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• Reference Number: 85
• Reference Number: GRA-DECH

Francois married Anne Guillaume on 17 May 1774 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Anne was born on 11 Aug 1750 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 20 Apr 1804 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 81
• Reference Number: GRA-DECH

Louis married Ursula Girardot on 21 Jun 1811 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Ursula (daughter of Antoine Girardot and Francoise Balland) was born on 12 Sep 1785 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 20 Sep 1861 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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)

Marie married Sébastien Constantin Déchanet on 28 Dec 1836 in Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Sébastien (son of Didier Déchanet and Anne Françoise Tresse) was born on 16 May 1813 in Bonnecourt, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died est 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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]