Continuation of tree (2nd child of Pierre Pitre/1st Wife Marguerite Pare); all known surname descendants:
7 Michel Pitre b: 10 January 1830 Ste. Martine, Chateauguay, Quebec; d: Aft. 23 July 1890 Levis, Quebec (river)*
+Marie Edesse 'Adele' Cote b: 17 November 1830 St. Joachim, Chateauguay, Quebec; m: 16 October 1855 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT [Alexis/Sophie Monique Lorrain]; d: 7 July 1861 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT
8 Marie Edesse Pitre b: 13 June 1856 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT; d: 21 May 1894 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT
+ Leonidas Bissonette b: 15 July 1859 Alfred, Prescott, ONT; m: 12 January 1880 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT [Pierre/Sophie Raby]; d: 20 January 1936 Whitney, ONT
8 Rose Delima Pitre b: 12 October 1857 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT; d: 15 September 1932 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT
+Emery Lalonde b: 26 July 1845 Les Cedres, St. Joseph, Soulanges, ONT; m: 24 February 1873 Alfred, Prescott, ONT [Jean Baptiste/Julie Ranger]; d: 16 March 1914 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT
8 Louis Pitre b: 3 April 1859 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT; d: 20 August 1937 Munising, Alger, MI
+Sarah Catherine Schearer (Spellman) b: 27 October 1854 St. Joseph, MI; m: 17 June 1893 Big Rapids, Mecosta, MI [Jacob/Margaret Davidson]; d: 16 May 1947 Grand Ledge, Eaton, MI
8 Anriette Pitre b: 13 January 1861 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT; d: 2 February 1861 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT
8 Marie 'Laure' Pitre b: 13 January 1861 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT; d: 14 August 1861 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT
*2nd Wife of Michel Pitre:
+Emelie Lalonde b: 11 November 1843 St. Polycarpe, Quebec; m: 7 October 1861 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT [Francois Xavier/Adelaide Leger]; d: Abt. 1868 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
8 Gedeon Pitre b: 6 June 1863 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT; d: 25 February 1955 Ludington, Mason, MI
+Arthemise Clement b: December 1872 USA; m: 14 November 1887 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT [Joseph/Odile Dufort]; d: 1961 Ludington, Mason, MI
8 Pierre Michel Pitre b: 3 July 1864 St. Luc, Curran, Prescott, ONT; d: Bef. 1871
8 Virginie Pitre b: 15 May 1867 St. Bernard, Fournier, Prescott, ONT; d: 6 May 1953 Cornwall, ONT
+Napoleon Roy dit Lepage b: 1 July 1858 Ste. Genevieve, Quebec; m: 20 July 1885 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT [Pierre/Marguerite Rouleau]; d: 8 May 1937 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT
*3rd Wife of Michel Pitre:
+Emelie Morin b: 23 April 1847 Ste. Scholastique, Deux Montagnes, Quebec; m: 4 September 1869 St. Bernard, Fournier, Prescott, ONT [Jean Baptiste/Sophie Rochon]; d: 21 December 1920 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT
8 Emelie Pitre b: 15 September 1870 St. Bernard, Fournier, Prescott, ONT; d: 20 October 1966 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
+Joseph Magloire Lariviere b: 14 January 1867 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, Quebec; m: 21 July 1890 Curran, Prescott, ONT [Jean Baptiste/Adele Lalonde]; d: 13 August 1924 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
8 Joseph Onesime Pitre b: 9 November 1871 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 26 August 1933 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
+Marie Louise Bosse b: 3 March 1878 St. Louis, Kamouraska, Quebec; m: 19 November 1894 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT [Octave/Desina Dina Lebel]; d: 1 October 1941 Laprairie, Napierville, Quebec
8 Francois Pitre b: 20 May 1874 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 22 April 1940 Highland Park, Wayne, MI
+ Elizabeth Bisner b: 13 June 1881 Ludington, Mason, MI; m: 27 February 1900 Grand Rapids, Mason, MI [Joseph/Mary Waitis]; d: 9 June 1934 Detroit, Wayne, MI
8 Zephirine Pitre b: 4 February 1876 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 1 March 1932 Whitney, Airy, ONT
+ Leonidas Bissonnette b: 15 July 1859 Alfred, Prescott, ONT; m: 3 October 1894 Curran, Prescott, ONT [Pierre/Sophie Raby]; d: 20 January 1936 Whitney, Airy, ONT
8 Celina Pitre b: 1 December 1877 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 25 April 1957 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
