Continuation of tree (1st child of Solastie Pitre/Apoline Pitre); all known surname descendants:
7 Lastie Louis Pitre b: 10 May 1841 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 25 December 1882 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Marie Azeline Bihm b: 5 June 1841 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 11 October 1865 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Michel/Marie Azeline Lavergne]; d: 27 March 1890 Plaquemine Ridge, St. Landry, LA
8 Lastie Leon Pitre b: 31 March 1867 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 20 July 1869 Plaquemine, St. Landry, LA
8 Napoleon Pitre b: September 1869 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 2 November 1869 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
8 Joseph Pitre b: 15 February 1871 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 9 December 1928 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
+ Cecilia Boudreaux b: 20 May 1875 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA; m: 22 December 1891 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Damonville/Celestina Jeansonne]; d: 10 March 1939 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
8 boy Pitre b: 12 March 1873 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 12 March 1873 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
8 Adam Pitre b: 8 June 1875 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 21 October 1955 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
+ Melanie Prejean b: 6 October 1879 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 10 December 1896 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Edouard Sevin/Marie Aurelia Daniel]; d: 17 July 1968 Lawtell, St. Landry, LA
8 Eve Pitre b: 6 December 1877 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Aft. 1920
+ Lucien Lavergne b: 5 December 1877 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 10 December 1896 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Eugene/Marie Hermine Bourgeois]; d: Aft. 1920
Notes for Lastie Louis Pitre:
Census
- 1870 Bayou
Chicot, St. Landry, Louisiana: Lastie Pitre 29 (farmer) [$1000 real
estate/$400 personal], wife Azeline 29, Alces 10, Aurelia 8, Michel 7.
[These 3 are his Thibodeau step-children.]
- 1880 St. Landry, LA: Lastie Pitre 39 (---eas of river), wife Azeline 38,
Joseph 9, Adam 5, Eve 2; stepson Ol. Thibodeau 20 (laborer), stepdaughter
Osileor Thibodeau 18, stepson Michel Thibodeau 16 (laborer).
Civil War records: Lastie Pitre (Laster Petre); Private Co. B, 8th
LA Cavalry; Residence: St. Mary; Paroled 3 June 1865 Alexandria, La.
Misc.:
- 3 Nov 1883, Opelousas Courier: Sale of the estate of Lastie Pitre by natural administratrix Azeline Bihm – 40 acres of land on Plaquemine Ridge, ½ interest in 100 arpents of land adjoining the last residence of the deceased, piece of wood and prairie land in Mallet Cove of 50 arpents; 14 head of gentle horned cattle, 2 pairs of work beeves, a lot wild horned cattle, 2 gentle mares, 3 gentle horses, 1 wild creole horse; 1 gentle mare & colt, 4 cows and 1 bull, 1 log chain, 1 mowing machine and rake, etc.
Notes for Marie Azeline Bihm:
Obituary: Opelousas Courier, Saturday, 5 April 1890: Died on Plaquemine Ridge, March 27, 1890, Mrs. Lastie Pitre, aged about 45 years.
Obituaries for the children:
Adam Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas), Friday, 21 October 1955: Adam Pitre, 80, died at 2 a.m. today at his home in Lawtell following an illness of a year. The body is at Lafond and Son Funeral Home. The rosary will be recited there at 5:30 p.m. today. Services will be read at a requiem mass at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Lawtell. Interment will be in the adjacent cemetery. Pitre is survived by his wife, the former Melanie Prejean; a son, Marion; five daughters, Mrs. Laurent Prudhomme, Mrs. Elie Joubert, Mrs. Amon Bellard, Mrs. Amy Moreau, and Mrs. Adolph Darbonne, all of Lawtell. Also surviving are 30 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Back one generation to parents of Lastie Louis 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: 23 August 2018.