Continuation of tree (5th child of Augustin Pitre/Marie Louise Reed); all known surname descendants:
9 Jacques Pitre b: 7 August 1886 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 7 March 1945 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Amanda Fontenot b: 15 February 1890 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: 1 October 1907 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 24 March 1967 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
10 Theophile Anzy Pitre b: 15 March 1909 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 31 December 1975 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Eva Fontenot b: Abt. 1904; m: Bet. 1930-1940; d: Aft. October 1940
*2nd Wife of Theophile Anzy Pitre:
+Agnes Guillory b: 29 January 1918 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; m: 14 April 1947 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA [Joseph/Lilia Tate]; d: 3 April 1994 Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge, LA
10 Odea Pitre b: 10 November 1915 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 16 January 1993 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Hilda Tate b: 30 January 1913 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; m: Abt. 1936 [Pierre/Lilias Foret]; d: 7 December 1993 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
Notes for Jacques Pitre:
Census
- 1910 St. Landry, Louisiana: Jacques Pitre 24 general farmer, wife of 3 years Amanda 20, Ainsie 1.
- 1920 Evangeline, LA: Jack Pitre 30 farmer, wife Amanda 28, Avy 10, Odia 4.
- 1930 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Jaque Pitre 42, wife Amada F. 40, Onirey 21, Odea 14.
- 1940 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Jake Pitre 52 farmer/farm, wife Amida 49.
WWI registration records: Jake Pitre; St. Landry, LA; born
6 Aug 1886 (Evangeline Par.); father, wife & children; medium height, medium
build; blue eyes & brown hair.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Old Ville Platte Cemetery,
Ville Platte, LA: Mrs. / Jake Pitre / born Feb. 15, 1890 / died Mar. 24, 1967
(next to identical grave, no markings on cross)
Notes for Amanda Fontenot:
Obituary: Daily World
(Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 28 March 1967: Ville Platte - Funeral services
were held Saturday at 2:20 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church for Mrs. Jack
Pitre, 76, who died at the Ville Platte Medical Center at 4:45 p.m. Friday.
The former Amanda Fontenot, she is survived by two sons, Anzy and Odea
Pitre of Ville Platte, one brother, Oday Fontenot, Ville Platte, and
two sisters, Mrs. Chick Veillon, Ville Platte, and Mrs. Lorman Monier,
of Eunice, three grandchildren, one great-grandchild. Burial was in
the old cemetery, directed by Ardoin Funeral Home.
Obituaries for the children:
Theophile Anzy Pitre: The Ville Platte Gazette (Ville Platte, LA), Thursday, 8 January 1976: Anzy Pitre, 66, Dies Suddenly; Rites Thursday: Funeral services were held from the chapel of Ardoin's Funeral Home for Anzy Pitre, 66, who died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at his residence following an apparent heart attack. Burial was in the old Ville Platte cemetery under the direction of Ardoin's Funeral Home of Ville Platte. Survivors include his wife, the former Agnes Guillory of Ville Platte; one son, Grady Pitre of Ville Platte; one daughter, Mrs. Tommy Holstin of Baton Rouge; one brother, Odeah Pitre of Ville Platte; and two grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, Old Ville Platte Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: Anzy Pitre / born March 15, 1909 / died Dec. 31, 1975 / age 66
Odea Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 18 January 1993: Ville Platte - Funeral services for Mr. Odea Pitre, 75, were to be held at 10:30 a.m. today in Sacred Heart Catholic Church here with burial in Gates of Heaven Cemetery. Mr. Pitre, a resident of Ville Platte, died at 10 p.m. Saturday in Humana Hospital in Ville Platte. Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Hilda Tate Pitre of Ville Platte; a daughter, Mrs. William (Veronica) Miller of Monroe; and a granddaughter. Ardoin's Funeral Home of Ville Platte was in charge of arrangements.
Back one generation to parents of Jacques Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Parishes of Acadia, Allen Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St Landry, St Martin, St Mary and Vermillion.
- Some Louisiana births, marriages & deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the LA vital statistics (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 7 November 2022.