Continuation of tree (2nd child of Olivier Pitre/Athilde Soileau); all known surname descendants:
10 Maurice Pitre b: 8 October 1903 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 16 March 1926 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Avey Manuel b: 3 June 1905; m: 4 February 1922 Evangeline, LA [Eraste/Camelia Young]; d: 22 May 1987 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
11 Grace Pitre b: 15 January 1923 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 6 June 2008 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
+Russell A. Vidrine b: 4 January 1923 Plaisance, St. Landry, LA; m: 26 October 1947 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA [Ferdinand/Virginia ---]; d: 26 June 2016 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
Notes for Maurice Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Evangeline, Louisiana: Leo O. Manuel 26 farmer, wife Lelusa 24, Curtis J. 6, Paul R. 4 years 9 months, Renold 2 years 6 months, widowed sister Eva 24 and niece Gracel Pitre 7.
- 1940 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Artsion Chapman 45 gambler/saloon [$900 house value], wife Avey 39, Darius 21 bartender/saloon, Donald 4, step-daughter Grace Pitre 17.
- 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Widow Avy M. Chapman 44 janitor/telephone co., Donald 14.
Tombstone Inscription, Old Ville Platte Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: Maurice / Pitre / Oct. 8, 1903 / March 16, 1926 / Leo / Soileau / Jan. 19, 1904 / Aug. 2, 1980 / Avey M. / Soileau / June 3, 1905 / May 22, 1987
Notes for Avey Manuel:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Friday, 22 May 1987: Ville Platte - Funeral services for Mrs. Avey Soileau, the former Avey Manuel, 81, are incomplete, but will be held Saturday in Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church here with burial in the old Ville Platte Cemetery. Mrs. Soileau, a retired janitor of Lake Charles, died at 12:05 a.m. today in St. Patrick's Hospital of Lake Charles after a long illness. Survivors include a son, Donald Chapman of New York, N.Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Grace P. Vidrine of Lake Charles; a step-daughter, Mrs. Joyce Miller of Ville Platte; three grandchildren. Visitation will be through 10 p.m. today and from 7 a.m. Saturday to time of services in Ardoin's Funeral Home of Ville Platte, which is in charge of arrangements.
Misc.: Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Saturday, 8 November 1947: Ville Platte, La., Nov. 4 - Miss Grace Pitre, daughter of Mrs. Artheon Chapman and the late Mr. Pitre, and Mr. Russell Vidrine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Vidrine of Plaisance, were married at the Catholic church with Msgr. J.M. Bourgeois officiating. Attendants were Misses Nell Mae Smith and Marjorie Fontenot and Messrs. Herman Fontnot and Clarence Rozas.
Obituary for the daughter:
Grace Pitre: The Ville Platte Gazette (Ville Platte, LA), Sunday, 8 June 2008: Lake Charles - Funeral services will be held for Grace Pitre Vidrine, 85, of Lake Charles, at St. Margaret Catholic Church in Lake Charles at 10 a.m., Monday, June 9. Burial will follow in the Consolata Cemetery. A native of Ville Platte, Mrs. Vidrine died Friday, June 6, 2008, at a local hospital after a lengthy illness. She was a 1940 graduate of Ville Platte High School and lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She worked as a bookkeeper for Folse Motor Company, and she later worked as a telephone operator for the Ville Platte Telephone Company. She also was a devout member of St. Margaret Catholic Church for 55 years. She will be most remembered for her talent of working crossword puzzles and for her pride in her excellent culinary skills that no one else could begin to measure up to. Survivors include her devoted husband of 60 years, Russell A. Vidrine of Lake Charles; three daughters, Chris Vidrine, Susan Lowrey and her husband, Russell, and Marlene Vidrine-Barrilleaux and her husband, Clay, all of Lake Charles; two grandsons, Michael David Lowrey and Daniel Paul Lowrey, both of Lake Charles; and one brother, Donald Ray Chapman of Eunice. She was preceded in death by her parents, Maurice Pitre and Avey Manuel Soileau; her son, Martin Paul Vidrine and two step-sisters, Lillie Landreneau and Joyce Miller. Msgr. Charles Dubois will officiate. Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles will be in charge of arrangements.
Back one generation to parents of Maurice 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 births, marriages & deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the LA vital statistics collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 8 November 2022.