Narcisse Pitre

1841 Tignish, PEI – 1920 Skinners Pond, PEI

 

 

Continuation of tree (7th child of Moise Pitre/Marie Blanchard); all known surname descendants:

              7     Narcisse Pitre  b: 17 June 1841  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 21 October 1920  Skinners Pond, PEI

                             +Veronica Perry  b: 23 September 1840  Tignish, PEI; m: 28 October 1864  Tignish, PEI [Thomas Poirier/Judith Gallant]; d: Abt. 1885  Tignish, PEI

                        8       Judith Pitre  b: 2 October 1866  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 12 March 1950  St. Louis, PEI

                                    +Alexandre Tremblay  b: 30 July 1862  Quebec; m: 31 January 1888  Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI [Honore/Mary Gough]; d: 3 November 1923  St. Louis, PEI

                        8       Joseph Peters  b: 28 December 1869  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 1 September 1941  Tignish, PEI

                                    +Mary Elizabeth Poirier  b: 3 December 1880  Tignish, PEI; m: 19 April 1898  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI [Napoleon/Eulalie Poirier]; d: Aft. 1931

                        8       Mary Catherine Peters  b: 16 July 1872  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI ; d: Aft. 1891

                        8       Thomas Peters  b: 17 June 1874  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Bef. 1881

                        8       Moses 'Maurice' Peters  b: 7 April 1876  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 11 June 1966  Brewer, Penobscot, ME

                                    +Julia A. McLean  b: Abt. 1885  Chatham, Northumberland, NB; m: 21 September 1904  St. Andrew, Loggieville, Northumberland, NB [Alexander/Elizabeth Biers]; d: 27 April 1965  Bangor, Penobscot, ME

                        8       Adoline Pitre  b: 19 December 1877  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 21 August 1954  Lawrence, Essex, MA

                                    +Philorame Maillet (aka Myers)  b: 8 April 1876  Tignish, PEI; m: 7 February 1899  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 1 January 1930  Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT

                        8       John Peters  b: 27 March 1881  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Aft. 1901

                        8       Jerome Peters  b: 27 December 1882  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 28 March 1912  Lawrence, Essex, MA

                                    +Marie Jeanne Poirier  b: 19 April 1886  Tignish, PEI; m: 4 February 1907  Lawrence, Essex, MA [Laurent/Marie Maillet]; d: Bef. 1940  Lawrence, Essex, MA

                        8       Veronica Peters  b: 3 November 1884  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Bef. 1887

 

                         *2nd Wife of Narcisse Pitre: 

                             +Philomene Richard  b: 17 December 1862  Tignish, PEI; m: 19 January 1886  Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI [Eusebe/Genevieve Doucet]; d: 13 December 1932  St. Louis, PEI

                        8       Veronica Peters  b: 20 February 1887  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Aft. 1931

                                    +Michael Perry  b: 1 August 1882  Tignish, PEI; m: Abt. 1904 [John Gilbert/Celina Maillet]; d: Aft. 1921

                        8       Urbain Peters  b: 4 December 1890  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: November 1965  Alberton, PEI

                                    +Alice Maud Perry  b: 10 September 1890  Tignish, PEI; m: Abt. 1915 [Francis/Veronique Arsenault]; d: Aft. November 1965

                        8       Joseph Ferdinand Pitre  b: 11 August 1895  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Bef. 1901 

                        8       Joseph Thomas Pitre  b: 8 May 1898  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 9 May 1991

                                    +Albina M. Arsenault  b: 18 July 1897  Canada; m: 28 August 1918  Boston, Suffolk, MA [William/Emily B. ---]  (divorced); d: February 1977  Lawrence, Essex, MA

                                  *2nd Wife of Joseph Thomas Pitre:

                                    +Albina Fortier (Lagasse)  b: Abt. 1904  Canada; m: 17 October 1946  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Edmond/Philomene Roy]  (divorced 13 October 1950  Wayne, MI)

                                  *3rd Wife of Joseph Thomas Pitre:

                                    +Rose Alma Moisan (Lagasse)  b: 4 June 1897  Lowell, Middlesex, MA; m: 1 July 1967  Manchester, Hillsborough, NH [Albert/Louise Cantin]; d: 20 March 1990  Springfield, Hampden, MA

           

 

Notes for Narcisse Pitre:

Census

- 1881 PEI, Lot 1 Tignish:  Narcisse Peters 37 (farmer), wife Veronique 37, Judite 15, Joseph 12, Mary 9, Moses 4, Catherine 3, John infant.

- 1891 PEI, Lot 1B1:  Narcisse Peters 47 (farmer), 2nd wife Philomen 27, Joseph 21 farmer, Mary 19, Moses 14, Doline 12, John 10, Jerome 8, Veronica 5, Urbain 4 months.

- 1901 PEI, Lot 1A4:  Narces Peter 55, wife Filomen 37, John 19, Jorome 18, Veronique 14, Hurbain 10, Joseph Tom 2.

- 1911 PEI, Lot 1:  Narcisse Pitre 62 (farmer), wife Phelemine 47, Urbin 20 (odd jobs), Tom 13.

 

WWI registration records (sons):

Moses 'Maurice' Peters:  Morris Narcis Peters; Brewer, ME; born 2 Jun 1874 (Canada); Julia A. Peters; medium height, medium build; grey eyes & black hair; laborer.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Moses 'Maurice' Peters:  The Bangor Daily News (ME), Monday, 13 June 1966:  Maurice N. Peters - Maurice N. Peters, 90, died Saturday night at a local hospital following a long illness.  He was born in Tignish, P.E.I., April 7, 1876, son of Joseph and Veronica (Perry) Peters, but had been a resident of Brewer for the past 65 years.  He is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Brewer.  Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Helen Graves, Mrs. Lillian Collins, both of Brewer, Mrs. Marion Adams of Bangot and Mrs. Dorothy Boyce of Dedham; one son, Donald E. of Otter Creek; 21 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Brewer.  Friends may call at the Crowe Funeral Home, 18 Forest Avenue, Bangor.

 

Urbain Peters:  The Guardian (Charlottetown, PEI), Friday, 12 November 1965:  Tignish - The death occurred last week at the Western Hospital of Herbert Peters, of Tignish, in his 75th year.  The deceased had been ill for some time having undergone surgery a year ago.  The funeral took place at the Church of St. Simon and St. Jude.  A Solemn High Mass was said by the pastor, Rev. M. J. Rooney while Rev. Patrick Rooney, and Rev. Arthur Pendergast were in the sanctuary and Rev. Tardiff in the choir.  The pallbearers were: Joseph T. Perry, Roy Doucette, Mark Gallant, Edgar Perry, Francis Peters and Earl MacDonald.  The flowerbearers were Terry Gallant, Eric Bernard, Shane Gallant, Larry McCallum, Gary Gastonquay and Jackie Coucette.  Interment was in the church cemetery.  He leaves to mourn: his wife, the former Alice Perry; five daughters: Loretta (Mrs. Edward Butler), of St. John, N.B.; Levina (Mrs. Clement Steen) of Chicago; Georgina (Mrs. Peter Gastonquay) of Toronto; Viola (Mrs. Joseph Gauthier) of St. John, N.B.; and Evangeline (Mrs. Allen Jeffery) of Toronto, also one son, Edgar, of Tignish, survives.
 

 

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