Raoul Pitre

1883 Gentilly, Minnesota – 1954 Lachine, Quebec

 

 

Continuation of tree (10th child of Francois Xavier Pitre/Caroline Faubert); all known surname descendants:

               8          Raoul Pitre  b: 2 November 1883  Gentilly, Polk, MN; d: 14 November 1954  Lachine, QUE

                                 +Mary Catherine Johnson  b: 23 October 1885  Lachine, Quebec; m: 27 Sep 1904  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec [Alfred/Catherine White]; d: 14 July 1952  Lachine, Quebec

                          9          Joseph Henri Francis Alfred Pitre  b: 24 January 1905  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec; d: 17 October 1966  Lachine, QUE

                                         +Mary Laura Major  b: 27 October 1905; m: 31 October 1927  Notre Dame, Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT [Charles/Anne Guesnel]; d: 17 August 1982  Lachine, Montreal, Quebec

                            10            Alice Joyce Pitre  b: 21 March 1931  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, QUE

                                               +George Douglas MacDonald  b: 25 August 1919  Montreal, QUE; m: 22 May 1954  Lachute, QUE [Duncan J./---]

                            10            Marie Agnes Petunia Pitre  b: 25 January 1934  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, QUE

                                               +Michael John Norris  b: 9 July 1932  Montreal, QUE; m: 14 July 1956  Lachute, Argenteuil, QUE

                          9          Marie Gerardine Pitre  b: 8 September 1906  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, QUE; d: 18 February 1992  Lachine, QUE

                                         +Stanley H. Fish  b: 3 March 1906  Minerva, Stark, OH; m: 6 February 1930  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec [William/Mable Halcomb]; d: 14 November 1967  Lachine, Quebec

                          9          Joseph Raoul Pitre  b: 27 August 1908  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec; d: 27 August 1908  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec

                          9          Joseph Jean Baptiste Gerard Pitre  b: 13 November 1914  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec; d: 8 April 1996  Lachute, Argenteuil, Quebec

                                         +Marie Juliette Rita Roy  b: 15 August 1912  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec; m: 10 August 1940  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec [Delphis/Philomene Boivin]; d: 24 April 2001

                          9          Gerard Victor Pitre  b: 28 January 1917  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, QUE; d: 13 September 1984  Verdun, QUE

                                         +Evelyn Esther Granger  b: 31 March 1921  Lachine, Quebec; m: 12 February 1944  Lachine, Quebec [William Charles/Annie Winnifred Gunson]; d: 5 June 2001  Lachine, Montreal, Quebec

                          9          Joseph Frederic Pitre  b: 28 July 1919  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec; d: 29 July 1919  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, Quebec

                          9          Marie Eveline Geraldine Pitre  b: 16 June 1923  Sts. Anges Gardiens, Lachine, Montreal, QUE; d: 10 September 1995  Dorval, QUE

                                          +Gerald Joseph Phillips  b: 1 March 1924  Tres St. Sacrement, Lachine, Jacques-Cartier, QUE; m: 3 April 1946  Sts. Anges, Lachine, Montreal, QUE [Patrick Joseph/Catherine Mary Croskery]

 

 

Notes for Raoul Pitre:

Census

- 1911 Jacques Cartier, Lachine, Quebec:  Raoul Pitre 26 (laborer), wife Catherine 24, Frank 6, Mary 4; Peter Robard 23.

 

- 1921 Lachine, Montreal (Jacques-Cartier-Lachine), Que:  Raoul Pitre 38 day laborer, wife Kate 34, Frank 16, Mary 14, Johnny 6, Victor 4.

 

Arrival List, Sault Ste-Marie, MI:  Raoul Pitre, b. Polk Co., MN, age 37, laborer, married, last residence Lachine, Quebec; brother Jeffrey Pitre (Montreal, PQ); last in USA 1883-1891; dest. to work on Int. Bridge; 5' 8", medium complexion, brown hair & brown eyes; 27 Oct 1921

 

Obituary:  The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), Monday, 15 November 1954:  Funeral for Raoul Pitre, father of Lachine Police Chief Frank Pitre, who died yesterday morning, will be held at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord, St. Joseph street and 34th avenue, Lachine.  He was 71.  Mr. Pitre was born in Cantilly, Minn., and moved with his parents to Valleyfield at an early age.  He was educated in Valleyfield.  Mr. Pitre retired on pension from the Dominion Bridge Company, Lachine, three years ago after 37 years' service.  He is survived by three sons, Frank, John and Victor; two daughters, Mary (Mrs. Stanley Fish) and Geraldine (Mrs. Jerry Phillips); two sisters, Mrs. Rupertine Fortin and Mrs. Jenny Mitchell, and seven grandchildren.  His wife, formerly Kathleen Johnston, died in 1952.  The cortege will leave the R. Bourgie Funeral Parlors, 1325 Notre Dame street, Lachine, at 8:15 a.m.  Burial will be in Lachine Cemetery.

