Continuation of tree (10th child of Francois Pitre/Marie Josephe Thibodeau); all known surname descendants:
5 Louis Francois Pitre b: 10 August 1786 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Abt. 9 April 1838 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Angelle Bertrand b: July 1792 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 14 November 1809 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Amable/Anastasie Aucoin]; d: Bef. 1829
6 Louis Pitre b: 7 August 1810 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 17 June 1892 Calcasieu, LA
+ Marie Adele Vige b: Abt. 1811 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 6 January 1829 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Henri/Marie Louise Breau]; d: Aft. 1880 Calcasieu, LA
6 Louis Onesime Pitre b: November 1812 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 7 May 1875 Plaisance, St. Landry, LA
+ Azelie Joubert b: 27 January 1824 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 14 December 1837 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Pierre/Catherine Cartier]; d: Bet. 1852 - December 1854
*2nd Wife of Louis Onesime Pitre:
+ Emelie 'Emerite' Dupre b: 13 July 1834 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA ; m: 17 April 1856 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Francois/Anastasie Richard]; d: 13 January 1867 Quartier Plaisance, St. Landry, LA
*3rd Wife of Louis Onesime Pitre:
+ Felicia Andrepont b: 18 September 1839 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 20 November 1872 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Philip Felix/Emelie Pitre]; d: 3 February 1880 Plaisance, St. Landry, LA
6 Napoleon Louis Pitre b: 7 January 1815 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 26 January 1877 Plaisance, St. Landry, LA
+ Louise Pitre b: 25 August 1821 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 26 February 1838 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Joseph Francois/Sophie A. Fontenot]; d: 10 June 1885 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
6 Joachin Louis Pitre b: 5 June 1817 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 3 September 1864 Plaisance, St. Landry, LA
+ Marguerite Melasie Pitre b: Abt. 1823 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 19 June 1838 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Joseph Pierre/Marguerite Elise Vige]; d: 24 July 1902 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
6 Solastie Pitre b: 29 September 1819 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 18 May 1849 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA (of lightning)
+ Pauline Pitre b: Abt. 1824 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 16 June 1840 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Pierre/Celeste Symphorose Vige]; d: Abt. 1 November 1884 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
6 Zelima Pitre b: Abt. 1821 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Abt. 1840
+ Onesime Firiol Vige b: 24 March 1818 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 26 June 1838 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Henri/Marie Louise Breau]; d: Bef. 1847
6 Francois Pitre b: 17 September 1824 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 27 August 1896 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Felicia Adelaide Pitre b: 14 May 1830 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 12 November 1846 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Charles/Adelphine Josephe Joubert]; d: 24 March 1868 Washington, St. Landry, LA
*2nd Wife of Francois Pitre:
+ Mathilde Carantin b: October 1838; m: 26 January 1869 Washington, St. Landry, LA [Joseph/Eleonide Fanzante]; d: 20 August 1915 Washington, St. Landry, LA
*2nd Wife of Louis Francois Pitre:
+ Madeleine Brunet b: Abt. 1790 Philadelphia, PA; m: 18 February 1833 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Mathieu/Henriette Baker]; d: Bet. 1840-1850 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
6 Leocadie Pitre b: 6 December 1833 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 27 February 1870 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA
+ Charles Francois Vige b: 10 October 1833 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 5 July 1853 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Francois/Azelie L. Foret]; d: Bet. 1860 - 1866 Civil War
*2nd Husband of Leocadie Pitre:
+ Paul Normand b: Abt. 1844 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 15 January 1866 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Joseph/Azelie Frederick]; d: Aft. 1880
Notes for Louis Francois Pitre:
Census
- 18 December 1810 St. Landry, Opelousas
Parish, Louisiana: Louis Francois 24, wife Angelle Bertrand 18 & son Louis
infant, living with his parents Francois Pitre 63, wife Marie Josephe Thibodeau 61;
his brother
Joseph 19, and his nephews Pierre 19 & Joseph 16.; 13 slaves.
- 1820 St. Landry, LA: Louis Pitre 33, wife Angelle Bertrand 28, Louis 10,
Onesime 8, Napoleon 5, Joachin 3, Solastie 1; 1 unknown male 45+.
- 1830 St. Landry, LA: Widower Louis Pietre 43, Louis Onesime 18, Napoleon
15, Joachin 13, Solastie 11, Zelima 9, Francois 6; widowed sister-in-law Marie
Francoise Fontenot 60, niece Azelie Angelle Pitre 19.
- Succ. dated 9 April 1838: Louis Pitre - Children: Lastie; Francois; Leocadie.
(Opel. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #859)
- Succ. dated 13 June 1839: Louis Pitre - Partial listing of inventory. (LSAR:
Opel.: 1839)
Misc. Notes:
- 24 December 1870 – Estate of Eleocadie L. Pitre – Francois L. Pitre, administrator: sale of 168 arpent plantation in Prairie Ronde; horned cattle, horses, oxen, hogs, household furniture, kitchen utensils, etc.
Obituaries for the children:
Louis Pitre: St. Landry Clarion, Opelousas, 16 July 1892: Died, in the parish of Calcasieu, June 17, 1892, Louis Pitre, (Don Louis,) at the age of 81 years, 10 months and 10 days. Born in Plaisance, St. Landry parish, in 1810, of the old Creole Acadian stock; he moved to Calcasieu in 1842, where he had since resided. He was a brother of Onezime, Paul Joachim, Lastie and Francois L., (the latter only surviving,) all old land-marks of our parish. He was a good citizen, strictly law-abiding. He leaves about 110 children and grandchildren to mourn his death. Peace to his ashes.
Back one generation to parents of Louis Francois 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: 18 January 2017.