Continuation of tree (4th child of Ovide Pitre/Malvina Dignard); all known surname descendants:
8 Joseph Domina Pitre b: 17 March 1883 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 10 February 1969 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Catherine Josephine Blanchard b: 8 May 1883 Williamstown, Charlottenburgh, Glengarry, ONT; m: 27 October 1902 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Alexandre/Malvina Gauthier]; d: 22 October 1959 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
9 Edouard Pitre b: 15 August 1903 Fall River, Bristol, MA; d: 24 November 1992 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Anna Desrosiers b: 1909; m: 7 June 1941 St. Felix de Valois, Cornwall, ONT [Francois/Sophie Perreault]; d: 1953
9 Roy Pitre b: 13 April 1906 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: Bef. 1911
Notes for Joseph Domina Pitre:
Census
- 1911 Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario: Domina Pitre 28, wife Josephine 28, Edward 6.
- 1921 Cornwall, Glengarry-Stormont, ONT: Domina Pitre 38 loom fixer, wife Josephine 38, Eddie 17 weaver.
- 1931
Border crossing from Canada to US: Domina Pitre, 17 March 1924 at Nyando, NY; age 41, wife Josephine, res. Cornwall, 5'5". Josephine Pitre (Josephine Blanchard, wife of Joseph Domina Pitre 17 Mar 1883); May 1924, Cornwall, ONT, age 41, married, b. Ontario; mother Malvina Blanchard, dest: Tamond?, R.I.
Tombstone Inscription, La Nativite Cemetery, Cornwall, ONT: E. PITRE / Anna Desrosiers 1909 - 1953 / epouse de / Edouard Pitre 1903 / Domina Pitre 1883 / epoux de / Josephine Blanchard 1883 - 1959 / Andre Blanchard 1891 - 1943
Obituaries for the children:
Edouard Pitre: Pitre, Edouard. Mr. Edouard Pitre (former owner of Pitre Grocery Store on Louisa Street) at the Bestview Health Care Centre on Tuesday, November 24, 1992. Age 89 years. Formerly of Louisa Street. Beloved husband of the late Anna Desrosiers. Dear father of Frank Pitre (husband of Frances Laponsee) (Cornwall). Also survived by 2 grandchildren, Julie and Natalie. Son of the late Domina Pitre and the late Josephine Blanchard. By family request there will be no visitation. A memorial mass will be held in Nativity Co-Cathedral on Thursday, November 26, 1992 at 9:00 a.m. followed by cremation.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Ontario deaths in RED also from tombstone inscriptions.
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Last updated: 6 December 2023.