APPENDICES

Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s

PITRE

[PEET, PEE-tree]

ACADIA

Jean Pitre, an edge-tool maker born probably in Flanders in c1636, came to Acadia in the late 1650s.  Acadian historian and genealogist Father Clarence d'Entremont speculates that Pitre may have been a Peters from England.  Jean married well for a tool maker.  In c1665 at Port-Royal, he married Marie, daughter of Isaac Pesseley.  Marie's father, a former major of Port-Royal, had been killed 20 years before, when Marie was a newborn, during the civil war between Acadian governors La Tour and Aulnay.  Marie gave Jean 11 children, including four sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own.  Four of Jean's daughters married into the Amireau dit Tourangeau, Bertrand, Comeau, and Piat dit La Bonté families. 

Oldest son Claude, born in February 1671, married first to Marie, daughter of Pierre Comeau l'aîné, at Port-Royal in c1696.  She gave him eight children, including a son, Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1699, who married into the Doucet family.  Four of their daughters married into the Aucoin, Chiasson, Lavergne, Robichaud, and Doucet families.  Marie died at Port-Royal in July 1707, only 29 years old.  In February 1710, Claude remarried to Anne, daughter of Robert Henry, who gave him eight more children, including two sons who married into the Thibodeau and Blanchard families.  Two of Claude's daughters by his second wife married into the Fardel and Forest families.  Claude died at Port-Royal in c1752, age 81.  

Marc, born in c1673, married Jeanne, daughter of Sébastien Brun, at Port-Royal in c1699.  In 1708, he and his family were counted at Cap-Sable, on the Atlantic side of the peninsula.  Marc and Jeanne had four children, including two sons who married into the Guérin, Darois, and Thériot families.  Marc's two daughters married into the Lapierre, Bourg, and Cormier families. 

Jean, fils, born in c1680, married Francoise, daughter of Antoine Babin, probably at Port-Royal in c1698.  They had a dozen children, including seven sons who married into the Thériot, Boudrot, Doiron, Girouard, Thibodeau, and Arsement families.  Jean's five daughters married into the Doiron, Brasseur dit LeBrasseur, Lejeune, Boutin, and Henry families. 

Youngest son Francois dit Nordest, born in c1682, married Anne, daughter of Jean Préjean, at Port-Royal in July 1705.  He and Anne had 11 children, including three sons who married into the Comeau, Boudrot, and Hébert families.  Five of Francois's daughter married into the Simon dit Boucher, Girouard, Bourgeois, Gaudet, Boudrot, Provencher dit Villeburn, and Lord families.  Francois died at Port-Royal in December 1725 in his early 40s.  ...

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this large family to the winds.  ...

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

Pitres settled early in Acadia and were among the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana.  Widower Pierre Pitre and two of his children--Catherine-Francoise, age 22, and Francois, age 17--reached New Orleans in early 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue, today's Haiti.  Pierre and his children were among the first Acadian families to settle in the Opelousas District.  Pierre did not remarry.  His line was perpetuated by his son Francois.  Daughter Catherine-Francoise married French Creole Pierre Joubert dit Bellerose in the 1760s and settled at Opelousas. 

Descendants of Francois PITRE (c1748-c1820)

Francois, son of Pierre Pitre and Agathe Doucet, born probably at Chepoudy in c1748, escaped the British roundup of 1755 and followed his parents to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  He was counted with his parents and siblings at Halifax in August 1763 and followed his widowed father and older sister to Louisiana in 1765.  They settled in the Opelousas District, where Francois married fellow Acadian Marie-Josèphe Thibodeaux in c1770.  Marie-Josèphe's family also had come from Halifax in 1765 and chose to settle at Opelousas.  Marie-Josèphe's family also was from Chepoudy, so they may have known one another since childhood.  In the 1770s and 1780s, they were living in the Plaisance sub district; they owned 3 slaves, 35 horses, and 130 head of cattle on about 400 acres of prairie there in 1788.  Eight years later, in 1796, they were living in the Grand Louis sub district and owned 4 slaves.  Their daughters married into the Dupré, Fontenot, Ledoux, and Thayer families.  Francois, père's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in December 1809, his last will and testament was dated December 1819, and another succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in February 1820; he would have been in his early 70s that year.  Five of his six sons survived childhood and created families of their own; none of them married fellow Acadians.  Like their parents, few of Francois's grandchildren married fellow Acadians, unless they were cousins.  Francois's descendants were especially fond of spouses from the Fontenot, Joubert, Ledoux, Vigé, and ... Pitre ... families. 

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Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Opelousas in December 1769 and baptized there by a Pointe Coupée priest in April 1771, married Marie-Francoise, daughter of French Creole Henri Fontenot, at Opelousas in April 1790.  Their son Pierre, fils was baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in May 1791, and Joseph-Pierre, age unrecorded, in June 1794.  Pierre, père called by the priest "inhabitant of this Post," died at Opelousas in December 1794; the priest who recorded Pierre's burial did not give his parents' names, mention a wife, or give his age at the time of this death, but it probably was Pierre, son of Francois, père. 

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Pierre, fils married Céleste Symphorose, called Symphorose, daughter of French Creole Charles Vigé, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1813.  Their son Pierre III was born in St. Landry Parish in November 1814, Francois Antoine in October 1816, Joseph Luc in November 1818, Henri in October 1820, and Cyprien in September 1822.  Their daughter married a Pitre cousin.  ...

Pierre III married cousin Emeline or Meline, daughter of French Creole Eugène Ledoux, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1834; Emeline's mother was a Pitre.  Their son Pierre IV was born in St. Landry Parish in January 1837.  ...

Francois Antoine married Emelite, daughter of French Creole Pierre Joubert, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1837.  Their son Francois Damon was born in St. Landry Parish in April 1840.  ...

1b

Joseph Pierre married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Jean Joubert, at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in August 1813.  Their son Auguste was baptized at the Opelousas church, "age about 3 mths.," in December 1815.  Joseph Pierre remarried to Marguerite Élisabeth, called Elise and Lise, daughter of Henri Vigé of Iberville Parish, at the Opelousas church in May 1820; Marguerite's mother was a Breaux.  Their son Joseph Pierre, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in July 1822, and Théodule in May 1825.  Their daughters married into the Joubert and Pitre families.  ...

Auguste, by his first wife, married Melanie, daughter of German Creole Jean Baptiste Brandt, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1840. ...

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Francois, fils, called Francois Pouponne, born probably at Opelousas in c1775, married Eugènie, daughter of French Creole Louis Guillory, at Opelousas in November 1795.  They settled on Grand Prairie, northwest of the present city.  Their son Francois III, also called Francois Joseph and François Pouponne, was baptized at Opelousas, age 5 months, in July 1804, Joseph le jeune, also called Joseph Pouponne and Joseph Francoise, at age 1 month in November 1805, Onésime Pouponne at age 2 months in November 1807, Jean Baptiste was born in April 1815 but died at age 15 months in July 1816, and Leandre was born in February 1817.  Their daughters married into the Brignac, Broussard, Fontenot, Guillory, LaFleur, McDaniel, Rougeau, Tate, and Vidrine families.  Francois, fils died at his home on Grand Prairie in October 1817; he was only 42 years old; his succession records were filed at the Opelousas courthouse in January and December 1818 and February 1820. 

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Francois III married Sophie, daughter of French Creole Francois Joubert, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1825.  Their son Francois IV was born in St. Landry Parish in June 1827, Sosthène was baptized at the Opelousas church, age unrecorded, in January 1829 but died at age 3 in April 1831, and Joseph O'Neil was born in April 1832.  ...

2b

Joseph le jeune married Josephine, 15-year-old daughter of French Creole Godefroi Soileau, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1829.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in October 1829, Hippolyte in August 1831, Onésime in February 1832, and Léonil in August 1839.  ...

2c

Onésime Pouponne married Geneviève, 21-year-old daughter of French Creole Antoine Lambert and widow of Charles Valmond Gradenigo, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1836. ...

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Paul, baptized at Opelousas, age 9 months, in May 1779, died at age 2 in September 1780. 

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Charles-Francois, baptized at Opelousas, age 4 months, in July 1781, married Catherine, daughter of French Creole Charles Vigé, at Opelousas in July 1805.  They settled at La Pointe des Noires.  Their son Charles, fils was baptized at Opelousas, age 3 weeks, in March 1807, Louis Charles at age 4 weeks in November 1808, a son, name unrecorded, died in St. Landry Parish in July 1812, and Francois le jeune was born in June 1813 but died at age 20 months in February 1815.  Their daughters married into the Ledoux and Roy (Creole or Canadian, not Acadian) families.  Charles, père remarried to French Creole Sidalise Derossier or Derozier in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1838; he was in his late 50s.  Their son Léon was born in St. Landry Parish in November 1838.  ...

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Charles, fils, by his first wife, married Adele or Adélaïde Josephine or Delphine, daughter of French Creole Jean Joubert, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1828.  Their son Onésime was born in St. Landry Parish in July 1834, and Francois le jeune in June 1840.  ...

4b

Louis Charles, by his first wife, married Phelonise, daughter of French Creole Francois Joubert, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1829. ...

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Louis-Francois, born at Opelousas in August 1786, married Angele or Angélique, daughter of French Canadian Amable Bertrand, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1809; Angele's mother was an Aucoin.  Their son Louis, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in August 1810, Louis Onésime or Onésime Louis, was baptized at the Opelousas church, age 1 month, in December 1812, Napoléon was born in January 1815, Joachim Louis in June 1817, Solastie or Lastie in September 1819, and Francois le jeune in September 1824.  Their daughter married into the Vigé family.  Louis, père remarried to Madeleine, daughter of American Mattieu Bruné or Brunet of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Opelousas church in February 1833; Louis was in his late 40s.  Louis, père's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in April 1838; he would have been 52 years old that year; a "partial listing of inventory" was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in June 1839. 

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Louis, fils married Marie Adele, called Adele, daughter of French Creole Henri Vigé, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1829; Marie's mother was a Breaux.  Their son Louis Salomon, called Salomon, was born in St. Landry Parish in November 1829, and Alexandre Onésime in March 1832.  ...

5b

Onésime married Azélie, 21-year-old daughter of French Creole Pierre Joubert, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1837. ...

5c

Napoléon married cousin first cousin Louise Josephine Francoise, 16-year-old daughter of his uncle Joseph Pitre, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1838. ...

5d

Joachim married cousin Marguerite Melasie, called Melasie, daughter of Joseph Pierre Pitre, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1838.  Their son Joachim Auguste was born in St. Landry Parish in May 1839, and Louis in November 1840.  ...

5e

Lastie married cousin Pauline, daughter of Pierre Pitre, fils, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1840. ...

