Pacifique Pitre

1867 Rustico, PEI – 1947 Rockland, Massachusetts

 

 

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

 

 

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Last updated:  19 January 2018.