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Volume 34 - #132 June 2012 BELGIAN LACES: Official Quarterly Bulletin of Our principal THE BELGIAN RESEARCHERS objective is: Belgian American Heritage Association Keep the Belgian Dear Members, The Queen Elisabeth Competition is one of the most Heritage alive Transitioning to the electronic version of Belgian important and renowned music contests ever. It was celebrating th in our hearts and in Laces is a bit more complicated than I thought. I this year its 75 anniversary. In 1937, the world was found myself conflicted in duplicating in Belgian discovering thanks to the Eugene Ysaÿe Competition (this was the hearts of our Laces, the work that is already available to the competition’s original name), the talent and the character of posterity everyone on our Rootsweb page. Some members David Oistrakh . One year later, the young Emil Gilels himself have requested that we continue doing this won the first prize. The competition, which happens every year,

however so we will up to a point. You will notice rewards the best violinists, pianists and singers aged less than THE BELGIAN in this issue that we seem to have a lot for our 30. The 2012 edition was dedicated to the violin. Canadian friends this time. Also that we have RESEARCHERS shifted the Canadian obituaries to Manitoba for a Belgian American while. Guy Gallez and I have spent countless hours reorganizing the obits and feel pretty good Heritage Association about what you will find online. Check the page at

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founded in 1976 and .htm We plan to update these files quarterly as it seems welcomes as members unproductive to do so as new names are added. Any person of Belgian Check back regularly to see if we have added new names and please feel free to share in this work. Prizes: descent interested in You have access to obituaries that we don’t and 1. Andrey Baranov, first prize (Russia) they might just be what someone else is looking Genealogy, History, 2. Tatsuki Narita, second prize (Japan) for. 3. Hyun-Su Shin, thid prize (Korea) Biography or Heraldry, On the YahooGroup side, we welcome Catherine 4. Esther Yoo, fourth prize (USA) either amateur or Davis as an additional moderator to help Glenn http://blogs.medici.tv/2012/05/concours-reine-elisabeth-2012- Cleereman , as they reorganize and maintain the professional. les-laureats/?lang=en Files and picture albums. BTW, have you seen the

You are invited to funeral cards that were donated recently? 14 Mar 2012 – A terrible bus accident in Sierre, become a member and Go take a look http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheBelgianResearchers/p Switzerland took the lives of 28 people – 6 to participate actively hotos/album/0/list adults and 22 grade school students - from in the work of the I am still waiting to have The Belgian Researchers Lommel and Heverlee, Belgium who were on a special school trip at the Val d'Anniviers. 52 society. NFP status reinstated. The IRS told me we were eligible for a reduced fee but it turned out we passengers (including 4 teachers and 2 drivers) The annual weren’t, so this created additional delays. I were on the bus when it hit the side of the tunnel through which they were travelling at the membership fee received word this past week that they have received our paperwork and we should be notified normal speed of 100km/h. This caused the driver to lose control includes a subscription shortly… In any case, I am glad we are all digital of the bus before ramming itself into the tunnel wall. 24 to the quarterly this year or we would really be in trouble with children survived: 17 Belgians, 1 Dutch, 1 German and 1 Polish. sending Belgian Laces – paper… The students’ families were flown right away, accompanied by BELGIAN LACES So, ENJOY!!! a team of psychologists to help them cope with this ordeal. Elio di Rupo called for a national day of mourning. Régine

