Leon Pitre

1883 Petit Rocher, New Brunswick – 1944 Robertville, NB

 

 

Continuation of tree (9th child of Lazare Pitre/Adele Roy); all known surname descendants:

               8        Leon Pitre  b: 20 May 1883  St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 14 April 1944  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB

                                +Florence Landry  b: 7 June 1888  Lugar, Gloucester, NB; m: 1 October 1906  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Jean/Elizabeth Lavigne]; d: 26 May 1983  Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB

                           9        Joseph Edward Pitre  b: 17 January 1908  Beresford, Gloucester, NB; d: 29 April 1961  St. John, St. John, NB

                           9        Joseph Urbain Pitre  b: 24 April 1909  Beresford, Gloucester, NB; d: 6 May 1909  Beresford, Gloucester, NB

                           9        Joseph Henry Pitre  b: 16 April 1910  Beresford, Gloucester, NB; d: 29 October 1975

                                      +Mary Adele Boudreau  b: 21 September 1913  Robertville, Gloucester, NB; m: 26 November 1934  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Alexander/Marie Jeanne Bertin]; d: 30 July 2004  Bathurst, Gloucester, NB

                         9        Mary Laura Pitre  b: 13 February 1912  Beresford, Gloucester, NB

                                      +--- Saulnier

                           9        Joseph Mary Leonard Pitre  b: 25 March 1913  Ste. Therese, Berseford, Gloucester, NB; d: 3 July 1953  Bathurst, Gloucester, NB

                                      +Marie Rita Boudreau  b: 22 December 1924  Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 10 April 1939  Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Edmond/Marie Anne Bertin]; d: 6 April 1956  Bathurst, Gloucester, NB

                           9        Joseph Florent Pitre  b: 25 August 1914  Ste. Therese, Beresford, Gloucester, NB; d: 20 November 1998  Robertville, Gloucester, NB

                                      +Marie Azilda Godin  b: 4 December 1919  Robertville, Gloucester, NB; m: 21 February 1938  Ste. Therese, Gloucester, NB [Clement/Marie Frenette]; d: 2 May 2014  Robertville, Gloucester, NB

                           9        Therese Malvina Pitre  b: 5 September 1915  Lugar, Beresford, NB; d: 15 November 2001  Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB

                                      +George Morris  b: 12 June 1914  Robertville, Gloucester, NB; m: 25 June 1935  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Felix/Louise Boudreau]; d: 22 December 1990  Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB

                           9        Marie Clara Pitre  b: 5 December 1916  Robertville, Beresford, Gloucester, NB

                                      +Joseph Maurice Richard  b: 17 October 1911  Tracadie, NB; m: 2 October 1945  Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Michel/Catherine McLaughlin]

                           9        Marie Leonie Pitre  b: 13 June 1918  Robertville, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. August 2001  Halifax, NS

                                      +Harold Taylor

                           9        Marie Melva 'Malvina' Pitre  b: 6 May 1920  Ste. Therese, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. August 2001

                                      +Zenon Joseph Morris  b: 10 August 1921  Ste. Therese, Gloucester, NB; m: 23 June 1941  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Felix/Louise Boudreau]

                           9       Francois Edgar Pitre  b: 2 February 1922  Ste. Therese, Gloucester, NB; d: 29 August 2001  Robertville, Gloucester, NB

                                      +Marie Yvonne Lavigne  b: 16 April 1923  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB; m: 14 October 1950  Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Wilfred/Beatrice Godin]; d: 28 September 2010  Bathurst, Gloucester, NB

                           9        Joseph Gerard Pitre  b: 26 April 1924  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB

                                      +Myrtle Ayotte

                           9        Joseph Leon Pitre  b: 8 February 1926  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. August 2001  Toronto, ONT

                                      +Rose Brown

                           9        Marie Berenice Pitre  b: 20 April 1927  Ste. Therese, Robertville, Gloucester, NB; d: 1981

                                      +John Gilbert Lecouter  b: 16 December 1921  Miscou, Gloucester, NB; m: 23 May 1945  Robertville, Gloucester, NB [Ben/Victoria Beaudin]; d: 21 November 2007  Robertville, Gloucester, NB

                           9        Lucien Pitre  b: Abt. 1929; d: Aft. 1931

                           9        Rita Pitre  b: Abt. 1932  Lugar, NB; d: 16 November 1997  Bathurst, Gloucester, NB

                                      +Armand Boudreau

 

 

Notes for Leon Pitre:

Census

- 1911 Lounger, Gloucester, New Brunswick:  Leon Petre 28 (farmer), wife Florance 23, mother Adelle 68, Edouard 3, Anrie 1.

 

- 1921 Middle Ste. Louise, Gloucester, NB:  Leon Pitre 38, wife Florence 33, Edward 13, Henry 11, Lora 9, Leonard 8, Florent 7, Melvina 5, Clara 4, Leonie 3, Melva 1.

- 1931 Lugar, Beresford, Gloucester, NB:  Leon Pitre 48 farmer, wife Florence 43, Edouard 23, Henri 21, Leonard 18, Florent 16, Malvina 15, Clara 14, Leona 13, Melva 11, Edgar 9, Gerard 7, Leon 5, Bernise 4, Lucien 2.

Obituaries for the children:

Joseph Florent Pitre:  Acadie Nouvelle (NB), 23 November 1998:  Florent Pitre of Robertville, died on Nov 20, 1998, at the age of 84, husband of Azilda Godin, and son of Leon Pitre and Florence Landry.  Three sons: Raoul (Helene Niquette), and Albert (Colette Guerette) both of Montreal, and Levis (Louise Gilbeault) of Robertville; eight daughters: Odila Théroux (Gilles) of Les Cedres, Que., Denise (Andre Richard) of Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Geralda (Guy Antonides) of Napierville, USA, Rosella (Raymond Lambert) of St-Lazare, Qc., Jeannine (Stanley Hache), Florence (Jocelyn Frenette) and Marie-Ange (Herman Vienneau) all of Robertville, Sylvia France of Niagara on the Lake, Ont., two brothers: Edgar (Yvonne) of Beresford, and Leo (Rose Brown) of Toronto; two sisters Leonie (Harold Taylor) of Halifax, and Malvina Morris of Petit Rocher, 29 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren.  Died five sons: Emile, Réginald, Yvon, Jules and Joseph.  Employed in forestry.

 

Theresa Malvina Pitre:  Georges Morris (Mrs.) of Petit Rocher died on 15 Nov 2001 at 86 years old, widowed in 1990.  Born on 15 September 1915 Malvina Pitre (Leon Pitre and Florence Landry).  Eleven daughters and five sons.  Died, a son Donald.

 

Francois Edgar Pitre:  Edgar Pitre of Robertville died on August 29, 2001 at the age of 79, husband of Yvonne Lavigne, and son of Leon Pitre and Florence Landry.  Four sons: Roland (Marjolaine) of Petit Rocher, Jeannot (Francine) and Etienne (Diane DeGrace) both of Robertville; seven daughters: Solange (Levis Comeau) of Robertville, Sylvia Pitre and Claudette (Bruno Arseneau) both of Beresford, Yolande (Michel Roy) of Tremblay, Fernande (Raymond Savoie) of Bathurst, Colette (Jean-Charles LeBlanc) of Dunlop and Esther (Guy Arseneau) of Petit Rocher; Brother Leo of Toronto; two sisters: Leonie (Harold Taylor) of Halifax, and Malvina Morris of Petit Rocher.  Woodcutter and farmer.                     

 

Rita Pitre:  l'Acadie Nouvelle (Caraquet, NB), Tuesday, 18 November 1997:  Robertville - Died at the regional Hospital of Bathurst, on Sunday November 16, 1997, at the age of 65 years, Rita Pitre Boudreau, domiciled in Robertville.  Born in Lugar, she was the daughter of the late Leon and Florence (Landry) Pitre.  She leaves in mourning three brothers: Edgar (Yvonne) of Beresford, Florent (Azilda) of Robertville, and Leo of Toronto, Ont; also two sisters: Malvina Morris of Petit-Rocher, and Leonie Taylor (Harold) of Halifax, N.E.  The viewing of the deceased is at the funeral home Heritage, 270 rue Centre at Beresford.  The funeral will take place in the church of Ste. Therese de Robertville, this Tuesday 18th November, at 7pm.  Burial will be in the parochial cemetery.

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries. 

- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1963), online death registrations (1888-1919), obituaries.

- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)

 

Last updated:  6 September 2023.