Continuation of tree (8th child of Theogene Pitre/Marie Therese Brown); all known surname descendants:
8 Joseph Adelin Pitre b: 19 March 1899 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 21 January 1987 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Bertha Prudhomme b: 18 November 1903; m: Abt. 1923; d: 8 June 1963 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA
9 Wilda Mae Pitre b: July 1927 St. Landry, LA; d: Aft. April 2020
+Harris Joseph Veillon b: 3 July 1926 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; m: Abt. 1944 [Felicien/Armide Lafleur]; d: 13 April 2020 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
9 Joseph Riley Pitre b: 21 August 1930 St. Landry, LA; d: 25 July 1998 Deridder, Beauregard, LA
+Marie Viola Fontenot b: Abt. 1932; m: 29 July 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA [Wycliff/Edna Veillon]; d: Aft. June 2008
*2nd Wife of Joseph Adelin Pitre:
+ Louise Ortego (Deshotel) b: 3 January 1899; m: December 1965 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA [John Baptiste/Louisa Marie LaHaye]; d: 11 September 1991 Mamou, Evangeline, LA
Notes for Joseph Adelin Pitre:
Census
- 1930 St. Landry, Louisiana: Adelin Pitre 31, wife Bertha 27, Wilda Mae 2 years 3 months.
- 1940 Evangeline, LA: Adelin Pete 41 [$400 house value] farmer/farm, wife Bertha 38, Wilda Mae 12, Riley 9.
- 1950 Evangeline, LA: Adelin Pitre 51 farmer/farm, wife Bertha 47, Raleigh 19.
WWI registration records: Joseph Adelin Pitre; St. Landry, LA; born 19 Mar 1899; Theo Pitre; medium height, medium build; grey eyes & light hair.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 22 January 1987: Ville Platte - Funeral services for Adelin J. Pitre, 87, were to be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church here with burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery of Prairie Ronde. Mr. Pitre, a retired farmer of Ville Platte, died at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday at his residence. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Ortego Pitre of Ville Platte; a son, Riley Pitre of DeRidder; a daughter, Mrs. Harris (Wilda) Veillon of Ville Platte; a brother, Theodore Pitre of Opelousas; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Ardoin Funeral Home of Ville Platte is directing.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde Cemetery, LA: (photo of couple) / Adelin J. Pitre / Mar. 19, 1899 / Jan. 21, 1987 / Bertha P. Pitre / Nov. 18, 1903 / June 8, 1963
Notes for Bertha Prudhomme:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 11 June 1963: Ville Platte - Funeral services were held Monday at Sacred Heart chapel in Prairie Ronde for Mrs. Adelin Pitre, 59, the former Bertha Prudhomme, who died unexpectedly at her home near Prairie Ronde Saturday at approximately 3:30 p.m. Survivors include her husband; one son Riley Pitre of Elizabeth; one daughter, Mrs. Harris Veillon of Ville Platte; her mother Mrs. Alein Cortez of Opelousas; four brothers, all of Opelousas, Cursey Prudhomme, Mitchell Prudhomme, Ammy Prudhomme and Corey Cortez; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Prudhomme of Opelousas and Mrs. Noah Vidrine of Eunice, and five grandchildren. Burial was in the church cemetery with Ardoin Funeral Home conducting the burial.
Notes for Louise Ortego:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 12 September 1991: Ville Platte - Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Deshotel Pitre, the former Louise Ortego, 92, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church here with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Ville Platte, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Savoy Medical Center in Mamou. Survivors include: a brother, John B. Ortego of Ville Platte. The funeral home will close at 10 p.m. today and reopen at 7 a.m. Friday until time of services. A rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Ardoin's Funeral Home of Ville Platte is in charge of arrangements.
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Adelin 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: 5 October 2022.