Sylvain Pitre

1837 Rustico, PEI – 1896 Lowell, Massachusetts

   

 

Continuation of tree (7th child of Hilaire Pitre/Pelagie Doiron); all known surname descendants:

                   7     Sylvain Pitre  b: 31 August 1837  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 24 January 1896  Lowell, Middlesex, MA

                              +Sophie Doiron  b: 22 March 1835  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 24 January 1860  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Fabien/Barbe Pineau]; d: Bet. 1881-1889  Nelson, Northumberland, NB       

                         8          Marie Madeleine Pitre  b: 4 February 1861  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 8 December 1949  Somerville, Middlesex, MA

                                         +Dominique Cormier  b: 10 November 1852  St. Pierre, Cocagne, Kent, NB; m: 13 February 1882  St. Francois de Sales, Rogersville, Northumberland, NB [Aime/Modeste Bourk]; d: 21 March 1934  Leominster, Worcester, MA

                         8          Barbe Pitre  b: 14 April 1863  Matapedia, QUE; d: 26 September 1874  St. Laurent, Matapedia, QUE

                         8          Felix Pitre  b: 6 October 1865  Matapedia, QUE; d: 5 February 1885  St. Francois de Sales, Rogersville, Northumberland, NB

                         8          Jerome Pitre  b: 8 January 1868  Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 11 February 1870  Matapedia, QUE

                         8          Delphine Adeline Pitre  b: 10 September 1871  St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 11 September 1873  St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE

 

                         *2nd Wife of Sylvain Pitre:

                               +Suzanne Mazerolle (aka Duplessis)  b: Abt. 17 August 1844  Stella Maris, Escuminac, Northumberland, NB [illegitimate d/o Celeste Mazerolle & Prospere Tibodeau]; m: 9 February 1889  St. Francois de Sales, Rogersville, Northumberland, NB; d: Aft. 1891

 

 

Notes for Sylvain Pitre:

Census

- 1871 Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec:  Sylvain Pitre 34 (farmer), wife Sophie 34, Marie 10, Barbe 8, Felix 5.

- 1881 Nelson, Northumberland, New Brunswick:  Silvany Peters 44 (farmer), wife Sophie 46, Mary 20, Filex 15.

- 1891 Rogersville, Northumberland, NB:  Silvan Pete 47 (farmer), 2nd wife Suzan 45, step-children Mary Votour 15, Agnes Votour 15, Genevieve Votour 10, Joseph Votour 9, Louisa Votour 6.

 

Notes for Suzanne Mazerolle (aka Duplessis):

- Her mother Celeste Mazerolle married Joseph Duplessis 17 February 1851, hence the Duplessis surname.  Suzanne married Simeon Vautour 17 July 1871 at St. Louis de Francois, St. Louis, Kent, NB.  She was listed as the daughter of Joseph Duplessis & Celeste Mazerolle.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Marie Madeleine Pitre:  Boston Globe (MA), Sunday, 11 December 1949:  Cormier - In Somerville, Dec. 8, Mary (Pitre) of 163 Summer st., beloved wife of the late Domenick Cormier.  Funeral from the Willwerth Funeral Home, 179 Highland av., Somerville, Monday at 8 a.m.  Requiem High Mass at St. Catherine's Church at 9 a.m.  Relatives and friends invited.  Visiting hours 2-5 and 7-10 p.m.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Celilias Cemetery, Leominster, MA:  CORMIER / 1852  Domenic  1934 / 1856  Mary his wife  1949

 

 

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- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), online death registrations (1888-1919), obituaries, tombstones.

 

Last updated:  27 August 2024.