Continuation of tree (5th child of Jean Baptiste Pitre/Domitille Timineur dite Laflamme); all known surname descendants:
7 Francois Xavier Pitre b: March 1845 Beauharnois, QUE; d: 9 April 1905 Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, QUE
+Caroline Faubert b: 19 January 1843 St. Clement, Beauharnois, QUE; m: 1 February 1864 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE [Paul/Catherine Mercier]; d: 1 October 1916 Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, QUE
8 Georgine Pitre b: 1 January 1865 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE; d: Aft. 1881 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE
8 Adele Pitre b: 8 July 1866 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE; d: 10 September 1866 St. Louis de Gonzague, Beauharnois, QUE
8 Francois 'George' Pitre b: 21 August 1867 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE; d: 30 April 1948 Bay City, Bay, MI
+Antoinette Prieur b: 30 December 1877 Hampton, Bay, MI; m: 22 August 1893 Essexville, Bay, MI [Leon/Alexandrine Meunier]; d: 5 July 1955 Bay City, Bay, MI
8 Onfroid 'Joseph' Pitre b: 19 June 1869 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE; d: 21 April 1872 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE
8 Joseph Wilfred Pitre b: 13 August 1871 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE; d: Aft. 1885
8 Joseph Sigefroy Pitre b: 16 June 1873 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 8 April 1937 Montreal, QUE
+Marie Louise Robillard b: 14 April 1874 St. Henri, Montreal, QUE; m: 30 May 1898 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE [Gilbert/Leonie Cousineau]; d: 22 September 1932 Piercefield, Franklin, NY
8 Joseph Jean Baptiste Pitre b: 24 June 1875 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE; d: Aft. 1885
8 Joseph Stanislas Pitre b: 4 August 1878 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 31 December 1879 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE
8 Marie Eugenie Pitre Lajambe b: 27 November 1880 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 13 April 1980 Ste. Elisabeth, QUE
+Joseph Edmond Mitchell b: 23 January 1873 St. Zotique, Soulanges, QUE; m: 14 May 1900 Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, QUE [Robert/Octavie Ravary]; d: 29 June 1943 Montreal, QUE
8 Raoul Pitre b: 2 November 1883 Gentilly, Polk, MN; d: 14 November 1954 Lasalle, QUE
+Mary Catherine Johnson b: 23 October 1885 Lachine, QUE; m: 27 Sep 1904 Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, QUE [Alfred/Catherine White]; d: 14 July 1952 Lachine, QUE
8 Marie Robertine Pitre b: 29 July 1887 Minnesota; d: 12 November 1975 Ste. Elisabeth, QUE
+Joseph Georges Edouard Fortin b: 27 April 1889 Nativite de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, Montreal, QUE; m: 10 October 1911 La Nativite, Montreal, QUE [Edouard/Lydia Comtois]; d: 31 March 1958 Montreal, QUE
Notes for Francois Xavier Pitre:
Census
- 1861 Beauharnois, Beauharnois, Quebec: Xavier Pitre 16 (apprentice saddler).
- 1871 St. Stanislas, Beauharnois, QUE: Francois Pitre 26 (farmer), wife Caraline 28, Georgianna 6, George 3, Joseph 1.
- 1881 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE: Francois Pitre 36 (farmer), wife Caroline 38, Georgiana 16, Francois 14, Wilfred 10, Sigefroid 6, Jean Baptiste 5, Eugenie 4 months.
- 1885 Lake Pleasant, Polk, Minnesota: Francois Pites 40 (NY), wife Caroline 42, George 17, Wilfred 14, Sigefroi 12, Jean Baptiste 10, Eugenie 4, Raoul 1 (MN).
- 1891 (possibly Minnesota)
- 1901 Lachine, Jacques-Cartier, QUE: Francois Pitre 54, wife Caroline 57, Raoul 17, Robertine 12.
- 1911 widow
Tombstone Inscription, Sts. Anges de Lachine Cemetery, Lachine, QUE: (possible, but no dates/names): Famille / Francois Pitre
Obituaries for the children:
Francois 'George' Pitre: The Bay City Times Extra (Bay City, MI), Sunday, 2 May 1948: Essex Lumberman Dies at Home - Tuesday Rites set for George Pitre, Sr., 81: Funeral services for George Pitre, Sr., 81, retired lumberman and longtime resident of Essexville, who died Friday evening at his residence, 2225 Woodside avenue, after a short illness, will be held Tuesday morning. The Rev. Fr. Raphel Greven will conduct services at 8:15 o'clock at the Trahan Funeral chapel, and at 9 o'clock at St. John's church, Essexville. Burial will be in St. Patrick's cemetery. Born in Valleyfield, Canada, July 12, 1866, he had lived in Essexville for 60 years. He married the former Miss Antoinette Prieur, who survives him, at St. John's church Aug. 22, 1893. Survivors include, beside his widow, four sons, Fred and George, Jr., both of Essexville, Edward and Wilfred, both of Bay City; four daughters, Miss Beulah Pitre and Mrs. Ernest Dansereau, Jr., both at home, Mrs. Leona Sheck, of Bay City, and Mrs. Emil Leonard, of Kawkawlin; three sisters, Mrs. Jenny Mitchell and Mrs. Roberta Fortine, both of Montreal, and Mrs. Georgianna Lemieux, of Detroit; two brothers, John and Raoul, both of Montreal; 16 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Bay City, MI: Pitre / Antoinette / 1876 - 1955 / mother / George, Sr. / 1866 - 1948 / father
Joseph Sigefroy Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Holy Name Cemetery, Tupper Lake (Altamont), Franklin, NY: PITRE / Sigefroid Pitre / 1873 - 1937 / Marie Louise / wife of Sigefroid Pitre / 1874 - 1932
Marie Eugenie Pitre Lajambe: Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere de l'Est, Montreal, QUE: Edmond Mitchell / 1873 - 1943 / Eugenie Pitre / 1881 - 1980 / 1915 Emile 1950 / 1939 Pierre 1943 / Robert Mitchell / 1918 - 1978
Raoul Pitre: The Gazette (Montreal, QUE), Monday, 15 November 1954: Funeral for Raoul Pitre, father of Lachine Police Chief Frank Pitre, who died yesterday morning, will be held at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord, St. Joseph street and 34th avenue, Lachine. He was 71. Mr. Pitre was born in Cantilly, Minn., and moved with his parents to Valleyfield at an early age. He was educated in Valleyfield. Mr. Pitre retired on pension from the Dominion Bridge Company, Lachine, three years ago after 37 years' service. He is survived by three sons, Frank, John and Victor; two daughters, Mary (Mrs. Stanley Fish) and Geraldine (Mrs. Jerry Phillips); two sisters, Mrs. Rupertine Fortin and Mrs. Jenny Mitchell, and seven grandchildren. His wife, formerly Kathleen Johnston, died in 1952. The cortege will leave the R. Bourgie Funeral Parlors, Lachine, at 8:15 a.m. Burial will be in Lachine Cemetery.
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