Félicité Pitre (1770 - abt. 1793)

Born 22 Jul 1770 in Mordreux, Cotes du Nord, France

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Farine — married 12 Apr 1789 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

Died about 27 Nov 1793 at about age 23 in New Orleans, Spanish Louisiana, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

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Biography

Jean Pitre is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 11 Right, La Ville D'Archangel arrivee le 3 Decembre 1785. Also on the plaque with him is Felicite Daigle, his wife; and six Pitre children: Charlotte Marie, Pierre, Jacques, Francoise, Felicite, & Marguerite. ^[1]

Félicité Pitre, daughter of Acadians Jean Baptiste Pitre and Felicite Daigre, was born 22 Jul 1770 at Mordreux, baptized the next day (Pleudihen, C.-du-N.), sponsors: Vincent De La Touche De Bonabry and Marie-Vincent Blondeau. Francois Madeleine emigrated to Louisiana with his family arriving December 3, 1785 at the port of New Orleans. ^[2][3]

Félicité Pitre and Italian Jean Farine were married 12 Apr 1789 in Pointe Coupee, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. ^[4]

Félicité died 27 Nov 1793 and was buried the next day at New Orleans. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Title: The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Author: Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; Personal copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 43
2. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-1785; pt 1, vol. II, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; p. 668, family #777; own copy. The family lived at Pleudihen until 1772. On 12 Aug 1785 the parents and six children [including Felicite] left France on the ship "La Ville D'Archangel," arriving in LA on 3 Dec 1785.
3. ↑ Title: Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995. Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com; pp. 96-97

   Text: Félicité PITRE, age 16, daughter of Jean & his wife Félicité DAIGLE, traveling to LA with them and five siblings as the 32nd family (of 8 persons) aboard "La Ville d'Archangel"

4. ↑ Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Author: Catholic Church; Vol 2, 1770-1803; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; pp. 283 & 593 Text: (PCP-19, 24).
5. ↑ Title: Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records; Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, New Orleans, 1990; Volume 5, 1791-1795; copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 309

   Text: Felicitas [PIERE], native of St. Malo in France, daughter of Juan & Felicitas DEGLE, natives of St. Malo [sic], spouse of Juan FARINA, Italian, died 27 Nov 1793, buried 28 Nov 1793 at St. Louis Church, New Orleans (SC, F4, 6).

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