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Youngest son Joseph, called Joseph Pouponne, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in September 1791, married Sophie, another daughter of Henri Fontenot, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1811.  Their son Cyprien was born in St. Landry Parish in September 1814, and Joseph Damon in December 1826.  Their daughters married into the Andrepont, Bay, Gaspard, and Harley or Holley, and Pitre families.  ...

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A young orphan came to the colony in 1765 and was taken not to Opelousas but to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans.  Francoise, daughter of Modest Pitre and Madeleine Vincent, born probably in the prison compound at Halifax, was only a year old when she came to Louisiana with Claude-Amable Duhon of Port-Royal, age 27, and his wife Marie-Josèphe dite Josette Vincent of Pigiguit, age 26.  Francoise was their niece.  In 1766, she was living at Cabanocé with the family of Antoine Labauve.  She was back with uncle Claude Duhon and his family in 1770, when Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at nearby Ascension.  Later in the decade, when she was still a child, Francoise followed the Duhons to the Atakapas District.  In 1777, the census taker at Atakapas called her Francoise Norde-Este, which gives a clue as to which line of the Pitre family she belonged.  Francoise married Joseph, fils, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Trahan, at Atakapas in June 1783, and remarried to Jean, son of French Creole Pierre Desormeaux, at Atakapas in May 1793.  They settled on the Vermilion.  She remarried a second time--her third marriage--to Pierre, fils, son of Pierre Labombarde of Chambly, Canada, near Montréal, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1816; she was 51 years old.  In November 1832, when she was 68 years old, she remarried a third time--her fourth marriage--to fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Trahan in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish.  Her succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in August 1840; she would have been 76 years old that year.  No other Acadian immigrant married more times than our little orphan girl. 

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Other PITREs on the Western Prairies

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some Pitres in the western parishes with known lines of the family there:

Marie, called "o Velle Rosa" or "Belle Rose," Pitre died at Opelousas in December 1794.  The priest who recorded her burial did not give her parents' name, mention a husband, or give her age at the time of her death. 

Marie, daughter of Honoré Pitre, "died without the sacraments" at Opelousas in October 1797.  The priest who recorded her burial did not give her age at the time of her death or mention a husband. 

Eliza, daughter of Adam Pitre of Lafayette Parish, married German Creole George Haydel, fils in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in August 1836.  Did Adam come to the western prairies from the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley?

J. Oneil, son of Jean Pitre, died in St. Landry Parish, age 1, in July 1840. 

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

A Pitre wife came to Louisiana in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue, but she did not end up on the western prairies.  Like orphan Francoise, she, too, went to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river where 20 Acadians had settled the year before:

Marguerite Pitre, age 26, came with husband Joseph Martin dit Barnabé of Chignecto, age 26.  Joseph died at St.-Jacques in the 1780s, and Marguerite followed her children to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Not until 20 years later did more Pitres come to Louisiana--52 of them in a dozen families aboard five of the Seven Ships from France that reached New Orleans in 1785.  Most of them went to Ascension on the river above New Orleans, many of them settling on Bayou Lafourche.  Others settled farther upriver, at Baton Rouge and Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge. 

Three families, three wives, and a widow--14 Pitres in all--crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August: 

Amand Pitre of Cobeguit, age 60, a widower, crossed with daughter Marguerite, age 24.  Marguerite married Jean-Nicolas, son of fellow Acadian Jean Bertrand, at New Orleans three months after they reached the colony, lived at Ascension for a while, and then settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where she remarried into the Hébert family. 

Marie-Victoire Pitre of Cobeguit, age 32, Amand's older daughter, crossed with husband Ambroise Dugas of Cobeguit, age 34, and four children, ages 9 to infant.  They also went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Pitre, age 57, crossed with second husband Prosper Landry, age 60, and two sons, ages 22 and 19.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Nathalie Pitre of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 50, second wife and widow of Jean-Jacques LeBlanc, crossed with two children, ages 17 and 15.  They went to Ascension.  Nathalie did not remarry.  She and her son remained on the river, but her daughter settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

Agnès Pitre, age 38, crossed with husband Joseph Guérin of Louisbourg, age 33, and a year-old daughter.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Tranquille Pitre of Cobeguit, age 36, crossed with wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Aucoin of Grand-Pré, age 37, and three children--Jean-Baptiste, age 3, Joseph-Vincent, age 1, and Martine, or Martina, who had been born aboard ship and was named after Louisiana intendant Martin Navarro, who treated the new Acadian arrivals with dignity and respect.  Tranquille and Élisabeth more children in Louisiana, including a son.   They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Ambroise Pitre, age 35, crossed with wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Dugas, age 32, and three children--Paul-Ambroise, age 9, Marie-Francoise, age 6, and Jean-Marie, age 1.  Élisabeth may have been pregnant when they reached the colony, or daughter Céleste may have been born aboard ship; the baby was baptized at Ascension in early December 1785, less than four months after her family reached the colony.  Ambroise and Élisabeth had no more children in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc family.  Ambroise died at Ascension by February 1789, when Élisabeth remarried there.  She, her new husband, and her Pitre children settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  

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Two families and two wives--12 more members of the family--crossed on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September:

Pierre-Olivier Pitre, age 48, crossed with wife Rosalie Hébert, age 40, and four children--Marie-Rose, age 18, Madeleine-Rose, age 5, Anne-Henriette, age 3, and Pierre-André, age 1.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Pierre-Olivier and Rosalie had no more children in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the Bourg, Diaz, Goudreau, and Guillot families there.  Pierre-André also married and settled on Bayou Lafourche.

Anselme Pitre of Cobeguit, age 45, a widower, crossed with four children--Jean-Pierre, age 21, Marie-Francoise, age 18, Marguerite-Ludivine, age 14, and Isabelle-Olive, age 12.  Anselme went to Ascension and did not remarry.  His daughters married into the Boudreaux, Gautreaux, and Guillot families and settled at Ascension and on Bayou Lafourche.  One wonders what happened to son Jean-Pierre.

Anne Pitre, age 45, crossed with second husband Joseph Gautrot of Cobeguit, age 63, and six children and stepchildren, ages 22 to 8.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Marie Pitre, age 38, crossed with husband Jérôme Guérin of Île St.-Jean, age 35, and an infant son.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Three families, all led by widows--10 more Pitres--crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November:

Marguerite Boudrot, age 46, second wife and widow of Benjamin Pitre, crossed with six children--Marie-Madeleine, age 24, Madeleine-Modeste, age 22, Cécile-Olive, age 17, Marguerite-Charlotte, age 15, Étienne, age 7, and Jean, age 4.  They went to Ascension.  Marguerite did not remarry.  Her daughters married into the Fremin, Gautreaux, and Renaud families and settled at Ascension and on Bayou Lafourche.  Étienne probably died young.  Jean married and remained at Ascension. 

Ursule Breau of Cobeguit, age 45, widow of Francois Pitre, crossed with daughter Ursule-Francoise, age 22.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Ursule did not remarry.  Ursule-Francoise married into the Landry family. 

Marie Moyse of Île Royale, age 44, widow of Olivier Pitre, crossed with three children--Victoire, age 19, Francoise-Olive, age 14, and Louis-Constant, called Constant, age 10.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Marie did not remarry.  Her daughters married into the Boudreaux, Frilot, Lafond, Lafont, or Lafort, Poirau, and Sagiro families.  Constant also married and carried on the line in the Bayou Lafourche valley. 

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Three families, one led by a widow, two wives, and a stepdaughter--15 more Pitres--crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in early December.  They settled at Ascension and in the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge: 

Charles Pitre, age 56, crossed with wife Anne Henry, age 52, and three children--Joseph-Pierre, age 20, Marguerite-Josèphe, age 15, and Élisabeth- or Isabelle-Modeste, age 11.  They went to Bayou des Écores.  Charles and Anne had no more children in Louisiana.  Daughter Élisabeth-Modeste moved to upper Bayou Lafourche and married into the Boudreaux family.  Joseph-Pierre remained on the river but does not seem to have married, so only the blood of this line survived in the Bayou State. 

Susanne Pitre of Cobeguit, age 55, crossed with husband Pierre Hébert, age 50, and seven children, ages 35 to 11.  Susanne died probably at Bayou des Écores in June 1786, age 56.  Most of her children moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Marie Pitre, age 53, crossed with husband Jean Henry, age 53, Jean's sister Marie, age 55, and three children, ages 24, 21, and 18.  They went to Bayou des Écores before settling downriver at Baton Rouge, where Marie Pitre died in August 1786, age 53.  The priest who recorded her burial noted that she was buried in the cemetery "of Fort of Baton Rouge," so they must have lived at the village there. 

Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, Pitre, age 52, crossed with wife Félicité Daigle, age 55, and six children--Charlotte-Marie, age 22, Pierre, age 19, Jacques-Francois, age 17, Francoise-(not Francois)Madeleine, age 16, Félicité, age 15, and Marguerite-Marie, age 13.  Jean-Baptiste and Félicité had no more children in Louisiana.  Charlotte-Marie married Frenchman Nicolas Courtua, a stowaway on their ship, in December 1785, soon after they reached New Orleans.  They probably followed her family to Bayou des Écores.  Jean-Baptiste's other daughters married into the Farine and Maronge families.  His sons also remained on the river, but only Jacques-Francois seems to have married.  He produced a son of his own, but the son may have died young, only the blood of this line of the family survived in the Bayou State. 

Marie-Blanche Richard, age 42, second wife and widow of Claude Pitre, crossed with daughter Marie-Charlotte, age 16.  Marie-Charlotte married Joseph-Marie, son of fellow Acadian Étienne Boudreaux, at New Orleans in January 1786.  They did not go to Bayou des Écores with the rest of the passengers from their ship.  They went, instead, to Ascension, where Marie-Charlotte died in November 1786, only 17 years old. 

Geneviève-Marguerite Pitre, age 17, crossed with stepfather Victor Boudrot, age 55, her mother Geneviève Richard, age 37, Victor's second wife, and seven other relatives.  Geneviève followed them to Bayou des Écores and then to St.-Gabriel, south of Baton Rouge, where she married Servant-Mathurin, son of fellow Acadian Eustache Lejeune, in January 1792.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

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A young bachelor crossed on La Caroline, the last of  the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December:

Martin-Bénoni Pitre, age 18, crossed with half-siblings Joseph Hébert, age 15, and Marie-Louise Hébert, age 10.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Some of the Pitres who came from France in 1785 remained on the river, but no family line survived there: 

Jean-Pierre PITRE (1763-?)

Jean-Pierre, son of Anselme Pitre and his first wife Isabelle Dugas, born at Achen, near St.-Malo, France, in December 1763, came to Louisiana with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to Ascension and does not seem to have married. 

Joseph-Pierre PITRE (1765-?)

