Ernest Pitre

1905 Calcasieu, Louisiana – 1953 DeQuincy, LA

 

 

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

 

 

 

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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).

 

Last updated:  26 May 2022.