Francois was born about 1791 in Montreal, Canada. [1][2]
Marriage
Francisco Laforet married Maria Dolores Armenta on 29 Jul 1828 at Taos, Taos, New Mexico Territory, United States.[3]
Residence
In 1850, age 54, Francois Laforet worked as a farmer and lived in the Northern Division, Taos, New Mexico Territory, USA., with his wife, Maria Dolores Amenta, age 41; and their children: Jose Antonio Laforet, age 22, who worked as a laborer; Juan Cristino Laforet, age 20; Maria Isabel Laforet, age 15; and Maria Martina Laforet, age 20; along with two people who may have been boarders: Encarnacion Valasques, age 21 and Juan Santos Martin, age 28. [4]
In 1860, Francois Laforet, age of 69; lived in El Rio Colorado, Taos Territory, New Mexico Territory, United States, with his wife, Maria Dolores Armenta, age 50; and their two grandsons: Jose Franciso Laforet, age 11; and Antonio Abad Laforet, age 8. [1]
↑ 29 Jul 1828 – Francisco LaFore, son of Francisco LaFore and Maria Feliciana Caurvet married Maria Dolores Armenta, daughter of Antonio Elias Armenta and Maria Ysabel Sanchez, Padrinos: Pablo Gallegos and Maria Dolores Martines(https://www.kmitch.com/Taos/marrl.html)
The brief and condensed historical statement by Shalane Sheley-Cruz about the life of Francois Laforet. She gives general information about the life of Francois Laforet based on the book titled: THE MOUNTAIN MEN AND THE FUR TRADE OF THE FAR WEST by LeRoy R. Hafen (Glendale, CA, 1968). On pp. 213-218 is the article "Francisco Laforet" written by David J. Weber of San Diego State College.(https://www.kmitch.com/Taos/questa/laforet.html)
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Laforet-5 created through the import of jefflorrie(1).ged on Sep 10, 2011 by Jeff Johnson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jeff and others.
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