The "VI" in David Pitre's name indicates that he was the sixth child born to his parents. This is done to distinguish him from a brother also named David Pitre (III).
Surname: Pitre.
Sources
Year: 1880; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 614; Family History Film: 1254614; Page: 474B; Enumeration District: 310; Image: 0131
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCY-H22 : 12 April 2016), Joseph N Peters in household of David Peters, Michigan, United States; citing p. 43, family 305, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,214.
"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH79-7Y3 : 9 December 2014), Joseph Peters, 23 Dec 1868; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, reference bk 1a p 66; FHL microfilm 1,377,692.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David: