Continuation of tree (3rd child of Francois Basile Pitre/Scholastique Boutary); all known surname descendants:
7 Louis Prospere Pitre b: 26 August 1838 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 7 January 1888 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Elise Lirette b: 18 July 1836 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 14 October 1858 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean Pierre/Celeste Hebert]; d: Bet. 1871-1880
8 Louis Philippe Pitre b: 4 December 1860 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 3 February 1937 Addis, West Baton Rouge, LA
+ Marie Rosa Picou b: 25 February 1866 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 23 June 1886 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Theodule/Clotilde Hebert]; d: 31 January 1941 Addis, West Baton Rouge, LA
8 Auguste Joseph Pitre b: 11 August 1864 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 3 May 1922 Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Helene Thibodaux b: 17 August 1867 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 30 May 1900 Lafourche, LA [Jules Adrien/Marie Boutary]; d: 30 January 1951 Lafourche, LA
8 Julien Adam Pitre b: 9 August 1868 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
8 Marie Josephine Pitre b: 16 February 1871 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 6 October 1945 Westwego, Jefferson, LA
+ Ernest Chaisson b: 13 October 1864 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 20 January 1887 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Henri Octave/Marie Estelle Molaison]; d: Aft. 1930
*2nd Wife of Louis Prospere Pitre:
+Emelie Lirette b: 1 April 1852; m: 24 January 1880 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean Guillaume/Marie Adeline Ledet]; d: 16 September 1919 Delta Farm, Lafourche, LA
8 Louis Norbert Pitre b: 6 October 1880 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
8 Louis Charles Pitre b: 26 March 1883 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 3 December 1937 Assumption, LA
+Cecilia Emelie Roger b: 25 December 1885 Lafourche, LA; m: 30 December 1903 Holy Saviour, Lockport, Lafourche, LA [Louis Vileor/Aureline Eschete]; d: 21 October 1931 Lafourche, LA
*2nd Wife of Louis Charles Pitre:
+Montrova --- b: Abt. 1886; m: Abt. 1929; d: Aft. 1930
8 Urbain Guillaume Pitre b: 11 January 1885 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 2 January 1959 Mobile, Mobile, AL
+Ursula Comeaux b: 13 February 1907 Pierre Part, Assumption, LA; m: Abt. 1926 [Augustin/Elizabeth Landry]; d: 1 November 1999 Houma, Terrebonne, LA
8 Octave Placide Pitre b: 5 October 1887 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 23 June 1921
Notes for Louis Prospere Pitre:
Census
- 1860 Lafourche, Louisiana: Louis Pitre 20 (laborer), wife Marie 22.
- 1870
- 1880
- 1900
Civil War records: Louis Pitre, Private, Co. -, Lafourche Regiment,
Louisiana Militia. Captured and paroled 27 Oct. 1862 at Labadieville,
Louisiana.
WWI registration cards (sons):
Louis Charles Pitre (Charley Pitre): Lafourche, LA; born 26 Mar 1883; Cecile Rogers; medium height, medium build.
Urbain Guillaume Pitre (Urbin Guillaume Pitre): Lafourche, LA; born 12 Jan 1885; Emelie Pitre; medium height, medium build, dark eyes & black hair.
Octave Placide Pitre: Lafourche, LA; born 5 Oct
1887; wife & 4 children; medium height, medium build, dark gray eyes, & black
hair, (missing end of one finger).
Obituaries for the children:
Louis Philippe Pitre: State Times Advocate, Baton Rouge, Monday, 8 February 1937 - Louis Philip Pitre - Plaquemine, La., Feb. 8 - Burial of Louis Philip Pitre, who died Wednesday morning at his home in Addis, following a short illness of pneumonia, was conducted in Thibodaux Thursday. Services were conducted at the Brusly Catholic church, with the funeral cortege proceeding to Thibodaux. Mr. Pitre was a native of Thibodaux, but had resided in Addis for a number of years. He had been engaged in the meat business but had retired several years ago. He was 76 years of age. He is survived by a widow and seven children.
Marie Josephine Pitre: Times Picayune, 8 October 1945 - On Saturday, October 6, 1945, at 5:20 o'clock p.m., Josephine Pitre, beloved wife of Ernest Chaisson, mother of Mrs. Gilbert Trosclair, Mrs. Steve Prestenbach, Ernest, Octave, Louis and Nobert Chaisson, a native of Lafourche parish, La. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the services on Monday, October 8, 1945, at 8:45 o'clock a.m. from the Westside Funeral Home, Avenue D and Fifth street, Westwego, La. Interment in Westwego, La.
Back one generation to parents of Louis Prospere Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- Southwest Louisiana Records (Rev. Hebert)
Last updated: 22 December 2016.