Joseph Colton Pitre

1910 Grand Prairie, LA – 1985 Cottondale, Florida

 

 

Continuation of tree (6th child of Joseph Pitre/Marie Louise Soileau); all known surname descendants:

                9         Joseph Colton Pitre  b: 5 September 1910  Grand Prairie, St. Landry, LA; d: 22 October 1985  Cottondale, Jackson, FL

                                    +Katherine Lorena Wilder    m: 19 October 1940  Guadalupe Co., TX

 

 

Notes for Joseph Colton Pitre:

Census

- 1930 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA:  J. L. Pitre 54, wife Louisa 49, Ambroise 23, Carlton 20, J.B. 18, Luke 14, Mary 11, and brother Kassuth Pitre 45.

 

- 1940 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas:  Colton Pitre 29 soldier/US Army

Military Records:  enlisted 22 Nov 1928; released 31 May 1949

WWII records: Colton Pitre, res. Star Route, Washington, Evangeline, LA; age 34, b. 5 Sep 1910 Washington, LA, contact father Mr. J. L. Pitre (same address); 5' 4 1/2", 140 lbs.; brown eyes & gray hair, ruddy complexion, 5 Jul 1945 Ville Platte

Tombstone Inscription, First United Methodist Cemetery, Cottondale, FL:  Colton (Pete) / Pitre / Sept. 5, 1910 / Oct. 22, 1985.  Also:  Colton Pitre / T SGT. US Air Force / World War II / Sep. 5, 1910 / Oct. 22, 1985

 

 

 

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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:  18 December 2020.