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 Courier – Francois Poupon Pitre pere is administrator of estate of Thomas J. Johnson
- 21 June 1879, Opelousas Courier – Estate of Emma P. Pitre – Eraste 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
Back one generation to parents of Francois Pouponne 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: 21 January 2021.