Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edgar Pitre
and Anna (Dupre) Pitre
Sister of
Lee Roy Pitre
Wife of
Simon Fontenot
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Elaine Fontenot and John Fontenot
Died about
at about age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Aug 2009
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Biography
Research Notes
- Many sources show her middle name as Mae, rather than May.
Sources
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVB-T576 : 14 December 2017), Ella Mae Pitre Fontenot, 2009; Burial, Prairie Ronde, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Sacred Heart Prairie Ronde Cemetery; citing record ID 183899976, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT9-59D : accessed 17 November 2017), Edgar Pitre, Police Jury Ward 1, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 20B, line 82, family 373, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 819; FHL microfilm 2,340,554.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5X-55N : 14 March 2018), Ella Mae Pitre in household of Edgar Pitre, Police Jury Ward 1, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-10, sheet 9A, line 4, family 150, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1451.
Children
- "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBP-3H1 : 10 March 2018), Ella Mae Petre in entry for John Fontenot, 15 Dec 1950; citing Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, certificate number 14451, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,418,604.
- "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBB-M9P : 10 March 2018), Ella Mae Pitre in entry for Elaine Fontenot, 17 Jan 1950; citing Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, certificate number 024, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,418,485.
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