Continuation of tree (8th child of Martin Benoni Pitre/Jeanne Dantin); all known surname descendants:
6 Francois Basile Pitre b: 28 June 1804 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; d: 28 August 1876 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+Scholastique Boutary b: Abt. 1808 Lafourche, LA; m: 30 August 1830 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Antoine/Marie Madeleine Hebert]; d: Bet. 1860-1870 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Esther Marie Pitre b: 21 August 1831 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 7 November 1870 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Mathere Hebert b: 14 January 1831 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 8 October 1849 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Francois Louis/Lucie Adelaide Lirette]; d: Aft. 1880 Terrebonne, LA
7 Henri Francois Pitre b: 25 February 1833 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 4 July 1899 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Celesie Rose Legendre b: 1 December 1837 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 19 April 1856 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Adolph Jean/Adelaide Celeste Ledet]; d: 18 January 1872 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
*2nd Wife of Henri Francois Pitre:
+ Victoria Glairdon b: 22 July 1846 Lafourche, LA; m: 20 February 1873 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Pierre/Marie Louise Barque]; d: Aft. 1900
7 Louis Prospere Pitre b: 26 August 1838 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 7 January 1888 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Elisa Lirette b: 18 July 1836 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 14 October 1858 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean Pierre/Celeste Hebert]; d: Bef. 1880
*2nd Wife of Louis Prospere Pitre:
+ Emelie Lirette b: 1 April 1852 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 24 January 1880 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean Guillaume/Marie Adeline Ledet]; d: Aft. 1887
7 Marie Aurelia Pitre b: 1 October 1840 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1860 Lafourche, LA
+ James C. Ballard b: Abt. 1818 North Carolina; m: 1 May 1855 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jesse/Mona Cox]; d: Aft. 1860 Lafourche, LA
7 Auguste Etienne Pitre b: 12 December 1841 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 12 May 1918 Convent, St. James, LA
+ Clara Sarah Sevin b: 12 February 1848 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 19 June 1867 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Marcelline/Marguerite Carmelite Leblanc]; d: Bet. 1900-1910 St. James, LA
7 Eugene Pitre b: 14 April 1843 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 11 February 1873 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
+ Eugenie Aimee Molaison b: 6 April 1848 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 19 November 1868 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Jean Baptiste/Emelie Marie Leblanc]; d: 22 June 1937 Lafourche, LA
7 Julien Hypolite Pitre b: 16 September 1845 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 12 March 1866 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
7 Sylvain Homere Pitre b: 16 September 1845 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 27 December 1919 Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Lirette b: March 1850 Lafourche, LA; m: 18 June 1870 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 21 May 1927 Lafourche, LA
7 Leufroy Servillia Pitre b: 3 May 1849 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 21 May 1927 Lafourche, LA
+ Pauline Emelie Boutary b: 15 July 1852 Lafourche, LA; m: 21 February 1871 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Francois Celestin/Marie Pauline Pitre]; d: 15 January 1921 Lafourche, LA
7 Victorin Pitre b: 17 March 1853 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 19 August 1926 Lafourche, LA
+ Marie Phelonise Molaison b: 28 October 1850 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; m: 17 March 1874 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA [Pierre Melius/Marie Phelonise Doucet]; d: 12 August 1918 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Francois Basile Pitre:
Francois-Basile's family was probably one of the most prolific for the Bayou Lafourche area group. He was the 8th child of a large family and had 10 children of his own. The 1840 Terrebonne Parish census finds the young family with 2 young sons & a daughter: Esther 9, Henri 7, and Louis 2. Ten years later and the family has grown with the additions of Marie 10, Auguste 9, Eugene 7, Sylvain 5, Julien 5, & Leufroy 10 months.
By the 1860 census the family has shifted from Terrebonne
Parish back into Lafourche and Francois-Basile is working his $600-value farm,
and has $250 personal estate. Eldest daughter Esther is newly married but
is listed with the family without her husband Mathere Hebert. Sons
Henri-Francois & Louis-Prospere have both married as has younger sister
Marie-Aurelia to James Ballard. Sons Auguste-Etienne 18, Eugene 16,
Julien-Hypolite 13, Sylvain-Homere 13, Leufroy-Servillia 11, & Victorin 6
complete the family.
Eldest daughter Esther dies in 1870. Sons Henri & Louis are married
and living in Lafourche, and Auguste with his new wife and son in Laplace.
Sylvain will be married in a few months & Leufroy the following year. The
now-widowed Francois-Basile 55 has moved to Laplace in St. Martin Parish and is
living with son Eugene 25 & his wife Aimee Molaison 23 and their children
Bertilde & Clinton. His youngest son Victorin 18 is also there. Son
Julien-Hypolite has died in 1866 aged 20. Son Eugene dies in 1873, and Francois-Basile dies in 1876 at
the age of 72.
Back one generation to parents of Francois Basile 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
- Southwest Louisiana Records (Rev. Hebert)
Last updated: 19 March 2009*