Continuation of tree (3rd child of Lastie Louis Pitre/Marie Azeline Bihm); all known surname descendants:
8 Joseph Pitre b: 15 February 1871 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 9 December 1928 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
+ Cecilia Boudreaux b: 20 May 1875 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA; m: 22 December 1891 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Damonville/Celestina Jeansonne]; d: 10 March 1939 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
9 Laura Pitre b: 9 November 1892 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: September 1975 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Ernest Olivier b: 19 November 1887; m: unknown; d: 25 June 1965 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
9 Pauline Pitre b: 2 September 1894 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 6 June 1897 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
9 Theobert Pitre b: 11 August 1898 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 27 September 1971 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
9 Isaure 'Ezer' Pitre b: 12 October 1904 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 5 October 1998 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
+Carlton C. Bourgeois b: 19 February 1905; m: Abt. 1929 [Albert/Ellen Bihm]; d: 25 January 1991 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
9 Margaret Jalous (Pitre) (adopted) b: Abt. 1904; d: Aft. September 1971
+James Beaugh
Notes for Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1900 St. Landry, Louisiana:
Joseph Pitre 29 (farmer), wife of 8 years Scecile 25 (2 of 3 children still
living), Laura 6, Theobert 2.
- 1910 Plaquemine Point, St. Landry, LA: Joseph Pitre 40 (farmer), wife of
19 years Cecelia 37; 4 children living, Laura 18, Theobert 12, Ezou 6, adopted
Margret Jalous 6.
- 1920 St. Landry, LA: Joseph Pette 45 (general farmer), wife Cecilia 40,
Theobere 21, Ezora 15, Margaret 14.
- 1930 St. Landry, LA: Widow Ceceil Pitre 59, Theobare 32, granddaughter
Gertie 17.
- 1940 St. Landry, LA: Theodor Pitre 43 farmer/helper, living with married sister Ezor 33 and her family.
WWI registration record (son):
Theobert Pitre: Theobert
Pitre; St. Landry, LA; born 11 Aug 1898; Joseph Pitre; medium height, slender
build; brown eyes & black hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Theobert Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 28 September 1971: Lawtell - Funeral services for Theobert Pitre, 73, of Lawtell, will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at St. Bridget Catholic Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of the First National Funeral Home. Pitre, a retired farmer, died at 7:15 p.m. Monday at Opelousas General Hospital. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Carlton Bourgeois, Mrs. Ernest Olivier and Mrs. James Beaugh, all of Lawtell.
Isaure 'Ezer' Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 5 October 1998: Lawtell - Funeral services for Mrs. Isaure Bourgeois, 93, the former Isaure Pitre, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bridget Catholic Church here with the Rev. Picard officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bourgeois, a resident of Lawtell, died at 7:15 a.m. Monday, October 5, 1998, in Doctors' Hospital of Opelousas. Survivors include: one son, Aubrey Bourgeois of Boca Raton, Fla.; two daughters, Bonnie Venable of Lawtell and Welda Begnaud of Opelousas; five grandchildren, Deborah Fruge, Dwayne Begnaud, Paula Daigle, Michael Bourgeois and Kevin Bourgeois; and four great-grandchildren, Alex Fruge, Ross Fruge, Cole Begnaud and Shelby Daigle. Visiting hours will be observed from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. Tuesday and from 8 a.m. until the time of services on Wednesday. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas is in charge of arrangements.
Back one generation to parents of Joseph 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 deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 23 August 2018.