Louis Pitre

1858 Cut Off, Louisiana – 1935 Cut Off, LA

 

 

Continuation of tree (1st child of Martial Adam Pitre/Rosalie Duet); all known surname descendants:

               8          Louis Pitre  b: 8 November 1858  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 10 August 1935  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                 +Romanda Eve Cheramie  b: 7 February 1860  Galliano, Lafourche, LA; m: 17 August 1878  Larose, Lafourche, LA [Laurence Celestin/Celestine Azelie Terrebonne]; d: 5 September 1902  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Marie Claudia Pitre  b: 9 September 1879  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 5 April 1927  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                                         + Joseph Guidry  b: 16 August 1882  Lafourche, LA; m: 18 June 1904  Larose, Lafourche, LA [Albert Joseph/Marie Louisiane Pitre]; d: 1922  Galliano, Lafourche, LA    

                          9          Bruce Pitre  b: 14 April 1881  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 22 July 1897  Larose, Lafourche, LA

                          9          Celeste Vena Pitre  b: 19 May 1883  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 14 June 1969  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                                         +Duard Eymard  b: 16 March 1885  Lafourche, LA; m: 2 January 1904  Larose, Lafourche, LA [Emile Remi/Eugenie Odile Cheramie]; d: 25 May 1963  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                          9          Victoria Pitre  b: 11 June 1885  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 20 January 1929  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                                         +Claiborne Kiff  b: 5 March 1885  Lafourche, LA; m: 23 July 1904  Larose, Lafourche, LA [Nicolas/Lumina Plessala]; d: 30 December 1964  Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA

                          9          Madeleine Armantine Pitre  b: 22 July 1887  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 5 February 1973  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                                         +Hypolite Emile Eymard  b: 6 February 1887  Lafourche, LA; m: 21 July 1906  Larose, Lafourche, LA [Emile Remi/Eugenie Odile Cheramie]; d: 17 July 1976  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Jean 'John' Pitre  b: 24 June 1889  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 24 November 1972  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                                         + Alzire Autin  b: 13 January 1895  Lafourche, LA; m: 20 February 1909  Lafourche, LA [Onesippe/Marie Aglae Pitre]; d: 16 September 1977  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Maria Ozea Pitre  b: 12 May 1891  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 20 May 1973  Raceland, Lafourche, LA 

                                          + Toussaint Guidry  b: 1 November 1887  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; m: 26 June 1909  Lafourche, LA [Jean Joseph/Adelina Alexina Pitre]; d: 14 November 1918 

                                        *2nd Husband of Maria Ozea Pitre:                                                       

                                          +Philoman Kief  b: 1887  Grand Isle, Jefferson, LA; m: Aft. 1920 [Nicholas/Lumina Plessala]; d: 11 September 1973  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Celeste Erita Pitre  b: 22 May 1893  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 25 November 1987  Marksville, Avoyelles, LA

                                           +Emile Antoine Adams  b: 4 February 1891  Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1913 [Edgar/Dorsina Orgeron]; d: 21 June 1943  New Orleans, LA

                                         *2nd Husband of Celeste Erita Pitre:

                                           +Dennis White    m: Aft. 1943

                          9           Martial Pitre  b: 19 June 1895  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 3 November 1968  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                          + Cheritia Marie Pitre  b: 8 December 1897  Larose, Lafourche, LA; m: 3 July 1913  Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Francois William Constant/Emma Marie Duet]; d: 23 January 1972  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Louis Ramo Pitre  b: 3 April 1898  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 11 June 1974  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                          + Paviola Marie Pitre  b: 22 January 1900  Larose, Lafourche, LA; m: 26 August 1920  Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Francois William Constant/Emma Marie Duet]; d: 4 May 1974  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                          9          Florida Celestine Pitre  b: 16 August 1900  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 2 February 1916  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                          9          Rosalie Pitre  b: 4 September 1902  Galliano, Lafourche, LA; d: 25 May 1985  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                                         + Edville Kieff  b: 9 February 1901  Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1923 [Augustin Felicien Doucet/Philomene Marie Kiff]; d: 5 December 1951  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                                        *2nd Husband of Rosalie Pitre:

                                         + Gracien John Lecompte  b: 15 January 1897; m: unknown [Clay/Aledia Robicheaux]; d: 10 November 1980  Houma, Terrebonne, LA

