Napoleon Pitre

1871 Clarence Creek, Ontario – 1943 Hawkesbury, Ontario

 

 

Continuation of tree (11th child of Eusebe Pitre/Angele Basinet); all known surname descendants:

                    8          Napoleon Pitre  b: 7 December 1871  Clarence Creek, Russell, ONT; d: 14 February 1943  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT 

                                   +Rose Alba Labelle  b: 21 April 1872  Buckingham, QUE; m: 15 May 1894  St. Gregoire de Nazaire de Papineau, Buckingham, QUE [Celestin/Rose De Lima Girouard]; d: 10 February 1930  Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT

                            9          Lucien Pitre (birth registered as Napoleon B. Peters)  b: 6 April 1895  Brattleboro, Windham, VT; d: 8 July 1972  Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

                                          + Margaret C. Haas  b: 24 December 1899  Chicago, Cook, IL; m: Abt. 1927 [Thomas /Agnes Lutz]; d: 23 November 1991  Payson, Gila, AZ

                            9          Claude Adeoda Pitre (birth registered as Joseph A. Peters)   b: 26 September 1896  Brattleboro, Windham, VT; d: 2 November 1957  Ottawa, Carleton, ONT

                                          + Gracia Boivin  b: January 1899  Casselman, ONT; m: 11 July 1922  Ste. Anne, Ottawa, ONT [Gilbert/Adelia Durocher]; d: 15 January 1989  Orleans, Ottawa, Carleton, ONT

                            9          Joseph Antonio Zenophile Pitre  b: 20 January 1898  Masson, Notre Dame des Neiges, Papineau, QUE; d: 9 August 1962  Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT

                                          +Marie Agathe Rose Aimee Caron  b: 5 February 1903  St. Francois Xavier, Grande Vallee, Gaspe Nord, QUE; m: 11 October 1933  Ste. Marthe, Riviere a la Martre, Gaspe, QUE [Telesphore/Delphine Fournier]; d: 6 July 1936  Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT

                                       *2nd Wife of Joseph Antonio Zenophile Pitre:

                                          +Marie Lucia Paquette  b: 4 June 1895  St. Gregoire de Naziance, Buckingham, Papineau, QUE; m: 5 June 1948  St. Alexandre, Limbour, Gatineau, QUE [Joseph/Rose Moderie]; d: 15 February 1984  Buckingham, Ottawa, ONT

                            9          Marie Clothilde Anselmina Pitre  b: 24 January 1900  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 1953  Ottawa, Carleton, ONT

                            9          Marie Alexina Armandine Pitre (Sister Marie-Lucien)  b: 15 September 1901  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 16 June 1988  Ottawa, ONT

                            9          Joseph Charles Paul Emile Pitre  b: 22 May 1903  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 5 March 1963  Eastview, Ottawa, ONT

                                          + Nellie Marguerite Davidson  b: 1904; m: 15 March 1930  Notre Dame, Ottawa, ONT [James/Elizabeth Guinette]; d: 17 December 1979  Ottawa, Ottawa, ONT

                            9          Marie Leontine Emma Pitre  b: 18 February 1905  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 27 June 1976  Montreal, QUE

                            9          Marie Eglantine Yvonne Pitre  b: 28 October 1906  Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 13 June 1979  Hull, Gatineau, QUE

                                          +Alphonse Rethier  b: Abt. 1897; m: 30 June 1936  St. Antoine de Padoue, Timmins, ONT [Alphonse/Felicite Lachaiene]; d: 18 August 1985  Ottawa, ONT

                            9          Joseph Armand Raoul Pitre  b: 24 July 1908  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 12 November 1971  Ottawa, Ottawa, ONT

                                          + Marie Anne Blanche Laura Menard  b: 31 May 1911  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; m: 12 September 1933  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT [Remi/Amanda Pilon]; d: 14 January 1997  Ottawa, ONT

                            9          Marie Clare Pitre  b: 21 April 1910  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; b: 22 April 1910  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT

