Continuation of tree (1st child of Andre Pitre/Marianne Legere); all known surname descendants:
9 Maxime Pitre b: 19 April 1885 St. Francois de Sales, Rogersville, Northumberland, NB; d: 14 January 1950 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME
+Felixine 'Phylis' Vachon b: 11 December 1888 Biddeford, York, ME; m: 21 April 1907 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME [Achille/Marie Rodrigue] (divorced June 1942); d: 3 August 1952 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
10 female Peters b: 28 February 1908 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME; d: Bef. 1910
10 Joseph Maxime 'Wilfred' Peters b: 10 September 1909 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME; d: Aft. March 1955
10 Joseph Philippe Pitre b: 16 July 1911 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME; d: 20 December 1976 Portland, Cumberland, ME
+Marie Irene Forestine Poulin b: 5 October 1914 Winslow, Kennebec, ME; m: 14 September 1935 [William/Elise Roy]; d: 2 May 1998 South Portland, Cumberland, ME
*2nd Wife of Joseph Philippe Pitre:
+Carolyn E. Poulin d: Aft. December 1976
10 Irene E. Peters b: 11 November 1913 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME d: 9 April 1947 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
+Richard Dulac b: 9 August 1911 Waterville, Kennebec, ME; m: 31 December 1929 Waterville, Kennebec, ME [Druet/Marion Quirion]; d: 21 February 1989 Holiday, Pasco, FL
10 Alice Lillian Peters b: 3 March 1916 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME; d: 13 March 1955 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
+Romeo Joseph Landry b: 2 April 1910 Waterville, Kennebec, ME; m: Abt. 1934 [Joseph/Georgianna Bolduc]; d: 21 January 1990 Waterville, Kennebec, ME
Notes for Maxime Pitre:
Census
- 1910 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine: Maxime Pitre 25, wife of 3 years Felisine 24 (1 of 3 children still living), Fred 6 months; boarding with Napoleon Vauchon 28, wife Tarsile 25, & their 3 children.
- 1920 Gardiner, Kennebec, ME: Maxim H. Peters 34, wife Phylis R. 31, Wolfred M. 10, Philip J. 8, Irene E. 7, Alice L. 4 years 10 months.
- 1930 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME: Maxime A. Peters 44 (divorced), living with widowed mother Mary A. Peters 62, and widowed sister Ida Belliveau 41 & her daughter Lumina 17. In Waterville, Kennebec, ME: Felixine Peters 40 (laborer/woolen mill), Wilfred 20 (laborer/shoe shop), Phillip 18 (laborer). Also in Waterville: Alice Peters 15, living with sister Irene 17 & her husband Richard Culas 18.
- 1940 Skowhegan, Somerset, ME: Maxime Peters 54 treer?/shoe manufacturing, living with his widowed mother Marie Peters 72. [335 Shirley]. In Waterville, Kennebec, ME, his wife Felixine Peters 51 is living with her daughter's family (Richard G. Dulac 28 manager/Hoover Co., wife Irene 27 floor lady/shirt factory, Richard Jr. 9, Robert M. 7, Rita 6. [Elm Court]
- 1950 Waterville, Kennebec, ME: Romeo J. Landry 39 truck driver/ice & fuel co., wife Alice L. 34, June R. 14, Romeo R. 3, widowed mother-in-law Felixine M. Peters 61. (Wilfred 30?)
Alien Registration, 27 June 1940 Skowhegan, ME: Maxim H. Peters, res. 8 Shirley St., Skowhegan; in US 54 years, in ME 50 years; b. 19 April 1885 NB; mar w/4 children; mill hand at American Woolen Co.
