Willis Wayne Pitre

1901 Opelousas, Louisiana – 1979 Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Continuation of tree (5th child of Robert Pitre/2nd Wife Marian Aola Hart); all known surname descendants:

               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

                               9         Robert Vincent Pitre  b: 26 October 1935  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

                                              +Mary Helen Egan    m: 5 May 1956

 

 

Notes for Willis Wayne Pitre:

Census

- 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.

 

- 1930

 

- 1940 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California:  Willis W. Pitre 39 [$3000 house value] automobile mechanic/dairy, wife Mary 34, Robert 4.   [135 West Avenue 42]

WWII Records:  Willis Waine Pitre, res. 135 W. Ave. 42, Los Angeles, CA; b. 27 Jan 1901 Lake Charles, LA; contact Mrs. Mary Pitre (same address); 5' 5", 136 lbs., brown eyes & brown hair, dark complexion; 15 Feb 1942 Los Angeles; signed Willis Waine 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
 

 

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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.