Continuation of tree (3rd child of Onesime Joseph Pitre/Genevieve Fontenot); all known surname descendants:
8 Louis Pitre b: 21 December 1857 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 24 April 1918 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Nedia Tate b: 16 September 1861 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: 9 May 1876 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 11 March 1920 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
9 Valentine Pitre b: 23 April 1877 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 28 March 1916 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Jean Edouard Ortego b: 19 February 1877 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: 25 January 1900 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA [Athanase/Omerine Shaw]; d: 11 August 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
9 Ortere Pitre b: 12 January 1879 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 12 July 1880 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA
9 Louis Pitre b: Abt. 1880 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 2 December 1892 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA
9 Corrine Pitre b: 15 October 1883 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 13 June 1911 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Jean Edwin Ortego b: 2 December 1878 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: 26 July 1900 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA [Athanase/Omerine Shaw]; d: 7 December 1911 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
9 Oscar Pitre b: 25 March 1886 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 30 September 1955 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Emilie Pitre b: 29 September 1888 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 11 December 1906 Washington, St. Landry, LA [Lucien/Elisabeth Doucet]; d: 13 August 1909 Washington, St. Landry, LA
*2nd Wife of Oscar Pitre:
+ Marie Louise Dardeau b: 21 December 1892; m: Abt. 1910 St. Landry, LA; d: 20 February 1962 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
9 Armide Pitre b: 20 September 1888 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 7 November 1966 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Jules Foret b: 12 November 1884; m: 15 December 1904 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 15 June 1925 Tate Cove, LA
9 Aline Pitre b: 7 November 1891 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 14 June 1928 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Simon Arthur Tate b: 18 March 1886 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: 27 December 1906 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA [Arthur/Delphine ---]; d: 2 November 1934 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
Notes for Louis Pitre:
Census
- 1880 St. Landry, Louisiana: L. Pitre 23 (farmer),
wife Anitha 19.
- 1900 St. Landry, LA: Louis Pitre 43 (farmer), wife of 24 years Nedia 39;
5 of 7 children still living, Corinne 16, Oscar 14, Armide 11, Alina 9.
- 1910 St. Landry, LA: Louis J. Pitre 52 (farmer), wife of 33 years Lydia
48, widower Oscar 22 (farm laborer), grandson Harris 2.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: Needia
Tate / wife of / Louis J. Pitre / born / Nov. 16, 1861 / died / March 11, 1920
// Louis J. / Pitre / born / Oct. 6, 1857 / died / Apr. 24, 1918
WWI registration records (sons):
Oscar Pitre: Oscar Pitre; Evangeline, LA; age 32
(in 1918); Marie Louise Dardeau; medium height, slender build; black eyes &
black hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Valentine Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: ORTEGO / Lee J. / Oct. 7, 1907 - Jan. 16, 2000 / Loyce J. / Jan. 22, 1909 - May 13, 1995 / Valentine P. / Apr. 25, 1877 - Mar. 28, 1916 /// Father / J. E. Ortego / Feb. 19, 1877 / Aug. 12, 1950
Corrine Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: IOI GIT / Edwin Ortego / ne le 2 Dbre 1878 / d.o.d. le 7 Dbre 1911 // IOI GIT / Corine Pitre / epouse de Edwin Ortego / nee le 15 Obre 1883 / d.o.d. le 13 Juin 1911
Oscar Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas), Friday, 30 September 1955: Ville Platte - Oscar Pitre, 69, prominent cotton farmer of this area, died at his home here at 2 a.m. today. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday. Msgr. J.M. Bourgeois will officiate at the last rites Saturday at a mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. Pitre is survived by his wife, the former Louise Dardeau; five sons, Hosea, Howard, Leroy, Lionel and Burlee; six daughters, Mrs. Lee Tate, Mrs. Jesse Soileau, Mrs. Gordon Dardeau, Mrs. Vincent Perron, Mrs. Bernard Fontenot and Mrs. Wilma Israel; one sister, Mrs. Jules Foret, all of Ville Platte and 20 grandchildren. Ardoin Funeral Home of Ville Platte is in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: Oscar Pitre / Mar. 25, 1886 / Sept. 30, 1955 / Marie L. Dardeau / Dec. 21, 1892 / Feb. 20, 1962 /// Old Grand Prairie Cemetery, Grand Prairie, St. Landry, LA: Emily Pitre / born 9-29-1888 / died 8-12-1909
Armide Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Wednesday, 9 November 1966: Ville Platte - Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Tuesday for Mrs. Jules R. Foret, 77, who died at the Ville Platte Medical Center at 4:30 a.m. Monday. The former Armide Pitre, she is survived by three sons, Oswald Foret of Ville Platte, Rene Foret of Opelousas and Francis Foret of Ville Platte, and one daughter, Mrs. Henry Guillaumin of Ville Platte; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Interment was in the Sacred Heart Cemetery with Ardoin Funeral Home in charge.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: Armide Pitre / Sept. 26, 1889 / Nov. 7, 1966 / Jules R. Foret / Nov. 12, 1884 / June 15, 1925
Aline Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Old Ville Platte Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: TATE / husband / Simon / wife / Alina / son / Auther
Back one generation to parents of Louis Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- 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: 5 February 2026.