Continuation of tree (1st child of Joannes Madison Pitre/Ernestine L. Fontenot); all known surname descendants:
9 Luca Alcidius Pitre b: 20 October 1879 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: Abt. 1917 Mamou, Evangelina, LA
+ Lastenie D'Aville b: 22 February 1886 St. Landry, LA; m: 9 April 1901 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Onesime/Lucille Vasseur]; d: Abt. 1903
10 Edmonia Pitre b: 23 January 1902 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 3 February 1980 Hitchcock, Galveston, TX
+ Mayeus Fontenot b: 11 February 1909 Louisiana; m: Abt. 1922; d: 25 February 1977 Hitchcock, Galveston, TX
*2nd Wife of Luca Alcidius Pitre:
+ Dorestine Ardoin (Fontenot) b: 6 December 1886 Eunice, St. Landry, LA; m: 5 April 1904 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Valmont/Sydalise Fuselier]; d: 1928 Duralde, Evangeline, LA
10 Willie Pitre b: 24 June 1907 Eunice, St. Landry, LA; d: 12 June 1971 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Ada Manuel b: 10 January 1910 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: Abt. 1926; d: 29 March 2001 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Vina 'Vionece' Pitre b: 4 February 1909 Crowley, Acadia, LA; d: 23 July 1998 Plaquemine, Iberville, LA
+ --- Donaldson m: Bef. 1957
*2nd Husband of Vina Pitre:
+ Robert Anthony Hebert b: 14 March 1898 Brusly, W. Baton Rouge, LA; m: Abt. 1955 [Andrew J./Idalie M. Lejeune]; d: 1 October 1983 Brusly, W. Baton Rouge, LA
10 Leonard Pitre b: 6 November 1910 Mamou, St. Landry, LA; d: 20 May 1969 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
+ Lanell Wade b: 5 April 1923 Jamestown, St. Augustine, TX; m: 4 January 1941 Houston, Harris, TX [James Brown/Ada O'Neil Thornton]; d: 14 September 1997 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
10 Dennis Pitre b: 14 September 1912 Mamou, Evangeline, LA; d: 26 March 1982 Mamou, Evangeline, LA
+ Lula Pearl Duplechain b: 18 March 1923; m: 8 August 1939 Mamou, Evangeline, LA [Adam/Martha Hollier]; d: 14 January 2014 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
10 Dudley Michael Pitre b: 25 March 1914 Evangeline, LA; d: September 1980 Westlake, Calcasieu, LA
+Mary Cating (Champagne) b: 4 July 1908; m: Bet. 1930-1940; d: 18 October 2000 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
*2nd Wife of Dudley Michael Pitre:
+Marie Lucille Lee b: 16 February 1920; m: 15 August 1953
10 Littel Pitre b: 13 March 1916; d: 22 October 1980 Mamou, Evangeline, LA
+ Octavia Berzas b: 26 January 1920; m: unknown [Elias/---]; d: 21 March 2008 Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge, LA
Notes for Luca Alcidius Pitre:
Census
- 1910 St. Landry, Louisiana: Alcidius Pitre 30 (farmer), 2nd wife of 6 years Dorastine 33, Clara 6, Willie 3, Vionice 1.
- 1920 ?
- 1930 Evangeline, LA: Leonard Pitre 19 farm laborer, with family of John Young 33 farmer, wife Julia 31, Clifton 12, John Webb 7; and Littell Pitre 14 cotton farm laborer, boarding with family of Elias Berzas 36 farmer, wife Angeline 31, Octavia 9, Lambert 6, J. V. 9 months, widowed father Bertell 81. In Calcasieu: Dudley Pete 16 laborer/farmer, is listed as a servant with Francois Hebert 83 & wife Mary 71.
Notes for Dorestine Ardoin:
- First Husband Dius Fontenot (1882 - 10 December 1962 Allen, LA)
- Their daughter, (listed as Clara Pitre in 1910 census): Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 9 December 1984: Mamou - Funeral services for Mrs. Clara LaFleur, 81, the former Clara Fontenot of Mamou, will be held 1 p.m. today at St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church with burial in the new St. Ann Cemetery. Mrs. LaFleur died at 5:33 p.m. Friday at Moss Regional Hospital in Lake Charles. Survivors include a son, Melvin Guillory of Lake Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Allen Poussin and Mrs. Jack Demson both of Lake Charles; two brothers, Percy Fontenot of Lake Charles and Mr. Abel Granger of Plaquemine; two sisters, Mrs. Vina Hebert of Brusley and Mrs. Bulah LaFleur of Obelin; and eight grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Ardoin Funeral Home of Mamou is directing. [Clara Fontenot: b: 9 September 1903 Eunice, St. Landry, LA (d/o Deus Fontenot & Donatine Ardoin); d: 7 December 1984; 1st husband - Wilsey Guillory b: 11 May 1895; m: Abt. 1922; d: 27 March 1969 Alexandria, LA; 2nd husband - --- Lafleur m: Bef. 1980.]
