Born in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Pitre VI
and Sophia (Mercure) Pitre
Sister of
Elizabeth (Pitre) Brassart, Sophia (Pitre) Weller, Velaniza (Pitre) Robitaille, Octave Joseph Pitre, Laurent David Pitre, Samuel Pitre, Angeline (Pitre) Ouellet, David Pitre, Joseph Stephen Pitre, Louis Joseph Pitre and Joseph Napoleon Pitre
Wife of
Thomas McCarthy
— married
17 Oct 1893 in Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 35
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Oct 2009
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Biography
Mary Virginia Peters was born on 25 December 1864 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of David Peters and Melisse Sophie Mercure. Mary married Thomas McCarhy in 1893 in Detroit, Michigan. They had (at least) three children. [1]
In 1870, the Peters family lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. The family included
- David Peters, 48, born in Canada, a moulder, with $2500 in real estate, who could not read or write
- Sophia Peters 43 Maine, could not read or write
- Octave Peters 18 Michigan, apprentice to a machinist
- Samuel Peters 14 Michigan, in school
- Adelia Peters 12 Michigan, in school
- David Peters 10 Michigan, in school
- Mary Peters 5 Michigan
- Joseph N Peters 10 months, born in Aug. 1869, in Michigan
- Sophia Peters 22 Michigan [2]
Thomas McCarthy, 27, and May V. Peters, 26, were married in Wayne, Michigan on 17 October 1893. Thomas was the son of Charles and Margaret (Gormbey) McCarthy. May was the daughter of David and Sophia (Mercure) Peters. [3]
In 1900, the McCarthy family lived their rented house at 352 22nd St., Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. The household included
- Thomas Mccarty, 36, born in Michigan in Nov. 1864, parents b. Ireland, an electrician, married seven years
- Mary Mccarty Wife 36 b. Michigan, Dec. 1864, father b. Michigan, mother b. Maine; had had four children, three of whom were living
- David Mccarty Son 6 b. Michigan, Aug. 1894
- Charles Mccarty Son 1 b. Michigan, June 1899
- Emily (SOPHIE) Peters, Mother, 75, b. Maine, May 1825, parents b. Maine, a widow, who had had 12 children, five of whom were living
- Della Weller Boarder 14 b. Michigan [4]
research notes
Couldn’t find her, or her husband on FindAGrave in Michigan
Sources
- ↑ familysearch.org Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9J3J-2W5)
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCY-H22 : 12 April 2016), Joseph N Peters in household of David Peters, Michigan, United States; citing p. 43, family 305, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,214.
- ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCJ5-SQW : 18 February 2021), May V. Peters in entry for Thomas McCarthy, 1893.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M91Q-C47 : accessed 7 February 2022), Mary Mccarty in household of Thomas Mccarty, Detroit city Ward 12, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 6B, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,752.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~1.56%
David Peters
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A952916 [compare], Ancestry member Djp28045
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~0.78%
Rachael Pope :
23andMe, GEDmatch DU7046001 [compare]
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