 

Notes for Mary Catherine Johnson:

Obituary:  The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), Wednesday, 16 July 1952:  Funeral service for Mrs. Raoul Pitre, 66, mother of Lachine Police Director Frank Pitre, will be at 9 a.m. Friday in the Resurrection of Our Lord Church.  Burial will be in Lachine Cemetery.  Mrs. Pitre died Monday.  Born in Lachine, she was the former Kate Johnson.  She is survived by two other sons, John and Victor; two daughters, Mrs. S. (Mary) Fish, and Mrs. G. (Geraldine) Phillips; and a foster daughter, Joyce Dussault.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Joseph Henri Francis Alfred Pitre:  The Gazette (Montreal), Tuesday, 18 October 1966: (photo)  Police Director Frank Pitre:  Funeral services for Frank Pitre, police director of Lachine for the past 22 years, will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Resurrection of Our Lord Parish, 33rd Ave. and St. Joseph Blvd.  Dir. Pitre died suddenly at his home in Lachine yesterday.  He was 61.  He was born here and educated at the Academie Pichet in Lachine.  Dir. Pitre joined the Lachine Police Department in March 1933 and two years later he was promoted to detective-sergeant and in 1938 detective-inspector.  On May 1, 1944, Mr. Pitre became director of the department.  He was responsible, in 1949, for the adoption of a medal for police action above and beyond the call of duty.  He explained that, on several occasions, police constables assigned to specific duties had risked their lives at fires or accidents but received little, if any consideration.  He said that a traffic constable, for instance, who left his post to rescue a person from a burning building was acting beyond the call of duty and that some recognition should be given.  The bill was passed at a general meeting of the Metropolitan Police Chiefs Discussion Club on Jan. 24 of that year.  He was president of the association and the following year was re-elected for another term.  He was also a member of the Canadian Police Chiefs Association and the Police and Fire Chiefs Association of Quebec.  Dir. Pitre was a nephew of Didier Pitre, renowned Canadian Hockey Club defenceman, who played in the days of Newsy Lalonde, one of Canada's best known hockey players.  After playing as a junior with the St. Stephen's Hockey Club, he undertook the promotion of the sport in Lachine and was one of the founders of the old Lachine Maroon Hockey Club.  He was a member of several local organizations including the Lachine Kiwanis Club and the Knights of Columbus.  He is survived by his wife, the former Laura Major; two daughters, Patricia (Mrs. Michael Norris) of Two Mountains, Joyce (Mrs. George Macdonald) of Pointe Claire; two brothers, John and Victor and five grandchildren.

 

Marie Gerardine Pitre:  The Gazette (Montreal), Thursday, 20 February 1992:  Mary Fish (nee Pitre).  Died peacefully February 18, 1992 at Centre Hospitalier Lachine in her eighty-sixth year.  Dearly beloved wife of the late Stanley Fish.  Sister of John, Geraldine and of the late Frank and Victor.  No visitation or service due to the request of the deceased.

 

Joseph Jean Baptiste Gerard Pitre:  The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), Monday, 8 April 1996:  John (Jean-Baptiste) Pitre, In Lachute on April 8, 1996 at the age of eighty-one years.  Husband of Rita Roy.  Besides his wife, he leaves to mourn his daughter Suzanne (Matthew Mastromatteo), as well as many brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces.  At the request of the deceased, there will be no visitation.  Funeral arrangements entrusted to Urgel Bourgie.

 

Gerard Victor Pitre:  The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), Saturday, 15 September 1984:  Victor Pitre.  At Lachine on September 13, 1984, aged sixty-seven years.  Mr. Victor Pitre, beloved husband of Evelyn Granger.  Father of Jim (Donna Chuby) and Ross (Melanie Bell), grandfather of David and Michael.  Also survived by his brother John (Rita Roy), his sisters Mrs. Mary Fish and Geraldine (Mrs. Gerald Phillips).  Resting at Urgel Bourgie Ltd. and Raoul Bourgie Funeral Home Inc., 1750 Notre Dame, corner 18th Avenue, Lachine.  Eucharistic celebration Monday, September 17, at 11 a.m. at Resurrection of Our Lord Church.  Thence to Cote des Neiges Crematorium.  Visiting hours Saturday and Sunday 2-5 and 7-10 p.m.

Tombstone Inscription, Sts. Anges de Lachine, Montreal, Quebec:  PITRE / in loving memory / 1917 Victor Pitre 1984 / beloved husband of / 1921 Evelyn Granger 2001 / 1946 Carol Pitre 1949

 

Marie Eveline Geraldine Pitre:  The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), Tuesday, 12 September 1995:  Geraldine Phillips (nee Pitre).  On Sunday, September 10, 1995 at the age of seventy-two years.  Beloved wife of Gerald.  Best mother to Lynda (Mrs. J. Whitaker) and Gail, Shawn, Kevin, grandchildren Valerie, Amos, Sarah, Jasmine and Michelle and Daniel.  Special thanks to brother John and wife Rita.

 

 

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