Continuation of tree (8th child of Lezime Eusebe Pitre/Coralina Courvelle); all known surname descendants:
10 Hardy Pitre b: 5 March 1914 Kinder, Allen, LA; d: 28 January 1995 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
+ Maria Lormand b: 30 September 1918 Allen, LA; m: Abt. 1938 [Francois Remi/Odelia Istre]; d: 20 July 1984 Kinder, Allen, LA
11 Gloria Kay Pete b: Abt. 1939; d: Aft. January 1995
+--- Nixon
11 Rachel Pete b: Abt. 1943; d: Aft. January 1995
+--- Crum
11 Roger Pete b: Abt. 1947; d: Aft. January 1995
11 Dale Pete d: Aft. January 1995
*2nd Wife of Hardy Pitre:
+ Annabelle --- (Guillory) d: Aft. January 1995
Notes for Hardy Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Allen, Louisiana: Hardy Pete 26 laborer/road construction, wife Maria 21, Gloria Kay 1.
- 1950 Goosport, Calcasieu, LA: Hardy Pete 36 pile driver/construction, wife Maria 31, Gloria 11, Rachel 6, Roger 2.
WWII Records: Hardy Pete, res. Kinder, LA; b. 5 Mar 1914 Allen, LA; wife Mrs. Hardy Pete; 5'10", 160 lbs., blue eyes & blonde hair, light complexion; 16 Oct 1940 Oberlin, LA.
Obituary: The Kinder Courier News (Kinder, LA), Thursday, 2 February 1995: Funeral services for Kinder native Hardy Pete, 80, were held Jan. 30 at Indian Village Pentecostal Church. The Revs. Gary Nixon, Terry Bushnell and Roger Pete officiated. Burial was in Green Oak Cemetery. Mr. Pete died Saturday, Jan. 28, 1995, in Lake Charles. He had lived in Lake Charles most of his life. He was an insulator and had retired from Cit-Con Refinery. He was a member of Indian Village Pentecostal Church and the Pentecostal Campers. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Annabelle Pete; two sons, Roger Pete and Dale Pete, both of Lake Charles; three stepsons, Harold Guillory of Moss Bluff, Emmery and Tommy Guillory, both of Lake Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria Nixon of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Rachel Crum of Simpson; one sister, Mrs. Pearl Fontenot of DeQuincy; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, Green Oak Cemetery, Kinder, LA: (photo) / Hardy Pete / Mar. 5, 1914 / Jan. 28, 1995 / Let's meet at the river / on Heaven's shore // (photo) / Maria Lormand Pete / Sept. 30, 1918 / July 20, 1984 / absent from the body, / but present with Jesus.
Back one generation to parents of Hardy 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 September 2022.