Continuation of tree (11th child of Adolphe Pitre/Marie Alparie 'Parasine' Longtin); all known surname descendants:
8 Joseph Albini Pitre b: 21 December 1881 Clarence, Russell, ONT; d: 31 October 1948 Ottawa, Clarence, ONT
+Eva Portelance b: 24 June 1889 Curran, ONT; m: 28 June 1910 Rockland, Russell, ONT [Charles/Suzanne Lemaire]; d: 11 July 1924 Rockland, Russell, ONT
9 Joseph Lucien Pitre b: 2 May 1911 Ste. Trinite, Rockland, Russell, ONT; d: 1999 Rockland, Russell, ONT
+Marguerite Rosalie Fournier b: 1910; m: 9 June 1931 Notre Dame, Ottawa, ONT [Napoleon/Orise Moreau]; d: 2004 Rockland, Russell, ONT
9 Joseph Antonie Palmat Pitre b: 28 August 1912 Ste. Trinite, Rockland, Russell, ONT; d: 7 August 1982
+Irene Lauzon b: Abt. 1925; m: 16 August 1947 Notre Dame, Ottawa, ONT [Hormidas/Blanche Dussureault]
9 Joseph Delphin Omer Pitre b: 22 July 1919 Eglise de la Trinite, Rockland, Russell, ONT; d: 23 July 1919 Eglise de la Trinite, Rockland, Russell, ONT
9 Joseph Omer Pitre b: 6 July 1924 Eglise de la Trinite, Rockland, Russell, ONT; d: 7 July 1924 Eglise de la Trinite, Rockland, Russell, ONT
*2nd Wife of Joseph Albini Pitre:
+Helene St. Denis (Auger) b: 21 January 1887 Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Bellevue, Quebec; m: 25 June 1927 Notre Dame de Grace, Hull, Wright, Quebec [Damase/Octavie Lavigne]; d: 28 October 1943 Ottawa, Carleton, ONT
Notes for Joseph Albini Pitre:
Census
- 1911 Rockland, Russell, Ontario: Albene Petre 29 (teamster/saw mill), wife Tella 21, Leucian 1 month.
- 1921 Rockland, Russell, ONT: Albine Pitre 40 teamster/saw mill, wife Eva 32, Lucien 10, Palma 8.
- 1931 Hull City, Hull, Quebec: Albin Pitre 49 labourer/sawmill, wife Helene 44, Lucien 20, Palma 19, stepsons Omer (Auger) 21, Gustave 15 (Auger), Jean 12 (Auger) (354 Champlain).
Obituary: The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, ON), Monday, 1 November 1948: Albini Pitre, 73 Clarence street, died yesterday in a local hospital after a long illness. A native of Rockland, he was formerly employed by W.C. Edwards and Company, of that village, and had lived in Ottawa for the past 20 years. He attended the Basilica and was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Union St. Joseph. In 1910 he married the former Eva Portelance, who predeceased him in 1924. He married the former Helene St. Denis in 1928. She died in 1941. Surviving are two sons, Lucien, Ottawa; Palma, Hull; two brothers, Dominateur, Timmins; Ernest, Three Rivers; one sister, Mrs. Eleonore Frappier, Timmins; three stepsons, Omer Auger, Montreal, and Gustave and Jean Auger, Hull. The funeral cortege will leave the Gauthier funeral home, 259 St. Patrick street, Wednesday at 9 a.m. for Holy Trinity church, Rockland, where requiem high mass will be sung at 10 o'clock. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.
The Ottawa Journal: Pitre, Albini - On Sunday, October 31, 1948, in hospital, Albini Pitre, beloved husband of the late Eva Portelance and the late Helene St. Denis, age 66 years. Funeral Wednesday from Gauthier's, 259 St. Patrick St., for requiem mass at Holy Trinity Church, Rockland, Ont., at 10 a.m. Interment parish cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, Ste. Trinite, Rockland, ONT: a la memoire de / Eva Portelance / epouse / de / Albini Pitre / decedee le 11 Juil 1924 / a l'age de 35 ans / Albini Pitre / decede le 31 Oct 1949 / a l'age de 67 ans / Lucien Pitre / 1911 - 1999 / epoux de / Doralice / Fournier / 1910 - 2004 / PITRE
Notes for Helene St. Denis:
Obituary: The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, ON), Friday, 29 October 1943: Pitre - At a local hospital on Thursday, October 28, 1943, Helene St. Denis, beloved wife in first marriage of the late Joseph Auger, and in second marriage of Albini Pitre, aged 56 years. Funeral on Saturday, October 30, at 8.40 a.m. from Gauthier Funeral Parlors, 259 St. Patrick St., for requiem high mass at Notre Dame de Graces church, Hull, at 9 o'clock. Interment in parish cemetery.
Tombstone Inscriptions:
Notre Dame Cemetery, Hull, Gatineau: Fortunette / St Denis / epouse de / Felix Charron / decedee / le 31 Oct. 1905 / a l’age de 20 ans / Helene St Denis / 1888 – 1943 / epouse de / Albini Pitre / Rose St Denis / 1895 – 1990 / epouse de / Olivier Montreuil / 1892 – 1992
Holy Trinity, Rockland, Russell, ONT: A La Memoire de / Eva Portelance / epouse / de / Albina Pitre / decedee le 11 Juil 1924 / a l'age de 35 ans / Albina Pitre / decede le 31 Oct 1948 / a l'age de 67 ans / Lucien Pitre / 1911 - 1999 / epoux de / Doralice Fournier / 1910 - 2004 / PITRE
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Last updated: 23 June 2023.