Continuation of tree (9th child of Joseph Artemon Pitre/Irma Luquette); all known surname descendants:
9 Ambroise Pitre b: 11 March 1905 Chataignier, St. Landry, LA; d: 16 May 1954 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+Ozea Bertrand b: 22 January 1904; m: Abt. 1926 [Louis Ozeme/Genevieve Vasseur]; d: 20 September 1989 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Mildred Pitre b: 8 August 1926 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 10 November 2003 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+Alex Benjamin Cummings b: 20 January 1924 Church Point, Acadia, LA; m: 8 June 1948 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Louis/Lela McBride]; d: 1 January 2003 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Raphael Pitre b: 19 September. 1932; d: Aft. November 2003
+Mary Stelly b: Abt. 1931; m: Abt. 21 October 1976 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Burley Pitre b: 6 September 1935; d: 17 November 1988 Vinton, Calcasieu, LA
+Betty Nezat m: 16 May 1953 St. Landry, LA [Valez/Laura Carriere]
Notes for Ambroise Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Iota, Acadia, Louisiana: Ambrose Pete 23, wife Ozia 25, Mildred 3 years 3 months.
- 1940 St. Landry, LA: Ambrose Pitre 35 farmer/farm, wife Ozea 36 laborer/farm, Mildred 13, Raphael 7, Burleigh 4, cousin Leo Prudhomme 35 laborer/farm. [Route 2, Prairie Ronde Road]
- 1950 St. Landry, LA: Ambrose Pitre 45 manager & driver/taxi business/taxi cab, wife Ozeah B. 47, Rapheal 17 delivers drugs/retail drug store, Burleigh 14.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 18 May 1954: Ambroise Pitre, 48-year-old Opelousas taxicab driver and farmer, who died Sunday at 1:58 a.m. after a head-on collision on W. Landry street. His death is the sixth traffic fatality this year in St. Landry parish....Pitre died at St. Landry clinic here from a crushed chest and internal injuries. His body is at Lafond and Son Funeral Home. Services were to be read at the Baptist church in Prairie Ronde at 4 p.m. today and interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. The deceased was a native of Prairie Ronde. He is survived by his wife, the former Ozea Bertrand of Opelousas; two sons, Burleigh, with the army in Alaska, who arrived here last night by plane, and Raphael of Opelousas; a daughter, Mrs. A.D. Cummings of Church point. Also surviving are three brothers, Amos of Plaquemine, Ludo of Prairie Ronde and Leon of Melville; three sisters, Mrs. Estelle Veillon of Eunice, Mrs. Theogine Darville and Mrs. Albert Darville both of Melville. According to the city police, J.C. Rozas, a passenger in the Pitre taxi, had been discharged at the Moonlight Inn and told city police that he heard a crash shortly after he alighted from the taxi. Pitre was either parked in front of the Moonlight or driving west when the accident occurred, Matt said. Moreau was driving east, toward Opelousas. Both cars shashed together at their right front fenders, police stated. Pitre was found lying on the front seat of his taxicab. Moreau was thrown from his car and was lying in the street alongside it.
Tombstone Inscription, Prairie Ronde Baptist Church Cemetery: Ambroise / Pitre / Mar. 23, 1905 / May 16, 1954 // Ozea B. / Pitre / Jan. 22, 1904 / Sept. 20, 1989
Notes for Ozea Bertrand:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 21 September 1989: Funeral services for Mrs. A(m)broise Pitre, the former Ozea Bertrand, 85, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Lafond-Ardoin Guardian Chapel on North Main in Opelousas with burial in the Baptist Cemetery in Prairie Ronde. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Prairie Ronde, died at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday in Opelousas General Hospital. Survivors include a son, Raphael Pitre of Opelousas; a daughter, Mrs. A.B. (Mildred) Cummings of Opelousas; a brother, Albert Bertrand of Ville Platte; three sisters, Mrs. Curley (Celida) Pitre of Mamou, Mrs. Lawrence (Pearl) Fontenot of Carencro and Mrs. Sherman (Ruby) Granger of Opelousas; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildreVisiting hours are from 9 a.m. -10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until time of services on Friday. Lafond-Ardoin Guardian Chapel on North Main in Opelousas is in charge of arrangements.
Obituaries for the children:
Mildred Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 11 November 2003: (photo) Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Pitre Cummings, 77, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home South, in Opelousas with burial in St. John Cemetery in Lewisburg. The Rev. Alan Spence will conduct the services. Mrs. Cummings, a native of Prairie Ronde and a resident of Opelousas, died at 6:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, in Senior Village Nursing Home in Opelousas following a lengthy illness. She was a long-time employee of the Palace Cafe in Opelousas. Mrs. Cummings was a faithful and devoted wife, a loving mother and a caring grandmother. Survivors include: three sons, Kenneth Cummings and his wife, Audrey, and Michael Cummings and his wife, Stacey, and Charles Cummings, all of Opelousas; a brother, Raphael Pitre, of Opelousas; and four grandchildren, Josh, Jake, Allison and Heather Cummings, all of Opelousas. Mrs. Cummings was preceded in death by her husband, A.B. Cummings; her parents, Ambroise and Ozea Bertrand Pitre; and a brother, Burley Pitre. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home South, Opelousas, is in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, St. John Catholic Mission Cemetery, Lewisburg, St. Landry, LA: CUMMINGS / Alex B. / Jan. 20, 1924 / Jan. 1, 2003 / Mildred P. / Aug. 8, 1926 / Nov. 10, 2003
Burley Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Friday, 18 November 1988: Funeral services for Mr. Burley Pitre, 53, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on North Main in Opelousas with burial in Prairie Ronde Baptist Cemetery. Mr. Pitre, a resident of Vinton formerly of Opelousas, died at 5 a.m. Thursday in Vinton. He was a member of the Horsemans Benevelence Association. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Ambroise (Ozea) Pitre of Opelousas; a son, Brent Pitre of Opelousas; a daughter, Mrs. Keith (Darlene) Richard of Baton Rouge; a brother, Raphael Pitre of Opelousas; a sister, Mrs. A. B. (Mildred) Cummings of Opelousas; and two grandchildren. Visiting hours are from 6-10 p.m. today and from 7 a.m. until time of services. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on North Main is in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Prairie Ronde Baptist Church Cemetery: Burley Pitre / US Air Force / Korea / Sep. 6, 1935 - Nov. 17, 1988
Back one generation to parents of Ambroise Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Parishes of Acadia, Allen Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu,
Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St Landry, St Martin, St Mary and Vermillion.
- Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 29 August 2022.