Carmilien Charles Pitre

1840 Opelousas, LA – 1886 Lake Charles, LA

 

 

 

Continuation of tree (2nd child of Charles Francois Pitre/Sydalise Francoise Derossier); all known surname descendants:

            6      Carmilien Charles Pitre  b: 6 January 1840  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 18 November 1886  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA 

                            + Eugenie Delafosse  b: 24 December 1843  Chicot, St. Landry, LA; m: 16 January 1861  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Romain/Marie Antoinette Pierre Savant]; d: 15 November 1905  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA

                        7        Robert Pitre  b: 12 October 1861  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 6 June 1904  Kinder, Allen, LA

                                   + Celanie Emilie Bacon  b: 16 December 1865  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 28 October 1884  Washington, St. Landry, LA [John Philemon/Emilia Savant]; d: 8 September 1898  Washington, St. Landry, LA

                                  *2nd Wife of Robert Pitre:

                                    + Marian Aola Hart  b: 18 September 1882; m: 29 May 1900  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Zachariah Taylor/Mary M. Swords]; d: 24 September 1971  Glendale, Los Angeles, CA 

                        7        Benet Pitre  b: 17 August 1866  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Bet. 1870 - 1880  Washington, St. Landry, LA

                        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

                        7        Bless Pitre  b: 7 February 1870  Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: Aft. 1880

                        7        William 'Willis Addison' Pitre  b: 11 December 1872  Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: 6 March 1939  Mansfield, LA

                                    + Mary Louise Wentz  b: 19 May 1878  Vinton, Iowa; m: 28 June 1898  1st Presbyterian, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA [Arthur A./Clarissa Pardy Blackman]; d: 21 February 1953  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA

                                  *2nd Wife of William 'Willis Addison' Pitre

                                    + Bertie Lee Jackson  b: 17 August 1888  Texas; m: 21 December 1913 [Henry L./Ella A. ---]; d: 20 February 1922

                                  *3rd Wife of William 'Willis Addison' Pitre:

                                    + Lady Rose Wilson Tugwell

                        7        Romain Delafosse Pitre  b: 26 January 1876  Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: 11 August 1947  Raywood, Liberty, TX

                                   + Emma Josephine Williams  b: 20 December 1883  Texas; m: 13 February 1902  Pawnee, Allen, LA [Jasper Larkin/Mary Jane Langston]; d: 1 October 1915  Honey Island, Hardin, TX

                                  *2nd Wife of Romain Delafosse Pitre

                                   +Ida Raye Woolley  b: 26 March 1896  Tyler Co., TX; m: Abt. 1917  Hardin Co., TX [George Washington/Alice Caroline Creel]; d: 5 March 1980  Liberty, Liberty, TX

                        7        John Carmelien Pitre  b: 24 November 1878  St. Landry, LA; d: 28 October 1965  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA

                                   + Marie Frances Cordsen  b: 5 April 1885  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA; m: Abt. 1905 [Fritz 'Fred'/Josina Maria Jacobson]; d: 25 November 1936  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA

                        7        Charles Marshall Pitre  b: 15 July 1881  St. Landry, LA; d: 16 January 1942  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA

                                   + Effie 'Essie' Annie -----  b: 5 March 1891  Hattiesburg, Mississippi; m: Abt. 1911; d: 1 June 1942  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA

 

 

Notes for Carmilien Charles Pitre:

Census

- 1870 Washington, St. Landry, Louisiana:  C.C. Pitre 30 (at home), wife Eugenie 26, Robert 8, Benjamin & Bennett 3, Blast 5 months, Azelina Sonnier 15.


- 1880 St. Landry, LA:  C.C. Pete 40 (farmer), wife Eugenie 36, Robt. 18, Bene 13, Bless 10, Willis 7, Romain 4, John 1.

- 1900 Calcasieu, LA:  Widow Eugenie Pitre 55; 6 of 8 children still living, Roman D. 24 (freight conductor), John 21 (day laborer), Marshall 18 (day laborer).


