Augustin Pitre

1873 Larose, Louisiana – 1937 Cut Off, Louisiana

 

 

Continuation of tree (2nd child of David Hippolite Pitre/Josephine Ada Marie Pitre); all known surname descendants:

                8      Augustin Pitre  b: 2 April 1873  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 1 May 1937  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                  + Ella Marie Pierce  b: 2 October 1883  Lafourche, LA; m: 27 May 1899  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 26 February 1950  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Cora Bernadette Pitre  b: 15 March 1901  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 10 December 1964  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                           +Thomas Boudreaux    m: January 1927  New Orleans, LA; d: Bef. December 1964

                          9           Jean Clophet Pitre  b: 15 November 1902  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 2 March 1987  Texas City, Galveston, TX

                                           +Beatrice Adele Junemann  b: 20 August 1905  Galveston, Galveston, TX; m: Abt. 1930 [Marcus/Adele Louise Peterson]; d: 31 March 1993  Texas City, Galveston, TX

                          9           Frank Henry Pitre  b: 1 May 1905  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 3 October 1991  Houma, Terrebonne, LA

                                          +Catherine Giroir  b: 30 June 1913; m: Abt. 1935; d: November 1984  Houma, Terrebonne, LA

                          9           Angelle Pitre  b: 30 May 1907  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 19 May 1992  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                           + William C. Claude McGee  b: 6 July 1908  Mississippi; m: 24 December 1934  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA [James Robert/Sallie Anderson Carlisle]; d: 29 April 1968  Beaumont, Jefferson, TX

                          9           Armida Mary Pitre  b: 28 February 1909  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 18 October 1982  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Harry Luke 'Ro-Ro' Pitre  b: 27 October 1910  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 24 January 1981  Raceland, Lafourche, LA

                                          + Leocade 'Lucky' Cheramie  b: 24 April 1907  Golden Meadow, Lafourche, LA; m: Aft. 1940 [Julien/Julie Cheramie]; d: 4 June 1992  Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

                          9           Louis Pitre  b: 7 December 1913  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 23 March 1936  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Leona Pitre  b: 16 December 1914  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 18 August 1981  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                                           + Jack 'Charles' H. Jones    d: Bef. August 1981

                          9           Louise Ann 'China' Pitre  b: 31 January 1916  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 29 June 1993  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                           +Elbe Francis Pitre  b: 7 January 1912  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; m: Bet. 1941-1950 [Leufroid Richard/Eloise Estelle Callahan]; d: 10 November 1996  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Nola Pitre  b: 21 July 1920  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 31 July 2007  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                           + Irvin John Savoie  b: 5 February 1922  Larose, Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1945 [Jean Yves/Octavie Rosa Bourgeois]; d: 11 July 1980  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

 

   

Notes for Augustin Pitre:

Census

- 1900 Lafourche, Louisiana:  Augustin Peet 27 (fisherman), wife of 1 year Ella 16; Victor Guervet 23 (day laborer).

 

- 1910 Lafourche, LA:  Augustin Peter 37 (general farmer), wife of 11 years Ella 26, Cora 9, Crawford 7, Frank 5, Angelina 3, Armida 2; sister-in-law Maria Pierce 17.

 

- 1920 Lafourche, LA:  Augustine Pitels 44 (general farmer), wife Ellia 36, Cora 18, Cleph 17, Frank 15, Angelen 13, Armeda 11, Harrie 9, Louis 7, Leonie 5, Louise 3.

 

- 1930 Lafourche, LA:  Augustin Pitre 57 (farmer), wife Ella 48, Frank 24 (fisherman), Angele 22, Ardena 20, Louis 17 (farm laborer), Leonie 15, Louise 14, Nola 10.

- 1940 Cut Off, Lafourche, LA:  Ella Pitre 56 widow [$800 house value], Armida 30 teacher/public school, Nola 19.

