viernes, 15 de agosto de 2025

 


Deschamps: A French descendant family from La Vega, Dominican Republic. 


Journalist Amelia Deschamps


By: Jorge Jiménez-Maria, great-grandson of a great-grandson of a French-Born Citizen: Pierre Deschamps, born in FRANCE in 1759. 

Deschamps family is a very numerous family mainly located in La Vega, Dominican Republic, especially in Las Yerbas. 

Let's talk about their origins. 

José Dolores Deschamps Cáceres was born in 1886, in Dominican Republic as the son of Faustino Deschamps Herrera and Valentina De Jesús Caceres Castro. He had at least 4 sons with Ana Josefa Alonso Rosa. He died in 1976, in Las Yerbas, La Vega, La Vega, La Vega, Dominican Republic, at the age of 90.

Faustino Deschamps Herrera was born in 1847, in San Juan de la Maguana, San Juan, Dominican Republic as the son of Saltave (Federico) Deschamps and María Ignacia Herrera. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Valentina De Jesús Caceres Castro. He died in 1950, in La Vega, Dominican Republic, at the age of 103.

Saltave Deschamps was born in 1831, in La Vega, Dominican Republic as the son of Pedro Nolasco Deschamps Padrón and Clara Cecilia Rodriguez. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with María Ignacia Herrera. He died in 1916, in Bonao, Monseñor Nouel, Dominican Republic, at the age of 85.

Pedro Nolasco Deschamps Padrón was born in 1807, in La Vega, Dominican Republic as the son of Pierre Deschamps and Antonia Padrón. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Clara Cecilia Rodríguez.

Pedro Nolasco Deschamps Padrón was born in 1807, in La Vega, Dominican Republic as the son of Pierre Deschamps and Antonia Padrón. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Clara Cecilia Rodríguez.

Pierre Deschamps, who was born in France in 1759, had at least 1 son with Antonia Padrón (Pedro Nolasco Deschamps Padrón).

Antonia Padrón had at least 1 son with Pierre Deschamps. We have not located yet the ancestors from her. We will kepp trying to fond them out.