Arthur PITARD, Sr. b. 18 AUG 1835 New Orleans, Louisiana d. 28 JUN 1912 New Orleans, Louisiana

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Suffix	Sr.
Birth	18 Aug 1835	New Orleans, Louisiana [1]
Gender	Male
Census	1850	7th Ward (1st Municipality), New Orleans, Louisiana
	aged 15, born in Louisiana
Census	1860	3rd Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana
	aged 24, born in Louisiana; in "hardware."
Census	1870	3rd Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana
	aged 30, born in Louisana; pers. estate $500; in "hardware."
Census	1880	New Orleans, Louisiana
	aged 42, born in Louisiana; father born in France, mother in Louisiana;
Census	1900	8th Precinct, New Orleans, Louisiana
	aged 61 (born Aug. 1838); born in Louisiana; both parents born in France; works in Hardware
Died	28 Jun 1912	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Age	76 years
Person ID	I175	Pitards and Lansdales
Last Modified	09 Aug 2010

Father	Joseph PITARD, d. Between 1843 and 1850, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother	Amelie HACKER, b. Abt 1817, d. 17 Jun 1873, New Orleans, Louisiana (~ 56 years)
Family ID	F123	Group Sheet

Family 1 Mary, b. Abt 1840, Missouri

Children

1. Mary PITARD, b. Abt Jun 1860, New Orleans, Louisiana

Family ID F9487 Group Sheet

Family 2 Catherine "Kate" COPLEY, b. 1844, Ireland , d. 18 Sep 1899, New Orleans, Louisiana (55 years)

Children

	1. John PITARD, b. Abt 1863, Louisiana ,
>	2. Blanche Marie Elizabeth PITARD, b. 12 Jun 1863, New Orleans, Louisiana , d. 29 Nov 1941 (78 years)
>	3. Julia Cecile PITARD, b. Jul 1864,
	4. Louis W. PITARD, b. Abt 1870, Louisiana ,
	5. Arthur PITARD, Jr., b. 27 Jun 1870, New Orleans, Louisiana ,
>	6. Robert Copley PITARD, b. 11 Oct 1873, New Orleans, Louisiana ,
>	7. Agatha PITARD, b. Aug 1876, Louisiana , d. 1919, Louisiana (~ 42 years)

Family ID F125 Group Sheet

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 served in LeGardeur's Company of the Orleans Guard Battery, a Light Artillery unit. This unit fought at Farmington in 1863, in Tennessee at Chickamauga in 1863, and later at the defense of Charleston in 1865.

Here are his entries in Booth:

Pitard, A., __ Capt. Guyol's Co. (Orleans Arty.) La. Arty. On Roll dated New Orleans, La., Nov.
25, 1861, Absent; delinquent.
Pitard, A., Pvt. Capt. Le Gardeur Jr.'s Co. (Orleans Grd. Batty.) La. Light Arty. On Roll not
dated, ordered into the service of the State of Louisiana. On Report dated Nov. 23, 1861, New
Orleans, La., Present on parade.

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. This is the first record of this occupation for the Pitards.

Pitard , Archer . . . hardware . . . 11 Rampart, n New Basin . . . d. Franklin n.

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. This is the only place I've seen this about his parents. [2]

Sources

[S58] Certificate of Birth, New Orleans, vol. 9, p. 776.
[S299] Guide to Confederate Military Units 1861-1865, Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press), 35-36.

Arthur PITARD, Sr. 1835 - 1912

Arthur PITARD, Sr.
1835 - 1912