Marie Josephe Pitre was born on 16 February 1772 in Poste-de-Pointe-Coupée, Louisiana, New Spain (now New Roads, Louisiana, USA), a daughter of François Pitre (c.1748 - 1819) and Marie Josephe Thibodeau (1754 - 1817).[1][2]
Marie Josephe was about sixteen years old when she married Michel Philippe Fontenot, about age forty, on 25 August 1788 in Opelousas Post, Louisiana.[3][4]
Marie Josephe died at the age of 77 on 29 January 1850 in Opelousas, St Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA. Cause of death was "old age."[10]
She was buried in the St. Landry Church Cemetery in Opelousas, Louisiana.[11]
Sources
↑Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, 1770-1803, Vol. 2, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of BR) p. 595;
PITRE Marie Josephe (Francois & Marie Josephe Thibodot) bt. 8 July 1772, bn. 16 Feb. 1772, spo. Amable Bertrand & Catherine Pitre (PCP-2, part 2, 137)
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Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);
FONTENOT, Michel (Philip & Marie BRIGNAC) m. 25 Aug. 1788 Marie Josephe PITRE (Francois & Marie Josephe THIBODO) Wits: Joseph GUENARD, FONTENOT, Pierre THIBODO, Pedro DE LA PUENTO. Fr. Joseph de ARAZENA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.18)
↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS5F-92PZ : 14 January 2020), Marie Josephe Pitre in entry for Celeste Dupre, 1802.
↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-1Y2 : 14 January 2020), Marie Josephe Pitre in entry for Sidalise Dupre, 1812.
↑Death: Ancestry.com, "U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index," Ron V. Jackson, Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999) citing original data compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mortalitycen&h=45313&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1770 Birth place: LA Death date: Jan 1850 Death place: St Landry Par., LA. (accessed before 28 May 2013) Viewable with paid subscription.
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112971059/marie-joseph-dupr%C3%A9: accessed 15 March 2023), memorial page for Marie Joseph Pitre Dupré (16 Feb 1772–18 Jan 1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #112971059, citing Saint Landry Church Cemetery, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Laura Savoie-Hanchey Hall (contributor 48712583).
Profile Pitre-2179 was created through the import of Rider_Deshotel Family 040809.ged on Jul 21, 2011 by Nadine Rider.
Profile Pitre-2385 was created through the import of 20130528.ged on May 28, 2013 by Craig X.
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