President-Editor: Table of Contents Régine Brindle Inside Cover Treasurer/Secretary: Books in Review p39 Melanie Reynolds Belgian Priest a Redemptorist Hero in Canada p40 Past Presidents: Heartfelt Congratulations to MaryAnn Defnet p42 Micheline Gaudette The Belgians in Manitoba p43 The Belgian and French colonies of Manitoba (Excerpts) p44 Pierre Inghels Belgians in 1906 Alberta p49 Co-Founders: Canadian Obituaries: Manitoba p51 Micheline Gaudette & Belgians on the WWI Draft Cards p53 Ardiena Stegen Pennsylvania and West Virginia Obituaries p54 Belgians on the 1940 Census: Rhode Island p58 Titanic’s Orchestra p61 Deadline for Researching Online: Bibliotheca Andana p62 submission of Articles Using Billion Graves Website p65 to Belgian Laces: Did You Know? p67 March 1 – June 1 Index p68 September 1 - December 1 Contact Information: THE BELGIAN RESEARCHERS - 495 East 5th Street - Peru IN 46970

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La Balle Pelote au Coeur de notre Région By Benoît Goffin http://www.patrimoineculturel.org/index.php?page=livre#details

Richly illustrated with more than 300 beautiful color photos: old photos as well as more current ones, stars, ballodromes, trophies, historical documents, art work… This book provides a great deal of information about this Belgian game, be it the author’s lively narrative or the numerous anecdotes found herein. We are also trying to find if this game was brought to the US by the emigrants, so if you have any information, please contact us. We are working on an article for a future issue of Belgian Laces

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Redemption and Ritual: The Eastern-Rite Redemptorists of North America, 1906-2006. By Paul Laverdure

This is a must read for anyone interested in Eastern Catholicism and the Ukrainian Catholic Church in particular. It is also indispensable as a microhistory of a unique North American religious community. Follow the story of Father Achiel Delaere, Belgian priest who emigrated to Canada. Highly recommended if you can find a copy. See review: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1618329801.html http://bvmartyrshrine.com/books.htm Yorkton, Canada: Redeemer's Voice Press. 2007. Pp. xviii, 421 $19.95 paperback ISBN 978-0-978-19442-0

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Belgian Priest a Redemptorist Hero in Canada By Cheryl Girard http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/belgian-priest-a-redemptorist-hero-in- canada-99162264.html Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 24, 2010 H13

The 1899 wreck of the Scotsman off Belle Isle washed upon its shores a young Belgian priest who, often misunderstood and underappreciated, would go on to leave a lasting legacy in the history of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada.

Narrowly escaping the fury of a three-day storm only to have the ship he sailed on crash1 upon the rocks off the coast of the tiny, uninhabited island north of Newfoundland, it seemed the young priest from the very beginning of his life in North America came up against tremendously difficult circumstances. Achiel Delaere left a secure Belgian home to do God's Paul Laverdure, author of Redemption and Ritual, said Achiel Delaere should be considered one of work overseas. the greatest of the world's many Belgian missionaries and yet he is little known today. Father Bohdan Lukie, of St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Winnipeg, says Delaere is "a great hero and a saint among our Ukrainian people."

In an age where very few young men are becoming priests, it may seem incomprehensible why Achiel Delaere, born to a large and loving family, would want to leave his secure Belgian home to come to what was then an unfamiliar, underdeveloped and often frozen land.

