Continuation of tree (8th child of Pierre Pitre/Marcelline Bergevin); all known surname descendants:
8 Joseph Pitre b: 7 March 1858 St. Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 2 August 1926 Ridley, Beltrami, MN
Notes for Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1880 Polk Co., Minnesota: Chas. Leschome 26 (laborer), Cunrod Leschome 22 (laborer), Joseph Leschome 24 (laborer), boarding with Robt. Cowley.
- 1 May 1885 Lambert, Polk, MN: Widow Marcelline Lajambe 60, Charles 30, Philippe 28, Joseph 26, Conrad 22, Jitter 9.
- 1895 Lambert, Polk, MN: Widow Marseline Lajambe 68, Joseph 35 (farmer in Stillwater), Gitte 19.
- 1900 Winsor, Beltrami, MN: Jette Lajambe 24 (day laborer), widowed mother Marceline 71, brother Joseph 38, niece Bernadette L---- 6, boarder Henry Benjamin 31.
- 26 June 1905: Winsor, Clearwater, MN: Widow Marseleine Legambe 75, Joe 45, Jeethi 30, nephew Norman 13, niece Brenatte 12.
- 1910 Bass Lake, Itasca, MN: Joseph Lajambe 50 saw mill manufacturer, widower R.P. Gift 70 partner/saw mill manufacturer; boarder Henry Benjamin 40 saw mill engineer.
Misc.:
- St. Paul Daily Globe, 25 March 1893, Red Lake Falls, March 4th: Joseph Lajambe, treasurer of school district 103, is charged with using $298 of school funds and refusing to cash school orders. He has been bound over to the grand jury.
- Grand Forks Daily Herald (ND), Saturday, 19 October 1895: Wants a Parole. A Polk County Prisoner wants to be paroled: Joseph Lajambe who was sent to the penitentiary from Polk county has applied to Warden Wolfer, of the state penitentiary, for parole, and his case will come up on Nov. 7. County Attorney Gossman received a letter from the warden asking whether Lajambe will become a good citizen if released, and is worthy of being paroled. The county attorney answered in the affirmative and the prisoner will no doubt be a free man after Nov. 7. Lajambe was treasurer of the school district in the town of Lambert, and in the spring of 1894 the funds of the district were embezzled. Another resident was suspected of the crime, and he decamped before the authorities got after him. Lajambe, being the treasurer and the responsible party, was prosecuted and convicted. He was sentenced by the judge to two years and eight months in the state penitentiary, and was committed June 20, 1894. He has served about half his term not deducting the time for good behavior which is allowed. Lajambe was indicted while out on bail for burglary, he having been arrested for burglarizing a blacksmith shop in Crookston of a quantity of tools. His second indictment was nollied when he was sentenced for his first crime.
- Duluth News Tribune (MN), Monday, 18 July 1910 - Grand Rapids, Minn., July 16 - Joseph Lajambe, who operates a sawmill near Cohasset, was arrested for assaulting a laborer with a club and bound over to the grand jury, and in default of bail was lodged in jail.
- Duluth News Tribune (MN), Friday, 18 November 1910: Joseph Lajambe, assault in the first degree. Lajambe is charged with having assaulted one Louis Nolan on July 7 last at the Lajambe camps, in 56-26.
- Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, ND) 28 August 1916: Joseph LaJambe, a farm hand employed near Merrifield, N.D., caused no little disturbance in Grand Forks Saturday evening when he marched through the main streets of the city toting a loaded gun and an internal load that was even greater. With a cartridge belt strapped around his waist in true "Buffalo Bill" style, LaJambe began his rampage on the east side of the river, where he put to rout several congregations of boys and men. Evidently the number of people on the East Side streets was not large enough to furnish the little Frenchman with the proper amount of excitement and he journeyed across the bridge. Several men attempted to induce the invader to arbitrate, but firmly believing that "might makes right," and with the dangerous looking weapon held menacingly, he refused to listen to the entreaties of bold pedestrians. LaJambe had no trouble in finding an open path through the crowded streets and was glorying in his dominations until Officer Rosensweig was dispatched to put a quietus on the French uprising. When the stern command of the law was sounded, the "desperate" gunman fainted but was revived sufficiently to walk to the police station. At the police station Desk Sergeant Schuyler "sized" up Officer Rosensweig's victom and a second fainting spell resulted. Officer Bliven, recognized as the huskiest patrolman on the force, offered his assistance and gently carried the prisoner to one of the private apartments in the bastile where cold water applications proved a restorative. When LaJambe had recovered his mental faculties yesterday, Chief Lowe conducted a consultation and discovered that the erstwhile desperate gunman was harmless. LaJambe claimed that he bought the gun to shoot squirrels and gophers and that he was repentant for his conduct, which he claimed was due to an over-indulgence in East Grand Forks malt. The charge of carrying concealed weapons could not be appropriately lodged, as the gun had never been concealed, as a large number of pedestrians were willing to testify. After a fatherly talk and exacting many promises from LaJambe, Chief Lowe permitted him to have his liberty providing he returned to work.
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Last updated: 10 May 2021.