Continuation of tree (2nd child of Francois 'George' Pitre/Antoinette Prieur); all known surname descendants:
9 Frederick Joseph Pitre b: 19 December 1895 Essexville, Bay, MI; d: 11 August 1958 Essexville, Bay, MI
+Mary Louise Toutant b: 5 July 1897 Williams, Bay, MI; m: 15 June 1925 Essexville, Bay, MI [Hilarion Joseph /Melina Charron]; d: 27 July 1982 Huntington, Cabell, WV
10 female Pitre b: 8 May 1926 Bay, Bay, MI; d: 8 May 1926 Bay, Bay, MI
10 Mary Lee Pitre (aka Sister Frederick Mary) b: 9 May 1927 Essexville, Bay, MI; d: Aft. July 1982
10 Barbara Carol Pitre b: 16 March 1929 Essexville, Bay, MI; d: Aft. July 2016
+David Edward O'Neil b: 18 April 1928 Kawkawlin, Bay, MI; m: 24 November 1955 Essexville, Bay MI [John/Jeannette Eugenia Martin]; d: 6 July 2016 St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL
10 Peggy Louise Pitre b: 4 September 1931 Essexville, Bay, MI; d: 14 November 2012 Blue Bell, Montgomery, PA
+Denis Patrick McLoughlin b: 17 March 1929 Boston, Suffolk, MA; m: 14 January 1956 Essexville, Bay MI [Patrick/Margaret Hickey]; d: 18 September 1992 Blue Bell, Montgomery, PA
10 Paul Frederick Pitre b: 21 September 1936 Essexville, Bay, MI; d: Aft. June 1988
+Judith A. Behrens b: Abt. 1940; m: 19 February 1966 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (divorced 2 May 1985 El Paso, TX)
*2nd Wife of Paul Frederick Pitre:
+Marie Katherine Brozik b: Abt. 1939; m: 24
June 1988 Dane, Wisconsin
Notes for Frederick Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Hampton, Essexville, Bay, Michigan: Fred Pitre 34, wife Mary Louise 32, Mary Lou 3, Barbara 1.
- 1940 Hampton, Essexville, Bay, MI: Frederick Pitre 44 [$3000 house value] retail meat shop/own business, wife Mary Francis 42, Mary Lee 12, Barbara 11, Peggy 8, Paul 3.
- 1950 Essexville, Bay, MI: Frederick J. Pitre 54 butcher/butcher shop, wife Mary Louise 52 help in shop/butcher shop, Barbara C. 21 secretary/chemical co., Paul F. 13.
WWII Draft Registration Cards: Frederick Joseph Pitre, 603 Borton, Essexville, Bay, MI; age 46, b. Essexville 19 Dec 1895; contact: Mrs. George Pitre, 100 Woodside, Essexville; 5'7", blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion, scar on index finger of right hand; 27 Apr 1942 Essexville, MI.
Bay City, MI City Directory, 1959: Mary L Pitre (wid Fred J) h303 Borton av (E) & Paul F Pitre studt r303 Borton av (E)
Obituary: The Bay City Times Extra (Bay City, MI), Monday, 11 August 1958: Fred J. Pitre Rites Thursday, Meat Dealer was ill three months: Fred J. Pitre, 62, owner of the Pitre Meat Market in Essexville, died early today at his home, 303 Borton avenue, Essexville, after a three-month illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 8:15 o'clock at the W. A. Trahan Funeral chapel, and at 9 o'clock at Essexville St. John church, the Rev. Fr. G. H. Hietpas officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick cemetery. Born in Essexville December 19, 1895, he was a long-time operator of his own meat market. He had also served as a Grand Knight of the Essexville council of Knights of Columbus. He was a member of St. John church. Survivors include his widow, Mary Louise; three daughters, Sister Frederick Mary, DOM, of Grand Rapids, Mrs. David O'Neil, of New Orleans, La., and Mrs. Dennis McLoughlin, of Boston, Mass.; one son, Paul, of Essexville. Other survivors are four sisters, Mrs. Emil Leonard, Mrs. Leona Sheck, Mrs. Harold Kramer, and Mrs. Ernest Dansereau, all of Bay City; three brothers, George, of Essexville, Edward, of Bay City, and Wilfred, of Detroit; and three grandchildren. The body is at the chapel.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, MI: PITRE / Fred J. / 1895 - 1958 / Mary L. / 1897 - 1982
Notes for Mary Louise Toutant:
Obituary: The Bay City Times (Bay City, MI), Wednesday, 28 July 1982: Mary Louise Pitre died Tuesday, July 27, 1982 in St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, W. Virginia. Age 85 years, she was born in Williams township on July 5, 1896 and has resided in Essexville most of her life. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church in Essexville, its Altar Society, a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic Tertiary, and a charter member and Past Regent of the Daughters of Isabella. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Pitre, who died August 11, 1958. Surviving are three daughters and one son; Sister Frederick Mary, P.O. of Grand Rapids, Mrs. David (Barbara) O'Neil of Huntington, W. Virginia, Mrs. Dennis (Peggy) McLoughlin of Moorestown, New Jersey, and Paul Pitre of El Paso, Texas and eleven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the W. A. Trahan Funeral Chapel, and at 10:00 a.m. in St. John's Church, Essexville. Interment will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery. The Daughters of Isabella will pray the rosary Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. and the Wake Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the Trahan Chapel on Thursday where the family will be present during the hours of 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 until 9:00 p.m.
Obituaries for the children:
Peggy L. Pitre: The Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), Sunday, 25 November 2012: McLoughlin Peggy L. (nee Pitre), 81, formerly of Essexville, MI and Moorestown, NJ on Nov. 14, 2012. Loving mother of William (Barbara), Mary (Barry Carter), Sheila Lam (Tony), David McLoughlin (Cynthia) and Carol Cowhey (Gregory). Devoted grandmother of 14. Retired Patient Relations Representative, Cooper Hospital, Camden, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with the family Wednesday 9:30 A.M. Epiphany of Our Lord Church, Plymouth Meeting, PA. Funeral Mass to follow at 10:30 A.M. Interment Calvary Cem. In lieu of flowers, donations in Peggy's memory may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, MD.
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