1 The sinking of the Dominion Line steamship "Scotsman" in 1899 The Saint John Globe 1899 - transcribed By Børge Solem 2004 http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/great-disasters.asp?articleid=84&zoneid=1 Eleven of the Scotsman's Passengers lost - WHILE LEAVING THE WRECKED STEAMSHIP - ALL WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Vessel is a Total Loss - Particulars of the Disaster - Great Suffering Endured. A transcript from the Saint John Globe, bringing the story about the sinking of the Scotsman and the drowning of 11 passengers (Special to Globe.) RIMOUSKI, Que., Sept. 29. - The Dominion liner Scotsman was wrecked eight days ago on the southeast of Change Island, eight miles from Belle Isle lighthouse, and eleven of her passengers were drowned while disembarking from the wrecked steamer. The Scotsman is a total wreck. The names of those who were drowned were: Mrs. Robertson, wife of the manager of' the Sunlight Soap Co., of Toronto; Miss Robertson, her daughter; Mrs. Childs, Wife of the stage manager of the "Sign of the Cross" company; Miss Street, of Montreal, travelling companion of Miss Duncan, of Montreal; Mrs. Dickson, of Windsor, Ont., wife of a former editor of the Toronto Globe. These were first cabin passengers. Miss R. Weavers, Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Skelton and an infant of Mrs. Roberts' were second cabin and steerage passengers. The names of the others who are missing cannot be obtained. The steamer Montfort, with 249 of the Scotsman's passengers on board, reached here at eleven o'clock this morning. The Montfort brought to Rimouski all of the Scotsman's passengers except some 66 second cabin and steerage passengers who were left on the island, and nine passengers and forty-five of the crew were taken off by the steamship Monterey and carried to Liverpool. The passengers who were left on the island will come to Rimouski on the Allan line steamship Germanica [?]. The story told by the passengers who arrived here this morning is one of untold hardship and suffering. Mr. Emerson; who was representing the firm of Messrs. C. H. Christy & Co., the well known hatters, of London, was a passenger on board the Scotsman. According to his story, the vessel struck at 2.30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 21. All the passengers were in bed. There was a dense fog at the time and the first warning the passengers had was when the vessel struck the rock. There was a crash and a heavy crushing sound as the ship piled head on the rocks. In a moment all was confusion. The passengers crowded on deck, partly dressed. There was a high sea running at the time and the ship's officers, fearing the vessel would slip back from the rock on which she had struck into deep water and founder, ordered the boats lowered. The women and children were lowered into the boats with great difficulty. One of the boats foundered after it had been filled with women and children. It is said by those who were in the boat that the plug was out and the boat filled with water, and it was through this accident that the loss of life occurred. Four boats n all were lowered, and each was crowded with women and children. They put out to sea and remained as near the wreck as possible until daylight. The other passengers were lowered to the rocks by means of ropes. By Saturday noon all the passengers had reached shore, the women and children being carried over the wrecked vessel to the rocks. The conduct of, the crew was, simply outrageous. No sooner had the ship foundered than the crew invaded all the cabins and attacked the baggage of the passengers. During the night these brutes, in a disgustingly drunken condition, swaggered about among the helpless passengers, swearing and singing ribald songs. The ships officers were utterly unable to control the crew, being busily engaged saving the lives of the passengers. Too much cannot be said of the courage displayed by the women passengers. They behaved nobly. It is hard to say what was the cause of the accident, but it was evident the ship was entirely out of her course. The crew, it may be stated, was a picked-up one, owing to the seamen's strike at Liverpool. OTTAWA, Sept. 29. - The Department of Marine has received no information from Commander Wakeham, and does not know whether he has been able to go to the relief of the Scotsman or not. Prof. W. F. Stockley, of the University of New Brunswick, was a passenger on the wrecked steamer. 40

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Delaere, was born in 1868, the eighth of 13 children, in the ancient village of Lendelede, Western Flanders, Belgium. Delaere, at age 19, felt himself drawn to the missionary work of Redemptorist priests.

The Redemptorists, a congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, devoted themselves, as they do now, to serving the poor and abandoned.

Ordained at the age of 28, Delaere did not envision a future in Canada. He had volunteered for mission work in Argentina but the urgent visit of St. Boniface's Archbishop Langevin to Belgium in 1898 to plead for help with Eastern European immigrants pouring into the Prairies led to Delaere being chosen instead for Canada.

The Belgian priest was charged with setting up a monastery in Brandon. He was needed to work in the surrounding area, which had attracted immigrants who were Catholic and mostly of Slavic origins. The immigrants lacked the spiritual comfort of priests who could minister to them in their own language.