 

                           *2nd Wife of Louis Pitre:  

                                 +Lorenza Vegas (Gisclair)  b: 10 August 1879  Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1910; d: 20 November 1971  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Berthe Marie Pitre  b: 8 November 1911  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 9 February 2008  Crown Point, Jefferson, LA

                                          +Alexis Noel Pitre  b: 24 December 1907  Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1929 [Henry Auguste/Eugenie Cretini]; d: March 1996  Crown Point, Jefferson, LA

                          9           Noamie Pitre  b: Abt. 1913  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 19 February 1933  New Orleans, LA

                                          +Donacien Cheramie  b: 5 October 1912  Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1931 [Paul/Marie Menddy Pitre]; d: 8 January 1975  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                          9           Oris Pitre  b: Abt. 1916  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: Bef. 1920

                          9           Jeanne Pitre  b: 1 August 1919  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 28 July 1966  Memphis, Shelby, TN

                                          +Gustave Toups  b: 1918  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1938; d: 21 March 1939  New Orleans, LA

                                        *2nd Husband of Jeanne Pitre:

                                          +Jean Louis Monnier  b: 2 June 1907  Raceland, Lafourche, LA; m: 28 July 1941  New Orleans, LA [Ernest Jean Baptiste/Amilie Champagne]; d: 9 February 1975  New Orleans, LA

                                        *3rd Husband of Jeanne Pitre:

                                          +Asward Joseph Falgout  b: 21 October 1919  Raceland, Lafourche, LA; m: unknown [Charles/Emma Walker]; d: 29 June 1990  Westwego, Jefferson, LA

                          9           Louis Pitre  b: 26 January 1922  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; d: 18 December 2011  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

                                          + Judith Cantrelle  b: Abt. 1923  Cut Off, Lafourche, LA; m: Abt. 1940 [Ernest Joseph/Viana Rose Pitre]; d: 10 February 2014  Galliano, Lafourche, LA

 

 

Notes for Louis Pitre:

Census

- 1880 Lafourche, Louisiana:  Louis Pitre 22 (farms on share), wife Romenda 20, Claudia 9 months.

 

- 1900 Lafourche, LA:  Louis Peet 40 (day laborer), wife of 25 years Ramande 35 (8 of 9 children still living), Clodia 19, Vena 17, Victoria 16, Armantine 14, Ozea 11, Eritta 9, Louis 8, Ramoeux 6.  [Jean 10 - ?]

 

- 1910 Lafourche, LA:  Widowed Louis Petre 52 (general farmer), Erita 16, Marcial 14, Ramo 12, Florida 10, Rosalie 8; son Jean Pitre 21 (odd job laborer), wife Alzir 15, Burk 2 months.

 

- 1920 Lafourche, LA:  Louie Pitre 61 (general farmer), 2nd wife Lorenzia 38, Berthe 11, Nomia 6, Anie 5 months; his step-children Harmon Gisclair 20, Loncia Gisclair 15, Frankie Gisclair 13, Leonce Gisclair 10.


- 1930 Lafourche, LA:  Louie Pitre 79, wife Lorenza 50, Naomi 16, Jeomra 11, Louie Jr. 8.

 

- 1940 Galliano, Lafourche, LA:  Burke Pitre 30 fur buyer/winter furs [$1000 house value], wife Ophelia 30, Raleigh 11, Joyce 9, Hazel 8; (step-grandmother) Lorenza Pitre 59 widow, Louis 18 trapper/winter furs.  Widowed daughter Jane Pitre 20 waitress/confectionary, living in Raceland.

- 1950 Lafourche, LA:  Widow Lorenza V. Pitre 71.

