Michael A. Peter, Lewistown, Mont.; Mrs. Alice Martin, Salt Lake, Utah; Josephine Peter, Mrs. Sarah A. Dore, Mrs. Ida Brown, Mrs. C. S. La Riviere, Mrs. W. M. Bezzio, Mrs. F. S. Yocum, Paul Peter of Seattle and J. H. Peter of Yakima. Funeral services will be held in the church of Our Lady of Lourdes at South Park Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock and interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription: Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, WA: Mother / Mary C. Peter / 1845 - 1926 / Father / Michael B. Peter / 1841 - 1919 / sister / Josephine L. Peter / 1873 - 1951 / sister / Charlotte LaRiviere / 1882 - 1926 / rest in peace
Notes for Marie Celia Bisaillon:
Obituary: Seattle Daily Times, Monday, 27 December 1926: Mrs. Cecilia Peter Dies - Mrs. Cecilia Peter, 81 years old, a resident of Seattle for twenty years, died yesterday at her home, 1134 17th Ave. Surviving her are five daughters, Mrs. T. Kleinschmidt, San Diego, Cal.; Miss Josephine Peter, Mrs. Sarah Dore, Mrs. Ida Brown and Mrs. F. S. Yocum, all of Seattle; and four sons, Paul E. Peter of Seattle, Fred D. Peter of Deadwood, S.D.; Michael Peter of Compton, Cal., and Henry Peter of Auburn. The body is at the Georgetown Undertaking Company with funeral arrangements not yet completed.
WWI registration records (sons):
Joseph Henry Peter: Joseph Henry Peter , Yakima, WA (12 Sep 1918); 7 Oct 1881; wife Josephine Beatrice Peter; short/medium, blue eyes, light hair
Paul Edward Peter: Paul Edward Peters, Seattle, WA (5 Jun 1917); 17 Nov 1890 (Rapid City, South Dakota); parents; single; res. 843 Trenton, Seattle; tall/medium, grey eyes, brown hair
Obituaries for the children:
Alfred Dalbert Pitre: Lead Daily Call (Lead, SD), Thursday, 24 February 1944: Fred D. Peter, Deadwood Pioneer, Succumbs Today: Fred D. Peter, retired Deadwood mail carrier, succumbed at the family home at 308 Williams street in that city shortly after 12 o'clock today noon, as the result of complications following an attack in influenza he suffered before the holidays. The deceased was born in Canton, New York, and had he lived until April would have been 81 years of age. He came to Deadwood in the early days and carried a city mail route for 27 years. He was retired about 19 years ago. Surviving relatives and his wife and four stepchildren who are Bert Elward, Lead; Lyle Elward, Deadwood; Roscoe Elward, who is in the service, and Vera Elward, a recreation hostess at Camp Carson, Colo. The body is at the Schulte funeral home in Deadwood, and arrangements await word from relatives living at a distance. He was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic church and the Knights of Columbus.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Ambrose Cemetery, Deadwood, SD: Fred D. Peter / Apr 6, 1863 / Feb 24, 1944 // Julia Peter / May 18, 1872 / Feb 4, 1950
Michel Augustus Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA: Michael Peter / 1867 - 1957
Mary Alice Peter: San Diego Union (San Diego, CA), Monday, 18 January 1932: Kleinschmidt - January 16, 1932, Alice Kleinschmidt, wife of Theodore E. Kleinschmidt; mother of Theodore E., Jr., Halcyon and Charlotte Kleinschmidt, and Mrs. Babe Wiser of Burma, India; sister of Josephine and Paul Peter, Ida Brown, Mrs. Millie Cyr and Mrs. Sarah Dore of Seattle, Washington; Mike A. Peter of Compton, Calif., and Fred D. Peter of Deadwood, S.D.; a native of New York; aged 62 years. Friends are invited to attend the services Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. from Merkley's Funeral Parlors, thence to St. Joseph's Church, where mass will be said for the repose of her soul commencing at 8 a.m. Interment Holy Cross cemetery. Rosary will be said Monday at 8 p.m. at funeral parlors.
