Olivier Lepitre

1814 Essex, Ontario - after 1870 Ecorse, Michigan

 

 

Continuation of tree (3rd child of Antoine Pitre/Elisabeth Laplante); all known surname descendants:

            6          Olivier Lepitre  b: 8 September 1813  St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, Quebec; d: Bet. 1870-1880  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                               +Frances Ann Soumandre (aka Simandre)  b: 9 October 1816  Windsor, Essex, ONT; m: 25 July 1836  Assumption, Windsor, Essex, ONT [Paschal/Catherine Valade]; d: Aft. 1880  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                        7          male Pitre  b: Abt. 1837; d: 25 September 1837  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Marie Louise Pitre  b: Abt. 1838  Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 6 April 1880  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                                       +Daniel Bourassa  b: 28 June 1833; m: 16 February 1858  St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, Wayne, MI [Eloi/Marie Aloide Allen]; d: 15 November 1864  Salisbury, Rowan, NC  (died of disease while a POW)

                                     *2nd Husband of Marie Louise Pitre:

                                       +Pierre Leblanc  b: 11 November 1832  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 4 February 1872  St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, Wayne, MI [Peter Cleophas/Elisabeth Shaw]; d: 4 September 1893  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                        7          Adele Aurelia Pitre  b: 2 February 1839  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: Bef. 1840

                        7          Emelie Pitre  b: 12 July 1842  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 6 September 1915  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                                       +John Baptist Riopelle  b: 22 February 1839  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 8 November 1859  St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, Wayne, MI [Jean Baptiste/Adelaide Cicotte]; d: 21 December 1910  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                        7          Adelaide Salome Pitre  b: 17 October 1844  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 31 October 1883  Corinth, Otisize, MI

                                       +Lewis Bouchard  b: Abt. 1843  Michigan; m: Abt. 1869; d: Aft. 1880  

                        7          Zoe Elizabeth Pitre  b: 4 October 1846  Ste. Anne, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 3 October 1916  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                                       +Gabriel Richard Goodell  b: 21 April 1837  Ecorse, Wayne, MI; m: Abt. 1870  Ecorse, Wayne, MI [Jonas/Angelique Salliot]; d: 19 August 1902  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                        7          Marguerite Philomene Pitre  b: 20 September 1848  Ecorse, Wayne, MI; d: 26 August 1930  Wyandotte, Wayne, MI

                                       +Alexander Labadie  b: 17 March 1848  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 13 June 1871  St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, Wayne, MI [Antoine/Felicite Rouleau]; d: 24 February 1906  Ford, Wayne, MI

                        7          Julia Pitre  b: 18 September 1850  Ecorse, Wayne, MI; d: 2 May 1907  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                                       +Alexander S. Gunning  b: 10 August 1849  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: Abt. 1870 [Alexander/Margaret McGovern]; d: 25 January 1930  Detroit, Wayne, MI

                        7          Joseph Olivier Pitre  b: 25 December 1852  Ecorse, Wayne, MI; d: 27 December 1862  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                        7          Allen Pitre  b: Abt. 1855  Ecorse, Wayne, MI; d: Bet. 1860-1870  Ecorse, Wayne, MI 

                        7          Lucy Pitre  b: 5 December 1858  Ecorse, Wayne, MI; d: 27 February 1881  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

                                       +Henry Columbus Labadie  b: 26 September 1855  Ecorse, Wayne, MI; m: 13 April 1880  St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, Wayne, MI [Simon/Sarah Julia Brennaman]; d: 11 June 1886  Ecorse, Wayne, MI

 

 

Notes for Olivier Lepitre:

Census

- 1840 Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan:  Levie Petter [Olivier Lepitre 26, wife Frances Ann 23, Louise 2.]

- 1850 Ecorse, Wayne, MI:  Oliver Pitre 34 (carpenter) [$100 real estate], Hanna 32, Marie 10, Emilie 8, Selema 6, Zoe 4, Philomen 2.

- 1860 Ecorse, Wayne, MI:  Levi Peet 46 (carpenter) [$500 real estate/$200 personal], wife Ann 44, Mary 20, Emily 18, Adaline 15, Elizabeth 13, Margret 11, Julia 9, Joseph 8, Allen 3, Lucy 1; daughter Louisa 21 & her husband Daniel Burisau 29 (laborer), Marry 1.

- 1870 Ecorse, Wayne, MI:  Oliver Pete 56 (carpenter) [$600 real estate/$100 personal], wife Fanny 53, Philemon 21, Julia 19, Lucy 11.

- 1880 Ecorse, Wayne, MI:  Widow Fannie Peet 63, daughter Elizabeth Z. 32 & her husband Gabriel R. Goodell 42 (postmaster), Ellen E. 8, Elmer R. 5.

 

Obituaries for the children: 

Emelie Pitre:  Detroit Times,  Tuesday, 7 September 1915:  Ecorse, Mich., Sept. 7 - The funeral of Mrs. John Riopelle, who died Monday morning in her home on Jefferson ave. west, will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, from St. Francis Xavier's church.  Burial will be in Ecorse cemetery.  Mrs. Riopelle was 74 years old, and a widow, her husband having died four years ago.  She leaves to mourn her death three sons: Louis and Charles, of Ecorse, and William, of Indiana, and four daughters, Mrs. William Hutchinson, of Detroit, Mrs. John Maurice, of Ecorse; Mrs. Lilly Chapoton, of Cleveland, and Mrs. Joseph Ferstle, of New Boston.  There are also 21 grandchildren living.

Tombstone Inscriptions, St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Ecorse:  John Riopelle / 1839 - 1910 / Emily his wife / 1842 - 1915

 

 

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Last updated:  23 February 2018.