Victor Pitre

1857 Windsor, Ontario – 1908 Detroit, Michigan

 

   

Continuation of tree (6th child of Medard Pitre/Mathilde Gouin); all known surname descendants:

              7          Victor Pitre  b: 16 May 1857  Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 17 August 1908  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                               +Louise Gervais (aka Jarvis)  b: 14 June 1858  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: Abt. 1880  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Jean Baptiste/Marie Marcelline Arrivee]; d: 16 December 1934  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Louise Peters  b: 28 April 1882  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 19 December 1978  Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA

                                       +Max Gersabeck  b: 7 August 1883  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 19 February 1903  St. Clair Heights, Wayne, MI [Robert/Henrietta ---]; d: 2 September 1971  Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA

                         8          David H. Peters  b: 1 December 1883  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 21 September 1906  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Israel Peters  b: 9 April 1885  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: Bef. 1900

                         8          Victor Arthur Pitre  b: 10 April 1885  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 29 April 1885  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Eugene I. Peters  b: 22 March 1886  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 23 November 1965  Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA

                                       +Mable 'Myrtle' Foley  b: 19 December 1881  Detroit, Wayne, MI: m: 23 January 1914  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Harry/Mable ---]

                                    *2nd Wife of Eugene I. Peters:

                                       +Mizpah Lois Doty (Ward)  b: 6 December 1909  Harrietta, Wexford, MI; m: Bet. 1945-1950  Michigan [Lewis Velda/Leno Ann Caster]; d: 5 July 1996  Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN

                         8          Minnie Peters  b: Abt. 1887; d: 20 September 1892  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: Bef. 1900

                         8          Christian Peters  b: 22 December 1888  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: Bef. 1900

                         8          Mary J. 'Ida' Peters  b: 4 September 1889  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 7 December 1941  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Joseph Frank Schalte  b: 20 January 1888  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 20 November 1907  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Ferdinand/Lillie ---]  (divorced); d: 22 August 1965  Shasta, MI

                         8          Willie Peters  b: March 1891; d: 14 April 1892  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Frederick Peters  b: 31 August 1892  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 5 November 1949  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Adeline Fante  b: 30 July 1892  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 22 December 1910  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Henry/Catharine Kraus]; d: 1 May 1953  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                         8          Frank Abraham Peters  b: 1 May 1894  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 9 September 1967  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

                                       +Margaret Elene Fink  b: 16 March 1914  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 6 December 1941  Washington, Macomb, MI [John/Hattie Dergis]; d: 21 October 1996  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

                         8          Adolph Lester Peters  b: 9 March 1896  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 13 November 1971  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Marie M. Grotowski  b: 17 March 1897  Michigan; m: 12 September 1918  Detroit, Wayne, MI [Michael/Josephine Rachowiak]; d: 31 August 1983  Warren, Macomb, MI

 

 

Notes for Victor Pitre:

Census

- 1880 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan:  Victor Peters 22 (turner), wife Louise 21.

- 1900 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  Victor Peters 42 (stove moulder), wife of 20 years Louise 41 (7 of 11 children still living), Louise 18, David L. 16, Eugene 14, Ida 10, Fred 7, Frank 6, Adolf 4.

- 1910 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  Widow Louise Peters 51 (6 of 11 children still living), Eugene 24, Fred 18, Frank 16, Adolph 14, daughter Ida Schalte 20 & husband of 3 years Joseph and Marie 2 months; boarders Henry Hattau 26 and Chese Halhaer 22.

- 1920 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  Widow Louise Peters 61, Frank A. 25 (electric welder).

- 1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI:  Widow Louise Peters 72 and son Frank Peters 35.

 

Obituary:  Detroit Times (Detroit, MI), Thursday, 20 August 1908:  Deaths - Victor Peters, 50 years, 28 Cutler; tuberculosis.

 

Notes for Louise Gervais:

Death Notice:  Detroit Times (Detroit, MI), Thursday, 20 December 1934:  Elouise Peters, 3617 Mt. Elliott, 76.

