Continuation of tree (1st child of Lucien Pouponne Pitre/Amelie Joubert); all known surname descendants:
9 Horace Pitre b: 27 February 1895 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 9 July 1943 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
+ Ludy Cortez b: 13 June 1899; m: 28 December 1914; d: 18 November 1961 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
10 Inez Pitre b: 5 November 1915 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 29 May 1993 Eunice, St. Landry, LA
+ Joseph Oleat 'Olide' Thibodeaux b: 23 January 1888 Church Point, Acadia, LA; m: Abt. 1940 [Gustave V./Marie Constance Fontenot]; d: 5 February 1954 Richie, Mowata, Acadia, LA
10 Melanie Pitre b: 9 March 1920 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 21 March 1920 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Amelie Pitre b: 9 March 1920 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA; d: 3 April 2007 DeRidder, Beauregard, LA
+ Angelas Charles Matt b: 4 April 1886 Church Point, Acadia, LA; m: unknown [Onesime/Louisa Lejeune]; d: 31 July 1963 Sulphur, Calcasieu, LA
10 Enies Pitre b: 10 August 1922 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 30 December 1980 Beaumont, Jefferson, TX
+ Mary Letell Lee b: 28 November 1928; m: Abt. 1945; d: 26 January 2017 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX
10 Felix Edward Pitre b: 10 October 1923 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 31 July 1924 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Edward Pitre b: 27 January 1925 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 10 March 1996 Eunice, St. Landry, LA
+Jennie Bergeron b: 29 March 1924; m: Abt. 1943 [Cleus/Anais LeDoux]; d: 5 October 1999 Eunice, St. Landry, LA
10 Ethel Pitre b: 12 September 1926 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 10 December 1998 Eunice, St. Landry, LA
+ Pleny Darbonne b: 1 November 1913; m: 16 November 1946; d: 5 October 1988 Eunice, St. Landry, LA
10 Theresa Pitre b: 20 June 1928 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 13 April 2020 Eunice, St. Landry, LA
+ Theo Lejeune b: 9 August 1923; m: 4 June 1949 Mamou, Evangeline, LA [Zephirin/---] d: 19 November 1997 Basile, Evangeline, LA
10 Horace Joseph Pitre b: 30 December 1930; d: 17 November 1984 Hamshire, Jefferson, TX
+ Lutha Mae Bazinet b: Abt. 1934 Eunice, St. Landry, LA; m: c7 December 1952 Eunice, St. Landry, LA; d: Aft. November 1984
Notes for Horace Pitre:
Census
- 1920 St. Landry, Louisiana: Horace Pette 25 (general farmer), wife Luda 20, Anize 4.
- 1930 St. Landry, LA: Horace Pitre 35, wife Ludie 30, Inez 14, Amilie 10, Iness 8, Eward 5, Ethel 4 years 9 months, Therese 2 years 9 months.
- 1940 Acadia, LA: Horace Pitre 45 farmer/farm, wife Loudy 40, Amelia 20 laborer/farm, Enyas 17 laborer/farm, Edward 15, Henry Ethel 13, Thersia 11, J. H. 9.
- 1950 Acadia, LA: Widow Ludy C. Pitre 53, Horace Jr. 19.
WWI registration records: Horace Pupon Pitre; St. Landry, LA; born 27 Feb 1896 (Prairie Rhone); wife & 1 child; short height, medium build; gray eyes & light hair.
