Continuation of tree (3rd child of Joseph Adam Pitre/Wife Marie Emma F. Dupre); all known surname descendants:
10 Pierre Emery Pitre b: 12 November 1907 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 5 January 1991 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+Mary Emelice Bordelon b: 29 January 1907 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: Abt. 1926 [Alcibiade/Amelia Vidrine]; d: 21 July 1961 Plaisance, St. Landry, LA
11 Mary May Pitre b: 11 November 1927; d: Aft. January 1991
+Russell Ardoin b: 22 September 1923 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; m: 20 August 1944 [Tanzy/---]; d: 19 July 1968 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA
Notes for Pierre Emery Pitre:
Census
- 1930 St. Landry, Louisiana: Emery Pitre 22 farmer/general farm, wife Amylis 23, Mary May 2 years 4 months.
- 1940 St. Landry, LA: Emery Pitre 32 [$500 house value] farmer/farm, wife Emlice 33, Mary May 12. [Hwy. 571]
- 1950 St. Landry, LA: Emery Pitre 43 farmer/farm, wife Emlice 43.
WWII Records: Emery Pierre Pitre, res. Opelousas, LA; b. 12 Nov 1907 St. Landry, LA; wife Mrs. Emlice Bordelon Pitre; 5'10", 154 lbs., blue eyes & black hair, dark complexion; 16 Oct 1940 Prairie Ronde, LA.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Monday, 7 January 1991: Funeral services for Mr. Emery P. Pitre, 83, were to be held at 2:30 p.m. today in St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas with burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Pitre, a resident of Opelousas, died at 7:15 p.m. Saturday in Opelousas General Hospital. Survivors include a daughter, Marie Pitre Ardoin of Prairie Ronde; a brother, Gervis Pitre of Opelousas; a sister, Mrs. Verby Pitre of Ville Platte; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on North Main in Opelousas was in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Landry Church Cemetery, Opelousas, LA: PITRE / Emery / Nov. 12, 1907 / Jan. 5, 1991 / Emlice B. / Jan. 29, 1907 / July 21, 1961
Notes for Mary Emelice Bordelon:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Tuesday, 25 July 1961: Funeral services were held at 8 a.m. Sunday for Mrs. Emery Pitre, 54, of Plaisance, the former Emlice Bordelon, who died suddenly of a heart attack at 2 p.m. Friday at her home. Mrs. Pitre was a Daily World agent, having a mounted route in the Plaisance-Prairie Ronde section. Her husband left home Friday noon to make the route for his wife. When he returned later in the afternoon, he found Mrs. Pitre dead. Services were held at the Catholic Church in Prairie Ronde. Burial was in the St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery here. Mrs. Pitre is survived by her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Russell Ardoin of Ville Platte; her mother, Mrs. Alciebeade Bordelon of Plaisance; one sister, Mrs. Burgess Fontenot of Lake Charles; and three grandchildren.
Obituary for the daughter:
Mary May Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Old Ville Platte Cemetery, Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: ARDOIN / Russell / Sept. 22, 1923 / July 19, 1968 / Marie P. / Nov. 11, 1927 / (blank) / married Aug. 20, 1944
Back one generation to parents of Pierre Emery 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 births, marriages & deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the LA vital statistics collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 7 November 2022.