Notes for Lorenza Vegas:

Obituary:  Times Picayune, 22 November 1971:  Mrs. Lorenza Vegas Pitre, on Saturday, November 20, 1971, wife of the late Louis Pitre Sr.; mother of Bertha Pitre of Crown Point, Louisiana, Mrs. Loncia Adams, Mrs. Jules Adams, Mrs. Edward Falgout, Louis Pitre Jr., Frankie Gisclair, Leon Gisclair, and Armand Gisclair, all of Cut Off, Louisiana; also survived by 38 grandchildren, 68 great-grandchildren; and 29 great-great-grandchildren; age 93 years, a native of Cut Off, Louisiana.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from First National Funeral Home, Galliano, Louisiana, on Monday, November 22, 1971, at 10:00 o'clock a.m.  Religious services at St. Joseph's Church, Galliano, Louisiana.  Interment in Cheramie Cemetery.  Visitation from 9:30 a.m. until funeral time.  Thibodaux Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Tombstone Inscriptions, Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano:  Mrs. Lorenza V. Pitre / born Aug. 10, 1879 / died Nov. 20, 1971 / Mrs. Noamie P. Cheramie / died Feb. 8, 1933

 

WWI registration records (sons):

Jean 'John' Pitre:  Jean Pitre; Lafourche, LA; born 24 Jun 1889 (Cut Off); wife & 4 children under 12; medium height, stout build; grey eyes & light hair.

Martial Donatien Pitre:  Martial Pitre; Lafourche, LA; born 29 Jun 1895 (Cut Off); wife & child; medium height, medium build; gray eyes & light hair.

Louis Ramo Pitre: Ramo Pitre; Lafourche, LA; born 3 Apr 1898; Mr. Louis N. Pitre; medium height, slender build; blue eyes & light hair (comments: rupture)
 

Obituaries for the children:

Celeste Vena Pitre:  Times Picayune, 15 June 1969:  Evena Pitre Eymard, at Our Lady of the Sea Hospital, Galiano, La., on Saturday, June 14, 1969, at 1:45 o'clock p.m.; beloved wife of the late Duard Eymard; mother of Emile and Louis Eymard, Mrs. Ludwig Doucet, Mrs. Elser Guidry and Sidney Savoie, also the late Orleans Eymard; sister of John, Ramo and Louis Pitre, Mrs. Hypolite Eymard, Mrs. Dennis White, Mrs. Gracien Lecompte, Mrs. Ozea Pitre and Mrs. Alexie Pitre, also the late Marcial and Burk Pitre, Mrs. Joseph Guidry, Mrs. Clay Kieff, Miss Florida Pitre, Mrs. Donatien Cheramie and Mrs. June Pitre Falgout; survived by 17 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; age 86 years; a native and a resident of Galiano, La.  Relatives and friends of the family, also officers and members of Ladies Altar Society of St. Joseph Parish, are invited to attend the funeral services from Falgout Funeral Homes Inc., Galiano, La., on Monday, June 16, 1969, at 9:40 o'clock a.m.; religious services at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Galiano, La., at 10:00 o'clock a.m.  Interment in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Galiano, La.  Falgout Funeral Homes, Inc., Galiano, La., in charge.

Tombstone Inscriptions, St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Galliano:  Vena P. Eymard / born May 19, 1883 / died June 14, 1969 / Orleans Eymard / born March 5, 1918 / died Aug. 9, 1920  //  Duard Eymard / born March 16, 1885 / died May 25, 1963 / Eugenie Cheramie Eymard / born April 18, 1866 / died Dec. 25, 1951

 

Victoria Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription, Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano, LA:  Victoria Pitre / wife of Clay Kiff / born June 11, 1885 / died Jan. 20, 1929 / Clay Kiff / husband of Victoria Pitre / born Mar. 5, 1885 / died Dec. 30, 1964

 

Madeleine Armantine PitreTimes Picayune, 6 February 1973:  Armantine Pitre Eymard, on Monday, February 5, 1973, at 4:30 o'clock a.m., beloved wife of Hypolite Eymard; mother of Ferris, Torres, Ebdon and Lefry Eymard; sister of Rameaux and Louis Pitre Jr., Mrs. Rita White, Mrs. Rosalie LeCompte, Mrs. Ozea Pitre, Mrs. Bertha Pitre, and the late Burke, Martial, John and Florida Pitre, Mrs. Claudia Guidry, Mrs. Victoria Kiffe, Mrs. Vena Eymard, Mrs. Naomi Cheramie and Mrs. Jeanne Falgout; also survived by 6 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; age 85 years; a native of and a resident of Galliano, Louisiana.  Relatives and friends of the family, also officers and members of the Ladies Altar Society of St. Joseph Parish are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from Falgout Funeral Home Inc., Galliano, Louisiana, Tuesday, February 6, 1973, at 3:00 o'clock p.m., religious services at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Galliano, Louisiana at 3:30 p.m.  Arrangements by Falgout Funeral Home.

