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
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: 11 March 2024.