Continuation of tree (9th child of Lucien Pitre/Elisabeth Doucet); all known surname descendants:
8 Gilbert Pitre b: 28 November 1898 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 12 August 1960 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Aline Lafleur b: 7 July 1901; m: Abt. 1918 St. Landry, LA; d: 29 October 1972 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
9 Pearl Pitre b: 3 June 1919 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 6 August 1982 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Avie Ledoux b: 16 April 1914 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; m: unknown [Isaac/---]; d: 12 December 1973 just south of Lafayette, LA (riding in truck hit by Sunset Limited train)
Notes for Gilbert Pitre:
Census
- 1920 St. Landry, Louisiana: Gilbert Pitre 26 (general farmer), wife Aline 20, Pearl 8 months.
- 1930 St. Landry, LA: Gilbert Pitre 32, wife Aline 29, Pearl 10.
- 1940 St. Landry, LA: Gilbert Pitre 42 farmer/farm, wife Aline 38.
- 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Gilbert Pitre 52, wife Aline L. 48.
WWI registration records: Gilbert Pitre; St. Landry, LA; born 28 Nov 1897; Mrs. Gilbert Pitre; tall height, slender build; blue eyes & light brown hair.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 14 August 1960: Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday for Gilbert Pitre, 62, retired farmer, who died at his home in Ville Platte at 11:30 a.m. Friday. He had been ill five years. Pitre was a native of Grand Prairie and a resident of Ville Platte for the past 10 years. Services were held at the Grand Prairie Catholic Church. Burial was in the adjacent cemetery under direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home. Pitre is survived by his wife, the former Aline Lafleur of Ville Platte; one daughter Mrs. Avie Ledoux of Ville Platte; three sisters, Mrs. August Soileau, Mrs. Herbert Sebastian and Mrs. Eddie Vidrine all of Opelousas; six brothers, Henry, Emile, Felician and Frank Pitre all of Grand Prairie, Wade Pitre of Ville Platte and Laurent Pitre of Rosa; and three grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscriptions, St. Peter Cemetery, Grand Prairie, LA: Aline L. / Pitre / July 7, 1901 / Oct. 29, 1972 / Gilbert Pitre / Nov. 28, 1897 / Aug. 12, 1960
Notes for Aline Lafleur:
- Following Gilbert's death, Aline married Gilbert's brother Wade Joseph Pitre.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 30 October 1972: Ville Platte - Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. today in Sacred Heart Catholic Church for Mrs. Wade Pitre, 71, the former Aline Lafleur. She died at Savoy Memorial Hospital at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Burial was in St. Peter's Catholic Church Cemetery in Grand Prairie with Ardoin Funeral Home of Ville Platte in charge of all arrangements. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Avie Ledoux of Ville Platte; three step-sons, Howard, Percy and Leo Pitre of Ville Platte; two step daughters, Mrs. Melvin Soileau and Mrs. Roosevelt Joubert of Ville Platte; one sister, Mrs. Clement Thibodeaux of Eunice; three half-brothers, Elridge and Allan Guillory of Ville Platte and Aswell Guillory of Opelousas; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Obituary for the daughter:
Pearl Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Friday, 6 August
1982: Ville Platte - Funeral services for Mrs. Avie Ledoux, 63,
will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church here with burial
in the St. Peter Cemetery of Grand Prairie. Mrs. Ledoux, the former
Pearl Pitre of Ville Platte, died at 3:15 a.m. today in Ville Platte General
Hospital following a long illness. Survivors include a son, Joseph
Rayburn Ledoux of Ville Platte; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Romero of
Milton and Mrs. Wilton (Waldean) Fontenot of Ville Platte; six
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A rosary will be recited at 7
p.m. today in Ardoin Funeral Home of Ville Platte, which is in charge of
arrangements.
Tombstone Inscriptions, St. Peter Cemetery, Grand Prairie: Avie /
Apr. 16, 1914 / Dec. 5, 1973 / LEDOUX / Pearl P. / June 3, 1919 / Aug. 6, 1982
Back one generation to parents of Gilbert 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: 3 August 2022.