Continuation of tree (3rd child of Carmilien Charles Pitre/Eugenie Delafosse); all known surname descendants:
7 Benjamin Pitre b: 17 August 1866 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 3 June 1948 Memphis, Shelby, TN
+Nannie E. Oliver b: 24 May 1873 Okolona, Chickasaw, MS; m: 1 April 1894 Memphis, Shelby, TN [James M./Rebecca Looney]; d: 24 April 1951 Memphis, Shelby, TN
Notes for Benjamin Pitre:
Census
- 1900 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee: Benjamen Petre 33 retail grocery, wife Ediott 23, sister-in-law Eve Oliver 16 saleslady, widowed mother(-in-law) Rebecca Oliver 60, 4 lodgers.
- 1910 Memphis, Shelby, TN: French George 46 salesman/snuff co., wife Maudine 31; Benjamine Pitre 45 house building contractor, laborer Joseph Brown 28, wife Josie 24, William 7.
- 1920 Boyle, Bolivar, Mississippi: Benjiman Pitre 53 retail merchant/furniture, wife Nannie E. 38 bookkeeper/furniture store, sister-in-law Eva Olliver 34 salesman/furniture store.
- 1930 Beat, Sunflower, MS: Benjamin Pitre 54 farmer, wife Nannie E. 39.
- 1940 Memphis, Shelby, TN: Widow Maudine French 56, sister Eva Oliver 43, brother-in-law Ben J. Pitre 69 & wife Nannie E. 61.
Tombstone Inscription, Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis: Benjamin Pitre / 1866-1948 // Nannie Oliver / Pitre / 1873-1951 (main stone) OLIVER-PITRE
Back one generation to parents of Benjamin 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: 11 January 2021.