                            9          Joseph Arthur Adrien Pitre  b: 8 June 1911  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 10 July 1969  Buckingham, QUE

                                          + Marie Jeanne Annette 'Jeannette' Carriere  b: 9 April 1911  St. Gregoire de Naziance, Buckingham, Papineau, QUE; m: 4 July 1940  St. Antoine de Padoue, Timmins, Cochrane, ONT [Isidore/Marie Louise Laurin]; d: 7 May 1993  Buckingham, QUE

                            9          Marie Regina Noella Eleonard Albertine Pitre  b: 20 May 1913  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 25 February 1993  Deerfield Beach, Broward, FL

                                          +Joseph David Edmond Chauvin  b: 10 August 1916; m: 5 August 1941  Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT [Adonias/Marie de Blais]; d: 6 April 2007  Pain Court, ONT

                            9          Joseph Henri Alfred Pitre  b: 17 February 1915  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 15 March 1917  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT

                            9          Marie Eulalie Rose de Lima Aline Pitre  b: 30 August 1917  St. Alphonse de Ligouri, Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT; d: 13 February 1976  Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT

                                          +Olivier Charbonneau    m: 8 August 1944  St. Alphonse de Liguori, Hawkesbury, ONT [Adelard/Marguerite Parisien]

 

 

Notes for Napoleon Pitre:

Census

- 1891 Buckingham, Ottawa, Quebec:  Napoleon Petre 19 (tinsmith), twin brother Gedion Petre 19 (tinsmith).

 

- 1901 Hawkesbury, Prescott, Ontario:  Napolian Pitre 29, wife Rosalba 28, Lusien 5, Clode 4, Zenafild 3, Clotide 1.

 

- 1911 Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT:  Napoleon Petre 39 (farmer), wife Rose 39, Lucien 16, Claude 14, Zenaphile 13, Clothilde 11, Armandine 9, Charles 8, Leontine 6, Yvonne 4, Armand 3, Claire 1, Adrien 1 month.

 

- 1921 Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT:  Napoleon Pitre 49, wife Rosealba 49, Claude 24, Zenophile 23, Clothilde 21, Armandine 19, Charles 18, Leontine 16, Evone 14, Armand 12, Adrien 9, Albertine 8, Marie E. 3.

 

- 1931 Hawkesbury, Prescott, ONT:  Widower Napoleon Pitre 59 plumber, Zenophile 33 plumber, Clotilde 31, Leontine 26 nurse, Yvonne 24 teacher, Armand 22 plumber, Adrien 19 plumber, Albertine 18, Marie 13 (Main St. East)

 

Tombstone Inscriptions:  St. Alphonse de Ligouri Cemetery, Hawkesbury, ONT:  A la memoire de / Napoleon Pitre / 1871 - 1943 / son epouse / Rose Labelle / 1873 - 1930 / PITRE

 

Obituaries for the children:

Lucien Pitre:  The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA), Monday, 10 July 1972:  Funeral services will be held at a 10 a.m. Requiem Mass tomorrow in Downers Grove, Illinois for Lucien C. Petrie, 77, who died Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Lafayette General Hospital after a brief illness.  Interment will take place in the Queen Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois.  Mr. Petrie was a native of Brattleboro, Vermont and had resided in Lafayette for a short time.  He was a plumber until his retirement in 1957.  Survivors include one daughter, Miss Joan Petrie of Downers Grove, Illinois; three sons, James, Edward and Allen Petrie, all of Downers Grove, Illinois; and several brothers and sisters from Canada.  Delhomme Funeral Home, are the funeral directors in charge of the local arrangements.

