Continuation of tree (7th child of Luca Alcidius Pitre/2nd Wife Dorestine Ardoin); all known surname descendants:
10 Littel Pitre b: 13 March 1916 Mamou, Evangeline, LA; d: 22 October 1980 Mamou, Evangeline, LA
+ Octavia Berzas b: 26 January 1920 Mamou, Evangeline, LA; m: Abt. 1938 [Elias/Angeline Pierotti]; d: 21 March 2008 Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge, LA
11 Floyd Littel Pitre b: 12 October 1938 Mamou, Evangeline, LA; d: 2 September 1994 Bremerton, Kitsap, WA
+Antonia Chatelain m: 20 May 1961 Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge, LA [Paul/---]
11 Richard Pitre b: Abt. 1941
+Rosa ---
11 Carlos Pitre
+Vicky ---
Notes for Littel Pitre:
Census
- 1920 ?
- 1930 Evangeline, Louisiana: Littell Pitre 14 cotton farm laborer, boarding with family of Elias Berzas 36 farmer, wife Angeline 31, Octavia 9, Lambert 6, J. V. 9 months, widowed father Bertell 81.
- 1940 Evangeline, LA: Littell Pitre 24 farmer/farm, wife Octavia 20 helper/farm, Floyd Lee 1.
- 1950 Evangeline, LA: Ethel Pitre 34 farmer/farm, wife Octavia 30, (Floyd 11), Richard 8.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas), Thursday, 23 October 1980: Mamou - Last rites will be held at 9 a.m. Friday in St. Ann Catholic Church here for Littel Pitre, 64, a resident of Mamou, who died at his residence Wednesday following a short illness. Burial will be in the new St. Ann Cemetery and directed by Ardoin Funeral Home of Mamou. Survivors include his wife, Octavia Berzas of Mamou; three sons, Floyd, Richard and Carlos Pitre, all of Baton Rouge; one brother, Dennis Pitre of Mamou; one half-brother, Abel Granger of Plaquemine; three half-sisters, Vince Hebert of Plaquemine, Clara Lafleur of Mamou and Marie St. Romain of White Castle; and four grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Ann's New Cemetery, Mamou: (both photos) Octavia B. Pitre / Jan. 26, 1920 / Mar. 21, 2008 / Littel Pitre / Mar. 13, 1916 / Oct. 22, 1980
Notes for Octavia Berzas:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 23 March 2008: Mamou - Funeral services for Mrs. Octavia (Berzas) Pitre, 88, will be held Tuesday, time pending, at St. Ann's Catholic Church here with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Pitre, a native of Mamou and resident of Baton Rouge, died at 9:15 p.m. Friday, March 21, 2008, at the Flannery Oaks Nursing home in Baton Rouge. Ardoin's Funeral Home of Mamou is in charge of arrangements.
Obituaries for the children:
Floyd Littel Pitre: The Eunice News (Eunice, LA), Thursday, 8 September 1994: Baton Rouge - Funeral services were held at St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in Baton Rouge at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 6, for Floyd Littel Pitre, 55, with burial following in Greenoaks Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Pitre, a resident of Baton Rouge died at 11:35 a.m. Friday, September 2, 1994, at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. Mr. Pitre was a retired employee of Capital City Press in Baton Rouge. He was a native of Mamou, and a parishioner of St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church, The National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, The Louisiana Acadian Association of the Deaf and Blind, and the Louisiana Bass Club. Survivors include his wife, Antonia Chatelain Pitre of Baton Rouge, his mother, Octavia Pitre of Watson, two daughters, Debra Langlois of Prairieville and Cherie Pitre of Baton Rouge, two brothers, Richard Pitre of Watson and Carlos Pitre of Brusly, and two grandchildren, Kimberly and Aaron Langlois. He is preceded in death by his father, Littel Pitre. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Greenoaks Funeral Home of Baton Rouge was in charge of arrangements.
Back one generation to parents of Littel 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).
- Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.
Last updated: 3 August 2022.