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Chart #8, Francis French, 1625
Derby, CT

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This chart updated by Mara French on 5/2/12. Numbers in brackets [ ] show sources and refer to the bibliography at the end of this chart. An asterisk (*) shows continuation of that line. Send any corrections or additions to this chart to marafrench@mindspring.com. Revisions: 2012.

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Trip to Beaumont, TX, in 1990 for the Reunion by Mara French

Trip to Beaumont, TX, in 1998 by Mara French

1870 Census of Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX

Trip to Beaumont, TX, in 1990 for the Reunion by Mara French

To come later.

Trip to Beaumont, TX, in 1998 by Mara French

Johnny Walker of the French line was always searching for Electra Jane French who married a Nelson and moved to Starks, LA. I visited Taylor’s Bayou across the bridge. To get to the cemetery, go away from the Bayou on this same road to the first road by Smith Rice Dryer and turn right. Take the first road right again and it will curve left around a campground and to the cemetery right along the Bayou. Many of the French-related families lived in Fannett. From Hwy 10, go on 11^th St. 4 miles to Hwy 124 and turn right. Drive 15 miles on Fannett Rd. and turn left where you see a church and school on Burnell-Wingate Rd. Go 6 miles. Rube Wingate lived on the left side of this road just before the “S” curve. Visit relatives at 16067 Burnell-Wingate Rd.

Trading Post area: Her mom and dad married there. Avie Butler was born there. David French was very old then and came to visit John E. French. The 2 houses faced each other. Four rooms were original in the front. The parlour was on the back with 3 bedrooms. It has a porch all away around, The boys had a big room upstairs which went upstairs off the porch outside. David’s son, Theodore, lived in it and changed everything. Weir address = 2955. Could be off Diane St.

David French Jr. m. Anna Johnson and had son
John Jay French Sr. who m. Sally Munson and had dau.
Nancy French who m. George Burrell and had son
John jay Burrell who m. Alzema Carr who had dau.
Leonora Burrell who m. Victor Aubey and had son
Louise Aubey who m. Germaine Comeau and had dau.
Noreen Aubey who m. Vincent Jordan and had son
Rick Jordan who m. Leigh Bell and had 3 children:
Sherri Leigh Jordan, Whitney Ann Jordan, Shelby Elizabeth Jordan

In 1842 a Connecticut trader arrived and linked his future with the destiny of Beaumont. When John Jay French, who came from a family of manufacturers, saw the thriving herds on the surrounding prairies, “he looked at the hides of the beeves and saw in them leather and jackets.” He established himself where oak (needed in tanning) was plentiful, and began buying cowhides; he also killed alligators and tanned their hides. The location he had chosen, though, containing only 3 houses, became known as French Town (on the present Voth Road). Hides were brought here from far-flung ranches, to be treated in the 14 vats of the tan yard, where the mill, driven by a plodding beast, was actually of one-horse power.

1870 Census of Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX

Name Home in 1870 (City, County, State) Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Race Gender
Amelia French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1835 Louisiana White Female
Andrew French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1867 Texas White Male
Azerna French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1865 Texas White Female
Camelia French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1855 Texas White Female
Clarence French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1860 Texas White Male
David French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1827 New York White Male
David H French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1860 Texas White Male
David R French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1859 Texas White Male
Francis French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1842 Texas White Female
John E French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1857 Texas White Male
John F French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1838 Louisiana White Male
John J French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1800 Connecticut White Male
John S French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1863 Texas White Male
Mary E French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1853 Texas White Female
Morrison French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1868 Texas White Male
Nancy French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1865 Texas White Female
Sally French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1799 Connecticut White Female
Sarah French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1866 Texas White Female
Theodore French Beaumont, Jefferson, TX abt 1863 Texas White Male