Sarah Alvira Peter: Seattle Daily Times (WA), Wednesday, 21 December 1955: Mrs. Paul Dore - Requiem Mass for Mrs. Sarah Peter Dore, 80, of 413 First Av. N., a resident here about 60 years, was said this forenoon in the Sacred Heart Church. Burial was in Holyrood. Mrs. Dore died Sunday. She was born in Waukegan, Ill. She had been active in church work as a younger woman. Mrs. Dore is survived by three daughters, Mrs. John Foley, Yakima, and Mrs. P.M. O'Leary and Mrs. Dan J. Nolan, both of Seattle; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Yocum, Seattle, and Mrs. Frank Cyr, Yakima; two brothers, Henry Peter, Carnation, and Michael Peter, Compton, Calif., and 11 grandchildren. Mrs. Dore was the widow of Paul Dore.
Tombstone Inscription, Holyrood Cemetery, Shoreline, WA: Beloved mother and sister / Sarah A. Dore / 1875-1955
Ida Savanah Peter: Seattle Daily Times (WA), Monday, 15 June 1942: Mrs. Robert G. Brown - A Rosary for Mrs. Ida Brown, 63 years old, a resident of Seattle 37 years, will be said at 8 o'clock this evening and Requiem Mass at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow in Our Lady of Lourdes' Church. Burial will be in Calvary under the direction of the Georgetown Undertaking Company. Mrs. Brown, who died Saturday at her home, 843 Trenton St., was the widow of Robert G. Brown. She was born in Waukegan, Ill. Surviving are four brothers, Fred D. Peter, Deadwood, S.D.; Michael A. Peter, Compton, Calif.; J. Henry Peter, Seattle, and Paul E. Peter, Carnation, and four sisters, Josephine L. Peter, Carnation; Mrs. Sarah Dore and Mrs. Fred Yocum, Seattle, and Mrs. Frank Cyr, Yakima.
Joseph Henry Peter: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), Wednesday, 4 April 1962: Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today in the Church of St. Agnes, for Joseph H. Peter, 81, who died Sunday in Good Samaritan Hospital, Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home announced. Requiem High Mass will be at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the Church of St. Agnes. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Born in Waukegan, Ill., Mr. Peter, who moved to Phoenix five years ago, lived at 2014 N. 23rd Place. He was a retired carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Josephine, and two sisters, Mrs. Millie E. Cyr, Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Anna Yocum, Seattle.
Charlotte Julia Peter: Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, WA: Mother / Mary C. Peter / 1845 - 1926 / Father / Michael B. Peter / 1841 - 1919 / sister / Josephine L. Peter / 1873 - 1951 / sister / Charlotte LaRiviere / 1882 - 1926 / rest in peace
Amelia 'Millie' Peter: Yakima Herald Republic (WA), 3 November 1980: Amelia "Millie" Cyr, 94, of Richland died Sunday in the Life Care Center in Richland. She was born Nov. 24, 1885 in Illinois. Later she moved to Seattle and in 1936 came to Yakima. In 1977 she moved to Richland. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Cyr, and a son, Paul Bezzio. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She is survived by one son, Michael Bezzio of Richland, and one grandchild. She was preceeded in death by her husband Frank Cyr and a son Paul Bezzio.
Tombstone Inscription,
Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, WA: CYR / Frank J. / 1897 - 1973 / Millie E. / 1885 -
1980
Anna Regina Peter: Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, WA), Monday, 29 December 1975: Yocum, Anna R. (Fred S.) - Dec. 27. Age 87 years. Beloved mother of Mrs. Gladys O'Callaghan, Mrs. Edward Mayovsky, Mrs. Arthur M. Du Long, Jr., Mrs. David W. Buher, and Carl W. Yocum. Sister of Mrs. Millie Cyr. Also survived by 21 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Charter member of Ladies of the Elks. Rosary Monday, 7:30 p.m., Chapel of Georgetown Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday, 11:15 a.m., St. Joseph's Church. Interment, Holyrood.
Tombstone Inscription: Holyrood Cemetery, Shoreline, WA: Yocum / Fred S. / 1884 - 1963 / Anna R. / 1888 - 1975
Paul Edward Peter: Seattle Post Intelligencer (Seattle, WA), Monday, 18 April 1955: Peter, Paul E., aged 64 years, Carnation, April 14, beloved brother of Sarah A. Dore of Winslow, Nellie E. Cyr of Yakima, Anna Yocum of Seattle, Michael A. of Compton, Calif., Joseph H. of Carnation. Requiem Mass 9:30 Monday morning at St. Anthony's Church, Carnation. Interment Holyrood under direction of Purdy, Kerr & Van Horn, Carnation.
Tombstone Inscription, Holyrood Cemetery, Shoreline, WA: Beloved Brother and Uncle / Paul Edward Peter / 1890 - 1955 / rest in peace
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Last updated: 5 March 2024.