Continuation of tree (2nd child of Louis Solomon Pitre/Marie Anne Langley); all known surname descendants:
8 Francois Pitre b: April 1852 Calcasieu, LA; d: 1901 Kinder, Allen, LA
+ Elizabeth White b: 13 January 1851 Calcasieu, LA; m: Abt. 1871 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA [Meredith/Louisa Eliza Lee]; d: 1902 Kinder, Allen, LA
9 Clara B. Pitre b: 12 September 1872 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA; d: 24 February 1901 Calcasieu, LA
+ John Pierre Buller b: 10 December 1870; m: 17 January 1899 Calcasieu, LA [Joseph E./Emilie Cole]; d: 16 February 1924 Allen, LA
9 David Pitre b: May 1874 Elton, Calcasieu, LA; d: 6 December 1927 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA
+ Selestine 'Celeste' Bell b: 12 December 1874 Calcasieu, LA; m: Abt. 1893 [Charles/Marie Joanna Fruge]; d: 15 August 1941 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA
9 Sustan Pitre b: 1876 Calcasieu, LA; d: 1908 Kinder, Allen, LA
9 Alexander Pitre b: Abt. 1878 Calcasieu, LA; d: Aft. 1880
9 Lezime Eusebe Pitre b: 25 December 1883 Calcasieu, LA; d: 20 August 1958 Kinder, Allen, LA
+ Coralina Courvelle b: 7 July 1884; m: Abt. 1902 Calcasieu, LA; d: 25 January 1968 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
9 Wilson Pitre b: Abt. 1884 Calcasieu, LA
9 Emile Pitre b: June 1885 Calcasieu, LA; d: Aft. 1900
9 Solomon 'Saul' Pitre b: 15 March 1888 Calcasieu, LA; d: 27 March 1959 Moss Bluff, Calcasieu, LA
+ Joanna 'Josiene' Courville b: 30 October 1895 Calcasieu, LA; m: 21 October 1912 Kinder, Allen, LA [Homer/Susan ---]; d: 2 June 1934 Kinder, Allen, LA
9 Celestine Pitre b: December 1891 Calcasieu, LA; d: 2 May 1915 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA
Notes for Francois Pitre:
Census
- 4 June 1880 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA: Francois Pitre
28 (laborer), wife Elethebeth 29, Clara B. 7, David 6, Sustan 4, Alexander 2.
- 1900 Hickory Flat, Calcasieu, LA: Francois Peete 48 (farmer), wife of 26
years Elizabeth 49 (8 of 10 children still living), Lazele 17, Emile 15, Solomon
12, Celestine 8; widowed sister-in-law Lucinda Jackson 55.
- 20 December 1884: Francois F. Pitre signed for 41.23 acres in
Allen Parish.
- Misc.: Headstone in Green Oak Cemetery, Kinder, reads as Peet. Photo of couple on Find-a-Grave, but not the headstone.
WWI registration records (sons):
Lezime Eusebe Pitre: Lezin Pitre; Kinder, Allen, LA; born 25 Dec 1883; Carline Pitre; medium height, medium build; blue eyes & sandy hair.
Solomon 'Saul' Pitre: Solomon Pitre; Kinder, LA; born Mar 1888 (Kinder, LA); wife & 2 children; tall height, slender build; blue eyes & light brown hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Lezime Eusebe Pitre: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Thursday, 21 August 1958: Kinder, La. - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today for Lizim Pitre, 73, who died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at his residence in Kinder. Services will be held from the First Pentecostal church with Rev. B.L. Park officiating. Burial will be in Green Oak cemetery under direction of Ardoin Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow; four sons, Wilson of Kinder, George and Hardy of Lake Charles, and Wesley of Oberlin; two daughters, Mrs. Abraham Fontenot of Kings Farm and Mrs. Dempsey Fontenot of Lake Charles; one brother, Saul P. Pitre of Lake Charles; 21 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Solomon 'Saul' Pitre: Beaumont Journal (TX), Saturday, 28 March 1959: Lake Charles - The body of Saul Pitre, 70, of Moss Bluff was found at his home Friday night when a grandson, Norman Pitre, went to the house to see Mr. Pitre. A shotgun lay on the floor beside him, the acting parish coroner, Dr. Fritz LaCour, said. Funeral services will be arranged by Ardoin Funeral Home in Kinder, with burial at Green Oak Cemetery there. Surviving Mr. Pitre are: Six children, Mrs. Sidney Burnett of Moss Bluff, Earl and David Pitre of Kinder, Mrs. David Landreneau, Mrs. Pete Courville and Emerson Pitre of Lake Charles; 18 other grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, Green Oak Cemetery, Kinder, LA: Johanna Pitre / Oct. 30, 1895 / June 2, 1934 / Saul Pitre / March 15, 1888 / March 27, 1959
Back one generation to parents of Francois 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: 11 January 2021.