This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/BiZ.2ACIB/236.3 Message Board Post: My step-father is Ben Gorham. He was born in the Chamal Colony. His father's name was Ed. We (kids) only ever called him "Mr. Ed". Ben is now married to my mother, who was also born in Chamal, Nellie Belshe. The Belshe family and the Ed Gorham family lived across a creek from each other. As far as I know the Ed Gorham house is still standing. My grandfather Belshe's last house (which was cinderblock) has crumbled, but the doors and windows from that last house are now part of a new house that has been constructed nearly on top of the old house's foundation. Interestingly the barn (made from palm logs), which was built in early or middle '50s is still standing and in use. I think Ben was the oldest child of about 8 or 9 children. I think he was the only male. One of his sisters, Raquel, still lives in Chamal. At least one sister lives in Monterrey, NL. Ben and my mom live in River Oaks, which is suburb on the northwest side of Ft. Worth. I just visited Chamal last Oct.-Nov. timeframe. The founders of the Chamal Colony are having benches built and placed around the town plaza. The Gorham and Belshe family are represented as well as the Taylor, Snell and many other families. Have you ever been to Chamal? The descendants of the original colonists have an annual reunion. This year it will actually be in Chamal in November, I believe. Lee