Continuation of tree (2nd child of Zozime Pitre/Rose Arseneau); all known surname descendants:
7 Prospere Pitre b: 10 December 1831 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bet 1877-1881
+Marie Gallant b: 1 August 1830 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 19 October 1852 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Jacques/Rose Julie Gautrot]; d: Abt. 1861 Rustico, PEI
8 Jerome Pitre b: 11 August 1853 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 7 April 1909 Salem, Essex, MA
+ Justine Isabella Pitre b: 11 September 1856 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 26 October 1875 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec [Severe/Charlotte Doiron]; d: 1 March 1941 Salem, Essex, MA
8 Veronique Pitre b: 15 December 1854 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 18 May 1900 Rogersville, Northumberland, NB
+ Jerome Blaquiere b: 1 October 1849 Rustico, PEI; m: Abt. 1874 [Amand/Marguerite Pitre]
8 Rose Pitre b: 16 November 1856 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI
8 Moyse Pitre b: 26 February 1859 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1860
8 Moyse Pitre b: 13 October 1860 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI
*2nd Wife of Prospere Pitre:
+Seraphine Martin b: 26 May 1839 Rustico, PEI; m: 21 January 1862 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Lazare/Charlotte Blanchard]; d: Aft. 1891 Hope River, PEI
8 Andre Pitre b: 30 November 1862 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 20 May 1898 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI
+Veronique Doiron b: 25 July 1870 Rustico, PEI; m: Abt. 1889 [Pierre/Edesse Buote]; d: 30 December 1938 Charlottetown, PEI
8 Judith Pitre b: 12 January 1865 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 25 April 1954 Charlottetown, PEI
8 Francoise Charlotte Pitre b: 12 May 1866 Rustico, PEI; d: 23 January 1928 North Rustico, PEI
+Pierre Blaquiere b: 12 February 1862 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 21 January 1890 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI [Fidele/Isabelle Pineau]; d: 5 July 1946 Rustico, PEI
8 Pacifique Pitre b: 29 November 1867 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 6 September 1947 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
+Mary Josephine Kelly b: Abt. 1887 County Cork, Ireland; m: 1 October 1907 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA [John/Mary Sullivan]; d: 1941 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
8 Napoleon Pitre b: 10 March 1872 Rustico, PEI; d: 12 September 1936 Charlottetown, PEI
8 Jeremiah Pitre b: 2 February 1874 Rustico, PEI; d: 23 November 1947 Kennebunkport, York, ME
8 Eusebe Pitre b: c10 October 1875 Rustico, PEI; d: 3 April 1951 Brockton, Plymouth, MA
+Katherine Rose Downey b: 16 June 1884 Somerville, Middlesex, MA; m: 9 June 1909 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA [John/Jane McManus]; d: 25 October 1947 Rockland, Plymouth, MA
8 Joseph Pitre b: 9 November 1877 Rustico, PEI; d: 18 January 1939 Gaytown, Charlottetown, PEI
+Madeleine Pitre b: 25 May 1884 Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI; m: Abt. 1901 [Laurent/Mary Ann Beaudin]; d: 17 July 1944 Charlottetown, PEI
Notes for Prospere Pitre:
Census
- 1881 PEI, Lot 23: Widow Syraphin Peters 40, Andrew 18,
Judith 16, Frances 14, Pacifique 12, Napolean 10, Jeremiah 8, Eusebe 7, Joseph 4.
- 1891 PEI, Lot 23E: Widow Catherine Peters 50, Pacifique 23, Napoleon 20,
Jerry 18, Euzeb 14, Joseph 12; son Andrew Peters 30 (farmer), wife Verona 19, Jeremiah 1.
Obituaries for the children:
Judith Pitre: Guardian of the Gulf (PEI), Wednesday, 28 April 1954: Funeral Yesterday - The funeral of the late Miss Julia Peters took place yesterday from the Hennessey Funeral Home to St. Dunstan's Basilica where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Clarence Roche, who also conducted the service at the grave. Rev. Bernard Gillis, D.D., assisted in the choir. The pall-bearers were: Leo Peters, Vincent Peters, James Peters, Ambrose Smith, Byron Brown, and Tennis Blacquiere.
