Children of Joseph P. Pitre & Marie J. Arseneau
Joseph P. Pitre, was the youngest son of Pierre & Marie Daigle, born in Bathurst on March 24, 1861 and baptised the next day also in the parish of Holy Family in West Bathurst.
When Joseph turned 20, the First National Acadian Convention was held in Memrancook in 1881.
Joseph Pitre was already 30 when he married Marie Arseneau on October 20, 1891 in Ste-Famille-de-Bathurst, N.B , the same parish where his parents (and previous generations) were married.
According to his death certificate , Joseph P. Pitre was a carpenter and he died on June 21, 1921 at the age of 60 following a year and a half battle with stomach cancer. He is burried in the Catholic Cemetery of Holy Family in West Bathurst, N.B.
Marie Arseneau was born July 2, 1870, the daughter of John S. Arseneau & Frances Pitre.
The above new information was found on the marriage certificate of Joseph Pitre and Marie France Arseneau.
Further research will be needed to find out more about this family and will be added as obtained.
Marie Arseneau married Joseph Pitre on October 10, 1891 at the Holy Family Church in West Bathurst, N.B. Together, they had at least nine children and lived on St. Peter Avenue in West Bathurst. Her husband, Joseph Pitre died around June 21, 1921. A few years later, the 1930's brought on the Great Depression and this prompted the widow Marie Arseneau, to move to Montreal with her three daughters, Mina, Pauline & C�cile. She died there on Sept. 8, 1943 and is buried in the C�te-des-Neiges Cemetery on Mount Royal.
Marie Arseneau is descendant from the pioneer Pierre Arseneau
St. Peter Avenue, West Bathurst, N.B. in 1915
- Marie-Josephine Pitre born Dec. 28, 1892 in Bathurst
- Jean (John) Pitre born June 16, 1894 in Bathurst married Olivina/Alexina Mainville
- Melvina (Mina) Pitre born Oct. 31, 1895 in Bathurst
- Leo Pitre born Dec. 24, 1897 in Bathurst
- William Pitre born June 19th, 1900 in Bathurst
He died during World War I in England
where he contracted the Spanish Flu. He would have been in his teens.
- ADOLPHE PITRE (my grandfather) born August. 16, 1902 in Bathurst, married AGATHE LANDRY (daughter of Jean Landry & Marie-Anne Pitre of Robertville, N.B.) on July 11, 1928 in Jonqui�re, Qu�bec. Died on February 5, 1975 in Chatham, N.B.
- Lucinda Pitre born October 21, 1905 in Bathurst
- Joseph Edouard (Eddie) Pitre born June 5, 1907 in Bathurst
- Pauline Pitre born June 7th, 1909
HISTORICAL TIDBITS
The first national Acadian Convention was held in Memrancook in 1881. During this congress, the feast day of the Assumption, August 15th was chosen to be the yearly festival for the Acadians.
It was during the second national Acadian Convention held in Miscouche in 1884 that the Acadian National Anthem �Ave Marris Stella' and the Acadian Flag were chosen. It consists of the French Flag with a papal yellow star in the upper left corner. The French Flag is reminiscent of the fact that the Acadians' ancestors are from France. The star is that of Stella Maris, patroness of the Acadians' and it's color, papal yellow, symbolizes the ties of the Acadians with the Catholic Church.
