Continuation of tree (4th child of Cleophas Pitre/Louise Gallant); all known surname descendants:
9 Joseph Cleophas Pitre b: 18 July 1873 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 17 September 1941 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB
+ Marie Sophie Pitre b: 12 May 1872 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; m: 2 July 1891 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE [Jeremie/Marie Pitre]; d: 27 October 1905 Pointe a la Garde, Bonaventure, QUE
10 Marie Louise Anna Pitre b: 2 May 1892 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 7 February 1973 St. Jean Baptiste, QUE
+Joseph Emile Pitre b: 4 September 1890 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; m: 22 February 1916 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Andre/Edesse Pitre]; d: 10 September 1959 Mann, Bonaventure, QUE
10 Marie Elvine 'Elouise' Pitre b: 29 May 1894 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 22 September 1921 Pointe a la Garde, Bonaventure, QUE
+Louis Charles Ludger Caillouette b: 3 December 1892 St. Bonaventure, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 18 November 1919 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Janvier/Marie Arsenault]; d: 23 June 1968 Maria, Bonaventure, QUE
10 Joseph Emile Pitre b: 10 May 1896 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 8 December 1969 Pointe a la Garde, Bonaventure, QUE
+Marie Flora Calvert b: 1 January 1903 Nouvelle, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 21 February 1928 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [James/Marie Jeanne Parker]; d: 14 March 1978 Pointe a la Garde, Bonaventure, QUE
10 Marie Josephine Pitre b: 16 March 1898 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 23 May 1920 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE
10 male Pitre b: 30 August 1899 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: Bef. 1901
10 Alphonse Cleophas Pitre b: 13 March 1900 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 1 October 1965 Nouvelle, Bonaventure, QUE
+Marie Marthe Rachel Antoinette Gallant b: 1 June 1907 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 18 February 1925 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Joseph/Celina Laviolette]
10 Joseph Raymond Antoine Pitre b: 5 February 1902 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 10 January 1968 Nouvelle, Bonaventure, QUE
+Marie Elizabeth Vera Keays b: 1911; m: 19 November 1930 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [John/Selina Williamson]; d: 11 June 1991 Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE
10 male Pitre b: 11 January 1904 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 11 January 1904 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE
10 Marie Cecile Yvonne Pitre b: 30 December 1904 St. Antoine, Escuminac, QUE; d: 27 October 1951 Utica, Oneida, NY
+Albert Leon Doiron b: 19 November 1902 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 12 August 1924 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Isidore/Anne Leblanc]; d: 20 May 1990 Utica, Oneida, NY
*2nd Wife of Joseph Cleophas Pitre:
+ Marie Emelie Catherine Pitre b: 13 March 1880 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; m: 1 December 1906 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Jeremie/Marie Pitre]; d: 2 May 1953 Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE
10 Marie Sophie Alexina Pitre b: 7 September 1907 St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 20 March 1988 Maria, Bonaventure, QUE
+Joseph Edouard Francoeur b: 8 January 1907 St. Jean l'Evangeliste, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 21 May 1928 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Anselme/Lucie Arseneau]; d: 13 January 1972 Montreal, QUE
10 Marie Melanie Germaine Pitre b: 7 March 1910 St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 21 January 1983 Ste. Anne de Beaupre, QUE
+Gerard Emilien Gauvreau b: 13 August 1910 St. Jean l'Evangeliste, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 25 January 1933 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE [Elzear/Agnes Maltais]; d: 22 May 1990 Baie Comeau, QUE
10 Joseph Robert Jeremie Pitre b: 1 July 1918 Ste. Anne, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 29 March 1978 Jonquiere, QUE
+Marie Ange Francoeur b: 1921; m: unknown; d: 1998
Notes for Joseph Cleophas Pitre:
Census
- 1901 Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec: Joseph Pitre 29, wife Marie
S. 29, Marie Louise 8, Elouise 6, Emile 4, Josephine 3, Alphonse 1; and his
in-laws Jeremie 56 & wife Marie 58.