Joseph-Pierre, son of Charles Pitre and Anne Henry, born at Nantes, France, in October 1765, followed his family to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Bayou des Écores.  He probably did not marry. 

Pierre PITRE (1765-?)

Pierre, eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Pitre and Félicité Daigle, born at Mordeux, near St.-Malo, France, in October 1765, followed his family to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled at Bayou des Écores.  He probably did not marry. 

Descendants of Jacques-Francois PITRE (1767-?)

Jacques-Francois, second son of Jean-Baptiste Pitre and Félicité Daigle, born at Mordeux, near St.-Malo, France, in November 1767, followed his family to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He settled with them at Bayou des Écores, where he married Jeanne-Tarsile, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Thibodeaux, in January 1788.  His line of the family seems to have disappeared during the late colonial period. 

Jean-Charles, born probably at Bayou des Écores in November 1788, may have died young. 

Étienne PITRE (1778-?)

Étienne, elder son of Benjamin Pitre and his second wife Marguerite Boudrot, born at Nantes, France, in June 1778, followed his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, and followed them to Ascension.  He probably did not marry. 

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The arrival date of one Pitre is difficult to determine:

According to the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Marie Pitre, age unrecorded, married Joseph-Baptiste Boudrot either before she came to Louisiana or afterwards. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

During the late 1780s and early 1790s, Spanish officials were counting Pitres from France on upper Bayou Lafourche, which became a third center of family settlement.  By the early antebellum period, the largest concentration of Pitres in South Louisiana could be found on the bayou, especially in Lafourche Interior Parish: 

Marie-Madeleine Pitre, wife of Antoine Renaud, died at Assumption in October 1793.  She was only 31 years old. 

Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Pitre, widow of Jean-Baptiste Henry and Prosper Landry, died at Assumption in October 1797, two days after her husband was buried; she was 69 years old. 

The succession record of Marguerite Pitre, wife of Joseph Martin, was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in August 1807.  She would have been in her late 60s. 

Marie-Victoire Pitre, wife of Ambroise Dugas, died in Assumption Parish in November 1809.  She was 56 years old. 

The succession record of Marie Francoise Pitre, wife of Francois Marie LeBlanc, was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in November 1815.  She would have been only 36 years old that year. 

The first succession record of Céleste Pitre, wife of Jean Martin LeBlanc, was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in September 1817.  She would have been only in her early 30s. 

Geneviève Marguerite, called Marguerite, Pitre, widow of Servant Lejeune, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1824.  She was 56 years old. 

Marie Rose Pitre, wife of Jean Michel Guillot, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1824.  She was 57 years old. 

The succession record of Francoise Olive Pitre, widow of Mathurin-Chevalier Frilot and Jean Boudreaux and wife of Jean Lafond, was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in May 1826.  She would have been 56 years old that year. 

Victoire Pitre, widow of Jean Sagiro and wife of Étienne-Gabriel Poirau, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1829.  She was 64 years old.  Her succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse the following December. 

Marie Pitre, wife of Jérôme Guérin, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1832.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 92 years old when she died, but she probably was "only" in her mid-80s. 

Élisabeth Modeste Pitre, wife of Paul Marie Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1837.  She was 63 years old. 

Descendants of Tranquille PITRE (1748-1801)

Tranquille, son of Amand Pitre and Geneviève Arsement, born at Cobeguit in c1748, fled with his family to Île St.-Jean and was deported from there to St.-Malo, France, in 1758.  He married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Aucoin of Grand-Pré, at St.-Jacques, Nantes, in August 1779.  He took his family to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785, went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  His daughter married into the Fournier family.  Tranquille died at Assumption on the upper bayou in June 1801; he was 54 years old.  His oldest son's line, the only one to survive, was especially fruitful. 

1

Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Nantes, France, in June 1781, married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Marin Boudreaux, at Ascension in January 1804.  Marie-Anne had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their son Jean Baptiste, fils was born at Ascension in February 1806, Louis Éloi or Tranquille in August 1807 but died at age 7 in October 1814, Mathurin Adélard was born in January 1809, Éloi died in Assumption Parish, age 1 year and 1 day, in February 1811, Ulysse died at age 18 months in February 1814, Louis Élie was born in October 1814, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 23 days in August 1819, and Victor Noël was born in December 1820.  Their daughter married into the Rivette (Foreign French, not Acadian) family.  ...

2

Joseph-Vincent, born at Nantes, France, in April 1783, died at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in December 1807.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph died at "age 22 yrs.," but he was 24.  He did not marry. 

3

Youngest son Constant-Étienne, born at Ascension in November 1788, may have died young. 

Descendants of Martin-Bénoni PITRE (1767-)

Martin-Bénoni, son of Paul Pitre and Marguerite-Louise Valet, born at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in May 1767, came to Louisiana with two half-siblings aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He married Jeanne, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Dantin, at New Orleans in January 1786, soon after they reached the colony on separate ships.  Jeanne had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  His succession voluntary sale was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in March 1828; he would have been 61 years old that year.  All seven of his sons created families of their own and settled in Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes. ...

1

Oldest son Joseph-Eléonor, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in December 1796, married Ursule Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Molaison, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1818.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1829, and Antoine Ferdinand in December 1834.  Their daughter married into the Gaubert family.  ...

2

Jean-Pierre-Louis, born at Assumption in January 1798, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Alexis Achée, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1819.  Their son Joachim Rosémond or Rosémond Joachim was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1820 but died at age 5 in February 1825, Rophin was born in May 1832, and Marcellin in September 1834.  ...

3

Louis-Auguste, born at Assumption in August 1799, married Marie Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of French Creole Alexis Lefont or Lefort, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June1826.  Their son Eugène was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1832.  ...

4

Louis-Achille, born at Assumption in May 1801, married Marie Clothilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Clouâtre of Iberville Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1828.  ...

5

Mathurin, born at Assumption in June 1802, married Félicité Esther, 15-year-old daughter fellow Acadian Aubin Bénoni Thibodaux of Terrebonne Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1831; Félicité's paternal grandfather was former Governor Henry Schuyler Thibodaux.  Their son Luma Faustin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1839.  ...

6

Francois Basile, born at Assumption in June 1804, married Scholastique, daughter of French Creole Antoine Boudery or Boutary, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1830; Scholastique's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Francois, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1833, and Louis Prosper in August 1838.  ...

7

Youngest son Hippolyte, also called Paul, born in Assumption Parish in January 1809, married 21-year-old Marie Virginie, called Virginie, another daughter Joseph Clouâtre, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1831.  Their son Louis Adrien was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1832, and Jean Baptiste Amédée in February 1839.  ...

Descendants of Paul-Ambroise PITRE (1775-1837)

Paul-Ambroise, elder son of Ambroise Pitre and Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Dugas, born probably in Poitou, France, in 1775, followed his family to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Bénoni Blanchard, at Assumption in September 1800.  Céleste had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Foret, Gravereaux, and Hoppe families.  Paul Ambroise died in Assumption Parish in November 1837; he was 63 years old. 

Valéry, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in September 1802, married cousin Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Bourg, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1825; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of ___ in order to marry.  Their son Alphonse Pierre was born in Assumption Parish in February 1827, Faustin Marie in September 1833, Valéry, fils in April 1834, and Jean Baptiste Ursin in October 1836.  ...

Descendants of Jean-Marie PITRE (1784-)

Jean-Marie, younger son of Ambroise Pitre and Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Dugas, born at Chantenay, near Nantes, France, in April 1784, followed his family to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They went to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Rose-Adélaïde, daughter of Frenchman Jean-Pierre Lirette, at Assumption in October 1805; Rose's mother was a Darembourg.  Rose-Adélaïde had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships.  They remained on the upper Lafourche and settled near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Dupré families.  Only two of his five sons survived childhood and created families of their own.  They settled farther down the bayou in Lafourche Interior Parish. 

1

Oldest son Paul Ambroise, also called Hippolyte, born at Ascension in October 1806, married Rosalie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Naquin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1824.  Their son Zéphirin Hippolyte was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1825, and Lucien in September 1834.  ...

2

Simon, born in Assumption Parish in May 1808, died the following September. 

3

Joseph, born in Assumption Parish in June 1811, died at age 10 1/2 in January 1822. 

4

Evariste Jean, born in Assumption Parish in December 1815, died at age 1 1/2 in May 1817. 

5

Youngest son Lucien Siméon, born in Assumption Parish in January 1818, was living in Terrebonne Parish when he married Marie Josephine Hélène, called Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Babin of Terrebonne Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1836.  Their son Jean Siméon was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1837, and Alfred in August 1839.  ...

Descendants of Louis-Constant PITRE (c1775-)

Louis-Constant, called Constant, son of Olivier Pitre and Marie Moyse of Île Royale and St.-Pierre and Miquelon, born probably in Poitou, France, in c1775, came to Louisiana with his widowed mother and sisters aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Guidry, at Assumption in August 1797.  Marie-Rose had come to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships.  They settled near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their daughter married into the Incalade family.  ...

1

Oldest son Joseph-Constant, born at Assumption in October 1799, ...

2

Louis David, called David, born at Ascension in September 1805, married Emeline, daughter of French Creole Zenon Cheramie of La Cheniere, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1840.  Their son Martial Adam had been born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1837.  ...

3

Youngest son Pierre Martial, called Martial and sometimes Marcel, born in Assumption Parish in October 1813, married cousin Adeline Fanny, called Fanny, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Guillot, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1832; Adeline's mother was a Pitre.  ... 

Descendants of Jean PITRE (1780-)

Jean, younger son of Benjamin Pitre and his second wife Marguerite Boudrot, born at Nantes, France, in October 1780, followed his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  He went with them to Ascension, where he married Marie-Renée, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Bourg, in September 1808.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughter married into the Arcement family.  ...

Jean Florentin, called Florentin, born in Assumption Parish in March 1811, married Marie Modeste Azélie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Thibodeaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1832.  Their son Florentin Marcel was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1834, and Jean Aurelien in February 1839.  Florentin remarried to Susanne, daughter of German Creole Drausin Toups, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1840. ...

Descendants of Pierre-André PITRE (1784-)

Pierre-André, son of Pierre-Olivier Pitre and Rosalie Hébert, born at Chantenay, near Nantes, France, in April 1784, came with his parents and sisters to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to Ascension, where he married Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Bourgeois, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in April 1809.  Angélique was a native of Louisiana.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche. Their daughter married an Hébert cousin.  Their only son settled farther down the bayou in Lafourche Interior Parish. 

Émile, born probably in Assumption Parish in c1815, married Marie Roseline, daughter of fellow Acadian Maurice Blanchard, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1840.  ...

Other PITREs in the Lafourche Valley

Church and civil records make it difficult to link some Pitres in the Bayou Lafourche valley to known lines of the family there:

Pierre Pitre married Susanne Beausargent.  Their son Jean Joseph was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1822. 

