Continuation of tree (8th child of Louis Onesime Pitre/2nd wife Emelie 'Emerite' Dupre); all known surname descendants:
7 Octave Pitre b: 28 January 1857 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Bet. 1910-1920 St. Landry, LA
+ Octavie Lejeune b: 7 February 1857 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 20 August 1874 Washington, St. Landry, LA [O'Neil/Celestine Richard]; d: 5 January 1917 Allen, LA
8 Marie Celestine Pitre b: 8 January 1878 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 16 March 1954 Oberlin, Allen, LA
+ Jean Baptiste Guillory b: 18 July 1871 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 15 January 1895 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Damien/Elisabeth Deshotels]; d: Bef. 1920
8 Emerite Amelia Pitre b: 5 September 1880 Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: Bef. 1900
8 Marie Bathilde Pitre b: 27 March 1883 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 6 December 1962 Oberlin, Allen, LA
+ Native Chatman b: 25 December 1879 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 21 January 1902 Eunice, St. Landry, LA [Ozemie/Emily Sonnier]; d: 17 January 1929 Oberlin, Allen, LA
8 Joseph Emar Pitre b: 10 July 1885 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: Aft. 1917
8 Alcide Pitre b: 22 August 1888 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 10 March 1966 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
+ Martha Chapman b: 31 August 1888 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; m: 4 July 1907 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Joseph/Amelia Saucier]; d: 20 March 1967 Oberlin, Allen, LA
*2nd Wife of Alcide Pitre:
+ Anise Vige (Dupre) b: 1 May 1891; m: unknown; d: 14 February 1979 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
8 Jules Aldes Pitre b: 6 March 1891 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: 1900-1910 St. Landry, LA
8 Lucie Mira Pitre b: 3 January 1894 Ville Platte, St. Landry, LA; d: Aft. 1920
Notes for Octave Pitre:
Census
- 1880 St. Landry, Louisiana: O. Pitre 22 (farmer),
wife Octavi 22, Mary 2.
- 1900 St. Landry, LA: Octave Pitre 43 (farmer), wife of 25 years Octavie
43 (6 of 7 children still living), Marie B. 17, Emar 15, Alcide 11, Jules 9, Mira 6.
- 1910 St. Landry, LA: Octave O. Pitre 53 (farmer),
wife of 35 years Octavie 53 (5 of 7 children still living], Joseph Emar 25, Mira
16.
- 1920 Oberlin, Allen, LA: Widow Celestine [nee Pitre] Guillory 42 farmer,
her 4 children, sister-in-law Marie Pitre 26, uncle & aunt Lucius Pitre 54 & his
wife Martha Pitre 57.
WWI registration records (sons):
Joseph Emar Pitre: Amar Pete; res. Vinton, LA; b. 10 Jul 1886 (Opelousas); single; medium height, medium build; grey eyes & brown hair; 5 Jan 1917 Calcasieu, LA
Obituaries for the children:
Marie Celestine Pitre: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Wednesday, 17 March 1954: Oakdale, La. - Mrs. Celestine Guillory, 76, died at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday, March 16 at her home in Oberlin. She was a resident of Oberlin for 40 years. She is survived by three sons, Relise, John, Nat, all of Oberlin; three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Darbonne, Mary Kinser, both of Oberlin, Mrs. S.M. Cole, Houston, Tex.; one brother, Alcide Pitre, Opelousas; two sisters, Mrs. Nathan Chapman, Mrs. Felix Sonnier, both of Oberlin; 26 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. today at the St. Joan of Arc Catholic church, Oberlin. Rev. Fredrick LaBrie officiated. Burial was in the Oberlin cemetery under direction of Ardoin Funeral Home.
Marie Bathilde Pitre: Oberlin (Spl.): An elderly Oberlin woman was fatally burned Thursday afternoon when her clothes caught fire from a cook stove. Dead is Mrs. Vathilde Chapman, 79. Mrs. Chapman, who lived alone near her daughter, was found by the daughter at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Dr. Don R. Vesley, acting coroner for Allen parish, said that Mrs. Chapman had burns over 80 per cent of her body. He termed the death an accident. Funeral services were to be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Joan of Arc Catholic church in Oberlin with Father Frederick LaBrac officiating. Burial was to be at the Durio cemetery under the direction of Ardoin-funeral home. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Jackson Howard, Rosie Ryder, Mrs. Savan Ryder, all of Oberlin, Mrs. Willis Ardoin of West Lake and Mrs. Wilton Richard of Lafayette: one brother, Alcide Pitre of Opelousas; ten grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. [online at Find-a-Grave]
Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 9 December 1962: Oberlin - Mrs. Bathilde Chapman, 79, of Oberlin, a sister to Alcide Pitre of Opelousas, died Thursday of burns sustained when her clothing caught fire from a cook stove. Dr. Don R. Vesley, deputy Allen Parish coroner, said Mrs. Chapman died of burns over 80 per cent of her body. He ruled death due to accidental causes. Mrs. Chapman, who lived alone, apparently caught her clothing on fire as she was preparing her noon meal, authorities said. Services were held at 2 p.m. Friday in the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Oberlin, with burial in the Durio cemetery. Other survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Jackson Howard, Mrs. Rosie Ryder and Mrs. Savan Ryder, all of Oberlin; Mrs. Willis Ardoin of West Lake and Mrs. Wilton Richard of Lafayette; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Tombstone inscription, Durio Cemetery, Allen: FATHER / Native Chatman / Dec. 25, 1879 / Jan. 17, 1929 / Weep not, he is at rest. // MOTHER / Mrs. Native Chatman / March 27, 1883 / Dec. 6, 1962 / Weep not, she is at rest.
Alcide Pitre: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Thursday, 10 March 1966: Alcide Pitre, 77, a retired carpenter of 809 W. South St., died at 6:50 a.m. today at a Lafayette Hospital. He had been ill 18 months. Pitre's body is at Lafond and Son Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Myrtle Grove Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, the former Anise Vige of Opelousas; five daughters, Mrs. Eraste Pitre and Mrs. Oriel Ryder, both of Oberlin, Mrs. Lawrence Forestier and Miss Ruby Pitre, both of Lake Charles, and Mrs. Lawrence Trahan of Crowley. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren.
Back one generation to parents of Octave 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: 6 January 2021.