Continuation of tree (6th child of Jean Baptiste Pitre/1st wife Marie Francoise Anne St. Cosme); all known surname descendants:
5 Joseph Pitre b: 6 December 1780 Assumption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 17 November 1860 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
+Archange Billiau dite Lesperance b: 14 December 1793 Ste. Anne (Fort Pontchartrain), Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 9 September 1817 Assumption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Louis/Therese Chauvin]; d: 14 April 1874 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
6 Cecile Pitre b: 23 June 1818 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 6 February 1856 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
+Etienne Brouillet b: Abt. 1815 Quebec; m: 7 November 1842 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Maurice/Elisabeth May]; d: 8 April 1889 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT
6 Clemence Appoline Pitre b: 24 May 1820 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 6 August 1902 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
+Hubert Lesperance b: 23 November 1817 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 29 September 1845 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Charles/Marie Anne Pitre]; d: 4 June 1901 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
6 St. Cosme Pitre b: 14 December 1822 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 2 August 1912 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT
+Edesse Miron b: 7 July 1827 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 29 September 1845 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Jean Baptiste/Modeste Amireau]; d: 28 April 1907 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich East, Essex North, ONT
6 Jerome Pitre b: 3 April 1825 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 6 November 1903 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
+Sophie Robidou b: 17 March 1829 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 23 January 1849 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Joseph/Matilde Lauson]; d: 27 July 1891 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
*2nd Wife of Jerome Pitre:
+Caroline Boucher (Labutte) b: Abt. 1839 Essex, ONT; m: 10 April 1893 Stoney Point, Pointe aux Roches, Essex, ONT [Francois/Catherine Chamberlain]; d: 23 January 1896 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
*3rd Wife of Jerome Pitre:
+Marie Isabelle Gignac (Renaud) b: 14 January 1851 St. Jean, Amherstburg, Essex, ONT; m: 21 June 1898 L'Assomption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Pierre/Odille Charette]; d: 24 June 1938 Belle River, Essex North, ONT
6 Abraham Pitre b: 13 January 1828 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 2 July 1849 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
6 Genevieve Pitre b: 20 October 1830 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 20 July 1893 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
+Louis Cauchois b: 23 February 1832 L'Assomption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 25 October 1853 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Alexander/Eleonor Campeau]; d: 10 November 1910 Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
6 Isaac Pitre b: 21 October 1833 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 23 January 1839 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
Notes for Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1851 Sandwich, Essex, Ontario: Joseph Petre 68 (farmer), wife Archange 60, Josette 21.
- 1861 Sandwich, Essex, ONT: Sancom Pitre 39 (farmer), wife Edest 34, Joseph 14, J. Batist 13, Pierre 9; widowed mother Archange 71.
- 1871 Sandwich East, Essex, ONT: St. Combe Petre 49 (farmer), wife Edeste 42, Jean Bapt. 23, Pierre 19, Elizabeth 9; widowed mother Archange Petre 77.
Obituaries for the children:
St. Cosme Pitre: The Windsor Star (ONT), Saturday, 3 August 1912: Funeral on Monday - "Comb" Pitre of Tecumseh died in 90th year on farm where he was born. - Funeral services for the late "Comb" Pitre, one of the pioneers of Essex county, whose death occurred yesterday morning at his home in Tecumseh, will be held Monday morning from St. Anne's church, Tecumseh. Mr. Pitre was 90 years of age and was born on the farm where he died, his parents being one of the famous old French families which located in this county when it was scarcely more than a wilderness. His father was Joseph Pitre, of Montreal, who lived to be more than eighty years of age. Mrs. Pitre died about three years ago. The members of the family surviving the deceased are Miss Alice Pitre, Joseph and Patrick of Tecumseh and Elois of Walkerville.
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Last updated: 29 November 2022.