Continuation of tree (9th child of Prospere Pitre/2nd wife Seraphine Martin); all known surname descendants:
8 Pacifique Pitre b: 29 November 1867 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 1947 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
+Mary Josephine Kelly b: Abt. 1887 County Cork, Ireland; m: 1 October 1907 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA [John/Mary Sullivan]; d: 1941 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
9 Madeline Seraphina Peters b: 12 August 1908 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; d: 21 March 2004 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
+Harold Raymond Shea b: 13 February 1896; m: Abt. 1929 [James Joseph/----]; d: 12 January 1991 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
9 Alyce Mary Peters b: 16 October 1911 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; d: 6 April 2011 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
+Edward A. Condon b: 20 February 1910; m: Abt. 1934 [James T./-----]; d: 29 March 1991 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
9 Frances Esther Peters b: 4 April 1915 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; d: 2 February 2006 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
+Vincent Frederick Crowley b: 30 December 1916 Massachusetts; m: Abt. 1940 Massachusetts [Andrew F./Annie Catherine Mahoney]; d: 15 February 1998 Abington, Plymouth, MA
9 Joseph Anthony Peters b: 26 October 1916 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; d: January 1985 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
+Virginia Mary Kasper b: 2 August 1920 Stoughton, Norfolk, MA; m: unknown [Anthony/Mary Zoris]; d: 1 June 2009 Norwood, Norfolk, MA
9 Elizabeth Christine Peters b: 1919 Rockland, Plymouth, MA; d: 1953 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
+Leo E. Thibeault b: 21 March 1919; m: Aft. 1940; d: 25 January 1994 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
Notes for Pacifique Pitre:
Census
- 1901 PEI, Lot 33B1: Pacifique Peters 35 (farm
Labourer).
- 1910 Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts: Poss Peters 40 (laborer), wife of
2 years Molly J. 23, Madeline 1 year 8 months.
- 1920 Rockland, Plymouth, MA: Pas Peters 50 (tanner), wife Mary J. 31,
Ella 16, Madeline 11, Alice 8, Esther 4 years 8 months, Joseph 3 years 5
months, Christine 1 month, widowed mother-in-law Mary Sullivan 60.
- 1930 Rockland, Plymouth, MA: Poss Peters 62 (coal teamster), wife Mary
J. 40, Alice P. 19, Esther F. 15, Joseph A. 13, Elizabeth C. 10, mother-in-law
Mary Sullivan 69.
- 1940 Rockland, Plymouth, MA: Poss Peters 65 [$2500 house value], wife Mary J. 50, Ester Francis 25 stitcher/s---try, Joseph 23 helper/rubber, Elizabeth 20 roller/ s---try, widowed mother-in-law Mary Sullivan 76.
Tombstone Inscription, Holy Family Cemetery, Rockland: PETERS / 1866 Poss Peters 1947 / his wife / 1889 Mary J. 1941 / 1903 / 1903 Sister Marintha C.S.J. 1998 / 1863 Mary Sullivan 1948 / 1919 Elizabeth C. Thibeault 1953 / 1919 Leo E. Thibeault 1994
Obituaries for the children:
Madeline Seraphina Peters: Mrs. Madeline S. (Peters) Shea, 95, of Rockland died Sunday, March 21, 2004 in the Brockton Hospital after a short illness. The daughter of the late Poss and Mary J. (Kelly) Peters, she was born in Weymouth on August 12, 1908. She was raised, educated and a lifelong resident of Rockland. She was a retired Secretary, having been employed by the former E.T. Wright Shoe Company in Rockland. Mrs. Shea was a Member of the Holy Family Ladies Sodality, a Member of the Rockland American Legion Auxiliary, a Member of the Rockland Golden Agers and a Member of the AARP. Wife of the late Harold R. Shea, she is survived by 2 daughters, Pauline M. Downing of Rockland and Marilyn McAuliffe of East Providence RI, 2 sisters, Alice Condon of Brockton and Esther Crowley of Abington, 5 grandchildren, Nancy Karas of Cumberland RI, Paula Cieplik of Lakeville, Robert A. Downing of Cape Coral FL, Michael H. Downing and Lisa G. Chisholm, both of Rockland and 8 great grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Joseph Peters and the late Elizabeth Thibeault. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 9 AM in Holy Family Church, 403 Union Street in Rockland. Interment will be in Holy Family Cemetery. Visiting Hours in the Sullivan Funeral Home, 41-45 East Water Street in Rockland on Tuesday from 4-8 PM.
Tombstone Inscription, Holy Family Cemetery, Rockland: SHEA / 1896 Harold R. Shea 1991 / his wife / 1908 Madeline S. Peters 2004
Frances Esther Peters: Tombstone Inscription, St. James Cemetery, Whitman: CROWLEY / 1916 Vincent F. Crowley 1998 / his wife / 1915 F. Esther Peters 2006
Joseph A. Peters: Tombstone Inscription, Holy Family Cemetery, Rockland: 1916 Joseph A. Peters 1985 / 1920 Virginia M. (blank) / 1910 Edward A. Condon 1991 / 1911 Alyce M. Peters Condon 2011
Back one generation to parents of Pacifique Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Last updated: 19 January 2018.