Francois Pouponne Pitre

1804 Opelousas, Louisiana – 1872 Opelousas, Louisiana

 

 

Continuation of tree (6th child of Francois Pouponne Pitre/Eugenie Guillory); all known surname descendants:

            6      Francois Pouponne Pitre  b: February 1804  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 9 February 1872  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                        + Sophie Azelie Joubert  b: 12 March 1808  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 28 December 1825  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Francois/Sophie Doucet]; d: 27 March 1891  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                   7      Francois Pouponne Pitre  b: 11 June 1827  Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 21 June 1892  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                              + Azelie Pitre  b: 31 May 1832  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 10 January 1850  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Charles/Adelphine Josephe Joubert]; d: 19 December 1899  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                   7      Sosthene Pitre  b: 28 December 1828  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 21 April 1831  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                   7      Elodie Pitre  b: 21 December 1829  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 8 November 1857  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                               + Damon Ledoux  b: Abt. 1825; m: 17 February 1846  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Louis Eugene/Silesie Marie Louise Pitre]; d: Bef. 1848

                            *2nd Husband of Elodie Pitre:                                                  

                               + Onesime Baptiste Fontenot  b: 28 November 1830  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 28 December 1848  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Joseph Belair/Genevieve Pierre Foret]; d: 28 December 1892  Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA

                   7      Joseph O'Neil Pitre  b: 26 April 1832  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Bef. 1840  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                   7      Azelie Pitre  b: 23 January 1834  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Bef. 1840  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA      

                   7      Hermina Pitre  b: 15 November 1835  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 27 October 1865  Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA

                               + Dalicourt Joseph Pitre  b: 31 October 1829  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 8 February 1853  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Joseph Francois/Josephine Soileau]; d: 19 February 1873  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                   7      Alida Pitre  b: 21 August 1837  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Bef. 1840  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                   7      Eugenie Aglae Pitre  b: 4 November 1840  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 26 July 1899  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                               + Cleophas Prudhomme  b: Abt. 1838  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 22 February 1859  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Bef. 1881

                             *2nd Husband of Eugenie Aglae Pitre:

                               + Francois Belisle Goudeau  b: 13 October 1858; m: 22 February 1881  Eunice, St. Landry, LA [Edville/Augustine Moreau]

                   7      Emma Pitre  b: July 1842  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Abt. August 1876  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                               + Thomas Johnson  b: Abt. 1837  St. Landry, LA; m: 28 June 1859  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Edmond/Sarah Kimball]; d: Bef. March 1868

                             *2nd Husband of Emma Pitre:

                               + Eraste Durio  b: 16 March 1850  Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; m: 3 September 1872  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Simon/Melanie Gaspard]; d: 1 November 1925  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA

                   7      Octave Pouponne Pitre  b: 16 December 1844  Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 27 October 1859  Prairie Ronde, St. Landry,  LA

 

 

Notes for Francois Pouponne Pitre:

Census

- 1830 St. Landry, Louisiana:  Francois P. Pietre 25, wife Sophie Azelie Joubert 22, Francois 3, Sosthene 2, Elodie infant; 7 slaves.

- 1840 St. Landry, LA:  Frs. P. Pitre 35, wife Sophie Azelie Joubert 33, Francois 13, Elodie 11, Hermina 5, brother Leandre 23.

- 1850 St. Landry, LA:  Francois P. Pitre 45 (graser) [$3100 real estate], wife Aselie 36, Aglae 10, Emma 8, Octave 6, sister Angele Pitre 40, Francois Brignac 17.

- 1860 St. Landry, LA:  Francois P. Pitre 57 (farmer) [$4860 real estate/$45,000 personal], wife Sophie A. Joubert 54, Ema 18, Aglae 19 & husband Cleofar Prudhomme 22 (farmer), Laure O. Beller 6, Ernestine Beller 3.  [Note: Ema P. Pitre also listed with husband Thomas Jhonson & 1-month-old Mary.]

 

- 1870

 

- 1880
 

Misc. Notes:
- 3 April 1832: Francois Pitre signed for 16.9 acres in St. Landry.

- 30 August 1837: Francois Pitre & Edmond Johnson Jr. - 40.40 acres as tenants in common (their children married) (NE 1/4 of NE 1/4, sect 7, tnsp 6, S of 31st deg of N lat, range 3, E of base meridian)

- 29 October 1859 - Opelousas Courier:  Fatal accident - A son of Mr. Francois P. Pitre, pere, named Oscar, aged about 15 years, fell from his horse on Wednesday last, while riding through the prairie and was killed almost instantaneously. (Prairie Ronde)

- 21 March 1868, Opelousas CourierFrancois Poupon Pitre pere is administrator of estate of Thomas J. Johnson

- 21 June 1879, Opelousas Courier – Estate of Emma P. PitreEraste Durio, administrator, filed final account.

- 30 May 1891, Opelousas Courier – Estate of Sophie Joubert, Francois Poupon Pitre applied to be administrator.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Francois Pouponne Pitre:  St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, LA): Died, at his residence in Plaisance, Tuesday, June 21st, 1892, F.P. Pitre, Sr., aged 66 years and 10 days.

Tombstone Inscription, Pitre Cemetery, St. Landry Parish, LA:  Ci git / Francois P. Pitre / Ne le 11 Juin 1827 / decede le 21 Juin 1892   //  Azeline C. Pitre / epouse ete / F. P. Pitre / nee /  Mai le 31, 1833 / decede / le 18 Decemb. 1899

 

 

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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).

 

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