Continuation of tree (1st child of Onezime Pitre/Edmonia Pitre); all known surname descendants:
9 Joseph Herbert 'Black' Pitre b: 26 March 1905 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 4 February 1981 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Evelyn Ryder (Deville) b: 16 May 1913; m: Abt. 1944; d: 21 April 1993 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
10 Aswell Glenn Pitre b: July 1945; d: Aft. April 1993
+Jo Ann Lafleur m: 24 October 1964 Sacred Heart, Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA [Clement/---]
Notes for Joseph Herbert Pitre:
Census
- 1920 St. Landry, LA: Onezime Pitre 35 (general farmer), wife Edmonnia 31, Herbert 14, Georgena 13, Mazay 12, Materson 9, Dawerson 9, Ardase 6, Eazay 4, Etie 4, brother Octave 39 laborer/home farm.
- 1930
- 1940 Evangeline, LA: Onezime Pitre 55 laborer/road construction WPA, wife Edmonia 50, Herbert 36 gambler/club house.
- 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Hubert Pitre 46 repairman/car****, wife Eveline R. 36, Glenn 4, stepdaughter Georgina Deville 16, widowed mother-in-law Corine V. Vidrine 66..
Obituary: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Thursday, 5 February 1981: Ville Platte - Herbert "Black" Pitre, 75, of Ville Platte died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Ville Platte General Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Ryder Pitre of Ville Platte; one son, Aswell Glenn Pitre of Ville Platte; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Albert Miller of Eunice and Mrs. Joseph Fontenot of Ville Platte; three brothers, E.T. Pitre, Madison Pitre and Easy Pitre, all of Ville Platte; two sisters, Mrs. Lindsey Fontenot and Mrs. Horace Ardoin, both of Ville Platte; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Our Lady Queen of All Saints. Burial will be in Old Ville Platte Cemetery under direction of Ardoin.
Tombstone Inscription: Old Ville Platte Cemetery, Ville Platte: Evelyn Rider Pitre / May 16, 1913 / Apr. 21, 1993 / Herbert Pitre / Mar. 26, 1905 / Feb. 4, 1981 / Evans Rider / Sept. 2, 1877 / Dec. 19, 1924
Notes for Evelyn Ryder:
Obituary: The Eunice News (Eunice, LA), Thursday, 22 April 1993: Ville Platte - Funeral services will be held at Our Lady Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte at 4 p.m., today, April 22, for Mrs. Evelyn Pitre, 79, with burial following in the old Ville Platte Cemetery. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Ville Platte, died at 6:45 a.m., Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at Lafayette General after a long illness. Mrs. Pitre was a retired nurse's aide. She was the former Evelyn Rider. Survivors include her son, Aswell Glenn Pitre of Baytown, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Albert (Etheline) Miller of Eunice and Mrs. Joseph (Georgiana) Fontenot of Ville Platte; 13 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Ardoin's of Ville Platte is in charge of arrangements.
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Herbert Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- 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: 5 October 2022.