Continuation of tree (5th child of Ambroise Pitre/Elisabeth Dugas); all known surname descendants:
5 Jean Marie Pitre b: 14 April 1784 Chantenay, Bretagne, France; d: 30 August 1842 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
+Rose Adelaide Lirette b: Abt. 1783 Chantenay, Bretagne, France; m: 14 October 1805 Plattenville, Assumption, LA [Jean Pierre/Marie Madeleine Durambourg]; d: 10 September 1858 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
6 Paul Ambroise Pitre b: 17 October 1806 Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA; d: 6 December 1875 Montegut, Terrebonne, LA
+Rosalie Naquin b: 30 August 1806 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; m: 17 October 1824 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean/Marie Madeleine Leboeuf]; d: Aft. 1860
6 Simon Pitre b: 2 May 1808 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 19 September 1810 Plattenville, Assumption, LA
6 Angele Pitre b: Abt. 1810 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 6 April 1810 Plattenville, Assumption, LA
6 Joseph Pitre b: 1 June 1811 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 7 January 1822 Plattenville, Assumption, LA
6 Celia Elmira 'Azelie' Pitre b: 27 May 1813 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 7 January 1902 Terrebonne, LA
+Mathurin Fortune Dupre b: 30 June 1806 Terrebonne, LA; m: 7 May 1827 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean/Eve Olive Naquin]; d: 27 September 1884 Montegut, Terrebonne, LA
6 Evariste Jean Pitre b: 10 December 1815 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 22 May 1817 Plattenville, Assumption, LA
6 Lucien Simeon Pitre b: 5 January 1818 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: Aft. 1880
+Marie Josephine Helene Babin b: 22 August 1815 St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA; m: 9 May 1836 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Francois/Marie Marcelite Clouatre]; d: Aft. 1880
6 Marie Angeline Pitre b: 4 March 1820 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: Aft. 1910 Terrebonne, LA
+Pierre Achille Babin b: 17 March 1813 St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA; m: 9 May 1836 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Francois/Marie Marcelite Clouatre]; d: Aft. 1860
6 Marie Josephine Pitre b: 13 June 1823 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: Aft. 1880
+Jean Baptiste Bergeron b: 30 March 1819 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; m: 30 December 1838 Terrebonne, LA [Jean Baptiste/Anne Rosalie Lanson]; d: Aft. 1880
Notes for Jean Marie Pitre:
Census
- 1810 Assumption, Lafourche, Louisiana: Jno. M. Campo 26, wife Rose Adelaide Lirette 26, Paul 4, Azelie 1; mother Elisabeth Dugas 57, half-brothers Joseph Campo 21 & Augustin Campo 19.
- 1820 Assumption,
LA: Jn. Marie Pitre 36, wife Rose 37, Paul 13, Azelie 11, Joseph 9, Celia
7, Lucien 2, Angeline 4 months.
- 1830 Assumption, LA: Jean M. Pitre 46, wife Rose 46, Lucien 12, Angeline 10,
Josephine 7.
- 1840 Terrebonne, LA: J. Mann Pete 56, wife Rose 57.
- 1850
- Houma Ct. Hse.: Succ. #91: Jean Marie Pitre also known as
Campo m. Rose Adelaide Lirette; Heirs listed: Azelie Edmire Pitre, d. 30
Aug. 1842, m. Mathurin Fortune Dupre; Marie Engelina Pitre m. Pierre Achil Babin;
Marie Josephine Pitre m. Jean Baptiste Bergeron, Jr.; Inventory: 29 Sept. 1842.
Conveyancing records: Terrebonne Genealogy Society
- 11 October 1823: Marie Rose Menould sold land to Jean
Marie Pitre, to wit; Land recorded in No. 140, 18 arpen front, part of the
Certificate of Confirmation, of the register of land offfce No. 419. These
16 arpen front for 320 acres of land superficial measure, No. 616, sold to
Jean Marie Pitre 5 arpens front, for $400.00, to depth, bound above by land
of Marie Rose Menould and below by 2 arpens remaining to her, and
numbered # 7, on the plot filed at family meeting. Witnessed by
Ambroise Dugas and Henry S. Thibodaux.
- 11 October 1823: Jean Marie Pitre alias Campo sold land to
Henry S. Thibodaux to wit a certain tract of land adjoining the land of
Thomas Fitch on Bayou Terrebonne and below Bayou Cannes, by reference to
the office of the land claims # 259. Witnessed by Ambroise Dugas and
Bernard E. Hains.
- 14 Januray 1824: Marie Rose, widow Pierre Menould
exchanged land with Jean Marie Pitre to wit; 1 Arpent fronting both sides
of Bayou Terrebonne ajoining the upper boundery of said Jean Marie Pitre,
said Arpent bounded above by land of Verdon, exchanged for 1 Arpen of the
land Jean Marie Pitre purchased of her, by deed dated October 11, 1823 #
152, fronting on both sides of Bayou Terrebonne, to depth certificate of
confirmation calls for. Witnessed by John Mc Henry and Ambroise Dugas.
- 28 November 1827: Widow Pierre Menou released Jean
Marie Pitre for sale dated October 11, 1823 No. 152. Witnessed by L. B.
Thibodaux and Jh. Delaporte. Signed by Marie Rose Lejeune, widow
Pierre Menou and Judge Leufroy Barras.
- 21 April 1835: Jean Marie Pitre declared he sold, ceded,
abandoned, conveyed and delivered to Henri Hoffman a certain piece of
land, for $160.00, paid cash in hand, land situated about sixteen miles from
Thibodauxville, containing one arpent front on right bank of Bayou Terrebonne,
with a depth of four arpents, bounded above by land of the vendor and below by
the public road, which leads to Bayou Grand Caillou, being portion of a larger
quantity bought from widow Pierre Menou, who acquired land in division of
the estate of Pierre Menou, her husband. Witnessed by William
Shaffer and Alexander Sargent.
- 27 April 1837: Appeared Jean Marie Pitre, who declared
that he sold, ceded, abandoned and delivered to Pierre Achille Babin, a
certain piece of land situated a short distance from the public bridge,
containing one and one-half arpent front on right bank of Bayou Terrebonne, with
depth of four arpents, bounded above by land of the vendor and below by land of
Pierre Gautier, for $125.00, with $20.00 paid in cash, and the remainder
paid at the rate of $35.00 per year. Witnessed by Hypolite Pitre and
Thomas May.
- 27 April 1837: Appeared Jean Marie Pitre who declared that he
sold, ceded, abandoned and delivered to Lucien Pitre, a certain piece of
land, situated a short distance from the public bridge, containing one and
one-half arpent front, on left bank of Bayou Terrebonne, with depth of four
arpents, bounded above by land of the vendor and below by land of Jacques
Laby, for $125.00, with $20.00 cash, and remainder paid at $35.00 per year.
Witnessed by Hypolite Pitre and Thomas May.
Back one generation to parents of Jean Marie Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
Last updated: 19 January 2017.