Continuation of tree (19th child of Etienne Pitre/2nd Wife Tharsile Gallant); all known surname descendants:
8 Jean Joseph Pitre b: 1 November 1877 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 9 February 1923 St. Quentin, Restigouche, NB [accident; killed by being struck on head by tree]
+Josephine Gallant b: 30 March 1886 Bloomfield, PEI; m: 23 June 1903 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; [Andre/Marie Poirier]; d: 24 September 1978 St. Jean sur Richelieu, QUE
9 Marie Tharsile Pitre b: 16 September 1904 St. Francois d'Assise, Bonaventure, QUE; d: Bef. 1911
9 Joseph Andre Pitre b: 5 May 1906 St. Francois d'Assise, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 17 May 1969 St. Marc du Lac Long, QUE
+Blanche Augustine Diotte b: 5 January 1911 Dundee, Restigouche, NB; m: 4 March 1930 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB [Jean/Louise Savoie]
9 Marie Rose Hilda Pitre b: 29 April 1907 St. Francois d'Assise, Bonaventure, QUE;; d: Bef. 1911
9 Albertine Pitre b: 9 June 1910 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB; d: 19 May 1998 Montreal, QUE
+Charles Duguay b: 14 August 1899 Grande Riviere, Gaspe South, QUE; m: 17 April 1932 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB [Joseph/Susanne Lefebvre]; d: June 1992 Montreal, QUE
9 male Pitre b: 31 July 1912 St. Andre, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 31 July 1912 St. Andre, Restigouche, Bonaventure, QUE
9 Marie Rose de Lima Pitre b: 19 June 1913 St. Francois d'Assise, Bonaventure, QUE
+Joseph Wilfrem Seynette b: 12 September 1905 Dalhousie, Restigouche, NB; m: 3 September 1930 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB [Pierre/Julienne Leblanc]
9 male Pitre b: 22 December 1914 St. Edmond, Lac au Saumon, Matapedia, QUE;; d: 22 December 1914 St. Edmond, Lac au Saumon, Matapedia, QUE;
9 Marie Anitta Pitre b: 11 December 1915 St. Edmond, Lac au Saumon, Matapedia, QUE
+Joseph Elie Seynette b: 8 April 1908 Dalhousie, Restigouche, NB; m: 1 August 1938 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB [Pierre/Julienne Leblanc]
9 Joseph Francois Pitre b: 4 June 1917 St. Jacques, Causapscal, Matapedia, QUE
9 Joseph Wilfrid Pitre b: 19 August 1918 St. Jacques, Causapscal, Matapedia, QUE; d: 18 September 2001 Hull, Gatineau, QUE
+Loretta Synette b: 1919 St. Jean, NB; m: 19 July 1937 Dalhousie, Restigouche, NB [adopted Pierre/Julienne Leblanc]
Notes for Jean Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1911 Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec: Jean Pitre 32 (day laborer), wife Josephine 25, Andre 5, Albertine 1.
- 1921 Alnwick, Northumberland, New Brunswick: Clerphe Legassie 56, wife Marie 55, 5 children; lodgers Albertine Pitre 11 & Wilfred Pitre 2. (?? Jean 42, Josephine 35, Andre 15, Rose 8, Anita 6, Francois 4)
- 1931 McKinnon, Dalhousie, Restigouche-Madawaska, NB: John Diotte 50, wife Josephine 44, children Albertine Pitre 20, Anita Pitre 15, Francois Pitre 14, Wilfred Pitre 12.
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Wilfrid Pitre: Mr. Wilfrid Pitre of Hull, died Tuesday 18 September 2001, at the age of 83 years. He was the son of the late Jean Pitre and the late Josephine Gallant. He is survived by his wife Loretta Synette; 5 children: Francois, Edouard (Yolande Boissoneault), Jean (Francine), Jacques and Diane; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Andre and many brothers and sisters. There will be no visits to the salon. A church service in the presence of the ashes will be held Friday 21 September at 11 a.m., in St. Jean Bosco church of Hull; burial in St. Redempteur cemetery. Funeral direction entrusted to: Funerarium Beauchamp.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Redempteur Cemetery, Hull, Gatineau, QUE: PITRE / Andre Pitre / 1949 – 1968 / Wilfrid Pitre / 1918 – 2001 / epoux de / Loretta Synette / 1919 – (blank)
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- New Brunswick births/marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 1 December 2023.