Marie Octavie Couret

1852 - 1876  (24 years)

• Name	Marie Octavie Couret
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	7 Aug 1852	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Aug 1876
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Octave Bernard Couret           b. 23 Feb 1848           d. 12 Nov 1887, New Orleans, Louisiana
  2. Letitia Couret           b. Apr 1859           d. May 1917, New Orleans, Louisiana
  3. Henry Couret           b. 31 Aug 1860           d. 9 May 1916, New Orleans, Louisiana
  4. Marie Athanasie Couret           b. 30 Apr 1857
  Notes	This is their marriage certificate: "This is to Certify, That it appears from the Records of this office, that on this day, to wit: the Seventh of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy four and the ninety eight of the Independence of the United States of America, (May 7th 1874), was registered a marriage celebrated in the city of New Orleans by Rev. Abel Perche on the 4th day of May 1874 between Louis O. Gelpi age twenty five years, (25 years) a native of Mississippi son of Pablo Gelpi and Rosa E. Viosca and Marie Octavie Couret (aged 22 years) a native of Louisiana daughter of [*] Louis Couret and L*] N[*]. The celebration of the marriage was performed in presence of the witnesses A. J. Forstall [Anatole J. Forstall], [*]." The License was issued on the 29 day of April 1879 by Hon. John L. Loire[*] . . . Justice of the Peace in presence of the witnesses G. Gelpi and A. F. Forstall License returned and filed, Book No. 5 Folio 314 Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, La.; 4 May 1874; v4; p436 Note: [*] The copy was not very good, the names were difficult to decipher.
  Person ID	I4846	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2004

  
  

  Father	Jean Louis Couret           b. Abt 1817, Auzas, Haute-Garonne, France           d. Aug 1880, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Cidalise Normand           b. 20 Jun 1828, Louisiana           d. 6 May 1907, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 78 years)
  Married	24 Jun 1847	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Family ID	F3421	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Louis Octave Oscar Gelpi           b. Abt 1849, Louisiana
  Married	4 May 1874	New Orleans, Louisiana   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Aline Mary Gelpi           b. 4 Feb 1875, New Orleans, Louisiana   2. Ezilda Gelpi           d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F3412	|  Family Chart

  
  

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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Marie Octavie Couret". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4846&tree=1sttree (accessed September 18, 2020).