Continuation of tree (2nd child of Michel Pitre/Marguerite Chamberlain); all known surname descendants:
8 William Pitre b: 13 January 1868 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 9 March 1916 West Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+ Catherine Roy b: 8 October 1871 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 20 November 1889 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [William/Louise Pitre]; d: 18 February 1959 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
9 Joseph Alfred ‘Frederick’ Pitre b: 29 October 1890 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 23 February 1966 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+Catherine Lavigne b: 7 September 1890 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 25 November 1913 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Joseph P./Marie Ann J. Garrett]; d: 26 May 1951 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
*2nd Wife of Joseph Alfred 'Frederick' Pitre:
+Gladys Elda 'Elva' McDonald (McLeod) b: 6 November 1925 West Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 23 January 1954 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [William/Edna Roy]; d: Aft. December 2004
9 Mary Elizabeth Ann Pitre b: 28 May 1892 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 5 March 1959 St. John, St. John, NB
+George Nigel McVane b: 18 November 1894 St. John, St. John, NB; m: 8 September 1925 Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, St. John, NB [Michael John/Elizabeth Young]; d: 27 December 1966 Lancaster, St. John, NB
9 Marie Edith Pitre b: 16 June 1894 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 21 July 1984 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+Joseph Amos Watson b: 11 January 1889 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 20 August 1912 St. Howarth, Gloucester, NB [Abraham/Elizabeth Sherman]; d: 30 April 1956 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
*2nd Husband of Marie Edith Pitre:
+John Alvin McPherson b: Abt. 1905 Chatham, Northumberland, NB; m: 8 October 1966 Chatham, Northumberland, NB [Alexander/Emma McDowell]; d: 28 November 1985 Chatham, Northumberland, NB
9 William Howard Pitre b: 13 January 1896 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. July 1984 North Bay, ONT
+Veronica Lavigne b: 3 June 1898 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 7 May 1919 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Joseph/Mary Ann Garrett]; d: 6 June 1974 North Bay, Nipissing, ONT
9 Marie Eva Pitre b: 13 October 1897 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 1 December 1990 Venice, Sarasota, FL
+Guillaume Pitre b: 2 December 1886 Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB; m: 25 November 1913 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Victor/Marguerite Leblanc]; d: 25 October 1953 South Huntington, Suffolk, NY
9 Mary Louise Pitre b: 21 February 1900 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 25 March 1900 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
9 Catherine Beatrice Pitre b: 25 February 1901 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 28 June 1988 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+James Henry Lavigne b: 6 May 1893 West Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 1 February 1927 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Henry/Mary Green]; d: 29 December 1946 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
9 Marie Berthe Pitre b: 18 August 1903 Sacre Coeur, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. December 1990 West Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
+Wilfrid Laurier Pitre b: 29 September 1897 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: Abt. 1926 [Victor/'Marie' Anne Godin]; d: November 1982 Tampa, Hillsborough, FL
*2nd Husband of Marie Berthe Pitre:
+Charles Brace Holste b: 8 January 1894 Bronx, Bronx, NY; m: 1947 New Jersey [Louis/Anna ---]; d: 23 November 1962 NYC, New York
9 Joseph Denis Pitre b: 25 August 1906 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 11 December 1972 Rumford, Oxford, ME
+Marie Eulalie 'Alice' Boudreau b: 3 July 1909 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 15 September 1926 Sacred Heart, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Polycarpe/Armantia Boudreau]; d: 29 November 1981 Rumford, Oxford, ME
9 Marguerite Catherine 'Frances' Pitre b: 20 March 1908 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 12 January 1995 Cowansville, QUE
+Joseph Albert Doucet b: 26 September 1910 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 8 August 1933 Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Joseph/Anne Frenet]; d: 20 March 1973 Cowansville, Brome-Missisquoi, QUE
9 Marie Florence Pitre b: 2 November 1910 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 26 September 2003 Robertville, Gloucester, NB
+George Doucet b: 9 May 1900 Beresford, Gloucester, NB; m: 4 June 1927 Ste. Therese, Beresford, Gloucester, NB [Victor/Catherine Boudreau]; d: Bef. September 2003
Notes for William Pitre:
Census
- 1891 Bathurst, Gloucetser, New Brunswick: William
Peat 23 (laborer), wife Kate 19, Afred 9 months.
- 1901 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB: William Pitre 38, wife Catherine 29,
Frederick 10, Eliza Ann 9, Edith 6, Howard 4, Eva 3, Mary 1 month.
