Name |
Arthur Pitard |
Suffix |
Sr. |
Birth |
18 Aug 1835 |
New Orleans, Louisiana [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1850 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 15, born in Louisiana
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Roll: M432_236 Page: 381B ED: 1st Mun. Microfilm: M432 Image: 426 Enumerated: Sept. 25 Source Web Site: Ancestry.com |
Census |
1860 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 24, born in Louisiana; in "hardware."
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Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Age | BirthDate | Gender | Race | Occupation | BirthPlace |
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14 | 3447 | A | Pitard | 24 | 1836 | Male | | Hardware | Louisiana | 15 | 3447 | Mary | Pitard | 20 | 1840 | Female | | | Missouri | 16 | 3447 | Mary | Pitard | 2/12 | 1860 | Female | | | Louisiana | 17 | 3447 | [Amelie [Hacker]] | [Pitard] | 41 | 1819 | Female | | | Louisiana | 18 | 3447 | Norbert | Pitard | 17 | 1843 | Male | | | Louisiana |
ED: Ward 3 |
Census |
1870 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 30, born in Louisiana; pers. estate $500; in "hardware."
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Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Age | BirthDate | Gender | Race | Occupation | BirthPlace |
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10 | 117 | A | Pitard | 30 | 1840 | Male | White | Hardware | Louisiana | 11 | 117 | Kate | Pitard | 26 | 1844 | Female | White | Keeping House | Ireland | 12 | 117 | Blanche | Pitard | 5 | 1865 | Female | White | | Louisiana | 13 | 117 | Julia | Pitard | 10 | 1860 | Female | White | At Home | Louisiana | 14 | 117 | Louis | Pitard | 2 | 1868 | Male | White | | Louisiana |
ED: Ward 03 |
Census |
1880 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 42, born in Louisiana; father born in France, mother in Louisiana
|
Census |
1900 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 61 (born Aug. 1838); born in Louisiana; both parents born in France; works in Hardware
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Image | | Transcript | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Relation | Gender | Race | BirthDate | Age | Status | Years Married | Children Born/Living | BirthPlace | BirthPlace of Father | BirthPlace of Mother | Immigration Year | Occupation |
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38 | 118 | Arthur | Pitard | Head | Male | White | 1838 | 61 | Widowed | | | | Louisiana | France | France | | Hardware House | 39 | 118 | Louis | Pitard | Son | Male | White | 1870 | 29 | Single | | | | Louisiana | Louisiana | Ireland | | Salesman Hard | 40 | 118 | Robert | Pitard | Son | Male | White | 1873 | 26 | Single | | | | Louisiana | Louisiana | Ireland | | Electrician |
ED: Ward 10 District 010 |
Census |
1910 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 72, born in Louisiana; father born "Fr. French," mother born in Louisiana; job "merchant-hardware"; he's the HOH for a household with his daughter Blanche's family.
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Obituary |
Obit, Times-Picayune, 29 June 1912, page 7:
ARTHUR PITARD DEAD. One of the Most Prominent Hardware Men of the South.
Arthur Pitard died at 10:15 p.m. at his residence, 1839 Carondolet Street, aged 76 years and 10 months. He was in the hardware business for almost half a century. He practically retired ten years ago, when the partnership that existed between him and his brother, under the name of G. Pitard & Bro., was dissolved by the death of his brother, which occured in 1902.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Julia C. Portas, Mrs. Blanche Coffee and Mrs. Paul Turnbull, also a son, Mr. Robert Pitard, the violinist, and one sister, Mrs. A. Wiltz, also many grandchildren.
Mr. Pitard was one of the best-known business men in the city and had a large number of devoted friends.'
Obit., Times-Picayune, 29 June 1912, page 8:
PITARD - On Friday, June 28, 1912, at 10:15 o'clock p.m., Arthur Pitard, aged 76 years and 10 months, a native of this city.
Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from his late residence, 1839 Carondelet Street, on This (Saturday) Afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Interment in Metairie Cemetery. |
Death |
28 Jun 1912 |
1839 Carondolet St., New Orleans, Louisiana [2] |
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Burial |
29 Jun 1912 |
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana [3] |
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Notes |
- In 1860 he is HOH living with his mother (aged 41, as "Amanda,") and younger brother Norbert. There is also a "Mary," born in Missouri, aged 20, living with them, and a child "Mary", aged 1/12 (census was taken in July): was this a first wife?
He seems to have been the first Pitard to start in the hardware business. In 1857, the city directory just shows one entry. 11 Rampart here is the employer's address; the last is the residence. This must be Arthur Pitard:
Pitard, Archer . . . hardware . . . 11 Rampart, n New Basin . . . d. Franklin n.
This is the first record of this occupation for the Pitards.
The fullest picture of the family is on the 1880 census, but, oddly, Blanche does not appear there.
In the 1881 City Directory he is living at 17 S. Derbigny, and is listed as a partner in In the hardware store, described as "‘Importers and Dealers in Hardware, Grates, Paints, Oils, Window Glass, Wall Paper, etc.,' at 207 Canal St. n. Rampart Street."
In 1900 he is living right next to his daughter's household, and the census says that both of his parents were born in France.
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Person ID |
I175 |
Last Modified |
30 Nov 2023 |
Spouse / Partner |
Catherine "Kate" Mary Copley, b. Abt 1844, Ireland d. 18 Sep 1899, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 55 years) |
Marriage |
Jun 1859 |
New Orleans, Louisiana [4] |
- certificate obtained on 2 June 1859.
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Children |
| 1. Mary Pitard, b. Abt Jun 1860, New Orleans, Louisiana  |
| 2. John Pitard, b. Abt 1863, Louisiana  |
+ | 3. Blanche Marie Elizabeth Pitard, b. 12 Jun 1863, New Orleans, Louisiana d. 29 Nov 1941, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana (Age 78 years) |
+ | 4. Julia Cecile Pitard, b. Jul 1864 d. 2 Feb 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 54 years) |
| 5. Louis Octave Pitard, b. Abt 1869, Louisiana d. 25 Feb 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 32 years) |
| 6. Arthur Pitard, Jr., b. 27 Jun 1870, New Orleans, Louisiana d. 26 Dec 1906, Elwyn Training School, Middleton Twp., Delaware Co., Pennsylvania (Age 36 years) |
+ | 7. Robert Copley Pitard, b. 11 Oct 1873, New Orleans, Louisiana d. 9 Nov 1953, Jackson, Hinds Co., Mississippi (Age 80 years) |
+ | 8. Agatha Pitard, b. Aug 1876, Louisiana d. 23 Aug 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 43 years) |
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Family ID |
F125 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Nov 2023 |