Continuation of tree (7th child of Martin Benoni Pitre/Jeanne Dantin); all known surname descendants:
6 Mathurin Pitre b: 14 June 1802 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 11 December 1852 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Felicite Esther Thibodeaux b: 6 April 1817 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; m: 11 July 1831 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Aubin Benoni/Eugenie Hebert]; d: 8 March 1870 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Eugenie Elodie Pitre b: 16 September 1833 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ James K. Polk b: Abt. 1832; m: 26 December 1854 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: September 1857 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Jeanne Ophelia Pitre b: 28 May 1835 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880
+ Onezime Cleofar Leblanc b: 27 February 1830 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 5 May 1849 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Joseph Rosemond/Carmelite Bergeron]; d: Aft. 1880
7 Elmire Josephine Pitre b: 6 March 1838 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880 New Orleans, LA
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+ William Powell b: Abt. 1816 New Brunswick; m: 8 July 1871 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880 New Orleans, LA
7 Luma Faustin Pitre b: 6 January 1839 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 28 February 1858 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Martin Leandre Douradou Pitre b: 30 April 1841 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 24 January 1917 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Odile Vicknair b: 4 July 1849 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 11 January 1868 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Valery/Adele Marie Adeline Vicknair]; d: Abt. 1919 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Henry Johnson Pitre b: 7 April 1844 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 12 October 1908 Lafourche Crossing, Lafourche, LA
+ Pauline Lea Boutary b: 9 February 1847 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 6 June 1868 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Hypolite Frederic/Marie Elisa Dejean]; d: 18 March 1875 Lafourche, LA
*2nd Wife of Henry Johnson Pitre:
+ Marie Rosa Pitre b: 2 February 1857 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 28 October 1875 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Henri Francois/Celesie Rose Legendre]; d: 26 August 1922 Lafourche, LA
7 Jean Pitre b: 17 February 1845 Lafourche, LA; d: Bef. 1850 Lafourche, LA
7 Banon Pitre b: March 1851 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 23 April 1851 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Mathurin 'Scott' Pitre b: 13 September 1852 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 25 May 1906 New Orleans, LA
+ Clara Elizabeth Scott b: November 1853 Pittsburgh, PA; m: 31 May 1873 New Orleans, LA [Alexander/Eliza Greenfield]; d: 27 December 1907 New Orleans, LA
Mathurin Pitre was born in America, in what was at that time the Louisiana territory. His birth and baptism in 1802 were recorded in Spanish as the Spaniards held the territory. (Louisiana became a state in 1812.)
As the fifth of six sons born to Martin Benonie Pitre and Jeanne Dantin, life was probably difficult. He was 29 when he eventually married Felicite Thibodeau (daughter of Aubin Benoni Thibodeau and Eugenie Hebert), who was actually only three months past her 14th birthday. They were issued a marriage license, though they gave their ages as 21 and 15 respectively. They went on to have nine children over their twenty-year marriage.
Two years before his death the Lafourche census showed him as a farmer owning $3000 worth of land. He was illiterate, as were many of the Acadian descendants, but his children attended school. Mathurin died at the age of 50 in 1852.
Three months after Mathurin's death his widow Felicite filed a claim to be appointed tutor to their seven remaining children, Jean and Banon had both died as infants. She was granted tutorship (a form of legal guardianship) and her father was appointed under tutor.
Obituaries for the children:
Henry Johnson Pitre: The Lafourche Comet (Thibodaux), Thursday, 15 October 1908: Mr. John Pitre, of Lafourche Crossing, died suddenly last Monday. His remains were interred in St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife and other relatives.
Back one generation to parents of Mathurin Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
Last updated: 17 November 2019.