George Pitre

1879 Hope River, PEI – 1966 Moncton, New Brunswick

 

 

Continuation of tree (9th child of Joseph 'Raffe' Pitre/Marie Gallant); all known surname descendants:

               8           George Pitre  b: 19 October 1879  Hope River, PEI; d: 23 November 1966  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                                 + Lucille Anne Doucet  b: 19 February 1880  Rustico, PEI; m: 6 May 1901  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB [Theophile/Valentine Blanchard]; d: 11 January 1910  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB

                          9           Joseph Theophile Pitre  b: 4 March 1902  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB; d: Bef. December 2007

                                         +Marie Marguerite Florine Gallant  b: 26 March 1916  Cormier Village, Westmorland, NB; m: 1 May 1941  Cathedrale l'Assomption, Moncton, Westmoreland, NB [Thadde/Eva Theriault]

                          9           Marie Helene Pitre  b: 27 August 1903  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB; d: 1969  Collette, Northumberland, NB

                                         +Isidore Adolphe Doucet  b: 22 December 1893  Rustico, PEI; m: 9 October 1923  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB [Adrien/Judith Pitre]; d: 1982  Collette, Northumberland, NB

                          9           Edouard Pitre  b: 25 June 1905  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB; d: 18 April 1984  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                                         +Florence Gallant  b: 17 December 1913  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB; m: 18 August 1938  St. George, Moncton, Northumberland, NB [Joseph B./Josephine Gallant]; d: 14 April 1977  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                          9           Marguerite Anne Pitre  b: 29 January 1907  Rogersville, Northumberland, NB     

 

                              *2nd Wife of George Pitre:

                                 + Demerise Roy  b: 17 March 1886  St. Mary's, Kent, NB; m: 13 January 1913  Moncton, Westmorland, NB [Alexis/Henriette Cormier]; d: 1 July 1936  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                         9           Joseph Alexis Pitre  b: 21 July 1913  Moncton, Westmorland, NB; d: Bef. 1921

                         9           Joseph Clorice Pitre  b: 13 July 1915  Moncton, Westmorland, NB; d: 23 June 1946  Georgetown, Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                          9           Marie Georgina Pitre  b: 7 August 1916  Moncton, Westmorland, NB; d: 20 April 1997  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                                         +Edward Leroy (aka Edmund Doss Roy)  b: 20 August 1902  Randolph, St. John, NB; m: 22 July 1940  l'Assomption, Moncton, Westmorland, NB [Dosithe/Victoire Leblanc]; d: 14 August 1968  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                          9           Joseph Blair Pitre  b: 2 February 1918  Moncton, Westmorland, NB; d: 1998

                          9           Joseph Eloi Henri Pitre  b: 17 July 1919  Moncton, Westmorland, NB; d: 4 December 2004  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                                         +Bernice MacNeil

                          9           Marie Stella Pitre  b: 15 April 1921  Moncton, Westmorland, NB; d: 9 May 1971  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                                         +Joseph Aurele Leblanc  b: 15 August 1919  Springhill, Cumberland, NS; m: 9 July 1945  Notre Dame de Grace, Moncton, Westmorland, NB [Emile/Sylvie Bourgeois]; d: 9 April 1958  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                          9           Marie Lydia Pitre  b: 16 April 1925  Moncton, Westmorland, NB; d: 14 December 2007  Moncton, Westmorland, NB

                                         +Joseph Laurie Melanson  b: 20 March 1921  Moncton, Westmorland, NB; m: 20 August 1946  Notre Dame de Grace, Moncton, Westmorland, NB [Alban/Eva Leblanc]; d: 1999

                          9           Albany 'Albenie' Pitre  b: December 1930; d: 2004  Kelowna, BC

 

                              *3rd Wife of George Pitre:

                                 + Flora Roy (Cormier)  b: 24 September 1884  Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 16 August 1937  l'Assomption, Moncton, Westmorland, NB [Alexis/Henriette Cormier]; d: 1974

 

 

Notes for George Pitre:

Census

- 1911 Rogersville, Northumberland, New Brunswick:  Helene Pitre 7, living with Sylvestre Poirier 40 & wife Edesse 37.

 

- 1921 Moncton, Westmorland, NB:  George Pitre 41 time keeper, wife Demerese 35, Joseph 19 manager, Edouard 15, Chlorice 5, Georgiana 4, Joseph 3, Henri 1.

 

- 1931 Moncton, Westmorland, NB:  George Pitre 50 clerk/steam RR, wife Demerise 45, Joseph 27 mail carrier/postal service, Chloris 15, Georgine 14, Blair 13, Henry 10, Stella 10, Lydia 6, Albany 7 months   ( 132 Bromley).

 

Tombstone inscription, Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery, Dieppe, NB:  Edmond Roy 1902-1968 / wife / Gorgina Pitre 1916-1997 / Albenie Pitre 1930-2004 / Georges Pitre 1879-1966 / Flora Roy 1884-1974 / Clorice 1915 -1946 / Blair Joseph 1918-1998

 

Obituaries for the children:

Marie Helene Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Notre Dame de Fatima Cemetery, Collette, NB:  Helene Pitre / 1903 – 1969 / epouse de / Isidore Doucette  //  Isidore Doucette / 1893 – 1982 / epoux de / Helene Pitre
 

Marie Lydia Pitre:  Chartersville Funeral Home (Dieppe, NB):  Lydia Melanson, 82, of Dieppe, NB, passed away on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Hospital.  Born in Moncton, NB, she was the daughter of the late Georges and the late Demerise (née: Roy) Pitre.  She had retired from Canada Post and was a parishioner of St.-Anselme Roman Catholic Church.  She is survived by three sons: Ronald (Marjorie) of Oshawa, ON, Raymond (Yolande) of Dieppe and Gerry of Dartmouth, NS; 3 grandchildren: Yves, Michel and Jessica; one great-grandson, Justin, as well as several nieces and nephews.  She was the last surviving member of her family having been predeceased by her husband, Laurie in 1999; one son, Normand; two sisters: Georgina and Stella; one half-sister, Helene; four brothers: Henry, Blair, Albenie and Cloris and also by two half-brothers: Joseph and Eddy.  Visitation will be held from Chartersville Funeral Home, Dieppe, NB, on Tuesday, December 18th, 2007, from 7 to 9 pm.  Funeral mass will be celebrated from St.-Anselme Roman Catholic Church, on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007, at 10: 30 am.  Interment in St.-Anselme Parish Cemetery, Dieppe, NB.  Donations to the Dr. Georges-L Dumont Hospital Foundation “Palliative Care” would be appreciated by the family.

 

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries. 

- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), death registrations online (1888-1919), tombstone inscriptions.

- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online).

 

Last updated:  24 September 2023.