Continuation of tree (2nd child of Augustin Pitre/Marie Louise Reed); all known surname descendants:
9 Olivier Pitre b: 5 August 1877 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 25 December 1952 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+ Athilde Soileau b: 1 April 1883 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: 10 January 1899 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA [Theodule/Marie Veillon]; d: 6 June 1954 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
10 Mayance Pitre b: 5 March 1901 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 20 May 1951 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Enah Manuel b: 18 May 1905; m: 22 October 1921 Evangeline, LA [Pierre/Anaise Tremie]; d: 9 September 1981 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
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
10 Olipsie Pitre b: 29 May 1905 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 14 June 1999 Nederland, Jefferson, TX
+Lillian Elizabeth Loving b: 18 January 1916 Corrigan, Polk, TX; m: 31 July 1933 Harris Co., TX [Sidney Earl/Vera Doughtery]; d: 3 January 2008 Houston, Harris, TX
*2nd Wife of Olipsie Pitre:
+Mildred Alein Watson (Mills) b: 27 March 1918 Jefferson, Marion, TX; m: 15 April 1966 Lufkin, Angelina, TX [Hosea Douglas/Onie Bell Cope] (divorced 20 August 1969 Texas); d: 1 September 1994 Houston, Harris, TX
*3rd Wife of Olipsie Pitre:
+Alma Elizabeth Krebs (Walker) b: 31 July 1914 Sabine Pass, Jefferson, TX; m: 27 December 1969 Jefferson Co., TX [Hubert Francis/Beulah Modawell]; d: 19 January 2007 Texas
10 Eve Pitre b: 12 February 1908 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 23 August 1989 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Elie Fontenot b: 20 October 1908 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: 24 October 1925 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA [Elisee/Julienne Thompson]; d: 13 May 1989 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
10 Roy Pitre b: 24 December 1910 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 17 April 1998 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Sellonie Fontenot b: 20 November 1914; m: Abt. 1939; d: 24 December 1998 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
10 Harry Pitre b: 8 March 1923 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 30 January 2018 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
+Rosa Mae Briley m: 8 April 1953 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: Aft. January 2018
Notes for Olivier Pitre:
Census
- 1900 St. Landry, Louisiana: Olivier Pitre 21 farmer, wife of 1 year Atile 20.
- 1910 St. Landry, LA: Olivier Pitre 30 farmer, wife Adele 25, Mayance 9, Maurice 7, Ollipsie 5, Eve 2.
- 1920 Evangeline, LA: Olivier Pitre 43 farmer, wife Atile 38, Menea 18 home farm laborer, Maurice 16 home farm laborer, Olepsey 14 school, Eve 11 school, Roy 9.
- 1930 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Olivier Pitre 52, wife Atile S. 49, Roy 19, Harry 10.
- 1940 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Widow Atile Pitre 57, Harry 17.
- 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Olivier Pitre 72 (sep).
- 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Harry Pitre 27 clerk & bookkeeper/lumber & building supply co., mother Attille T. 76 (div).
WWII Records: Olivier Pitre, res. Ville Platte, LA; b. 5 Aug 1877 Belaire Cove, LA; contact Mrs. Olivier Pitre (same address); 5'4", 145 lbs., brown eyes & brown hair, sallow complexion; 27 Apr 1942 Ville Platte, LA.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Friday, 26 December 1952: Ville Platte - Funeral services were held at the Sacred Heart Catholic church here Friday afternoon for Olivier Pitre, 76, who died suddenly Christmas day. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Pitre had just eaten dinner when he was stricken with a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, the former Atile Soileau; a daughter, Mrs. Elie Fontenot; three sons, Olipsey Pitre of Houston and Harry and Roy Pitre of Ville Platte, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Ardoin Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: IHS / Olivier Pitre / Aug. 5, 1876 / Dec. 25, 1952 / Father // IHS / Mrs. Olivier / Pitre / April 1, 1883 / June 6, 1954 / Mother
Notes for Athilde Soileau:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 8 June 1954: Ville Platte - Funeral services were held at 5 p.m. yesterday at Sacred Heart Catholic church for Mrs. Olivier Pitre, 71, who died at her home at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Pitre, the former Atile Soileau, was buried in the church cemetery with Ardoin Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Elie Fontenot of Ville Platte; three sons, Olipsey Pitre, Houston, Tex.; Roy and Harry Pitre of Ville Platte; three sisters, Mrs. Cleo Tate of Eunice; Mrs. Edville Marcantel and Mrs. Lester Daire of Ville Platte; six brothers, Henry, Jules, Robert, Alphonse, Durand and Marion Soileau of Ville Platte, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Obituaries for the children:
Mayance Pitre: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Tuesday, 22 May 1951: Ville Platte, La., May 22 - Funeral services were held here Monday for Mayance Pitre, 50, who died early Sunday morning. Surviving are his wife, the former Eva Manuel, two sons, Elin and Maurice Pitre, (h)is aged mother and father, (Mr.) and Mrs. Oliver Pitre, one sister, Mrs. EElie Fontenot and three brothers, Olipsey, Roy and Harry Pitre. Services were held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with interment in the nearby cemetery. Arrangements in charge of Ardoin Funeral Home.
