Continuation of tree (4th child of Maxime Pitre/Madeleine Poirier); all known surname descendants:
7 Pierre Pitre b: 21 May 1840 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Bet. 1891-1901 Tignish, PEI
+Agnes Bernard b: 13 April 1846 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; m: 11 October 1864 Tignish, PEI [Athanase/Domithilde Perry]; d: 12 April 1927 Gardner, Worcester, MA
8 Veronique Peters b: 19 February 1866 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 25 April 1894 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI
+ Hilaire Theriot b: 1865 PEI; m: 8 January 1884 Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI [Fabien/Tharsile Bertin]; d: 1938 Tignish, PEI
8 Marie Agnes Pitre b: Abt. 5 March 1867 Tignish, PEI; d: 11 April 1947 Gardner, Worcester, MA
+ Peter Pitre b: 10 June 1863 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; m: 5 March 1889 Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI [Pierre/Marie Richard]; d: 6 May 1949 Gardner, Worcester, MA
8 Athanacion Peters b: 15 September 1868 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 19 October 1924 Berlin, Coos, NH
+ Marguerite Perry b: Abt. 1883 Shediac, NB; m: 21 August 1905 Berlin, Coos, NH [Wilfred Poirier/Julie Giguen]; d: Aft. 1930
8 Domathilda Angelina Peters b: 1 November 1870 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Aft. April 1927 Gardner, Worcester, MA
+ Zozime Peter Bernard b: 30 June 1872 Tignish, PEI; m: 29 January 1895 Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI [Joachim/Judith Richard]
8 Ursule 'Madeleine' Peters b: 21 October 1872 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Aft. 1891
8 Joseph Peters b: 21 December 1874 St. Anthony, Bloomfield, PEI; d: Aft. April 1927
8 Catherine Peters b: 18 October 1876 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: Aft. 1894
8 Virginia Obalina Peters b: 10 January 1879 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 23 January 1879 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI
8 John Peter Peters b: 27 April 1880 St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 16 May 1913 Gardner, Worcester, MA
8 Maxime Pitre b: 13 November 1882 Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI; d: Aft. April 1927 Palmer Road, PEI
8 Emmanuel Peters b: 13 May 1885 Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI; d: 5 January 1912 Gardner, Worcester, MA
8 Marie Marguerite Peters b: 9 September 1887 Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI; d: 26 February 1920 Gardner, Worcester, MA
+ Vincent J. Tremblay b: Abt. 1888 Canada; m: 5 May 1913 Gardner, Worcester, MA [John/Marie Desgrolliers]; d: 1968 Gardner, Worcester, MA
8 Virginie Aubeline Peters b: 31 October 1890 Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI; d: Aft. 1920 Gardner, Worcester, MA
+ Bruneau Desroches b: 2 July 1885 Palmer Road, PEI; m: 27 February 1911 Gardner, Worcester, MA [Albert/Mary Judith Pitre]; d: Aft. 1920
Notes for Pierre Pitre:
Census
- 1881 PEI, Cape Gage, Lot 2: Peter Peters 46
(carpenter), wife Agnes 35, Veronique 15, Mary 14, Athanase 12, Domitilde 11,
Magdeleine 8, Joseph 6, Catherine 5, John P. 11 months.
- 1891 PEI, Lot 2C2: Peter M. Peters 46 (farmer & carpenter), wife Agness
45, Patrick 22 (lumberman), Adeline 20 (general servant), Madeleine 19 (general
servant), Joseph 16 (common laborer), Katie 13, Johnny 8, Maxime 5, Manuel 4,
Maggie 3, Mary V. 8 months; son-in-law Peter Peters 28 common laborer, wife Mary
25, John 7 months
- 1901 PEI, Lot 2B2: Widow Agnes Peters 55, John 21, Maxime 18, Emanule
15, Margerite 14, Virgine 11. Patrick (Athanacion) Peters 33 lodging with
family of Zepherine Langlois 40 in Berlin, Coos, NH (1900 census).
[Joseph 26 - ??]
- 1910 Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts: Widow Agnes Pitre 66, John 27 (wood shop/circular saw), Marguerite 23 (upholsterer), Virginie 20 (housekeeper). Joseph 35, living with brother Dennis (Athanacion) Peters 42 and his family in Berlin, Coos, NH. Emmanuel Peters 26 (farmer/servant), living with family of Peter Gallant 57 & wife Marguerite 49 (St. Louis, Lot 2). [Maxime 28 - ??]
- 1920 Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts: Bruneault Duroche 34, wife
Virginie 29, widowed father Albert 66, widowed mother-in-law Agnes Peter
76; lodger March Morse 32.
Notes for Agnes Bernard:
Obituary: Fitchberg Sentinel, Wednesday, 13
April 1927: Mrs. Agnes (Bernard) Pitre, of 265 West street, died
early yesterday in her home after an illness of six months. She would have
been 82 years old today. Born in Prince Edward Island, Mrs. Pitre
was the daughter of Arthamas and Domithilde (Poirier) Bernard. She
came to Gardner 22 years ago and was a member of the Holy Rosary church.
She was also active in the Ste. Anne sodality. She leaves four children,
Mrs. Pierre Pitre, with whom she made her home here, Mrs. Sosine
Bernard of Gardner, Joseph and Maxime Pitre in Prince Edward Island,
also several grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 10 o’clock
tomorrow morning in Holy Rosary church with a high mass of requiem. Burial
will be in Notre Dame cemetery.
Tombstone inscription, St. Simon & St. Jude Cemetery, Tignish: (3 sides)
I H S / A la memoire / de feue / Veronique Pitre / epouse Cherie / D'Hilaire / Theriault / D. C. D. / 25 Avril 1894 / agee 28 ans / R. I. P.
I H S / Hilaire Theriault / born 1865 / died 1938 / R. I. P. / Christine / epouse D'Hilaire / Theriault / D. C. D. / Fev. 25, 1935 / age 81 / R. I. P.
I H S / Maxime Pitre / et / son epouse
Tombstone Inscription, Notre Dame Cemetery, Gardner, Worcester, MA: TREMBLAY / BOURGEOIS / (reverse) 1888 Vincent Tremblay 1968 / his wife / 1888 Margaret Pitre 1920 / 1910 Aime Bourgeois 1983 / his wife / 1915 Jeanette Tremblay 1996 / 1936 Robert Bourgeois / his wife / 1940 Anne Flynn
Back one generation to parents of Pierre Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some PEI marriages in RED (no church indicated) sourced from marriages registers (no parents listed).
- Massachusetts births/marriages/deaths in RED from online state registers; obituaries.
Last updated: 31 July 2016.