Marie Francoise Couret

1847 - 1943  (96 years)

• Name	Marie Francoise Couret
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	24 Jan 1847	New Orleans, Louisiana   [1]
  	vol. 9, page 647
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 3, born in Louisiana
  Census	1860	New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 13, born in "New Orleans"
  Census	1880	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Census	1900	4106 Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 51 (born Jan. 1848); married 26 years; 4 children, 4 still living; born in Louisiana; father born in France, mother in Louisiana
  Obituary	Obit., Times-Picayune, 22 May 1943: GAMARD - On Thursday morning, May 20, 1943, at 3:50 o'clock, MARIE F. COURET, in her 97th year, widow of Alphonse Gamard, mother of Mrs. Gustave Pitard, Anna, and Dr. Edward A. Gamard, and the late Walter T. Gamard. The funeral took place on Friday morning, May 21, 1943, at 9:30 o'clock, from the House of Bultman, St. Charles avenue at Louisiana avenue. Requiem mass was sung at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Canal St. Interment was private in Metairie cemetery.
  Died	20 May 1943	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Buried	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  Person ID	I47	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Jean Bernard Couret           b. 14 Jun 1818, Aspet, Haute-Garonne, France           d. 2 May 1887, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Lucie Maurice           b. 28 Nov 1828, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 22 Apr 1890, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 61 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1845	St. Joseph's Church, 1802 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
  Family ID	F2132	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Alphonse Gamard, Jr.           b. Aug 1846, ? Cotile, Rapides Parish, Louisiana           d. 2 Sep 1937, 4106 Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Married	26 Nov 1870	New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Lucie Caroline Gamard           b. 5 Nov 1872, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 29 Mar 1964, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 91 years)   2. Emma Elizabeth Gamard           b. Abt 1875   3. Anna Marie Gamard           b. 29 Aug 1874, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 6 Jul 1963  (Age 88 years) + 4. Dr. Edward Alfonse "Pops" Gamard, D.D.S.           b. 11 Sep 1876           d. 29 Oct 1967  (Age 91 years)   5. Louise Corinne Gamard           b. Abt Jun 1878           d. 15 Oct 1879, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age ~ 1 years) + 6. Walter Thomas Gamard           b. Abt Sep 1880           d. 28 Sep 1938, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F30	|  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Her name was pronounced "Márie," and her nickname was "Mamoot." She lived a very long time, and is remembered by her great-grandchildren in the early 1940s as a kind old woman, blind but still sharp, who sat in a rocker and listened to the radio.

  
  

• Reference

  "Marie Francoise Couret". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?tng_extras=1&personID=I47&tree=1sttree (accessed December 16, 2018).