Obituary: Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME), Monday, 16 January 1950: Skowhegan - Maxim Peters died Saturday night shortly after his admission to a Skowhegan hospital. He had been in ill health a long time. Mr. Peters was a shoe worker and had worked in Skowhegan and in a Lewiston shop until he retired last summer. He was a member of the Order of Eagles. Mr. Peters had lived in Skowhegan the most of his life and of late had made his home with his niece, Mrs. LeRoy Beckwith, being cared for by his sister, Mrs. Ida Belliveau. He was born in Rogersville, N.B., April 19, 1885. Surviving are two sons, Wilfred of Portland and Philip of Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Romeo Landry of Waterville; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Belliveau of Skowhegan and Mrs. Elmer Turcotte of Gardiner and two brothers, Samuel Peters of Skowhegan and Andrew Peters of Hartford, Conn. The body will be at Lord's Funeral Home Skowhegan, until Tuesday morning when the funeral will be held at 9 o'clock at Notre Dame de Lourdes Chapel. The body will be placed in the tomb to await later burial in Calvary Cemetery.
Notes for Felixine 'Phylis' Vachon:
Obituary: Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME), Monday, 4 August 1952: Mrs. Felixine Peters, 63, of 11 Hillside Avenue died early Sunday morning at a local hospital following a long illness. She was born in Biddeford Dec. 11, 1888, and has resided in Waterville for the past 24 years with her daughter, Mrs. Alice Landry. Survivors are two sons, Wilfred of Sanford and Phillip of Pittsburgh, Penn.; one daughter, Mrs. Romeo Landry of Waterville; two brothers, Peter Vashon of Skowhegan, and Omer Vashon of Lewiston; three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Caron, Augusta; Miss Alice Vashon, Skowhegan and Mrs. Adelaide Beurgoin, Portland. The body is at the Veilleux Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the Sacred Heart Church. Burial will be in the family lot in St. Francis Cemetery.
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Philippe Pitre: Evening Express (Portland, ME), Tuesday, 21 December 1976: Phillip J. Peters, 65, of 633 Congress St., formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa., died unexpectedly Monday at a local hospital. He was born July 16, 1911, in Skowhegan, and attended the schools there. He was a World War II Army veteran, serving in the tank corps in the European Theater. He later was employed with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad System for more than 15 years. Mr. Peters retired in 1961 due to ill health. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church, a life member of South Portland VFW Post and a member of the Disabled American Veterans. He leaves his wife, the former Carolyn E. Pulan. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at 749 Congress St., followed by a funeral mass at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church. Interment will be in the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta.
Irene E. Peters: Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME), Thursday, 10 April 1947: Mrs. Irene E. Dulac, late proprietor of Irene's Beauty Salon at 118 Western Avenue. died Wednesday morning at a local hospital after a short illness. She was born in Skowhegan on Nov. 11, 1913, but had been a resident of this community for the past 19 years. Surviving are her husband, Richard, three sons, Richard Jr., Robert and David; a daughter, Rita; her father, Maxime Peters of Skowhegan; her mother, Mrs. Felixine Peters of this city; two brothers, Philip Peters and Wilfred Peters of Sanford; a sister, Mrs. Alice Landry of this city. The body will be at Veilleux Funeral Home until Saturday morning when funeral services will be held at Saint Francis de Sales Church at 9:30 o'clock. Burial will be in the family lot in the Catholic cemetery.
Alice Lillian Peters: Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME), Monday, 14 March 1955: Mrs. Alice Landry, 39, died Sunday morning at her home, 11 Hillside Avenue. A member of the family found her dead and called Dr. Rodolphe Pomerleau. Dr. Pomerleau reported the death to Medical Examiner Wilson H. McWethy in Augusta who said that death was due to natural causes. She was born in Skowhegan March 3, 1916, the daughter of Maxime and Felixine Vashon Peters. She is survived by her husband, Romeo; one daughter, Mrs. June Caron; one son, Romeo jr., both of this city; two brothers, Wilfred Peters of Sanford and Philip Peters, Pittsburgh, Pa. She had been employed at Squire's for the past five years. The body is at the Veilleux Funeral Home until services to be announced. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery.
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