Continuation of tree (1st child of Leon Pitre/Marie Desroches); all know surname descendants:
8 Prospere Pitre b: 25 February 1852 St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 30 August 1929 Hopital St. Michel Archange, QUE
+Sophie Lebrasseur b: 7 January 1854 Notre Dame, Paspebiac, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 20 October 1875 Notre Dame, Paspebiac, Bonaventure, QUE [Jacques/Catherine Loisel]; d: 15 December 1940 L'Ascension, Matapedia, Bonaventure, QUE
9 Joseph Pitre b: 1 September 1876 Notre Dame, Paspebiac, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 26 January 1885 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE
9 Henri Pitre b: 17 October 1879 Notre Dame, Paspebiac, Bonaventure, QUE; d: 14 September 1926 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE
+ Marie Ursule Gallant b: 5 July 1879 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; m: 17 September 1900 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE [Unald/Marie Gallant]; d: 24 February 1906 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE
*2nd wife of Henri Pitre:
+ Malvina Lebrasseur b: 9 September 1888 Notre Dame, Paspebiac, Bonaventure, QUE; m: 30 October 1906 Notre Dame, Paspebiac, Bonaventure, QUE [James/Sophie Anglehart]; d: 27 October 1980 Montreal, QUE
9 Leon Pitre b: 11 May 1882 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 19 October 1966 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB
+ Rachel Englehart b: April 1883 Quebec; m: 27 January 1903 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: Aft. October 1966
9 Marie Catherine Pitre b: 22 December 1885 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE
+Joseph Alexis Pitre b: 16 October 1883 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; m: 22 November 1904 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE [Joseph/Modeste Gallant]; d: 8 February 1908 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE
*2nd Husband of Marie Catherine Pitre:
+Edouard Berthelot b: February 1887; m: 13 October 1908 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE [Ulysse/Susanne Bernard]; d: 7 June 1927 St. Francois d'Assise, Bonaventure, QUE
*3rd Husband of Marie Catherine Pitre:
+John Paul Durette b: Abt. 1879 Quebec; m: 10 February 1934 Campbellton, Restigouche, NB [William/Marie Louise Caissie]
9 Joseph Pitre b: 29 July 1891 St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE; d: 18 April 1980 St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE
+Marie Landry b: 27 January 1896 Balmoral, Restigouche, NB; m: Abt. 1915 [Joseph/Marguerite Bernard]; d: 17 May 1964 St. Antoine, Escuminac, Bonaventure, QUE
Notes for Prospere Pitre:
Census
- 1881
Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec: Leon Pitre 55 (farmer), wife Marie 56,
Julie 23, Prosper 30, wife Sophie 26, Joseph 5, Henri 2.
- 1891 Matapedia, Quebec: Prosper Pitre 39 (farmer), wife Sophie 34, Henri
8, Leon 7, Marie 4.
- 1901 Matapedia, Quebec: Prosper Pitre 54, wife Sophie 56, Henry 20, wife
Ursula 22, Leon 18, Marie C. 16, Joseph 9.
- 1911 St. Alexis, Matapedia East, Quebec: Prospere Pitre 55 (farmer),
wife Sophie 54, Joseph 22 (day laborer).
- 1921 Matapedia, Bonaventure, Quebec: Prospere Pitre 60 farmer, wife Sophie 63. (St. Alexis)
- 1931 widow
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Cimetière de la Fabrique Notre Dame de la Garde / St-Antoine-de-Padoue RC Cemetery, Bonaventure, Quebec: PITRE / Joseph Pitre / 1891 – 1980 / epoux de / Marie Landry /// Marie Landry / 1897 / 1964 / epouse de / Joseph Pitre
Back one generation to parents of Prospere Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 7 November 2023.