Continuation of tree (6th child of Pierre Pitre/Marcelline Bergevin); all known surname descendants:
8 Charles Pitre b: 23 April 1854 St. Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 14 November 1932 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
+Virginie Rassette b: November 1864 Manitoba; m: Abt. 1894 Lambert, Red Lake, MN [William/Marguerite Parenteau]; d: 6 October 1942 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
9 Consuella A. Lajambe b: 18 August 1895 Lambert, Red Lake, MN; d: 10 January 1974 Warren, Columbia, OR
+Ralph Augustus Wheeler b: 21 January 1895 Parkston, Hutchinson, SD; m: 22 October 1919 Beltrami Co., MN [James Silas/Julia Jane Shannon]; d: 28 March 1965 Vancouver, Clark, WA
9 Aglae Lajambe b: November 1898 Red Lake Co., MN; d: 9 November 1948 Scappoose, Columbia, OR
+Louis Roy Lafleur b: 9 January 1895 Stillwater, Washington, MN; m: 6 August 1918 Red Lake Co., MN [Louis/Phoebe Grevious]; d: 30 August 1943 Hillsborough, Washington, OR
*2nd Husband of Aglae Lajambe:
+William Hubbard Betnar b: 15 May 1887 Pierce, MN; m: 4 April 1924 (divorced 17 December 1945 Columbia, OR); d: 10 January 1967 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
*3rd Husband of Aglae Lajambe:
+Forrest Monson White b: 19 June 1909 Kearney Co., NE; m: 31 May 1946 Columbia, OR [Walter/Effie May Buck]; d: 5 September 1980 Multnomah, OR
9 Joseph Sylva Lajambe b: 9 November 1899 Lambert, Red Lake, MN; d: 10 June 1964 International Falls, Koochiching, MN
+Loretta Bolstad b: 4 August 1906 Clearwater, Red Lake, MN; m: 9 November 1925 Red Lake Co., MN [Christian/Serene Tonata Rue]; d: 31 July 1985 Greenbush, Mille Lacs, MN
9 Resida Albert Lajambe b: February 1902 Oklee, Red Lake, MN; d: 3 April 1932 Tabor, Polk, MN
+Mary Alice Shelling b: 1 September 1908 Grand Forks, Grand Forks, ND; m: 23 March 1928 Koochiching Co., MN; [Frank/Gena ---]; d: 8 July 1986 Mossyrock, Lewis, WA
9 Adjuta (Augusta) 'Louis' Lajambe b: 15 October 1903 Red Lake Co., MN; d: 26 September 1966 Seattle, King, WA
Notes for Charles Pitre:
Census
- 1880 Polk Co., Minnesota:
Chas. Leschome 26 (laborer), with his brother Cunrod 22 (laborer), & Joseph 24
(laborer), are all boarders w/Robt. Cowley.
- 1885 Lambert, Polk, Minnesota: Marcelline Lajambe 60, Charles 30, Philippe 28, Joseph 26, Conrad 22, Jitter 9.
- 1895 Lambert,
Polk, Minnesota: Charles Lajambe 40 (farmer), wife Virginia 26.
- 1900 Lambert, Red Lake, Minnesota: Charles Lajambe 43 (farmer), wife of
6 years Virginie 29, Concuella 4, Egla 1, Cylva 6 months.
- 1905 Lambert, Red Lake, Minnesota: Charles Lajambe 52y/3m (farmer),
Virginie 33y/6m, Consiela 10y/9m, Octave 7y/7m, Sylva 6y/6m, Reseda 4y/1m,
Augusta 1y/7m, Albert 2 months, Cezelia Langlois 21y/7m, Lea Langlois 15.
- 1910 Lambert, Red Lake, Minnesota: Charly Lajame 54 (farmer), wife of 15
years Virginie 43, Aent C. 14 , Egla 12, Sylva 10, Reseda 8, Adjuta 6.
- 1920 Oklee, Lambert, Red Lake, Minnesota: Charles La Shambe 65 (farmer),
wife Virginie 60, Sylva 20, Receda 18 years 4 months, Adjuto 16 years 2 months.
- 1930 St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon: Charles Lagambe 77, wife Virginie 65,
Louis 23.
- 1940 St. Helens,
Columbia, OR: William H. Betnar 55 laborer/paper mill [$2200 house value],
wife Eglia 41, widowed mother-in-law Virginia La Jande 75.
