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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Virginia DeChaumes: Birth: 04 OCT 1851. Death: 17 MAR 1933

  2. Caroline DeChaumes: Birth: 25 DEC 1852. Death: DEC 1878

  3. Millienne "Mildred" DeChaumes: Birth: 27 DEC 1854 in Texas. Death: JUL 1877 in Texas

  4. Julia DeChaumes: Birth: 08 NOV 1856 in Harris County, Texas. Death: OCT 1936 in Louetta, Texas buried Pillot Cemetery

  5. Augusta "Gussie" DeChaumes: Birth: 19 MAR 1858 in Houston, Harris County. Death: 08 MAY 1938 in Pinehurst, Montgomery County, Texas

  6. Alfred DeChaumes: Birth: 16 OCT 1859 in Texas.

  7. Victoria DeChaumes: Birth: 15 SEP 1861 in Texas. Death: 01 AUG 1941 in Waco, McLennan Co., TX

  8. Eugene De Chaumes: Birth: FEB 1863. Death: 22 MAY 1865


Family
Marriage:
Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Henry Desire DeChaumes: Birth: 28 JAN 1866 in Walker, Texas. Death: 02 AUG 1938 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas

  2. Marianda "Sis" De Chaumes: Birth: 07 JUN 1869.

  3. Arisainie De Chaumes: Birth: 02 DEC 1871. Death: 10 DEC 1913

  4. George Washington De Chaumes: Birth: 30 SEP 1879. Death: 22 DEC 1936 in McLennan County, Texas

  5. John Thomas De Chaumes: Birth: 08 SEP 1882. Death: 17 NOV 1959 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas


Notes
a. Note:   Francios "Francis" Desire Dechaumes was the son of Michael Dechaumes, architect and prominent early citizen of Houston. Francios immigrated with his father to Washington D.C. from Paris, France in 1825.
  In 1837, Francios moved with his father and the rest of their family to Houston, Texas
  1850
 Rosalie married Francios "Francis" Desire Dechaumes on September 19, 1850 at St. Vincent's Catholic Church.
  Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002
 about Rozella Pillot
 Name: Rozella Pillot
 Marriage Date: 19 Sep 1850
  Spouse: Francis D. Dechaume
  Marriage County: Harris
 Marriage State: Texas
  1850
 Rosallie and Francios are recorded as living together. Rosalie is 17 and Francios is 25. Francios is listed as a farmer.
  1850 United States Federal Census
 about Francis M De Chaumes
 Name: Francis M De Chaumes
 Age: 25
 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
 Birth Place: France
 Gender: Male
 Home in 1850(City,County,State): Harris, Texas
 Household Members: Name Age
 Francis M De Chaumes 25
 Rosalie De Chaumes 17
  1860
 Rosalie and Francios are recorded with family and with real estate valued at $1000 and personal estate valued at $2000
 1860 United States Federal Census
 about R Dechennes
 Name: R Dechennes
 Age in 1860: 28
 Birth Year: abt 1832
 Birthplace: France
 Home in 1860: Precinct 12, Harris, Texas
 Gender: Female
 Post Office: Lynchburg
 Value of real estate: View image
 Household Members: Name Age
 R Dechennes 35
 R Dechennes 28
 I E Pillot 40
 Z Pillot 33
 N Pillot 14
 I S Pillot 12
 A Pillot 4
 Julis Pillot 15
 S Pillot 6
 J Pillot 1
 Jane Pillot 71
 L Ricord 28
 E Sellers 20
  The 1860 Slave Census also records that Rosalie owns 7 slaves. Francis is shown just below on the Census as owning 2 slaves.
  Source: County Court Records - FHL microfilm # 0025221
  Slave Owners
 R J Pillot Precinct 17, Harris, Texas
  Slave Information
 Age Gender Race View Census
 48 Male Black
 35 Female Black
 28 Male Black
 8 Female Black
 6 Female Black
 3 Female Black
 1 Female Black
  Civil War Service: Confederate
 Per Marzee Goodson Ware, he may have worked in the tanning yards during the Civil War. The Chaparral Genealogical Society, in their publication, The Roadrunner, Vol 16. No3, pg. 17 lists Francis DeChaum and Adrian Boulet (his son-in-law) as being Civil War Veterans out of Waller County. (From The History of Waller County, Texas by the Waller County Historical Survey Committee.) No pension was applied for per the state archives.
  1863 (March) Rosalie Dies
 After Rosalie's death (most likely from complications resulting the birth of Eugene born one month prior), Francis married two more times. First to Elizabeth Davis just months (August 1863) after Rosalie's death and then to Mary Rebecca Edinburg. Francios may have also fathered children with a black housekeeper identified in census records as Lucy Fulle
  Lucy Fuller is recorded in the 1870 census as having 2 children identified with last name Dechaumes and they are listed as "mulatto".
  (excerpt from 1870 Census)
  273 264 FULLER, LUCY 35 F B DOMESTIC SERVANT NC
 BONNER, KATE 12 F B DOMESTIC SERVANT TX
 BONNER, HANNAH 10 F B AT HOME TX
 BONNER, ROSA 6 F B AT HOME TX
  Children listed as Mulatto...probably fathered by Francis
  DECHAUMES, WILLIAM 2 M M TX
 DECHAUMES, MARY 8/12 F M TX
  Both William and Mary Dechaumes are shown in Houston Directories for some years after. William is working as a laborer and Mary as a cook.
  1864 (August) Francis marries Elizabeth Wells
 Just a few months after Rosalie's death, Francis marries Elizabeth Wells/Davis. It is not clear exactly what happened with this marriage. There is an Elizabeth Wells who marries another man in Texas in 1864. But by 1865, Francis will marry again...this time to Mary Rebecca Edinburg.
  1870
 Francis and Mary are listed with children + Henry on the 1870 Census.
  1880
 Francis is living in Falls, Texas with Alfred and Augusta. He lists himself on the 1880 Census as a widower. His name is recorded by the census taker as "Desrain" but all children and ages match so this must be a recording error in understanding his name by the census taker.
  1898
 Francis Dechaumes died in Houston, TX on October 15, 1898. He is NOT buried in Pillot cemetery.



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