Continuation of tree (7th child of Joseph Elinore Pitre/Ursule Delphine Molaison); all known surname descendants:
7 Joseph Livaudais Pitre b: 6 January 1829 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 6 January 1873 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Marie Julienne Lefort b: 1 January 1830 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1849 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Alexis Pierre Jean/Josephine Marie Menard]; d: 29 August 1918 Cut Off, Lafourche, LA
8 Joseph Alexis Pitre b: 24 June 1852 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 10 November 1897 Larose, Lafourche, LA
+Adele Philomene Guidry b: 24 March 1853 Lockport, Lafourche, LA; m: 28 July 1873 Larose, Lafourche, LA [Janvier/Adele Orgeron]; d: 7 May 1923 Cut Off, Lafourche, LA
8 Josephine Ada Pitre b: 23 February 1854 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 16 October 1919 Lafourche, LA
+ David Hippolite Pitre b: 9 February 1846 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1870 Lafourche, LA [Pierre Martial/Adeline Francoise Guillot]; d: 26 October 1910 Cut Off, Lafourche, LA
8 Augustine Adrienne Pitre b: 28 December 1856 Raceland, Lafourche, LA; d: 20 September 1933 Cut Off, Lafourche, LA
+ Richard Martial Pitre b: Abt. 1848 Barataria, Jefferson, LA; m: Abt. 1873 Lafourche, LA [Pierre Martial/Adeline Francoise Guillot]; d: Abt. 1882 Cheniere Caminada, Jefferson, LA
8 Leonise Anastasie 'Louise' Pitre b: 8 March 1858 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 1 August 1893 Caminadaville, Jefferson, LA
+ Alfred Polkey b: 26 December 1858 Caminadaville, Jefferson, LA; m: 20 November 1880 Thibodeau, Lafourche, LA [John/Louisa Crosby]; d: 16 January 1917 Grand Isle, Jefferson, LA
8 Eugene Livaudais Pitre b: 21 October 1860 Caminadaville, Jefferson, LA; d: 11 July 1898 Larose, Lafourche, LA
+Louise Anaise Malcombe b: June 1867 Lafourche, LA; m: 4 April 1887 Lady of Lourdes, Caminadaville, Jefferson, LA [Francois/Louise Pitre]; d: 9 November 1927 Cut Off, Lafourche, LA
8 Marie Eliza Pitre b: 9 November 1863 Lockport, Lafourche, LA; d: 26 June 1945 Cut Off, Lafourche, LA
+ Auguste Malcombe (aka Marcombe) b: 21 August 1854 Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1884 Jefferson, LA [Francois/Louise Pitre]; d: 21 August 1932 Cut Off, Lafourche, LA
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
8 Marie Estellina Pitre b: 19 January 1869 Lockport, Lafourche, LA; d: 20 November 1896 Larose, Lafourche, LA
+Theophile Raymond b: 7 March 1858 Raceland, Lafourche, LA; m: 14 February 1885 Larose, Lafourche, LA [Joseph/Pauline Helie]; d: Bet. 1893-1896
Notes for Joseph Livaudais Pitre:
Census
- 1850
- 1860
- 1870 Raceland, Lafourche, Louisiana: Libode Pete 43
(farmer) [$800 real estate/$300 personal], wife Julienne 37, Joseph 16,
Aderienne 15 (seamstress), Leonie 12, Levoda 8, Elisa 6, Leon 5, Estelena 1.
- 1880 Lafourche, LA: Widow Julienne Lefort 42 (farmer), Livaudais 42
(sic), Leonce 19 (works on farm), Estelena 17, Eliza 15.
- 1900 Lafourche, LA: Widow Julieane Lefort 66, living with daughter Eliza
37, her husband Auguste Marcombe 43 & their 6 children.
- 1910 Lafourche, LA: Widow Livaudeux Peter 73, living with Eliza & August
Malcomb.
