Continuation of tree (1st child of Emile Pitre/Marie Rosaline Blanchard); all known surname descendants:
7 Romain 'Euphrasie' Pitre b: 7 March 1841 New Iberia, Iberia, LA; d: Bet. June 1917-1918 St. Mary, LA
+Emma Bodin b: 9 April 1853 Charenton, St. Mary, LA; m: 15 August 1872 Immaculate Conception, Charenton, St. Mary, LA [Dolsey John/Celeste Laughlin]; d: 11 August 1904 Charenton, St. Mary, LA
8 Jules Honore Pitre b: 15 May 1873 Charenton, St. Mary, LA; d: 3 December 1925 St. Mary, LA
+Olivia Goulas b: Abt. 1884; m: 19 April 1904 St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette, Iberia, LA; d: 3 October 1948 Iberia, LA
8 Marie Celeste Pitre b: 15 June 1875 Charenton, St. Mary, LA; d: 26 January 1951 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
+Austin Trimble b: April 1860; m: 8 February 1900 Immaculate Conception, Charenton, St. Mary, LA [Felix H./Felicie Provost]; d: 18 April 1952 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
8 Marie Rozeline Pitre b: 13 March 1878 Charenton, St. Mary, LA; d: 23 April 1908 Charenton, St. Mary, LA
8 Elodie Pitre b: 20 October 1881 Charenton, St. Mary, LA; d: 24 September 1945 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
+Theobert Lormand b: 11 November 1876 Abbeville, Vermilion, LA; m: Aft. 1940 [Raymond Zeolin/Elizabeth Sloane]; d: 16 May 1969 Abbeville, Vermilion, LA
8 Clement Edmond Pitre b: 16 November 1883 Charenton, St. Mary, LA; d: Aft. 12 September 1918
8 Joseph Elie Pitre b: 20 October 1885 Charenton, St. Mary, LA; d: 6 September 1957 Orange, Orange, TX
+Dora Landry b: Abt. 1881; m: 6 February 1907 St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette, Iberia, LA; d: Bet. 1910-September 1918 St. Mary, LA
8 Peter Sidney Pitre b: 18 October 1888 Jeanerette, Iberia, LA; d: 26 April 1938 St. Mary, LA
Notes for Romain Euphrasie Pitre:
Census
- 1880 St. Mary, Louisiana: R.E. Pitre 39 (farmer),
wife Emma 26, Jules 7, Celeste 4, Roseline 2.
- 1900 St. Mary, LA: Ufroysoe Pitre 59 (farmer), wife of 27 years Emma 47,
Jules O. 26, Marie R. 21, Elodie 18, Edmond C. 16, Joseph E. 14, Peter C. 11.
- 1910 St. Mary, LA: Widower Euphrazee Pitre 69 (farmer), Elodie 29,
Edmond 27, Sidney 22.
- 1920 St. Mary, LA: Sidney Pietre 30 farmer, sister Elodie 38, widowed brother Elie 35 laborer.
- 1930 St. Mary, LA: Sydney Pitre 40, sister Elodie Pitre 47.
- 1940 Lafayette: Lafayette, LA: Elodie Pitre 50 lodger (single) seamstress, with family of Jeston Desormeaux 38 proprietor manager/retail drug store & wife Aline 38 [805 Congress]
Civil War records: Euphrasie Pitre: Co. I / Co. G; 3rd Regiment; Cavalry; Residence: St. Mary; Also: Harrison’s Exchange Battalion (composed of exchanged & paroled prisoners of war).
Notes for Emma Bodin:
Tombstone inscription, Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Charenton, St. Mary, LA: Ici repose / Mme Euphroisy Pitre / decedee le 11 Aout 1904 / agee de 5- ans
WWI registration records (sons):
Jules Honore Pitre: Jules Pete; St. Mary, LA; born 15 May 1873; wife Olivia Goula Pete; medium height, medium build; black eyes & black hair.
Clement Edmond Pitre: Edmond Clement Pitre; St.
Mary, LA; born 16 Nov 1883; Elodie Pitre (sister); short height, slender build;
brown eyes & black hair; 12 Sep 1918 Franklin, LA.
Joseph Elie Pitre: Joseph Ellie Pitre; St. Mary, LA; born 21 Oct
1886; son Joseph Pitre; tall height, slender build; grey eyes & black hair.
Peter Sidney Pitre: Pierre Sidney Pitre; St.
Mary, LA; born 18 Oct 1888 (Jullien Sta); father & sister; medium height,
slender build; light brown eyes & light brown hair.
Obituaries for the children:
Marie Celeste Pitre: The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA), Sunday, 28 January 1951: Jeanerette, Jan. 28 - Funeral services for Mrs. Austin Trimble, 76, the former Celeste Pitre, who died in New Orleans Friday at 1 p.m. were held in St. John's Catholic church here Saturday at 3 p.m., Rev. Oscar J. Drapeau officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Services were under the direction of the Mouret's funeral home. Mrs. Trimble is survived by her husband; one son, Howard M. Trimble of Sulphur; one brother, Eli Pitre of Jeanerette; and one granddaughter, Loraine Trimble of Jeanerette.
Marie Rozeline Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Charenton, LA: Ici repose / Marie Rozeline Pitre / nee le 13 Mars 1878 / decedee / le 22 Avril 1908 / priez pour elle
Elodie Pitre: The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA), Tuesday, 25 September 1945: Mrs. Theober Lormand, nee Elodie Pitre, died at a local hospital on Monday at 5:30 p.m. A native of Iberia parish, she was 57 years of age. Funeral services will be conducted at the Baldwin Catholic church this afternoon with interment in the cemetery there. Survivors include her husband, a brother, Elie Pitre of Jeanerette and a sister, Mrs. Auston Trimble of Jeanerette. Remains were taken to the Mouret Funeral Home in Jeanerette to be laid out until services this afternoon. Martin and Castille Funeral Home had charge of the local arrangements.
Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Baldwin, St. Mary, LA: Sidney Pitre / Elodie Pitre
Joseph Elie Pitre: Beaumont Journal (TX), Friday, 6 September 1957: Orange - Eli Joseph Pitre, 72, of 503 North St., died at 3:30 a.m. Friday at his home. Mr. Pitre, a native of Jeanerette, La., lived in Orange 10 years. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and a retired welder. Surviving are: one son, Joseph Pitre of Orange, and two grandchildren. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday at the Claybar Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Joseph Berberich, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 a.m. Saturday at the church with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Peter Sidney Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Baldwin, St. Mary, LA: Sidney Pitre / Elodie Pitre
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Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- 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. (Rev. Hebert)
- South Louisiana Vital Family Records: Terrebonne Genealogical Society
Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Texas deaths in RED taken from death certificates.
Last updated: 16 June 2025.