Continuation of tree (4th child of Joannes Madison Pitre/Ernestine L. Fontenot); all known surname descendants:
9 Oscar Pitre b: 11 April 1884 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 7 April 1959 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Marie Azelie Pitre b: 7 August 1888 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 6 September 1904 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Louis Onesime/Marie Alsina Leboeuf]; d: 30 January 1965 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Mary Artee 'Attia' Pitre b: 17 October 1909 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 23 April 1974 New Orleans, LA
+Dalton Joseph Reed b: 30 March 1900 St. Landry, LA; m: Abt. 1929 [Amos/ ---]; d: 19 January 1966 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
*2nd Wife of Oscar Pitre:
+ Mamie Dupre b: 7 December 1898 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 7 December 1915 [Artelus/Ophelia Bertrnad] (divorced); d: 22 December 1987 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
10 Ira Pitre b: 1919 St. Landry, LA; d: 18 February 1938 St. Landry, LA
Notes for Oscar Pitre:
Census
- 1910
- 1920 St. Landry, Louisiana: Oscar Pitre 36 (general farmer), wife Mamie 21, Ira 11 months.
- 1930 St. Landry, LA: Oscar Pitre 46, wife Mammie 31, Ira 11.
- 1940 St. Landry, LA: Emar Lafleur 67 farmer, wife Stella 53, Ferdie 32 ginner/cotton industry, Glade 26; lodger Oscar Pitre 52 (divorced) yard man/farm; lodger Celestine Fontenot 15 maid/private home
- 1950 St. Landry, LA: Dalton J. Reed 50 carpenter/building contractor, wife Attia P. 40, Ramona 14, Emily R. 7, father-in-law Oscar Pitre 66 (div).
WWI registration records: Oscar Pitre; St. Landry, LA; born 11 Apr 1884; employer Mrs. Madison Pitre; rel. Mamie Dupre (same address); medium height, stout build; blue eyes & brown hair; 12 Sep 1918 Opelousas.
WWII Records: Oscar Pitre, res. Opelousas; b. 11
Apr 1884 Opelousas; contact Emar Lafleur; 5' 8", 165 lbs.; blue eyes, grey hair,
light complexion; 27 Apr 1942 Opelousas.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Wednesday, 8 April 1959: Funeral services were held today at 9 a.m. at a mass for Oscar Pitre, 76, retired farmer, who died Tuesday at his home here at 1205 Myrtle st. He had been ill for two weeks. Father Clifford Gaudin officiated at services at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Burial was in the Sacred Heart Catholic cemetery in Prairie Ronde with Lafond and Son Funeral Home in charge. Pitre was a native of Prairie Ronde and a resident of Opelousas for 10 years. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Dalton Reed, of Opelousas; one sister, Mrs. Onezime Pitre of Ville Platte; and two grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde Cemetery, Prairie Ronde: Oscar Pitre / 1884 - 1959 / gone but not / forgotten
Notes for Marie Azelie Pitre:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 2 February 1965: Funeral services for Mrs. Dallas Landry, 76, of Opelousas, were held at 9 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Prairie Ronde. Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of the First National Funeral Home. Mrs. Landry, the former Azelia Pitre, died at 8:35 p.m. Saturday at Opelousas General Hospital. She was a member of the Ladies Altar Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Survivors are two sons, Chapman and Alcide Dupre Sr., both of Prairie Ronde; one step-son, Warren Landry of Mamou; three daughters, Mrs. Dalton Reed of Opelousas, Mrs. Anson Darbonne and Mrs. Camille Leger both of Prairie Ronde; and two step-daughters, Mrs. Wesley Hull of Opelousas and Mrs. George Prudhomme of Eunice. Also surviving are one brother, Desamar Pitre of Opelousas; one sister, Mrs. Arcade Dupre of Prairie Ronde; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Notes for Mamie Dupre:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Wednesday, 23 December 1987: Mamie D. Pitre - Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Pitre, the former Mamie Dupre, 89, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in Opelousas with burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Prairie Ronde. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Opelousas, died at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Doctor's Hospital in Opelousas. She was a member of the ladies altar society at Our Lady of Mercy Church. Survivors include three stepdaughters, Mrs. Lolita Lavergne of St. Martinville, Leo Belle Ortego of Lake Charles, and Vivian Lyons of Church Point; a sister, Anna Belle Richard of Baton Rouge; a host of nieces and nephews. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today in Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on old Sunset Rd. in Opelousas, which is in charge of all arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde Cemetery, Prairie Ronde: Mamie D. Pitre / Dec. 7, 1898 / Dec. 22, 1987 // Henry Pitre / Jan. 16, 1891 / Oct. 14, 1956
Obituaries for the children:
Mary Artee Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Wednesday, 24 April 1974: Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church for Mrs. Dalton Reed, 64, who died at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday in a New Orleans hospital following a lengthy illness. Burial will follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Prairie Ronde directed by Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas. The former Attia Pitre, she was a seamstress in Opelousas for a number of years, working for Abdalla's Department store and later at her home. She was a member of the Ladies Altar Society at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Mrs. Reed is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ramona Soileau and Mrs. Emily Boudreaux, both of Opelousas; two brothers, Chatman Dupre and Alcide Dupre, both of Prairie Ronde; two sisters, Mrs. Camille Leger and Mrs. Anson Darbonne, both of Prairie Ronde; and two grandchildren. There will be a rosary at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Ardoin Funeral Home.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde
Cemetery, Prairie Ronde: Attia P. Reed / Oct. 17, 1909 / Apr. 23, 1974
// Dalton J. Reed / Mar. 30, 1900 / Jan. 19, 1966
Back one generation to parents of Oscar 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 Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 4 October 2022.