- Third Husband Aurelien Granger (17 Feb 1872-30 Jan 1958); Their children:
1- Abel Granger (3 Oct 1920 - 20 June 1996; obituary extracts: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Saturday, 22 June 1996: Abel Granger Sr., retired painting contractor; resident of Plaquemine; died June 20, 1996 aged 75; born in Mamou; survived by wife, Jane Specht Granger; 2 daughters (Mathilda 'Teeny' m. Emmett Brown, Plaquemine, & Joyce m. J. D. 'Sam' Doucet, Port Allen); 3 sons (Abel Jr. m. Coralee Tullier Granger, Graylin, Kaye Tomlinson Granger, & Carl Granger, all of Plaquemine); [12 grandchildren, Sabra Brown, Tracie Lejeune, Brandon Brown, Rhonda Fourroux, Sheree Doucet, Julee Medus, Janie Spinosa, Bryan Granger & Casey and Jamie Granger, Tara Murry, Chelsea Granger]; {11 great-grandchildren, Angie Brown, Jessica Morin, Jonathan and Jarred Brown, Kenny Jr. and Alex Fourroux, Kaylee and Kelsey Medus, Lucas and Miranda Spinosa and Danielle Murry}; a sister, Vina Hebert, Plaquemine. Preceded in death by first wife, Eunice Deshotel Granger; parents Oren and Dorisdean Ardoin Granger; six brothers, Willie, Pete, Dudley, Littel and Dennis Pitre and Dominick Granger; and five sisters, Lillie Guillory, Clara Guillory, Mary St. Romain, Lorrice Fontenot and Lorraine DeVille.
2- Marie Granger 1925- 31 March 1995 (m. St. Romain) [obituary has deceased sister Vina Hebert, brother Abel Granger, parents Orin & Dodastine Ordoin Granger]
*Aurelien Granger & previous wife Emma Perron:
1910 St. Landry census O Aurelien Granger 39, wife Emma 36, M. Loris 8, Lorena 6, Lorita 3, Lilly 2.
1- Lorice (Marie Laura) Granger 1902-7 Feb 1980 (m. Leo Fontenot) - obituary has surviving as 1 son, 2 daughters, brother Dominic Granger; half-brother Abel Granger, & 1 sister Mrs. Lillie Aucoin);
2- Lorena (Lorraine) Granger 1903-1976 (m. Lester Deville);
3- Lorita Granger 1905, d. aft 1910;
4- Lilly Granger 1906-1987 (m. 1 Guillory, 2 Onezime Aucoin) - obituary has surviving as half-brother Abel Granger & half-sister Mrs Mary Granger;
5- Dominick Granger (10 April 1912- 5 August 1982).
Tombstone Inscription, Rougeau Cemetery, Duralde, LA: Dorestine Ardoin Pitre / 1887 - 1928
Obituaries for the children:
Edmonia Pitre: The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX), Tuesday, 5 February 1980: Hitchcock - Funeral services for Mrs. Edmonia P. Fontenot of 8021 Neville, will be held Wednesday at Our Lady Queen of All Saints Church in Ville Platte, La. Burial will follow in the Old City Cemetery. Mrs. died Sunday in Hitchcock. Local arrangements are under direction of Hayes Funeral Home in Hitchcock. Born in Opelousas, La., Mrs. Fontenot was a three year resident of Hitchcock. She was a former resident of Ville Platte, La. and a member of the Catholic Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Elwin Fontenot of Hitchcock; a sister, Viola Pietre of Ville Platte, La.; two brothers, Dennis Pietre and Latelle Pietre of Ville Platte, La.; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, B. J. Fontenot Cemetery, Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: FONTENOT / Edmonia / Jan. 23, 1902 / Jan. 23, 1980 [Note - Edmonia's death date on inscription is incorrect]
Willie Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 14 June 1971: Chataignier - Funeral services were held at 9:30 a.m. today in the Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Chataignier for Willie Pitre, 63, a resident of Opelousas but formerly of Chataignier. Burial was in the Evangeline Memorial Cemetery in Ville Platte directed by Ardoin's Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow, the former Ada Manuel; one son, Howard W. Pitre of Ville Platte; one daughter Lemin Long of Baton Rouge; three brothers: Dennis and Littel Pitre of Mamou; Dudly Pitre of West Lake; and one half-brother Able Granger of Plaquemine; one sister, Mrs. Robert Hebert of Port Allen; also one great-grandchild and two great-great grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, Evangeline Memorial Park, Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Willie / June 24, 1907 / June 12, 1971 / together forever / PITRE / Ada M. / January 10, 1910 / March 29, 2001
Vina Pitre: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Friday, 24 July 1998: Vina Pitre Hebert - A resident of Plaquemine, she died at 3 a.m. Thursday, July 23, 1998, at River West Medical Center, Plaquemine. She was 89 and a native of Crowley. Visiting at Wilbert Funeral Home, Port Allen, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, with recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. Visiting at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Brusly, 9 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Saturday, celebrated by the Rev. Eric Gyan. Interment in church cemetery. Survived by three stepdaughters, Ann Martin, Verna Lee and husband, Milton Altazan, all of Brusly, and Catherine Cannon, St. Amant; two stepsons and their wives, Wilfred and Rose Mary Altazan Hebert and Robert and Darlene Beck Hebert, all of Brusly; two nieces, Teeny Granger Brown, Plaquemine, and Verna Mae Pousson, Basile; and sisters-in-law, Jane S. Granger, Port Allen, and Octavia, Lula, Nell and Lucille Pitre. Preceded in death by husband, Robert Hebert Sr.; parents; six brothers, Abel Granger, Willie, Dudley, Dan, Letell and Leonard Pitre; and two sisters, Mary St. Romain and Clara Guillory.
