Louis Laurent Pitre

1867 Montegut, Louisiana – 1909 Terrebonne, LA

 

 

Continuation of tree (5th child of Zephirin Hypolite Pitre/Basilise Adeline Rosalie Dupre); all known surname descendants:

               8          Louis Laurent Pitre  b: 10 August 1867  Montegut, Terrebonne, LA; d: Abt. 1909  Terrebonne, LA

                                 +Angelique Victoria Carriere  b: 4 August 1874  Montegut, Terrebonne, LA; m: 29 January 1891  Montegut, Terrebonne, LA [Dominique/Pauline Rodrigue]; d: 17 December 1955

                           9          Dominique Prudent Pitre  b: 6 April 1892  Montegut, Terrebonne, LA; d: 16 March 1963  Terrebonne, LA

                                         +Odile Bourg  b: 16 June 1894  Houma, Terrebonne, LA; m: 20 January 1912  Terrebonne, LA [Meunier Arthur/Leontine Josephine Leboeuf]; d: 15 August 1965  Grand Caillou, Terrebonne, LA

                           9          Victor Elie Pitre  b: 5 November 1893  Montegut, Terrebonne, LA; d: 11 July 1969  Berwick, St. Mary, LA

                                         +Beulah May Kiffe  b: 30 July 1899; m: 10 June 1915  Berwick, St. Mary, LA; d: 10 January 1987  Berwick, St. Mary, LA

                           9          Cyrus Herbert Pitre  b: 24 September 1896  Terrebonne, LA; d: 31 December 1974  Houma, Terrebonne, LA

                                         +Ordasie ‘Ortise’ Thibodeaux  b: 26 November 1893  Theriot, Terrebonne, LA; m: 16 April 1917  St. Eloi, Bayou Dularge, Houma, Terrebonne, LA [Alfred/Amy Eveline Bergeron]; d: 26 October 1957  Houma, Terrebonne, LA

                           9          Marie Agnes Pitre  b: 25 November 1897  Montegut, Terrebonne, LA; d: 14 February 1972  Lafitte, Jefferson, LA

                                         +Adam Oscar Guidry  27 March 1896  Dulac, Terrebonne, LA; m: Abt. 1913 [Oscar Desire/Victoria Glover] (divorced bet. 1925-1928); d: 7 December 1973  Dulac, Terrebonne, LA

                                        *2nd Husband of Marie Agnes Pitre:

                                         +Metile Leopold Perron  b: Abt. 1901; m: 5 August 1929  Barataria, Jefferson, LA [Paul/Evelina Guidry]; d: 18 December 1962  Lafitte, Jefferson, LA

                           9          Felice Laurencia Pitre  b: 27 January 1901; d: 30 September 1988  Houma, Terrebonne, LA

                                          +Felix Joseph Lecompte  b: 30 December 1897  Grand Caillou, Terrebonne, LA; m: 10 May 1924 [William Peter/Rosalie Leblanc]; d: 5 July 1975  Houma, Terrebonne, LA

                           9          Nerlie Pitre  b: 2 October 1904  Terrebonne, LA; d: July 1979

                                          +Dennis Chauvin  b: Abt. 1901; m: Abt. 1923  Terrebonne, LA; d: Aft. 1940            

                           9          Louis Joseph Laurent Pitre  b: 10 November 1906  Grand Caillou, Terrebonne, LA; d: 9 July 1992  Grand Caillou, Terrebonne, LA

                                         +Emily Marie Scott  b: 15 March 1911  Grand Caillou, Terrebonne, LA; m: 11 November 1928  Grand Caillou, Terrebonne, LA [Paul Gustave Julien/Clothilde Trosclair]; d: 10 November 1982  Grand Caillou, Terrebonne, LA

                           9          Isaure Pitre  b: March 1910  Terrebonne, LA

 

 

Notes for Louis Laurent Pitre:

Census

- 1900 Terrebonne, Louisiana:  Louis Petre 35 (farm laborer), wife of 10 years Angerline 25, Dominique 8, Elie 6, Cyrist 3, Agnes 2.

