Continuation of tree (4th child of Jerome Pitre/2nd Wife Marie Anne Emerentienne Poirier); all known surname descendants:
9 Joseph Oscar Pitre b: 16 January 1900 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 1 May 1986 Fort Myers, Lee, FL
+Marie Philomene Irene Beaulieu b: 2 August 1901 St. Enfant Jesus, Montreal, QUE; m: 30 April 1946 Notre Dame, Montreal, QUE [Joseph/Philomene Bergeron]; d: 15 March 1974 Detroit, Wayne, MI
Notes for Joseph Oscar Pitre:
Census
- 1921 Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec: Jerome A. Pitre 60 farmer, wife Ana 44, Oscar 21, Antoine 17, Leonidas 15, Leo Paul 13, Sylvio 11, Albertina 6, Leona 4, Gracia 2. (St. Alexis)
- 1930 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan: Oscar Pitre 30 (Can) machine operator/auto factory, lodging.
- 1940 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Oscar Pitre 40 welder/auto factory [1975 East Jefferson Avenue]
- 1950 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Joseph O. Pitre 50, wife Irene 48, roomers Paul Bau 38 & Bernice Sikes 58.
Border crossing from Canada to US, June 1923 at Buffalo, NY: Oscar Pitre, age 22 of Bridgeberg, ONT; father Jerome of St. Alexis; b. Quebec.
Border crossing from Canada to US, 12 Feb 1929 at Detroit, MI: Joseph O. Pitre, 29y1m, single, farmer, b. St. Alexis, mother Marie Pitre of St. Alexis.
WWII Records: Joseph Oscar Pitre, res. 1975 E. Jefferson, Detroit, MI: b. 16 Jan 1900 Matapedia, QUE; 5'8", 146 lbs., gray eyes & black hair, ruddy complexion; 16 Feb 1942 Detroit, MI.
Obituary: News Press (Ft. Myers, FL), Saturday, 10 May 1986: J. Oscar Pitre, 86, of Fort Myers died May 1, 1986 at his residence. An 8 year resident formerly of Detroit, Mich. Mr. Pitre is survived by two sisters, Bertha Pitre, Montreal, Ca. and Grace Kavanaugh of Anchorage, Alaska. Private arrangements by Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral Home and Crematory. The family would prefer memorials to Hope Hospice of Fort Myers.
Tombstone Inscriptions, St. Alexis Cemetery, Matapedia, QUE: PITRE / Jerome 1860 - 1926 / son epouse / Anna Poirier / 1876 - 1957 / Oscar 1900 / son epouse / Irene Beaulieu / 1901 - 1974 / Maria 1903 - 1930 / Leonidas 1905 - 1967 / Leona 1916 - 1970 / Sylvio 1909 / Leopold 1907 / Bertha 1914 / Gracia 1918. Another stone: A la douce memoire de / feu Jerome Pitre / epoux de / Dame Anna Poirier / decede / le 9 Juillet 1926
Notes for Marie Philomene Irene Beaulieu:
Obituary: Detroit Free Press (MI), Sunday, 17 March 1974: Pitre, Irene, March 15. Wife of Oscar at the Verheyden Funeral Home, until Sunday evening at 10. Rosary Sunday evening at 8. Interment Montreal, Quebec.
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Last updated: 30 November 2023.