Continuation of tree (6th child of Francois Pitre/Alphonsine Charron); all known surname descendants:
9 Joseph Arthur Lucien Pitre b: 20 February 1897 Verdun, Montreal, QUE; d: 7 January 1968 Rosemont, Montreal, QUE
+Marie Odile Lapierre b: 26 December 1905 St. Hippolyte, Riviere au Tonnerre, Saguenay, QUE; m: 4 June 1928 Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, QUE [Joseph/Christine Thibault]; d: 13 November 1994 Montreal, QUE
10 Marie Laurette Louise Germaine Pitre b: 1 March 1929 Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs, Portneuf, QUE; d: 21 September 1929 Montreal, QUE
10 Marie Henriette Therese Denise Pitre b: 13 February 1930 St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Montreal, QUE; d: 2 November 2019 St. Jerome, Terrebonne, QUE
+Joseph Hector Fernand Desormeaux b: 23 November 1929 St. Pascal Baylon, Montreal, QUE; m: 2 September 1950 St. Jean Vianney, Montreal, QUE [Sinai/Mathilda Beauchamp]
10 Marie Rita Germaine Yolande Pitre b: 16 November 1931 St. Vincent Ferrier, Montreal, QUE; d: 24 November 2013 Montreal, QUE
+Frank Curry
10 Jony L. Jean Yvon Claude Pitre dit Lajambe b: 21 February 1933 Notre Dame de Lourdes, Verdun, QUE; d: 5 November 1975 Montreal, QUE (shot & killed by police after abducting a child for ransom)
10 Mario Pitre b: 17 July 1937; d: Aft. November 1994
+Nicole Paquette b: 22 August 1940; m: 25 August 1984 Montreal, QUE [Aime/Anita Bertrand]
10 Joseph Samuel Michel Pitre b: 1 March 1941 Ste. Justine, Montreal, QUE; d: Aft. November 1994
+Marie Yolande Laurence Roy b: 8 June 1940 La Nativite de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, Montreal, QUE; m: 12 September 1964 Montreal, QUE [Charles Edouard/Cecile Camirand]
10 Serge Pitre b: 16 April 1944 Montreal, QUE
+Ghyslaine Martel b: 17 July 1945 Montreal, QUE; m: 22 July 1967 L'Assomption de la Ste. Vierge, L'Assomption, QUE [Paul/Marie Anne Beaulieu]
10 Rejean Pitre b: 6 February 1946 Quebec
+Jacinthe Boucher b: 28 June 1947 Quebec; m: 15 May 1971 Anjou, Montreal, QUE
Notes for Joseph Arthur Lucien Pitre:
Census
- 1921 Verdun, Montreal (Ste. Anne), Quebec: Frs. Lajambe 62 coal merchant, wife Alphonsine 52, Valatine 30, Georgine 20, Arthur 24, Henry 17, Leopol 13.
- 1931 Villeray, Montreal City, St. Denis, QUE: Arthur Pitre 34 office assistant, wife Odille 25, Denisse 1. (8212 Lajeunesse)
WWI records: Arthur Pitre dit Lajambe; 20 Feb 1897, Montreal, P.Q.; 86 Church Ave., Verdun, P.Q. (office clerk); Francois Lajamb father); 18 Jul 1918, Montreal; 5' 4 1/2", black complexion, brown eyes, black hair.
Obituary: La Presse (Montreal, QUE), Tuesday, 9 January 1968: Pitre (Arthur) - At Montreal, 7 January 1968, at the age of 70 years, died Mr. Arthur Pitre, husband of Odile Lapierre, residing at 5958 26th Ave, Rosemont. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, January 10th. The funeral procession will depart from the T. Sansregret Funeral Homes Ltd. to St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney church, where the service will be celebrated at 9 a.m. and to the cemetery of Cote des Neiges, place of burial. Relatives and friends are kindly requested to attend without further invitation.
Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal, QUE: Frs Pitre dit Lajambe / 17 Janv 1858 - 8 Mars 1934 / son epouse / Alphonsine Charron / 25 Juil. 1863 - 5 Oct. 1938 / Lorenzo Laforest / 13 Juin 1903 - 22 Janv. 1964 / Leopold Pitre / 15 Avril 1907 - 19 Juin 1964 / Valentine Pitre / 27 Fev. 1888 - 2 Mai 1965 / Arthur Pitre / 20 Fev. 1897 - 7 Janv. 1968 / Odile Lapierre Pitre / 6 Dec. 1905 - 13 Nov. 1994 / PITRE dit LAJAMBE
Notes for Marie Odile Lapierre:
Obituary: Pitre (Lapierre), Odile. At Montreal, 13 November 1994, at the age of 88 years, died Madame Odile Pitre, nee Lapierre, wife of the late Arthur Pitre. She is survived by her children: Denise (Fernand Desormeaux), Yolande (Frank Curry), Mario (Nicole Paquette), Michel (Yolande Roy), Serge (Ghyslaine Martel), Rejean (Jacinthe Boucher), grandchildren: Martin, Nancy, Nicolas, Isabelle, Stephane, Francois, Denis, Daniel and Linda, sisters Felicite and Alvina, nephews and nieces, relatives and friends. The funeral will take place Wednesday 16 November, at 2 p.m., in the church of St. Jean Vianney and then to the cemetery Notre Dame des Neiges. The family will receive condolences at the church thirty minutes before the ceremony. Instead of flowers, donations for research or Mass offerings will be appreciated. Direction: Alfred Dallaire Inc.
Obituaries for the children:
Marie Henriette Therese Denise Pitre: 1930-2019: In Saint-Jerome, on November 2, 2019, at the age of 89, Mrs. Denise Pitre passed away. She left to join her parents and her daughter Linda. She is survived by her son Daniel (Carole Binette), her granddaughter Valerie (David), her great-granddaughter Charlotte, her nephew Rene Soucy (Marie), her other son Denis, her brothers Serge, Mario, Rejean, Michel and their wives, her nephews and nieces as well as relatives and friends. The interment of the ashes will take place at a later date, at the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery.
Jony L. Jean Yvon Claude Pitre dit Lajambe: The Gazette (Montreal, QUE), Thursday, 6 November 1975: A 42-year-old parolee was gunned down by MUC Police early yesterday following a $20,000 extortion attempt. Claude Pitre was paroled two months ago after serving 14 years of a 25-year prison term for armed robbery. He was killed at 6527 20th Ave. in Rosemount, shortly after 7 a.m. yesterday when two Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives burst into his apartment. Four men kidnapped a nine-year-old son of a Montreal businessman and held him for $100,000 ransom. "We had been warned by Det. Lt. Carlo Rossi just minutes before that Pitre was considered dangerous and that he would never surrender," said Det. Sgt. Gartan Fournel. Fournel and his partner, Det. Sgt. Andre Savard, kicked in the door of Pitre's apartment. "We gave the door four good shoves before it opened. By then Pitre knew we were coming in and he was waiting for us with his shotgun. There was no time to think. Pitre was within five feet of my partner and I had to shoot to save his life as well as my own," Fournel said. Three other men, one of them also a parolee working with Pitre in an East-End garage, were arrested by CIB detectives at 1:15 a.m. yesterday in Montreal North. The trio had just released nine-year-old Alain Ayoub, son of a lingerie manufacturing plant owner, who was kidnapped from his New Bordeaux home at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Police said the four men broke into Ayoub's house to rob it, but when they found no money they decided to hold the youngest son for a $100,000 ransom. Eight persons in the house at the time, three of them friends of the family, were tied and gagged. Before leaving with their hostage, one of the extortionists untied the father and told him to wait for telephone instructions as to where the money should be dropped. Between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. the boy was locked in the trunk of his father's car stolen by the extortionists. The boy was later transferred to the back seat of another car until he was released shortly after 1 a.m. During his captivity his abductors made four telephone calls to his father lowering their original ransom demand to $20,000. At 1:15 a.m., the boy was dropped off in front of the telephone booth. He was tied and gagged but unharmed. Police tailed the car from which Alain was released and the three suspects were arrested. Last night a parole board spokesman said Pitre was released after careful consideration.
Tombstone Inscription,
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, QUE: Louise / 1 Mars 1929 - 21
Sept 1929 / Bernard Tremblay / 18 Dec 1956 - 22 Mars 1957 / Claude Pitre / 20
Fev 1933 - 5 Nov 1975
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Arthur Lucien Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
Last updated: 17 May 2026.