Continuation of tree (3rd child of Joseph Pitre/Archange Billiau dit Lesperance); all known surname descendants:
6 St. Cosme Pitre b: 14 December 1822 Assumption, Windsor, Essex, ONT; d: 2 August 1912 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
+Edesse Miron b: 7 July 1827 Assumption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 29 September 1845 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Jean Baptiste/Modeste Amireau]; d: 28 April 1907 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
7 Joseph Pitre b: 21 February 1847 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 6 December 1936 Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
+Constance Celina Hebert b: 1 March 1850 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 19 July 1870 St. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT [Jacques/Laura Josephine Mailloux]; d: 16 May 1921 Tecumseh, Sandwich East, Essex North, ONT
7 Jean Baptiste Pitre b: 24 October 1848 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 7 April 1923 Hotel Dieu, Sandwich East, Essex North, ONT
+Marguerite Lesperance b: 2 March 1848 Sandwich East, Essex, ONT; m: 10 January 1876 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT [Francois/Marguerite Miron]; d: 29 January 1922 Tecumseh, Sandwich East, Essex, ONT
7 Jean Eloi Pitre b: 11 February 1851 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 25 February 1851 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT
7 Pierre 'Peter Eloi' Pitre b: 1 May 1852 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; d: 11 March 1926 Sandwich East, Essex North, ONT
+Euphemie Roy b: 26 May 1858 St. Didace, Maskinonge, Quebec; m: 28 February 1876 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT [Amable/Emelie Meunier dite Lagasse]; d: 12 May 1945 Windsor, Essex, ONT
7 Clemence Louise 'Elise/Alice' Pitre b: 5 April 1862 Ste. Anne, Tecumseh, Essex, ONT; d: 11 January 1949 Tecumseh, Sandwich East, Essex North, ONT
Notes for St. Cosme Pitre:
Census
- 1851 Sandwich, Essex, Ontario: Saint Comb Petre 30 (laborer), wife Edist 27, Joseph 6, Jean Baptiste 4.
- 1861 Sandwich East, Essex, ONT: Sancom Pitre 39 (farmer), wife Edest 34, Joseph 14, J. Batist 13, Pierre 9; widowed mother Archange 71.
- 1871 Sandwich East, Essex, ONT: St. Combe Petre 49 (farmer), wife Edeste 42, Jean Bapt. 23, Pierre 19, Elizabeth 9; widowed mother Archange Petre 77.
- 1881 Sandwich East, Essex, ONT: St. Comb Pitre 58 (farmer), wife Edesse 54, Elaize 19.
- 1891 Sandwich East, Essex North, ONT: Come Pitre 68 (farm labourer), wife Edeste 63, Elise 28.
- 1901 Tecumseh, Sandwich, Essex, ONT: St. Come Pitre 78, wife Eddesse 73, Elise 38.
- 1911 Sandwich East, Essex North, ONT: Widower St. Come Pitre 88, Elise 49.
Mics.:
The Windsor Star (Ont), Thursday, 23 February 1905: Sandwich East Council - Parent Bros., $15.20, stove wood, groceries, etc., for St. Come Pitre, charity.
The Windsor Star (Ont), Friday, 27 April 1906: Sandwich East Council - Parent Bros. $13.68 for groceries St. Come Pitre, and Vincent Labute. John Dugal, $8 for wood for St. Come Pitre.
The Windsor Star (Ont), Monday, 23 July 1906: Sandwich East Council - Parent Bros., $1.99, nails for sidewalk in Tecumseh; $17.16 for groceries for St. C. Pitre, charity
The Windsor Star (Ont), Monday, 7 October 1907: Sandwich East Council - Parent Bros., $12.00 for groceries and provisions for St. Pitre, charity.
The Windsor Star (Ont), Wednesday, 23 December 1908 – Sandwich East Council – F. Mailloux, $2.50, one cord wood for St. Come Pitre.
Obituary: The Windsor Star (ONT), Saturday, 3 August 1912: Funeral on Monday - "Comb" Pitre of Tecumseh died in 90th year on farm where he was born. - Funeral services for the late "Comb" Pitre, one of the pioneers of Essex county, whose death occurred yesterday morning at his home in Tecumseh, will be held Monday morning from St. Anne's church, Tecumseh. Mr. Pitre was 90 years of age and was born on the farm where he died, his parents being one of the famous old French families which located in this county when it was scarcely more than a wilderness. His father was Joseph Pitre, of Montreal, who lived to be more than eighty years of age. Mrs. Pitre died about three years ago. The members of the family surviving the deceased are Miss Alice Pitre, Joseph and Patrick of Tecumseh and Elois of Walkerville.
Notes for Edesse Miron:
Obituary: Essex Free Press
(ONT),
Friday, 3 May 1907: Mrs. Adess Pitre, eighty years of age, passed
away Saturday morning at her home in Tecumseh. She is survived by her husband,
three sons and one daughter.
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Pitre: The Windsor Star (ONT), Monday, 7 December 1936: A life-long resident of Tecumseh, Joseph Pitre, 90 years of age, died yesterday at the home of his son, Dolphis, 47 Alphonse street, Tecumseh, yesterday following a short illness. Mr. Pitre was born at Tecumseh and farmed in that district all his life. He was an active member of Ste. Anne's Church. Also surviving are another son, Pierre, at home; four daughters, Mrs. Stanislas Bellaire and Mrs. Ted Forton, of Windsor; Mrs. Alfred Blais, and Mrs. Charles Maitre, of Maidstone, and a sister, Miss Elise Pitre, of Tecumseh. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday morning at the home at 9 o'clock and at Ste. Anne's Church at 9:30. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Jean Baptiste Pitre: Tombstone Memorial, Ste. Anne Cemetery, Sandwich East, ONT: Jean Baptiste Pitre / 1848 - 1923 / Marguerite / son epouse / 1848 - 1922
Pierre 'Peter Eloi' Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery, Windsor, ONT: Eloi Pitre / decede le / 11 Mars 1926 / age de / 74 ans
Clemence Louise 'Elise/Alice' Pitre: The Windsor Star (ONT), Wednesday, 12 January 1949: Miss Elize Pitre, 86, died Tuesday at the home of her nephew, Ralph Pitre, 318 Tecumseh road, Tecumseh. She had been ill for three days. She was born in Tecumseh and had lived there all her life. She was a member of St. Anne's Church and belonged to the St. Anne Society and the Catholic Women's League. Surviving besides her nephew, are two nieces, Lizzie and Minnie, of Tecumseh. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 9 a.m. from the residence to St. Anne's Church, Tecumseh, at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be in St. Anne's Cemetery. There will be prayers at the residence Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock. Janisse Brothers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, Ste. Anne Cemetery, Tecumseh, ONT: Elise Pitre / died 1949 / aged 85 yrs.
Back one generation to parents of St. Cosme Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some Ontario deaths in RED from tombstone inscriptions, or online death records.
Last updated: 25 November 2022.