Continuation of tree (1st child of Carmilien Charles Pitre/Eugenie Delafosse); all known surname descendants:
7 Robert Pitre b: 12 October 1861 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 6 June 1904 Kinder, Allen, LA
+ Celanie Emilie Bacon b: 16 December 1865 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 28 October 1884 Washington, St. Landry, LA [John Philemon/Emilia Savant]; d: 8 September 1898 Washington, St. Landry, LA
8 Henry Pitre b: 13 September 1885 Washington, St. Landry, LA
8 Eugenie 'Gertrude' Pitre b: 10 March 1893 Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: 4 May 1976 Daisetta, Liberty, TX
+ Alexander Lyle Geisendorff b: 1 August 1883 Woodville, Tyler, TX; m: 14 February 1913 Honey Island, Hardin, TX [Ernest Graeme/Alice Foster Sims]; d: 14 July 1953 Daisetta, Liberty, TX
8 Joseph Ashton Pitre b: 20 November 1894 Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: 9 July 1953 Pasadena, Harris, TX
+ Mallie Byrd b: 1 November 1901; m: Abt. 1919; d: 2 March 1980 Friendswood, Galveston, TX
8 Julius Jennings Pitre b: 18 December 1896 Washington, St. Landry, LA; d: 29 June 1966 Santa Clara, CA
+ Lillian Elizabeth Fleet (Favre) b: 19 September 1902 Canada; m: 16 December 1950 Pasadena, Harris, TX; d: 2 May 1980 Santa Clara, CA
*2nd Wife of Robert Pitre:
+ Marian Aola Hart b: 18 September 1882; m: 29 May 1900 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Zachariah Taylor/Mary M. Swords]; d: 24 September 1971 Glendale, Los Angeles, CA
8 Willis Wayne Pitre b: 27 January 1901 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 14 October 1979 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
+Mary Trapani b: 24 March 1906 New York; m: 24 June 1934 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA [Vincent/Essie Vella]; d: 12 January 1997 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Notes for Robert Pitre:
Census
- 1900 St. Landry, Louisiana: Robert Peet 38 (carpenter),
2nd wife Mary 17. Son Ashton Pitre 5 living with uncle Jno.
E. Bacon 47 & wife Ophelia 44.
- 1910 St. Landry, Louisiana: Son Ashton Pitre 15 living with uncle J.E. Bacon 55
& wife Ophelia 54.
- 1910 Honey Island, Hardin, Texas: Gertrude Pitre 16 living with uncle Romain Delafosse Pitre and his family.
- 1910 Houston, Harris, Texas: John W. Stephens 47, wife of 5 years Aola 27, 5 children, stepson Willis Pitre 9
- 1920 Houston, Harris, Texas: Divorced Aola Stephens 37
seamstress/overall factory, son
Louis Pitre 18 mechanic/adding machine co., parents Z. T. Hart 73 & Mary M. Hart 67.
- 1920 Tarrant, Fort Worth, Texas: Jennings J. Pitre 23 (magazine manager).
- 1930 Ozone Park, Queens, New York: Jennings J. Pitre 33 (printer/bank note) lodger
- 1930 San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas: Ashton
J. Pitre 35, wife Mallie 28, Ashton J. Jr. 9, Jimmie L. 6, Dorris M. 4,
widowed mother-in-law Flaurence Byrd 65.
Tombstone inscription (Kinder McRill Memorial Cemetery, Kinder): Unmarked grave. Information taken from old cemetery records. Date of death unknown; date of burial was recorded in old records as June 6, 1904. Section A, Row 1 [Find-a-Grave online]
Notes for Marian Aola Hart:
Tombstone Inscription, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, CA: Aola P. Stephens / 1882 - 1971 / beloved mother
WWI registration records (sons):
Joseph Ashton Pitre: Ashton Joseph Pitre; St. Landry, LA; 20 Nov 1895 (Whiteville); single; medium height, medium build; brown eyes & brown hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Ashton Pitre: Tombstone Inscriptions, South Park Cemetery, Pearland, Brazoria, TX: Ashton J. Pitre / Nov. 20 / 1894 / July 9 / 1953 // Mallie A. Pitre / Nov. 1 / 1901 / Mar. 2 / 1980 // Jennings L. / Pitre / Dec. 18 / 1923 / Aug. 23 / 1992
Willis Wayne Pitre: Tombstone Inscription,
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, CA: Willis W. Pitre /
1901 - 1979 / beloved husband, father // Mary T. Pitre / 1906 - 1997
/ beloved wife, mother
Back one generation to parents of Robert 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.
Some Louisiana/Texas deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana/Texas Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 11 January 2021.