Continuation of tree (9th child of Liguori Pitre/4th Wife Veronique Gallant); all known surname descendants:
9 Joseph Philias Pitre b: 15 March 1896 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec; d: September 1969 Trois Rivieres, Quebec
+Marie Elisabeth Martin b: 22 February 1900 St. Alexis, Matapedia, Quebec; m: 11 February 1918 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Zache/Catherine Gallant]; d: Aft. January 1945
10 Joseph Leonard Pitre b: 31 May 1920 Atholville, Addington, Restigouche, NB; d: 15 October 1945 Addington, Restigouche, NB (driving too fast, lost control of car, dead at scene)
10 Roland Joseph Pitre b: 23 December 1921 Atholville, Addington, Restigouche, NB; d: 21 December 1944 in hospital, near Brussels, Belgium (fractured skull due to road accident)
10 Lorena Pitre b: 17 March 1924 Shives Athol, Addington, Restigouche, NB; d: 25 October 1924 Shives Athol, Addington, Restigouche, NB (cholera)
10 Joseph Ernest Pitre b: 17 April 1925 Atholville, Addington, Restigouche, NB
+ Gracieuse Loubert m: 14 April 1951 St. Leon, Montreal, Quebec [Philemon/Marie Louise Lepage]
10 Joseph Georges Pitre b: 13 April 1926 Atholville, Addington, Restigouche, NB
+ Jeanne Mance Arbour m: 18 June 1953 St. Fidele, Restigouche [Mars/Adeline Poirier]
10 Clarence Pitre b: 10 April 1928
10 Leo Pitre b: 18 July 1932
+ Murielle Taulette
10 Marie Irene Lorina Pitre b: September 1937; d: 6 October 1937
Notes for Joseph Phileas Pitre:
Census
- 1911 Matapedia, Quebec: Jerome L. Pitre 37 (farmer), wife Ozema 36, Anna 13, Arthure 10, Clara 6, Joseph 4, Jules 2; aunt Anna 72, brothers Alphonse 19 (day laborer) & Philiace 15 (day laborer).
- 1921
World War I records: Phileas Pitre; b. 15 Mar 1894, St. Alexis, Avignon, Bona, NB; Shives Athol, Restigouche, NB (laborer); Mrs. Phileas Pitre (wife); 29 May 1918, St. John, NB; 5' 10", dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair (one vaccination scar on left arm).
Obituaries for the children:
Roland Joseph Pitre: Buried Brussels Communal Cemetery, Evere, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium: Gravesite Details - Sapper, 3rd Bn. Royal Canadian Engineers. Age 23. Son of Philias and Elizabeth Pitre, of St. Fidele de Restigouche, Bonaventure Co., Province of Quebec, Canada.
- Brussels Town Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium: Roland Pitre / unknown – 21 Dec 1944 (Sapper, 3rd Bn. Royal Canadian Engineers, age 23, s/o Philias &Elizabeth Pitre of St. Fidele, Restigouche, Bonaventure, Quebec
- Canadian WWII Service Files of War Dead: Roland Pitre, add. St. Fidele, Restigouche, Que, b. 23 Dec 1921 Atholville, NB; day laborer; single; father Philias Pitre (St. Fidele, Restigouche); signed Roland Pitre, 1 Jun 1941 Matapedia; disembarked UK 26 May 1942
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Phileas Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 13 June 2019.