- 1911 Flaurant, Escuminac, Bonaventure, Quebec: Joseph Peters 37, wife
Melina 28, Mary 18, Elvene 16, Emael 14, Josepene 13, Alpose 11, J. Emael 10,
Evonel 7, Cilima 3, Jermained 1.
- 1921 Escuminac, Bonaventure, Quebec: Joseph C. Pitre 46 farmer, wife Meline 41, Emile 25, Alphonse 21, Emil 20, Raymond 19, Yvonne 16, Alexina 13, Germaine 11, Robert 2.
- 1931 Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE: Joseph Cleophas Pitre 57 labourer/odd jobs, wife Marie Melina 51, Lawrence 21, Robert 12, (stepson) Aime Theophile 31. Also in Escuminac: Raymond Pitre 28 labourer/odd jobs, wife Vera Mary 20, father-in-law John Willard Keays 54.
Tombstone Inscriptions: Cimetière de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE: A / memoire de / Joseph / Cleophas Pitre / epoux de / Melina Pitre / decede le / 11 Sept 1941 / age 68 ans / 2 mois / RIP // Melina Pitre / epouse de / Joseph C. Pitre / dec le 2 Mai 1953 / a l’age de 72 ans
Online photo: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/33068262/person/18390085104
WWI records (sons):
Joseph Emile Pitre: Joseph Emile Pitre; 10 May 1896; Pte. Le Gard, Bonaventure, QUE (laborer); Joseph Cleophas Pitre (father); 22 May 1918, St. John, NB; 5' 9", dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair (one vax left arm)
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Emile Pitre: Tombstone Inscriptions: Cimetière de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE: 1896 Emile J. Pitre 1969 / epoux de / 1903 M. Flore Calvert 1978 / E.J. Pitre
Alphonse Cleophas Pitre: Tombstone Inscriptions: Cimetière de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE: PITRE / Alphonse Pitre / epoux de / Rachel Gallant / 1900-1965
Joseph Raymond Antoine Pitre: Tombstone Inscriptions: Cimetière de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE: Raymond Pitre / born 1902 – died 1968 / beloved husband of / Mary Elizabeth Vera Keays / born 1911 – blank / Father let thy grace be given / that we may meet in heaven
Marie Cecile Yvonne Pitre: Utica Daily Press (NY), Monday, 29 October 1951: Mrs. Leon Doiron - Mrs. Yvonne Doiron, 46, of 2502 Sunset, died Oct. 27, 1951, in St Luke's Hospital after a long illness. She was born at Points LaGarde, Canada, Dec. 30, 1904, daughter of Filomena Pitre and the late Joseph Pitre. In 1924 she married Leon Doiron and since had made her home In Utica. Mrs. Doiron was employed as a sales clerk for the F. W. Woolworth Company. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, its Rosary-Altar Society, the Ladies of Charity of St. John's Home and the Ladies of the Moose. Besides her husband and mother she is survived by two daughters, Lorraine and Joyce Doiron, Utica; two sons, Gerald and Alan Doiron, Utica; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Louise Pitre and Mrs. Germalne Selard; five brothers, Robert Emile, Alfonse Raymond and Amie Pitre, all of Canada; several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 8:30 tomorrow from the Heinz Funeral Home, 1517 Whitesboro St., and at 9 from Our Lady of Lourdes Church, with burial in Mt Olivet Cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Whitesboro, NY: Wife / Yvonne C. Doiron / 1906 - 1951 // Husband / Leon A. Doiron / 1902 - 1990
Marie Sophie Alexina Pitre: Tombstone Inscriptions: Cimetière de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE: Alexina Pitre / Francoeur / 1907 – 1988
Marie Melanie Germaine Pitre: Tombstone Inscriptions: Cimetière de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE: GAUVREAU / Germaine Pitre / 1910 – 1983 / epouse de / Gerard Gauvreau / 1910 – 1990
Joseph Robert Jeremie Pitre: Tombstone Inscriptions: Cimetière de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue Cemetery, Bonaventure, QUE: Robert Pitre / decede a arvida / 1918 – 1978 / Marie-Ange / Francoeur / decedee a arvida / 1921 – 1998 / PITRE
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Last updated: 9 February 2024.