Continuation of tree (6th child of David Pitre/Selestine 'Celeste' Bell); all known surname descendants:
10 Ernest Pitre b: 1905 Calcasieu, LA; d: 1953 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA
+Hattie Mae 'Billie' Ketcham b: 5 July 1912 Texas; Abt. 1931 [Edgar Forest/Florence Marie McDonald]; d: 24 May 1985 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA
11 Billie Joyce Pitre b: Abt. 1932; d: Aft. 1950
Notes for Ernest Pitre:
Census
- 1940 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, Louisiana: Ernest Pitre 35 grinding hand/naval stores, wife Hattie M. 27, Billie J. 8. [Edgewood Street]
- 1950 Calcasieu, LA: Ernest Pitre 45 foreman/ranch, wife Hattie Mae 37, Billie Joyce 18, cousin Elizabeth Reed 57, lodger Ernest Fontenot 20 laborer/ranch.
Tombstone inscription, Perkins Cemetery, DeQuincy: Ernest Pitre / 1905 - 1953 / To live in hearts we leave behind / is not to die // Mother / Billie Pitre / July 5, 1912 / May 24, 1985 / precious memories
Back one generation to parents of Ernest 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: 26 May 2022.