Joseph Albert Pitre

1870 Houma, Louisiana – 1954 New Orleans, Louisiana

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Jean Simeon Pitre/2nd Wife Marie Louise Broussard); all known surname descendants:

               8          Joseph Albert Pitre  b: 23 October 1870  Houma, Terrebonne, LA; d: 14 June 1954  New Orleans, LA

                                   +Louise Shultz    m: 17 January 1910  New Orleans, LA

                        

                           *2nd Wife of Joseph Albert Pitre:

                                   +Josephine Edna Keller (Moran)  b: Abt. 1892; m: 28 July 1925  New Orleans, LA; d: 1974

 

 

Notes for Joseph Albert Pitre:

Census

- 1900 Terrebonne, Louisiana:  Simeon Pitre 67, wife of 31 years Marie Louise 51; 5 of 6 children still living, Albert 28 (day laborer), Lovelace 25 (day laborer), Hobert 23 (swamper), Nola 17, Maggie 14 & new husband Ernest Bonvillain 19 (saw mill laborer).

 

- 1910 New Orleans, LA:  Albert Petre 38 helper/distributing food (married 0 years)  [dormitories for the help, Charity Hospital]

 

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- 1950 New Orleans, Orleans, LA:  Widower Albert Petri 81, lodger.

Death Notice:  New Orleans States (New Orleans, LA), Wednesday, 16 June 1954:  Death - Albert J. Pitre 84, 816 Nashville Ave.

Misc.:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Sunday, 23 November 1952:  An oil heater explosion at 5:30 p.m. Saturday caused a fire which damaged a three-story wooden structure at 524 St. Philip to the extent of $75, First District police reported.  The room in which the explosion occurred is occupied by Albert Pitre, 85, police said.  They estimated contents were damaged $50.

 

 

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Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:

- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records

- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes  (Rev. Hebert)

- South Louisiana Vital Family Records: Terrebonne Genealogical Society

Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).

 

Last updated:  11 October 2022.