WWI registration records:  Augustin Pitre; Lafourche, LA; born 2 Apr 1873; Josephine Pitre; medium height, medium build; grey eyes & black hair.

 

Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA:  Augustin Pitre / April 2, 1873 - May 1, 1937 / Ella P. Pitre / Oct. 2, 1883 - Feb. 26, 1950 

 

Notes for Ella Marie Pierce:

Obituary:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 27 February 1950 - At the residence, on Sunday, February 26, 1950, at 5:30 o'clock p.m., Ella Pierce, mother of Armida, Frank, Harry, Jean Pitre and the late Louis Pitre and Mrs. W. C. McGee, Mrs. C. H. Jones, Mrs. Cora Boudreaux, Mrs. Elbe Pitre and Mrs. Irwin Savoie, aged 66 years.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the late residence, Cut Off, La., on Tuesday, February 28, 1950, at 8 o'clock a.m.  Services at Sacred Heart Catholic church, Cut Off, La.  Interment in Sacred Heart Catholic cemetery.  Falgout funeral home, Galliano, La., in charge.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Cora Bernadette Pitre:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 11 December 1964:  At her residence, Cut Off, La., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 1964 at 11 o'clock a.m., Cora Pitre, beloved wife of the late Thomas Boudreaux; sister of Mrs. Angelle P. Magee, Mrs. Leona Jones, Mrs. Louise Pitre, Mrs. Nola Savoie, Mrs. Armida Pitre, J.C., Frank and Harry Pitre.  Age 64 years.  A native and a resident of Cut Off, La.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from the Falgout Funeral Homes, Inc., Galiano, La., on Friday, Dec. 11, 1964, at 9 o'clock a.m.  Religious services at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Cut Off., La.  Interment in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Cut Off, La.  Falgout Funeral Homes Inc., Galiano, La., in charge.  Please omit flowers.

Tombstone Inscriptions, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off:  Cora P. Boudreau / March 15, 1901 - Dec. 10, 1964

 

Jean Clophet Pitre:  The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX), Wednesday, 4 March 1987:  Jean Pitre.  La Marque - Jean C. Pitre, 84, died Monday, March 2 at Mainland Center Hospital in Texas City.  Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Michael's Episcopal Church of La Marque, the Rev. Gordon Gudger officiating.  Burial will follow in Grace Memorial Cemetery in Hitchcock.  Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Wednesday at James Crowder Funeral Home of La Marque.  Mr. Pitre was born Nov. 15, 1902 in Cut-Off, La.  He was a retired pipefitter, a member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, of Sons of Herman in Galveston, and of Pipefitters Local No. 211.  Survivors include his wife, Beatrice A. Pitre of La Marque; a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. 'Iris' Pitre Blankenship of Texas City; a son, George J. Pitre of Kansas City, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Angell McGee, Nola Savory and Louise Pitre, all of Cut-Off; a brother, Frank Pitre of Houma, La.; a sister-in-law, Georgia Junemann of La Marque; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  Pallbearers will be Abdon Norris, David Norris, Charles Welch Sr., Marcus Junemann, John Junemann and Ernest Junemann.

Tombstone Inscriptions, Hayes Grace Memorial Park, Hitchcock, Galveston:  PITRE / Jean C. / Nov. 15, 1902 / March 2, 1987 / Beatrice A. / Aug. 20, 1905 / Mar. 31, 1993

 

Angelle Pitre:  Lafourche Daily Comet, 19 May 1992:  A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off for Angelle Pitre McGee, 84, a native and resident of Cut Off, who died at 5:59 p.m. Tuesday.  Interment was in the church cemetery.  She was the mother of Claudette David.  She is also survived by two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, W. C. Claude McGee; parents, Ella Pierce and Augustin Pitre; four brothers and three sisters.  Falgout Funeral Home of Galliano was in charge of arrangements.  Correction in a death notice for Angelle McGee in Wednesday's Daily Comet the names of McGee's sisters, Nola Savoie and Louise Pitre, were omitted from information provided by the funeral home.

