Noel Alexandre Pitre

1883 Montegut, Louisiana – 1963 New Orleans, Louisiana

 

 

Continuation of tree (7th child of Casimir Firmin Pitre/Rosalie Marceline Picou); all known surname descendants:

               8          Noel Alexandre Pitre  b: 25 December 1883  Montegut, Terrebonne, LA; d: 21  December 1963  New Orleans, LA

                               +May Cecilia Winslow (Dunn)  b: 13 March 1883  Oakland, Lapeer, MI; m: Aft. 1950 [Almon/Paralee Tabitha McGraw]; d: 20 February 1961  New Orleans, LA

 

 

Notes for Noel Alexandre Pitre:

Census 

- 1910 Terrebonne, Louisiana:  Casimere Pitre 66 (general farmer), wife of 40 years Marceline 61 (6 of 12 children still living), Alexander 25 (home gardener), Paul 23 (odd job laborer).

 

- 1920

- 1930 Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas:  Alex. Petrie 46 launderer/at home, lodger.

- 1940

- 1950 Jefferson, LA:  Widow Elodie Breaux 69, brother Alexander N. Petrie 65.

 

WWI Registration record:  Alexander Nuell Pitre; res. Houma, LA; b. 25 Dec 1883; blacksmith helper w/Union Bridge & Construction (Morgan City); contact Casimere Pitre (Houma, LA); medium height, medium build; brown eyes & black hair

; 6 Sep 1918 Franklin, LA.

 

Obituary:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 23 December 1963:  On Saturday, December 21, 1963, at 4:00 o'clock a.m., Alexander Noel Pitre, husband of the late Mae Cecilia Winslow; brother of Mrs. Elodie Breaux, the late Mrs. Armelise Detiveaux, Mrs. Emilie Babin, Jean Baptiste and Paul Pitre.  Age 79 years, a native of Terrebonne Parish, and a resident of New Orleans for the past 17 years.  Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from the auxiliary funeral home of Jacob Schoen and Son Inc., 3827 Canal St. at N. Scott on Monday, December 23, 1963 at 11:15 o'clock a.m. with Requiem Mass at Incarnate Word Church.  Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

 

Tombstone inscription, Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA:  May Dunn Pitre / Alex N. Pitre / our loving mother / Beatrice D. Leblanc / Sept. 18, 1899 - Oct. 21, 1995   [Plot 12 Lemon Orange Metairie - Name on plot: Dunn-Letten; May's brother Charles Mack Winslow also buried same plot 1957]

 

Notes for May Cecilia Winslow:

Obituary:  Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 21 February 1961:  On Monday evening, February 20, 1961, at 6:30 o'clock, May C. Winslow, in her 80th year; wife of Alexander N. Pitre.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral.  Services from P.J. McMahon and Sons Funeral Home, 4800 Canal street, near cemeteries (parking in rear), at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, February 21, 1961.  Interment in Greenwood cemetery.  Friends may call after 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.

 

 

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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:  1 September 2022.