Peter Pitre

1863 Tignish, PEI – 1949 Gardner, Massachusetts

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Pierre Pitre/Marie Richard); all known surname descendants:

              8        Peter Pitre  b: 10 June 1863  St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, PEI; d: 6 May 1949  Gardner, Worcester, MA

                                +Marie Agnes Pitre  b: Abt. 5 March 1867  Tignish, PEI; m: 5 March 1889  Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI [Pierre/Agnes Bernard]; d: 11 April 1947  Gardner, Worcester, MA

                         9          Joseph Hercule 'Arthur' Pitre  b: 11 August 1890  Immaculate Conception, Palmer Road, PEI; d: 22 March 1975  Gardner, Worcester, MA

                                       + Marie Anne Belliveau  b: 4 July 1892  Memramcook, Westmoreland, NB; m: Abt. 1921  Gardner, Worcester, MA [David/Marguerite Bourque]; d: 30 December 1939  Gardner, Worcester, MA

                                    *2nd Wife of Joseph Hercule 'Arthur' Pitre:

                                       + Mary Ann Thibodeau (Roy)  b: 17 January 1884  Tignish, PEI; m: Bet. 1940-1942 [Philias/Mary Doucet]; d: 30 September 1965  Gardner, Worcester, MA

                         9          Maxime Adlard Pitre  b: 28 October 1895  New Bedford, Bristol, MA; d: 21 September 1969  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA  

                                       + Marie Marguerite Cormier  b: 30 January 1903  St. Mary's, Mt. Carmel, Kent, NB; m: Bet. 1930-1940 [Gilbert/Exelda Bastarache]; d: 1 November 2003  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                         9          Cecilia Agnes Pitre  b: 26 October 1898  New Bedford, Bristol, MA; d: 25 February 1988  Gardner, Worcester, MA

                                       + George Napoleon Gagne  b: 12 August 1894  St. Albans, Franklin, VT; m: 16 February 1920  Gardner, Worcester, MA [Edward/Christine Russell]; d: 30 May 1952  Gardner, Worcester, MA

 

 

Notes for Peter Pitre:

Census

- 1891 PEI, Lot 2C2:  Peter M. Peters 46 (farmer & carpenter), wife Agness 45, Patrick 22 (lumberman), Adeline 20, Madeleine 19, Joseph 16, Katie 13, Johnny 8, Maxime 5, Manuel 4, Maggie 3, Mary V. 7 months; son-in-law Peter Peters 28 (common laborer), wife Mary 25, John 8 months.

- 1900 Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts:  Pierre Pierre 34 (carpenter), wife of 13 years Marie 33, Arthur 10, Maxime 4, Cecilia 1.

- 1910 Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts:  Pierre Peters 48 (house carpenter), wife of 23 years Marie 44 (3 of 8 children still living), Arthur J. 20, Maxim A. 14, Cecelia A. 11.

- 1920 Gardner, Worcester, MA:  Pite Pierre 57 (carpenter), wife Mary 54, Arthur J. 28 (carpenter), Maxime 24 (painting), Sicelia 21 (stitching).

- 1930 Gardner, Worcester, MA:  Pierre Pitre 66 (carpenter), wife Marie P. 63, Maxime 33 (chair maker)

Obituary:  Fitchburg Sentinel, Saturday, 7 May 1949: Gardner: Pierre Pitre, 83, of 3 Coleman street, died at his home last night after a long illness.  He was born in Prince Edward Island, June 10, 1863, and had resided here about a half century.  He was a carpenter previous to his retirement 10 years ago.  He was a member of the Gardner local Carpenter’s union and the Sacred Heart league.  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. George Gagne; two sons, Arthur and Maxime; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grand-children all of this city.  The funeral will be Monday at 8 a.m. in Holy Rosary church with burial in Notre Dame cemetery.  Calling hours at the Bourgeois funeral home will be today and tomorrow from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 o’clock.
 

Notes for Marie Agnes Pitre:

Obituary:  Fitchburg Sentinel, Saturday, 12 April 1947: Gardner: Mrs. Mary Pitre, 81, wife of Pierre Pitre, of 3 Coleman street, who died in the Henry Heywood Memorial hospital yesterday afternoon will be held from the Bourgeois Funeral Home at 110 Nichols street Monday morning.  A requiem high mass will be celebrated in the Holy Rosary church at 9.  Visiting hours at the funeral home will be from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 10 today and tomorrow.  Burial will be in Notre Dame cemetery.  Mrs. Pitre was born in Prince Edward island, the daughter of Pierre and Agnes Pitre and had lived in this city for nearly 50 years.  She was a past president of the St. Anne Sodality of the Holy Rosary church and a member of the Women’s auxiliary of Ovila Case post, VFW.  Survivors are her husband, two sons, Maxime and Arthur, a daughter, Mrs. Cecile Gagne, all of Gardner, seven grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Dominic Bernard of this city and a brother, Maxime, in Prince Edward island.
 

Obituaries for the children:

Joseph Hercule 'Arthur' Pitre:  Sunday Telegram (Worcester, MA), Sunday, 23 Mar 1975:  Gardner - Arthur J. Peters, 84, of 174 Blanchard Place, died yesterday in Eastwood Pines Nursing Home.  He was the husband of the late Anna (Belliveau) Peters and the late Mary (Roy) Peters.  He retired 10 years ago, after working many years at Fontain Bros. Co.  He was a member of the Holy Rosary Church, the Golden Age Club, Hillside Gardens Assn., and was a past commander of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post.  He was awarded the Purple Heart during his military service.  He leaves four daughters, Loretta, wife of Peter Kruskowskas, Helen, wife of Leon Zlotnik, Doris, wife of Harold Patria, all of Gardner, and Mary Rose, wife of Dwight Howe of West Boylston; a sister, Mrs. Cecile Gagne of Gardner, 16 grandchildren and several nephews and nieces.  He was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, son of Peter and Mary (Peters) Peters.  A full military funeral service and Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in Holy Rosary Church.  Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery.  Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Lamoureux Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his memory be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Holy Rosary Church.

 

Maxime Adlard Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA:  Maxime / Adlard / Peters / Massachusetts / PFC / US Army / World War I / October 28, 1895 / September 21, 1969

 

Cecilia Agnes Pitre:  Worcester Telegram (Worcester, MA), Friday, 26 February 1988:  Gardner - Cecile A. (Pitre) Gagne, 89, of 3 Coleman St. died last night in Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital.  Mrs. Gagne was a stitcher for many years at Custom Modern Upholstery Co.  She later worked for 11 years at Walter Fernald School in Baldwinville, retiring about 23 years ago.  During World War II, she did war-supply work at the former Heywood-Wakefield Co.  Mrs. Gagne was a member of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church, its St. Anne's Sodality and its Friendly Neighbors.  Her husband, George N. Gagne, died in 1952.  She leaves two daughters, Claire Danisienka and Lorraine Wojtukiewicz, both of Gardner; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.  She was born in New Bedford, daughter of Pierre and Mary (Pitre) Pitre, and lived here most of her life.  The funeral will be held tomorrow from Lamoureux Funeral Home, with a Mass at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church.  Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery.  Calling hours at the funeral home are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.  The family requests that flowers be omitted.  Memorial contributions may be made instead to the Holy Rosary School Fund, or the Sacred Heart School Fund, both Gardner.

 

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