Joseph Edmond Pitre

1896 Egmont Bay, PEI – 1966 Charlottetown, PEI

 

 

Continuation of tree (11th child of Florentin Pitre/2nd Wife Juliette 'Belzamie' Gallant); all known surname descendants:

                    8       Joseph Edmond Pitre  b: 11 December 1896  St. James, Egmont Bay, PEI; d: 21 May 1966  Charlottetown, Queens, PEI

                                +Mary Alice Doucette  b: 8 February 1903  Rollo Bay, PEI; m: 28 November 1923 [Henry Isadore/Marie Madeleine Bourgeois]; d: 17 March 1998  Charlottetown, PEI

                           9         Joseph Francis Pitre  b: 17 September 1924  Charlottetown, PEI; d: 14 March 1999  Charlottetown, PEI

                           9         Gerald Anthony Pitre  b: 2 December 1926; d: 30 June 1983  Charlottetown, PEI

                           9         Mary Madeleine Pitre  b: 7 February 1928  Charlottetown, PEI; d: 13 October 1974  Montreal, QUE

                                          +Alvin Bernard Martin  b: 3 August 1924  Hope River, PEI; m: 11 August 1951  Hochelaga, Montreal, QUE [Anthony/Laurette Leclair]; d: 4 July 1986  Montreal, QUE

                           9         James Pitre  b: 26 September 1931  Charlottetown, PEI; d: 10 July 1990  Charlottetown, PEI

                                          +Margaret Hughes  b: 12 June 1933  Charlottetown, PEI; m: Abt. 1956 [Stephen/Alice ---]; d: 20 March 2024  Charlottetown, PEI

                           9         Peter F. Pitre  b: 27 April 1933  Charlottetown, PEI; d: Abt. 2002  Charlottetown, PEI

                                          +Mabel June MacDonald  b: 1 June 1934; m: unknown [William/Julia McKay]; d: 19 November 2017  Charlottetown, PEI

                           9         Stephen Isadore Pitre  b: 3 August 1936  Charlottetown, PEI; d: 28 December 1996  Charlottetown, PEI;

                                          +Gloria Jean Shannon  b: 28 April 1941  St. John, St. John, NB; m: 26 May 1962  St. John, St. John, NB [William John/Grace Amanda Johnston]; d: 15 August 2014  St. John, St. John, NB

                           9         Laura Justina Pitre    d: Aft. May 1966

                           9         Theresa Elaine Pitre  b: 1941; d: 3 October 1974  Wiltshire, PEI

                                         +Brian Joseph Kelly  b: 4 April 1938  Charlottetown, PEI; m: 23 June 1962  Charlottetown, PEI [Earl Vincent/Mary Theresa Nantes]; d: 18 October 2023  North Wiltshire, PEI

 

 

Notes for Joseph Edmond Pitre:

Census

- 1911 PEI, Lot 15, SD22:  Widow Belzamie Peter 57, John 26, Marie 19, Madelaine 16, Joseph 14.

 

- 1921 PEI, Charlottetown, SD63:  John Aucoin 29 pressman/newspaper, wife Blanche 27, Joseph 3, Mary 1, Fredrick 4 months, brother-in-law Edmond Pitre 24 labourer/city works.  [19 Stewart Street].

 

- 1931 Charlottetown (City), 70, Queens, PEI:  Edwin Pitre 33 printer/newspaper, wife Mary A. 28, Joseph F. 7, Jerome A. 4, Mary M. 3, mother Florentine Pitre 78    (29 Spring St.)

 

Obituary:  The Guardian (Charlottetown, PEI), Tuesday, 24 May 1966:  (photo)  Joseph Pitre, 68, a longtime resident of Charlottetown, died suddenly Saturday in the Charlottetown Hospital.  Mr. Pitre was born in Egmont Bay, the son of Florentine Pitre and Julia Peters.  He was employed for 45 years with the printing department of The Guardian - Patriot Publishing Company.  Besides his wife, the former Alice Doucette of New Zealand, P.E.I., also surviving are a family of eight.  Surviving are five sons: Stephen, Saint John, New Brunswick; and Francis, Gerald, James and Peter at home.  Daughters include: Mary (Martin), Montreal; Justina at home; and Elaine (Kelly), Wiltshire. 

 

Obituaries for the children:

Mary Madeleine Pitre:  The Gazette (Montreal, QUE), Tuesday, 15 October 1974:  Martin, Mary.  At the Montreal General Hospital, on Sunday, October 13, 1974, Mary Pitre, beloved wife of Alvin Martin, dear mother of Anne, Mary Lynn, and Terry.  Dear daughter of Mrs. Alice Pitre.  Visitation at Clarke MacGillivray White Funeral Directors.  Eucharistic Celebration in St. Monica's Church on Wednesday at 11 a.m.  Interment Cote des Neiges Cemetery.

 

Stephen Isadore Pitre:  The Times Transcript (Moncton, NB), Tuesday, 7 January 1997:  Hampton, PEI - Mr. Stephen Isadore Pitre, 60, formerly of Moncton passed away Saturday, December 28, 1996 at the Palliative Care unit of the Prince Edward Home, Charlottetown, PEI after a lengthy illness.  He is survived by his wife, Gloria (nee Shannon); four children, John (Margaret), Mississauga, Ont., Suzette (Raymond) Lacenaire, Moncton, Andrew, Hampton, PEI and William (Jennifer), Stratford, PEI and grandchildren Robert Pitre, Marc and Daniel Lacenaire.  Donations in Stephen's name to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly appreciated.

 

Theresa Elaine Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Anne's Cemetery, Emyvale, PEI:  KELLY / 1941  Elaine Pitre  1974 / wife of / Brian Kelly / in loving memory

 

 

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- Some PEI marriages in RED (no church indicated) sourced from marriages registers (no parents listed).

 

Last updated:  13 April 2026.