Civil War records:   C. C. Pitre, Private, Co. B, Crescent Regt. La. Inf.  Enlisted 5 March 1862, New Orleans, LA.  Rolls November 1862, to February 1863, Present.  Roll May and June, 1863, Present, on extra daily duty with the wagons.  Roll July and August 1863, Absent, sick in Hospital, New Iberia, La.  Also on Rolls of Cos. C, B, Cons. Cres. Regt. La. Inf. Pvt. Roll Jan. and Feb., 1864, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Tensas Par., La., Sept. 19, 1864. Recd. New Orleans, La., Sept. 25, 1864, Transfd. to Ship Island, Miss., Oct. 7, 1864. Forwd. to New York, Fort Columbus Harbor, Nov. 6, 1864. Sent to Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1864. Paroled Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1865, sent to James River for exchange. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured near mouth of Red [p.155] River, April 5, 1865. Recd. New Orleans, La., April 7, 1865. Transfd. for exchange, May 2, 1865, order of Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby. On Roll of Prisoners of War of detachments of different regiments, C. S. A., Paroled Washington, La., June 18, 1865. Res. St. Landry Par., La.

Other notes:  (from Eugenie's great-grandchild)  Another interesting story is the one of my great grandmother - Eugenie De Lafosse, a devout Catholic.  She and Carmellian had 10 sons, 7 of which were alive at her death.  All 7 had converted to different Protestant religions and on her deathbed she called for the priest.  The sons came in, blew out the candles and threw the priest out of the house and would not let last rites be read to her even though she was crying and begging for the priest. Very sad!
 

Notes for Eugenie Delafosse:

Obituary:  Beaumont Enterprise (TX), Friday, 17 November 1905:  Lake Charles, La., Nov 16 - Mrs. Eugenia Pitre, aged 62 years, and one of the most lovable and estimable characters in this city, passed to her reward yesterday.  She was born at Chicot, La., December 24, 1843, and was the daughter of Ramon DeLafosse, of Paris, France, who had but recently emigrated to this country.  She was married in 1860 to C.C. Pitre, whose death occurred in 1886.  She was the mother of eight sons, five of whom survive her.  They are B.J. Pitre of Boyle, Miss.; and W.A., R.D., J.C. and C.M. Pitre of Lake Charles.  The funeral services were held at the late residence of the deceased, corner Bilbo and Jackson streets, at 3 p.m. today, with interment in Orange Grove cemetery.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Benjamin Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis:  Benjamin Pitre / 1866-1948 // Nannie Oliver / Pitre / 1873-1951 (main stone) OLIVER-PITRE

 

Romain Delafosse Pitre:  The Liberty Vindicator (Liberty, TX), Thursday, 14 August 1947:  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Roman D. Pitre, 71, of Raywood, who died at his home early Monday morning.  Rev. T.H. Vaughn of Daisetta, officiated at the services held at the First Baptist Church, Dalsetta.  Members of the Masonic Lodge, of which he was a 32nd degree Mason, conducted the services at the graveside.  Mr. Pitre was a member of the Pine Lodge at Kountze, the El Mina Temple of Galveston, and the hull Chapter, O.E.S.  For several years prior to his death, Mr. Pitre served as a commissioner and as secretary of the Raywood Drainage District.  For many years, he owned and operated a service station in Raywood, recently leasing it to other parties.  He also owned a Raywood cafe, which he also leased out.  He was a member for 12 years of the board of trustees of the Hull-Daisetta Independent School District; a member of the Hull-Daisetta War Dads Chapter No. 26; and a member of the First Christian Church, Daisetta.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Rae Pitre of Raywood; three sons, Roy A. Pitre of Liberty, Leo B. Pitre of Raywood, and R.D. Pitre, Jr., of Morgan City, La.; two daughters, Miss Merle Jean Pitre of Raywood and Mrs. M.M. Flournoy of Huntington; two brothers, John C. Pitre of Lake Charles, La., and Ben J. Pitre of Memphis, Tenn., and six grandchildren, Pitre, Don, Bob and Tom Flournoy of Huntington, and R.D. Pitre III and Stephanie Ann of Morgan City, La.  Mr. Pitre, a resident of Raywood since 1929, was buried in Fairlawn Memorial Park, Liberty.  Pallbearers were Napoleon Jannise, Boyd Abshier, E. Erp, Charles Green, Vernon Geisendorff and Carl Devore.  Pace-Stancil Funeral Home was in charge.

 

John Carmelien Pitre:  Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA), Friday, 29 October 1965:  Funeral services for John C. Pitre, 86, of 502 W. College St., who died at 4:15 p.m. Thursday were to be at 3 p.m. today in the Hammer Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Walker officiating.  Burial was to be in the Orange Grove Cemetery.  Mr. Pitre was a resident of Lake Charles for 78 years and was formerly associated with the Lake Charles Implement Co.  He is survived by two sons, Thomas J. Pitre of Lake Charles and Robert L. Pitre of Beaumont, Tex.; one daughter, Mrs. May Iwan of Fort Worth, Tex.; 10 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
 

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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).

 

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