Continuation of tree (5th child of Pierre Jerome Lepitre/Eliza Ann Chatfield); all known surname descendants:
7 Alonzo L. Lepitre b: Abt. 1858 Geneva, Kane, IL; d: Bet. 1890-1900 Chicago, Cook, IL
+Mary Frances Yates b: 25 October 1854 Chicago, Cook, IL; m: 11 December 1878 Chicago, Cook, IL [James D./Charlotte Dunn]; d: 17 February 1946 Techny, Cook, IL
8 Harold Alonzo Lepitre b: 5 July 1879 Chicago, Cook, IL; d: 17 September 1927 Chicago, Cook, IL
+Matilda Greenberg b: 29 June 1888 Chicago, Cook, IL; m: 16 October 1915 Kane, IL [Solomon/Ethel Appel]; d: 26 June 1975 San Diego, San Diego, CA
8 Loretta Lepitre b: 5 March 1881 Chicago, Cook, IL; d: 16 August 1960 Wilmette, Cook, IL
+Herman R. Strehl b: 19 September 1877 Chicago, Cook, IL; m: 17 February 1904 Chicago, Cook, IL [Benedict Christian/Margaret McNamara]; d: 20 November 1956 Chicago, Cook, IL
8 Pierre Bertrand Lepitre b: 29 July 1882 Chicago, Cook, IL; d: 11 August 1925 Chicago, Cook, IL
+Mary A. Callahan b: 28 September 1885 Chicago, Cook, IL; m: Abt. 1904 [William/Bridget Farrell]; d: 5 August 1935 Chicago, Cook, IL
Notes for Alonzo L. Lepitre:
Census
- 1880 Chicago, Cook, Illinois: Alonzo L. Lapete 22 (undertaker), wife Mary 24, Harold 10 months; widowed mother Eliza A. 57.
- 1900 Chicago, Cook, IL: Widow Mary LePitre 45, Harold 20, Loretta 19, Bertrand 17.
- 1910 Chicago, Cook, IL: Henery J. Pilliod 31, wife Agnes M. 28; roomer Mary Le Pitre 55.
- 1920 Chicago, Cook, IL: Widow Mary Lepietre 65 (dressmaker). (roomer)
- 1930 Chicago, Cook, IL: Widow Mary Le Pitre 48, Robert 18, Loretta 15; widowed daughter Mary Olson 24, Shirley (Olson) 3 years 9 months; widowed mother-in-law Frances 75.
- 1940 Northfield, Cook, IL: Widow Mary F. Le Pitre 75 inmate. [Techny, St Ann's Home (Home for the Aged)]
Chicago city directory:
1889 - Alonzo L. Lepitre, clk, 14 Madison, h. Englewood
1889 (Lake City) - Alonzo Lepitre, undertaker, res 5918 Dickey, Englewood
1891 - Alonzo L. Lepitre, mngr., 483 State, h. 5918 Dickey
1891 - Co. A. L. LePitre, mngr., John Konold sec. and treas., undertakers, 483 State
1901 - h. 6337 S. Morgan: Mary F. Lepitre, wid Alonzo; Harold Lepitre, clothing ctr; Miss Loretta Lepitre, vocalist; Bertrand P. Lepitre, sailor
- The Nome Nugget (Nome, AK), Saturday, 14 December 1901: (Meeting of the fire department regarding the firemen's ball, the Executive committe includes A. L. LePete.
- Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo, BC), Tuesday, 17 August 1909: At the hotels: The Shades - A. Lepete, Vancouver
Misc: Sunday Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), Sunday, 18 August 1889: Listings of nominations to the High Court of Foresters included A. L. Lepitre.
- The Nevada State Police Bulletin, Carson City, Nevada, 1 July 1915: Information Wanted - Any one knowing the whereabouts of Lon LePitre, a gambler who formerly worked in Seattle, Wash., and at Nome, Alaska, please communicate with this office or with his son, Hal A. LePitre, General Delivery, Marysville, Cal.
Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Cook, IL: J. D. YATES / (other side) Mary Yates / Lepitre / 1854 - 1946
WWI registration records (sons):
Harold Alonzo Lepitre: Hal Alonzo Le Pitre; Chicago, Cook, IL; born 5 Jul 1879; wife; medium height, stout build; blue eyes & brown hair.
Bertrand Lepitre: Bertrand Pierre Le Pitrie; Chicago, Cook, IL; born 29 Jul 1882; Mary L Petrie (wife); medium height, medium build
Notes for Mary Frances Yates:
Memorium Obituary: Chicago Tribune (IL), 16 February 1947: Le Pitre - Mary Yates Le Pitre. In loving memory of my dear mother, who passed away Feb. 17, 1946. Loretta L. Strehl.
Obituaries for the children:
Loretta Lepitre: Tombstone Inscription, Wunder's Cemetery, Chicago, IL: In loving memory / Herman R. Strehl / 1877 - 1956
- online photo: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26917474/person/1948778135
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some Illinois deaths in RED sourced from online death records (includes parents and/or spouse).
Last updated: 29 July 2026.