Family of Mathurin Pitre & Felicite Esther Thibodeaux
Mathurin Pitre was born 14 June 1802 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA (baptism: 15 August 1802 Plattenville, Assumption, LA), and died 11 December 1852 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA.
Wife Felicite Esther Thibodeaux was born 6 April 1817 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA (baptism: 27 July 1817 Plattenville, Assumption, LA), and died 8 March 1870 in Lafourche, LA. They were married 11 July 1831 at St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA.
Their children were:
1- Eugenie Elodie Pitre b: 16 September 1833 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA (baptism: 8 February 1834 Lafourche)
+James K. Polk b: Abt. 1832; m: 26 December 1854 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: September 1857 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
2- 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; d: Aft. 1880
Notes for Jeanne Ophelia Pitre:
- 1880 Lafourche census (3rd ward, p. 576A): Lezime Leblanc 50, Ophelia 40 keeps house, Fellrm 25 seamstress, Louis 23, Johnson 16, Albert 14, Elder 12
3- Elmire Josephine Pitre b: 6 March 1838 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA (baptism: 26 April 1838 Lafourche); d: Aft. 1880 New Orleans, LA
+ William Powell b: Abt. 1816 New Brunswick; m: 8 July 1871 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880 New Orleans, LA
Notes for Elmire Josephine Pitre:
- 1880 New Orleans, LA census (Elmira St): Wm Powell 64 (NB) engineer, wife Elmira 43, Elodia 9, E. Felecte 18.
4- Numa Faustin Pitre b: 6 January 1839 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA (baptism: 16 July 1839 Lafourche); d: 28 February 1858 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
5- Martin Leandre Douradou Pitre b: 30 April 1841 Lafourche, LA (baptism: 9 December 1841 Lafourche); d: 25 January 1917 Lafourche, LA
+Marie Odile Vicknair b: 4 July 1849 Lafourche, LA; m: 11 January 1868 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Abt. 1919 Lafourche, LA
6- Henry Johnson Pitre b: 7 April 1844 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA (baptism: 19 February 1845 Lafourche); d: 12 October 1908 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Lea Boutary b: 9 February 1847 Lafourche, LA; m: 6 June 1868 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Bet. 1874 - 1875 Lafourche, LA
*2nd Wife of Henry Johnson Pitre:
+Marie Rosa Pitre b: 2 February 1857 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA (baptism: 11 April 1857 Lafourche); m: 28 October 1875 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 26 August 1922 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
Notes for Henry Johnson:
-1880 Lafourche census (ED 129, W3, 2): John Pitre 35 laborer, wife Rosa 33 keeping house, Lawless 11 at home, Gillis 8, Willie 6, Harriet 4, Arthur 4 months (Jan)
-1910 Lafourche census (ED 39, W3, 1A): widow living with son’s family
-1920 Lafourche census (ED 46, W3, 2A): widow living with son’s family
- Obituary: 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.
7- Jean Pitre b: 17 February 1845 Lafourche, LA; d: Bef. 1850 Lafourche, LA
8- Ozema Pitre b: Abt. 1849; d: Bef. 1850
9- Banon Pitre b: March 1851 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 23 April 1851 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
10- Mathurin ‘Scott’ Pitre b: 13 September 1852 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 25 May 1906 New Orleans, LA
+Clara Elizabeth Scott b: Abt. 1852 Pittsburgh, PA; m: 31 May 1873 New Orleans, LA [Alexander/Eliza Greenfield]; d: 27 December 1907 New Orleans, LA
Notes for Scott Pitre:
- 1880 Algiers 15th Ward, New Orleans, Orleans census, p. 417B: Scott Pete 27 breakman; C. Elizabeth 27 housekeeping, b. PA (parents b. PA); M. Wingfield 6; H. Wanita 3; C. Elmier 2
- Obituary: Times Picayune (N.O., LA), 26 May 1906: On Friday, May 25, 1906, at 5 o'clock a.m., Scott Pete, aged 52 years and 9 months, a native of Thibodaux, La., and a resident of this city for fifty years. Relatives, friends and acquaintances of the family, also the officers and members of the Police Benevolent Association, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will take place Saturday, May 26, at 4 p.m., from his late residence, No. 3932 Dumaine, near Olga Street.
Notes for Mathurin Pitre:
- 2 August 1850 Lafourche census: (Family #73)
Mathurin Pitre - 49, Farmer; Owns $3000 worth of land; can't read or write
Estelle Thibodaux Pitre - 44, can't read or write
Elodie Pitre - 14
Elmire Pitre - 13, attended school within the year
Numa Pitre - 9 "
Duradou Pitre - 8 "
Johnson Pitre - 6 "
slaves: male (black) 35, 34, 19, male (mulatto) 30, female (black) 49
- State of LA, 5th Judicial District Court, Lafourche Interior, Estate of late Mathurin Pitre: Petition of Mrs. Felicite Esther Thibodaux widow Mathurin Pitre praying for her confirmation as natural tutrix for the appointment of an under-tutor to the within named minor children. No. 253; Filed March 7th 1853 (T. Lagarde Jr., dep. Clk.): Mrs. Felicite Esther Thibodaux widow of Mathurin Pitre deceased claiming her right to the tutorship of the minors Eugenie Elodie Pitre, Ophelia Pitre, Elmire Pitre, Douradon Pitre, Johnson Pitre, Scott Pitre and Numa Pitre sired of her marriage with deceased. Let the said Mrs. Pitre be and she is hereby appointed and confirmed as a natural tutrix of her said minor children and let Aubin B. Thibodaux maternal grandfather be appointed as their under tutor and let them be duly sworn and qualified agreeably to law. (Louis Bush, March 7, 1853)
Biography: 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.
Parents of Felicite Esther Thibodeaux
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