Etienne (Keniche) Pitre

1797 Rustico, PEI – 1879 Rustico, PEI

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Pierre (Captain Peter) Pitre/Martine Gallant); all known surname descendants:

            6          Etienne (Keniche) Pitre  b: Abt. 1797  Rustico, PEI; d: 20 March 1879  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI

                               +Marie Doiron  b: Abt. 1798  Rustico, PEI; m: 21 September 1819  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Joseph/Marie Angelique Gallant]; d: Bet. 1842 - 1858  Rustico, PEI

                        7        Judith Pitre  b: 10 February 1821  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 16 November 1883  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI

                                    +Victor Gallant  b: 26 February 1820  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 23 November 1841  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Fabien/Marie Doucet]; d: Aft. 1881

                        7        Maurice Pitre  b: 28 November 1823  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 16 December 1903  Hope River, PEI

                                    +Dauphine Doiron  b: 12 October 1827  Rustico, PEI; m: 16 November 1847  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Fabien/Barbe Pineau]; d: Aft. 16 December 1903

                        7         Severe Pitre  b: 28 August 1825  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 6 November 1891  Campbellton, Restigouche, NB

                                    +Charlotte Doiron  b: November 1823  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 12 January 1847  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Fabien/Barbe Pineau]; d: Bet. 1881-1884

                                   *2nd Wife of  Severe Pitre

                                    + Sophie Gallant (Aucoin)  b: 11 May 1847  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 21 October 1884  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Francois/Sophie Pitre]; d: 2 August 1921  Shediac, Westmoreland, NB

                        7        Charlotte Pitre  b: 2 May 1827  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI

                        7        Gilbert Pitre  b: 6 January 1829  Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1911  New Glasgow, PEI

                                    +Luce Doiron  b: 12 December 1832  Charlottetown, PEI; m: 25 January 1853  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Joachim/Julie Pineau]; d: 23 February 1891  Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI

                                  *2nd Wife of Gilbert Pitre:

                                    +Charlotte Gallant  b: 4 January 1837  Rustico, PEI; m: 20 September 1892  Ste. Anne, Hope River, PEI [Francois/Sophie Gallant]; d: Aft. 1911

                        7        Octave Pitre  b: 15 November 1830  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1880  Anderson Creek, PEI

                                    +Marie Blanchard  b: 7 October 1834  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 10 February 1857  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Marin/Barbe Doiron]; d: Aft. 1891  Hope River, PEI        

                        7        Sylvain Pitre  b: 8 September 1832  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Bef. 1836

                        7        Marie Pitre  b: 15 October 1834  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI

                        7        Sylvain Pitre  b: 30 October 1836  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 30 June 1913  St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE

                                    +Marie Modeste Gallant  b: 15 September 1834  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 2 February 1858  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Fidele/Emelie Doiron]; d: 22 November 1915  St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE

                        7        Maxime Pitre  b: 3 March 1839  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: Aft. 1901  Rustico, PEI

                                    +Delphine Gallant  b: 22 June 1841  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 21 January 1862  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Pierre/Apolline Gallant]; d: Bet. 1894-1901

                        7        Valerie Pitre  b: 20 June 1842  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; d: 20 August 1881  St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE

                                    +Gerard Gallant  b: 30 July 1842  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI; m: 19 January 1869  St. Augustine, Rustico, PEI [Lazare/Marie Doucet]; d: 25 September 1896  St. Alexis, Matapedia, QUE

 

 

Obituaries for the children:

Maurice Pitre:  L'Impartial (PEI), Thursday, 1 January 1903:  At Ste. Marie, parish of Ste. Anne, Hope River, Tuesday, 16 December, Sieur Maurice Pitre, age 79 years, fell asleep peacefully in the Lord, after a short illness of 5 days, of pneumonia, and equipped with all the spiritual help that our Holy Mother the Church grants to her children.  The deceased was one of the pioneers of this parish and had come to settle here, from Rustico, with his wife Appoline Doiron, in 1846.  He leaves to cry on his grave a wife, nine children and 32 grandchildren, five of his sons preceded him to the grave.  His funeral took place on Thursday, December 18, in the middle of a great congregation of relatives and friends.  He belonged to the society of St. Rosary of the Holy Family.

 

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.

- Some PEI marriages in RED (no church indicated) sourced from marriages registers (no parents listed).

 

Last updated:  15 October 2025.