Delaere needed to learn the language himself. He was hastily sent to Galicia, which is now part of Ukraine and then under Austrian rule, but was shortly reassigned to learn Polish when it was mistakenly assumed this was the language needed most. Rushed to Canada, Delaere set out by train for Brandon. He was sent to care for the people outside of Brandon, especially Shoal Lake and Hun's Valley where Ukrainians and Polish people from Galicia had settled. Delaere said mass according to the Latin rite and preached in Polish but learned that most of the Galicians he encountered were Eastern rite Catholics who spoke Ukrainian. Although in union with Rome, they had remained faithful to the liturgy of their traditional Eastern rite.

The Roman Catholic Church was faced with an urgent situation. The Ukrainian-speaking Catholics longed to have priests of their own.

Delaere was sent to the Yorkton, Sask., area, where there was a huge number of Ukrainians. The Ukrainians did not trust the Belgian priest and they were convinced rightly that he was trying to convert them to the Latin rite of the Roman Catholics. Many refused to accept him.

A chapel and a monastery were built in Yorkton but Delaere realized he would be more useful as a bi-ritual priest able to celebrate mass in both Latin and Eastern rites and asked for permission to do so. Langevin eventually relented and granted Delaere permission to exercise the rite, but only temporarily.

Delaere celebrated his first Eastern rite divine liturgy on Sept. 26, 1906, in the St. Boniface bishop's chapel and owing to necessity continued to serve in the Eastern rite.

Delaere at one point was hauled out of a little church by Ukrainians and thrown off the property. They did not know Delaere had been preparing an official request for a Ukrainian Catholic bishop for Canada to help calm the threat of revolt. Langevin, at first reluctant, eventually agreed to it.

The first entirely Eastern rite community and parish had its beginnings in the basement of St. Gerard's chapel in Yorkton in 1906 and St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church was established there by Delaere in1913. Ukrainians still desired to have priests of their own nationality and demanded the removal of the Redemptorists. Overworked, suffering from financial difficulties, and fearing the end of their ministry here, Delaere toiled to set up more churches and soon had a nervous breakdown.

By 1930, Delaere agreed there was a need for Ukrainian priests also. But deeply discouraged by others' attempts to anglicize the Ukrainians, he left to work among the Ukrainians in Europe. There, he convinced Belgium that their mission should be joined to Galicia and he returned to Canada when this had been done. This resulted in men finally being sent from Ukraine to contribute to the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada.

Said Father Lukie, "his heart and soul was in Canada and so therefore, he returned to continue his work here and die here."

Having devoted 40 years to the Ukrainian Catholics of the Canadian Prairies, Delaere died in 1939 at age 71 from pneumonia and is considered a man of great faith and perseverance -- a Redemptorist hero by those who came after him.

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HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS (although belated) to our long time member and friend Mary Ann DEFNET

For her 2011 Induction into the Virginia V. Irvin Volunteer Hall of Fame !

http://wsgs.wetpaint.com/page/2011+Inductee Submitted by Micheline GAUDETTE

WHEREAS Mrs. Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet has distinguished herself through more than thirty-five years of service to the Wisconsin genealogical community rendered through the Bay Area Genealogical Society, of which she was a founding member in 1976, and

WHEREAS Mrs. Defnet has been a dedicated volunteer at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center, teaching sessions in Belgian-American genealogy and assisting with complex questions in the areas of Belgian- American and French Canadian genealogy, and

WHEREAS Mrs. Defnet assisted with the collection, development and preparation for digitization of the Belgian- American Research Collection at the Area Research Center, (here shown with her daughter Janet Defnet) and which is now part of the University of Wisconsin Digital http://wsgs.wetpaint.com/photo/12210539/Mary+Ann+%26+Janet+Defnet Collections, and Photo added by mrieder WHEREAS Mrs. Defnet, was the significant and driving force

