William Pitre

1836 Bathurst, New Brunswick – 1912 Orono, Maine

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Lazare Pitre/Marguerite Melanson); all known surname descendants:

                   7     William Pitre  b: September 1836  Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 14 August 1912  Orono, Penobscot, ME

                               +Marie Hache  b: Abt. 1837  New Brunswick; m: 5 August 1857  Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB [Pierre/Marguerite Doucet]; d: 24 July 1910  Orono, Penobscot, ME

                         8        Stephen Pitre  b: 15 June 1858  Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: Bet. 1912-1930  Van Buren, Aroostook, ME

                                     +Marguerite Anne Poirier  b: Abt. 1857  Kent Co., NB; m: 24 October 1881  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB [Charles/Julia Poirier]; d: 30 March 1931  Van Buren, Aroostook, ME

                         8        Francis Pitre  b: July 1860  Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: Bef. 1861  Bathurst, Gloucester, NB

                         8        Theodore Pitre  b: 10 February 1862  Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 5 September 1894  Orono, Penobscot, ME

                                     +Georgia A. Turcotte  b: 26 July 1863  Orono, Penobscot, ME; m: 22 August 1886  Orono, Penobscot, ME [Joseph/Harriet Pooler]; d: 22 October 1936  Bar Harbor, Hancock, ME

                         8        Mary Jane Pitre  b: 15 June 1864  Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 19 August 1938  Orono, Penobscot, ME

                                     +John Joseph Goggin  b: Abt. 1848  Co. Cork, Ireland; m: 1 November 1892  Orono, Penobscot, ME [Patrick/Johanna Cronin]; d: 1 June 1927  Orono, Penobscot, ME

                         8        Margaret Ann Pitre  b: Abt. 1868  Weldford, Kent, NB; d: 11 June 1953  Bangor, Penobscot, ME

                                     +James Jones  b: 17 June 1868(5)  Shippagan, Gloucester, NB; m: Abt. 1889 [William/Henriette Duguay]; d: 25 December 1931  Orono, Penobscot, ME

                         8        Alexander 'Allie' Pitre  b: June 1870  Weldford, Kent, NB; d: Aft. August 1912 

                                      +--- Poirier (aka Perry)      

                         8        Elizabeth Pitre  b: 18 April 1875  St. Michel, Chatham, Northumberland, NB; d: 13 August 1898  Orono, Penobscot, ME

 

 

Notes for William Pitre:

31 March 1859 (v16, #355) – William Petre shoemaker & wife Mary of Bathurst sold to Alexander Morrison of Salmon Beach, for £47 2 shillings, land which William bought from Lazare Petre.

 

Census

- 1861 Bathurst, Gloucester, New Brunswick:  William Pitre 27 (shoemaker), wife Mary 27, Stephen 3.

- 1871 Beresford, Gloucester, NB:  William Pete 36 (shoemaker), wife Mary 33, Steven 12, Dorense 7, Mary 5, Margaret 3, Alexander 10 months.

- 1881 Chatham, Northumberland, NB:  William Petrie 45 (shoemaker), wife Mary 45, Stephen 23, Doran 18, Mary Jane 16, Margaret 12, Alexander 10, Elizabeth 6.

 

- Emigrated to Maine before 1886.

- 1900 Orono, Penobscot, Maine:  William Petrie 54 (shoemaker), wife of 45 years Mary 65, adopted son Lawrence Petrie 8; daughter Maggie 31 & husband of 11 years James Jones 34 (sawyer), their 5 children.

- 1910 Orono, Penobscot, ME:  William Petrie 80 (shoemaker), wife Mary 84, daughter Maggie 39 & husband of 19 years James Jones 44 (pulp mill/laborer), 8 Jones children.

 

Obituary:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Thursday, 15 August 1912:  Orono: The death of William Petrie occurred Wednesday forenoon at his home on Broadway after an illness of two months at the age of 81 years.  Mr. Petrie was a shoemaker and repairer and for many years had a shop in the basement of the Katahdin block.  He is survived by two sons and two daughters, Stephen Petrie of Van Buren and Corp. Allie Petrie, U. S. A., Mrs. Mary Goggin and Mrs. Maggie Jones of Orono.  The time of the funeral will be announced.

Notes for Marie Hache:

Obituary:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Monday, 25 July 1910:  The death of Mrs. Mary, wife of William Petrie, occurred at her home on Broadway, Sunday morning, at the age of 79 years.  She is survived by her husband, one son and two daughters.  The funeral will be held Tuesday.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Mary Jane Pitre:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Tuesday, 23 August 1938:  Orono, Aug. 22 - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary J. Goggin, former resident, were in St. Mary's church this morning with requiem mass by Rev. Thomas J. O'Dowd.  Many relatives and friends attended and flowers were in profusion.  The bearers were John Goggan, Francis Goggan, Douglass Parent, Wilbur Littlefield, Fred Gardiner and Bernard Jacobs.  Interment was in Riverside cemetery.

 

Margaret Ann Pitre:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Friday, 12 June 1953:  Mrs. Margaret Anne Jones.  Orono, June 11 - Mrs. Margaret Anne Jones, wife of the late James Jones, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Seth Littlefield, 1 Broadway, late Thursday afternoon.  She was born in Canada, daughter of the late William and Mary (Hachey) Petrie.  She had resided in Orono most of her lifetime.  She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church.  She is survived by a son, Leo Petrie of Randolph, Mass.; three daughters, Mrs. Seth Littlefield, Orono; Mrs. George Stone, South Berwick, and Mrs. Jack Thornton, Wichita, Kansas; several great-grandchildren, grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  A Requiem High Mass will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Mary's Catholic church.  The Very Rev. Thomas M. Nelligan will officiate.  Burial will be in Riverside cemetery in Orono.  The remains are at the Joseph R. LaBeau funeral home, where friends may call after noon Friday.

 

 

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Last updated:  4 September 2023.