Ambroise Pitre

 1817 Ile Perrot, Quebec – 1896  Valleyfield, Quebec

 

 

Continuation of tree (15th child of Pierre Pitre/Julie 'Angelique' Leduc); all known surname descendants:

            6          Ambroise Pitre  b: 6 May 1817  Ile Perrot, Montreal, QUE; d: 15 June 1896  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE

                               +Catherine Chretien  b: 2 December 1824  St. Regis, Huntingdon, QUE; m: Abt. 1841 [Louis/Therese Montreuil]; d: 12 March 1910  Ste. Cecile, Beauharnois, QUE                  

                        7          Ambroise Pitre  b: 8 May 1842 St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 25 November 1877  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE

                        7          Catherine Pitre  b: 28 July 1844  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 1907  Wells, Hamilton, NY

                                        +Jean Baptiste Paquet (aka Parker)  b: 10 April 1846  St. Joseph de Soulanges, Les Cedres, QUE; m: Abt. 1865 [Louis/Marceline Sauve]; d: 1927  Wells, Hamilton, NY

                        7          Philomene Pitre  b: 15 February 1847  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 26 October 1881  St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, QUE

                                        +Louis Alfred Paquet  b: 18 May 1848  Quebec; m: Abt. 1868  Quebec [Louis/Marceline Sauve]; d: Aft. 1882

                        7          Pierre Pitre  b: 3 September 1848  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 7 January 1873  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE  

                        7          Tarsille Pitre  b: 17 February 1850  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 29 November 1857  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE

                        7          Louis Pitre  b: 17 October 1851  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 16 December 1857  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE

                        7          female Pitre  b: 7 July 1853  St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 8 July 1853  St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, QUE

                        7          Damase Lajambe  b: 12 July 1854  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 6 August 1855  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE  

                        7          Damase Lajambe  b: 25 June 1856  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 22 December 1856  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE  

                        7          Leon Pitre  b: 7 November 1857  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 16 March 1923  Ste. Cecile, Beauharnois, QUE

                                      +Marie Tharsille St. Michel  b: 6 April 1854  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; m: 11 February 1884  Basilica, Notre Dame, Montreal, QUE [Louis Jean Baptiste/Zoe Miron]; d: 30 January 1886  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE

                                   *2nd Wife of Leon Pitre:                                                           

                                      +Emelie Amiot  b: 19 April 1851  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; m: 17 September 1888  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE [Joseph/Cleophee Benoit]; d: 25 February 1890  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE

                                   *3rd Wife of Leon Pitre:                                                           

                                      +Bridget McLaughlin  b: 11 October 1862  Quebec; m: Abt. 1892; d: Aft. 1901

                                   *4th Wife of Leon Pitre:                                                           

                                      +Marie Lecompte  b: 25 February 1855  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; m: 25 April 1911  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE [Damase/Marie Latour]; d: 15 April 1937  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE

                        7          Eleonore Pitre  b: 31 May 1859  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 10 March 1928  Immaculee Conception, Bellerive, Valleyfield, Beauharnois, QUE       

                                      +Camille Lacombe  b: 17 October 1837  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; m: 13 April 1896  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE [Joseph/Eugele Morleau]; d: 7 October 1915  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE

                        7          Etienne Pitre  b: 7 July 1861  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 27 August 1931  Immaculee Conception, Bellerive, Valleyfield, QUE

                                      +Marie Delina Dion  b: 7 January 1864  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; m: 10 January 1882  St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, QUE [Napoleon/Catherine Boyer]; d: 15 April 1908  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE

                                    *2nd Wife of Etienne Pitre:

                                      +Ida Ashworth (Brown)  b: February 1871  England; m: 27 December 1913  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE; d: 3 March 1946  Verdun, Montreal, QUE

                         7           Marie Odile Pitre dite Lajambe  b: 14 May 1863  St. Anicet, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 8 January 1903  Montreal, QUE

                                      + Ernest Monette  b: 7 July 1866  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE; m: 30 June 1884  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE [Joachim/Catherine Pitre]; d: Aft. 1903

                        7          Marie Zelia Pitre  b: 21 May 1865  St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 19 May 1925  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE

                                      +Joseph Gauthier  b: Abt. 1865; m: 24 October 1887  Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE [Chrysanthe/Marie Yiel]

                        7          Marie Tarsile Pitre  b: 26 August 1870  St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 28 July 1871  St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, QUE

 

 

Notes for Ambroise Pitre:

- Even though I have not located Ambroise and Catherine Chretien's marriage record, Ambroise is the son of Pierre & Julie 'Angelique' Leduc as shown in his daughter Odile's marriage to Ernest Monette.  The record states a 2nd to 3rd degree consanguinity, i.e. Ernest Monette's grandfather Jean Baptiste Pitre is the sibling of Odile's father Ambroise Pitre.

 

Census

- 1851 St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, Quebec:  Ambroise Pitre 34 (farmer), wife Catherine Cretien 27, Ambroise 9, Catherine 7, Felomene 5, Tarselle 3, Pierre 2.

 

- 1861 St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec:  Ambroise Pitre 40 (farmer), wife Catherine 36, Ambroise 18 laborer, Catherine, 17 Philomene 14, Pierre 12, Leon 4, Lenore 1.

 

- 1871 St. Anicet, Huntingdon West, Quebec:  Ambroise Lajambe 54 (farm laborer), wife Catherine Chretien 46, Ambroise 28, Pierre 22, Leon 13, Lenore 10, Etienne 9, Odile 7, Zelia 6, Thersile 7 months.

 

- 1881 St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec:  Ambroise Pitre 64 (farmer), wife Catherine 55, Leon 23, Eleonore 21, Etienne 19, Odile 17, Zelia 15.

 

- 1891 Ste. Barbe, Huntingdon, Quebec:  Ambroise Pitre 73 (farm labourer), wife Catherine 64, Eleonore 26, grandson Henry 6.

 

- 1901 Ste. Cecile, Beauharnois, Quebec:  Leon Pitre 44, wife Bridget 39, Henri 16, Arthur 8; widowed mother Caterine Chretien 74.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Catherine Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Ann's Cemetery, Wells, NY:  John Parker / 1847 - 1927 / Catharine / his wife / 1846 - 1907 / Lewis / their son / 1882 - 1907 / PARKER

 

Marie Zelia Pitre:  Le Progres de Valleyfield (Salaberry-De-Valleyfield), 28 May 1925:  Death in Valleyfield, on May 19, Azelia Pitre, wife of Joseph Gauthier, passed away at the age of 60.

 

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Last updated:  22 June 2026.