+Joseph Seguin b: 8 June 1872 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; m: 10 May 1898 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT [Hyacinthe/Sophie Monette]; d: 18 November 1941 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
8 Sophronie Pitre b: 23 September 1879 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 1 December 1958 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
+Joseph Ephrem Bleau b: 2 September 1875 St. Jacques l'Achigan, Montcalm, Quebec; m: 18 September 1899 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT [Jules/Philomene Brien]; d: 27 June 1933 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT
*2nd Husband of Sophronie Pitre:
+Odilion Montpeltier dit Beaulieu b: 5 July 1873 Vaudreuil, Quebec; m: 30 October 1945 Chelmsford, Sudbury, ONT [Joseph Clovis/Marie Rose Pilon]; d: 16 April 1965 Chelmsford, ONT
8 Amanda Pitre b: 18 July 1881 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 14 February 1954 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
+Hormisdas Brunet b: 1 July 1879 Curran, Plantagenet, Prescott, ONT; m: 1 September 1902 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT [Frederick/Angele Hemond]; d: 12 November 1944 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
*2nd Husband of Amanda Pitre:
+Victor Lalonde b: 1884; m: unknown; d: 1974 Alfred, Prescott, ONT
8 Marie Eulalie Pitre b: 26 April 1883 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 24 June 1917 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT
+Damase Sauve b: 23 March 1876 North Plantagenet, ONT; m: 17 July 1900 Sacre Coeur, Bourget, Russell, Russell, ONT [Francois/Henriette Emard]; d: 23 October 1960 L'Hospice Ste. Croix, Marieville, Quebec
8 Marie Louise Pitre b: 23 July 1885 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 18 June 1971 Lachine, Montreal, QUE
8 Jean Baptiste Adolphe Pitre b: 25 September 1887 St. Victor, Alfred, Prescott, ONT; d: 27 August 1955 Sudbury, ONT
+Louisa Brunet b: 14 February 1902 Plantagenet, Prescott, ONT; m: 12 September 1922 Plantagenet, Prescott, ONT [Pierre/Melanie des Neiges Alarie]; d: 20 August 1982 Sudbury, ONT
Notes for Michel Pitre:
Census
- 1861 Alfred, Prescott, Ontario: Meshael Peete 31
(farmer), wife Adess 30, Mare 5, Delemo 4, Lewis 2, Hariot 1, Loire 1.
- 1871 Alfred, Prescott, ONT: Michel Pitre 41 (farmer), 3rd wife Emelie
23, Marie 15, Delima 13, Louis 12, Gedeon 8, Virgini 2, Emelie 7 months.
- 1881 Alfred, Prescott, ONT: Michel Pitre 51 (farmer), wife Emilie 33,
Louis 21, Gedeon 17, Virginie 12, Amelie 10, Olesime 9, Francis 7, Zephirine 5,
Celina 3, Cephranie 1.
-1891 Alfred, Prescott, ONT: Zephyrine Pitre 15, living with sister
Virginie 23 & her husband Napoleon Lepage 33. [Michel 61, Emelie 44,
Onesime 19, Francois 16, Celina 13, Sophronie 11, Amanda 9,
Eulalie 7, Louise 5, Adolphe 3 - ? - may be in Michigan]
- 1901 Alfred, Prescott, ONT: Widow Amelie 54, remarried to Jule Bleur 62;
her Pitre children Amanda Pitte 19, Marie Louise Pitte 15 & Adolphe Pitte 13.
- 1901 Alfred, Prescott, ONT: Jule Bleau 71, wife Emelie 63, Victor 28, Joseph 25.
*Death of Michel Pitre: online tree says 'drowned fall of 1890, while transporting logs on a river. Body not found. River near Levis, Quebec. - unsourced
Tombstone Inscriptions:
St. Martins of Tours, Whitney, Airy Township:
- In loving memory of / Zephirine / Pitre / wife of / Ls. Bissonnette / born Feb 4, 1876 / died Mar. 1, 1932
Pere Marquette Cemetery, Ludington:
PETERS / Harthimise / 1871 - 1961 / Gideon / 1860 - 1955
Pere Marquette Cemetery, Ludington:
Frank V. Peters / 1874 - 1940 // Elizabeth Peters / 1881 - 1934
Obituaries for the children:
Rose Delima Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Victor Cemetery, Alfred, ONT: A la memoire de / Emerie Lalonde / decede le 16 Mars 1914 - age de 70 ans / epoux de / Delima Pitre / decedee le 15 Sept. 1932 - agee de 71 ans / Joseph Lalonde / decede le 5 Fev. 1965 - age de 82 ans / epoux de Florestine Parisien / 1884 - 1972 / LALONDE
Louis Pitre: Ironwood Daily Globe, Tuesday, 24 August 1937: Aged Logger Dies - Munising - Louis Peters, 78, died at his home at 215 West Onota street Friday morning. He was born April 3, 1869 (sic 1859), in Alfred, Ontario, and came to Munising in 1900. He was long associated with the logging operations in the county with the T.H. Wooster company, Standard Tie company, and Munising Paper company in timber production. Mr. Peters was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Elks lodges. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Catherine, a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Peck, and three brothers, Frank of Detroit, Adolph of Sudbury, Ontario, and Gedeon of Ludington and six sisters in Ontario.
