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: 23 October 1928 Bangor, Penobscot, ME
+Marguerite Anne Poirier b: May 1857 Kingston, Kings, 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 1938
+--- 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.
- Bangor Commercial (ME), Monday, 25 July 1910: Orono - Mrs. Mary, wife of William Petrie, died at her home on Broadway Sunday at the age of 69. She is survived by her husband and four children, two sons and two daughters. The funeral will be from St. Mary's Catholic church, Tuesday forenoon at 9 o'clock.
Obituaries for the children:
Stephen Pitre: Bangor Daily Commercial (ME), Thursday, 25 October 1928: Stephen Petrie of Van Buren died in a Bangor hospital, where he was receiving treatment, Tuesday at the age of 69 years. The remains were brought to the undertaking rooms of Paul N. Baillargeon and later to the home of his son, William J. Petrie in Bradley, to await the time of the funeral. Besides his widow, Mr. Petrie is survived by two sons and one daughter, Charles Ernest Petrie and William J. Petrie of Bradley and Mrs. Mamie Steward of Van Buren. He also leaves to mourn his death two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Jones and Mrs. Mary J. Goggin of Orono, where the funeral will be held in St. Mary's Catholic church, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Theodore Pitre: Bangor Commercial (ME), Saturday, 8 September 1894: Died: Petrie - In Orono, Sept. 5, Theodore Petrie, aged 33 years and 3 months.
Mary Jane Pitre: Bangor Commercial (ME), Saturday, 20 August 1938: Mrs. Mary J. Goggins, 76, passed away in a local hospital Friday night after a long and lingering illness. She had been a resident of Orono for 50 years, and for the past five years had lived at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Jacobs, in Bangor. Surviving besides her daughter Mrs. Jacobs, are three sons, Francis of Belmont, Mass.; John of Bangor and Carroll of Roxbury, Mass. One sister, Mrs. Margaret Jones of New York City, one brother, Allie Petrie, who is living in Texas. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic church in Orono, Monday at 9 o'clock.
- 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.
Back one generation to parents of William Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), online death registrations (1888-1919).
- Maine items in RED from online birth/marriage/death certificates.
Last updated: 8 October 2024.