Elizabeth BUSQUET

- 1861

• Name	Elizabeth BUSQUET
  Born	Puerto Rico
  	Birthplace according to notes on her daughter's census entries
  Gender	Female
  Immigrant?	Y
  Obituary	Obituary, Bee (L'Abeille), 12 Feb. 1861, p1 c6: Décédée, samedi, 9 février, A 8 heures du soir, en cette ville, Mme. Vve. Eliza Pitard, née Busquet.
  Died	9 Feb 1861  [1]
  Buried	St. Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=155454688
  Notes	Also "Bousquet." One of the sponsors at her wedding was Antoine Busquet. Antoine Busquet is on the 1840 census in New Orleans. An "A. Busquet" died in New Orleans, aged 41, on 7 Feb. 1850. This would make him of an age to be her sibling. He also appears in her husband’s probate documents. A "Francisco Busquet" immigrated to Puerto Rico in 1812; I don't know whether this person is related: Name: Francisco Busquet Year: 1812 Place: Puerto Rico Source Publication Code: 1168 Primary Immigrant: Busquet, Francisco Annotation: History of 19th century immigration to Puerto Rico. Social and geographical analysis of the immigrants. Part 3 includes an alphabetical list of the names of settlers, year of arrival or stay, and, when available, occupation, place of origin, family, date of or age at death and cause of death. No ship mentioned. Lists 13,217 names. Source Bibliography: CIFRE DE LOUBRIEL, ESTELA. La Inmigracion a Puerto Rico Durante el Siglo XIX. San Juan de Puerto Rico: Insituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1964. 441p. Page: 61 She appears on the 1850 census (as "Widow. O. Pitard") in the household of Joseph Pitard, though the relation is not specified to that family: Widow Pitard 33 F (W) Louisiana Josephine Pitard 17 F (W) Louisiana Arthur Pitard 15 M (W) Clerk Louisiana Gustave Pitard 13 M (W) Louisiana Octave Pitard 8 M (W) Louisiana Norbert Pitard 6 M (W) Louisiana Widow O. Pitard 34 F (W) W. Indies Octavie Pitard 15 F (W) Louisiana Olivia Pitard 13 F (W) Louisiana Polymnia Pitard 11 F (W) Louisiana Rosa Pitard 8 F (W) Louisiana This is a key bit of solid evidence that connects Octave Pitard's family to Gustave Pitard's family (there is also the coincidental evidence that Joseph named a son Octave). She is described as being born in the "West Indies" in the 1850 census, and later as being born in "Porto Rico." One possibility is that she married Octave and came to the NOLA with the family. In 1851, the city directory shows these two Pitards. The second will be the widow of Octave Pitard. Pitard, A. . . . St. John Great Rd. n. bridge Pitard, O., Mrs. . . . 262 Ursulines I’ve connected the image of the grave of “Eliza Pitard” to her because she is the logical Eliza whom it would be. The name above her’s on the tomb is “Antoinette Octavie,” who is “fille de O. Pitard.” The other, remote possibility is that Eliza is her daughter, Antoinette’s twin, but it’s much more likely that she was buried in Bandol, France. [3]
  Person ID	I13650	Lansdales and Pitards
  Last Modified	5 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Gregoire BUSQUET,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Anne LUCAS,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband	Jean Baptiste Octave PITARD,   b. 18 Jun 1813,   d. 8 Sep 1842, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana  (Age 29 years)
  Married	Abt 1832	St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [4]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Octavia PITARD,   b. 27 Oct 1833, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 14 Jun 1894, Bandol, Var, France  (Age 60 years)   2. Antoinette Octavie PITARD,   b. 27 Oct 1833,   d. 3 Apr 1835, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 1 years)   3. Olivia PITARD,   b. Sep 1837, Louisiana ,   d. 30 Mar 1905, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 67 years)   4. Polymnia PITARD,   b. May 1839, Louisiana ,   d. 8 Jun 1906, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 67 years)   5. Rosa PITARD,   b. Sep 1841, Louisiana ,   d. 2 Feb 1929, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Family ID	F9621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - St. Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S672] Bee (L'Abeille), obit published on 12 Feb. 1861. [S686] findagrave.com, Awesome Findagrave Contributors. [S684] Louisiana Biography & Obituary Index, Obit. in the Bee (L'Abeille), 1850-02-08, Pg. 1 col. 6. [S696] Certificate of Marriage, Archdiocese of New Orleans, vol. 5, part 2 (1832-34), Act. 259.