Francoise Charlotte Pitre: Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Thursday, 16 February 1928: Mrs. Peter Blaquier - At North Rustico on Monday, Jan. 23rd, Mrs. Peter Blaquier, in the 61st year of her age. The deceased was a model of virtue, a good friend, a sincere Christian, a quiet and peaceable neighbor, a kind and loving wife and mother. It is doubly sad as this is the third death in the family in the last nineteen months. She received the last Sacraments of the Holy Catholic Church from her kind pastor, Rev. Father Chaisson. She leaves to mourn a husband, two sons and three daughters: Mrs. Florence (sic Lawrence) Peters, Mont St. Mary's, Ch'town; Mrs. James Doiron, Milton, Mrs. Edgar Doiron, North Rustico, Joseph, North Rustico, and Fedile at home. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon from her home to St. Augustine's cemetery. The pallbearers were: Messrs. Burre, Jeremiah, J. Gallant, Joseph S. Gallant, George A. LeClair, Jerome Gallant and Robert Arsenault. May her soul rest in peace.
Pacifique Pitre: Quincy Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), Wednesday, 10 September 1947: Rockland, Sept. 10 - Funeral services for Poss Peters who died Saturday evening at his home, 37 Division street, Rockland, were held yesterday morning from the late residence followed by a requiem high mass at the Church of the Holy Family. Rev. Fr. Hartnett of the Holy Cross church, Boston, was celebrant. Organist was Charles Morgan and soloist, Horace McCarthy. Burial was in the Holy Family cemetery, Rockland, where committal prayers were read by Rev. John Foggarty of the Church of the Holy Family. Bearers included Donald Thibeault, Thomas Pittsley, Thomas Henderson, Gerald Bezanson, Joseph Kelliher, Robert Stringer. Mr. Peters was the husband of the late Mrs. Mary J. (Kelley) Peters, and leaves a son, Joseph Peters; four daughters, Mrs. Betty Thibeault, Mrs. Madeline Shea of Rockland, Mrs. Alyce Condon of Brockton, Mrs. Esther Crowley of Whitman; six grandchildren, one brother, Zebulon Peters of Rockland; a sister, Miss Judith Peters of Canada and a niece.
Tombstone Inscription, Holy Family Cemetery, Rockland, MA: PETERS / 1866 Poss Peters 1947 / his wife / 1889 Mary J. 1941 / 1903 / 1903 Sister Marintha C.S.J. 1998 / 1863 Mary Sullivan 1948 / 1919 Elizabeth C. Thibeault 1953 / 1919 Leo E. Thibeault 1994
Napoleon Pitre: Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), Tuesday, 15 September 1936: The Late Napoleon Peters - The funeral of Napoleon Peters who passed away in the City Hospital September 12th took place from the residence of his brother, Joseph Peters, Malpeque road yesterday morning at 8:45 to Saint Dunstan's Basilica. Pallbearers were: James Smith, Joseph Curley, Abraham Peters, Frank Roper, Henry Callbeck, Ivan Mitchell. Service at the church was conducted by Father McCardell and at the grave by Father Dougan. The late Mr. Peters was an employee of the Experimental Station for a number of years.
Jeremiah Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Home Cemetery, York Co., ME: J.P. / Jeremiah Peters / Feb. 2, 1874 / Nov. 23, 1947
Eusebe Pitre: Quincy Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), Tuesday, 3 April 1951: Rockland, April 3 - Zebulon Peters, husband of the late Mrs. Katherine (Downey) Peters of Middle street, Rockland, died at a Brockton rest home late yesterday after an illness of several months. Mr. Peters was born in Prince Edward Island, but lived in Rockland for many years. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 8:15 o'clock from the Sullivan Funeral Home, Rockland, with a solemn high mass of requiem at the Church of the Holy Family. Burial will be in Holy Family cemetery, Rockland. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. J. Ralph McGrath, 42 Carroll street, Brockton; a sister, Miss Josephine Peters of Nova Scotia and three grandchildren, Patricia, Kathleen and John McGrath.
Joseph Pitre: Charlottetown Guardian (PEI), 20 January 1939: Peters - At Gaytown, Jan. 18, 1939, Joseph P. Peters (employee at Experimental Farm), aged 59 years. Funeral from his late residence Saturday morning at 8:45 to St. Dunstan's Basilica, thence to R.C. cemetery.
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Last updated: 19 January 2018.