WWII Records: Horace Pitre, res. Acadia, LA; b. 27 Feb 1895 St. Landry, LA; contact Ludie Pitre; 5' 6", 150 lbs., grey eyes & brown hair, light complexion; 27 Apr 1942 Crowley, LA.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Bridget Cemetery, Lawtell: Horace Pitre / Feb. 27, 1894 / July 9, 1943 / Father // Ludy Cortez / June 13, 1899 / Nov. 18, 1961 / Mother
Also: Melanie Pitre / daughter of Horace Pitre and Ludy Cortez / born March 9, 1920 / died March 21, 1920
Also: Felix Edouard Pitre / son of Horace Pitre and Ludy Cortez / born Oct. 10, 1923 / died July 31, 1924
Notes for Ludy Cortez:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 21 November 1961: Eunice - Last rites were conducted Monday at 9 a.m. for Mrs. Austin Hebert, 62, of Eunice, who died at 5 a.m. Saturday in Lake Charles, following an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Hebert was the former Ludy Cortez. Funeral services were conducted at the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice with burial in the Catholic Cemetery in Lawtell. Ardoin's Funeral Home of Eunice was in charge of arrangements. Survivors include three sons, Enies Pitre and Edward Pitre, both of Eunice, and Horace Pitre Jr. of Hampshire, Tex., four daughters, Mrs. Fred Quibodeaux and Mrs. Plenny Darbonne, both of Eunice, Mrs. A.C. Matt of Sulphur and Mrs. Theo Lejeune Jr. of Basile; one brother, Noah Cortez of Opelousas, and 15 grandchildren.
Obituaries for the children:
Inez Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 30 May 1993: Lawtell - Funeral services for Ms. Inez Pitre Thibodeaux, 77, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Bridget's Catholic Church here with burial following in the church cemetery. Ms. Thibodeaux, a resident of Eunice, died at 8 a.m. Saturday at Moosa Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. Monday until the time of services. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Bridget's Catholic Church here. Survivors include: two sons, Newton Thibodeaux and Leonance Thibodeaux, both of Eunice; two daughters, Shirlene T. Sheets, of St. Amant and Doris Thibodeaux, of Eunice; a brother, Edward Pitre, of Eunice; three sisters, Emily Matt, of Lake Charles, Ethel Darbonne, of Eunice and Theresa LeJeune of Basile; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Quirk & Son Funeral Home of Eunice is in charge of the arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Bridget Cemetery, Lawtell: Inez Pitre / Thibodeaux / Nov. 5, 1915 / May 29, 1993
Amelie Pitre: American Press (Lake Charles, LA), Thursday, 5 April 2007: Emily Matt, 87, of Maplewood died Tuesday, April 3, 2007, in a Beauregard Parish hospital. A memorial service will be at 1 p. m. today, April 5, in the Johnson Funeral Home.
Enies Pitre: Beaumont Journal (TX), Wednesday, 31 December 1980: Hamshire - Enies Pitre, 58, of Hamshire died at 6 a.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont after an illness. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Mary Catholic Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Broussard's Mortuary of Winnie. A native of Lawtell, La., he had lived Hamshire 17 years and was a roughneck and a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife, Mary Pitre of Hamshire; one son, James Pitre of Hamshire; two daughters, Margaret Istre of Orange and Carol Burlin of Winnie; two brothers, Horace Pitre Jr. of Hamshire and Edward Pitre of Eunice, La.; four sisters, Inez Thibodeaux of Baton Rouge, La., Emily Matt of Sulphur, La., Ethel Darbonne of Eunice, La., and Theresa LeJeune of Basile, La.; and three grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, Fairview Cemetery, Winnie, Chambers, TX: Enies Pitre / US Army / Aug. 10, 1922 - Dec. 30, 1980 - also: Enies / Aug. 10, 1922 / Dec. 30, 1980 / Father / PITRE / Mary L. / Nov. 28, 1928 / (blank) / Mother
