Continuation of tree (8th child of Martin Benoni Pitre/Jeanne Dantin); all known surname descendants:
6 Francois Basile Pitre b: 28 June 1804 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 28 August 1876 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Scholastique Boutary b: Abt. 1808 Lafourche, LA; m: 30 August 1830 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Antoine/Marie Madeleine Hebert]; d: Bet. 1860-1870 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Marie Esther Pitre b: 21 August 1831 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 7 November 1870 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Mathere Hebert b: 14 January 1831 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 8 October 1849 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Francois Louis/Lucie Adelaide Lirette]; d: Aft. 1880 Terrebonne, LA
7 'Henri' Francois Pitre b: 25 February 1833 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 4 July 1899 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Celesie Rose Legendre b: 1 December 1837 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 19 April 1856 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Adolph Jean/Adelaide Celeste Ledet]; d: 18 January 1872 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
*2nd Wife of Henri Francois Pitre:
+ Victoria Glairdon b: 22 July 1846 Lafourche, LA; m: 20 February 1873 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Pierre/Marie Louise Barque]; d: 14 October 1915 Lafourche, LA
7 Louis Prospere Pitre b: 26 August 1838 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 7 January 1888 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Elisa Lirette b: 18 July 1836 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 14 October 1858 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean Pierre/Celeste Hebert]; d: Bef. 1880
*2nd Wife of Louis Prospere Pitre:
+ Emelie Lirette b: 1 April 1852 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 24 January 1880 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean Guillaume/Marie Adeline Ledet]; d: 16 September 1919 Delta Farm, Lafourche, LA
7 Marie Aurelia Pitre b: 1 October 1840 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 20 June 1916 Lafourche Crossing, Lafourche, LA
+ James O. Ballard b: Abt. 1818 North Carolina; m: 1 May 1855 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jesse/Mona Cox]; d: Aft. 1869 Lafourche, LA
7 Auguste Etienne Pitre b: 12 December 1841 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 12 May 1918 Convent, St. James, LA
+ Clara Sarah Sevin b: 12 February 1848 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 19 June 1867 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Marcelline/Marguerite Carmelite Leblanc]; d: 16 July 1904 New Orleans, LA
7 Eugene Pitre b: 14 April 1843 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 11 February 1873 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Eugenie Aimee Molaison b: 6 April 1848 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 19 November 1868 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean Baptiste/Emelie Marie Leblanc]; d: 22 June 1937 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Julien Hypolite Pitre b: 16 September 1845 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 12 March 1866 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Silvain Homere Pitre b: 16 September 1845 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 27 December 1919 Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Lirette b: March 1850 Lafourche, LA; m: 18 June 1870 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Celestin/Alice ---]; d: 21 May 1927 Lafourche, LA
7 Leufroy Servillia Pitre b: 3 May 1849 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 21 May 1927
+ Pauline Emelie Boutary b: 15 July 1852 Lafourche, LA; m: 21 February 1871 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Francois Celestin/Marie Pauline Pitre]; d: 15 January 1921 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Victorin Pitre b: 17 March 1853 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 19 August 1926 Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Phelonise Molaison b: 28 October 1850 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 17 March 1874 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Pierre Melius/Marie Phelonise Doucet]; d: 12 August 1918 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Francois Basile Pitre:
Francois-Basile's family was probably one of the most prolific for the Bayou Lafourche area group. He was the 8th child of a large family and had 10 children of his own. The 1840 Terrebonne Parish census finds the young family with 2 young sons & a daughter: Esther 9, Henri 7, and Louis 2. Ten years later and the family has grown with the additions of Marie 10, Auguste 9, Eugene 7, Sylvain 5, Julien 5, & Leufroy 10 months.
By the 1860 census the family has shifted from Terrebonne
Parish back into Lafourche and Francois-Basile is working his $600-value farm,
and has $250 personal estate. Eldest daughter Esther is newly married but
is listed with the family without her husband Mathere Hebert. Sons
Henri-Francois & Louis-Prospere have both married as has younger sister
Marie-Aurelia to James Ballard. Sons Auguste-Etienne 18,
Eugene 16, Julien-Hypolite 13, Sylvain-Homere 13, Leufroy-Servillia 11, &
Victorin 6
complete the family.
Eldest daughter Esther dies in 1870. Sons Henri & Louis are married
and living in Lafourche, and Auguste with his new wife and two sons in Laplace.
Sylvain will be married in a few months & Leufroy the following year. The
now-widowed Francois-Basile 55 has moved to Laplace in St. Martin Parish and is
living with son Eugene 25 & his wife Aimee Molaison 23 and daughter
Bertilde. His youngest son Victorin 18 is also there. Son
Julien-Hypolite has died in 1866 aged 20. Son Eugene dies in 1873, and
Francois-Basile dies in 1876 at
the age of 72.
Obituaries for the children:
Marie Aurelia Pitre: The Lafourche Comet (Thibodaux, LA), Thursday, 22 June 1916: Death last Tuesday claimed another venerable citizen of this parish when Mrs. James O. Ballard, of Lafourche Crossing, was called to eternal rest. The deceased had reached the age of 74 years, 8 months and 19 days and therefore had lived long enough to experience all the things that human beings crave and to realize prophetic words of the poet, who declared that "there is nothing true but Heaven." The deceased was a native of Lafourche parish and in her maidenhood she was Mary Pitre. Her husband preceded her to the grave, but there are left to mourn her dear memory four daughters and one son. The daughters are Mrs. James Murphy, Mrs. Alex. Hebert, Mrs. Henry Gautreaux and Miss Sarah Ballard. The son is Mr. Robert Ballard, at one time a barber in this town, but now of Port Arthur, Texas. The body was brought to Thibodaux yesterday forenoon and after services in St. Joseph Catholic Church was confined to its last resting place.
- Misc.: 26 April 1869 - Mistress Marie Bouterie, Widow of Jean Baptiste Hache, resident of Lafayette Parish makes donation to Mrs. Marie Pitre, wife of James O. Ballard. Because she raised Marie Pitre from infancy and considering her and recognizing her as her own child, Marie Bouterie donates to Marie Pitre a tract of land. Marie Pitre accepts donation and obligates herself to support, nourish and give lodgement to said Mrs. Hache during her natural life and to treat her as her mother.
Tombstone Inscription, St Joseph Cemetery, Thibodaux: Bouterie Tomb, includes Marie Pitre Ballard / 1841 - 1916
Back one generation to parents of Francois Basile Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- South Louisiana Vital Family Records: Terrebonne Genealogical Society
- Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 13 February 2019.