 

Jean 'John' Pitre:  Times Picayune, 26 November 1972:  John Pitre, at Galliano, La., on Friday, November 24, 1972 at 7:00 o'clock p.m., husband of Alzire Autin Pitre, father of Mrs. Alex Pierce, Mrs. Bella Pitre, Mrs. Paul Hebert, Mrs. George Hebert, Allen Pitre and the late Burke Pitre; brother of Mrs. Ozea Kiffe Pitre, Mrs. Hypoliye Eymard, Mrs. Rosalie Pitre, Mrs. Lorita Pitre, Ramo Pitre, Louis Pitre Jr., and Mrs. Alex Pitre, also the late Mrs. Duard Eymard, Mrs. Clay Kiffe, Burke Pitre, Marcial Pitre, Mrs. Claudia Pitre Guidry, Mrs. Donacien Cheramie and Mrs. Jeanne Pitre; survived by 18 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; age 83 years; a native and a resident of Cut Off, La.  Relatives and friends of the family, also the Board of Directors and employees of Bay Drilling Corp., are invited to attend the funeral.  Service from Falgout Funeral Homes Inc., Galliano, La., on Sunday, November 26, 1972 at 1:30 o'clock p.m.  Religious services at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Galliano, La. at 2 p.m.  Interment in Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano, La.  Arrangements by Falgout.

Tombstone Inscriptions, Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano:  John Pitre / born June 24, 1889 - died Nov. 24, 1972 / Alzire A. Pitre / born Jan. 13, 1895 - died Sept. 16, 1977

 

Marie Ozea Pitre:  Times Picayune, Monday, 21 May 1973:  Mrs. Ozea P. Kiff died at Raceland, La., on Sunday, May 20, 1973, at 1:25 o'clock a.m., beloved wife of Fellman Kiff by second marriage, and wife of Toussaint Guidry by previous marriage; mother of Harris J. and Lipton Guidry; sister of Ramo Pitre, Mrs. Rita White and Mrs. Rosalee Lecompte; also half-brother of Louis Pitre Jr. and half-sister, Mrs. Alexis Pitre, and the late Burke Pitre, Florida Pitre, Victoria Kiff, Claudia Guidry, Vena Eymard, Marcial Pitre, Armantine Eymard, John Pitre; half-sister, Naomi Cheramie and Jeannie Toups; also survived by 5 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, age 82 years, a native of Cut Off, La., and a resident of Galiano, La.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from Falgout Funeral Home Inc., of Galiano, La., on Monday, May 21, 1973, at 1:30 o'clock p.m.  Religious services at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Galiano, La., at 2 o'clock p.m.  Interment in Cheramie Cemetery, Galiano, La.  Falgout Funeral Home Inc., in charge of arrangements.

Tombstone Inscription, Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano:  Harris J. Guidry Sr. / 4-17-1913 - 2-19-2010 / Annie R. Guidry / 9-8-1922 - 10-25-2000 / Toussaint Guidry / 11-1-1887 - 11-14-1918

 

Celeste Erita Pitre:  Times Picayune, Thursday, 26 November 1987:  Rita Pitre Adams, of Marksville, LA on Wednesday, November 25, 1987 at 8:30 a.m., beloved wife of the late Emile Adams; mother of Aubrey "Pete" Adams, Mrs. Emelda Adams Dubea, of Marksville, LA and the late Clarence Adams; mother-in-law of Rose Adams and Ernest Dubea; daughter of the late Romanda Cheramie and Louis Pitre; sister of the late Mrs. Claudia Guidry, Mrs. Vena Eymard, Mrs. Armantine Eymard, Mrs. Victoria Ceiff, Miss Florida Pitre, Mrs. Ozea Guidry, Mrs. Rosalie Kiff, Burke, John, Martial and Rameau Pitre; half-sister of Bertha Pitre and Louis Pitre, Jr. and the late Mrs. Noami Cheramie, Jeanne and Oris Pitre; also survived by 9 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.  Age 94 years, a native of Lafourche Parish, LA and a resident of Marksville, LA for the past 12 years.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated in the Chapel of Mothe Funeral Homes Inc., 2100 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, LA on Friday, November 27, 1987 at 1 o'clock p.m.  Interment in St. Bartholomew Cemetery.  Parlors will be open Friday morning at 9 o'clock a.m.