Joseph Juon, son of Jean Pitre and Catherine Poks, born in c1805, married Eulalie or Eugènie, 18-year-old daughter of French Creole George Rousse, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1837.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1838. 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

The great majority of the Pitres of South Louisiana are Acadians, but a Pitre from Spain lived at New Orleans during the late colonial period, and a Pitre from Arkansas may have settled in Louisiana during the antebellum period: 

Antonio Pitre of San Juan del Hoyo, Galicia, Spain, married Josefa Salazar, a native of New Orleans, probably in the 1790s.  Their son Manuel was born at New Orleans in October 1802 but died in November. 

Marie, daughter of Pierre Pitre and Hélène Embeau of Arkansas Territory, married Daniel, son of Francois Coussot of Arkansas, probably at Arkansas Post in July 1834.  The former French colony of Arkansas became a United States territory in 1819 and a state of the Union in June 1836. 

CONCLUSION

Pitres settled early in Acadia, and they were among the earliest Acadians who found refuge in Louisiana.  The first of them--a widower and his two children, from Chepoudy--came to the colony in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue.  They were among the small number of Acadians who went to the Opelousas District, where they settled at Plaisance and Grand Prairie, north of the present-day city.  The single line begun by Francois Pitre thrived on the Opelousas prairies.  Typical of Acadians who settled deep in St. Landry Parish, few of them married fellow Acadians.  After the War Between the States, some of Francois's descendants moved from the Plaisance-Grand Prairie area of St. Landry Parish westward into the Eunice and Ville Platte area of what is now Evangeline Parish.  Others moved southward from the Opelousas prairies to the Church Point area along Bayou Plaquemine Brulée, now in Acadia Parish, and to the Carencro prairie at the northern edge of Lafayette Parish.  Some even moved to upper Bayou Teche near Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish.  By the turn of the century, descendants of Francois Pitre could be found as far west as the Jennings area in what was then eastern Calcasieu Parish.  At least one cousin from the Lafourche/Terrebonne area may have moved to Lafayette Parish by the 1830s.

If the Spanish government had not coaxed hundreds of Acadian exiles languishing in France to resettle in Louisiana, the Pitre family would be a much smaller one in South Louisiana today.  Over fifty Pitres came to the colony from France aboard five of the Seven Ships of 1785.  These were Pitres from Minas, Cobeguit, and Île St.-Jean who were tired of the abuse and neglect they had endured in the mother country for a quarter of a century.  Interestingly, none of them joined their cousins on the Opelousas prairies.  They settled, instead, on the Acadian Coast and especially on upper Bayou Lafourche.  By the early antebellum period, Pitre families disappeared from the Acadian Coast, and the Lafourche valley emerged as the largest center of family settlement.  Most of the Pitres of Ascension and Assumption parishes moved down bayou into Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes, where they settled near Thibodauxville, Raceland, Lockport, Larose, Golden Meadow, Houma, and Montegut.  At least one family may have moved to the western prairies by the 1830s.  ...

The great majority, if not all, of the Pitres of South Louisiana are Acadians.  However, a Spanish family named Pitre lived at New Orleans in the late colonial period.  One wonders if they were the ancestors of the Pitres counted at New Orleans and at Barataria in Jefferson Parish, south of the city, in 1850.  The Barataria Pitres could very well have been Acadians who migrated east from the lower Lafourche valley. ...

The family's name also is spelled Pierre, Spitre, Vitre.  Members of the family on the western prairies favor the pronunciation PEET, but their cousins on the southeastern bayous tend to call themselves PEE-tree. 

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 726-29, 1276-78, 1507-10, 1566-68, 1663, 2250, 2566-68; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.); Hébert, D., South LA Records, vol. 1; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3; NOAR, vols. 4, 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family Nos. 25, 26, 27;  <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Reine_d_Espagne.htm>, Family No. 1; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 10;  <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 9, 30, 38, 40, 122, 126, 128, 151, 154, 155, 170, 188; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 119-20, 185; White, DGFA-1, 1318-26; White, DGFA-1 English, 280-82.  

Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day parishes that existed during the War Between the States in parenthesis; hyperlinks on the abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):

For a chronology of Acadian Arrivals in Louisiana, 1764-early 1800s, see Appendix.

The hyperlink attached to an individual's name is connected to a list of Acadian immigrants for a particular settlement and provides a different perspective on the refugee's place in family and community. 

NOTES

01.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls her Agnès PITRE, & lists her with her husband & daughter; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 151, reveals that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, she, her father, age 34, & half-brother Jean OZELET, age 16, survived the crossing, but her mother, no age given, sister Francoise, age 10, & brother Canuse, age 4, died at sea; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls her Agnès PITRE, sa [Joseph GUÉRIN's] femme, age 36, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Agnès PITRE, his [Joseph GUÉRIN's] wife, age 36, on the complete listing, says she was in the 9th Family aboard La Bergère with her husband & daughters, details her marriage but does not give the names of her or her husband's parents, & says daughter Francoise was baptized in 1784 but gives no place of baptism.  

Her birth year is based not on the age given in the passenger list of La Bergère but on a compromise of the ages given in the Ascension censuses of 1788 & 1791, the Assumption censuses of 1795 & 1797, & the Lafourche census of 1798.  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 42, 61, 94, 144, 174.  

02.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls him Amand PITRE, & lists him with a daughter; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 10, show that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he, his wife, Geneviève ARSEMAN, age 35, & half of their children--sons Tranquille, age 11, Ambroise, age 9, & Charles, age 9 months, & daughter Marie-Victoire, age 6--survived the crossing, but his other 4 children died--son Bazile, age 12, & daughters Zozine, age 4, & Tersile, age 3, died at sea, & daughter Anne-Ludivine, age 8, died 13 Apr 1759, probably at St.-Malo; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls him Amand PITRE, laboureur, age 60, on the embarkation list, Aman PITRE, on the debarkation list, & Amand PITRE, plowman, age 60, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 48th Family aboard La Bergère with a daughter, & lists the implements the Spanish gave him & his family after they reached LA.  

03.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls him Ambroise PITRE, & lists him with his wife & 3 children; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 82-83, Family No. 162; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 140-41, Family No. 257; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 26-27, calls him Ambroise PITRE, marin, age 35, on the embarkation list, Ambroise PITRE, on the debarkation list, & Ambroise PITRE, sailor, age 35, on the complete listing, says he was in the 70th Family aboard La Bergère with his wife & 3 children, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names but gives no place of marriage, says that son Paul-Ambroise was born in 1775 but gives no birthplace, & details the implements the Spanish gave to him & his family after they reached LA.  See also <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 10; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 82-83; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 140-41.  

04.  Wall of Names, 35, calls her Anne PITRE; White, Dictionnaire Acadiennes, 699, profile for her second husband, calls her Anne PITRE, details her second marriage, includes his & her parents' & their first spouses' names, details residences in France, & says she & her second husband received "disp 3-4 cons" when they married; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 9, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, her first husband, called Louis BOURG, age 28, died in the hospital probably at St.-Malo 6 Mar 1759, several weeks after they reached the port, & her sister Marie-Blanche, age 15, along with Anne, survived the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 43, Family No. 85, calls her Anne PITRE, says she was born c1741 but gives no birthplace, gives her father's but not her mother's name & the name of her first husband, details her second marriage but does not give her second husband's parents' names, gives her second husband's first wife's name, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Charles GAUTROT, baptized 26 Jun 1774, Archigny, Vienne, godson of Charles GIROIRE & Sebastienne GAUTROT, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls her Anne PITRE, sa [Joseph GAUTRAU's] femme, age 45, on the embarkation list, & Anne PITRE, his [Joseph GAUTROT's] wife, age 45, on the complete listing, says she was in the 10th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her second husband, 5 children, & a stepdaughter.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 60, 92, 176.  

05.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Enrriete [PITRE], & lists her with her parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 144-45, Family No. 261, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Anne-Henriette PITRE, does not give her godparents' names, & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 42-43, calls her Enriete, sa [Pierre-Olivier PITRE's] fille, age 3, on the embarkation list, & Henriette PITRE, his [Pierre-Olivier PITRE's] daughter, age 3, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 7th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 3 siblings; BRDR, 3:264 697 (ASM-2, 96), her marriage record, calls her Ana Hanrrieta PITRE "of Chantenais," calls her husband Antonio DIEZ "of  Porto Porto [wherever that is]," gives her & her husband's parents' names, says all parents were deceased at the time of the marriage, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan GUILLOT [her brother-in-law] & Juan LEJEUNE.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 505; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45, 59, 135, 178.

Where was she in 1797?  Why was she not listed with her family in the Assumption census of that year?  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 91.

06.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Anselme PITRE, & lists him with no wife & 4 children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family No. 26, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, both his parents, Jean PITRE, no age given, & Marguerite TÉRRIOT, no age given, perished at sea, that he was the only child with them, & he left St.-Malo for Rochefort on 5 Dec 1758; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 657-58, Family No. 768; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Anselme PITRE, journalier, age 45, on the embarkation list, & Anselme PITRE, day laborer, age 45, on the complete listing, says he was in the 14th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with no wife & 4 children, details his marriage, says they were married in 1763 but gives no place of marriage, gives his & his wife's parents' names, & says son Jean-Pierre was born in 1763, daughter Marguerite in 1771, & daughter Isabelle-Olive in 1773 but gives no birthplaces.    

07.  Wall of Names, 23, calls her Catherine-Francoise PITRE.  

08.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Cécille PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 659-61, Family No. 770, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Cécile-Olive PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Olivier PITRE & Cécile MOYSE, & that her family resided at St.-Suliac from 1760-72. 

What happened to her in LA?

09.  Wall of Names, 46, calls him Charles PITRE; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 154, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he & wife Anne, age 29, survived the voyage, but all 3 of their children--daughter Anne-Blanche, age 6, & sons Marin, age 4, & Pierre, age 2--died at sea; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 661-63, Family No. 771.

10.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Charlotte-Marie PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 667-69, Family No. 777, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Charlotte-Marie PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Blaise THIBODAUX & Charlotte AMELINE, that her family resided at Pleudihen from 1759-72, & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; NOAR, 4:67, 316 (SLC, M5, 43), her marriage record, calls her Maria VITRE, "native of St.-Malo," calls her husband Nicolas COURTOY, "native of St.-Malo in France," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Vicente LLORCA & Josef MARTINEZ. 

She & her husband obviously knew one another in France.  His being a stowaway aboard La Ville d'Archangel speaks volumes about their relationship.  His remarriage to Marguerite-Josèphe THIBODEAUX, dated 6 Sep 1788, can be found in BRDR, 2:206, 696 (PCP-19, 18), which calls him Nicolas COURTOIS but says nothing of his first marriage.  Marguerite-Josèphe also had come to LA aboard La Ville d'Archangel & gone to Bayou des Écores. 

