Continuation of tree (2nd child of Francois Basile Pitre/Scholastique Boutary); all known surname descendants:
7 'Henri' Francois Pitre b: 25 February 1833 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 4 July 1899 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Celesie Rose Legendre b: 1 December 1837 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 19 April 1856 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Adolph Jean/Adelaide Celeste Ledet]; d: 18 January 1872 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
8 Marie Rosa Pitre b: 2 February 1857 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 26 August 1922 Lafourche, LA
+ Henry Johnson Pitre b: 7 April 1844 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 28 October 1875 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Mathurin/Felicite Esther Thibodeaux]; d: 12 October 1908 Lafourche, LA
8 Marie Roselia 'Ada' Pitre b: 26 November 1859 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 24 November 1933 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
8 Joseph Adolphe Pitre b: 8 September 1863 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 19 January 1929 Lockport, Lafourche, LA
+Adeline Aimee Molaison b: 28 October 1870 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 17 July 1884 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Pierre Melius/Elodie Rosema Hebert]; d: 6 September 1903 Lafourche, LA
8 Alphonse Henri Pitre b: 1 August 1870 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 7 February 1940 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Olympe Martin b: October 1873 Lafourche, LA; m: 3 February 1892 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Justilien/Marie Duet]; d: 19 March 1937 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
*2nd Wife of 'Henri' Francois Pitre:
+Victoria Glairdon (Lirette) b: 22 July 1846 Lafourche, LA; m: 20 February 1873 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Pierre/Marie Louise Barque]; d: 15 October 1915 Lafourche, LA
8 Marie Louise Pitre b: 30 November 1873 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 16 December 1924 Weeks Island, Iberia, LA
+Augustin Oscar Thibodaux b: 6 July 1853 Houma,Terrebonne, LA; m: 29 January 1903 Louisa Church, Franklin, LA [Augustin/Orestilia Pinel]; d: 22 October 1929 Weeks Island, Iberia, LA
8 Scholastique Sidonia Pitre b: 15 August 1875 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 9 May 1877 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
8 Henry Francois 'Hennessey' Pitre b: 9 February 1877 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 4 April 1935 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Marie Charlotte Use b: 29 January 1880 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 1 October 1900 Lafourche, LA [Alfred Augustin/Alice Azelie Hebert]; d: 9 October 1964 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
8 Victoria Helen Pitre b: 29 December 1879 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 17 June 1946 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Franklin Augustin Guillot b: 21 August 1873 Houma, Terrebonne, LA; m: 25 June 1896 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Adam Johnnie/Anne Pauline Ladouceur]; d: 6 June 1954 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
8 Josephine Cecile Pitre b: 24 May 1881 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 28 July 1958 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+William Michael Joseph Hebert b: 23 January 1877 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 4 August 1898 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Duralde/Eve Malbrough]; d: 7 July 1944 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
8 Anne Eulalie Pitre b: 22 October 1882 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 8 November 1918 Bourg, Terrebonne, LA
+Joseph Tousaint Hotard b: 31 October 1873; m: 16 December 1898 Lafourche, LA [Froisene/---]; d: Aft. September 1918
8 Louis Eugene Pitre b: 4 September 1884 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 5 December 1886 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
8 Marie Celesie Elvire 'Elmire' Pitre b: 10 July 1888 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1920 Lafourche, LA
+Urban Emile Bourgeois b: 15 October 1878 Lafourche, LA; m: 19 September 1906 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Felix Camire/Emma Laine]; d: Aft. 1920 Lafourche, LA
Notes for 'Henri' Francois Pitre:
Census
- 1860
- 1870 Thibodaux, Lafourche, Louisiana: Henry Pitre 39 (farm laborer),
wife Selese 34, Rosa 13, Ada 10, Adolphe 6.
- 1880 Lafourche, LA: Henry Pitre 47 (laborer), wife Victoria 30, Joseph
13, Silas 12, Louisa 6, Henry 3, Victoria 5 months. Also in Lafourche:
Maria Pitre 20 niece, living w/family of
Aldonne Legendre 25 & wife Estelina 24
- 1900 Lafourche, LA: Widow Victoria Pitre 52, 8 of 13 children still
living, Louise 25, Hensie 23 (day laborer), Elmire 11, granddaughter Angele
Lirette 5.
- 1910 Lafourche, LA: Ida Pitre 43 cousin (single), living w/family of Thomas Legendre 21 & wife Eugenie 21.
- 1920 Lafourche, LA: Ida Pitre 60 niece (single), living w/Abdon 65 & Estellina Lejeune 64 (Bayou Lafourche Road).
- 1930 Lafourche, LA: Adda Pitre 65 cousin (single), w/Thomas Legendre 44 & wife Eugenie 42.
WWI registration records (sons):
Henry Francois 'Hennessey' Pitre: Henry Francois Pitre,
Lafourche, LA; born 9 Feb 1877; Marie Use Pitre; tall height, slender build,
blue eyes & black hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Marie Roselia 'Ada' Pitre: The Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Saturday, 25 November 1933: Miss Ida Petre, 74, Little Sisters of the Poor.
Victoria Helen Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Thibodaux, LA: Mrs. Franklin Guillot / nee Victoria H. Pitre / born Dec. 29.79 died June 17.46 / Franklin Augustin Guillot / born August 21, 1873 / died June 6, 1954
Josephine Cecile Pitre: Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Tuesday, 29 July 1958: At St. Joseph hospital, Thibodaux, La., on Monday, July 28, 1958, at 1:45 o'clock p.m., Cecile Pitre, beloved wife of the late William Hebert Sr., mother of Andrew, Philip, Felix, William Jr., Sidney, Hubert, Nolan, Wilson and Russel Hebert, Mrs. Lawrence Hebert, Mrs. Remie Roullet; also survived by 60 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren; aged 77 years; a native and a resident of Thibodaux, La. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the Landry funeral home, Thibodaux, La., on Tuesday, July 29, 1958, at 3 o'clock p.m. Services at St. Joseph Catholic church, Thibodaux, La. Interment in St. Joseph Catholic cemetery. Falgout Funeral Homes, Inc., Raceland, La., in charge.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Thibodaux, LA: HEBERT / 1875 William M. 1943 / 1881 Josephine C. 1958
Back one generation to parents of Henri Francois Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- South Louisiana Vital Family Records: Terrebonne Genealogical Society
- 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: 13 March 2025.