Marie-Anne (Desmarais) Pitre (1892 - 1949)

Born 11 Dec 1892 in Pike Creek, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Raymond Joseph Alexandre Pitre — married 24 Sep 1918 in Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Died 2 Oct 1949 at age 56 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Marie Anne Desmarais was born on December 11, 1892 in Pike Creek, Tecumseh, Essex, Ontario. She was the daughter of Emmanuel Desmarais and Lumina Jacques. She was baptized the day of her birth in Ste-Anne parish in Tecumseh. Her godparents were Rémond Jacques and Aglaé Campeau

She married Raymond Pitre, son of Pierre Pitre and Patronille Langlois, on September 24th 1918 in Annonciation Church, Pointe aux Roches, Essex, Ontario, Canada.

She passed away in Toronto in 1949 and was buried in the family plot with her sister Catherine in Annunciation Cemetery in Pointe aux Roches.

Sources

• Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1802-1967; Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Filmstrip image 54 of 188. https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1109/images/d13p_32300860?pId=1069535 Registre Paroisse Ste-Anne (1889-1903), Tecumseh, Essex, Ontario, Canada. Citant: Marie Anne Desmarais, bapt et naiss 11 Dec 1892. Parents: Emmanuel Desmarais et Lumina Jacques.

• Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1913. MS 929, reels 1-245. Series: Reel: 115; Record Group: Rg 80-2; Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division Registrar Vital Statistics Records, 1858-1930. MS 940, reels 1-4, 10-15, 17-20, 22-25, 27-28. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Filmstrip image 28 of 324. Essex, Sandwich East births 1861-1898. https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/1101461:8838?ssrc=pt&tid=71250878&pid=122428654743 Citing: Marie Anne Desmarais, 11 Dec 1892, Tecumseh, parents: Emmanuel Desmarais, Lumina Jacques. Profession of father: Grocer. Registration number 007304.

• 1901 Census of Canada

• Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BLZ-YWX?cc=1784216&wc=3NWH-PT5%3A1584308903%2C1584353701%2C1584355201), Marriage licenses and affidavits > 1918 > no 8286-8940 > image 1178 of 1392; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113257467/pitre-marie-anne-desmarais-small/ Obituary - The Windsor Daily Star, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 04 Oct 1949, Tue, Page 28. (Note typo in the obituary which gives the date of death as 2 Oct 1948 instead of 1949).

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113257433/pitre-marie-anne-nee-desmarais-56yrs/ The Windsor Daily Star, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, 04 Oct 1949, Tue, Page 8

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199585183/marie-anne-pitre: accessed 19 November 2022), memorial page for Marie-Anne Desmarais Pitre (11 Dec 1892–2 Oct 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199585183, citing Annunciation Cemetery, Stoney Point, Essex County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Douglas & Donna Gammon (contributor 47415031) .

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/94WN-3KJ Profile on Familysearch.org's One World Tree. Various Contributors.