Continuation of tree (5th child of 'Jean Marie' Jean Baptiste Pitre/Julie Leduc); all known surname descendants:
6 Ignace Pitre b: 31 January 1799 St. Joachim, Chateauguay, Quebec; d: Bet. 1861-1870 Huntingdon, Quebec
+Marie Maher b: Abt. 1810 St. Regis, Quebec; m: Abt. 1824 America [‘rehabilitation’ 21 July 1842 St. Regis, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, Quebec] [Peter/Josephine ---]; d: 14 December 1891 St. Regis, Huntingdon, Quebec
7 Pierre Lajambe b: Abt. 1825 St. Regis, Quebec; d: Aft. 1862 Ft. Covington, Franklin, NY
+Anne Poirier b: Abt. 1841; m: Abt. 1855; d: Aft. 1862
7 Thomas Lajambe b: 17 March 1833 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 10 February 1916 Hopkins Point, Franklin, NY
+Lucie Taillon b: 20 December 1841 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; m: 13 August 1861 St. Regis, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, Quebec [Jean Baptiste/Lucie Plamondon]; d: 18 June 1923 Moira, Franklin, NY
7 Josephte Lepitre b: July 1835 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: Aft. 1851
7 Jean Baptiste Lepitre b: 14 February 1838 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: Aft. December 1891
7 Julie Lepitre b: 11 February 1840 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: Aft. 1851
7 Ignace Lepitre b: 3 January 1842 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec
7 Edouard Pitre b: 15 July 1844 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 18 August 1844 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec
7 Etienne Pitre b: 12 July 1845 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 31 December 1886 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec
7 Joseph Pitre b: 24 September 1847 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: Aft. 1920 Marcellus, Onondaga, NY
+Helene Blais b: Abt. 1846; m: 24 June 1867 Burlington, Chittenden, VT
*2nd Wife of Joseph Pitre:
+Anna Russell b: April 1850 Quebec; m: Abt. 1873; d: Aft. 1920
7 Francois Xavier Pitre b: October 1849 St. Regis, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 21 September 1909 Merrill, Clinton, NY
+Isabella Larriviere (aka Larribee) b: 28 December 1849 Green Bay, Wisconsin; m: Abt. 1875 [Edward/---]; d: 12 January 1948 Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY
7 Ellen Pitre b: Abt. 1852 Quebec; d: Aft. 1870
Notes for Ignace Pitre:
This family presents quite a few challenges, not least because of the different surname usages/spellings. After finally accessing all years of Canadian census, I believe Ignace is most probably the son of Jean Marie 'Jean Baptiste' Pitre and his first wife Julie Leduc.
The 1825 census of St. Regis lists the household of Ignace Pitre as a married couple (husband 25-39 & wife 14-44). By the 1842 census of Dundee he is listed as having a household of 10 people. Using a birth rate of one child every 2 years, that would mean 8 children + the parents. The 1851 St. Regis census lists him as Ignace Lajambe 42, wife Marie 39 and 9 children. There is a gap in the children's ages between Pierre & Thomas, possibly indicating 3 deceased children, and another gap between Thomas & John, possibly indicating 2 more. This would total the 8 supposed children from the 1842 census.
The 1861 census of Dundee then lists him as Angus Pitts 66 (anglicized version of Ignace Pitre), wife Polly 52, & 6 children. Son Thomas Pitts is also in Dundee but still single. Sometime before the 1870 census Ignace dies, as the 1870 Franklin, NY census has his widow Mary Petes 69 living with 3 of their children, while son Thomas Lashombe is now married with 6 children and living with his maternal grandparents.
The 1881 Dundee census shows son Thomas Peets 47, with wife Lucy, their 7 children, his widowed mother Mary 68, and brother Etienne. Then lastly the 1891 Dundee census has Thomas Peets, his children, and mother Mary 78. Marie Maher, Ignace's widow, dies in December 1891 at St. Regis aged 81 years.
Other than the children whose births/deaths were listed in the St. Regis registers, the rest of the family is open to question. Son Thomas' birth and marriage identifies his parents, but I have not found this definitive tie for sons Pierre, Joseph or Francois Xavier. And of the other children whose birth records were found or who appear in the census listing, I have yet to find what became of them.
Obituaries for the children:
Thomas Lajambe: Adirondack News, Saturday, 12 February 1916: Moira: Thomas Peets, a former resident of Moira, died at his home at Hopkins Point last Thursday, aged 81 years. He was a most highly respected man. The burial was at Brushton. He is survived by his wife and four sons, John, David, Will and Albert and three daughters, Mrs. John McCullough, Mrs. Agnes Walsh, of Moira and Mary of Hopkins Point.
Francois Xavier Pitre: Chateaugay Record, Friday, 8 Oct 1909: Frank Peets, Sr., died at his home in Merrill Sept. 21, after an illness of six months, caused by a shock of paralysis. He has been a prominent citizen of that community for that 50 years, being practically the first person to settle in that hamlet. Mr. Peets, who was 59 years of age, has conducted a hotel for a number of years. He is survived by two brothers and one sister, the widow and two daughters, Mrs. Emma Lamare and Miss Nellie Peets.
Back one generation to parents of Ignace Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries. New York birth/marriage/death items in RED have come from newspaper obituaries, some marriage announcements, and occasional birth announcements. In a few obituaries, the birth/marriage year given may not match up to census notations/childrens' births, so I have adjusted those accordingly.
Last updated: 14 August 2009