Continuation of tree (7th child of Antoine Alphonse Pitre/Marie Aszelie 'Parmelie' Dupre); all known surname descendants:
9 Omer Joseph Pitre b: 4 June 1899 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA; d: 22 August 1975 Biddeford Pool, York, ME
+Anita M. Coulombe b: Abt. 1898 Baldwinville, Worcester, MA; m: 1926 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA; d: 22 November 1962 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA
10 Lorraine Marguerite Pitre b: 8 December 1927 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA; d: 16 August 2002 Auburn, Androscoggin, ME
+James William Eyles b: 23 April 1928 Newton, Middlesex, MA; m: 3 October 1949 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA [Newton Ernest/Catherine Smith]; d: 10 May 1993 Orange, FL
*2nd Husband of Lorraine Margaret Pitre:
+Daniel Farnsworth m: Aft. 1962
Notes for Omer Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts: Omer J. Pitre 31 , wife Anita M. 32, Lorraine M. 2 years 4 months.
- 1940 Fitchburg, Worcester, Fitchburg, MA: Omer J. Pitre 40 [$2700 house value] chauffeur/private, wife Anita Ann 41, Lorraine 12, nephew Robert Coulombe 9. [116 Laurel]
- 1950 Fitchburg, Worcester, MA: Omer J. Pitre 50 shipper/tool factory, wife Annita A. 51, roomer Hildred M. Wetherby 35.
WWI registration records: Omer Joseph Pitre; Fitchburg, Worcester, MA; 4 Jun 1899; father Alphonse; medium height, slender build; brown eyes & black hair.
WWII Records: Omer Joseph Pitre, res. 116 Laurel St., Fitchburg, MA; b. 4 Jun 1899 Fitchburg, MA; contact Mrs. Anita Pitre (same address); 5' 8", 150 lbs., brown eyes & brown hair, light complexion; 16 Feb 1942 Fitchburg, MA.
Obituary: Fitchburg Sentinel (MA), Friday, 22 August 1975:
Omer J. Pitre, 76, died this morning in Good Shepherd Villa, 173 South
Street, Biddeford, Maine. He was the husband of the late Anita (Coulombe)
Pitre who died in 1962. He was born in Fitchburg, June 4, 1899, a son
of the late Alphonse and Parmelie (Dupre) Pitre, and was a lifelong
resident. He was employed as a chauffeur for the Chaffin family here and
later as a shipping supervisor at Standard Tool Co. for 25 years. He is
survived by a daughter, Lorraine, wife of Daniel Farnsworth of
Biddeford Pool, Maine; a brother Herve Pitre of Fitchburg; two sisters,
Mrs. Arthur J. Landry of Fitchburg and Mrs. Chevalier Pitre of
Montreal, Canada; and four grandchildren, Mrs. Robert Fisher, and Diane,
Mark, and Tracey Eyles, all of Biddeford. Mrs. Farnsworth is director
of nurses at Good Shepherd Villa. The funeral will be held Monday from
Lavery-Chartrand Funeral Home with a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Francis
Church. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours in
the funeral home are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Notes for Anita M. Coulombe:
Obituary: Fitchburg Sentinel (MA), Friday, 23 November 1962: Mrs. Anita A. (Coulombe) Pitre, 64, wife of Omer J. Pitre, 114 Laurel street, died in Burbank Hospital yesterday morning, after a long illness. Born in Baldwinville, she had resided in this city for 36 years. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church parish and the St. Jean Baptist Society. She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Jane Eyles of this city; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Albertine St. Hilaire of Gardner; a brother, Mitchell Coulombe of Gardner and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be from the Aubuchon Funeral Parlors tomorrow morning with a solemn high mass of requiem at 9 in Immaculate Conception Church with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours in the funeral home are today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Massachusetts birth/marriage/death items in RED have come from newspaper obituaries/death certificates, some marriage announcements or passport applications, and occasional birth announcements.
Last updated: 28 May 2022.