Continuation of tree (5th child of Joseph Vige Pitre/Marie Eliza Fontenot); all known surname descendants:
9 Jean Baptiste Curley Pitre b: 14 June 1908 Chataignier, St. Landry, LA; d: 29 December 1978 Mamou, Evangeline, LA
+ Celida Bertrand b: 20 October 1906; m: Abt 1926 [Ozeme/Virginie ---]; d: 19 November 1990 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA
10 Elvin Pitre b: April 1927; d: Aft. December 1978
10 Rufus Pitre b: 11 July 1930; d: 17 September 2008 St. Arnaudville, St. Landry, LA
10 Enola Pitre b: Abt. 1932; d: Aft. 1940
10 Minnie Nola Pitre b: 1939; d: Aft. 1950
10 Ethlyene Pitre b: Abt. 1941; d: Aft. 1950
10 Annie Lee Pitre b: Abt. 1943; d: Aft. 1950
10 Mary Lou Pitre b: Abt. 1946; d: Aft. 1950
Notes for Jean Baptiste Curley Pitre:
Census
- 1930 St. Landry, Louisiana: Curley Pitre 21, wife Celida 23, Alvin 3 years 1 month.
- 1940 St. Landry, LA: Culey Pitre 33 farmer/farm, wife Sedelia 35, Elvin 11, Rufus 9, Enola 7, Minnie Nola 9 months. [south along the St. Landry line in the woods]
- 1950 St. Landry, LA: Curly Pitre 39 farmer/farm, wife Celodia 42, Elvin 22 (sep) farm hand/farm, Rufus 19 (sep) farm hand/farm, Minola 10, Ethlyene 8, Annie Lee 6, Mary Lou 3.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Prairie Ronde Baptist Church Cemetery, LA: Celida B. Pitre / Oct. 20, 1906 / Nov. 19, 1990 / gone but not forgotten // Curley Pitre / June 14, 1908 / Dec. 29, 1978 / gone but not forgotten
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Friday, 29 December 1978: Prairie Ronde - Funeral services are incomplete but will be held Saturday in the First Baptist Church here for Curley Pitre, 71, resident of Mamou, who died at 12 a.m. today at his residence following a long illness. Burial will be in the church cemetery directed by Ardoin's Funeral Home of Mamou. Survivors include his wife, the former Selida Bertrand of Mamou; two sons, Elvin Pitre of Pine Prairie and Rufus Pitre of Beggs; five daughters, Mrs. Elvin Fontenot, Mrs. Daniel Fontenot, Mrs. Jene Johnson and Mrs. Anthony Perron, all of Mamou, and Mrs. Donald Guillory of Pine Prairie; one brother, Austin Pitre of Eunice; four sisters, Mrs. Melvin Manuel, Mrs. Marshall Dupre, Mrs. Eugene Havel and Mrs. Wilfred Ryder, all of Eunice; 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Back one generation to parents of Jean Baptiste Curley 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: 11 June 2022.