Tombstone Inscription: St. Bartholomew's Cemetery, Algiers: Emile A. Adams / 1891 - 1943 / C.J. Adams / 1915 - 1985 / Rita Pitre Adams / 1893 - 1987 / Aubrey Pete Adams Sr. / 1913 - 1995 / Rose Guidry Adams / 1913 - 2008

 

Martial 'Donatien' Pitre:  Times Picayune, 4 November 1968:  On Sunday, November 3, 1968, at 1:30 o'clock a.m., Marcial (Toto) Joseph Pitre, husband of Clarice P. Pitre, father of Lawson and Louis Pitre, Mrs. Julien Angeron, Mrs. Noah Gautreaux, Mrs. Ronald Guidry and Mrs. James Barrios, the late Allen and Alfred (Fredie) Pitre, brother of John and Ramos Pitre, Mrs. Durard Eymard, Mrs. Hypolite Eymard, Mrs. Dennis White and Mrs. Gracien Lecompte and Mrs. Ozela Kief; also survived by 23 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; age 73 years; a native and a resident of Lafourche Parish.  Services from Thibodaux Funeral Homes, Cut Off, La., on Monday, November 4, 1968, at 9:30 o'clock a.m.; religious services at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Galliano, La., at 10 a.m.  Interment in Cheramie Cemetery.  Thibodaux Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Tombstone Inscription, Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano:  Marcial Pitre / born June 9, 1895 - died Nov. 3, 1968 / Clarice Marie Pitre / born Dec. 8, 1897 - died Jan. 23, 1972

 

Louis Ramo Pitre:  Times Picayune, 12 June 1974:  Ramo Pitre on Tuesday, June 11, 1974 at 7 o'clock a.m., husband of the late Paviola Pitre; father of Guilmo J. Pitre, Mrs. Eddie Orgeron, Mrs. Larry Vedros; brother of Mrs. Bennett White, Mrs. Gracien Lecompt, Mrs. Alexie Pitre, Louis Pitre Jr.; also survived by 6 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild; age 76; a native and a resident of Cut Off, La.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from Thibodaux Funeral Home, Cut Off, La., on Wednesday, June 12, 1974 at 4 o'clock p.m.  Religious services at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Galliano, La.  Visitation will begin at 3 p.m., Tuesday till funeral time.

Tombstone Inscription, Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano:  Ramo Pitre / April 3, 1898 / June 11, 1974  /  Paviola Pitre / Jan. 22, 1900 / May 4, 1974

 

Florida Celestine Pitre:  (unknown source) - (photo of river & small boat) - Funeral Boat on Bayou Lafourche.  Funeral of Florida Celestine Pitre, who died at age 16, from pneumonia, resulting from walking barefoot in cold weather following a party.  Born: August 16, 1900 Died: February 2, 1916.

 

Rosalie Pitre:  Lafourche Daily Comet (LA), 27 May 1985:  Funeral services were held this morning from Falgout Funeral Home in Galliano for Rosalie Pitre Lecompte, 82, a native and resident of Galliano, who died at Cut Off Saturday (25 May 1985) at 2:45 p.m.  She was the mother of Edville and Joseph Kieff; sister of Rita Adams; and wife of Edville Kieff by a first marriage.  She is also survived by four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Gracien Lecompte; brothers and sisters, John, Ramor and Marciel Pitre, Ozia Kieff, Armentine Eymard and Vena Eymard; and one grandchild.  Religious services were at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off this morning with interment at Cheramie Cemetery.  Falgout Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Tombstone Inscription, Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano, LA:  KIEFF / Rosalie P. LeCompte / born Sept. 4, 1902 - died May 25, 1985 / Edville, Sr. / 2-9-01 - 12-5-51 / Joseph E. / 5-18-29 - 7-15-98 / Regan J. / 8-24-53 - 9-7-70
 

