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
Back one generation to parents of Willis Wayne 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.