Pierre Pitre is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 5-Right. Listed with him are three of his children: Francoise, Catherine and Francoise [sic Francois].[1]
Catherine Pitre was born 24 September 1739. She was the daughter of Pierre Pitre and Agathe Doucet. She was baptized 22 May 1740 at Beaubassin. Her godparents were Jean Savoye and Marie Pitre. [2]
- Pierre Joubert, age 48; 100 cattle, 20 horses, 40hogs, 0? sheep
- Francoise Pitre, wife, 30
- Pierre, son, 10
- Therese daughter, 8
- Sicile, daughter, 6
Sources
↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 23
↑ Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts (Ville Platte, Louisiana, 1987) citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300
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