Belgian Laces http://www.amfesm.be/ and http://www.madeleine.be/ Marches of the “Entre Sambre et Meuse” Volume 34 - #134 December 2012 BELGIAN LACES: Official Quarterly Bulletin of Our principal THE BELGIAN RESEARCHERS objective is: Belgian American Heritage Association Keep the Belgian Dear Members, The “Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse Marches” were recognized by the Heritage alive UNESCO intangible heritage on Wednesday December 5th, First of all allow me to thank all of you who in our hearts and in 2012, in Paris. The request for recognition had been made for 15 have continued with us through this transition marches. the hearts of our to an “electronic-only” newsletter. We are posterity still adjusting to this new concept too. 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Table of Contents President-Editor: Inside Cover Régine Brindle Books in Review p113 Treasurer/Secretary: Voisin “de Caters” p114 Melanie Reynolds A B-25 back in Belgium p116 Past Presidents: Belgians on the WWI Draft Cards p117 Micheline Gaudette The Old Soldiers' Homes: Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1867) pt 1 p119 Pierre Inghels The men from Wisconsin p120 The Belgians on the 1910 Census: Indiana p127 Co-Founders: REDISCOVER FAMILY HEIRLOOMS p128 Micheline Gaudette & Pennsylvania and West Virginia Obituaries p129 Ardiena Stegen Belgian Passengers Arriving in New Orleans 1891-1895 p131 Sylvanus MORLEY’s DELANOY Family Ties p133 Belgians in 1911 New Brunswick p136 Deadline for Canadian Obituaries: Manitoba p138 submission of Articles Canadian Obituaries: Ontario p139 to Belgian Laces: Belgians in the 1900 US Census: FLORIDA p141 March 1 – June 1 Fun Facts: Belgian Historical Trivia p143 September 1 - December 1 Contact Information: THE BELGIAN RESEARCHERS - 495 East 5th Street - Peru IN 46970 Tel/Fax:765-473-5667 OR e-mail [email protected] Electronic ONLY: $10 All subscriptions are for the calendar year-*New subscribers receive the four issues of the current year, regardless when paid ISSN: 1554-2432 Content of the articles is the sole responsibility of their authors - All Rights Reserved (anywhere) Content Can Not Be Reproduced or Redistributed without Prior Authorization from The Belgian Researchers, Inc Belgian Laces Vol#34‐134 "This is what I remember... "A mother's legacy to her children and grandchildren By Suzanne Declercq The personal memoirs of a woman who grew up in Belgium during World War II, her immigration to Canada, her life as a single mother after her divorce and her subsequent successful career as an artist, potter and sculptor. Paperback, 235 Pages Price: $21.50 Ships in 3-5 business days http://www.lulu.com/shop/suzanne-declercq/this-is-what-i-remember-a- mothers-legacy-to-her-children-and-grandchildren/paperback/product- 20309329.html The Voisin de Caters : The “making of” By Brussels Air Museum Foundation This booklet of 46 pages describes the construction of the replica of the Voisin biplane of Pierre de Caters at the Royal Army Museum Air & Space Hall in Brussels. This pioneer aircraft celebrate the first Belgian pilot. This publication contains more that 100 illustrations most of them in color. All the benefits of this book will be used for future aircraft restoration (see www.bamf.be) Paperback, 46 Pages Price: $40.74 Ships in 3-5 business days http://www.lulu.com/shop/brussels-air-museum- foundation/the-voisin-de-caters-the-making-of- ii/paperback/product-4300575.html eBook (PDF): $25.18 Download immediately at http://www.lulu.com/shop/brussels-air-museum- foundation/the-voisin-de-caters-the-making-of- ii/ebook/product-17404909.html 113 Belgian Laces Vol#34‐134 Voisin “de Caters” realized by the volunteers of the Brussels Air Museum Restoration Society (BAMRS) http://www.bamfbamrs.be/Bamrs/voisin-en.htm On 30 November 1908, Baron Pierre de Caters (b. Berchem, 25 December 1875 – d. Paris, 21 March 1944) made the first controlled flight over Belgium, on a machine equipped with a Belgian made engine. At the head of a vast fortune, he had dedicated himself to aviation and had participated in various competitions. Member of the Belgian nobility, powerfully built, he was an energetic "sportsman." He had been a race-car driver and had received the title of "World Record Holder" at the Monaco races. In 1907, the Baron became interested in flying machines and purchased a Voisin aircraft built by the French brothers of the same name. The Baron was a wealthy aviation enthusiast and an "amateur," not an engineer who designed his own machines. He began to win fame at the Frankfurt races where he had surpassed Bleriot, with respect to time aloft and altitude, and won first prize. Between 1909 and 1910, he started to participate to many of the “air show” that were then held all around the world. He was the first aviator to do an air display at Istanbul and in Cairo. He even went to India, along with another Belgian aviator, Jules Tyck and did an aborted try in Greece. Reading the here under description, taken from local newspaper of the time, of the flights he did in Istanbul and its tentative flight in Athens, those air display were all but an easy task with the very new and untried aircraft technology of the time. “In a cold and blustery December of 1909, the Belgian Baron Pierre de Caters piloted the first heavier-than-air flying machines over Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The flights astounded the thousands of spectators who had gathered to watch. Baron de Caters arrived the 23 November, planning to make a demonstration of flight in Istanbul and no doubt in an attempt to be the first to fly across the Bosphorus. For his flights, he had brought two aircraft at a cost of 10,000 francs. As soon as he arrived, he obtained the necessary permit and built a shed to protect his machine at the site of his proposed demonstration. The Baron's machine was a canary-yellow, "pusher" biplane. In the center of the two wings was a small "cockpit." The wings were attached to a box kite-like tail by a skeleton frame. The engine had eight cylinders and could produce 70 horsepower. The top speed of the aircraft was 76 kilometers per hour. It carried 80 liters of fuel, which was enough for three hours. On December 2, by the time the Baron had gotten his machine in order, installed the motor, and attached the propeller, it was sunset. Around noon, the Baron had his aircraft brought from its shed and had it pointed toward the field that stretched beyond for 200 meters. He leapt into the machine and started the engine. It made such a loud sound and so shook the ground that it terrified the horses.