Misc.:
- Bowbells Tribune (ND), Friday, 17 July 1908: Fish Trap Owner Fined: Crookston, Minn., July 12 - Game Warden Munch of Crookston captured a party of fish trap users on the Lost river, five miles out of Brooks, in Red Lake county, yesterday, and confiscated the traps, which belonged to Charles Lajamb, a farmer. Lajamb was fined $50 and released.
- Bemidji Daily Pioneer, 31 March 1922, Bass Lake - Mrs. C. Lajambe, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Wheeler for the past two weeks left for her home in Akeley Monday. Ralph Wheeler & R. Lajame were Sunday callers at the JS Wheeler home.
- The Spokesman Review (Spokane, WA), Sunday, 31 August 1930: Car Is Found in Canal - Believed that of Man Missing from Reservation - Yakima, Aug. 30 - Late this afternoon a car so deeply submerged as to hide the license number, but believed that of A. Lajambe, missing from his home on the Yakima Indian reservation for several days, was discovered upside down in the Indian service canal two miles from Harrah. Sheriff's officers left at once to investigate.
Burial: Both Charles & Virginie are buried in the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, Scappoose, Columbia, Oregon.
Tombstone Memorial: Virginie La Jambe / 1864 - 1942
WWI registration records (sons):
Joseph Sylva Lajambe: Sylva Lajambe; Red Lake, MN; born 9 Nov 1898; Charlie Lajambe; medium height, medium build; blue eyes & black hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Consuella A. Lajambe: Oregonian (Portland, OR), Sunday, 13 January 1974 - Wheeler - Consuella A. of St. Helens; mother of James Wheeler, Angeline Coleman and Virginia Hansen, of Portland; Ralph Wheeler, Bremerton, Wn.; Mrs. Evangeline Thom, Eugene; and Pearl Wheeler, St. Helens; 11 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren. Services Tuesday Jan 15, 11am, St. Fredericks Catholic Church, St. Helens. Interment Bethany Memorial cemetery. Coleman-Rushing Funeral Home, Directors.
Tombstone Inscription, Bethany Memorial Cemetery, Warren, OR: Consuella A. Wheeler / Aug 18, 1895 / Jan. 10, 1974 / mother // Ralph A. Wheeler / 1895 - 1965 / son / PVT. 71st Arty. / Julia J. Wheeler / 1864 - 1944 / mother
Aglae Lajambe: Oregonian (Portland, OR), Wednesday, 10 November 1948: White - Nov. 9, Eglia C. White, route 1, box 222, Scappoose, OR; wife of Forrest M. White. Funeral services will be held at the Coleman Funeral Home, St. Helens. Arrangements in care of The Colonial Mortuary.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, Scappoose, Columbia, OR: Mother / Eglia C. White / 1897 - 1948
Resida Albert Lajambe: Death notice: The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, MN), Tuesday, 5 April 1932 - Tabor, Minn., April 5 - Resida Lajambe, 35 years old, and his two small sons, Wallace, 4, and Robert, 2, were dead here today from drinking milk in which poison had been placed by the father. The bodies were found in bed in their home Monday night. In a farewell note to his wife the father admitted giving the boys poisoned milk and then drinking some himself, Coroner Nelson said.
- Dallas Morning News, Wednesday, 6 April 1932 - Tabor, Minn., April 5 - A father and two small sons were dead Tuesday, victims, the coroner said, of poison placed in milk by the farmer. The dead were Resida Lajambe, 35; Wallace, 4, and Robert, 2 1/2, whose bodies were found in bed in their home Monday night. H.E. Nelson, Polk County coroner, said it appeared the father gave the boys the poisoned milk and then drank some himself. Beside his bed was found a bottle containing poison and a farewell note to his wife. Friends said the family had been torn by domestic troubles. Lajambe was a cream buyer. His wife was away on a visit.
Joseph Sylva Lajambe: Tombstone Inscription, Forest Hill Cemetery, International Falls, MN: Sylva J. LaJambe / Nov. 9, 1899 / June 10, 1964
Adjuta (Augusta) 'Louis' Lajambe: Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, WA), Tuesday, 4 Oct 1966: Louis A. La Jambe, age 62, 2213 1/2 First Ave., Sept. 26 (Booth-Ashmore Mortuary)
Back one generation to parents of Charles Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Last updated: 19 November 2021.