Georges Oscar Pitre

1893 Loreauville, Louisiana – 1967 Port Arthur, Texas

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Frank Adam Pitre/Marie Louise Darce); all known surname descendants:

                 9          Georges Oscar Pitre (aka Pete)  b: 16 February 1893  Loreauville, Iberia, LA; d: 26 February 1967  Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX

                                  +Amelia Douglas  b: 16 September 1896  New Iberia, Iberia, LA; m: Abt. 1918 [William/Judith Aucoin]; d: 21 January 1955  Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX

                             10        Edward William Pete  b: 25 November 1919  Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX; d: 21 November 2003  Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, LA

                                             +Colleen Frances Leahy  b: 4 September 1927  St. Antoine Abbe, Huntingdon, QUE; m: Abt. 1953 [Daniel/Frances Adell Ryan]; d: 12 May 2019  Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, LA

 

 

Notes for Georges Oscar Pitre:

Census

- 1920 Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas:  Oscar Pete 27 fireman/Texas refinery, wife Millia 23, William 2 months.

 

- 1930 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX:  Oscar Pitre 36 fireman/oil refinery, wife Amelia 33, Edward 10. 

 

- 1940 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX:  Oscar Pete 46 labor/petr. oil refinery, wife Amelia D. 45, Edward 20 labor/petr. oil refinery.  [720 - 12th Street]

- 1950 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX:  Oscar Pete 57 boilerhouse engineer/petroleum refinery, wife Amelia 53, sister-in-law Theresa Douglas 54.  In Woodbury, Gloucester, New Jersey:  Edward W. Pete 30 operator F.C.C.U./refinery.

WWI registration records:  Oscar Pete; Iberia, LA; born 16 Jan 1893 (Loreauville); single; medium height, medium build; brown eyes & black hair.

WWII Records:  Oscar Pete, res. 720 E. 12th St., Port Arthur, TX; b. 16 Feb 1893 New Iberia, LA; contact J. Douglas (706 E. 12th St., Port Arthur, TX); 6', 220 lbs., brown eyes & gray hair, ruddy complexion; 27 Apr 1942 Port Arthur, TX.

Obituary:  Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX), Monday, 27 February 1967:  Port Arthur - Oscar Pete, 74, of 720 Twelfth St., died at 10 a.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital after a one-day illness.  A native of Houma, La., Pete had lived in Port Arthur since 1912.  He retired in 1958 from Texaco Inc., where he worked in the boiler house.  Pete was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Woodmen of the World.  Rosary will be recited at 7:15 p.m. Monday in the Grammier-Oberle Funeral Home chapel.  Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery beside his wife, Mrs. Amelia Pete, who died in 1955.  Surviving are one son, Edward Pete of Baton Rouge; two brothers, Albert Pete of New Iberia and Ernest Petre of Jeanerette, La.; six sisters, Mrs. Edgar Patin of New Iberia, Mrs. Charles Oubre of Loreauville, La., Mrs. A. J. Douglas of Franklin, La., Mrs. V. Crochet, Miss Aline Pete and Miss Adel Pete, all of New Orleans.

 

Tombstone inscriptions, Calvary Cemetery, Port Arthur, TX:  PETE / Amelia / 1896 - 1955 / Oscar / 1893 - 1967

 

Obituary for the son:

Edward William Pete:  Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Sunday, 23 November 2003:  Pete, Edward William - Retired from Texaco with 47 years of service, he died Friday, Nov. 21, 2003, at his residence in Baton Rouge.  He was 83 and a native of Port Arthur, Texas.  He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and served in Alaska and Europe.  Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.  Visiting at St. George Catholic Church from 9 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Monday, celebrated by the Rev. Tom Ranzino.  Entombment in St. George Mausoleum.  He is survived by his wife, Colleen Leahy Pete; a daughter and son-in-law, Diane P. and Bill Bosch, Baton Rouge; a son, Edward R. Pete, Frisco, Texas; and three grandchildren, Billy, Kristina and Daniel Bosch.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Amelia Douglas Pete.  He was a member of American Legion Post 0038.  A special thank you to Hospice of Baton Rouge for the special care given during Mr. Pete's illness.

Tombstone inscription, St. George Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA:  Edward W. Pete / Nov. 25, 1919 / Nov. 21, 2003  //  Colleen Leahy Pete / Sept. 4, 1927 / May 12, 2019

 

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Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:

- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes  (Rev. Hebert)

- 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.  (Rev. Hebert)

Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries, tombstone inscriptions, or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).

Texas deaths in RED are from death certificates.

 

Last updated:  11 June 2025.