Continuation of tree (8th child of Jean Baptiste Pitre/Helene 'Clemence' St. Pierre); all known surname descendants:
8 Maxime Pitre b: 4 March 1887 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 10 January 1949 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+unknown m: Abt. 1913
*2nd Wife of Maxime Pitre:
+Della Morton (Hayes) b: 17 March 1877 Brighton, Livingston, MI; m: 31 October 1921 Detroit, Wayne, MI [Delos/Clara Goodell]; d: 27 December 1936 Detroit, Wayne, MI
Notes for Maxime Pitre:
Census
- 1910 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan: Max Peters 23, living with parents.
- 1920 Detroit, Wayne, MI: John B. Peters 69 (laborer), wife Helen 69, divorced son Max 32; and Henry 36, wife Mabel 27, Gilbert 9.
- 1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Maxime Peters 43 lathing/contractor, wife Della S. 47, stepsons Milo I. Hayes 18 laborer/auto factory & Henry D. Hayes 16 [2145 Fairview Avenue]
- 1940 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Divorced Henry Peters 55 carburetor cleaner/auto parts factory, widowed brother Max Peters 53 lather/building [2145 Fairview]
WWI registration records: Max Peters, 451 Beniteau Avenue, Detroit; b. 4 March 1887 Detroit; lather; single; medium height/medium build; brown eye, black hair; 5 June 1917
WWII records: Max Peters, 2145 Fairview, Detroit; b. 4 March 1887 Detroit; contact Budd Sprague, Detroit; 5'9", 149 lbs.; grey eyes, grey hair, light complexion; 27 April 1942
Obituary: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Tuesday, 11 January 1949: Max Peters, Jan. 10, dear brother of Mrs. Henry Glaser, Henry, Albert, Ernest and William Peters. Funeral from the Charles W. Jeffery Funeral Home, 14219 Kercheval near Lakewood, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 9 a.m. to St. Rose Church, 9:30 a.m. Rosary Tuesday evening 8 p.m. Graveside service under the auspices of the Fairview Post No. 393 V.F.W., Westlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Notes for Della Morton:
Obituary: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Tuesday, 29 December 1936: Services for Mrs. Della Peters, of 2145 Fairview Ave., will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Peters, who died Sunday, was born in Brighton, 58 years ago, and lived in Detroit 25 years. She is survived by her husband, Max, and four children, Floyd, Frank, Milo and Harvey Hayes.
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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.
Last updated: 19 November 2022.