Andre Pitre

1884 Matapedia, Quebec – 1953 Pointe a la Garde, Quebec

 

 

Continuation of tree (8th child of Cleophas Pitre/2nd wife Justine Pitre); all known surname descendants:

                 9       Andre Pitre  b: 16 June 1884  St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 30 August 1953  Pointe a la Garde, Bonaventure, QUE

                                  + Marie Elise Gaudreau  b: 30 November 1888  St. Georges, Port Daniel, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 16 April 1907  Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Marcel/Florida Berger]; d: 12 October 1909  St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE

                           10       Marie Cedulie Pitre  b: 13 January 1908  St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 20 December 1977  Quebec

                                          +Joseph Martin  b: Abt. 1905; m: 13 April 1926  Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Jean/Eliza Roy]

                           10       Marie Florida Alphonsine Pitre  b: 22 September 1909  St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 21 October 1910  St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE

            

                         *2nd Wife of Andre Pitre:

                                  + Marie Eulalie Berger  b: 15 October 1892  St. Georges, Port Daniel, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 21 July 1914  Ste. Germaine, L'Anse aux Gascons, Bonaventure, QUE [Octave/Ludivine Thibeault]; d: 1975  St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE

                           10       Joseph Ferdinand Cleophas Pitre  b: 26 May 1918  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE; d: 8 March 1921  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE

                           10       Joseph Octave Philippe Pitre  b: 9 July 1920  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE; d: 14 February 1921  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE

                           10       Marie Rose Fernande Pitre  b: 5 June 1922  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE; d: 11 April 2010  Jonquiere, QUE

                                          +Joseph Adelard St. Onge  b: 19 May 1910  Nouvelle, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 30 June 1942  St Antoine de Padua, Pointe a la Garde, Bonaventure, QUE [Alfred/Georgina Bois]; d: 19 December 2001  Jonquiere, QUE

                           10       Marie Jeanne Simonne Pitre  b: 11 February 1924  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE; d: 30 April 1982  Bonaventure, QUE

                                          +Joseph George Kenny  b: 4 January 1920  Nouvelle, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 8 February 1944  St. Antoine de Padoue, Pointe a la Garde, Bonaventure, QUE [George/Marie Anne Godbout]

                           10       Joseph Philippe Vital Fernand Pitre  b: 23 March 1930  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE; d: 14 June 2014  Jonquiere, QUE

                                          +Marie Marguerite Lucienne Lavoie  b: 6 May 1932  St. Edmond, Lac au Saumon, Matapedia, QUE; m: 20 September 1956  Pointe a la Garde, Bonaventure, QUE [Lucien/Maria Miousse]

                           10       male Pitre  b: 20 January 1935  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE; d: 20 January 1935  Ste. Anne, Restigouche (Pointe a la Garde), Bonaventure, QUE

 

 

Notes for Andre Pitre:

Census

- 1911 Escuminac, Flaurant, Bonaventure, Quebec:  Widower Andrew Peters 25, Cedulie 3.

 

- 1921 Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE:  Andrew Pitre 36 laborer/odd job, 2nd wife Eulalie 28, Cedulie 13.

 

- 1931 Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE:  Andre Pitre 47 carpenter/building, wife Eulalie 38, Fernande 9, Simone 7, Vital 1.

 

Border crossings:

- 11 November 1916 at Van Buren, Maine:  Andrew Pitre, age 32, alone, b. St. Elixis, QUE; woodsman; brother Joseph Pitre of Point Lagarde, QUE; brother-in-law Joseph Berger of Island Falls, ME; seeking work; 5'10", dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.

- November 1916 at Van Buren, Maine:  Andrew Pitre 32 (laborer, born Cross Point; brother Joseph; brother-in-law Joseph Berger; Eulalie 22, Cedulie 9 (born Point Lagarde, Quebec)

 

Tombstone Inscriptions: Cimetiere de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue RC Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE:  Ici repose / Andre Pitre / epoux de / Eulalie Berger / dec 30 Aout 1953 / A 69 ans 2 mois / RIP / PITRE   ///   PITRE / Eulalie Berger / 1892 – 1975 / epouse de / Andre Pitre

 

Obituaries for the children:

Marie Rose Fernande Pitre:  Le Quotidien ou Le Progres Dimanche (Saguenay, QUE), 13 April 2010:  Thank you for all the love you have given us.  At the Jonquiere Health and Social Services Centre, on April 11, 2010, after a long and hard battle with illness, passed away surrounded by the love of her family, our mother, Fernande Pitre St-Onge, at the age of 87 years and 10 months.  She went to join our father Adelard St-Onge.  The family will receive relatives and friends at the Nault & Caron Funeral Home, Dignity Memorial, Jonquiere.  Opening hours are Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.  On Thursday, the day of the funeral, the funeral home will open at 9 a.m.  Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 11 a.m. from St-Matthieu Church, Jonquiere.  Mrs. Fernande Pitre will be cremated and the ashes will be deposited at the Nault & Caron columbarium in Jonquiere.  She is survived by her children: Lisette St-Onge (Rosaire Fleury), Jean-Paul (Lisette Lavoie), Mariette (Clovis St-Jacques), Sylvain, Line (Alain Decoste); her grandchildren: Nancy (Sylvain Pharand), Steve (Roxane Tourengeau), Francois (Annie Mercier), Sophie (Aron Quigley), Regis (Nathalie Gauthier); her great-grandchildren: Cedric, Chloe, Sasha, Samuel; her beloved brother Vital Pitre; her sister-in-law Rita St-Onge (Adrien Poirier) and the entire Gaspesie family.  She is also survived by many nieces and nephews as well as very good friends.  The whole family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the staff on the 4th floor of the Jonquiere Health and Social Services Centre.  Those who wish to do so will be able to send their donations to the Jonquiere Health Centre Endowment Fund.

 

Marie Jeanne Simonne Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue RC Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE:  KENNY / 1924 Simone Pitre 1982 / epouse de / Georges Kenny

 

Joseph Philippe Vital Fernand Pitre:  Le Quotidien ou Le Progres Dimanche (Saguenay, QUE), 18 June 2014:   On June 14, 2014, passed away at the CSSS de Jonquiere, at the age of 84, Mr. Vital Pitre, residing in Jonquiere, formerly of Pointe à la Garde.  He was the son of the late Mrs. Eulalie Berger and the late Mr. Andre Pitre.  The family will receive relatives and friends on Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 10 a.m. at the back of the church in Pointe à la Garde.  The funeral mass will be held that same Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Pointe à la Garde church.  The ashes will be interred in the parish cemetery.  He is survived by his children: Chantal (Philippe Cahn) and their daughters: Noemi and Moira (his daughter Keyla), Langis (Mary Richardson), Sophie (Claude Francoeur and their son Felix); his nephews and nieces: Lisette (Rosaire Fleury), Jean-Paul (Lisette Lavoie), Marielle (Clovis St-Jacques), Sylvain and Lyne (Alain Descostes) and many relatives and friends.

 

 

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Last updated:  10 February 2024.