Maxime Peters

1876 Tignish, PEI – 1947 Palmer Road, PEI

 

 

Continuation of tree (10th child of Felix Pitre/Cecille Doucet); all known surname descendants:

               8       Maxime Peters  b: 5 August 1876  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 23 September 1947  Palmer Road, PEI

                               + Modeste Ann 'Maude' Blanchard  b: 13 December 1888  Rustico, PEI; m: 12 October 1909  PEI [Gracelien/Emilie Doiron]; d: 18 October 1941  Palmer Road, PEI

                           9       Mary Bernadette Peters  b: 24 November 1913  Palmer Road, PEI; d: 15 September 2001  Malden, Middlesex, MA

                                       +Norman Gillis  b: 27 September 1906  Newton Cross, PEI; m: 22 November 1933  Boston, Suffolk, MA [Donald/Margaret McTavish]; d: 18 December 1976  Malden, Middlesex, MA

                           9       Mary Ethel Peters  b: 24 July 1915  Palmer Road, PEI; d: 8 May 1976  Halifax, NS

                                       +Joseph Edmund Desroches  b: 7 June 1920  Summerside, PEI; m: unknown [Francois/Julia Gallant]; d: 1974

                           9       Marie Emelie Pitre  b: 2 September 1916  Palmer Road, PEI; d: 12 May 2007  Miscouche, PEI

                                       +Hilary Daniel Desroches  b: 14 January 1917  Miscouche, PEI; m: unknown [Fred J./Clara McNeil]; d: 1998  PEI

                           9       Philomene Pitre  b: 21 July 1918  Palmer Road, PEI; d: Bef. 1921

                           9       Lucie Pitre  b: 27 October 1919  Palmer Road, PEI; d: 18 December 2012  Summerside, PEI

                                       +Anthony Cyril Desroches  b: 14 December 1914  Miscouche, PEI; m: unknown [Eloi/Emelie Poirier]; d: 12 December 2002  Summerside, PEI

                           9       Mary Rita Peters  b: 15 May 1921  Palmer Road, PEI; d: 4 April 1974  Stoney Creek, Hamilton, ONT

                                       +Joseph John Baptiste Arsenault  b: 5 September 1914  Miscouche, PEI; m: 24 June 1942  St. John, NB [John Philbert/Helen Gaudet]

                          

                   

Notes for Maxime Peters:

Census

- 1911 PEI, Lot 1:  Filex Pitre 76 (farmer), wife Cicile 75, son Maximin 39 (farmer), wife Maud 21 (teacher).

 

- 1921 PEI, Palmer Road (Lot 1):  Maxim Pitre 44 farmer, wife Maud 32, Bernadette 7, Ethel 5, Emling 4, Lucy 1, Rita 1 month.

 

- 1931 Palmer Road, Skinner's Road, Prince, PEI: Maxime Peters 54 labourer/odd jobs, wife Maud 42, Ethel 15, Emly 13, Lucy 11, Rita 10.
 

Tombstone Inscriptions, Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI:  PETERS / Maxime F. Peters / Aug. 5, 1875 – Sept. 23, 1947 / his wife / Maude Blanchard / Dec. 13, 1888 – Oct. 18, 1941

 

Obituaries for the children:

Mary Bernadette Peters:  Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Wednesday, 19 September 2001:  Gillis - Of Malden Sept. 15th.  Mary B. (Peters).  Beloved wife of the late Norman Gillis.  Devoted mother of M. Norma Chisholm and her husband Edward F. of Reading and Donald B. Gillis and his wife Bettina L. (Cappelli) of Warwick, RI.  Loving sister of M. Emily DesRoches and M. Lucy DesRoches both of Canada and the late M. Ethel DesRoches and M. Rita Arsenault both formerly of Canada.  Grandmother of Andrew D. Gillis, Victoria A. (Gillis) Rinne and her husband Leray, Edward J. Chisholm, Donald P. Chisholm, Paul N. Chisholm and his wife Carrie.  Great-grandmother of Isabella Q. Rinne.  Funeral services will be held at the Weir MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, Malden, on Thurs., Sept. 20th, at 11 AM.  Interment in Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden.  Friends may call at the funeral home on Wed., from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.  Contributions in Mary's memory may be made to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

 

Marie Emelie Pitre:  East Prince Funeral Home (PEI):  May 2007 - Emily Mary (Peters) Desroches of Miscouche on May 12th at age 91.  Born on Palmer Road to her late parents Maxime and Maude (Blanchard) Peters.  Wife of the late Hilary DesRoches.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery, Miscouche, PEI:  DESROCHES / Husband / Hilary D. / 1917 - 1998 / together forever / Wife / Emily M. / Peters / 1916 - 2007

 

Lucie Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery, Miscouche, PEI:  DESROCHES / Lucy Pitre / Oct. 27, 1919 / Dec. 18, 2012 / Anthony C. / Dec. 14, 1914 / Dec. 12, 2002

 

Mary Rita Peters:  The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ONT), Saturday, 6 April 1974:  Arsenault, Mary Rita - At her residence, 270 Dewitt Rd., Stoney Creek on Thursday, April 4, 1974, Mary Rita Arsenault in her 52nd year.  Beloved wife of John Arsenault.  Dear mother of Gary, Surrey, B.C., Joey and Gail, at home.  Resting at the Donald V. Brown Funeral Home, Stoney Creek, from Saturday afternoon.  Requiem Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church on Monday, April 8 at 9 p.m.  Interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

 

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries. 

- Massachusetts birth/deaths in RED taken from obituaries.

- Some PEI deaths in RED sourced from tombstone inscriptions.

 

Last updated:  23 September 2025.