Anselme Pitre (abt. 1738 - abt. 1792)

Born about 1738 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Elisabeth Dugas — married 14 Feb 1763 in St. Suliac, Bretagne, France

Husband of Madeleine LeBlanc — married 29 Oct 1776 in Saint-Sébastien, Nantes, Bretagne, France

Descendants

Died about 1792 at about age 54 in Lafourche, Louisiana

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Biography

ANSELME PITRE is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 9-Left, Le Saint Remi arrivee le 9 Septembre 1785. Listed with him are 4 children: Jean Pierre, Marie Francoise, Marguerite, and Isabelle Olive. ^[1]

Anselme Pitre was born about 1738 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, son of Jean Pitre and Marguerite Theriot. ^[2] Around 1750, his parents decided to settle on Ile Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island). He was listed at age 14 in the 1752 census on the north side of Riviere du Ouest, Isle Saint-Jean. ^[3]

In 1758, Anselme and his parents were among the 342 passengers who were forced aboard the Duke William, bound for France. Close to half of the passengers, 146, did not survive the horrific conditions on board and died at sea. Twenty nine died at hospital within 2 months of arrival in Saint-Malo on 1 November 1758. His parents did not survive the crossing and died at sea. ^[4] Anselme was hospitalized for one month upon arrival. On 27 Jan 1759 he went to Lorient, and returned to St. Malo from the sea on 1 Jan 1760. ^[5]

Marriage

Anselme married Elisabeth Dugas, daughter of Pierre Dugas and Elisabeth Bourg) on 14 February 1763 in St. Suliac, Bretagne, France. ^[6] They were granted a dispensation for a 4th degree of consanguinity. The witnesses were Pierre Dugat, father of the bride, Antoine Braux, Jean Huet, Emillian Segoillot, Jean-Baptiste Hebert, Tranquille Pitre, and others.

Their children were:

1. Jean Pierre Pitre (1763– )
2. Joseph Francois PITRE 1765-1776
3. Marie Françoise Pitre (1766– )
4. Judith Marguerite Genevieve PITRE 1768-1771
5. Joachim Charles PITRE 1769-1785
6. Marguerite Ludivine Pitre (1771–about 1830)
7. Elisabeth Olive Pitre (1773–before 1823)
8. Jean Charles PITRE 1774-ca 1774
9. Elisabeth PITRE ca 1776-1778
10. Joseph Rene PITRE 1776-1776

Anselme married Madeleine LeBlanc, daughter of Mathurin LeBlanc and Elisabeth Babin) on 29 October 1776 in the parish of Saint-Sébastien, in the town of the same name, Bretagne (now Loire-Atlantique, France. ^{[7] [8][9]} They were granted a dispensation for a 3rd to 4th degree of consanguinity. Anselme was said to be from the parish of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul and Madeleine from the parish of Saint-Charles. The witnesses were Simon Babin, uncle of the bride, Etienne Terriaud cousin of the bride, François Landri cousin of the groom, and Joseph Trahan.

Their children were:

1. Madeleine PITRE c: 27 Jul 1778 in Nantes, , Loire-Atlantique, France
2. Genevieve PITRE c: 14 Jan 1780 in Nantes, , Loire-Atlantique, France

Residence

Anselme resided at Pleurtuit from 1760-1764; at St. Suliac 1764-1766; at Pleurtuit again 1766-1772.^[10]

Census: Sep 1784 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[11]

Immigration: 10 Sep 1785 New Orleans, Orleans, LA ^[12]

Census: 1 Jan 1789 , Lafourche, LA ^[13]

He died in Louisiana.

Research Notes

The dit name dit Bejeau was removed because none of the sources show that he used it during his life and dit names are not allowed in LNAB.

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.
2. ↑ source: #N&P p. 216

   Text: Born around 1738 at St-Pierre St-Paul parish, Cobequid, Acadie, son of Jean PITRE & Marguerite TERRIOT.

3. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 82/Image 194 . The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 309/ Image 313/

   Jean Pitre, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 55 years, has been in the country fourteen months. Married to Margueritte Terriaud, native of l'Acadie, aged 51 years. They have six children, three sons and three daughters:-
   Jean Pitre, aged 20 years.
   Pierre, aged 18 years.
   Enselme, aged 14 years.
   Marie, aged 30 years.
   Elizabeth, aged 28 years.
   Anne, aged 15 years.
   They have the following live stock: two oxen, two calves, one wether, three ewes, one sow, and four pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case and was given to them verbally. They have made a garden on it.

4. ↑ "Etat des gens de mer, habitans et autres qui ont débarqué à St Malo du paquebot Anglois le Duc Guillaume," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the Duke William, disembarked at Saint-Malo on November 1, 1758 image 136, accessed 28 Dec 2023

   Family # 26
   PITRE Jean, died at sea
   TERRIOT Marguerite, his wife, died at sea
   PITRE Anselme, 20, their son, hospitalized from 4/11 to 4/12/1758. Discharged for Rochefort on 5 December 1758

5. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, The Acadian Exiles in St. Malo: 1758-1785, pt 1, vol. II, (Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981) pp. 657-658
6. ↑ Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, 10 NUM 35314 74 > SAINT-SULIAC > 1763 > Baptêmes/Mariages > COMMUNE, image 5 of 17 Marriage Anselme Pitre & Margueritte Terriot
7. ↑ source: #N&P pp. 110 & 216
8. ↑ Title: From Nantes to Louisiana, The history of Acadia: the odyssey of an exiled people; Author: Gérard-Marc Braud; English translation: Julie Fontenot Landry; Publication: La Rainette; Lafayette, Louisiana; Personal copy in possession of Girouard-4019p. 84

   Text: Anselme PITRE married on 29 Oct 1776 at St. Sebastien [Nantes] to Magdaleine LEBLANC.

9. ↑ Archives en ligne Loire-Atantique, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, Commune Saint-Sébastien, Paroisse Saint-Sébastien, BMS, 1776, images 13 and 14 of 16 Marriage Anselme Pitre & Madelaine LeBlanc Image 13 Image 14
10. ↑ Title: Acadians in Exile in Saint Malo 1758-1785; Author: Albert J. Robichaux; Publication: Hebert Publications, Eunice, Louisiana 1981; Vol 2; copy in possession of Girouard-4019
11. ↑ Title: Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Author: Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Publication: Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 491

    Text: On list of "Acadians in France, September 1784," found in document in A.D.S. Legajo 2575, which shows the Acadian families who wanted to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty.

    Anselme PITRE [no wife listed], with 2 sons, 3 daughters, for a family of 6.

12. ↑ 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. 44-45

    Text: Isabelle Olive PITRE, age 12, daughter of Anselme PITRE, age 45, traveling with him and three siblings as the 14th family (of 5 persons) aboard "Le Saint Rémi."

13. ↑ Title: Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, vol. I; Author: Robichaux, Jr., Albert J.; Publication: Polyanthos, 1977; Note: 1770-1789, German Coast, New Orleans, Below New Orleans and Lafourche. The census dated here 1 Jan 1789 appears to have been taken at least as early as 1 Jan 1788. It is from: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 202. Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com; p. 141

    Text: Anselme PITRE, age 48, listed with his three daughters in a household of 4 persons. They have 6 arpents of land, 35 quarts of corn, and 12 hogs.

• Source: N&P Title: Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785; Author: Gérard-Marc Braud; Publication: Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; Personal copy in possession of Girouard-4019