Continuation of tree (1st child of Francois Pitre/Marie Josephe Thibodeau); all known surname descendants:
5 Pierre Pitre b: 13 December 1769 Opelousas. St. Landry, LA; d: 31 December 1794 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Marie Francoise Fontenot b: Abt. 1774 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 7 April 1790 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Pierre/Marie Louise Doucet]; d: Abt. 1823 Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA
6 Pierre Pitre b: Abt. 9 May 1791 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 29 October 1842 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Celeste Symphorose Vige b: 20 December 1794 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 15 June 1813 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Charles/Catherine Catoir]; d: 4 September 1855 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
6 Adelaide Pitre b: Abt. 25 December 1792 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 14 October 1794 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
6 Joseph Pierre Pitre b: Abt. 22 June 1794 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 27 November 1844 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Marguerite Joubert b: Abt. 17 March 1799 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 20 August 1813 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Jean Baptiste/Marie Louise Adelaide Ledoux]; d: 19 April 1819 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
*2nd Wife of Joseph Pierre Pitre:
+ Marguerite Elise Vige b: Abt. 1799 Iberville, LA; m: 29 May 1820 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Henri/Marie Louise Breau]; d: 17 March 1868 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
Notes for Pierre Pitre:
Pierre Pitre was the first child of his Acadian exile parents Francois Pitre & Marie Josephe Thibodeau, and was born in what was then Spanish territory though its Frenchness prevailed. He was baptized at Opelousas on 28th April 1771 by a priest from Pointe Coupee who also recorded his birth as 13th December 1769.
By the time he married a French Creole named Marie Francoise Fontenot in 1790, his father had a cattle ranch of at least 130 cattle, and 35 horses on 12 arpents of land in Plaisance, a few miles northwest of Opelousas. These Acadians were more used to raising livestock than the ones who settled along the river to farm.
Pierre's life was all too short and he died at the age of 25. His 2-year-old daughter Adelaide had died about 10 weeks earlier. His sons Pierre and Joseph married and both lived to about the age of 50. His widow remarried twice, firstly to Pierre Nicolas Foret (aka Fauret) in 1795. After his death in 1814, she married Jean Baptiste Jeansonne in 1817. She died about 1823.
Back one generation to parents of Pierre Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- 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.
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne
Last updated: 15 December 2022.