Pierre Pitre

1848 Beauharnois, Quebec – 1924 Toppenish, Washington

 

 

Continuation of tree (3rd child of Pierre Pitre/Marcelline Bergevin); all known surname descendants:

                8     Pierre Pitre  b: 29 June 1848  St. Clement, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 19 July 1924  Toppenish, Yakima, WA

                              +Marie Josephte Lumina Poissant  b: 16 August 1849  Notre Dame, Laprairie, QUE; m: 7 February 1871  Notre Dame, Laprairie, QUE [Narcisse/Marguerite Mousset]; d: 1 December 1871  Notre Dame, Laprairie, QUE

                                    

                       *2nd Wife of Pierre Pitre:                             

                               +Marie Angelique Bergevin  b: 24 July 1852  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; m: 11 July 1874  Cathedrale, St. Jacques le Mineur, Montreal, QUE [Eustache/Marie Leocadie Pilon]; d: 16 November 1897  Oklee, Red Lake, MN

                          9          Marie Rose Antoinette Lajambe  b: 28 April 1875  St. Clement, Beauharnois, QUE; d: Aft. 1895

                          9          Eustache Olier 'Dona' Lajambe  b: 14 July 1876  St. Clement, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 1947  Prince Albert, SASK

                                         +Isabella Marie Fournier  b: 1886  Quebec; m: 29 December 1913  Zenon Park, Arborfield, SASK; d: 1958  Prince Albert, SASK

                          9          Joseph Louis Lajambe  b: 7 September 1878  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 16 October 1948  Toppenish, Yakima, WA

                                         +Antoinette Bergevin  b: 10 May 1885  Lambert, Red Lake, MN; m: 9 February 1903  N. Yakima, Yakima, WA [Sylvain/Marie Lea Gendron ]; d: 16 August 1949  Yakima, Yakima, WA

                          9          Marie Edwilda Lajambe  b: 9 June 1880  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 12 December 1921  Superior, Douglas, WI

                                          +Matt Johnson  b: Abt. 1872  Finland; m: 4 May 1907  Duluth, St. Louis, MN; d: 15 May 1941  Superior, Douglas, WI

                          9          Joseph Gaspard Lajambe  b: 23 March 1882  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 17 November 1937  Crookston, Polk, MN

                                          +Adeline Langlois  b: 16 October 1884  Minnesota; m: Abt. 1904  Red Lake Co., MN; d: 22 December 1918  Lambert, Red Lake, MN

                          9          Joseph Eustache Lajambe  b: 12 December 1883  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 8 November 1897  Oklee, Red Lake, MN

                          9          Marie Louise Lajambe  b: 8 September 1885  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 19 March 1890

                          9          Marie Anne Florestine 'Adrienne' Lajambe  b: 30 July 1887  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 31 October 1971  Seattle, King, WA

                                         +Hercule Arthur Lefebvre (aka Lefaivre)  b: Abt. 1873  Canada; m: c17 April 1902  Duluth, St. Louis, MN; d: Aft. 1905

                                      *2nd Husband of Marie Anne Florestine 'Adrienne' Lajambe:

                                         +Angus Morrison  b: 14 February 1888  Stornoway, Scotland; m: 10 December 1920  Bemidji, Beltrami, MN; d: 22 May 1945  Seattle, King, WA

                          9          Louis Gouzacene Lajambe  b: 3 March 1889  Oakley, Red Lake, MN; d: 11 December 1956  Beltrami Co., MN

                          9          Norman Lajambe  b: 16 July 1891  Lambert, Red Lake, MN; d: 8 November 1970  Tacoma, Pierce, WA

                                         +Isabel Marion Brink  b: 13 July 1908  Carbondale, Lackawanna, PA; m: 16 July 1931  Toppenish, Yakima, WA [Lester/Elsie Hunt]

                          9          Bernadette Lajambe  b: 1892  Winsor, Beltrami, MN; d: 17 June 1977  Great Falls, Cascade, MT

                                         +Simon Joseph Brennan  b: 20 November 1869  Bemidji, Beltrami, MN; m: 15 June 1907  Beltrami Co., MN [John/Asenath Hollister] (divorced bet. 1920-1928); d: 20 June 1952  Kingsford, Dickinson, MI

                                      *2nd Husband of Bernadette Lajambe:

                                         +Cordelos 'Delos' Douglas  b: 7 July 1876  Alderley, Ashippun, Dodge, WI; m: Bet. 1920-1930 [Andrew/Louisa Young]; d: 15 May 1939  Great Falls, Cascade, MT

                                      *3rd Husband of Bernadette Lajambe:

                                         +Louie J. Miller  b: 12 May 1900  Camas, Clark, WA; m: 10 May 1943  Helena, Lewis & Clark, MT [William/Katherine Casey]; d: 12 February 1977  Helena, Lewis & Clark, MT

 

 

Notes for Pierre Pitre:

Census

- 1871 St. Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec:  Pierre Pitre 23 & new wife Lumina 21, living with his parents Pierre 51, wife Marceline 40, his siblings Eulalie 19, Charles 16, Felix 14, Joseph 11, Vitaline 9, Conrad 7, and his grandparents Pierre 78, wife Josephte 78,

- 1881 St. Timothee, Beauharnois, QUE:  Pierre Lajambe 32 (farmer), wife Angele 28, Dona 5, Louis 2, Rosa 6, Edawal 1.
 

