Moyse Pitre
1850 Rustico, PEI – after 1910 New Hampshire
Continuation of tree (6th child of Dominique Pitre/Charlotte Gallant); all known surname descendants:
8 Moyse Pitre b: 30 September 1850 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bet. 1910-1920 Manchester, Hillsborough, NH
+Marie Pitre b: 17 November 1855 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: Abt. 1874 Rustico, PEI [Jean/Charlotte Doiron]; d: 24 March 1894 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI
9 Beloni Pitre b: 19 November 1875 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1881
9 Asterie 'Ester' Pitre b: 17 February 1877 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 23 January 1955 Brookdale (Amherst), Cumberland, NS
+Frank James Lilliman Locke b: 13 October 1884 Winsloe, PEI; m: 21 December 1904 New Glasgow, Pictou, NS [Richard/Rebecca Ann Guard]; d: 24 November 1955 Brookdale (Amherst), Cumberland, NS
9 Marie Julie Pitre b: 22 January 1879 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 2 April 1946 Manchester, Hillsborough, NH
+ Julien Lambert b: 22 May 1873; m: 27 April 1908 Ste. Marie, Manchester, Hillsborough, NH [Flavien/Olive Plante]; d: 11 November 1940 Manchester, Hillsborough, NH
9 Charlotte Pitre b: 4 June 1881 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. August 1946 Charlottetown, PEI
+Edward Hennessey b: 2 July 1882 Charlottetown, PEI; m: 6 November 1906 Charlottetown, PEI;; d: 30 July 1949 Charlottetown, PEI
9 Jean Stanislas Pitre b: 6 January 1884 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 14 August 1946 Springfield, Hampden, MA
+ Angeline Pitre b: 15 September 1887 Rustico, PEI; m: 19 February 1917 Manchester, Hillsborough, NH [Felix/Philomene Gallant]; d: 29 July 1922 Concord, Merrimack, NH
9 Catherine Pitre b: 22 December 1885 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 10 July 1944 Springfield, Hampden, MA
+ Joseph Arcade Croteau b: 11 October 1878 Ste. Julie, Laurierville, Megantic, Quebec; m: 13 November 1911 Ste. Marie, Manchester, Hillsborough, NH [Thomas/Cesarie Lambert]; d: 23 February 1941 Springfield, Hampden, MA
9 Mathias Pitre b: 25 March 1888 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1891
9 Marie Josephine Pitre b: 15 November 1891 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 21 April 1967 Springfield, Hampden, MA
9 Joseph Mathias Pitre b: 14 March 1894 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1901
*2nd Wife of Moyse Pitre:
+ Marie Pitre b: 9 March 1865 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 21 January 1896 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Felix/Philomene Gallant]; d: 27 May 1935 Mexico, Oxford, ME
9 Henry Pitre b: 23 December 1897 Charlottetown, PEI; d: 18 April 1963 Mexico, Oxford, ME
+ Marie Bibianne Gallant b: 28 December 1893 Egmont Bay, PEI; m: 20 October 1925 Maine [Norbert/Elizabeth Barriault]; d: 21 November 1966 Mexico, Oxford, ME
9 Philomene Anne Pitre b: Abt. 1903 PEI; d: Aft. 1910
9 Hilda Rose Pitre b: Abt. 1907 PEI; d: Aft. 1910
Notes for Moyse Pitre:
Census
- 1881 PEI, Rustico, Lot 24: Moise Pitre 32 (farmer),
wife Marie 25, Asterie 4, Julie 3; brother Lucien Pitre 34.
- 1891 PEI, Lot 24F1: Moise Pitre 40, wife Marie 35, Esterie 14, Julie 12,
Charlotte 10, Stanislas 7, Catherine 5, Mathias 3.
- 1901 PEI, Lot CA13: Moses Peters 49, 2nd wife Mary 37, Mary J. 9, Henry
3. Asterie 24, domestic in Charlottetown (Lot CA-A1). At Lot CA14: Charlotte Peters (Pitre) 20 & brother John Peters (Pitre)
17, with family of James F. Curtis 58 & wife Mary Ann 59. [Catherine 15, Mathias 13 - ?]
- 1900 Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire: Julia
Peters 22 servant, with widow Sarah Tubbs 71 & her widowed daughter Sarah J.
Hersey 51.
- 1910 Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire: Moise Pitre 58 (cotton
mill/laborer), wife of 14 years Marie 45, Kathern 25 (cotton mill/weaver),
Josephine 18 (cotton mill/weaver), Henry 12, Philomene Anne 6, Hilda Rose 2;
daughter-in-law Angeline Pitre 20 (cotton
mill/operative); Rebecca Isabelle 45
(cotton mill/weaver).
- 1921 Charlottetown, PEI: Widow Mary Peters 55, Henry 23 salesman/oil company [27 Bayfield Street]
- 1920 Manchester, Hillsborough, NH: Josephine Peters 29,
living with brother John Peters 35 & wife Angeline 33.