11.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls her Élisabeth PITRE, & lists her with her husband & 2 sons; Hébert, D., Acadian Familes in Exile 1785, 20-21, calls her Élisabeth PITRE, sa [Prosper LANDRY's] femme, age 55, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Élizabeth PITRE, his [Prosper LANDRY'] wife, age 55, on the complete listing, says she was in the 37th Family aboard La Bergère with her husband & 2 sons, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names but gives no place of marriage, & says that son Somon LANDRY was born in 1765 but gives no birth place; BRDR, 2:593 (ASM-3, 12), her death/burial record, calls her Isabel PITRE, widow of Prospero LANDRY of Acadia, but does not give her parents' names.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 42, 174.

Her estimated birth year is taken not from the passenger list of La Bergère but from an average of the ages given in the Ascension censuses of 1788 & 1791.  Did the thing that killed her husband kill her as well?

12.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Étienne PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 142-43, Family No. 259, his baptismal record, calls him Étienne PITRE, gives his parents' but not his godparents' names, & details his families voyage to LA. 

13.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Félicité PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 667-69, Family No. 777, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Félicité PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Vincent DE LA TOUCHE de BONABRY & Marie-Vincent BLONDEAU, that her family resided at Pleudihen from 1759-72, & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; BRDR, 2:283, 593 (PCP-19, 24), her marriage record, calls her Félicité PITRE, calls her husband Jean FARINE "of Toscane," give her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Antoine BARBERO & Jean COMO. 

"Toscane" was Tuscany, so he was Italian.  FARINE is probably a French or Spanish corruption of his actual surname.  Their marriage was recorded at Pointe-Coupée because Bayou des Écores never had a church of its own, & priests from Pointe-Coupée would cross the river & administer the sacraments to the residents along the bayou. 

14.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him Francois PITRE; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2566, says he was born in c1740; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:580 (LSAR: Opel.: 1809), his succession record, calls him Francois PITRE, "wid. of Marie THIBODEAUX," but does not list any heirs; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:751 (Opel. Ct.Hse.: Lavergne-DeBaillion Bk. A, p.135), his last will & testament, calls him Francois PITRE, "native of Acadia," gives his parents' names, says both were deceased, but mentions no wife & children; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:751 (Opel. Ct.Hse.: Succ. #154), another succession record, calls him Francois PITRE, Sr., but does not mention a wife or list any heirs.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians,128; De Ville, Opelousas Post Census, 1771, 15; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 20.  

Arsenault says that Francois & his wife were married in c1765, but the Opelousas census of 1766 shows that he probably was still single then.  His wife also was from Chepoudy, so they may have known one another since childhood.  More evidence of their marriage can be found in the baptismal and marriage records of their many children in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A. 

15.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Francoise PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 667-69, Family No. 777, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Francoise-Madeleine PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Francois BOURG & Madeline LANDRY, that her family resided at Pleudihen from 1759-72, &, calling her Francois, details her family's voyage to LA in 1785. 

Her parents had no son named Francois, so the passenger list of La Ville d'Archangel misidentified her gender. 

16.   Wall of Names, 16, calls her Francoise PITRE niece [of Claude DUON]; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:626, 768 (SM Ch.: v.2, #115), the record of her first marriage, calls her Francoise PITRE, gives her & her husband's parents' names, says all parents were "de la Cadie," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Claude DUHON, Paul TRAHAN, Olivier LANCON (MELANÇON), & Francois BRUNET; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:245, 626 (SM Ch.: v.4, #82), the record of her second marriage, calls her Francoise PITRE," wid. of Joseph TRAHAN," calls her husband Jean DESHORMAUX, give her & his parent' names, says her parents were "from Halifax in New England," that his parents were "of Saintonge, France," & that the witnesses to her marriage were PEYTAVIN Du Bousquet & Glaude LENON; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:547, 753 (SM Ch.: v.5, #421), the record of her third marriage, calls her Francoise PITRE, "inhabitant at Vermillion[sic], native of Halifax (Nova Scotia), widow of Jean Joachim DESORMEAUX," calls her husband Pierre LABOMBARDE, "of this parish, native Charnby near Montréal in Canada," gives her & his parents' names, says her father was also called "Mod," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph Fortune PENNE, Francoise GOMBERT, & Louis CHEMIN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:519, 635 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Mar. #81), the record of her fourth marriage, calls her Francoise PITRE, "wid. of Joseph TRAHAN," calls her husband Jean Baptiste TRAHAN, "widr. of Marie TRAHAN," but does not give her or his parents' names or any witnesses to her marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:519 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #420 1/2), her succession record, calls her Francoise PITRE m. Jean Baptiste TRAHAN, & "lists all her children, including her two[sic] other husbands" [but does not list them here], & does not give her parents' names. 

Norde-este, or Nordest, was a dit used by the descendants of Francois, youngest son of family progenitor Jean PITRE, so her father may have been a grandson of Francois dit Norde-Est.

The identity of her fourth husband is pure guesswork based on the little bit of information given in their marriage record & process of elimination.  He is probably the Jean Baptiste TRAHAN who died in Lafayette Parish on 13 Jun 1840, at age 80, which means he was in his early 70s when he married Francoise!  See his burial record in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:635 (Laf.Ch.: v.3, p.145). 

That she married 4 times, not 3 times, as hinted in her succession record, is borne out by the church records, cited above.  No other Acadian immigrant in LA married more often than Francoise, & only 1 or 2 other Acadian immigrants married as often as she did. 

17.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls her Francoise [PITRE], & lists her with her widowed mother & 2 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 143-44, calls her Francoise [PITRE], gives her parents' names, & details her family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls her Francoise, sa [Marie MOÏSE, veuve Olivier PITRE's] fille, age 14, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Francoise PITRE, her [Marie MOYSE, widow Olivier PITRE's] daughter, age 14, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 6th Family aboard L'Amitié with her mother & 2 siblings; BRDR, 2:186, 593 (ASC-2, 2), the record of her first marriage, calls her Francoise Olivier PITRE, calls her husband Maturin CHEVALIERE, "of Acadia," does not give her or his parents' names but says her parents were Acadians, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Étienne EVERTH & Victoire PITRE [her sister]; BRDR, 2:113, 593 (ASM-2, 73), the record of her second marriage, calls her Francoise PITRE "of St.-Suliac, St.-Malo & widow of Maturino FERLAUT," calls her husband Juan BOUDRAUX "of Tregaoux, Diocese of St.-Malo, France," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Estevan POIREAU [her brother-in-law] & Carlos GUILLOT; BRDR, 3:471, 698 (ASC-2, 172), the record of her third marriage, calls her Francoise PITRE, "wid. Mathurin FERLAU," calls her husband Jean LAFOND, "of France," gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Armand FREMIN, Jean PITRE, & Augustin BERTAUD; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:430 (Thib. Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1826), her succession inventory, calls her Francoise PITRE m. Jean LAFONT, & lists her children.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 501; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 34, 64, 102, 123, 166.

Chevaliere was her first husband's middle name, not his surname.  His full name is from the Ascension & Lafourche valley censuses.  I have found neither FRILOT nor its variations in Arsenault or White, so he probably was not Acadian.  Is FRILOT the same name as FRIOU, or are they different families?  In the birth/baptismal records of some of the children of Mathurin FRILOT & Francoise PITRE, in BRDR, 2:286, Mathurin's surname is variously spelled FERLOT, FERLIO, FERLAUT, & he & his children are listed separately from FRIOU & its many variations, so the editors of the BRDR must believe that they are separate families.  However, on p. 301 of vol. 2, several variants of FRIOUX are given as FRELOU, FRILOT, & FRILIEU.  Siiiigh...  Until I find evidence to the contrary, I will call FRILOT a French Creole family here.  

Why is she called "wid. Mathurin FERLAU" in the record of her third marriage, cited above? 

18.  Wall of Names, 46, calls her Isabelle PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 661-63, Family No. 771, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Élizabeth-Modeste PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Joseph-Pierre PITRE & Élizabeth-Modeste HENRY, & that her family resided at Pleurtuit from 1759-72; BRDR, 2:117, 595 (ASM-2, 9), her marriage record, calls her Ysabel Modesta PITRE, gives her & her husband's parents' names, says her parents were "of St.-Malo," that his parents were also "of St.-Malo," that both fathers were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan Bautista CAZEBON & Juan MERCIE; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:429 (Thib. Ch.: v. 1, #767), her death/burial record, calls her Élisabeth PITRE m. Paul Marie BOUDREAUX, says she died "at age 63 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names.   

19.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Isabelle-Olive [PITRE], & lists her with her widowed father & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 657-58, Family No. 768; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls her Isabelle-Olive, sa [Anselme PITRE's] fille, age 12, on the embarkation list, & Isabelle-Olive PITRE, his [Anselme PITRE's] daughter, age 12, on the complete listing, says she was in the 14th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her widowed father & 3 siblings, & that she was born in 1773 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:349, 593 (ASC-2, 50, her marriage record, calls her Isabel PITRE, calls her husband Pedro GUILLOT, does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Pierre BOURQUE & Juan VINES.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 44, 60, 93, 135, 176.

Why is her husband not in Wall of Names when he obviously was Acadian & came to LA?  The birth/baptismal record of daughter Marie-Rose GUILLOT in BRDR, 2:349 (ASM-1, 46), dated 16 Sep 1795, calls her Isabel Oliva PITRE, & unfortunately does not give the girl's grandparents' names.  The birth/baptismal record of daughter Véronique-Clémence GUILLOT in BRDR, 2:349 (ASM-1, 197), dated 5 Apr 1801, calls her Isabel PITRE of St.-Malo &, happily, provides the girl's grandparents' names--Reynaldo GUILLOT & Francisca BOURQUE & Anselmo PITRE & Isabel DUGAT.  The birth/baptismal record of son Jean-Baptiste GUILLOT in BRDR, 2:348 (ASM-1, 267), dated 10 Apr 1803, also calls her Isabel PITRE of St.-Malo.  So Pierre GUILLOT was an Acadian despite his absence from Wall of Names.  

20.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Jacques PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 667-69, Family No. 777, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jacques-Francois PITRE, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Jacques BLONDEAU, Sr. de LA LAURAY & Francoise-Jeanne BOURET, wife of LE GENTIL, that his family resided at Pleudihen from 1759-72, & details his family's voyage to LA in 1785; BRDR, 2:593, 687 (PCP-19, 15), his marriage record, calls him Jacque PITRE, "an Acadian, res. Bayou des Écors," calls his wife Anne TERZIL, does not give his or her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Pierre[-Charles] TIBODEAU [her brother] & Jacque Jean AUCOIN. 

