Continuation of tree (1st child of Jules Pitre/Gabrielle Pitre); all known surname descendants:
9 Paul Dallas Pitre b: 9 April 1884 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 4 December 1937 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Alice Bertrand b: June 1886 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 23 January 1908 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Theogene/Marie ---]; d: 5 April 1977 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
Notes for Paul Dallas Pitre:
Census
- 1910 St. Landry, LA: Dallas Pitre 23 general merchandise salesman, wife of 2 years Alice 21.
- 1920 St. Landry, LA: Dallas Pitre 36 general farmer, wife Alice 30.
- 1930 St. Landry, LA: Dallas Pitre 45, wife Allice 40.
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1940 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA: Alise Pitre 53 [$1000 house value].- 1950 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA: Widow Alice B. Pitre 63.
Family photo (online): About 1896 - Jules 35, Gabrielle 29, Paul 12, Felicia 10, Emile 8, Francois 4, Helena 2. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3551979/person/-1696713677/media/29315a8b-57f2-470a-8a28-27a38d52c9af?pg=32768&pgpl=pid
WWI registration records: Dallas Paul Pitre; St.
Landry, LA; born 9 Apr 1884; Alice Bertrand (wife); medium height, medium build;
grey eyes & light brown hair.
Obituary: The Eunice News (Eunice, LA), Tuesday, 7 December 1937: 2nd Stroke Fatal to Dallas P. Pitre; Funeral Held Sunday - Prominent St. Landrian is Mourned by many - was in Cotton Bus.: Dallas P. Pitre. 53 years of age, resident of Opelousas, and prominent farmer and cotton buyer of St. Landry parish, passed away at his home on West Vine street early Saturday morning. Funeral services Sunday morning were at the Opelousas Catholic church and interment in the Catholic cemetery, Rev. Father A. B. Colliard officiating. Lafond and Son, undertakers were in charge. Mr. Pitre suffered a severe stroke of apoplexy last Tuesday afternoon which entirely paralyzed the left side of his body, from which he was rallying well Thursday night when he suffered another stroke which resulted in his death early Saturday morning. In spite of the second and fatal stroke, the doctors held hope for his life until death was announced. By his death the community lost one of its substantial citizens and his wife a good husband. Survivors besides his wife, nee Alice Bertrand, are his mother Mrs Jules Pitre of Opelousas, and four brothers: Albert, Jules, Leo and Walter, all of Opelousas; three sisters Mrs Charles Joubert, Prairie Ronde, Mrs. Alvin Fontenot, Opelousas, and Mrs. Edgar Prudhomme of Lawtell.
Tombstone Inscription, Holy Sepulchre Mausoleum, Opelousas: PITRE / Dallas P. / 1884 - 1937 / Alice B. / 1886 - 1977
Notes for Alice Bertrand:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 5 April 1977: Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church for Mrs. Dallas Pitre, the former Alice Bertrand, 90, of Opelousas. She died at 5 a.m. today at her nephew, Eddie Ledoux's residence following a four-week illness. Interment will be in the Holy Sepulcher Mausoleum directed by the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas, Sunset Hwy. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Eddie (Pearl) Ledoux of Opelousas; and several nieces and nephews. A rosary will be held at 7:30 tonight.
Back one generation to parents of Paul Dallas 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).
- Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.
Last updated: 11 June 2022.