Jean Baptiste Pitre (1781 - 1845)

Born 1 Jun 1781 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Anne Boudrot — married 15 Jan 1804 in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, New Spain

Died 19 Jul 1845 at age 64 in Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Tranquille Pitre is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 7 Left. Listed with him is his spouse Elisabeth Aucoing and two sons Jean Baptiste and Jean Vincent.^[1]

Christening: 1 Jun 1781 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[2]

Death: Jul 1845 in , Assumption, LA; Burial: 19 Jul 1845 Plattenville, Assumption, LA ^[3]

Census: Sep 1784 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.^[4]

Immigration: 15 Aug 1785 New Orleans, Orleans, LA ^[5]

Marriage 1 Marie Anne BOUDROT 15 Jan 1804 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 29
2. ↑ Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785; Gérard-Marc Braud; Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; p. 220

   Text: Baptized at St-Jacques. Sponsors: Jean-Baptiste AUCOIN, grandfather, & Geneviève ARSEMENT, wife of PITRE (neither signed).

3. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Catholic Church; Vol 6, 1840-1847; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; p. 522

   Text: Jean Baptiste [PITRE], age 67 years, buried 19 Jul 1845 (ASM-10, 56).

4. ↑ Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 503

   Text: On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty," dated Sep 1784 (cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575).

   On list from NANTES:

   Tranquile PITRE, with wife Elisabeth AUCOIN, 2 sons, for a total of 4 in family.

5. ↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index; Rev. Donald Joseph Hebert; Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995. pp. 14-15

   Text: Jean Baptiste PITRE, age 3, son of Tranquille PITRE & his wife Élizabeth AUCOIN, traveling with them and a younger brother as the 20th family (of 4 persons) aboard "La Bergère."

6. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Catholic Church; Vol 3, 1804-1819; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; pp. 125 & 698

   Text: (ASC-2, 106).