Maurice Pitre: 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
Olipsie Pitre: The Ville Platte Gazette (Ville Platte, LA), Thursday, 17 June 1999: Port Arthur, Texas - Funeral services were held for Olipsie Pitre, 94, of Nederland, Texas at St. Charles Catholic Church in Nederland, Texas on Monday, June 14. Burial followed in the Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur, Texas. Formerly from Ville Platte, Olipsie Pitre died Friday, June 11, 1999, at Mid-Jefferson Hospital in Nederland, Texas. He had retired from Western Electric Telephone in Houston, Texas in 1962. Survivors include his wife, Alma Walker Pitre; three sons, Charles Pitre of Las Vegas, Nevada, Alton Pitre and Paul Pitre, both of Liberty, Texas; one stepson, David Walker of Galveston, Texas; and one brother, Harry Pitre of Ville Platte.
Tombstone Inscription, Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, TX: Our Daddy / Olipsie Pitre / 1905 - 1999 / Charles Alton Paul
Eve Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 24 August 1989: Ville Platte - Funeral services for Mrs. Elie Fontenot, the former Eve Pitre, 81, will be held at 3 p.m. today in Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church here with burial in Tee-Mamou Cemetery. Mrs. Fontenot, a resident of Ville Platte, died at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in Humana Hospital in Ville Platte. Survivors include a son, Nathan Fontenot of Ville Platte; three brothers, Olipsie Pitre of Nederland, Texas, Roy and Harry Pitre, both of Ville Platte; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Ardoin's Guardian Chapel of Ville Platte is in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, Te Mamou Cemetery, Ville Platte, LA: Elie L. Fontenot / Oct. 20, 1908 / May 13, 1989 / gone but not forgotten // Eve P. Fontenot / Feb. 1, 1908 / Aug. 23, 1989 / gone but not forgotten
Roy Pitre: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Saturday, 18 April 1998: Ville Platte - Services for Roy Pitre will be at 1 p.m. Sunday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Entombment will be in Sacred Heart Mausoleum under direction of Ardoin. Pitre, 87, of Ville Platte died Friday, April 17, 1998, in Ville Platte Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Sellonie Fontenot Pitre of Ville Platte; one son, Anthony Pitre of Ville Platte; one daughter, Cecile Miller of Baton Rouge; two brothers, Harry Pitre of Ville Platte and Olipsie Pitre of Beaumont, Texas; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A rosary service will begin at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Friends may call from 2-9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until time of services Sunday in the funeral home.
Harry Pitre: Ville Platte
Gazette (Ville Platte, LA), 31 January 2018: Harry Pitre: March 08, 1923 - January
30, 2018: Ville Platte - Funeral services for Mr. Harry Pitre, 94,
will be held today, February 1, 2018 at 1 p.m. in the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church with burial to follow in the church mausoleum. Mr. Pitre, a
resident of Ville Platte, and a WWII Veteran, passed away Tuesday, January 30,
2018 at Mercy Regional Medical Center. He will be missed by his loving
family, wife, Rosa Briley Pitre of Ville Platte; children, David Paul
Fontenot and wife, Patty Ruth of Ville Platte; Arlene Coreil and husband,
Paul of Baton Rouge; Janice Colligan and husband, Jim of Ville
Platte; Peggy Tate and husband, Mitch of Ville Platte; John Pitre and
wife, Lexie of Boyce; 11 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren. He is
preceded in death by his parents, Olivier and Atile Soileau Pitre,
grandchildren, Abram Coreil, Lesley Fontenot Brunet, and brothers and
sister. Visitation will be held today, February 1, 2018 from 10 a.m. until
the time of services, with a rosary being recited at 11 a.m. In lieu of
flowers, masses for Mr. Harry can be made in his name. LaVille Funeral
Home was in charge of arrangements.
Back one generation to parents of Olivier 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: 7 November 2022.