Continuation of tree (3rd child of Jules Pitre/Gabrielle Pitre); all known surname descendants:
9 Emile Albert Pitre b: 8 December 1887 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 28 November 1947 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA
+Clara Ledoux b: 17 September 1903 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: Abt. 1923 [Leonard/Helena C. ---]; d: 6 May 1979 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
Notes for Emile Albert Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana: Albert Pitre 42 driver/Price Oil Co., wife Clara 26, sister Mattie Ladeux 24 clerk, brother Harris Ladeux 21 clerk, niece Margueritte Fontenot 24 clerk.
- 1940 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA: Albert Pitre 51 delivery man/oil, wife Clara 36. [Vine]
- 1950 St. Landry, LA: Leonard Ledoux 66, wife Helena C. 63, widowed daughter Clara L. Pitre 46.
WWI registration records: Albert P. Pitre; St. Landry, LA; born 8 Dec 1887 (Opelousas); Jules Pitre; tall height, slender build; light blue eyes & brown hair.
WWII Records: Albert P. Pitre, res. 705 W. Vine, Opelousas; b. 8 Dec 1888 Opelousas; contact Mrs. Albert P. Pitre; 5' 9", 135 lbs., gray eyes & brown hair, light complexion; 27 Apr 1942 Opelousas, LA
Obituary: State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Monday, 1 December 1947 - Opelousas, Dec. 1 - Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Albert Pitre, 59, who died suddenly at his home in Prairie Ronde Friday. Father Clifford Gaudin officiated at services at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic church in Opelousas and burial was in the Opelousas Catholic cemetery with Laford and Son in charge. Mr. Pitre was a veteran of the first war. Members of the Opelousas American Legion and VFW posts, with which he was affiliated, read their rituals at the grave. The deceased was a native of Prairie Ronde and operated a store in that St. Landry community. Surviving are his wife, Clara Ledoux of Prairie Ronde: three brothers and one sister, Jules and Leo Pitre of Opelousas; Walter Pitre and Mrs. Edgar Prudhomme of Lawtell.
Tombstone Inscriptions, St. Landry Cemetery, Opelousas: Albert P. Pitre / Louisiana / PVT 164 INF 41 DIV / World War I / Dec. 8, 1887 - Nov. 28, 1947 / P / Clara Ledoux Pitre / Sept. 17, 1903 / May 6, 1979
Notes for Clara Ledoux:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 7 May 1979: Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas for Mrs. Albert Pitre, the former Clara Ledoux, 75, of Opelousas, who died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the Opelousas General Hospital following a long illness. Burial will be in the St. Landry Catholic Cemetery. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on the Old Sunset Highway in Opelousas is in charge of the arrangements. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Her survivors include two brothers, Harris and Emmett Ledoux, both of Opelousas; two sisters, Mrs. Furdy (Wilda) Lafleur and Marie Ledoux, both of Opelousas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Pitre.
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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).
- Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.
Last updated: 11 June 2022.