 

Armida Mary Pitre:  Lafourche Daily Comet (LA), 19 October 1982:  Armida Mary Pitre, 73, a native and resident of Cut Off, died 11:35 p.m. Monday (18th).  Survivors include two brothers, J.C. and Frank Pitre; and three sisters, Angelle McGee, Louise Pitre and Nola Savoie.  She is preceded in death by her parents, Augustin and Ella Marie Pierce Pitre; two brothers, Louis and Harry Pitre; and two sisters, Leona Jones and Cora Boudreaux.  Falgout Funeral Home of Raceland is handling the arrangements.

 

Harry Luke Pitre:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 24 January 1981:  Harry (Roro) Luke Pitre, at Raceland, La., on Saturday, January 24, 1981, at 3:40 a.m., beloved husband of Leocade Cheramie Pitre, father of Mrs. Jack D. (Helen) Mouton and Margaret Pitre; brother of Frank and Jean Pitre, Mrs. Angelle McGee, Mrs. Louise Pitre, Mrs. Nola Savoie, Mrs. Leona Jones, and Miss Armida Pitre, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Pitre; also survived by 2 grandchildren, age 70 years, a native of Cut Off, La., and a resident of Larose, La.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from Falgout Funeral Home Inc., Galliano, La., on Monday, January 26, 1981 at 10:30 a.m.  Religious services at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Golden Meadow, La., at 11 o'clock a.m.  Interment Our Lady of Prompt Succor Mausoleum.  Friends may call after 10 a.m. on Sunday.  Falgout Funeral Home Inc. in charge.

 

Louis Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA:  Louis Pitre / Dec. 7, 1913 - March 23, 1936

 

Leona Pitre:  Houma Courier (LA), Wednesday, 19 August 1981:  Leona Pitre Jones, 65 years and a resident of Cut Off, died 4:30 a.m. Tuesday in Galliano.  The funeral was held this morning at 9:30 with religious services at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.  Burial was in the church cemetery.  Survivors include two sons, Kenneth and Wayne Jones; one daughter, Miss Terry Jones; two brothers, Frank and Gene Pitre; four sisters, Mrs. Nola Savoie, Mrs. Angelle McGee, Miss Arminda Pitre and Mrs. Louise Pitre and five grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles H. Jones; and one brother, Harris Pitre.

Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA:  Leona Nene Jones / Dec. 16, 1915 - Aug. 18, 1981

 

Louise Ann Pitre:  Lafourche Daily Comet (LA):  A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off for Louise "China" Pitre, 77, a native and resident of Cut Off, who died at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, June 29 (1993).  Interment will be in the church cemetery.  There will be no visitation.  She was the mother of Alfred Pitre of Lafayette and Ella Marie Squyres of Overland Park, Kan.; sister of Nola Savoie of Cut Off.  She is also survived by three grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Augustine and Ella Pierce Pitre; four brothers, J.C., Harry, Frank and Louis Pitre; and four sisters, Cora Boudreaux, Angelle McGee, Leona Jones and Armida Pitre.  She served as a nurse in the armed forces and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.  Falgout Funeral Home of Raceland is in charge of arrangements.
 

Nola Pitre:  Lafourche Daily Comet:  Nola Pitre Savoie, age 87, a native and resident of Cut Off, died Tuesday, July 31, 2007.  Funeral services today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off, with burial in the church cemetery.  Survived by one son, Philip Savoie; one daughter, Mary S. Chiasson; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.  Preceded in death by her husband, Irvin Savoie; her parents, Augustin and Ella Pierce Pitre; four brothers, Jean, Frank, Harry and Louis Pitre; and five sisters, Cora Boudreaux, Angelle McGee, Armida Pitre, Leona Jones and Louise Pitre.  Parishioner of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.  Falgout Funeral Home.

 


 

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Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:

- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes  (Rev. Hebert)

- Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).

- Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.

 

Last updated:  26 February 2016.