Continuation of tree (4th child of Joseph Pitre/Marie Louise Soileau); all known surname descendants:
9 Joseph Ambroise Pitre b: 8 March 1906 Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: 27 April 1954 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
Notes for Joseph Ambroise Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Evangeline, Louisiana: J. L. Pitre 64 [$15000 house value] farmer/farm, wife Louisa 59, Ambrose 36 farm/labor, Bell 20.
- 1950 Evangeline, LA: J. L. Pitre 73, wife Louisa 70, J. A. Pitre 44.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Wednesday, 28 April
1954: Ville Platte - Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. today at Sacred
Heart Catholic church for J. A. Pitre, 48, who died at 6:50 a.m.
yesterday after an illness of approximately two months. Burial was in the
church cemetery with Ardoin Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Pitre is survived
by his mother, Mrs. J. L. Pitre; four sisters, Mrs. Darius Ardoin
of Mamou, Mrs. Luke Ardoin of Grand Prairie, and Mrs. Orise Foret and
Mrs. Moise Ortego, Ville Platte; three brothers, Colton Pitre of
Cottondale, Fla., J. B. and Luke Pitre of Grand Prairie.
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Ambroise Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- 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: 3 August 2022.