- Emigrated about October 1886.


- 1895 Lambert, Polk, Minnesota:  Peter Lajambe 47 (farmer), wife Angele 42, Rosa 20, Dona 19, Joseph 17, Edwilda 15, Gasper 13, Eustache 11, Adreyenne 9, Gonzague 7, Norman 4, Barnadette 3.

- 1900 Lambert, Red Lake, MN:  Widower Pierre Lajambe 51 (farmer), Adrienne 15, Gouzacene 11, Normand 9.  In Winsor, Beltrami, MN, Bernadette Lajambe 6 is living with her grandmother & other relations.

 

- 1905 Red Lake, MN:  Pierre Lajambe 56y11m laborer; Gaspard Lajambe 23y1m farmer; Dona Lajambe 27y2m laborer

& Gentilly, Polk, MN:  Arcule Lefaivre 33, Adrien 19, Arcule 2, Rock 7 months, Gonzague Lajambe 15.  In Winsor, Clearwater, MN, Brenatte Legambe 12 is living with her grandmother & other relations.

 

- 1910

- 1920

 

Misc.:  Duluth News Tribune (MN), Tuesday, 6 May 1913:  Blind Pigger, Missing two years, caught:  Red Lake Falls, Minn., May 5 - Pierre Lajambe, who was indicted by the Red Lake county grand jury two years ago for blind pigging and had been a fugitive from justice since that time, was captured in Wisconsin, where he was living on a farm, by Fred Cyr, chief of police.  Lajambe was taken before Judge Watts at Crookston, where he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and costs amounting to $180 or spend 90 days in the county jail.  He paid his fine and the costs and has returned to his Wisconsin farm.  The offense with which Lajambe was charged was the selling of liquor at Brooks at a time when the town was presumed to be "dry."

- Duluth News Tribune (MN), Wednesday, 8 May 1907:  Rev. J. L. Murphy united in marriage Miss Edwilda LaJambe and Matt Johnson last Saturday evening.

- Duluth News Tribune (MN), Thursday, 17 April 1902:  Marriage licenses have been granted to ... Arthur Lafebore and Adrien Lagambe.

 

Notes for Marie Angelique Bergevin:

Tombstone Inscriptions, (Old) St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Oklee, Red Lake, MN:  Ici / repose le corp de / Angele / Lajambe / Agee de / 47 Ans / decedee / 16 Nov 1897

 

Obituaries for the children:

Joseph Gaspard Lajambe:  The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), Wednesday, 17th November 1937:  Car Skids on Icy Road, Kills Driver - Crookston, Minn., Nov. 17 - Gaspard Lajamb, 56, farmer and stock buyer near Oklee, was killed when his car skidded on an icy highway seven miles north of Gully, in eastern Polk county.  His death was the eleventh automobile fatality in Polk county in 1937.

Tombstone Inscription:  St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Oklee, MN:  Gaspard / Lajamb / 1882 - 1937 / Father

 

Joseph Eustache Lajambe:  Tombstone Inscription, (Old) St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Oklee, Red Lake, MN:  Ici / repose le corp de / Eustache / Lajambe / Age de / 13 Ans / decede / 8 Nov. 1897

 

Bernadette Lajambe:  Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, MT), Saturday, 18 June 1977:  Mrs. Louis (Bernadette R.) Miller, 82, 2720 2nd Ave. N., died Friday morning in a local convalescent hospital.  She had been in poor health about seven years.  The funeral will be Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Gerard's Catholic Church.  Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under direction of Croxford & Sons Funeral Home.  Mrs. Miller's husband died last month in Helena.  She was born in Windsor, Minn., and married Simon Brennan in Thief River Falls, Minn.  She and her second husband, Delos Douglas, whom she married in 1920, came to Great Falls in 1931.  He died in 1939 and four years later she married Miller.  During World War II Mrs. Miller worked as a first aid attendant at Mike Horse Mine near Lincoln.  Her only surviving relatives are a son, Ray J. Brennan, and grandson, Rod J. Brennan, both of Great Falls.

Tombstone Inscription, Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, MT:  Bernadette R. Miller / 1894 - 1977  //  Cordelos Douglas / 1876 - 1939

 

 

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