This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Veal Belshe Zuspann Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/BiZ.2ACIB/236.2.1 Message Board Post: I was just in Chamal in Oct-Nov timeframe last year. Just about a kilometer north of Chamal Nuevo there is an American cemetery. My grandmother (Virginia Belshe Ramos), Uncle Norman (who I never knew), Uncle Nolen and Uncle Wade are buried there. I bear such a strong resemblance to the Belshe family, that people who don't even know me personally, know that I am of the Belshe family. The patriarch of this family, Childress Webster Jacob Belshe, lived in Chamal until around 1976. He sold his farm around that time and moved to McAllen, Tx with his oldest daughter, my aunt Ruth. He died in McAllen in 1981 and is buried there. Only his daughters (Nellie and Ruth) and a step-son (Ramon) are still alive. The descendants of the Chamal Blalock Colony have a reunion once a year. This year they will hold the reunion in Chamal. There are still some remnants of the Taylor, Medlin and Snell families still in Chamal. I just last November had a nice talk with Lillian Taylor (Snell) at her home there. Lee