His wife was Jeanne-Tarsile THIBODEAUX.  See the baptismal records of 2 of their children, dated 12 Apr 1789 & 24 May 1792, in BRDR, 2:593, 594 (PCP-7, 51, 223), one of which calls the father Jean PITRE.  Evidently the priest who recorded Jacques & Jeanne's marriage was given her middle name as a surname, or the priest may have confused her middle name with her surname.  The marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because Bayou des Écores never had a church of its own.  Priests from Pointe Coupée would cross the river & administer the sacraments to the residents along the bayou. 

21.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Jean PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 142-43, Family No. 259, his baptismal record, calls him Jean PITRE, gives his parents' but not his godparents' names, & details his families voyage to LA; BRDR, 3:137, 698 (ASC-2, 172), his marriage record, calls him Jean PITRE, gives his & his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Armand FREMIN, Jean LAFOND, & Augustin BERTAUD.   

22.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Jean PITRE; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family No. 25, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758, he & his wife survived the crossing but son Jean-Baptiste, fils died at sea, & that they Congédiés pour Rochefort on 5 Dec 1758 [whatever that means]; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 667-69, Family No. 777.  

23.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls him Jean-Baptiste [PITRE], & lists him with his parents & a brother; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 14-15, calls him Jean-Baptiste, son [Tranquille PITRE's] fils, age 3, on the embarkarion list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Jean-Baptiste PITRE, his [Tranquille PITRE's] son, age 3, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 20th Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & a brother; BRDR, 3:125, 698 (ASC-2, 106), his marriage record, calls him Jean Baptiste PITRE, "nat. Nantes, France," calls his wife Marianne BOUDREAUX, "of Nantes, France," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Louis Anselme LANDRY, Pierre MONTEL, & Jean Baptiste ROGER. 

24.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls him Jean-Marie [PITRE], & lists him with his parents & 2 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 140-41, Family No. 257; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 26-27, calls him Jean-Marie, son [Ambroise PITRE's] fils, age 1, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Jean-Marie PITRE, his [Ambroise PITRE's] son, age 1, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 70th Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & 2 siblings; BRDR, 3:583, 698 (ASM-2, 111), his marriage record, calls him Juan Maria PITRE, "nat. Chantanay, St. Martin parish, Nantes," calls his wife Rosa Adélaïdes LIRET, "nat. same parish, Nantes, France," gives his & her parents' names, says her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Josef HÉBERT & Pablo PITRE [his brother]. 

His father-in-law, Jean-Pierre LIRETTE, was a Frenchman who married an Acadian in France & came with her to LA in 1785.  Rose-Adélaïde's mother was born in Cherbourg of Acadians from Île St.-Jean. 

25.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Jean-Pierre [PITRE], & lists him with his widowed father & 3 sisters; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 657-58, Family No. 768; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Jean-Pierre, son [Anselme PITRE's] fils, journalier, age 21, on the embarkation list, & Jean-Pierre PITRE, his [Anselme PITRE's] son, day laborer, age 21, on the complete listing, says he was in the 14th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his widowed father & 3 sisters, & that he was born in 1763 but gives no birthplace.

What happened to him in LA?

26.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls him Jean-Vincent [PITRE], & lists him with his parents & a brother; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 145, Family No. 262, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph-Vincent PITRE; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 14-15, calls him Jean-Vincent  son [Tranquille PITRE's] fils, age 1, on the embarkarion list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Jean-Vincent PITRE, his [Tranquille PITRE's] son, age 1, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 20th Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & a brother; BRDR, 3:698 (ASM-3, 51), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph PITRE.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 60, 93, 145, 175.

What killed him at such a young age?  Yellow fever or some other deadly disease?

27.  Wall of Names, 46, calls him Joseph PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St. Malo, 661-63, Family No. 771, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph-Pierre PITRE, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Joseph MERYAIN & Marguerite-Josèphe BOURG, & that his family resided at Pleurtuit from 1759-72. 

28.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls him Louis-Constant [PITRE], & lists him with his widowed mother & 2 sisters; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 143-44, Family No. 260, calls him Louis-Constant [PITRE], gives his parents' names, & details his family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls him Louis-Constant, son [Marie MOÏSE, veuve Olivier PITRE's] fils, age 10, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Louis-Constant PITRE, her [Marie MOYSE, widow Olivier PITRE's] son, age 10, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 6th Family aboard L'Amitié with his mother & 2 sister; BRDR, 2:341, 594 (ASM-2, 26), his marriage record, calls him Luis Constante PITRE "of the Parish of St. Roman, Diocese of Poitiers, France," calls his wife Maria Rosa GUÉDRY "of the Parish of St. Donaciano, Diocese of Nantes, France," gives his & her parents' names, says both sets of parents were "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph AUCOIN & Luis DANTIN.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 501; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 34, 51, 76, 128, 166.

29.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Magdeleine PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 659-61, Family No. 770, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Madeleine-Modeste PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Paul PITRE & Brigitte PINET, & that her family resided at St.-Suliac from 1760-72; NOAR, 4:145, 250 (SLC, M5, 45), her marriage record, calls her Magdalena PITRE, "native of St.-Malo," calls her husband Juan GODREAU, "native of St.-Malo," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Vicente LLORCA & Josef MARTINEZ. 

Her husband was born in Pleslin, which also was a suburb of St.-Malo.  He came to LA aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships.  They were pretty much the same age.  Did they know one another in France? 

Why was she counted twice at Ascension in 1788?  Did she cross the river & was visiting with her mother & siblings when the census taker found her again? 

30.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Magdalaine [PITRE], & lists her with her parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 144-45, Family No. 261, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Madeleine-Rose PITRE, does not give her godparents' names, & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 42-43, calls her Magdelaine, sa [Pierre-Olivier PITRE's] fille, age 4, on the embarkation list, & Magdelaine PITRE, his [Pierre-Olivier PITRE's] daughter, age 4, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 7th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 3 siblings; BRDR, 2:127, 594 (ASM-2, 33), her marriage record, calls her Magdalena PITRE "of Parish of St. Martin, Diocese of Nantes, France, calls her husband Pedro BOURQUE, gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were from "Parish of Pledien, Diocese of Dol, France," that her mother & his father were deceased at the time of the marriage, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Luis TAILLERET & Ambrosio HÉBERT.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 505; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45, 59, 91, 135, 178.

31.  Wall of Names, 22, calls her Marguerite PITRE; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:431 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: #10), her succession record, calls her Marguerite PITRE m. Joseph MARTIN, but does not give her parents' names.    

32.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls her Margueritte [PITRE], & lists her with her widowed father; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls her Margueritte, sa [Amand PITRE's] fille, age 24, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marguerite PITRE, his [Amand PITRE's] daughter, age 24, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 48th Family aboard La Bergère with her widowed father; NOAR, 4:28, 249 (SLC, M5, 44), the record of her first marriage, calls her Margarita PIKE, "native of (*)," calls her husband Juan BERTRAND, "native of Mique(*) in France," gives her father's but not her mother's name, give his mother's but not his father's name, & says the witness to her marriage was Josef MARTINEZ; BRDR, 3:414, 699 (ASM-2, 107), the record of her second marriage, calls her Margarita PITRE "of Acadia, wid. Nicolas BERTRAND," calls her husband Josef HÉBERT "of Acadia, widower of Ana DUGAT," does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Josef AUCOIN & Ambrosio HÉBERT.

33.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Marguerite [PITRE], & lists her with her widowed father & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 657-58, Family No. 768; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls her Margueritte, sa [Anselme PITRE's] fille, age 14, on the embarkation list, & Marguerite PITRE, his [Anselme PITRE's] daughter, age 14, on the complete listing, says she was in the 14th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her widowed father & 3 siblings, & that she was born in 1771 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:113, 594 (ASC-2, 11), her marriage record, calls her Margarita PITRE, calls her husband Joseph BOUDREAU, "widower of Maria PITRE," does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Étienne BOUDRAU & Marirose LEBLANC.  

Her husband's first wife was Marie-Charlotte, daughter of Claude PITRE, who Joseph married at New Orleans in Jan 1786. 

34.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Margueritte PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 659-61, Family No. 770, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marguerite-Charlotte PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Martin-Charles PORCHERON & Marguerite-Louise VALET, & that her family resided at St.-Suliac from 1760-72; BRDR, 2:286, 594 (ASC-2, 6), her marriage record, calls her Margarita PITRE, calls her husband Amand-Philippe FERMIN, does not give her or his parents' names but says both sets of parents "were Acadians," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Jacques MIEUS d'ENTREMONT & Juan Charles BUDRO.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 44

Her marriage record & the baptismal record of son Narcisse-Florentin FREMIN, dated 27 May 1798, in BRDR, 2:301 (ASM-1, 108), says that her husband's parents were "of Acadia."  Another baptismal record, that of daughter Renée-Marie FREMIN, dated 30 Aug 1802, in BRDR, 2:301 (ASM-1, 250), says that Amand-Philippe was "of St. Martin de Chantenette," which was St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, near Nantes, France.  I have not found FERMIN/FREMIN in Arsenault or White, so I will call Amand-Philippe a Frenchman here.  A great many Acadians, including Marguerite-Charlotte, who crossed on L'Amitié out of Paimboeuf, came to LA from Nantes, so he may have known her in France. 

There were 4 Marguerite PITREs born in c1770/71 who came to LA on the Seven Ships.  The identity of this Marguerite is found not in her marriage record but in the baptismal record of son Narcisse-Florentin, which calls her parents Benjamin PITRE & Margarita BOUDRAUX of Acadia.  Since she was still living with her widowed mother & siblings in Jan 1788, the date of their marriage may be wrong; perhaps they were married in Feb 1788, not Feb 1787. 

35.  Wall of Names, 44 (pl. 11R), calls her Marguerite PIERRE fille a la femme [of Victor BOUDRO]; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 674, Family No. 785, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Geneviève-Marguerite PITRE, gives her parents' names, calls her godparents Joseph Richard, "her uncle," & Agnès PITRE, "her aunt," & says her family resided at St.-Servan from 1763-72; BRDR, 2:498, 594 (SGA-14, 17), her marriage record, calls her Margarita PITRE, gives her & her husband's parents' names, says her parents were "of Baton Rouge" & that his mother was deceased at the time of the marriage, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Pedro L'AINS & Joseph RICHARD; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:431 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.15), her death/burial record, calls her Marguerite PITRE, "wid. of Servant LEJEUNE," says she died "at age 56 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names.

