Continuation of tree (2nd child of Lucien Simeon Pitre/Marie Josephine Helene Babin); all known surname descendants:
7 Alfred Pitre b: 29 August 1839 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 1 January 1908 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
+Odilia Giroir b: April 1840 Houma, Terrebonne, LA; m: 12 September 1868 St. Francis de Sales, Houma, Terrebonne, LA [Auguste Joseph/Rosalie Felina Comeau]; d: Bet. 1910-1920 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
8 Marie Alfreda Pitre b: 11 August 1870 Houma, Terrebonne, LA; d: Bef. 1880
8 Augustin Harris Pitre b: 18 August 1872 Houma, Terrebonne, LA; d: 6 November 1941 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
+Laura Margaret Bergeron b: 1 March 1875 Houma, Terrebonne, LA; m: 10 April 1893 St. Francois de Sales, Houma, Terrebonne, LA [Sylvester/Eve ---]; d: 20 December 1949 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
8 Josephine Rosalie Pitre b: 27 May 1885 Houma, Terrebonne, LA; d: 24 April 1965 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
+Camile Joseph Cadiere b: 1 February 1880 Houma, Terrebonne, LA; m: Abt. 1901 [Oleus/Clementine Babin]; d: 12 February 1943 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
Notes for Alfred Pitre:
Census
- 1870 Houma, Terrebonne,
Louisiana: Alfred Pete 35 (farm laborer), wife Odelia 19.
- 1880 Terrebonne, LA: Alfred Pitre 33 (laborer), wife Octavie 33, Harris
8.
- 1900 Terrebonne, LA: Alfred Pitre 69, wife of 40 years Odelia 60,
Josephine 16; son Harry 26 (swamper), wife of 8 years Laura 24, Jennie 6, Jimmie
3, Agnes 1 month.
- 1910 Terrebonne, LA: Widow Odelia Giroir 54 (claims only 2 of 5 children
still living), living with daughter Josephine 24 & her husband of 9 years Camile
Cadiere 28 (shucker).
Civil War records: Alfred Pitre:
Private, Co. K, 26th Louisiana Infantry; enlisted 19 April 1862 in Terrebonne (residence
Houma); Captured Vicksburg, Mississippi 4 July 1863; paroled by Gen. Grant 7
July 1863 Vicksburg; complexion light, hair dark, height 5’5”, age 25, eyes
blue.
Application for a military
headstone: Alfred Pitre; Private; Co. K, 26th LA Infantry CSA; d. 1
Jan 1908; St. Francis de Sales Cemetery, Houma; ship to Camile J. Cadiere, Houma
(20 June 1931)
Back one generation to parents of Alfred Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- South Louisiana Vital Family Records: Terrebonne Genealogical Society
Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 8 July 2021.