Continuation of tree (7th child of Paul Pitre/Roberta Lee Schmidt); all known surname descendants:
8 Mathurin Vernon Hargrove Pitre b: 22 March 1903 Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: 28 January 1961 Washington, St. Landry, LA
+Emma Jean Fontenot b: 12 December 1907 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 1 October 1926 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Theodule Joseph Baptiste/Anna May Pefferkorn]; d: 4 December 2005 Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge, LA
9 Matthew Vernon Hargrove Pitre b: 19 November 1928 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 12 December 1928 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
9 Beverly Joan Pitre b: 4 October 1934 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 8 February 2011 Orange Orange, TX
+William Morton Fairley b: 3 June 1932 Biloxi, Harrison, MS; m: 23 August 1953 Methodist Memorial, Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Morton Cowan/Elizabeth Vernon]; d: 7 May 1999 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
*2nd Husband of Beverly Joan Pitre:
+--- Gill
9 Paul Dule Pitre b: 11 November 1938 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 13 October 1939 New Orleans, LA
9 Carolyn Faith Pitre b: 2 September 1946 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Aft. February 2011
+Ray Smith m: Bef. 1974
Notes for Mathurin Vernon Hargrove Pitre:
Census
- 1930 St. Landry, Louisiana: Mathew T. Pitre 26, wife Emma F. 22, widowed mother-in-law Elizabeth M. McFadden 52.
- 1940 Washington, St. Landry, Louisiana: Mathew Pitre 37 clerk supervisor/W.P.A. construction work, wife Emma Jean 32, Beverly J. 5, widowed mother-in-law Anna May Fontenot 63 [St. John Street]
- 1950 Washington, St. Landry, LA: Mathew Pitre 47 census taker/census, wife Emma Jean 41, Beverly 15, Carolyn Faithe 3.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 29 January 1961: (photo included) Matthew V. (Matt) Pitre died suddenly of a heart attack at 1:35 a.m. Saturday at his home, 333 N. Market. He was 57. He was employed in the Daily World circulation department, as an area distributor. He also was part-time clerk at Yambilee Courts. Mr. Pitre was, his wife said, well Friday. He worked as usual. Friday night he watched television late, until after midnight. Then, while shaving, about 1 a.m. Saturday, he was stricken with chest pains. Death was attributed by an attending physician to coronary thrombosis. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at St. Landry Catholic Church. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Washington. The body will be at First National Funeral Home until time of service. Mr. Pitre was born March 22, 1903, at Whiteville. He resided most of his boyhood and early life at Washington. He is survived by his wife, the former Jean Fontenot; two daughters, Mrs. William Fairley and Carolyn Faith Pitre, both of Opelousas; two sisters, Mrs. Leo Lafleur and Miss Elvie Pitre, both of Opelousas, and five grandchildren. Pallbearers will be J.Y. Fontenot, Jules Pitre, Leo Pitre, Walter Baillio, Charles Carson and Renaud Carson.
Tombstone Inscription, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, LA: Matthew Vernon Hargrove / Pitre / March 22 1903 - Jan. 28, 1961
Online photo of Mathurin Vernon Hargrove Pitre: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3551979/person/-1720227730/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum
Notes for Emma Jean Fontenot:
- Emma Jean remarried to --- Gill.
Obituaries for the children:
Matthew Vernon Hargrove Pitre: Opelousas News (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 27 December 1928: M. V. Pitre, Jr., infant child of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Pitre, born on November 19, died December 12. The funeral services were held at the Catholic Church with interment in the Catholic Cemetery.
Beverly Joan Pitre: The Orange Leader (TX), Wednesday, 9
February 2011 - Claybar Funeral Home: Beverly 'Bev' Pitre Gill, 76,
of Orange passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2011. Funeral Services will be
at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 11, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Orangefield.
Reverend Forrest Wood will be officiating. Interment will follow at
Rosedale Cemetery in Sour Lake. A gathering of family and friends will be
from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday at the church. Mrs. Gill was born
October 4, 1934 in Opelousas, LA to Matthew Vernon Pitre and Emma Jean
(Fontenot) Gill. She was an active member at First Baptist Church of
Orangefield where she was a part of the Sterling Silver Seniors. She is
preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Romona Faith Duplechain and
two grandchildren. 'Bev' is survived by her daughter, Beverly Joan
Fairley Broussard; sons, Nair Matthew Fairley and wife, Colleen,
Kelly Gawain Fairley and wife, Brenda, William Morton Fairley II and Shannon
Shea Fairley; fifteen grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren and her
sister, Carolyn Faith Smith. The family requests that memorial
donations be made to First Baptist Church in Orangefield.
Paul Dule Pitre: The Opelousas Herald (Opelousas, LA),
Friday, 20 October 1939: Rev. Cooney, Catholic Priest of Washington, was
in charge of funeral services Friday held for 11-month-old Paul Dule Pitre,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt V. Pitre. Final services were at Cedar
Hill Cemetery at 4:30 in Washington. Pallbearers were Elmo and William
Pefferkorn, Renault Blanchard, and George Daigle. Besides the parents, one
sister, Beverly, survives. The sympathy of Washington and Opelousas
friends were extended the Pitres.
Back one generation to parents of Mathurin Vernon Hargrove 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: 11 June 2022.