Continuation of tree (1st child of David Pitre/Rose Anne Guitard); all known surname descendants:
8 Joseph Emile Pitre b: 18 May 1908 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 24 April 1954 Durham, Restigouche, NB
+Marie Dorilda Lejeune b: 18 July 1901 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 14 July 1936 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Jean/Marie Cormier]; d: 1986 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
9 Jeannine Pitre b: Abt. 1937; d: 3 June 1988 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
+Rodolphe Arseneau b: Abt. 1931 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 26 October 1954 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Charles A./Marguerite Doucet]; d: 17 August 1996 Petit Rocher South, Gloucester, NB
9 Dorea Pitre b: Abt. 1938 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. June 1988
+Aurele Basque b: Abt. 1933; m: 18 October 1955 Beresford, Gloucester, NB [adopted father Pierre Benoit/Exilda Basque]
9 Roger Pitre b: Abt. 1942 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 5 March 1974 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
+Caroline Leclair b: Abt. 1946 Allardville, Gloucester, NB; m: 18 November 1967 Allardville, Gloucester, NB [Elie/Marie Anne Robichaud]
9 David Pitre d: Aft. April 1954
Notes for Joseph Emile Pitre:
Census
- 1921 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB: Widow Anna Pitre 37, Joseph 13, Madeline 8, Malda 6, Alphonse 3, Andre 3 months.
Obituary: L'Evangeline (NB), 3 May 1954: Petit Rocher - Death on April 24 of Jos. Pitre, son of Rosanna Guerette, husband of Dorina Lejeune. Two daughters; Jeannine and Doria. Two sons: David and Roger. One brother Alphonse, at Dastous Motors, Dalhousie. Three sisters: Imelda (Mrs. Louis Jacques, Windsor, Ont.), Adeline (Mrs. Hector Arseneau of Madran), Agatha (Mrs. Lorenzo Arseneau of Devereaux).
Tombstone Inscription, St. Polycarpe Cemetery, Petit Rocher, NB:
PITRE / Joseph Pitre / epoux de / Dorina Lejeune / Dec 24 Avril 1954 / age de 46
ans / R.I.P.
Obituaries for the children:
Jeannine Pitre: Acadie Nouvelle (NB), 6 June 1988: Died June 3, 1988 at age 51 Mrs. Rodolphe Arseneau of Petit Rocher, born in Peteit Rocher, Jeannine Pitre (Joseph and Dorina Lejeune). A sister, Doria (Basque Aurelius) of Ste-Anne de Kent. Funeral at Petit Rocher.
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Emile Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), online death registrations (1888-1919).
- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 28 July 2023.