Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 5795
• Reference Number: GRA-DECH

Notes:

Died:
not alive in 1910 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 760
• Reference Number: GRA-DECH
• Residence: 1914, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA

Notes:

Name:
1918 WW1 draft registration.

Birth:
1918 WW1 Draft registration, Oliver Chauncy Jacobs, Agnes I. Jacobs next of kin.

Died:
1930 census living in Seattle, WA as a lodger. Also see City Directory for LA for 1941.

Oliver married Agnes I. Déchanet about 1900 in Minnesota, USA. Agnes (daughter of Pierre "Alfred" Déchanet and Isabelle Elizabeth Cratte) was born on 29 May 1874 in Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA; died on 02 Jan 1962 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 756
• Reference Number: GRA-DECH
• Baptism: 24 Apr 1878, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
• Name: Abt 1900; Agnes I. Jacobs
• Residence: 1914, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA

Notes:

Possible lead - name Porter see Henry P. LaChapelle's obit gra-crat p 1-40a, 1915; leaves 1/2 sisters: Dora (Wabasha), Mae(LA), Mrs Porter(St. Paul), Mrs Fuller(AB, Canada).

Notes:

Married:
1900 census she is living with Grace and Charles Fuller in St Paul
1910 census shows 10 yrs married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 30
• Reference Number: GRA-DECH
• Immigration: 10 Nov 1852, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Census: 11 Jul 1860, Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, USA
• Milit-Beg: 29 Apr 1861, Fort Snelling, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Milit-End: 05 May 1864, Fort Snelling, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: Jun 1865
• Occupation: 11 Jul 1870, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
• Occupation: 07 Nov 1916, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

Birth:
His father was Sébastien Constantin and his mother was Marie Jeanne Tenaille. This family soon moved about 7 km, as Alfred's sister Asulite, was born in Bonnecourt in 1840. We know that Alfred grew up in this town because 'Bonnecourt' is shown as his place of birth on several documents after he arrived in America, including his army discharge certificate and his death certificate.

Immigration:
At the age of 14 he emigrated from the Le Havre France, on the Samuel M. Fox arriving || Nicolas Guyot age 20, who will later show up as the husband of his sister, Asulite, was also on this ship.

Census:
as a 20 year old labourer living in a French household along with a Peter (Pierre) Dechanet who is listed as a 60 year old physician. Originally we thought this Peter may be his father, however we now know this not to be true because we found his birth record in France. Alfred's sister, Asulite, married Nicholus Guyot on 26 May 1859 in this same county of Hancock and likely the town of Findlay, Ohio.

Milit-Beg:
Alfred entered the American Civil War when he enlisted as a Private in Company "I" of the First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division

Milit-End:
He was admitted to the 2nd Division of Depot Field Hospital near Potomac Creek, Virginia on 20 April 1863 with a gunshot wound to his hand which was the result of an accident.|| because the term of his enlistment had expired. A note on these papers says that he would be accepted by the army if he were to reenlist. It also states that he was 22 years old and 5 foot 7.25 inches high with black hair. He started receiving a monthly pension of $4 (which lasted until his death), because of the wound to his right hand.

Residence:
Isabella brought four children to this marriage and with an addition of eight children with Alfred; the house must have been full. The census records show that this family stayed in Wabasha, Minnesota until the death of the parents. The 1880 census shows a total of 10 children in the household. Of the 8 children fathered by Alfred, only 2 girls survived to have families of their own, thus the "Déchanet" name from this line in America ended with Alfred.

Occupation:
According to his daughter Lucy's birth record || a rafts man. During this period of time the Mississippi River was the highway of the USA Midwest and Wabasha was a center for this activity. There was a grain rolling mill in town as well as a lumber mill and the steam ships moved cargo and pushed booms of lumber up and down the river. The people who worked in this industry on the river were called rafts men.

Occupation:
His death record indicated that he was a retired trapper and the 1905 census says that he was a gardener, like most retired folks of the time.