- 1910 Terrebonne, LA:  Widow Angelie Pitre 33 (claims her 8 children still living), children Noalie 6, Louis Jr. 3, and Isor 2 months, living with her sister Justilia 37 & husband Gilliere Malachica 57.  Daughter Agnes 11 living with grandparents Maximillien Nicholas 62 & wife Pauline 68, and another granddaughter Rose Carrere 8.  Felicie Pitre 10 niece, living w/family of Teles LeBoeuf 33 & wife Froizine 36.  Cannot locate Dominique, Elie or Herbert.

 

- 1920 Terrebonne, LA:  Dominick Pitre 28 coast fisherman, wife Odile 25, sister Nolia Pitre 15, Louis Pitre 12.

 

WWI registration records (sons):

Dominique Prudent Pitre:  Domenic Prudence Pitre; Terrebonne, LA; born 6 Apr 1892 (Montegut); wife; short height, medium build; gray eyes & black hair.
Victor Elie Pitre:  Ely Victor Pete; St. Mary, LA; born 15 Nov 1893 (Houma); wife; medium height, medium build; brown eyes & black hair.
Cyrus Herbert Pitre:  Cerius Hubert Pitre; Terrebonne, LA; born 10 Aug 1895 (Montegut); wife; medium height, medium build; brown eyes & black hair.
 

Obituaries for the children:

Victor Elie Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Willow Grove Cemetery, Berwick, St. Mary, LA:  Elie Pete / Nov. 5, 1893 - July 11, 1969 / Beulah K. Pete / July 30, 1899 - Jan. 10, 1987

 

Marie Agnes Pitre:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 17 February 1972:  Agnes Pitre Perron, on Monday, February 14, 1972, at 6:35 o'clock p.m., beloved wife by first marriage of Adam Guidry, by second marriage Matiet Perron; daughter of Angelic Carrere and Louis Pitre Sr.; mother of Mrs. Victoria Nora Guidry and Rita Shilling, Joseph Guidry Sr. and Victor Perron Sr. and the late Louise and Louis Guidry; sister of Mrs. Felix Lecompte Sr., Mrs. Adam Trahan, Mrs. Dennis Chauvin Sr., Hubert Pitre Sr. and Louis Pitre Jr. and the late Dominick Pitre Sr. and Eli Pitre, Anthony Rodrigues Sr. and Mrs. Albert Perron; survived by 32 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.  Relatives and friends of the family, also employees of Eagle Boat Co. and Korner Western Autos, are invited to attend the funeral. Services from the Benevolent Home in Lafitte, La., on Thursday, February 17, 1972, at 10 o'clock a.m.  Requiem Mass at St. Pius X Church at Crown Point, La.  Interment in Fleming Cemetery, Lafitte La.  E.J. Ranson & Son Inc. in charge.

 

Louis Joseph Laurent Pitre:  (photo)  Louis Joseph Pitre, 85, a native and resident of Grand Caillou, died at 7:44 a.m. Thursday, July 9, 1992.  Visitation is from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. today, and 8 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at Chauvin Funeral Home.  A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, Dulac, with burial in the church cemetery.  He is survived by three sons, Bennett and Louis Paul Pitre of Grand Caillou, and Kenneth Scott Pitre of Nashville, Tenn.; two daughters, Mrs. Normand (Melva) Smith and Mrs. Wilton (Bernadine) LeBoeuf, both of Chauvin; 22 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Emily Marie Scott Pitre; his parents, Louis and Angelie Carrere Pitre; one daughter, Mrs. Margie Thibodeaux; four brothers, Dominick, Elie 'Pete', and Cyrus 'Herbert' Pitre, and Anthony Lodrigue; five sisters, Feleice LeCompte, Agnes Pierron, Nerlie Chauvin, Beulah Trahan and Mae Pierron; and one granddaughter, Bethany T. McNamara.  He was a parishoner of Holy Family Catholic Church.

 

 

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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:  25 June 2021.