Joseph Arthur Pitre

1903 Bathurst, New Brunswick – 1968 Cap de la Madeleine, QUE

 

 

Continuation of tree (7th child of Alexander Pitre/Marie Amanda Goulet); all known surname descendants:

                  9       Joseph Arthur Pitre  b: 30 October 1903  Ste. Famille, Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; d: 24 April 1968  Cap de la Madeleine, Champlain, QUE

                                   + Ida Murray (Doucet)  b: 5 August 1906  West Bathurst, Gloucester, NB; m: 9 May 1936  Immaculate Conception, Cathedrale de L'Assomption, Trois Rivieres, QUE [Alexandre/Nellie Morrison]; d: 18 May 1965  Cap de la Madeleine, Champlain, QUE

                            10         Arthur Pitre  b: Abt. 1942; d: 26 August 2017  Trois Rivieres, QUE

                                            +Nicole Labranche    m: 30 July 1966  Ste. Marguerite de Cortone, Trois Rivieres, QUE [Richard/Madeleine Jobin]

 

 

Notes for Joseph Arthur Pitre:

Census

- 1931 Cap de la Madeleine, Champlain, Quebec:  Widow Amanda Pitre 49, Arthur 26 labourer/paper mill, Dalia 24, Oswald 22, Lina 20, Regina 18, Alexandre 16   (79A St. Pierre). 

 

Obituary:  Le Nouvelliste (QUE), Thursday, 25 April 1968:  Pitre, M. Arthur - At Cap-de-la-Madeleine, April 24 1968, passed away at the age of 64 years and 5 months, Mr. Arthur Pitre, husband of the late Ida Murray, residing at 193 Dorval, Cap-de-la-Madeleine.  The funeral will take place Saturday, April 27, at St. Lazare Church, Cap, at 10 a.m.  The mortal remains are on display at Garneau Home, Cap-de-la-Madeleine.  Burial will take place in the Ste. Madeleine cemetery.  He is survived by his son: Arthur, husband of Nicole Labranche, one daughter, Helene, wife of Mr. Jean-Guy St. Louis, his mother: Mrs. Amanda Pitre; brothers: John Pitre, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pitre, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Pitre, sisters, Mrs. Andre Cote, nee Lina, Miss Delia Pitre, one sister-in-law: Germaine Moreau, and 5 grandchildren: Francoise, Helene, Carole, Johanne, Christian St. Louis.
 

Notes for Ida Murray:

Obituary:  Le Nouvelliste (QUE), Wednesday, 19 May 1965:  Pitre - At Cap-de-la-Madeleine, May 18, 1965 passed away at the age of 58 years and 8 months, Mrs. Arthur Pitre nee Ida Murray, residing at 193 Dorval street.  The deceased is survived by her husband, one son: Arthur; one daughter, Helene; her son-in-law Jean-Guy St. Louis; her father, Alexandre Murray; brothers: Jos. Murray and John Murray; mother-in-law: Amanda Pitre; sisters-in-law: Delia Pitre, Germaine Moreau, Aimee Pitre, Lina Cote; brothers-in-law: Albert Pitre, John Pitre, Alec Pitre and 5 grandchildren.  The funeral will take place on May 21.  The funeral procession will leave the J. D. Garneau Home at 8 a.m. to go at St. Lazare Church where the funeral service will take place at 9 a.m. and then to the Ste. Madeleine cemetery, for burial.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend.

 

Obituary for the son:

Arthur Pitre:  At the CIUSSS MCQ-CHAUR, on August 26, 2017, passed away at the age of 75, Mr. Arthur Pitre, son of the late Mrs. Ida Murray and the late Mr. Joseph-Arthur Pitre, residing in Trois-Rivieres.  The family will receive relatives and friends at the Richard & Philibert Funeral Home in Trois-Rivieres.  Reception hours: Sunday, day of the ceremony, from 1 p.m.  The Liturgy of the Word will take place on Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 4 p.m. in the funeral home chapel.  Burial will take place at a later date.  The deceased is survived by: his daughter Melanie Labranche (Patrice Lemyre) and their children Antoine, Mathias and Elodie.  As well as several other relatives and friends including members of the Labranche family.  Any sign of sympathy can result in a donation to the Regional Health Foundation of Trois-Rivieres.
 

 

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Last updated:  15 November 2025.