Thomas Couret

1783 - 1870  (87 years)

• Name	Thomas Couret
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	10 Aug 1783	Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	Obituary, Bee/L'Abeille, Oct. 1870: Decéde le 6 du courant, a Aspet (département de la Haute Garonne), France, à l’ȃge de [?90] ans, M. Thos. Couret, père de J. B. Couret.
  Died	6 Oct 1870	Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France   [2, 3]
  Notes	Birth date is on his marriage record as well as his birth record. It appears that Thomas served in Napoleon's army between 1795-1812: Napoleon III awarded the medal of St. Helene for having served under Napoleon to veterans of the Grande Armee still alive in 1857. According to the database of the Medals of St. Helena, this is him and his regiment: nom: COURET prenom: Thomas commune_de_residence: Aspet arrondissement: Aspet departement: Haute Garonne code: F31 pays: FRA regiment: 8° de ligne dossier : 215584 According to the birth certificate of his first son, Thomas had the title of Sieur de Long. His 1870 parish death record says that he was 87, and that he lived in the “au hameau de Sarradere,” at the hamlet of Sarradere, which is basically just a road on the hillside outside of Aspet. [4]
  Person ID	I3749	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Jean Couret           b. France           d. Yes, date unknown, France
  Mother	Françoise Dhues           b. France           d. Yes, date unknown, France
  Married	7 Nov 1779	Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France
  Family ID	F2589	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Marie Françoise Agert           b. 13 Sep 1793, Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France           d. 26 Jan 1862, Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France  (Age 68 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1811	Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France   [5]
  Children	1. Antoinette Couret           b. Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France           d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Jean Bernard Couret           b. 14 Jun 1818, Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France           d. 2 May 1887, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 68 years) + 3. Bertrand Couret           b. Abt 1824, Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France           d. 31 Aug 1855, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F2588	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 10 Aug 1783 - Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France  Married - 29 Jun 1811 - Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France  Died - 6 Oct 1870 - Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France   = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Obit. for Thomas Couret, d. 6 Oct. 1870 in France The obit. appeared in the The New Orleans Bee/L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans on 30 Oct. 1870.

  
  

• Reference

  "Thomas Couret". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I3749&tree=1sttree (accessed April 9, 2020).