Continuation of tree (8th child of Joseph Pitre/Marie Antoinette Lupien); all known surname descendants:
5 Antoine Pitre b: 22 March 1786 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: Bet. 1826 - February 1831
+Elisabeth Laplante b: 25 February 1793 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; m: 29 February 1808 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE [Joseph/Cecile Boudreau]; d: 16 December 1850 Erie, Monroe, MI
6 Antoine Lepitre b: 29 October 1809 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: 16 February 1810 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE
6 Marie Rose Lepitre b: 26 May 1811 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: 6 May 1873 Erie, Monroe, MI
+Joseph Grondin b: 12 October 1809 L'Assomption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 8 February 1831 Assumption, Windsor, Essex, ONT [Charles/Francoise Benetteau]; d: 11 August 1888 Erie, Monroe, MI
6 Olivier Lepitre b: 8 September 1813 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: Bet. 1870-1880 Ecorse, Wayne, MI
+Francoise 'Frances Ann' Soumandre b: 9 October 1816 Assumption, Windsor, Essex, ONT; m: 25 July 1836 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Paschal/Catherine Valade]; d: Aft. 1880
6 Adelaide Lepitre b: 23 August 1815 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: 15 March 1852 Ecorse, Wayne, MI
+Jean Baptiste Gignac b: 2 April 1809 Assumption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 1 February 1836 Assumption, Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, ONT [Jean Baptiste/Agathe Bouffard]; d: 19 July 1837 Assumption, Windsor, Essex, ONT
*2nd Husband of Adelaide Lepitre:
+Fabien Valade b: 3 July 1809 Assumption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: Abt. 1840 [Jean Baptiste Valade dit Quinchien/Marie Louise Drouillard]; d: 6 January 1871 Ecorse, Wayne, MI
6 Augustin Hermis Lepitre b: 28 August 1817 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: Aft. 1855 Erie, Monroe, MI
+Pauline Dusseau b: 24 July 1822 Canada m: 1 June 1840 St Joseph, Erie, Monroe, MI [Louis Joseph/Marie Monique Beaudrais]; d: Aft. 1855
6 Theodule Lepitre b: 3 May 1819 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE
6 Marguerite Lepitre b: 4 March 1821 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: 29 January 1859 Swan Creek, Monroe, MI
+Louis Montreuil (aka Montroy) b: 27 January 1818 Assumption, Sandwich, Essex, ONT; m: 22 February 1841 St. Joseph, Erie, Monroe, MI [Louis/Marie Cecelia Sulliere]; d: 26 September 1894 Summerfield, Monroe, MI
6 Louis 'Julius' Hermenigilde Lepitre b: 12 April 1823 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: Aft. 1870 Erie, Monroe, MI
+Eliza --- b: Abt. 1823; m: Abt. 1841; d: Aft. 1850
*2nd Wife of Louis Hermenigilde Lepitre:
+Angeline (Morrell) Cassavant b: Abt. 1823; m: Abt. 1851 [Antoine/Archange Chauvin]; d: Aft. 1870
6 Joseph Noel 'Christian Pete' Lepitre b: 24 December 1824 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: 23 October 1889 LaSalle, Monroe, MI
+Mary --- b: Abt. 1827 Michigan: m: Abt. 1849; d: Bet. 1850-1855
*2nd Wife of Joseph Noel Lepitre:
+Margaret --- b: Abt. 1835 Michigan; m: Abt. 1855; d: Bet. 1870-1880
6 Pauline 'Emily/Amelia' Lepitre b: 23 June 1826 St. Jean Baptiste, Nicolet, QUE; d: 14 December 1896 Erie, Monroe, MI
+Oliver Dusseau b: 29 November 1820 St. Anthony, Erie, Monroe, MI; m: 7 January 1843 St. Joseph, Erie, Monroe, MI [Joseph/Marie Monique Beaudrais]; d: 12 July 1864 Andersonville Prison, Sumter, GA
*2nd Husband of Pauline 'Emily/Amelia' Lepitre:
+Hubert Mominee b: 4 March 1812 Monroe, Monroe, MI; m: 23 October 1865 Erie, Monroe, MI
Notes for Antoine Pitre:
- By 1831 the family has traveled from Nicolet, QUE to Sandwich, ONT, where the 3 eldest children marry, one in 1831 and two in 1836, all to Ontario-born spouses. From there, all settled in Michigan.
Census
- 1840 Erie, Monroe, Michigan (dated 1 June 1840, but date extended for count by up to 18 months) Antoin Peter: males 1 (10-14), 1 (15-19), 3 (20-29), females 1 (10-14), 1 (15-19), 1 (50-59). Believed to be Widow Elisabeth Laplante 48, Theodule 21, Marguerite 19/20, Louis Hermenigilde 17/18, Joseph Noel 15/16, Pauline 14/15; son Augustin Hermis Pitre 23, wife Pauline Dusseau 18.