 

Claude Adeoda PitreOttawa Citizen (ONT), Monday, 4 November 1957:  Claude Pitre, 161 Montford Street, Eastview, died Saturday in hospital after a lengthy illness.  He was 61.  A Royal Canadian Engineers veteran of the First World War, he was born in Brattleboro, New York, son of the late Napoleon Pitre and the former Rose Labelle.  A plumber-contractor by trade, he retired a year ago.  He lived in Eastview for the past four years and prior to that resided in Timmins and Hawkesbury.  He married the former Gracia Boivin in 1922.  He attended Notre Dame Du St. Esprit Church in Eastview and was a member of the Timmins council, Knights of Columbus.  Left is his wife, two sons, Jean-Jacques of Ottawa and Fernand of Cornwall; three daughters, Mrs. Jean-Paul (Marcelle) Lepage of St. Rose de Lima, Mrs. Dunstan (Therese) Mullaly of Ottawa and Rev. Sister Ste. Francoise Cabrini (Francoise) of the Grey Nuns of the Cross, Ottawa; five brothers, Lucien of Chicago, Zenophille and Armand of Hawkesbury, Charles of Eastview and Adrien of Buckingham, Quebec; five sisters, Miss Leontine Pitre of Montreal, Rev. Sister Marie-Lucien of the Grey Nuns of the Cross, Ottawa, Mrs. Alphonse Rethier of Gatineau, Mrs. Edmond Chauvin of Paincourt and Mrs. Olivier Charbonneau of Hawkesbury.  The body is at Racine and Robert Ltd.  The funeral will be held Tuesday with requiem high mass at Notre Dame du St. Esprit Church at 7:30 a.m.  Interment will follow in Notre Dame Cemetery.

Tombstone Inscription:  Notre Dame Cemetery, Carleton, ONT:  PITRE / Gilbert Boivin / 1867 - 1937 / epoux de / Adelia Durocher / 1872 - 1961 / Claude Pitre / 1896 - 1957 / epoux de / Gracia Boivin / 1899 - 1989 / Jean Jacques Pitre  / 1923 - 1979

 

Zenophile Pitre:  The Ottawa Journal (ONT), Saturday, 11 August 1962:  In hospital at Hawkesbury on Thursday, August 9, 1962, Zenophile Pitre, beloved husband of the late Rose Aime Caron and Lucia Pauquette, dear father of Jean Pitre, high school teacher at Plantagenet.  Resting Noel Funeral Home, 416 McGill, Hawkesbury.  Services Monday, August 13, at 9:45 to Alphonse de Liguori Church for Requiem Mass at 10 a.m. Interment local cemetery.

Tombstone Inscription:  St. Alphonse de Ligouri Cemetery, Hawkesbury, ONT:  Rose Aimee Caron / 1903 - 1936 / son epoux / Zenophile Pitre / 1898 - 1962

 

Marie Clothilde Anselmina Pitre:  Tombstone Inscription:  St. Alphonse de Ligouri Cemetery, Hawkesbury, ONT:  Clothilde / 1900 - 1953

 

Marie Alexina Armandine Pitre:  Pitre - Sister Marie-Lucien (Armandine Pitre), of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, died at the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa on 16 June 1988, at the age of 86 years, including 63 years of religious life.  She was the daughter of Napoleon Pitre and Rose-Alba Labelle, deceased.  Born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, she entered religious life on August 15, 1922 and made her profession on July 15, 1924.  She is survived by one sister: Mrs. Edmond Chauvin (Albertine) of Pain Court, Ontario; three sisters-in-law: Mrs. Gracia Pitre (Claude), Gloucester, Ontario, Mrs. Blanche Menard (Armand), Blackburn Hamlet, Ontario and Mrs. Jeannette Pitre (Adrien), Buckingham, Quebec also several nephews and nieces.  The mortal remains rest at the Oratory of the Motherhouse, Ottawa.  The Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the chapel of the Motherhouse, Saturday, June 18 at 9 a.m. followed by interment in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa.

 

Joseph Charles Paul Emile Pitre:  Ottawa Citizen (ONT), Wednesday, 6 March 1963:  Pitre, Charles-Emile - On Tuesday, March 5, 1963, at his home 209 St. Anne Street, Eastview, Charles-Emile Pitre, beloved husband of Nellie Davidson, dear father of Laurent, Normand, Lucien, Sister Charles de Notre-Dame (Huguette), F.D.L.S., Mrs. Robert Poulin (Jeannine) and Sister Lorraine, F.D.L.S., brother of Lucien, Armand, Adrien, Leontine, Mrs. Alphonse Rethier (Yvonne), Mrs. Edmond Chauvin, (Albertine), Mrs. Olivier Charbonneau, (Marie) and Sister Marie-Lucien, S.G.C., age 59 years.  Resting at Racine and Robert Limited, 300 Olmstead Street, Eastview.  Funeral Saturday to Notre Dame de Lourdes Church for Requiem High Mass at 9 a.m.  Interment Notre Dame, Ottawa.

