Julien Leonce Pitre

1866 Lockport, LA – 1946 New Orleans, LA

 

 

Continuation of tree (7th child of Joseph Livaudais Pitre/Marie Julienne Lefort); all known surname descendants:

               8           Julien Leonce Pitre  b: 15 June 1866  Lockport, Lafourche, LA; d: 7 August 1946  New Orleans, Orleans, LA

                                 + Augustine Pitre  b: 27 February 1868  Lockport, Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1889  Lafourche, LA [Adrien Louis/Elizabeth Ortis]; d: 2 November 1898  Larose, Lafourche, LA

                         9           Julienne Pitre  b: 19 June 1890  Lafourche, LA; d: 7 May 1970  Galliano, Lafourche, LA 

                                         + Felix Teobert Pitre  b: 6 June 1879  Lockport, Lafourche, LA; m: 18 December 1909  Lafourche, LA [Andre Gratien Raphael/Marguerite Landry]; d: 15 February 1931  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                         9           Orleans William Pitre  b: 28 May 1892  Cheniere, Lafourche, LA; d: 21 November 1981  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                         9           Aimee Elisabeth Pitre  b: 1 December 1893  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 29 May 1979  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                         + Sheldon Paul Pierce  b: 30 November 1888  Lafourche, LA; m: 15 November 1920  Holy Rosary, Larose, Lafourche, LA [Filden/Annie Lee Autin]; d: 1 November 1942  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Marguerite Pitre  b: 19 September 1897  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 24 September 1897  Larose, Lafourche, LA

 

 

Notes for Julien Leonce Pitre:

Census

- 1900 Lafourche, Louisiana:  Widower Leonce Peet 35, Julienne 10, Orleon 8, Ammie 6; living with his widowed sister Adrienne Peet 44 (laborer), Julien 26 (fisherman), Zulma 21, Luefroize 10 (fisherman).


- 1910 Lafourche, LA:  Widower Leonce Pitre 48 (manager/general store), Oliver 17 (store clerk).  Daughter Emma Pitre 16, living with her aunt (Mrs.) Richard M. Peter 55.

- 1920 Lafourche, LA:  Daughter Amma 26 living with her widowed aunt Adrene Pitre 64, & the aunt's orphaned granddaughter Lora Casanova 14.  Orleans Pitre 27 (retail salesman in grocery store), boarding with Ciles A. Ducos family.)


- 1930 Lafourche, LA:  Widower Leonce Pitre 64, living with his widowed sister Adrianne Pitre 75, & her widowed son Julien 55 (laborer) & his son Victor 18 (fisherman).  (Golden Meadow: Orleans Pitre 38, boarding with Joseph Nikel.)

 

- 1940 New Orleans, Orleans, LA:  Sheldon Pierce 53 [$4000 house value] dentist/private office, wife May 47, Inez 18, Edna 16, niece Helena Pitre 27 graduate nurse/Charity Hospital, widowed father-in-law Leonce Pitre 76  [1836 Bayou Road]

 

Obituary:  Times Picayune (LA), 9 August 1946 - At the residence, 1836 Bayou Road, New Orleans, on Wednesday, August 7, 1946, at 11:05 o'clock a.m., Leonce J. Pitre, beloved husband of the late Augustine Pitre and father of Mrs. Felix Pitre, Mrs. Sheldon Pierce and Orleans Pitre, survived by 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild, age 80 years.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the residence of Mrs. Felix Pitre, Cut Off, La., on Friday, August 9, 1946, at 8 o'clock a.m.  Religious services at Sacred Heart Catholic church, Cut Off, La.  Interment in Sacred Heart Catholic cemetery.  Falgout Funeral Home, Raceland, La., in charge.

 

Notes for Augustine Pitre:

Tombstone Inscription, Holy Rosary Cemetery, Larose, LA:  Augustine Pitre / decede / le 1er Nov. 1898

 

WWI registration records (son):

Orleans William Pitre:  Orleans Pitre; Lafourche, LA; 28 May 1892 (Jefferson Par.); single; medium height, medium build; dark eyes & black hair.
 

Obituaries for the children:

Julienne Pitre:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 8 May 1970:  Julienne P. Pitre, at Our Lady of the Sea Hospital, Galliano, La., on Thursday, May 7, 1970, at 4:00 o'clock p.m., beloved wife of the late Felix (Lico) Pitre, mother of Eroche J. Pitre, Mrs. Lucien Theriot Jr., Mrs. Clarence David, Mrs. Thomas Robbins, Mrs. Francis LeBlanc, Mrs. Ambrose Thibodaux and Miss Dolores Pitre, also the late Linwood, Leonce and Abraham Pitre; sister of Orleans Pitre and Mrs. Sheldon Pierce, survived by 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, age 79 years, a native of Cheniere Camanada and a resident of Cut Off, La.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from Falgout Funeral Home Inc., Galliano, La., on Saturday, May 9, 1970, at 2:30 o'clock p.m.  Religious services at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Cut Off, La., at 3 p.m.  Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, La.  Falgout Funeral Home Inc., Galliano, La., in charge.

 

Orleans William Pitre:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 23 November 1981:  Orleans William Pitre, at Galliano, La., on Saturday, November 21, 1981, at 3:30 p.m., son of the late Leonce J. Pitre and Augustine Pitre, brother of the late Julienne Pitre and Amy Pitre Pierce; age 89 years; a native of Cheniere, La., and a resident of Cut Off, La.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from Falgout Funeral Home in Galliano, La., on Monday, November 23, 1981, at 9:30 a.m.  Religious services at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off, La. at 10 o'clock a.m.  Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery.  Friends may call after 1 p.m. on Sunday.  Falgout Funeral Homes in charge.

 

Aimee Elisabeth Pitre:  Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA:  Dr. Sheldon P. Pierce / Nov. 30, 1888 - Nov. 1, 1942 / Amy P. Pierce / Dec. 1, 1893 - May 29, 1979

 

 

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Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:

- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes  (Rev. Hebert)

- South Louisiana Vital Family Records: Terrebonne Genealogical Society

Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).

Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.

 

Last updated:  11 August 2022.