Armide (Pitre) Foret (1888 - 1966)

Born 20 Sep 1888 in Ville Platte, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jules Rene Foret — married 15 Dec 1904 (to 15 Jun 1925) in Ville Platte, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Died 7 Nov 1966 at age 78 in Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Armide (Pitre) Foret is a descendant of an Acadian

Armide Pitre, daughter of Louis Pitre and Nidia Tate, was born in Ville Platte, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana in 1888.^[1]

She married Jules Foret in St. Landry, Louisiana in 1904.^[2]

Known children of the marriage:^[3]

1. Oswald "Dick" Foret
2. Rene Foret
3. Ada Foret
4. Francis Foret (c.1920-2010)

She died on 7 November 1966 and was buried alongside Jules at at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery in Ville Platte, Louisiana. The date of her birth on the stone doesn't quite agree with the date on her birth record (which is not particularly unusual).^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications); PITRE:

   PITRE, Armide (Louis & Nidia TATE) b. 20 Sept. 1888 (VP Ch.: v. 4, p. 114)

2. ↑ "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJH-1Y3H : 8 November 2020), Mr Jules Foret and Miss Armide Pitre, 15 Dec 1904; citing St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 870,700. Image of record included.

   Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1904

   Event Place: St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

   Name: Mr Jules Foret

   Sex: Male

   Spouse's Name: Miss Armide Pitre

   Spouse's Sex: Female

3. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q59T-K8RB : 29 July 2020), Jules Foret in entry for Mr Francis Foret, 2010.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 16 February 2021, memorial page for Jules Rene Foret (12 Nov 1884–15 Jun 1925), Find A Grave: Memorial #197580054, citing Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery, Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by GIMV (contributor 49782891). Photo of grave included.