Continuation of tree (9th child of Charles Pitre/Julia Dantin); all known surname descendants:
9 Louis Joseph Pitre b: 28 April 1918 Raceland, Lafourche, LA; d: 16 November 1961 Erwinville, W. Baton Rouge, LA
+Mary Hazel Gauthier (Deville) b: 27 November 1908 Ventress, Pointe Coupee, LA; m: Abt. 1948 [Frank Joseph/Edine Marie Goudeau] d: 1 January 1987 Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge, LA
10 Madeline A. Pitre b: 4 September 1950 Morganza, Pointe Coupee, LA: d: 14 June 2012 Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO
Notes for Louis Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Raceland, Lafourche, Louisiana: Widower Charles Pitre 65 farmer/farming [$2500 house value], Louis 21 truck driver/grist mill, Nola 16 farmer/farming. [Hwy. 29]
- 1950 West Baton Rouge, LA: Louis Pitre 32 newspaper delivery/distribution service, wife Hazel 40, stepson Norris Deville 20 tractor driver/aggregate plant, stepson Leonce Deville 15.
WWII Records: Louis Joseph Pitre, res. Raceland, LA; b. 27 Apr 1918 Raceland, LA; father Charles Pitre (Raceland, LA), 5'10 1/2", 137 lbs., gray eyes & brown hair, light complexion, scar on eye & forehead; 16 Oct 1940 Raceland, LA.
Obituary: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Friday, 17 November 1961: Louis Joseph Pitre - Died at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at residence in Erwinville. Age 44, native of Lafourche Parish. Body to be at Wilbert Funeral Home in Port Allen until 1 p.m. Saturday. Funeral will be held at Church of the Immaculate Conception in Lakeland Saturday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Henry Neubig. Burial to be in Chenal Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Hazel Gauthier; one daughter, Miss Madeline Pitre of Erwinville; three sisters, three brothers and two step-sons, Norris Deville of Baton Rouge and Leonce Deville of Port Barre.
Notes for Mary Hazel Gauthier:
Obituary: The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA),
Saturday, 3 January 1987: Hazel Gauthier Pitre, 78, died 3:25 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 1, 1987, at Medical Center of Baton Rouge. She was 78, a
native of Ventress, a former resident of Erwinville, and resident of Baton
Rouge. Visiting at Wilbert Funeral Home, Port Allen, 8 to 10:45 a.m.
Saturday. Religious services at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at
11:30 a.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Tom Duhe. Burial in Chenal
Cemetery, Jarreau. Survived by a daughter, Madeline Pitre, Baton
Rouge; two sons, Leonce Deville, Port Barre, and Norris Deville,
Baton Rouge; four sisters, Gertrude McCoy, Leona Devall and Mary Belle Webre,
all of Erwinville, and Mazie Gauthier, Baton Rouge; eight grandchildren;
several great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Back one generation to parents of Louis Joseph Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 19 December 2024.