There is no doubt that she was a PITRE.  Her father's name was Simon dit Pierre PITRE, hence the surname found in Wall of Names.  See Robichaux, cited above, which calls him "Simon PITRE (also known as Simon PIERRE), son of Antoine PITRE and Anne COMMAUX."   Marguerite's mother came to LA with her second husband Victor BOUDROT, not with Marguerite's father, who had died in France.  Too bad the Acadian Memorial followed the Seven Ships passengers lists exactly & did not change her name to PITRE when they placed her on their memorial tablet. 

36.  Wall of Names, 46, calls her Marguerite PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St. Malo, 661-63, Family No. 771, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marguerite-Josèphe PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Jean-Charles PITRE & Marguerite-Josèphe BRAUD, & that her family resided at Pleurtuit from 1759-72. 

37.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Marguerite PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St. Malo, 667-69, Family No. 777, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marguerite-Marie PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Nicolas JUNGUERRE & Marguerite DAIGLE, that her family resided at Pleudihen from 1759-72, & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; BRDR, 2:556, 594 (PCP-19, 39), her marriage record, calls her Marguerite PITRE, calls her husband Jean MORANGE, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Francois MAYOU & Antoine CARBERO.  

Her marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because Bayou des Écores never had a church of its own.  Priests from Pointe Coupée would cross the river & administer the sacraments to the residents along the bayou.  MORANGE probably was a French or Spanish corruption of her husband's Italian surname. 

38.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls her Marie [PITRE], & lists her with her parents & 2 brothers; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 140-41, Family No. 257; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 26-27, calls her Marie, sa [Ambroise PITRE's] fille, age 6, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie PITRE, his [Ambroise PITRE's] daughter, age 6, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 70th Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & 2 brothers; BRDR, 2:465, 594 (ASM-2, 56), her marriage record, calls her Maria PITRE "of Nantes," calls her husband Francois LE BLANC "of Belleisle of Mer, France," gives her & his parents' names, says her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Étienne DUPUIS & Ambrosio HÉBERT; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:432 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1815), her succession inventory record, calls her Marie PITRE m. Francois LEBLANC, but does not give her parents' names. 

39.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Marie PITTRE, & lists her with her husband & a son; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 46-47, calls her Marie PITTRE, sa [Gérôme GUÉRIN] femme, age 36, on the embarkation list, & Marie PITRE, his [Jérôme GUÉRIN's] wife, age 36, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 21st Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her husband & a son; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:431 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.80), her death/burial record, calls her Marie PITRE m. Jérômoe GUÉRIN, says she died "at age 92 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 493; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 60, 93, 135, 176.

Her estimated birth year is taken not from the passenger list of Le St.-Rémi or her burial record but from an average of the ages given in the LA censuses in which she is found.  

40.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Marie PITRE; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 122, shows the fate of her family in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, detailed in the the footnote for her husband's profile; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 493-95, Family No. 551; BRDR, 2:594 (PCP-5, 3), her death/burial record, calls her Marie PITRE, "wife of Jean HENRY (Acadians)," says she was "bur. in cemetery of Fort of Baton Rouge," but does not give her parents' names or her age at the time of her death.

Her burial was recorded at the church in Pointe Coupée because Baton Rouge did not have a church of its own until 1793.  Before then, priests from Pointe Coupée administered the sacraments there until it did.  

41.  Wall of Names, 42, calls her Marie PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 663-64, Family No. 773; NOAR, 4:37, 251 (SLC, M5, 45), her marriage record, calls her Maria PITRE, "native of Pledian in France," calls her husband Josef BOUDREAU, "native of Pledian in the Kingdom of France," give her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Vicente LLORCA & Josef MARTINEZ; BRDR, 2:594 (ASC-1, 200d), probably her death/burial record, calls her Maria PITRE, "an Acadian," but does not give her parents' names, mention a husband, or give her age at the time of her death.  

"Pledian" is Pleudihen.  Her husband came to LA aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  Did they know one another in France?  He remarried to Marguerite-Ludivine, daughter of Anselme PITRE, at Ascension in Oct 1787, so this is a clue that the 14 Nov 1786 burial record, cited above, is Marie-Charlotte's.  She was only 17 years old when she died, probably from the rigors of childbirth. 

42.  Wall of Names, 12, calls her Marie PITRE.  I have found her in no other source, unless she is Marie-Charlotte, daughter of Claude PITRE, who married Joseph-Marie BOUDREAUX at New Orleans in Jan 1786 & died at Ascension the following Nov.  If so, this is a double listing, for both of them.   

43.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Marie-Francoise [PITRE], & lists her with her widowed father & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 657-58, Family No. 768; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls her Marie-Franciose, sa [Anselme PITRE's] fille, age 18, on the embarkation list, & Marie-Francoise PITRE, his [Anselme PITRE's] daughter, age 18, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 14th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her widowed father & 3 siblings; NOAR, 4:145, 250 (SLC, M5, 64), her marriage record, calls her Maria Francisca PITRE, "native of St.[-Mal]o in France," calls her husband (-Carlos?) GODRO, "native of St.[-Malo] in France," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Antonio XIMENEZ & Vicente LLORCA.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 160.

44.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Marie PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 659-61, Family No. 770, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Jean OSELET & Marie HÉBERT, & that her family resided at St.-Suliac from 1760-72; BRDR, 2:594, 618 (ASC-2, 49), her marriage record, calls her Maria Magdelena PITRE, calls her husband Antonio RENAUD "of Bordeaux," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Francisco LANDRY & Pierre LANDRY; BRDR, 2:594 (ASM-3, 4), her death/burial record, calls her Magdalena PITRE, "wife of Antonio RENAU & native of Bourdeaux[sic]," but does not give her parents' names.

The priest who recorded her burial probably meant to say that her husband was native of Bordeaux.  So who was the Marie, daughter of Benjamin PITRE &  "wid. of Antoine MARINE" who died in Lafourche Interior Parish on 2 Dec 1825, age 68? 

45.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Marie [PITRE], & lists her with her parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 673, Family No. 783, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Rose PITRE, gives her parents' names, calls her godparents Pierre ARSEMENT & Marguerite PITRE, & says her family resided at St.-Suliac from 1763-71, Chatelaudren in 1771, & at St.-Suliac again in 1772; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 84, Family No. 165, details her family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou during the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 144-45, Family No. 261, calls her Marie [PITRE], & details her family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou during the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 42-43, calls her Marie, sa [Pierre-Olivier PITRE's] fille, age 18, on the embarkation list, & Marie PITRE, his [Pierre-Olivier PITRE's] daughter, age 18, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 7th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 3 siblings; BRDR, 2:348, 594 (ASC-2, 26), the record of her second marriage, calls her Maria Rosa PITRE, "widow of Miguel GOUDREAUX" [only on p. 348], calls her husband Juan Miguel GUILLAU, gives her & his parents'  names, says his parents were "of St.-Malo, France in St. Brigit Parish," that her parents were "of St. Julian Parish, St. Malo, France," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Simon GUILLOT & Chale GUILOT; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:432 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.15), her death/burial record, calls her Marie Rose PITRE m. Jean Michel GUILLOT, but does not give her parents' names or mention her first husband.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 505; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45, 54, 81, 118, 162.

Who was her first husband?  There was no Michel GAUTREAUX who came to LA, so he must have been a French Creole named GOUDREAUX.  Where were they married?  When?  I have found no marriage record for this couple, only the notation in the record of her second marriage.  I am assuming that she married Michel GOUDREAUX in LA, not in France.  The marriage most likely was after Jan 1788, when she was counted in the Ascension census as still living with her parents.  Considering the date of her second marriage, her first husband must have died soon after the wedding & probably fathered no children by her; note that there are no GOUDREAUX children listed with her & her second husband in the Lafourche valley censuses of the 1790s.  

Note also that in the Ascension census of 1788, the families of Marie-Rose & Jean-Michel lived next to one another.  So she eventually married the boy next door.  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45.  She was also 3 years older than he was, a sure sign that they married for love.  

46.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls her Marie-Victoire PITRE, & lists her with her husband & 3 children; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 288, Family No. 354; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls her Marie-Victoire PITRE, sa [Ambroise DUGAST's] femme, age 31, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie-Victoire PITRE, his [Ambroise DUGAT's] wife, age 31, on the complete listing, says she was in the 49th Family aboard La Bergère with her husband & 3 children, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names but does not give a place of marriage, & says daughter Ann-Marie DUGAST was born in 1774 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 3:699 (ASM-3, 57), her death/burial record, calls her Maria PITRE, "age 56 yrs., married to Ambrosio DUGAT," but does not give her parents' names. 

47.  Wall of Names, 47, calls him Martin-Bénony PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 672, Family No. 782, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Martin-Bénoni PITRE, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Martin PORCHERON & Agnès PITRE, & that his family resided at St.-Suliac from 1763-72; NOAR, 4:72, 251 (SLC, M5, 45), his marriage record, calls him Martin PITRE, "native of St.-Malo," calls his wife Juana DANTEIN, "native of St.-Malo," gives his father's first name but not his mother's name, gives her parents' names but not her mother's surname, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Vicente LLORCA & Josef MARTINEZ; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:432 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1828), his succession "voluntary sale" record, calls him Martin PITRE, but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 33, 52, 78, 129, 165. 

His mother's name & the relationship with Joseph & Marie-Louise HÉBERT are from Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 54-55.  Martin & his half-brother & half-sister are also on the list of passengers for L'Amitié, an earlier ship, but evidently missed it & had to take La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships to cross to LA.  His future wife Jeanne crossed on L'Amitié.  Why did he miss the ship?  Did he & Jeanne know one another in France?  They wasted little time marrying after he finally got to LA.  His family, which settled in the Bayou Lafourche valley, was the largest line of PITREs anywhere in LA.  All 7 of his sons created families of their own.  One of his younger sons, Mathurin, married a granddaughter of Governor Henry Schuyler THIBODAUX. 

48.  Not in Wall of Names because of the circumstance of her birth.  NOAR, 4:251 (SLC, B9, 382), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Martina PITRE, gives her parents' names but not her mother's surname, & says her godparents were Josef Antonio DE HOA, "first official of the treasury of the army in this province," & Margarita BROUTIN; NOAR, 7:139, 259-60 (SLC, M5, 149), her marriage record, calls her Martina PITRE, calls her husband Joseph FOURNIER, give her & his parents' names, says her parents were "natives of Acadia, residents of Assumption Parish on Bayou LaForuche de Valenzuela," says his parents were "natives of Canada," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan Bautista Casimiro BLANQUET & Santiage Phelipe GUINAULT.  

Judging by her name, she was one of the newborn Acadians whose honorary godfather was Martin NAVARRO, Spanish intendant of LA.  She also was one of the few of those babies to survive to adulthood. 