behind a project that transcribed the gravestones located in Mary Ann (Antoinette) was born on December 30, 1930 to the seventy cemeteries in Brown County, and Henry Joseph LURQUIN or Belgian ancestry and Mary Odile WHEREAS Mrs. Defnet, served as the editor of the “Gems of BENO of French Canadian ancestry. She was educated in Genealogy” for the Bay Area Genealogical Society for fifteen Catholic schools and graduated from St. Joseph Academy in years which ensured readers were receiving a newsletter that 1948. always explained some aspect of genealogical research in a In 1953 she married John DEFNET, the couple had 5 children. simple and understandable way, and MaryAnn has been a member of many organizations and was a founding member of the highly respected Bay Area Genealogical WHEREAS Mrs. Defnet, was the organizer, documentation Society. She has been a member of The Belgian Researchers analyzer, typist, indexer, calligrapher and mail clerk that for over 30 years, in fact she was the person to go to for answers issued almost 3,000 certificates in a period of less than two on Belgians in Wisconsin, always so helpful, I learned a lot from years for the “Jean Nicolet Certificate Program” offered by her. Mary Ann has published numerous articles in Belgian the Bay Area Genealogical Society, NOW THEREFORE, Laces. She and Dorothy LUTOMSKI, her late cousin published “Reunion, A Beno-Champeau Genealogy and The BE IT RESOLVED that the Wisconsin State Genealogical Lurquin addition” – a must to read for those with Lurquin-Beno Society expresses to Mrs. Mary Ann Lurquin Defnet its ancestry. She was the main provider of information in Father sincerest thanks and deepest appreciation for her years of dedication and service, and Jean DUCAT’s publications regarding Belgians in Wisconsin, and her name is listed as the first author of ”From Grez Doiceau BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Wisconsin State to Wisconsin”. Many years ago I had the pleasure to meet Mary Genealogical Society hereby inducts Mrs. Mary Ann Lurquin Ann in Belgium. It was a most pleasant experience. I consider Defnet into the MaryAnn as a friend. Virginia V. Irvin Volunteer Hall of Fame. In recent years MaryAnn has braved several health issues and Adopted at La Crosse, Wisconsin, this 15th day of April 2011. although she has cut back in how much she helps, she still remains involved in helping genealogists find their Belgian Accepting on Mary Ann's behalf was her daughter, Janet roots. Old school, she prefers pan and paper to the internet. Defnet.

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The Belgians in Manitoba By Guy Gallez

The first Belgians to Canada came during the French rule in Canada. The Intendent, Jean Talon, who served in Hainaut before coming to New France, hired some Belgian artisans to stimulate building, manufacturing, and mining in the Colony. After New France was ceded to Britain in 1763, a few Belgians went to British North America. It was not until assisted passage and free land grants were extended to Belgians that a group of ninety-nine families arrived in Quebec in 1862. The first Immigration Act in 1869 classified Belgium among the “preferred countries”. Flemish farmers and Walloon miners and industrial workers were considered “desirable”.

Belgians did not emigrate to Canada in large numbers. The opinion was that when Walloons left their homeland, it was usually “to become rich, or because of a sense of adventure. Even so, they rarely left… without a desire to return”, and the Flemings possessed “an extreme, almost exaggerated parochialism” and “decide(d) to leave their native land only as a last resort”. In any event, Canada was not a first choice for those who decided to go abroad, and the United States was considered much more attractive. Most of the Belgian emigrants went to Canada on their own. Few emigrations were successful. Abbé P. J. Verbist attracted people around Quebec City and the future colony of Namur near Ottawa. He was less successful afterward because he violated diocesan rules when he engaged in the import business.

Gustaaf Vekeman, who came to Sherbrokke, near Montreal, in 1882, attracted only twenty people with a limited amount of capital. Other schemes were built for many areas of Canada, but considering only Manitoba, putting aside other attempts, the first emigration scheme involving that State came in 1887 when the Société d’Immigration Française sent its secretary, accompanied by the Belgian engineer Georges Kaiser, in advance of settlers for Manitoba. Three years later Quebec’s legendary colonizer Antoine Labelle convinced Louis Hacault, editor of the conservative Courrier de Bruxelles, to visit Manitoba. Before that, with the help of Bishop Gabriel Cloutier, colonization agent, and Mgr Alexandre-Antonin Taché, archbishop of Saint-Boniface, the fist Belgians went some years sooner to Manitoba. A few came around 1880, but the first big settlement, about 200 people came in Canada in 1888 and settled in Saint-Alphonse, who became latter Mariapolis, Swan Lake, Deloraine and the Sainte-Amelie and Sainte-Rose areas.

