Continuation of tree (4th child of Jean Pitre/2nd Wife Marie Marguerite Aucoin); all known surname descendants:
8 Paul Pitre b: Abt. 1866 Bloomfield, PEI; d: 25 January 1937 Lynn, Essex, MA
+Catherine Elizabeth Trites b: June 1870 Moncton, Westmorland, NB; m: 4 October 1891 Westmorland, NB [John W./Sarah Elizabeth Savage] (divorced June 1903); d: 24 July 1931 Lynn, Essex, MA
9 Maud Mary Peters b: 6 May 1892 Moncton, Westmorland, NB; d: 12 February 1935 Lynn, Essex, MA
+Gerald Charles John Keegan b: 5 January 1887 Chelsea, Middlesex, MA; m: 30 October 1907 Lynn, Essex, MA [Gerald/Ella Foley] (divorced March 1913); d: Aft. August 1944
*2nd Husband of Maud Mary Peters:
+Henry E. Milliken b: Abt. 1883 East Boston, Suffolk, MA; m: 5 May 1914 Lynn, Essex, MA [Charles/Sarah McLean]; d: 21 October 1959 Lynn, Essex, MA
9 Annie Isabella Peters b: 5 November 1893 Moncton, Westmorland, NB
Notes for Paul Pitre:
Census
- 1891 PEI, Lot 5F: Jean Pitre 72 (ship carpenter), wife Marguerite 56, Joseph 27 (farm laborer), Paul 25 (fisherman), Madeleine 23 (general servant), Marie Rose 21, John 15, sister-in-law Marie Aucoin 50 (seamstress).
- 1900 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts: Kate Peters 29, Mary M. 8, brother Walter L. Trites 15. (Paul 34?)
- 1910 Lynn, Essex, MA: Oscar W. Meister 40 blacksmith/General Electric Co., wife Catherine 39, stepdaughter Maud M. Peters 19, brother-in-law Walter L. Trites 23 electrician/electrical company. (Paul 44?)
- 1920 Lynn, Essex, MA: Oscar W. Meister 48 blacksmith/electrical mfg., wife Katherine E. 48, son-in-law Henry E. Milliken 35 carpenter/building, wife Maud M. 27 (Paul 54?)
- 1930 Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA: Paul Peters 67 helper/hennery [State Farm]
- 1930 Lynn, Essex, MA: Oscar Meister 60 blacksmith/electric appliances, wife Catherine E. 58, boarder James P. Furlong 37 chauffeur/contractor.
MISC: The Daily Item (Lynn, MA), Saturday, 20 June 1903: Kate Peters, of Lynn, said that she was married to Paul Peters, now of Salem, in Moulton, N.B. in 1894, and that he had been guilty of gross intoxication and cruel and abusive treatment. Decree nisi for intoxication and custody of minor child.
- The Daily Item (Lynn, MA), Monday, 13 March 1905: Paul Peters, a Lynn man, was on Sunday forenoon arrested in Salem by Inspectors Wells and Burckes on a warrant charging him with malicious mischief in this city. About two weeks ago the residence of Peters' divorced wife, on Summer street, was broken into, but so far as known nothing was stolen. Peters was suspected at the time and a warrant sworn out for his arrest. Saturday the officers learned that he was working in Salem and served the warrant on Sunday. The complainant told the Judge this morning that all she desired was to have her former husband keep away from her house, and with this understanding the court continued the case until April 10.
- The Daily Item (Lynn, MA), Tuesday, 11 April 1905: Paul Peters, a laborer whose home is at 5 Danvers street, Salem, and who is employed by Thomas Robinson, met with a serious accident Monday morning shortly before 12 o'clock. When at the corner of School and Union streets he fell from the seat of a two-horse tipcart, which he was driving, and fractured his collar bone. He was assisted to the sidewalk and the police ambulance was telephoned for. At the Lynn Hospital, where he was taken, it was found that he had sustained a bad fracture, besides a cut on the back of his head.
- The Daily Item (Lynn, MA), Monday, 13 January 1930: Paul Peters, charged with drunkenness, was sent to the State farm at his own request. He has seldom missed spending some portion of the year at the farm for the past 30 years.
Obituary: The Daily Item (Lynn, MA), Monday, 25 January 1937: Paul Peters, 70, was found dead in his room at 95 Buffum street by John Columbo shortly after midnight. Columbo notified the police, who called in Medical Examiner Dr. Nathaniel P. Breed. After an examination the latter pronounced death due to natural causes. According to Patrick Furlong, a tenant in the house, Peters had been ill since last Monday but had refused medical treatment. He has no known relatives.
Notes for Catherine Elizabeth Trites:
- Katherine's 2nd husband Oscar Wellington Meister (1869-1949), married 1 February 1904 Lynn, Essex, MA.
Obituary: The Daily Item (Lynn, MA), Saturday, 25 July 1931: Meister - In Lynn, July 24, Katherine E., wife of Oscar Meister of 80 Waterhill street, 61 years. Funeral services will be held at the Austin Square Baptist church on Monday at 2 PM. Relatives and friends invited.
Obituary for the daughter:
Maud Mary Peters: The Daily Item (Lynn, MA), Friday, 15 February 1935: Milliken (Meister) - In a local hospital, Feb. 12, Maude M., wife of Henry Milliken, 40 years. Memorial services will be held at Rhodes Memorial chapel, Pine Grove cemetery on Saturday at 2 PM. Relatives and friends invited. Flowers will be received at chapel.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Nova Scotia death in RED sourced from online death records.
Last updated: 13 September 2025.