49.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls her Natalie PITRE veuve LE BLANC, & lists her with 2 children; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 115-16, Family No. 213, calls her Nathalie PITRE, says she was born c1734 "in the Parish of Saint-Joseph in Acadie," gives her parents' & her first husband's names, does not give a date or place of her first marriage, details her second marriage, calls her second husband Jean-Jacques LEBLANC, born c1721 "in the Parish of Saint-Charles in Acadie," gives his parents' names & details his first marriage, c1751, no place of marriage given, says that he died at age 60 years & was buried 4 Nov 1781 at St.-Martin, Chantenay, now part of Nantes, gives the birth/baptismal & death/burial record of son Jean-Jacques LEBLANC, fils, baptized 27 Jun 1776, St.-Martin, Chantenay, died & buried 21 Jan 1779, age 2 1/2, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & details the family's participation in the Grand Ligne settlement in Poitou as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls her Natalie PITRE, veuve LEBLANC, age 50, on the embarkation list, Natalie PITRE, on the debarkation list, & Natalie PITRE, widow LEBLANC, age 50, on the complete listing, says she was in the 46th Family aboard La Bergère with 2 children, details her second marriage, including her husband's parents' names but not her parents' names & gives no place of marriage, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to her & her family after they reached LA.

Her son Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC's marriage record in BRDR, 2:470 (SJA-2, 28), calls his parents Juan Jacobo LEBLANC & Anatalia PITRE of St.-Malo; her daughter Marie-Geneviève LEBLANC's marriage record in BRDR, 2:476 (SJA-2, 30 & 31), calls her parents Juan Santiago LEBLANC & Anatalia PITRE of St.-Malo.  So why does the Sep 1784 Spanish report in Nantes call him Joseph?  See Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497.  There is no question that his name was Jean-Jacques.

50.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls him Paul-Ambroise [PITRE], & lists him with his parents & 2 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 82-83, Family No. 162; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 140-41, Family No. 257; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 26-27, calls him Paul-Ambroise, son [Ambroise PITRE's] fils, age 7, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Paul-Ambroise PITRE, his [Ambroise PITRE's] son, age 9, on the complete listing, says he was in the 70th Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & 2 siblings, & that he was born in 1775 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:92, 595 (ASM-2, 56), her marriage record, calls him Pablo PITRE "of Poitou, France," calls his wife Céleste BLANCHARD "of Nantes, France," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Simon DUGAT & Ambrosio HÉBERT; BRDR, 5(rev.):488 (ASM-3, 269), his death/burial record, calls him Paul Ambroise PITRE, "age 63 yrs.," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.      

51.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him Pierre PITRE.  The brochure accompanying the Dafford Mural at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville says that Pierre PITRE arrived in LA in 1766, but the ship full of Acadians that arrived that year did not reach New Orleans until late Sep.  Pierre's appearance in the Opelousas militia census of 1766, taken in the spring, shows that he arrived in LA in 1765.  See Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 128.  For the 1768 petition, see Brasseaux, ed., Quest for the Promised Land, 114-15.  

If he died in 1794, why is he not in the Opelousas censuses of 1771, 1774, 1777, 1785, & 1788?  See De Ville, Opelousas Post Census, 1771; De Ville, Mississippi Valley Mélange, 1:38-42; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1785; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 320-43.  The Pierre PITRE who died in 1794 may not have been Pierre, widower of Agathe DOUCET.  

52.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Pierre PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 667-69, Family No. 777, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre PITRE, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Pierre-Ferrard CHAPELLE & Reine BOTERAL, that his family resided at Pleudihen from 1789-72, & details his family's voyage to LA in 1785. 

53.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Pierre [PITRE], & lists him with his parents & 3 sisters; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 144-45, Family No. 261, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre-André PITRE, does not gives his godparents' names, &, calling him Pierre, details his family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 42-43, calls him Pierre, son [Pierre-Olivier PITRE's] fils, age 1, on the embarkation list, & Pierre PITRE, his [Pierre-Olivier PITRE's] son, age 1, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 7th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 3 sisters; BRDR, 3:140, 700 (ASC-2, 189), his marriage record, calls him Pierre André PITRE, "nat. parish St. Martin, Diocese of Chantenay, Nantes, France," gives his & his wife's parents' names, gives his wife's first husband's name, says all of the parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Michel BOURGEOIS, Michel DUGAS, & Antoine DIECHE.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 505; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45, 59, 91, 135, 178.

54.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Pierre-Olivier PITRE, & lists him with his wife & 4 children; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 673, Family No. 783; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 84, Family No. 165, calls him Pierre-Olivier PITRE, says he was born c1737 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial record of son George-Marie, born 11 Jan 1770, no birthplace given, died age 4 & buried 18 Sep 1774, Leigne-les-bois, Vienne, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 144-45, Family No. 261, calls him Pierre-Olivier PITRE, says he was born c1737 but gives no birthplace, calls him a day-laborer, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Olive-Julie, baptized 3 Jun 1776, St.-Similien, Nantes, died age 3 & buried 9 Oct 1778, St.-Martin, Chantenay, son Romain, baptized 21 Feb 1778, St.-Similien, Nantes, died age 20 mos. & buried 10 Oct 1779, St.-Martin, Chantenay, daughter Anne, died age 8 & buried 28 Jan 1780, St.-Martin, Chantenay, daughter Madeleine-Rose, baptized 2 Apr 1780, St.-Martin, Chantenay, daughter Anne-Henriette, baptized 20 Feb 1782, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & son Pierre-André, baptized 9 Apr 1784, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 42-43, calls him Pierre-Olivier PITRE, journalier, age 46, on the embarkation list, & Pierre-Olivier PITRE, day laborer, age 46, on the complete listing, says he was in the 7th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his wife & 4 children, & details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, says they were married in 1765 but gives no place of marriage.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 505; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45, 59, 91, 135, 178.

Notice that this couple buried at least 4 children in France, the number that they took with them to LA in 1785.  The Ascension & Lafourche valley censuses of the 1790s show that his wife was dead by Jan 1791 & that he probably never remarried.  

55.  Wall of Names, 43, calls her Susanne PITRE.  <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 128, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, her first husband, Baptiste-Olivier, age 32, died at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, 27 Mar 1759, 2 months after they reached France, & she also lost all but 1 of their 5 children--daughter Marie-Madeleine, age 6, died at St.-Servan 12 March, & daughters Marie, age 9, Isabelle, age 4, & Ozite, age 3, died at sea, that only daughter Marguerite-Josèphe, age 8, survived with her; BRDR, 2:595 (PCP-5, 2), her death/burial record, calls her Susane PITRE, "wife of Pierre HUBERT[sic], an Acadian of Bayou des Écors," but does not give her parents' names or her age at the time of her death.

Her burial was recorded in the Pointe Coupée church because the Acadian settlement at Bayou des Écores never got a church of its own, so priests from Pointe Coupée would cross the river and administer the sacraments to the residents along the bayou. 

56.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls him Tranquille PITRE, & lists him with his wife & 2 sons; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 10, reveals the fate of his family in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, detailed in the footnote to his father's profile above; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 14-15, calls him Tranquille PITRE, tonellier, age 36, on the embarkation list, Tranquile PITRE, on the debarkation list, & Tranquille PITRE, wet cooper, age 36, on the complete listing, says he was in the 20th Family aboard La Bergère with his wife & 2 sons, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to him & his family after they reached LA; BRDR, 2:595 (ASM-3, 27), his death/burial record, calls him Tranquilo PITRE, "age 54 years, spouse of Isabel AUCOIN," but does not give his parents' names.

57.  Wall of Names, 40, calls her Ursule PITRE; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 664-65, Family No. 774, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Ursule-Francoise PITRE, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Joseph BRAUD & Hesse BRAUD, & that her family resided at Pleudihen from 1759-64, & at St.-Sulaic from 1764-72; BRDR, 2:416, 595 (ASC-2, 12), her marriage record, calls her Ursule PITRE, does not give her or her husband's parents' names, nor any witnesses to her marriage. 

Evidently she was her parents' only child.  According to Robichaux, cited above, her father died on 18 Sep 1762.  So how is it that she was born 10 months after her father's death?

58.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls her Victoire [PITRE], & lists her with her widowed mother & 2 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 671-72, Family No. 781, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Victoire PITRE, gives her parents' names, details her baptism, says she was the goddaughter of Nicolas MOYSE & Judith POJET, says that she, her parents, & brother Jean "arrived at St.-Malo from St.-Pierre and Miquelon on November 13, 1767 on the Schooner, La Creole, & that her family resided at St.-Suliac from 1767-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 143-44, Family No. 260, calls her Victoire [PITRE], gives her parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls her Victoire, sa [Marie MOÏSE, veuve Olivier PITRE's] fille, age 19, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Victoire PITRE, her [Marie MOYSE, widow Olivier PITRE's] daughter, age 19, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 6th Family aboard L'Amitié with her mother & 2 siblings; BRDR, 2:595, 660 (ASC-2, 6), the record of her first marriage, calls her Victoire PITRE, calls her husband Juan SAISIZO, does not gives her or his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jacques MIEUS D'ENTREMENT & Juan Charles BUDRO; BRDR, 2:595, 598 (ASM-2, 33), the record of her second marriage, calls her Victoria PITRE, "widow of Juan SACHEXAUE," calls her husband Estevan Gabriel POIRAU "of St. Sebastian Parish in Nantes, France," gives her & his parents' names, says her father was "of Louisbourg, Diocese of Québec," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Josef GUÉRIN & Ambrosio HÉBERT; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:433 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.47), her death/burial record, calls her Victoire PITRE, "born at Louis Bourg, Acadie, m. Ethiene BOIRAUD," but does not give her parents' name, mention her first husband, or give her age at the time of her death; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:433 (Thib.Cte.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1829), her succession inventory record, calls her Victoire PITRE, gives her death date, says she m. (1)d.Jean SAGIRAU, m. (2)Étienne BOIREAU," lists her children, but does not give her parents' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 501.

Her first husband's surname also is spelled ZAGIRO, followed here.    

59.  Not in Wall of Names because of the circumstance of her birth.  BRDR, 2:593 (ASC-5, 1), her baptismal record, calls her Céleste PITRE, gives her parents' names, but does not give her birth date; BRDR, 3:542, 697 (ASM-2, 90), her marriage record, calls her Céleste PITRE "of St. James," calls her husband Juan Martin LEBLANC "of Chatenais in Nantes," gives her & his parents' names, says her father & both his parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Simon DUGAT & Ambroise HÉBERT; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:429 (Thib. Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1817), her first succession inventory, calls her Céleste PITRE m. Jean Martin LEBLANC; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:429 (Thib. Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1825), her second succession inventory, calls her Céleste PITRE m. Jean Martin LEBLANC, "whose 2nd wife is Clémence THIBODAUX, list her children, & says her "old estimation" was 18 Sep 1817. 

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