Louis Hacault visited them in 1890 as a result of a depressive mind following twenty years of overworking as a journalist. Traveling abroad was counseled to him as a therapy. He was born on December 22, 1844 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Brussels) and was educated in the Jesuit College in Turnhout. He studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, where he also gained his doctorship. The young lawyer, very influenced by the catholic ideas went to work as a journalist and editor at the Catholic Courrier de Bruxelles, for which he worked 25 years. On August 29, 1877, he was married to Leontine Tilmont from Cambron-Casteau (Hainaut), who was born April 13, 1858. They had 8 children before immigrating to Manitoba in 1892, six living at that time. In Manitoba they had four more. He settled in Bruxelles-des-monts (now Bruxelles) a new settlement detached from Saint-Alphonse in the regional municipality of Lorne, Manitoba. The original town site was located approximately two miles north of its current location. It was moved due to the poor location of the original town site.

In Manitoba, Hacault was more than a leader of the Belgian emigration to Manitoba. He was also a writer for the conservative catholic newspapers. His strong catholic belief and connection with the clergy of Rome were widely known. He was against technology, against the Public School, against imitating the United-States considered by him as a Masonic republic, with the Pope against the Italian State and town of Rome. An anti-semite, he was afraid of the franc-maçonnerie and socialism. Pope Léon XIII decorated him with the “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” cross and the “Order of St-Gregorius the Great” in 1888. His death occurred in Bruxelles, Manitoba, on July 28, 1921 when he was 76 years old. His wife followed him on July 7, 1925, at the age of 67 years. The following account is a translation of the book (Les colonies Belges et Françaises du Manitoba) written from his letters sent in French to the Courrier de Bruxelles, and the same letters sent in Flemish to the Handelsblad, in Antwerp during his trip to Canada in 1890. They were also destined to the Count Waldbottde Bassenheim, general secretary of the “Société Saint-Raphaël”, a protective association for the emigrants based at Saint-André-lez-Bruges, Belgium. A steamer embarked Hacault on June 10, 1890, to Harwichand from there to Liverpool by train. He was in Quebec on June 21 and almost immediately from there to Montreal. At Montreal he went to Sherbrooke to visit Gustaaf Vekeman, a journalist like him and Belgian settler in Canada. From here, I’ll translate what Louis Hacault wrote in his letters.

They were followed two years later by a book of propaganda (Authentic letters from Belgian colonists settled in Manitoba in recent years by promoting the incomes of their farms and giving an assessment of some advantages of the country) to attract Belgian emigrants to that part of Manitoba. At the request of LaRivière, MP for Provencher in Federal Parliament, Father G. Willems born in Roeselare, West Flanders, parish priest of Brussels who came to Canada with Louis Hacault , made a tour of his parishioners to collect their letters written in November and December 1893. He asked them to give their date of arrival and the means available to them when they are installed, the composition of their family, make an inventory of their possessions and estimate its value, and finally say if they were happy to have settled in Manitoba. This brochure was distributed everywhere. I will highlight here that information regarding the origin of these emigrants, including some French that I will take as well, but I will spare the reader endless lists of enumeration of land holdings, animals, crops, and the history of their purchases and investments. In summary, most arrived with little or nothing, and after a lot of work, began to accumulate land, crops and agricultural equipment, house, barns and animal shelters. Life remains difficult in 1893 with little or no cash but is improving every year. The exploitation of the land in the summer and the sale of firewood in the winter are the main resources.

