Continuation of tree (8th child of Jules Pitre/Gabrielle Pitre); all known surname descendants:
9 Jules Pitre b: 24 September 1899 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 18 August 1979 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Pearl Helen Fontenot b: 10 November 1902 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: Abt. 1921 St. Landry, LA [Thomas Edmond/Marie Eliza Ledoux]; d: 14 August 2000 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Myra Louise Pitre b: Abt. 1922; d: Aft. August 2000
+Walter Anthony Gass b: 25 March 1920 Houma, Terrebonne, LA; m: 10 February 1945 Camp Claiborne Catholic Chapel, Rapides, LA [Walter H./Edna Dugas]; d: 1 February 1982 Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge, LA
*2nd Husband of Myra Louise Pitre:
+Vincent McGinnis m: Aft. February 1982
10 Leo Pitre b: Abt. 1923; d: Aft. 1930
10 Gerald Pitre b: Abt. 1931; d: Aft. August 2000
+Anna Lee Beaugh m: 3 June 1961 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Theo/---]
10 Beverly Ann Pitre b: Abt. 1933; d: Aft. August 2000
+Francis Doucet
10 Earl Pitre b: Abt. 1936; d: Aft. August 2000
10 Kenneth Pitre b: Abt. 1941; d: Aft. August 2000
Notes for Jules Pitre:
Census
- 1930 St. Landry, Louisiana: Jules Pitre 29, wife Pearl 27, Mary L. 7, Leo 6.
- 1940 St. Landry, LA: Jules Pitre 40 newspaper man/town newspaper, wife Pearl 37, Myra Louise 17, Gerald 8, Beverly Ann 6, Earl 3, widowed mother Gabriel 72. [Route 2, Prairie Ronde Road]
- 1950 St. Landry, LA: Jules P. Pitre 50 census enumerator/Government Census, wife Pearl F. 47, Gerald 18, Beverly 16, Earl 13, Kenneth 8.
WWI registration record: Jules P. Pitre Jr.; St. Landry, LA; born 24 Sep 1899; Jules P. Pitre Sr.; tall height, slender build; blue eyes & brown hair.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 19 August 1979: Last rites will be held at 3 p.m. today in the Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas for Jules P. Pitre, 79, of Prairie Rhonde, who died suddenly at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Opelousas General Hospital. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Mausoleum in Prairie Rhonde directed by the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on the old Sunset Highway in Opelousas. Survivors include his wife, the former Helen Pearl Fontenot of Prairie Rhonde; three sons, Gerald Pitre of Opelousas, Earl Pitre of Metairie and Kenneth Pitre of Chalmette; two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Myra) Gass of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Francis (Beverly) Doucet of Grand Prairie; one brother, Walter Pitre of Lawtell; one sister, Mrs. Edgar (Ella) Prudhomme of Lawtell; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Elks Club of Opelousas.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde
Cemetery, LA: PITRE / Jules P. / 1899 - 1979 / Pearl F. / 1902 - 2000
Notes for Pearl Helen Fontenot:
Obituary: Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA), 15 August 2000: Prairie Ronde - Funeral services for Mrs. Jules (Pearl Fontenot) Pitre, 97, of Opelousas, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, from Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Austin Leger will officiate. Entombment will be in the church mausoleum under the direction of Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Homes of Opelousas. Visitation is 4-10 p.m. today, with a rosary at 8 p.m., and from 8 a.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Pitre died at 12:15 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14, 2000, in an Opelousas care center. She was a housewife. Survivors include three sons, Gerald Pitre of Opelousas, Earl Pitre of Lake Charles and Kenneth Pitre of Chalmette; two daughters, Myra P. McGinnis of Denham Springs and Beverly P. Doucet of Grand Prairie; one sister, Gladys Hidalgo of Opelousas; 14 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
Back one generation to parents of Jules 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).
- Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.
Last updated: 25 May 2022.