Frank Peters: Ludington Daily News, Tuesday, 23 April 1940: Frank Peters dies at Detroit April 22 - Word has been received by Gideon Peters, 405 East Dowland street of the death of Frank Peters of Detroit, former resident of Ludington. Mr. Peters, 63 years of age, passed away on April 22 at Detroit. Mr. Peters was born in Alfred, Ontario, Canada, where he spent his youth before coming to Ludington to make his home. He was affiliated with St. Simon's Roman Catholic church of this city. The body will be returned to Ludington and will rest at Morrison chapel until the time of the services, Thursday, at 9 o'clock in the morning, at St. Simon's church. Interment will be made in Pere Marquette cemetery.
Ludington Daily News, Thursday, 25 April 1940: Rites are held for Frank Peters - Funeral services were held at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Simon's Catholic church for Frank V. Peters, resident of Ludington for 30 years, who passed away on April 22 in Detroit. The service was conducted by Rev. Thomas Albin, pastor of the church. Pallbearers were George Ackersville, Andrew Murphy, John Gavan, Joseph Mark, Joseph Zinsmeister and John Cronin. Interment was made in Pere Marquette cemetery. The many beautiful floral pieces and Mass cards were a token of the esteem in which Mr. Peters was held by his friends. A large number of local and out-of-town friends attended the services. Out-of-town persons present were Mrs. Martin Tholen of Flint, Mrs. Richard Thomas and Mrs. Leon Lord of Detroit, all daughters of Mr. Peters, and Mr. Tholen and Mr. Lord; Frank Peters Jr. of Detroit, son of the deceased; Mrs. M. Miller of Muskegon, a niece, and Miss Dorothy McIntyre of Flint, a granddaughter. Six other grandchildren were unable to be present.
Emelie Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Victor Cemetery, Alfred, ONT: La Memoire de / Magloire Lariviere / decede le 13 Aout 1924 / a l'age de 57 ans / son epouse / Emilie Pitre / decedee le 20 Oct 1966 / a l'age de 96 ans / (4 more lines difficult to read) / decedee le 15 Mars 1997 / a l'age de 97 ans
Celina Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Victor, Alfred, ONT: En memoire de / Joseph Seguin / decede le 18 Nov. 1941 / age de 69 ans / epoux de / Celina Pitre / decedee le 25 Avril 1957 / agee de 79 ans
Sophronie Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Victor Cemetery, Alfred, ONT: Jules Bleau 1838 - 1919 / ses epouses / Philomene Brien / 1845 - 1889 / Emelie Morin / 1847 - 1920 / Camille Bleau / 1865 - 1938 / ses epouses / Mary Monsion / (unreadable) / Meriza Chenier / (unreadable) / Agnes Guindon / ** - 1940 / Ephrem Bleau / 1875 - 1933 / son epouse / Sophranie Pitre / 1879 - 1958 / Irene Bleau / 1912 - 1927 / Simone Bleau / (unreadable) / FAMILLE V. BLEAU
Amanda Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Victor Cemetery, Alfred, ONT: Delia / Lalonde / decedee le / 19 Mai 1891 / agee de 17 ans / Eva Clement / decedee le / 2 Juin 1946 / agee de 57 ans / epouse de / Victor / Lalonde / 1884 - 1974 / Amanda Pitre / 2ieme epouse de / Victor Lalonde / 1881 - 1954
Back one generation to parents of Michel Pitre
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- 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.
- Michigan deaths between 1897-1920 in RED taken from death certificates (online), which may also include birthdate.
- Ontario/Michigan deaths in RED also from tombstone inscriptions.
- Some Ontario births/marriages/deaths in RED from online records.
Last updated: 31 July 2018.