 

WWI Registration Records (sons):

Eugene I. Peters:  Eugene Iseral Peters; b. 22 Mar 1886; 342 Edlie St., Detroit; garage foreman; contact Mrs. Myrtle Peters (same address); medium/medium; brown eyes, dark brown hair; Detroit 17 Sep 1918

Frederick Peters:  Fred Paul Peters, 220 Lafayette Blvd., Detroit; b. 31 Aug 1892 Detroit; locksmith; wife & 2 children; medium height, slender build, brown eyes & black hair; Detroit 5 Jun 1917

Frank Abraham Peters:  Frank Abraham Peters, 446 Parker, Detroit; b. 1 May 1894 Detroit; pipe coverer; relative is Mother; single; medium height, medium build, hazel eyes & black hair; 5 Jun 1917 Detroit

Adolph Lester Peters:  Adolph L. Peters, 446 Parker, Detroit; b. 9 Mar 1896 Detroit; auto driver/Atlas Delivery Co.; relative is Mother; single; medium height, medium build; brown eyes, black hair; 5 Jun 1917 Detroit

 

Obituaries for the children:

David H. Peters:  Detroit Times (Detroit, MI), Saturday, 22 September 1906:  Peters - Sept. 21.  David Peters, beloved son of Victor and Louise Peters, aged 23 years.  Funeral from residence, 28 Cutler st., Monday at 8 a.m., and St. Bernard's church, St. Clair Heights, at 8:30, standard.

 

Eugene I. Peters:  Pasadena Independent (Pasadena, CA), Wednesday, 24 November 1965:  A 79-year-old former Pasadena school crossing guard's trip to buy a little girl candy ended tragically Tuesday night when he was struck by at least one auto and killed instantly.  Dead of skull and other injuries is Eugene F. Peters of 1066 N. Los Robles Ave.  He had retired last June as a crossing guard at Jackson and Los Robles.  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mizepah Peters.  Police officer Stanley Hrstich reported that Peters and seven-year-old Caroline Jeanne Jessup were walking west in the crosswalk at Jackson Street and Los Robles at about 7:50 p.m.  Caroline was skipping across the street some 10 feet ahead of Peters as they walked to a nearby market to buy candy for the girl.  A car driven south on Los Robles by Wendy Robin Weir, 17, swerved to the left to avoid Peters and a second car to the right of the Weir vehicle and driven by Weon H. Burrows, 19, of 985 Alta Pine, Altadena, struck Jessup.  Neither driver was cited.

 

Minnie Peters:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Wednesday, 21 September 1892:  Peters - September 20, 1892, at parents' residence, 383 Concord avenue, Minnie Peters, aged 5 years, beloved daughter of Victor and Louise Peters.  Funeral Thursday at 8:30 a.m.  Funeral private.

 

Willie Peters:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Saturday, 16 April 1892:  Peters - April 14, at parents' residence, 383 Concord avenue, Willie Peters, beloved son of Victor and Louise Peters.  Funeral Saturday at 9:15 a.m. from residence, and 10 a.m. from St. Joachim's Church.  Friends invited.

 

Frederick Peters:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Wednesday, 9 November 1949:  Deaths - Fred Peters, 57, 567 Kitchener.

Tombstone Inscription, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI:  Frederick Peters / 1892 - 1949  //  Adeline Peters / 1892 - 1953

 

Mary J. 'Ida' Peters:  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Thursday, 11 December 1941:  Deaths - Ida Schalte, 5100 Hurlbut, 51.

 

Frank Abraham Peters:  The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), Tuesday, 12 September 1967:  Peters, Frank A., loving husband of Margaret E. Peters, brother of Louise Gersabeck of Inglewood, and Adolph Peters of Detroit, Mich.  Requiem Mass 9 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.  Pierce Brothers' Hollywood, directors.

Tombstone Inscription, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Abbey of the Palms Mausoleum, Hollywood, CA:  Frank A. Peters / 1894 - 1967 //  Margaret E. Peters / 1914 - 1996

   

 

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