- Livaudais Pitre m. Julienne Lefort Children listed:
Livaudais; Eliza; Leon; Selina. Oath of tutrix: 15 June 1881. (SLR,
Thib. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #1080)
Tomb: The tomb of Livaudais Pitre was located in a pasture on Highway 308 between 145th and 146th streets (Lefort Cem., Leeville). It was moved during the early 1940's to the Cheramie Cemetery when an oil company began to drill a well on his burial site. The well proved to be a dry hole and was capped.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA: Julienne Lefort / born Jan. 1, 1830 / died Aug. 29, 1918 / (stone cross below) Livodais Pitre / Jan. 6, 1873
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA: Leonce J. Pitre / born June 16, 1866 / died Aug. 7, 1946 / Joseph Livaudais Pitre / died Jan. 6, 1873
MISC: The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Friday, 6 October 1893: (summary) The death toll of the storm was 779 deaths at Cheniere Caminada & 27 at Grand Isle. Families with members saved & lost included: Veronique Petre (1 saved, 2 dead); David Petre (7 saved, 4 dead); Mme. Richard Petre (4 saved, none dead); Didier Petre (2 saved, none dead); Livode Petre (6 saved, no deaths); August Malcolm (6 saved, no deaths); Mme. Justin Petre (6 saved, 1 dead); David Petre (2 saved, no deaths); Leodgard Petre (1 saved, 1 dead); Augustine Petre (2 saved, 5 dead); Aisere Petre (5 saved, 10 dead); Steph Petre (2 saved, no deaths); Wilfred Pitre (2 saved, 3 dead); Leonce Petre (4 saved, no deaths); Raphael Petre (4 saved, no deaths); Joseph Petre (9 saved, no deaths); Adrien Petre (6 saved, no deaths) Auguste Petre (none saved, 5 deaths);
- The Times Democrat (LA), Friday, 3 November 1893: (summary) At a meeting of the Citizens' Central Storm Committee, among the applications for relief granted for Cheniere and Grand Isle sufferers included: Emile Petrie, a house 14x30 feet; Wilfred Pitie & daughter, $10 each; Alfred Polkey & 3 children, $40; Jos. A. Petrie & family, $40; Victor Petrie & wife, $20;
Notes for Marie Julienne Lefort:
Obituary: New Orleans States (New Orleans, LA), Saturday, 7 September 1918: Oldest Inhabitant of Cut Off, La., Dies at 88 - Mrs. Livody Pitre, 88, of Cut Off, La., the head of four generations numbering more than 100 descendants, died at her home in Cut Off, La., of which she was the oldest inhabitant. She had been ill two years. Of her eight children, four survive her, Mrs. D. Pitre, Mrs. R. Pike, Mrs. A. Marcombe and Leonce Pitre, all of Lafourche parish. She was the grandmother of thirty-eight, of which twenty-seven survive, she was the great-grandmother of sixty-three, and is survived by one great-great-grandchild. Joe and Paul Marcombe, grandsons, are in the army overseas.
Obituaries for the children:
Josephine Ada Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA: David Pitre / decedee le 26 Oct 1910 / a l'age de 67 ans / Josephine Pitre / decedee le 16 Oct 1919 / a l'age de 68 ans
Augustine Adrienne Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA: Mrs. Adrien Pitre / born Dec. 15, 1855 / died Sept. 20, 1933
Marie Eliza Pitre: Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 28 June 1945 - At New Orleans, La., on Tuesday, June 26, 1945, at 10:45 o'clock p.m. Ellizia Pitre, beloved wife of the late August Marcombe and mother of Joe Paul and Hector Marcombe, also Mrs. Felicien Guidry, Mrs. Ellizia Pierce, Mrs. Jackson Rebstock and Miss Marie Marcombe, stepmother of Sister Rosina of St. Louis, Mo., also survived by 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, a native of Cut Off, La. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the Falgout funeral home, Raceland, La, on Thursday, June 28, 1945. Religious services will be held at Cut Off, La., at Sacred Heart's Catholic church at 8:30 o'clock a.m. Interment in Sacred Heart cemetery, Cut Off, La. Falgout funeral home, Raceland, La., in charge.
Julien Leonce Pitre: Times Picayune (New Orleans, 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.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Cut Off, LA: Leonce J. Pitre / born June 16, 1866 / died Aug. 7, 1946 / Joseph Livaudais Pitre / died Jan. 6, 1873
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Livaudais Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
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: 21 December 2024.