Continuation of tree (7th child of Pierre Pitre/Marcelline Bergevin); all known surname descendants:
8 Felix Pitre b: 5 February 1856 St. Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 7 January 1930 Wapato, Yakima, WA
+Marie Arlene Prenovost b: 23 September 1868 Ste. Genevieve de Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec; m: 12 November 1892 Terrebonne, Red Lake, MN [Hubert/Marie Arlene Gauthier]; d: 8 December 1941 Yakima City, Yakima, WA
9 Norman Lajambe b: 12 June 1893 Chester, Polk, MN; d: 23 January 1970 Lynnwood, Snohomish, WA
+Rose Agnes Sauve b: 12 July 1893 Red Lake Falls, Red Lake, MN; m: 22 June 1920 Red Lake Co., MN [Xavier/Evelyn Perusse]; d: 1 July 1968 Albany, Linn, OR
9 Celestine Lajambe b: 8 December 1894 Chester, Polk, MN; d: Bef. 1900
9 Arthur Lajambe b: 5 March 1896 Chester, Polk, MN; d: Bet. 1900-1910
9 Albert Robert Lajambe b: 15 April 1898 Chester, Polk, MN; d: 15 November 1990 Edmonds, Snohomish, WA
+Margaret Nellie Casey b: 21 December 1902 Whitehall, Jefferson, MT; m: 28 January 1924 Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho [John Patrick/Mary Whadel]; d: 14 July 1952 Seattle, King, WA
9 Napoleon Lajambe b: August 1899 Chester, Polk, MN; d: Bet. 1900-1910
9 Philip 'Felix' Lajambe b: 5 January 1902 Chester, Polk, MN; d: 26 June 1970 Yakima, WA
+Vera Hiatt b: 22 July 1905 Sunnyside, Yakima, WA; m: 15 December 1924 Ellensburg, Kittitas, WA [Arthur/Agnes Kasenberg]; d: 19 April 1943 Seattle, King, WA
*2nd Wife of Philip 'Felix' Lajambe:
+Violet Olive Hart (Denman/Shown) b: 28 January 1905 Seattle, King, WA; m: 7 December 1946 Gatewood Baptist Parsonage, Seattle, King, WA; d: 9 December 1974 Vancouver, Clark, WA
9 Emma Leah Lajambe b: 22 January 1904 Moxee, Yakima, WA; d: 23 October 2003 Granite Falls, Snohomish, WA
+Rex Leroy Oliver b: 24 September 1902 Prescott, Adams, Iowa; m: c20 May 1926 Everett, Snohomish, WA [Carl F./Daisy Hidinger]; d: 27 September 1952 Everett, Snohomish, WA
9 George J. Lajambe b: 24 February 1906 Moxee, Yakima, WA; d: 26 August 1930 Harrah, Yakima, WA
9 Marie Genevieve Lajambe b: 11 February 1912 Moxee, Yakima, WA; d: 24 October 1986 Vancouver, Clark, WA
+Raymond Joseph Stein b: 13 July 1909 Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, WA; m: 3 January 1930 Wapato, Yakima, WA; d: 6 January 1978 Vancouver, Clark, WA
Notes for Felix Pitre:
Census (emigrated from Canada in 1874)
- 1880 Confidence,
Tuolumne, California (Browns Flat & Sonora Precinct): David M. Waggroner 55
(sawyer), Comodore Crishon 20 (laborer), Filix Lezambra 25 (laborer).
[Felix moved to Minnesota shortly thereafter.]
- 1895 Chester,
Polk, Minnesota: Phillip Lajambe 37 (farmer), wife Mary 27, Norman 2,
Celestine 6 months.
- 1900 Chester, Polk, Minnesota: Phillip Lajambe 41 (farmer), wife of 8
years Mary 31; 4 of 5 children still living: Norman L. 6, Arthur 4, Albert 2,
Napoleon 10 months.
- 1910 Moxee, Yakima, Washington: Felix Lajame 54 (farmer), wife Marie 42
(5 of 10 children still living), Norman 16, Albert 11, Felix Jr. 8, Emma 6,
Georges 4.
- 1920 Harrah, Yakima, Washington: Felix La Jambe 66 (general farmer),
wife Marie 51, George 23, Philip 17, Mary 7, Emma 15.
- 1930 Harrah, Yakima, Washington: Widow Marie La Jambe 62, living with her
widowed son George J. LaJambe 24 (farmer).
Obituaries for the children:
Norman Lajambe: Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, WA), Sunday, 25 January 1970 - Norman J. LaJambe - 6028 202nd S.W., Lynnwood. Father of Dale. Brother of Phillip, Albert, Mrs. Mary Stein, and Mrs. Emma Oliver. Three grandchildren. Rosary 7:30 p.m., Monday, Beck's Funeral Home, Edmonds. Requiem Mass, 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, St. Thomas More Church, Lynnwood. Burial, Holyrood.
Philip Lajambe: Tombstone Inscription: Holy Rosary Cemetery, Moxee City, Yakima, WA: Philip LaJambe / --- / 1970
Emma Leah Lajambe:
The Daily Herald (Everett, WA), Sunday, 26 October 2003: Emma
Leah Oliver, 99, of Marysville, WA, born January 22, 1904 in Moxee, WA,
passed away October 23, 2003. She was the daughter of Felix and Marie
LaJambe. Her husband Rex L. Oliver passed away in 1952.
She is survived by her daughter Beth Marie Dodge and her husband Ron of
Granite Falls, WA; and son Carl D. Oliver and his wife Joan of Pebble
Beach, CA; brother-in-law, Frederick Oliver; seven grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren: and many nieces and
nephews. The family would like to extend their thanks to St. Mary's Family
Homecare and Providence Hospice for the tender loving care they gave our Emma.
A Funeral Service will be held at Immaculate Conception Church, 2501 Hoyt Ave.,
Everett, WA at 9:30am on Wednesday, October 29, 2003. Visitation will be
held on Tuesday, October 28th from 3:00 until 5:00pm at Purdy & Walters with
Cassidy Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to
Providence Hospice, 2731 Wetmore Ave, Everett, WA 98201, the Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109, or your favorite charity.
Tombstone Inscription, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Everett, Snohomish Co.: In loving memory /
Emma L. Oliver / wife / 1904 - 2003 // In loving memory / Rex L.
Oliver / husband / 1902 - 1952
Marie Genevieve Lajambe: Oregonian (Portland, OR), Tuesday, 28 October 1986: Mass for Marie E. Stein was Monday in Vancouver. Recitation of the rosary was Sunday. Mrs. Stein died at age 74 Friday in a Vancouver nursing home. Mrs. Stein was born in Moxee City, Wash., and had lived in Vancouver 46 years. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of Vancouver. Surviving Mrs. Stein are her sons, Raymond G. and Steven C., both of Vancouver, and James J. of Seattle; daughters, Sharon Thorkildson and Suzanne Wright, both of Vancouver; brother, Albert LaJambe of Seattle; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Tombstone Inscriptions: Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Vancouver, Clark Co.: Marie E. Stein / 1912 - 1986 // Raymond J. Stein / 1909 - 1978
Back one generation to parents of Felix Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Washington deaths in RED from Washington State Death Records (online) or Washington Death Certificates (Family Search - online).
Last updated: 20 November 2021.