Tombstone Inscription, St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Brusly, W. Baton Rouge, LA: Vina Pitre / Hebert / Feb. 4, 1909 / July 23, 1998
Leonard Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 22 May 1969: Lake Charles - Catholic church funeral services were to be held this morning in Lake Charles for Leonard Pitre, 58, a native of Evangeline Parish and a long-time resident here, who died Tuesday night in a nursing home. Pitre was a retired carpenter, employed for many years by a construction company here. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lanell Wade Pitre; two daughters, Mrs. Sandra Hardee of Conway, S.C., and Miss Debbie Pitre of Lake Charles; four brothers, Willie Pitre of Chataignier, Dennis and Littel Pitre of Mamou, Dudley Pitre of Westlake; a half-brother, Abel Granger of Plaquemine; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Guillory of Mamou, Mrs. Vina Donaldson and Mrs. Monia Fontenot of Lake Charles, and Mrs. Mary St. Romain of White Castle, and four grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, Consolata Cemetery, Lake Charles, LA: Leonard Pitre / Nov. 6, 1910 - May 20, 1969
Tombstone Inscription, Consolata Cemetery, Lake Charles, LA: LANGLEY / Joseph W. 1915 - 2000 / Lanell W. 1923 - 1997
Dennis Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas), Sunday, 28 March 1982: Mamou - Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at St. Ann's Catholic Church for Mr. Dennis "Dan" Pitre, 69, a Mamou retired farmer. Mr. Pitre died at 4:45 p.m. Friday, at Savoy Memorial Hospital. Burial will be at the new St. Ann's Mausoleum. Arrangements were made by Ardoin's Funeral Home of Mamou. Survivors include his wife, Lula Pearl Duplechain Pitre; a son, Clyde Pitre of Baton Rouge; a daughter, Mrs. Ralph Callie Avera of Baton Rouge; a half-brother, Abel Granger of Plaquemine; one sister and two half-sisters, Mrs. Vena Hebert of Brussley, Mrs. Clara Guillory of Mamou, and Mrs. Mart St. Romaine of White Castle; and six grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Ann's New Cemetery, Mamou, Evangeline, LA: PITRE / Dennis / Sept. 14, 1912 / Mar. 26, 1982 / Lula D. / Mar. 18, 1923 / (blank)
Dudley Michael Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Hebert Cemetery, Buller, Jefferson Davis, LA: Dudley Michael / Mar. 25, 1914 / Sept. 1, 1980 / father / married Aug. 15, 1953 / M. Lucille Lee / Feb. 16, 1920 / (blank) / mother / PITRE /// Mary C. Pitre / July 4, / 1908 / Oct. 18. / 2000
Littel Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas), Thursday, 23 October 1980: Mamou - Last rites will be held at 9 a.m. Friday in St. Ann Catholic Church here for Littel Pitre, 64, a resident of Mamou, who died at his residence Wednesday following a short illness. Burial will be in the new St. Ann Cemetery and directed by Ardoin Funeral Home of Mamou. Survivors include his wife, Octavia Berzas of Mamou; three sons, Floyd, Richard and Carlos Pitre, all of Baton Rouge; one brother, Dennis Pitre of Mamou; one half-brother, Abel Granger of Plaquemine; three half-sisters, Vince Hebert of Plaquemine, Clara Lafleur of Mamou and Marie St. Romain of White Castle; and four grandchildren.
Back one generation to parents of Luca Alcidius 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: 8 December 2020.