Berthe Marie Pitre:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Tuesday, 12 February 2008:  Bertha Marie Pitre, of Crown Point, LA, died at her home on Saturday, February 9th, 2008 at 4:00 AM.  Beloved wife of the late Alex Noel Pitre.  Mother of Helen P. Orgeron, Emelda P. Lewis and Doris T. Watts.  Daughter of the late Louis and Lorenza Vegas Pitre.  Sister of Louis Pitre, Jr., the late Jane P. Falgout, and Noami P. Gislair.  Grandmother of Helen Ann Orgeron, Debbie L. Derbes, Tammy Lewis, Rhonda L. Bellanger, Tim Watts, Billie W. Leblanc, Robin W. Boswell, Susan W. Jeansonne, preceded in death by 2 grandsons, Ray Orgeron and Tony Orgeron.  Also survived by 13 great grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.  Age 96 years.  A native of Cut Off, LA and a resident of Crown Point, LA for the last 75 years.  Relatives and friends of the family and members of the First Baptist Church in Marrero are invited to attend Funeral Services at MOTHE FUNERAL HOME, 7040 Lapalco Blvd, Marrero, LA on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 1:00PM.  Interment: Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.  Visitation on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 from 9:00 AM until service time.  In lieu of flowers, donations to the First Baptist Church of Marrero, 4001 Seventh Street, Marrero, LA 70072, are preferred.

Noamie Pitre:  Times Picayune (LA), Monday, 20 February 1933:  On Sunday, February 19, 1933, at 4 o'clock p.m., Noime Pitre, beloved wife of Donacien Cheramie, daughter of Lorenza Viger and Louis Pitre, aged 19 years, a native of Cut Off, La.  Deceased resided at Cut Off, La.  Remains were forwarded via auto hearse from the funeral home of Lamana-Panno-Fallo, 625 North Rampart street, on Sunday, February 19, 1933, to Cut Off, La., for interment.  Funeral services will be held in Cut Off, La., on Monday, February 20, 1933, at 2 o'clock p.m.

Tombstone Inscriptions, Cheramie Cemetery, Galliano:  Mrs. Lorenza V. Pitre / born Aug. 10, 1879 / died Nov. 20, 1971 / Mrs. Noamie P. Cheramie / died Feb. 8, 1933

 

Jeanne Pitre:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 31 July 1966:  At Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, July 28, 1966, at 1:05 o'clock p.m., Jane Pitre; beloved wife of Asward Falgout and mother of Mrs. Doris Watts, Perry Eaves, Racher Eaves, and Morris Eaves Jr. and Asward Falgout Jr., Sharon Ann Falgout, Tammy Marie Falgout; sister of Louis Pitre Jr., John Pitre, Marcial Pitre, Leon Gisclair, Frank Gisclair, Armond Gisclair and Robert Pitre, Mrs. Alex C. Pitre and half-sister of Mrs. Polite Eymard, Mrs. Jules Adams, Mrs. Theodia Adams, Mrs. Dennis White, Mrs. Gracian Lecompte; survived by 3 grandchildren; age 46 years; a native of Cut Off, La., and a resident of Millington, Tenn.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from the Falgout Funeral Home, Inc., Galiano, La., on Sunday, July 31, 1966, at 1:30 o'clock p.m., religious services at the Full Gospel Church, Golden Meadows, La., at 2 p.m.  Interment Cheramie Cemetery, Galiano, La.  Falgout Funeral Home Inc., Galiano, La., in charge.

 

Louis Pitre:  Lafourche Daily Comet (LA):  Louis J. "Louie" Pitre Jr., 89, a native of Cut Off and resident of Galliano, died at 6:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011.  Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to funeral time today at Christian Family Center in Galliano.  Religious services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the church, with burial at Cheramie Cemetery in Galliano.  He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Judith Cantrelle Pitre; sons, Noble Pitre and wife, Joyce, Jackie Pitre and wife, Liz, and Tab Pitre and wife, Yvette; daughter, Bonnie Mixon and husband, Larry; and 24 half and step brothers and sisters, 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis J. Pitre Sr. and Laurencia Vegas Pitre; son, Gus Pitre; and sisters, Bertha Pitre, Jeanne Pitre and Naomie Cheramie.  Falgout Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
 

 

Online photos:

Celeste Vena Pitre:  http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/213207/person/-295682477


 

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Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:

- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes  (Rev. Hebert)

- South Louisiana Vital Family Records  (Terrebonne Genealogical Society)

- 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:  18 June 2022.