Continuation of tree (7th child of Celestin Pitre/Emilie Patenaude); all known surname descendants:
7 Ovide Pitre b: 11 January 1853 St. Urbain, Chateauguay, QUE; d: 19 August 1941 Ditchfield, QUE
+'Malvina Dignard' Marie Azeline Dagnare b: 13 August 1862 St. Urbain, Chateauguay, QUE; m: 27 November 1877 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT [Joseph/Seraphine Perras]; d: 6 September 1925 Cornwall, ONT
8 Telesphore Pitre b: 1 September 1878 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 14 February 1947 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
8 Joseph Flavien Pitre b: 25 October 1879 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 20 November 1904 Cornwall, Russell, ONT
8 Josephine Pitre b: 12 July 1881 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 29 May 1963 Lac Megantic, QUE
+Jean Leon Leblanc b: 13 August 1881 St. Honore de Shenley, Beauce, QUE; m: 10 September 1906 Ste. Agnes, Lac Megantic, Compton, QUE [Cyrille/Adeline Guenette]; d: 13 February 1937 Ste. Agnes, Lac Megantic, Compton, QUE
8 Joseph Domina Pitre b: 17 March 1883 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 10 February 1969 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Catherine Josephine Blanchard b: 8 May 1883 Williamstown, Charlottenburgh, Glengarry, ONT; m: 27 October 1902 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Alexandre/Malvina Gauthier]; d: 22 October 1959 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
8 Charles Pitre b: 6 October 1884 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 20 December 1937 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Bertha Provost b: 16 December 1890 Cornwall, ONT; m: 22 January 1912 Cornwall, ONT [Jean Baptiste/Adele Poirier]; d: 21 December 1985 Cornwall, ONT
8 Marie Amelia Seraphine Pitre b: 28 August 1886 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 20 April 1973 Lac Megantic, QUE
+Joseph Michel Savoie b: 6 November 1884 St. Sylvestre, Lotbiniere, QUE; m: 5 July 1910 Ste. Agnes, Lac Megantic, Compton, QUE [Jean/Marie Seraphine Faucher]; d: 12 May 1978 Lac Megantic, QUE
8 Joseph Elzear Pitre b: 27 March 1888 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 3 January 1976 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Marie Louise Leontine Breton b: 19 November 1896 Ste. Agnes, Frontenac (Lac Megantic), QUE; m: 31 August 1914 Ste. Agnes, Lac Megantic, Compton, QUE [Fabien/Elise Cloutier]; d: 23 December 1983 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
8 Pierre Napoleon Pitre b: 6 December 1889 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: 30 May 1890 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT
8 Albert Anastase Pitre b: 8 March 1891 St. Jacques, Embrun, Prescott, Russell, ONT; d: Aft. 1931 Three Rivers, Quebec
8 Marie Alexina (Alexandrina) Pitre b: 2 January 1893 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 25 December 1986 Los Angeles, CA
+Joseph Jean Baptiste Alexis Thiboutot b: 16 July 1896 Ste Anne de la Pocatiere, Kamouraska, QUE; m: 8 September 1947 St. Jacques, Montreal, QUE [Narcisse/Lumina Levesque]; d: 9 January 2000 Los Angeles, CA
8 Laura Anna Pitre b: 24 July 1895 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 21 February 1988 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Joseph Elzear Rosaire Gosselin b: 12 March 1895 St. Desire, Lac Noir, Megantic, QUE; m: 5 February 1917 Ste. Agnes, Lac Megantic, Compton, QUE [Nazaire/Valeda Langevin]; d: 14 June 1986 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
8 Romeo Pitre b: 4 October 1902 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 7 December 1936 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT
+Marie Rose Alba Lavoie b: 12 December 1904 St. Paul du Nord, Saguenay, QUE; m: 23 October 1922 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Ferdinand/Ernestine Martel]
Notes for Ovide Pitre:
Census
- 1881 Clarence, Russell, Ontario: Ovide Petre 28 (farmer), wife Malvina 21, Telisfore 2, Joseph 1; brother Joseph Petre 33 (farm laborer).
- 1891 Russell, Russell, ONT: Ovid Peat 38 (farmer), wife Mevenau 31, Telesphore 13, Joseph 11, Josephine 10, Demenau 8, Charles 6, Marey 4, Elzear 3, Anesdaus 4 months.
- 1901 Cornwall, ONT: Ovide Pitre 47, wife Malvina 40, Telesphore 22, Joseph 21, Josephine 19, Domina 18, Charles 16, Marie 14, Edzear 13, Anestace 10, Alexisna 8, Lauraina 5.
- 1911 Agnes Village, Beauce, Quebec: Ovide Pitre 57 (farmer), wife Malvina 50, Telesphore 28, Elzear 23, Annestase 20, Alexissa 18, Laurana 15, Romeo 9.
- 1921 Cornwall, Glengarry-Stormont, ONT: Ovide Pitre 67 laborer/cotton mill, wife Malvina 51, Telesphore 41 laborer/cotton mill, Anastase 28 laborer/cotton mill, Alexina 24, Romeo 19 laborer/cotton mill.