Edward Pitre: The Eunice News (Eunice, LA), Thursday, 14 March 1996: Funeral services were held at St. Anthony's Catholic Church at 2 p.m. Monday, March 11, 1996 for Edward Pitre, 71, with burial following in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Pitre, a resident of Eunice, died at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 10, 1996 at Moosa Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Jennie B. Pitre of Eunice; two sons, Kenneth Pitre of Port Allen and Gerald Pitre of Salt Lake City, Utah; one daughter, JoeAnn Fontenot of Confort, Tx.; two step-daughters, Norma Jean Travis of Jackson, La. and Diana Miller of Eunice; three sisters, Theresa LaJeune of Basile, Emma Lee Matte of Sulphur and Ethel Darbonne of Eunice; 9 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Quirk & Son Funeral Home of Eunice was in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Mount Calvary Cemetery, Eunice: Edward Pitre / US Army / World War II / 1925 - 1996 - also: Edward Pitre / Jan. 27, 1925 / Mar. 10, 1996 // Jennie B. Pitre / Mar. 29, 1924 / Oct. 5, 1999
Ethel Pitre: Basile Weekly (LA), Thursday, 17 December 1998: Funeral services were held at Quirk & Son Funeral Home Chapel at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 1998 for Mrs. Ethel Pitre Darbonne, 72, with burial following in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Darbonne, a resident of Eunice, died Thursday, December 10, 1998 at the Eunice Care Center. She is survived by two sons, David Darbonne and Lawrence Darbonne, both of Eunice; two daughters, Mrs. Dewy "Evelyn" Clavier of Eunice and Mrs. Hilton "Sandra" Doucet of Lawtell; two sisters, Theresa LeJeune of Basile; and Emily Matt of Sulphur; 10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Darbonne was preceded in death by her husband, Pleny Darbonne and a grandson, Elle Doucet.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Mount Calvary Cemetery, Eunice: Pleny Darbonne / PFC US Army / World War II / Nov. 1, 1913 - Oct. 5, 1988 / married / Nov. 16, 1946 / Ethel P. Darbonne / Sept. 12, 1926 / Dec. 10, 1998 / DARBONNE
Theresa Pitre: Eunice News (LA), Tuesday, 14 April 2020: Basile - It is with heavy hearts that the family of Theresa P. LeJeune announces her passing on Monday, April 13, 2020 at Eunice Manor at the age of 91. A Graveside Service will be held at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at the Protestant Cemetery with Pastor Mike Fontenot officiating. Theresa was a homemaker who loved working in her community where she taught Vacation Bible School and Sunday school at First Baptist Church in Basile. She loved working in her vegetable garden but most of all she a great cook and loved to prepare meals for her family. She will be missed dearly by all who knew and loved her especially her nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by the loves of life, her husband, Theo LeJeune; her son, Ronnie LeJeune; her parents, Joseph Horace and Ludy Cortez Pitre; her siblings, Inez P. Thibodeaux, Emily P. Matt, Ethel P. Darbonne, Enies Pitre, Joseph Horace Pitre, Jr. and Edward Pitre. Ardoin's Funeral Home of Basile, is in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Basile Cemetery, Evangeline, LA: Theo Lejeune / Aug. 9, 1923 / Nov. 19, 1997 / L / Theresa P. Lejeune / June 20, 1928 / (blank)
Horace Joseph Pitre: Basile Weekly (Basile, LA), Thursday, 22 November 1984: Funeral services were held Monday, November 19, for Horace Joseph Pitre, Jr., 53, of Hamshire, Texas, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fennett, Texas, with burial in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Broussard Mortuary of Winnie, Texas. A rosary was recited Sunday night at the mortuary. Pitre died Saturday at his home after a long illness. He was a native of Lawtell, but had lived in Hamshire for 31 years. He was a seaman and a Korean veteran. Survivors include his wife, Lutha Mae Bazinet of Hamshire, 4 sisters, Inez Thibodeaux and Henry Ethel Darbonne, both of Eunice, Emma Lee Matt, Sulphur, and Theresa LeJeune, of Basile; 1 brother, Edward Pitre, Tucson, Arizona, and his in-laws, Paul Bazinet and Merzy Bazinet, both of Basile.
Tombstone Inscription, Fairview
Cemetery, Winnie, Chambers, TX: Horace J. Pitre Jr. / PVT US Army / Dec.
30, 1930 - Nov. 17, 1984
Back one generation to parents of Horace 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: 9 June 2022.