Pierre married Isabelle Elizabeth Cratte on 23 Mar 1865 in Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA. Isabelle (daughter of Etienne Olivier "Oliver" Crête, (Cratte) Sr. and Sarah Marie Graham) was born on 05 Feb 1838 in Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA; died on 24 Jul 1885 in Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA; was buried on 26 Jul 1885 in St Felix Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 31
• Reference Number: GRA-CRAT
• Baptism: 28 Jun 1839, St Peter's Church, Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA
• Name: 11 Aug 1855; Isabelle Elizabeth Lachapelle
• Name: 23 Mar 1865; Isabelle Elizabeth Déchanet

Notes:

Name:
Name on her baptism record is "Isabelle" but marriage record shows a name of "Elizabeth". The name of the Mother on the baptism records of her children (in Latin) was "Isabella".
1870 Census: Name: Elizabeth

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 20
• Reference Number: GRA-DECH
• Immigration: 29 Mar 1852, Ellis Island, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Census: 11 Jul 1860, Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, USA
• Milit-Beg: 03 Sep 1864, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
• Milit-End: 11 Jul 1865, Benton Barracks, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Immigration:
Manifest says age 39, which is correct.

Census:
We originally thought this Peter was in fact Sebastien as he may have come to USA to be with his duaghter Asulite, who married Nicholus Guyot on 26 May 1859 in this same county of Hancock and likely the town of Findlay, Ohio.

However, we now think this Peter was more likely another relative. His son Alfred is definately on this census.

Milit-Beg:
Sebastien Dechanet was assigned to E company, 41 Missouri Inf. He is listed in the Missouri State Archives under the name of Sebastian Dechanette as a Private in the Civil War for the Union Side.

Milit-End:
He is recorded as Muster-out and the state archives have no record of his death and suggest if we cannot find him in the USA, he may have gone back to France.

Died:
Have not located a death record

Sébastien married Marie Jeanne Tenaille on 28 Dec 1836 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Marie (daughter of Louis Tenaille and Ursula Girardot) was born on 30 Mar 1812 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 11 Aug 1849 in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 16 Aug 1849 in Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 19
• Reference Number: GRA-DECH
• Name: 28 Dec 1836; Marie Jeanne Déchanet

Notes:

Buried:
Largest and most famous Cemetery in Paris (cimetière du Père Lachaise)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 63
• Reference Number: GRA-CRAT
• Baptism: 20 Nov 1801, Pointe-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada
• Living: 1805, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
• Occupation: 1824, Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, USA
• Occupation: 1829, Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA
• Occupation: 10 Jul 1839
• Living: Between 1850 and 1880
• Occupation: 11 Oct 1853; was elected to the first Board of Commissioners for the County of Wabasha.
• Occupation: Between 1854 and 1855; served as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the Wabasha County.
• Residence: 02 Feb 1855, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
• Census: 27 Jul 1870, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnisota, USA

Notes:

was a signatory to a petition sent to the president of the USA for restitution for lands they had settled between the falls of St Anthony and the mouth of the Minnesota River, which were to be taken for military reserve.

Name:
He was born "Etienne Olivier Crête"

Most of his life was known as Oliver Cratte and his children used the name Cratte.

Living:
He was raised by his uncle.

Occupation:


At the age of 23 he left Quebec to go west and was hired by the American Fur Co. for $700/yr (excluding board and room), to build traps and other tools

Occupation:
In capacity of Blacksmith he was officially transferred to the Wabasha area where he built a shop and a house on the banks of the Mississippi River. This place was known as 'Cratte's Landing' and retained that name until the town of Wabasha was officially named some four years later in 1843.

Living:
he lived in Wabasha where he worked and raised his family and during that time owned a great deal of land in the area. However he placed all his land in a Land Association and was far too honest to enjoy the profits of this association and ended with nothing. In his later years his eyes failed and died poor and nearly blind. He was always very active in the Catholic Church and Father Trobec on introducing Oliver, said 'this is one of the best Catholics in my perish'.

Residence:
along with Joseph Buisson laid out the streets and lots and created the original town plat for the town of Wabasha, MN.

Etienne married Sarah Marie Graham on 04 Oct 1831 in Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA. Sarah (daughter of Captain Duncan Graham and Susanne Istagiwin Hazahotawin Pennishon) was born in 1811 in Minnesota, USA; died about 1841 in Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA; was buried in 1841 in St Felix Cemetery, Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 64
• Reference Number: GRA-CRAT
• Name: 04 Oct 1831; Sarah Marie Crête [Cratte]
• Baptism: 05 Jul 1839, St Peter's Catholic Church, Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

Married:
This union resulted in the birth of three girls and one boy