- 1931 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT: Telesphore Pitte 52, living with brother Elzear's family. Anastase Pitre 42, living with brother Romeo's family in Three Rivers, Quebec. (?? Ovide 77, Alexina 38)
Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere de La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT: PITRE / 1861 Malvina Dignard 1925 / epouse de / 1852 Ovide Pitre 1941 / 1902 Romeo Pitre 1936 / 1878 Telesphore Pitre 1947 / 1891 Anastase Pitre (blank)
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Flavien Pitre: The Montreal Star (Montreal, QUE), Saturday, 26 November 1904: Cornwall, Ont. - Joseph Pitres, son of Ovide Pitre, is dead, aged 25 years.
Josephine Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Ste. Agnes Cemetery, Lac Megantic, Frontenac, QUE: Leon Leblanc / decede le 13 / Fevrier 1937 / a l'age de 54 ans / epoux de / Josephine Pitre / 1881 - 1963
Joseph Domina Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere de La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT: E. PITRE / Anna Desrosiers 1909 - 1953 / epouse de / Edouard Pitre 1903 / Domina Pitre 1883 / epoux de / Josephine Blanchard 1882 - 1959 / Andre Blanchard 1891 - 1943
Charles Pitre: Following an illness of six months, Charles Pitre, well-known and esteemed resident of East Cornwall, died at his home, 512 First street East, at 3 o'clock this morning. Mr. Pitre had been a resident of Cornwall for 40 years, coming here from Embrun, Ont., where he was born 52 years and two months ago, a son of Ovide Pitre. For many years Mr. Pitre was employed as a weaver in Canada Mill, but was compelled to cease work six months ago on account of ill health. He had been seriously ill for three weeks. Besides his wife, the former Miss Bert Provost, of Cornwall, he leaves his aged father, Ovide Pitre, now 85 years old, who lives with a daughter, Mrs. Sauvi, Megantic, Que.; two sons and a daughter - Rodolphe Pitre, Melvin Pitre and Miss Laurentienne Pitre, all at home; four brothers and four sisters - Donat Pitre, Ernest Pitre, Telesphore Pitre, Elzear Pitre, Miss Alexina Pitre and Mrs. Joseph Gosselin, all in Cornwall; Mrs. Leon LeBlanc and Mrs. Joseph Sauvi, Megantic, Que. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning, leaving his home, 512 First street East, at 8:45 o'clock, for Nativity Church and cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere de La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT: PITRE / 1885 Charles O. Pitre 1937 / son epouse / 1890 Bertha M. Provost 1986 / 1920 Laurance Pitre 2009 / son epoux / 1918 Vincent Andrews 1999
Marie Amelia Seraphine Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Ste. Agnes Cemetery, Lac Megantic, Frontenac, QUE: SAVOIE / Papa / Joseph Savoie / 1886 - 1978 / maries / 5 Juillet / 1910 / Maman / Marie Pitre / 1886 - 1973
Tombstone Inscription, Ste. Agnes Cemetery, Lac Megantic, Frontenac, QUE: Mme Joseph Savoie / nee Mary Pitre / 1886 - 1973
Joseph Elzear Pitre: Pitre - Elzear, at Hotel Dieu Hospital, January 3rd, 1976, Mr. Elzear Pitre. Beloved husband of Leontine Breton. Age 87. Formerly of 230 Louisa Street. Dear father of Leo, Bonville, Fernand, Longueuil, Bertrand, Miss Jeannette Pitre, Mrs. Raoul Giguerre (Georgette), Mrs. Eddy Emerton (Fernande), Mrs. Simone Giard, all of Cornwall, Mrs. Rheal Dion (Germaine), Laval. Dear brother of Anastasse Pitre, Mrs. Rosaire Gosselin (Laura) Cornwall, Mrs. Jean Thiboutot (Alexina) Los Angeles. Also survived by 22 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Resting at Boulerice Funeral Home. Funeral mass Tuesday, January 6th at 10 a.m. Interment parish cemetery in the Spring.
Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere de La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT: PITRE / 1888 Elzear Pitre 1976 / son epouse / 1896 Leontine Breton 1983 / 1918 Jeannette Pitre 2004 / 1923 Simone Giard (blank)
Laura Anne Pitre: Mrs. Laura-Anna Pitre on Sunday, February 21st, at the Glen Stor Dun Lodge; age 92 years. Beloved wife of the late Joseph Rosaire Gosselin. Formerly of Glen Stor Dun Lodge. Dear mother of Rene Gosselin, Quebec, Gerald Gosselin, Montreal, Beatrice (Mrs. Pascal De Francesco) Laurette (Mrs. Michael Belvedere) Montreal. Also survived by 14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Daughter of the late Ovide Pitre and the late Malvina Dignard. Predeceased by three sons Fernand, Leo-Paul, and Marcel Gosselin, six brothers and three sisters. Rested at Boulerice Funeral Home Limited, from 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 23rd. Funeral Mass was held on Wednesday in Nativity Co-Cathedral at 10 a.m. Interment Parish cemetery. Family was in attendance on Tuesday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Tombstone Inscription, Cimetiere de La Nativite, Cornwall, ONT: GOSSELIN / 1895 Rosaire 1986 / 1895 Laura 1988 / 1918 Marcel 1925 / decede a l'age de 7 ans / que je seigneur / soit avec vous
Back one generation to parents of Ovide Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Ontario deaths in RED also from tombstone inscriptions.
- Some Ontario births/marriages/deaths in RED from online records.
Last updated: 18 November 2023.