Louis Wilfred Pitre

1838 Assumption, LA – after 1900

 

 

Continuation of tree (5th child of Pierre Martial Pitre/Adeline Francoise Guillot); all known surname descendants:

              7      Louis Wilfred Pitre  b: 18 December 1838  Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: Aft. 1900

                               + Josephine Genevieve Kiff  b: Abt. 1840; m: Abt. 1859  Jefferson City, Jefferson, LA; d: Bef. 1894

                         8           Catherine Felicie Pitre  b: January 1860  Jefferson, LA; d: Aft. 1870                 

                         8           Josephine Louise Pitre  b: 21 April 1861  Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880

                         8           Louis Pitre  b: Abt. 1864  Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880

                         8           Joseph Beauregard Pitre  b: 11 February 1865  Lockport, Lafourche, LA; d: Bef. 1870

                         8           Theogene Martial Adam Pitre  b: 7 May 1867  Montegut, Terrebonne, LA; d: Aft. 1880

                         8           Marie Estelina Pitre  b: 1 February 1869  Lockport, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880

                         8           Theodore Smith Pitre  b: 26 February 1871  Lockport, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880

                         8           Eve Eugenie Pitre  b: 18 November 1877  Larose, Lafourche, LA; d: 21 June 1957  New Orleans, LA

                                        + Francois Bouton  b: Abt. 1871  Isle Piquante, Iberia, LA; m: 25 May 1896  New Iberia, Iberia, LA [Pierre/Margen ----]; d: 27 October 1952  New Orleans, LA

                         8           Marguerite Adelina Pitre  b: 5 August 1881  Raceland, Lafourche, LA

                         

                              *2nd Wife of Louis Wilfred Pitre                                                         

                               + Agathe Marilia Thibodaux (Kiff)  b: 12 August 1846  Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 10 October 1894  Thibodaux, LA [Benjamin/Madeleine Lambert]; d: 12 February 1904  Berwick, St. Mary, LA

 

 

Notes for Louis Wilfred Pitre:

Census

- 1860 Jefferson, Jefferson, Louisiana:  Wilfred Pitre 23 (fisherman), Mrs. Pitre 21, Catherine 6 months.

- 1870 Cheniere Caminada, Jefferson, LA:  Vilfret Peter 31 fisherman, wife Josephine Kiff 29, Felicien 10, Josephine 8, Lewis 6, Theogene 3.

- 1880 Lafourche, LA:  Wilfred Pitre 44 (fisherman), wife Genevieve 40, Josephine 18, Lewis 16, Theogene 12, Estelina 10, Smith 8, Eugenie 2.

 

- Storm of October 1893: Family of Wilfred Pitre - 2 saved, 3 dead.

- 1900 St. Mary, LA:  Wilfred Pitre 61 (fisherman), 2nd wife of 5 years Agath 54 (7 of 8 children still living), stepchildren Taylor Kiff 23 (fisherman), Norbert Kiff 17 (fisherman), Nosia Kiff 14.

 

Civil War registration, 1864, Lafourche Parish:  Vilfrid Pitre, 26, res. Little Coast, planter, married, b. Jefferson Parish.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Eve Eugenie Pitre:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Saturday, 22 June 1957:  Bouton - On Friday, June 21, 1957, at 6:30 o'clock a.m., Eugenie Pitre, beloved wife of the late Frank J. Bouton, mother of Victor, Frank and Willie Bouton, Mrs. D. Benoit, Mrs. Edward Gleason, Mrs. Bertrand Danos, Mrs. Vernon Dugas, survived by two grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; aged 79 years, a native of Grand Isle, La., and a resident of this city for 30 years.  Relatives and friends of the family, also employees of American Can Company, Lane Cotton Mills and Johns Manville, are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the funeral home of Joseph Laughlin Company, 4500 Magazine st., Saturday, June 22, 1957, at 2 o'clock p.m.  Services at St. Henry's church, General Pershing and Constance sts.  Interment in St. Vincent's cemetery on Soniat st.

 

 

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Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:

- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records

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

- South Louisiana Vital Family Records: Terrebonne Genealogical Society

- 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.  (Rev. Hebert)

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:  15 June 2021.