Continuation of tree (6th child of Etienne (Keniche) Pitre/Marie Doiron); all known surname descendants:
7 Octave Pitre b: 15 November 1830 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1880 Hope River, PEI
+Marie Blanchard b: 7 October 1834 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 10 February 1857 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Marin/Barbe Doiron]; d: Aft. 1891 Hope River, PEI
8 Philomene Pitre b: 28 November 1857 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1861
8 Valerie Pitre b: 29 December 1858 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 27 March 1916
+Jerome Gallant b: 7 November 1858 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 2 February 1886 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI [Bruno/Marie Leclerc]; d: Bet. 1901-1911
8 Philomene Pitre b: 14 January 1861 Rustico, PEI; d: 14 April 1948 South Rustico, PEI
+Joseph Doucet b: 17 July 1856 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 10 May 1887 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Amand/Charlotte Gallant]; d: 1936
8 Marie Pitre b: 15 May 1863 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 1959
+Joseph Arsenault b: 28 November 1860 Mont Carmel, PEI; m: 11 May 1897 St. Paul, Summerside, PEI [Hughes/Julienne Julie Gallant]; d: 1953
8 Marin Pitre b: Abt. 1865 Hope River, PEI; d: 17 January 1938 Charlottetown, PEI
Notes for Octave Pitre:
Census
- 1881 PEI, Lot 22 Anderson Creek: Widow Mary Pitre 46, Euphemia 20, Mary 18, Maurine (Marin) 15.
- 1890 Lot 22, Hope River: p. 32 - Veuve Octave Pitre 55 farmer, Marie 27, Marin 24.
- 1891: missing lots
- 1931 PEI: Queens, Charlottetown, East Royalty: Morin Peters 66 inmate/infirmary.
The card of Lot 22 going back to 1863 shows that the family was established on 75 acres between the path Saint Mary's and the path Saint Patrick's, to the south of a path known today under the name of Myers Road. The neighbouring grounds belonged to the brothers of Octave, that is to say Gilbert and Maurice, and his brother-in-law Victor Gallant. The Meacham Atlas of 1880 shows that this ground belonged to Mrs. Octavus Peters; Octave has then died before 1880. The diocese census of 1890 indicates that Marie, aged 55 years, is living at Hope River with her daughter Marie and her son Marin.
MISC: Given the ages of the children and their mother's age (only 31 in 1865), Octave probably died in the late 1860's.
Obituaries for the children:
Philomene Pitre: Guardian of the Gulf (PEI), Saturday, 17 April 1948: Doucette - At South Rustico on April 14th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Theodore Doucette, Philomena Doucette, widow of the late Joseph Doucette, formerly of Rennie's Road, aged 87 years.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Augustine's Cemetery, North Rustico, PEI: DOUCETTE / Joseph L. Doucette / 1856 - 1936 / his wife / Philomene Pitre / 1861 - 1948 / their daughter / Marie Isabelle / 1892 - 1939 / R.I.P.
Marin Pitre: Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Wednesday, 19 January 1938: Peters - In the city, January 17, 1938, Marin Peters, aged 73 years. Funeral from Frank Hennessey's Funeral Home Thursday morning at 8:15 to St. Dunstan's Basilica thence to R.C. Cemetery.
Back one generation to parents of Octave Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Last updated: 6 August 2025.