- 1930 Mexico, Oxford, Maine: Henry Peters 32 paper mill, wife of 5 years Vivianne 34
sorter/paper mill,
widowed mother Mary 65. [Osgood Avenue]
WWI registration records (sons):
Jean Stanislas Pitre: John Stanlaus Peters; Manchester, NH; born 6 Jan 1884; Angeline Peters (of NH); medium height, medium build; dark brown eyes & dark brown hair; wool sorting apprentice.
Notes for Marie Pitre:
Obituary: Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), Wednesday, 29 May 1935: Mexico, May 29 - Ill a week Mrs. Mary Peters, 70, died at the home of her son on Osgood avenue, Monday night. Mrs. Peters was born in Rustico, P.E.I. Following the death of her husband, nine years ago, she came to Mexico to live with her son, Henry Peters. She was a member of the Ladies of St. Ann and is survived by the son, with whom she resided, a step-son, John Peters, Manchester, N.H.; four step-daughters, Mrs. Arcade Croteau, Springfield, Mass.; Mrs. Julian Lambert, Manchester, N.H.; Mrs. Edward Hennessy, Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Miss Josephine Peters, Springfield, Mass.; a sister, Mrs. Daniel Curtis, Rumford; two brothers, Allaire and Napoleon Peters, P.E.I.; several grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Johns Cemetery, Rumford, ME: INRI / Mrs. Mary Peters / March 7, 1865 / May 27, 1935
Obituaries for the children:
Marie Julie Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, NH: LAMBERT / (reverse) Julien Lambert / 1873 - 1940 / son epouse / Julia Peters / 1879 - 1946
Jean Stanislas Pitre: Springfield Republican (MA), Thursday, 15 August 1946 - John S. Peters of 22 Main street died yesterday at Mercy hospital. Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 63 years ago, he came to this country 20 years ago. He was a member of the Widow and Widowers club and the Painters union, local 237. He leaves two daughters, Mary Peters at home and Mrs. Irene Gelinas of this city; a brother, Henry of Mexico, Me; and three sisters, Josephine Peters of this city, Mrs. Esther Locke of Amherst, Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Charlotte Hennessey of Charlottetown. The funeral will be held at the George St. Pierre funeral home Saturday, followed by requiem high mass at St. Joseph's church. Burial will be in St. Michael's cemetery.
Catherine Pitre: Springfield Republican (MA), Tuesday, 11 July 1944 - Mrs. Catherine (Peters) Croteau, 58, of 22 Morris street, widow of Arcade Croteau, died yesterday at Mercy hospital after a brief illness. Born on Prince Edward Island, she lived here for 22 years. She was employed by the Cheney Bigelow Wire works and was a member of St. Anne's society of St. Joseph's church and Les Artisans society. She leaves two brothers, John of this city and Henry of Mexico, Me., and four sisters, Miss Josephine Peters of this city, Mrs. Edward Hennessey of Charlestown, Prince Edward Island, Mrs. Frank Locke of Nova Scotia and Mrs. Julia Lambert of Manchester, N.H. The funeral will be held in the George St. Pierre funeral home tomorrow morning at 8:15 with solemn high mass of requiem at St. Joseph's church at 9. Burial will be in St. Michael's cemetery.
Marie Josephine Pitre: Springfield Union (MA), Saturday, 22 April 1967 - Miss Josephine Peters, 75, formerly of 22 Morris St., died Friday in Municipal Hospital. Born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, Nov. 15, 1891, she was the daughter of the late Moise and Mary (Peters) Peters and lived in this city 40 years. She was a former employee of Westfield Sanitorium and was a member of St. Joseph's Church. She leaves two nieces and several nephews. The funeral will be held Monday at 8:15 a.m. at George St. Pierre and Sons funeral home, State St., with a requiem high mass in St. Joseph's Church at 9. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery. Visiting hours are today, 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Henry Pitre: Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), Friday, 19 April 1963: Mexico - Henry Peters, 65, died unexpectedly Thursday at his home, 3 Gleason St. He was born Dec. 23, 1897, at Charlottetown, PEI, son of Moise and Mary Peters. He had served in the Canadian Army during World War I and was retired from the Oxford Paper Co. where he was employed on the paper machines. Mr. Peters was a communicant of St. Theresa's Church and a member of the Foresters, the Assumption Society and Napoleon Ouellette Post, AL. He is survived by his widow, the former Bibianne Gallant; a half-sister, Miss Josephine Peters, Springfirld, Mass.
Pitre family photo c1900/1901
Back row (l to r): Marie Josephine (1891), Jean Stanislaus (1884), Catherine (1885)
Front row (l to r): Marie Julie (1879), 2nd wife Marie Pitre (1865), Moyse Pitre (1850) with Henry (1897), Charlotte (1881)
Identification of each person is my assumption based on age. Please contact me if this is incorrect. Thanks go to the contributor David Branch (Pitre descendant through Marie Julie Pitre).
Back one generation to parents of Moyse Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Last updated: 17 September 2024.