- 1911 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB: William M. Pitre 43 (section man), wife
Catherine 40, Frederick 20, Eliza Ann 18, Edith 17, Howard 16, Eva 15,
Beatrice 10, Bertha 7, Dennis 5, Francis 3, Florence 1.
- 1921 West Bathurst, Gloucester, NB: Widow Mrs. Catherine Pitre 47, Beatrice 19, Bertha 17, Denis 14, Frances 13, Florence 10.
- 1931 widow & Frances?
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Alfred 'Frederick' Pitre: The Times Transcript (Moncton, NB), Thursday, 24 February 1966: Bathurst - The death of Fred W. Pitre, 823 Landry Lane, occurred at the Hotel Dieu on Wednesday after a short illness. He was 76. Born in Bathurst, he was a son of the late William Pitre of Rough Waters and his wife the former Catherine Roy of Petit Rocher. Mr. Pitre, a lifelong resident of the Bathurst area, was a retired millwright of Bathurst Paper Ltd. He was a member of the company's Quarter Century Club and was a third degree Knight of Columbus council 1935. Following his mill retirement, Mr. Pitre was a taxi operator until three years ago. His first wife, the former Catherine Lavigne, died in 1951. Surviving are his wife, the former Elva McLeod; two sons, Elmer, Bathurst and William of Toronto; four daughters Mrs. Leo Malley (Eva); Mrs. Anthony Melanson (Clara); and Mrs. Lawny Babin (Violet) all of Bathurst; and Mrs. Grattan Hazel (Lillian), of Rumford, Maine; six sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Lavigne; Mrs. Bertha Holstein; and Mrs. Edith Watson all of Bathurst; Mrs. George Doucet (Florence) Robertville, Mrs. Eva Pitre, Long Island, New York and Mrs. Gilbert Doucet (Francis) Cowansville, Quebec and 13 grandchildren. The body is resting at Elhattan's funeral home from where the funeral will be held to St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church on Friday morning for requiem high mass at 9 o'clock. Entombment will be in the South Bathurst vault with interment to be made in the spring.
Mary Elizabeth Ann Pitre: Saint John Times Globe (St. John, NB), Friday, 6 March 1959: Ill for the last year, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ann McVane, wife of George N. McVane, 93 Acadia Street, died Thursday in the Saint John General Hospital. She was 66 years of age. Mrs. McVane was born at Bathurst, the daughter of the late William and Catherine Petrie, and had been a resident here for the last 45 years. Mrs. McVane was a parishioner of St. Peter's Parish. Surviving are her husband, a son, Clifford J. McVane, Toronto, Ont.; three brothers, Dennis Petrie, Rumford, Me.; Frederick Petrie, Bathurst; Howard Petrie, Hornepayne, Ont.; six sisters, Mrs. William Petrie, Bronx, N.Y.; Mrs. Charles Hertz, Long Island, N.Y.; Mrs. Amos Watson, East Bathurst; Mrs. George Doucet, Robertville; Mrs. James Lavigne, West Bathurst; Mrs. Gilbert Doucet, Cowansville, Que.; four grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held on Saturday morning at 8:45 o'clock from O'Neill's Funeral Home to St. Peter's Church for high mass of requiem at 9. Entombment at Fernhill Cemetery until the spring, when interment will take place in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Marie Edith Pitre: The Times Transcript (Moncton, NB), Tuesday, 24 July 1984: Allardville - Edith MacPherson, 91, died Saturday at Chaleur Regional Hospital, Bathurst, after a lengthy illness. Born in Bathurst, she was a daughter of the late William and Catherine (Roy) Pitre. Her first husband, Amos Watson of Bathurst, died in 1956. She is survived by her second husband, Alvin MacPherson; one son, Gerald Watson, Allardville; one daughter, Doris Desylva, Saint John; one brother, Howard Pitre, Ontario; five sisters, Eva Pitre, New York; Beatrice Lavigne and Bertha Holster, both of Bathurst, Florence Doucet, Quebec; 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. The body is at Elhattan's Funeral Home, Bathurst. Funeral mass will be celebrated today at 4 p.m. from Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, Allardville. Burial wil be in the St. Mary Ave. family lot in Bathurst.
Marie Eva Pitre: Sarasota Herald Tribune (Sarasota, FL), Tuesday, 4 December 1990: Eva Petrie, 93, 1100 block Lemon Bay Drive, Venice, died Dec. 1, 1990. She was born Oct. 13, 1897, in West Bathurst, New Brunswick, and came to this area three years ago from Huntington Station, N.Y. She was a member of St. Hugh's Catholic Church. Survivors include a daughter, Lillian Bowers of Venice, three sisters, Francis Doucet of Cowansville, Quebec, Florence Doucet of Robertville, New Brunswick, and Bertha Holste of West Bathurst, New Brunswick; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services and burial will be in New York, Lemon Bay Funeral Home, Venice Chapel, is in charge.