- 1850 Erie, Monroe, MI:
(image 19) Augustus Pete 30, wife Polly 28, Augustus 9, Catherine 2 [Augustus Hermis Pitre & Pauline Dusseau]
(image 20) Christ Peters 26, wife Mary 22, Elizabeth 58. [Joseph Noel Lepitre & Marie Angele Foucault]
(image 20) Joseph Grodan 40, wife Mary 38, Julia 15, Mary 14, William 9, Alexander 5, Victor 3, Emily 1, Augustus 10 [Joseph Grondin & Marie Rose Lepitre]
(image 25) Lewis Montrael 32, wife Margaret 29, Lewis 4, Emily 3, Margarett 1; Stephen Lebeau 57
(image 25) Lewis Peters 28, wife Eliza 28, David 7, Adeline 5, Eliza 2 months, Victoire Duseau 13 [Louis Hermenigilde Lepitre & wife Eliza ---]
(image 25) Oliver Duseau 34, wife Emily 25, Oliver 7, Emily 5, Mary 4, David 2, Samuel 1 month, Charles Duseau 24 [Pauline 'Emily' Lepitre & Oliver Dusseau]
- 1850 Ecorse, Wayne, MI:
(image 11) Oliver Pitre 34 carpenter, Hanna 32, Marie 10, Emilie 8, Selema 6, Zoe 4, Philomen 2. [Olivier Lepitre & wife Francoise Soumandre]
(image 9) Fabien Valade 45 fisherman, wife Adelaide 33, Marie 9, Suzan 8, Bazile 6, Therese 5, Emilie 2. [Adelaide Lepitre & 2nd husband Fabien Valade]
Corroborating sources:
- Mar. 29 Feb 1808 - Antoine Lepitre, maj s/o (Joseph, farmer/Antoinette Lupien) & Elisabeth Laplante, min d/o (Joseph, farmer/Cecile Boudreau), 4th degree, Wit: Joseph & Pierre Lepitre, Joseph & Jean Laplante, Joseph Foucault.
- Baptisms of children at Nicolet: Antoine 1809 (d. 1810), Marie Rose 1811, Olivier 1813, Adelaide 1815, Augustin Hermis 1817, Theodule 1819, Marguerite 1821, Louis Hermenigilde 1823, Joseph Noel 1824, Pauline 1826.
- 2nd child Marie Rose marries in ONT: Mar. 8 Feb 1831 - Joseph Grondin (dec. Charles/Francoise Beneteau) & Marie Pitre (dec. Antoine/Isabelle Laplante), wit: Joseph Provencher, Jean Baptiste & Charles Grondin, Antoine Provencher & Antoine Beaulieu. (This indicates Antoine is deceased by February 1831, but more likely died a few years prior as his wife was young enough to have more children in the 1820's.) Marie Rose, husband & 7 children appear in the 1850 Erie, MI census.
- 3rd child Olivier
marries in ONT: Mar. 25 Jul 1836 - Olivier Pitre (dec. Antoine/Elizabeth
Laplante) & Francoise
Soumandre (Paschal/Catherine Valade), wit: Baptiste Bouffard & Augustin Pitre.
The family has moved to MI and appear in the 1840 Ecorse, Wayne, MI census as:
Levie Petter: males 1 (15-20), 1 (20-30), females 1<5, 1
(20-30) which equates to Olivier 26, wife Frances Ann 23, Marie Louise 2 & an
unidentified teenage male.
- 4th child
Adelaide marries in ONT: Mar. 1 Feb 1836 - Jean Baptiste Geniac (Jean
Baptiste/dec. Agathe Bouffard) &
Adelaide Pitre (dec. Antoine/Isabelle Laplante), wit: Jean Baptiste Geniac,
Thomas Geniac & Jean Baptiste Bouffard. Her 1st husband dies 17 months
later and she remarries to Fabien Valade. The family appears in the 1850
Ecorse, MI census as Fabien 45, Adelaide 33 & 5 children.
- 5th child Augustin Hermis marries in Erie, MI in 1840.
- 6th child Theodule: Could be in the 1840 census with his family but no records exist of him beyond his baptism.
- 7th child Marguerite marries in Erie in 1841.
- 8th child Louis Hermenigilde marries c1841 in Erie.
- 9th child Joseph Noel marries c1849 in Erie.
- 10th child Pauline marries in Erie in 1843.
Further information: Attempting to identify and follow this particular line of Pitres, many of whom migrated to Michigan, has been extremely difficult. The changes in spellings of both first and last names, missing census information, etc. has meant that sometimes the connections are educated guesses rather than provable facts. I've included considerably more on these family pages in an attempt to identify those connections but also to provide a platform for others to compare their research. If you have definitive proof that a connection is correct/incorrect, please email a scanned copy or a link to an online page.
Back one generation to parents of Antoine Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Births/Marriages/Deaths in RED without a church have come from the Michigan Return of Births/Marriages/Deaths (Family Search online - actual pages viewable). While births & marriages name parents, deaths list only age & marital status.
- Michigan deaths between 1897-1920 in RED taken from death certificates (online), which may also include birthdate.
- Some items in RED from obituaries.
Last updated: 25 March 2024.