Continuation of tree (2nd child of Lucius Pitre/Martha Fuselier); all known surname descendants:
8 Euzebe Pitre b: 22 May 1888 St. Landry, LA; d: 8 January 1957 Pineville, Rapides LA
+ Bertha Virginia Sonnier b: 24 September 1887 Rayne, LA; m: Abt. 1909 Oberlin, Calcasieu, LA [Thomas/Marcelite Riguet]; d: 30 June 1974 Oakdale, Allen, LA
9 Joseph Willard Pitre b: 3 March 1911 Oberlin, Calcasieu, LA; d: 31 December 1976 Oakdale, Allen, LA
+ Anita Meaux b: 24 November 1918 Kaplan, Vermilion, LA; m: Abt. 1941 [Francois/Alice Faulk]; d: 28 May 1979 Oakdale, Allen, LA
9 Edward Pitre b: 30 April 1913 Oberlin, Allen, LA; d: 16 January 1993 Illinois
+ Lessie Lafleur b: 27 May 1920 Mamou, Evangeline, LA; m: Abt. 1940 [Busey/Lillie Young]; d: 7 February 2002 Oakdale, Allen, LA
Notes for Euzebe Pitre:
Census
- 1910 Oberlin, Calcasieu, Louisiana: Eusebe Pitre 21 general farmer, wife of 1 year Bertha 23.
- 1920 Oberlin, Allen, LA: Ezeb Pitre 30 farmer, wife Virginia 31, Willard 9, Edward 7.
- 1930 Jefferson Davis, LA: Ezed Pitre 41, wife Bertha 41, Willard 19, Edward 16.
- 1940 Allen, LA: Ezeb Pitre 50 laborer/road construction WPA, wife Bertha 51, J. W. 29.
- 1950 Reeves, Allen, LA: Widower Dallas H. Reeves 68 farmer/farm, lodger Ezeb Pitre 61, wife Bertha 62.
WWI registration records: Ezeb Pitre; Oberlin, LA; born 23 May 1889 (Opelousas, LA); wife & 2 children; medium height, slender build; blue eyes & yellow hair.
Obituary: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Wednesday, 9 January 1957: Oberlin - Ezab Pitre, 67, died Tuesday at 11 a.m. in a Pineville hospital. Services were to be held from the St. Joan of Arc Catholic church today at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Frederick LaBrake officiating. Interment is to be in the Oberlin cemetery.
Tombstone inscription, Oberlin Cemetery, LA: Ezeb Pitre / May 22, 1888 / Jan. 8, 1957 // Bertha S, Pitre / Sept. 24, 1887 / July 2, 1974
Notes for Bertha Virginia Sonnier:
Obituary: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Monday, 1 July 1974: Oberlin, La. - Mrs. Bertha Pitre, 86, of Oberlin died at 11:45 p.m. Sunday in Oakdale General Hospital. She is survived by two sons, Edward Pitre and Willard Pitre, both of Oberlin; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services are incomplete, but burial will be in Oberlin Cemetery, under the direction of Ardoin's of Oakdale.
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Willard Pitre: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Friday, 31 December 1976: Oberlin - Joseph (Bill) Pitre, 66, of Oberlin died at 5 a.m. Friday in Oakdale General Hospital. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Anita Pitre of Oberlin; four sons, John Pitre and Dwight Pitre, both of Oberlin, Joseph Willard Pitre Jr. of Topeka, Kan., and Nolton Guillory of Franklin; four daughters, Mrs. Doris Buxton and Bertha Pitre, both of Oberlin, Mrs. Dorothy Fuselier of Mittie and Mrs. Claudette Struchun of Chicago; one brother, Edward Pitre of Illinois, and 11 grandchildren. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Ardoin Funeral Home of Oakdale.
Tombstone Inscription, Oberlin Cemetery, LA: Joseph Willard / Pitre, Sr. / March 3, 1911 / Dec. 31, 1976 // Anita Meaux / Pitre / Nov. 24, 1918 / May 28, 1979
Back one generation to parents of Euzebe 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: 10 September 2022.