Continuation of tree (5th child of David Pitre/Selestine 'Celeste' Bell); all known surname descendants:
10 Frank Pitre b: 16 November 1901 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA; d: 17 October 1966 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA [Dates match Social Security #, but not tombstone.]
+ Ida Mae Royer b: 10 December 1902 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA; m: Abt. 1923; d: 15 November 1999 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA [Dates match Social Security #, but not tombstone.]
11 Frankie Mae Pitre b: 16 May 1925 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA; d: 20 February 2016
+R. H. Quinn
11 Drew Dee Pitre b: 30 April 1928 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA; d: 12 February 2017 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
+Katherine Charpentier m: 20 December 1952 Calcasieu, LA
Notes for Frank Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Calcasieu, Louisiana: Frank Petre 26, wife Ida M. 26, Frankie 5, Drue D. 2 years 2 months.
- 1940 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA: Frank Pitre 39 [$700 house value] still operator/naval store, wife Ida M. 38, Frankie 15, Drew D. 11. [Page Street]
- 1950 DeQuincy, Calcasieu, LA: Frank Pitre 49 pipe fitter/naval stores, wife Ida 47, Frankie M. 24 clerk/drug store, granddaughter Connie M. Cooley 7
Obituary: Lake Charles American Press (LA), Tuesday, 18 October 1966: DeQuincy - Funeral services for Frank Pitre, 64, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Temple Baptist Church here with the Rev. Bobby Slaydon, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the McFatter Cemetery under direction of Snider Funeral Home. Mr. Pitre died at 11 p.m. Monday in his home after a sudden illness. He had resided in DeQuincy for 50 years. He was an employee of the State of Louisiana in the Sam Houston State Park near West Lake. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida Pitre; one son, Drew D. Pitre of DeQuincy; one daughter, Mrs. R. H. Quinn of DeQuincy; two brothers, Charlie Pitre of DeQuincy and Mansel Pitre of Carlyss; one sister, Mrs. S. Fontenot of Hecker; and seven grandchildren.
Tombstone inscription, Rigmaiden Cemetery, DeQuincy, LA: (guitar etching) / Frank Pitre / Nov. 16, 1900 / Sept. 7, 1966 / Beloved Father and Grandfather // Ida Mae Pitre / Born Royer / Dec. 10, 1902 / Nov. 17, 1999
Notes for Ida Mae Royer:
Obituary: Lake Charles American Press (LA), 17 November 1999, DeQuincy: Funeral services for Ida M. Pitre, 96, will be at 10 a.m. today, Nov. 17, in Snider Funeral Home. The Revs. James Kimball and Carolyn Volentine will officiate. Burial will be in McFatter Cemetery. Visitation is from 8 a.m. Mrs. Pitre died at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, in the DeQuincy hospital. She was a lifelong resident of DeQuincy and a member of Temple Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Drew Pitre of DeQuincy; one daughter, Frankie Quinn of DeQuincy; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Back one generation to parents of Frank 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: 26 May 2022.