Continuation of tree (14th child of Joseph Lepitre/Julie Marguerite Sills); all known surname descendants:
7 Joseph Alfred George Lepitre b: 21 February 1857 Chicago, Cook, IL; d: 25 March 1925 Chicago, Cook, IL
+Emerance 'Emily' Christen b: 12 September 1856 Chicago, Cook, IL; m: 27 May 1877 Chicago, Cook, IL [Napoleon/Vouden Hoven]; d: 16 March 1922 Chicago, Cook, IL
8 Marie Cora Eva Lepitre b: 27 October 1878 Chicago, Cook, IL; d: 13 January 1966 Highland Park, Wayne, MI
+John J. Kerins b: 29 April 1884; m: 3 July 1916 Chicago, Cook, IL [James Aloysius/Ann Jane Short]; d: 4 November 1923
8 Ernest Henry Joseph Lepitre b: 6 July 1881 Chicago, Cook, IL; d: 19 December 1943 Chicago, Cook, IL
+Eleanora Boltz b: 28 February 1881 Illinois; m: 17 April 1909 Chicago, Cook, IL (divorced); d: 1 December 1921 Kane Co., IL
*2nd Wife of Ernest Henry Joseph Lepitre:
+Iona Sophie Dugmor (Gebert) b: 2 July 1887 Charleston, Berkeley, SC; m: 19 April 1923 Indiana [Leroy/Lola Hastings]; d: 14 April 1954 Chicago, Cook, IL
Notes for Alfred George Lepitre:
Census
- 1880 Chicago, Cook, Illinois:
Widower Joseph Lepitre 70 (railway flagman), Zeph Lepitre 22, wife Nellie 18,
Walter 2, Pearl 1; Alfred Lepetre 24 (iron molder), wife Emily 23, Eva 1.
- 1900 Chicago, Cook, IL: Alfred Lepeter 43, wife of 23 years Emma M. 42.
Also in Chicago, Ernest LaPitrie 18 (teamster). [Eva 21 - ?]
- 1910 Chicago, Cook, IL: Alfred La Pitre 52, wife of 33 years Emerance
52, Eva 31, boarders Oscar Whitlock 28 & Andrew Morgan 30.
- 1920 Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan: Madeline Goodrich 30 stenographer/foundry, roomers Alfred J. Lepitre 60 laborer/GMC, wife Emerence 60.
Chicago city directory:
- 1889: Alfred Lepitre, molder, h. 19 Gold
- 1891: Alfred J. Lepitre, clk, h. 19 Gold
- 1901: Alfred J. Lepitre, lineman, h. 44 S. Mozart
Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL: LePITRE / rest in peace / Iona / 1887 - 1954 / Ernest / 1881 - 1943 / Father / 1857 - 1925 / Mother / 1856 - 1922
Notes for Emerance 'Emily' Christen:
Obituary: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), Friday, 17 March 1922: Le Pitre - Emerance Le Pitre, beloved wife of Alfred J. Le Pitre, fond mother of Mrs. John J. Kerins and Ernest H. Le Pitre, sister of Rene Christens and the late Mrs. Odile Miller and Mrs. H. Hedrich of Peoria, Ill., Thursday, March 16, 1922, at family residence, 1840 S. Clifton Park av. Funeral notice later.
WW1
registration records (son):
Ernest Henry Joseph Lepitre: Ernest Henry Le Pitre; Peoria, IL;
born 6 Jul 1881; Emerance Le Pitre; medium height, medium build; gray eyes &
black hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Marie Cora Eva Lepitre: The Detroit News (Detroit, MI), Friday, 14 January 1966: Kerins, Eva C., of 3056 West Grand Blvd. Services Perry Funeral Home Saturday 8:30 a.m., Holy Rosary Church 9 a.m. Interment, Chicago, Ill.
Tombstone Inscription, Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL: KERINS / rest in peace / John / 1884 - 1923 / Eva / 1878 - 1966 / Rene Christens / 1852 - 1927
Ernest Henry Joseph Lepitre: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), Tuesday, 21 December 1943: Le Pitre - Ernest Le Pitre, beloved husband of Iona, nee Dugmor; brother of Mrs. Eva Kerins, stepfather of Herbert Gabert. Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., from chapel, to Notre Dame church. Burial Mount Carmel.
Tombstone Inscription, Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL: LePITRE / rest in peace / Iona / 1887 -
1954 / Ernest / 1881 - 1943 / Father / 1857 - 1925 / Mother / 1856 - 1922
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Alfred George Lepitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some Illinois items in RED sourced from online state records/certificates.
Last updated: 13 March 2024.