Joseph Denis Pitre: The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, ME), Tuesday, 12 December 1972: Roxbury - Dennis J. Petrie, 66, died Monday at Rumford Community Hospital where he had been a patient five days. He resided at Silver Lake and had lived in the area more than 44 years. Mr. Petrie was born Aug. 25, 1906, in West Bathurst, N.B., the son of William and Katherine Roy Petrie. He was a communicant of St. Theresa's Church, Mexico, and a member of the Oxford Paper Co. 25-and 40-Year Clubs. Mr. Petrie was employed by the Oxford Paper Co. for 40 years until retiring in 1967. He was married in Bathurst on Sept. 15, 1926, to Alice Boudreau who survives. Also surviving are three sons, Dennis Paul of New Haven, Conn., J. R. of Winthrop, Mass., and J. Roger of Rumford; four daughters, Mrs. Cora Wade, Dixfield, Mrs. Marie Coffin, South Rumford, Mrs. Joan Daigle, Rumford, and Mrs. Sharon Sirois, Winthrop, Mass.; a brother, Howard of North Bay, Ont.; six sisters, Mrs. Eva Petrie, Long Island, N.Y., Mrs. Bertha Holste, New York, N.Y., Mrs. Frances Doucette, Cowansville, Que., Mrs. Florence Doucette, Robertville, N.B.; Mrs. Beatrice Lavigne and Mrs. Edith McPherson, both of Bathurst, N.B.; 30 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Marguerite Catherine 'Frances' Pitre: Doucet Pitre Madame Marguerite. At Brome-Missisquoi Perkins Hospital of Cowansville, Thursday 12 January 1995, at the age of 86 years, passed away Madame Marguerite Pitre, wife of the late Mr. Joseph Albert Doucet. She is survived by her children: Irma (Gilles Pepin) of Cowansville; Gary (Eliane Lussier) of Chateauguay; Delcina (Rosaire Masseau) of Chateauguay; Dorice (Gilles Therrien) of Dunham; Denis (Huguette Giroux) of Chateauguay; Ronald (Mafie Sabourin) of Bromont; Gerald (Diane Hall) of Ottawa. Grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, cousins, as well as many other relatives and friends. Madame Doucet will be shown at the funeral home of Cowansville. Visiting hours are: Sunday 15 January 2-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. The funeral will take place at Ste. Therese de l'Enfant Jesus church of Cowansville, Monday 16 January 1995 at 11 a.m. The Eucharistic celebration will be followed by cremation, and burial of the ashes to follow at a later date. Please note: The salon will be open Monday the day of the funeral starting at 9 a.m. Instead of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be greatly appreciated by the family.
Tombstone Inscription, Ste. Therese Cemetery, Cowansville, Mississquoi,
QUE: DOUCET / Albert Doucet / 1910 – 1973 / son epouse / Marguerite Pitre /
1908 – 1995
Marie Florence Pitre: l'Acadie Nouvelle (Caraquet, NB), Saturday, 27 September 2003: Robertville -At the Villa Sormany in Robertville, on Friday, September 26, 2003, at the age of 92, passed away Florence Doucet, wife of the late Georges V. Doucet, domiciled at Villa Sormany. Born at Bathurst, she was the daughter of the late Willie et Catherine (Roy) Pitre. She is survived by five sons: Real (Delima Lagace), Clifford (late Anita Doucet) and Denis (Armande Roy), all of Robertville, Gilbert (Pauline Migneault) of Kapuskasing, Ont. and Clovis of Bathurst; seven daughters: Jeannette (Henri Pitre) of Val Rita, Ont., Marie (Ulric Charpentier) and Irene (Ernie Credger), both of Moonbeam, Ont., Yvonne (Celestin Frenette), Sr Emelie Doucet, ss.cc.jm., Noella (Jacques Pelletier) and Lucie Hachey, all of Robertville, and 26 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by one son, Edgar. Madame Doucet was the last living person in her immediate family. The remains will lie in state starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 28, at the Heritage Funeral Home, Beresford. Funeral mass will be celebrated from Ste. Therese of Robertville Roman Catholic Church on Monday, September 29th at 7 p.m. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Visiting hours: Sunday, September 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday, September 29, from 2 to 4 p.m.
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- New Brunswick births/marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 27 November 2025.