Continuation of tree (5th child of Ovide Pitre/Malvina Dignard); all known surname descendants:
8 Charles Pitre b: 6 October 1884 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 20 December 1937 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Bertha Provost b: 16 December 1890 Cornwall, ONT; m: 22 January 1912 Cornwall, ONT [Jean Baptiste/Adele Poirier]; d: 21 December 1985 Cornwall, ONT
9 Rodolphe Pitre b: 22 April 1913 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 21 January 2001 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Therese Lamirande b: 1935; m: 2 August 1954 La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT [Laurent/Reina Marier]; d: 1 July 1981 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
*2nd Wife of Rodolphe Pitre:
+Margaret Pitre d: Aft. January 2001
9 Laurance 'Laurentienne' Gabrielle Pitre b: Abt. June 1920; d: 17 February 2009 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Vincent C. Andrews b: 1918; m: unknown; d: 1999
9 Melvin Edward Pitre b: 5 June 1926 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 1988 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Ruth Rosci m: 23 October 1954 St. Felix de Valois, Cornwall, ONT [James/Mary Marguerite Wood]
Notes for Charles Pitre:
Census
- 1921 Cornwall, Glengarry-Stormont, Ontario: Charles Pitre 35 weaver, wife Bertha 30, Rodolphe 5, Laurence 11 months.
- 1931 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT: Charles Pitre 45 weaver/cotton mill, wife Bertha 40, Rodolph 15, Laurence 10, Melvin 5 (677 Sheffield).
Obituary: Following an illness of six months, Charles Pitre, well-known and esteemed resident of East Cornwall, died at his home, 512 First street East, at 3 o'clock this morning. Mr. Pitre had been a resident of Cornwall for 40 years, coming here from Embrun, Ont., where he was born 52 years and two months ago, a son of Ovide Pitre. For many years Mr. Pitre was employed as a weaver in Canada Mill, but was compelled to cease work six months ago on account of ill health. He had been seriously ill for three weeks. Besides his wife, the former Miss Bert Provost, of Cornwall, he leaves his aged father, Ovide Pitre, now 85 years old, who lives with a daughter, Mrs. Sauvi, Megantic, Que.; two sons and a daughter - Rodolphe Pitre, Melvin Pitre and Miss Laurentienne Pitre, all at home; four brothers and four sisters - Donat Pitre, Ernest Pitre, Telesphore Pitre, Elzear Pitre, Miss Alexina Pitre and Mrs. Joseph Gosselin, all in Cornwall; Mrs. Leon LeBlanc and Mrs. Joseph Sauvi, Megantic, Que. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning, leaving his home, 512 First street East, at 8:45 o'clock, for Nativity Church and cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere de La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT: PITRE / 1885 Charles O. Pitre 1937 / son epouse / 1890 Bertha M. Provost 1986 / 1920 Laurance Pitre 2009 / son epoux / 1918 Vincent Andrews 1999
Obituaries for the children:
Rodolphe Pitre: Pitre, Rodolphe - At the Hotel Dieu Hospital on Sunday, January 21, 2001. Rodolphe Roland Pitre (Organist for the past 50 years at Nativity Co-Cathedral) of 1701 Princess Street; age 84 years. Beloved husband of Margaret Pitre and by a previous marriage to the late Therese Lamirande. Dear father of Constance (Mrs. Daniel Meilleur) of Montreal, Quebec, Jacques Pitre and Dominique (Mrs. Andre Leger) both of Cornwall. Predeceased by one daughter, Manon Pitre. Loving grandfather of Annielle and Gabriel Meilleur, Julien and Mireille Leger. Dear son of the late Charles Pitre and the late Bertha Provost. Dear brother of Mrs. Laurance Andrews of Cornwall. Predeceased by one brother, Melvin Pitre. Resting at the Lahaie & Sullivan Cornwall Funeral Homes from 2 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Wednesday, January 24, 2001 for Mass of Christian Burial in Nativity Co-Cathedral at 11 a.m. Spring interment, Nativity Cemetery. The family will be in attendance from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until time of funeral on Wednesday. As expressions of sympathy, Memorial Donations to the Palliative Care unit, Hotel Dieu Hospital would be appreciated by the family.
Tombstone Inscription, La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT: PITRE / 1957 Manon 1966 / 1915 Rodolphe 2001 / 1935 Therese 1981
Laurance Gabrielle Pitre: Andrews, Laurance - Passed away at the Cornwall Community Hospital, McConnell Site on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Mrs. Laurance (Pitre) Andrews of Cornwall, Ontario, age 88 years. Beloved wife of the late Vincent C. Andrews. Dear mother of Charles Pitre (Judith) of Yellowknife, NWT. Dear grandmother of Stephane, Renee, Nathan, Rebecca, Caitlin, Isabelle, Grant and Tyral and great-grandmother of Samuel and Philip. Dear daughter of the late Charles Ovide Pitre and the late Bertha (Provost) Pitre. Predeceased by two brothers, Rodolphe and Melvin Pitre. Survived by her nieces and nephews, Constance Meilleur (Daniel), Jacques Pitre (Joanne), Dominique Leger (Andre) and Christopher Pitre (Deborah). Rested at Lahaie & Sullivan Cornwall Funeral Homes, East Branch. Funeral on Feb. 23 for Service in the Memorial Chapel of the Funeral Home. Spring Interment, Nativity Parish Cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT: PITRE / 1885 Charles O. Pitre 1937 / son epouse / 1890 Bertha M. Provost 1986 / 1920 Laurance Pitre 2009 / son epoux / 1918 Vincent Andrews 1999
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Last updated: 5 December 2023.