Tombstone Inscription, Notre Dame Cemetery, Carleton: PITRE / a la douce memoire de / Charles Emile Pitre / 1903 - 1963 / epoux de / Nellie Davidson / 1904 - 1979 / Laurent Pitre, 29 Janv. 1931 - 21 Nov. 2009 / Huguette Pitre, 4 Fev. 1934 - 15 Dec. 2013

 

Joseph Armand Raoul Pitre:  The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, ONT), Saturday, 13 November 1971:  Armand Raoul Pitre.  On November 12th, 1971, age 63 years, of 146 Barrette Street.  Dear husband of Blanche Menard, dear father of Gilles of Mont Bleu; Mrs. Terry Hayes (Suzanne) Ottawa; Misses Claudette, Denise, Francoise, Diane; dear brother of Lucien of Chicago; Mrs. Alphonse Rethier (Yvonne) Gatineau; Sister Marie Lucien S.C.O. of Moonbeam; Mrs. Edmund Chauvin (Berthe) of Pincourt; Mrs. Marie Charbonneau of Hawkesbury; Miss Leontine Pitre.  Also 3 grandchildren.  Resting at Racine, Robert and Gauthier Funeral Home, Vanier.  Funeral Monday, November 15 to Saint Charles, Vanier, at 10 a.m.

Tombstone Inscription, Notre Dame Cemetery, Carleton, ONT:  PITRE / Armand Raoul / 1908 - 1971 / Blanche Menard / 1911 - 1997 / Gilles / 1945 - 2012 / Aimez Vous

 

Marie Regina Noella Eleonard Albertine Pitre:  The Windsor Star (Windsor, ONT), Saturday, 27 February 1993:  Chauvin - Mrs. Albertine Marie Chauvin of Pain Court, Ontario died in Deerfield Beach, Florida on Thursday, February 25, 1993 at age 79 years.  Daughter of the late Napoleon Pitre and Rose (LaBelle) Pitre.  Albertine was born in Hawkesbury, Ontario.  She was a retired school teacher.  She was also a member of Le Club de L'Amitie and The Ladies of Ste. Anne Society of Pain Court.  Surviving are her husband Edmond Chauvin; five daughters, Michele and her husband Jules Bourdon of Chapais, Quebec; Louise and her husband Paul Bard of Orleans, Ontario; Rachele and her husband James Murdoch of Kingston; Nicole and her husband John King of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Joceline Chauvin of Kingston.  Three sons, Hubert Chauvin and his wife Esperanza of Orleans, Ontario; John Pierre Chauvin and his wife Linda of Manitowadge, Ontario and Gilles Chauvin and his wife Brenda of London.  Also surviving are 20 grandchildren.  Mrs. Chauvin was the last member of her family, being predeceased by 11 brothers and sisters.  Resting at the Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home, Chatham from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday and on Sunday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m.  The funeral mass will be celebrated in Immaculate Conception Church in Pain Court on Monday at 10 a.m.  Parish prayers Sunday at 7:30 p.m.  Members of The Ladies of Ste. Anne and Le Club de L'Amitie will hold a prayer service at the funeral home on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.  Interment will be in the church cemetery in Pain Court.

Tombstone Inscription, Immaculate Conception, Pain Court, Dover, Kent, ONT:  CHAUVIN / Albertine (Pitre) / nee le 20 mai 1913 / decedee le 25 fevrier 1993 / maries / le 5 aout / 1941 / Edmond Joseph / ne le 10 aout 1916 / decede le 6 avril 2007

 

 

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