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The Belgian and French colonies of Manitoba (Excerpts)

Saut des Récollets (near Montreal). Two miles north of Montreal is a farm run by Mr. Cunard, a very intelligent French Canadian, he has Belgians in his service.

Sherbrooke (near Montreal). I visited the homestead of Mr. Vekeman which is confined to culture and succeeded wonderfully. Mr. Vekeman is very familiar with agriculture and its products have won awards in competitions. He has horse and carriage, and livestock for its dairy use. I was able look closely in his home at his Canadian way of life, led by a model housewife. As a building the Canadian house is original and very comfortable. Everything is made of wood, built for the harsh winters, but with a balcony and veranda for summer. I visited nearby, a farm run by a Belgian, M. Cambron, whose father is a veterinarian at Poix-Saint-Lambert (Luxembourg). Mr. Cambron was established in Sherbrooke, a few years ago. Its beginnings were quite hard, because of the difficulties in land clearing that our Belgians are not used to. Another Belgian settler, M. Luc, is established a little further. I have been unable to visit him.

Winnipeg, (Saint-Boniface) The population of St. Boniface is essentially of French origin. It is the capital of French Manitoba. The first Belgian I met was Mr. Constant Paulus, a former "free" teacher, now manager at Loreto, where he renders some real service to the settlers. I've been in St. Boniface, at the farm of M. Bossut, a Belgian from Flanders. He operates a dairy of 20 cows, assisted by a young Flemish. The sister and the father of Mr. Bossut (74 years old) came to join him. They are very happy and have, in common with other Belgians at Otterburn (St. Pierre) a more important agricultural holding. Among the Belgian families associated with Bossut in Otterburn, are the Dejongh and Delbecque, which are wealthy. Industrial Coal comes to Winnipeg from the mines in Assiniboine and Alberta. I learned this information from a Belgian, M. J. Gobaux, settled in St. Boniface, as a manufacturer of pottery and who is healthy. He operates with rich layers of earth for bricks and pottery, the only ones currently used in the country.

Cypress River (Saint-Alphonse) Having landed in Winnipeg, I made, the next day, a visit to Bishop Cloutier, at the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface. I was honored to be received also by Mgr Taché, the venerable Archbishop of St. Boniface. On July 5, 50 at 11am in the morning, I was in the train to visit the Belgian colony established in the parish of Saint-Alphonse, who is ten miles (three good miles) away of the Cypress River station. The next day, Father R. M. Campeau, a French Canadian, cordially received me and offered to drive me to the Belgians, many of whom arrived in Saint-Alphonse two years ago. I saw about thirty Belgians with whom I had a general meeting to begin with. It lasted about an hour. An endless discussion! The arrival of a journalist from Brussels caused a stir among them. They were very happy to see a fellow coming to take news from them.

Here, the names of the main ones. All or almost all are heads of households. Their number is 140 people (women and children): Félix Londoz, Mathot, H. Allard, Radelet (in the vicinity of Dinant), J. Allard, Forget, E. Maurage, Volscher, J. Henrard, Jacques father and son, J. Guilmin, Steyaert (a Flemish), Deschouver (id.), Schoemacher (from Virton), De Calvaer (a Flemish), O. Maurage, Sauvelet, Baccus, J. Agarand, Kaljen, Nicloux, J. Fifils, Jul. Fifils, H. Fifils, X. De Keuster (a Flemish), J. Barbier, A. Foidort, H. Leroy from Villers-devant Orval (Luxemburg), Th. Dropsy, J. Barthélemy, Lecoq, J. Massoz (former free teacher of Luxemburg), widow Voz and children, V. Ritchez, Deraux, De Calvaer father, J.-B. Deraux, P. Martin, Pontiau, Clinquant and J. Arnould. All these settlers have their homesteads, and those of their son who are eighteen years have also their own. I visited in detail two dozen families. All are very happy. Not one of these settlers wants to return to Belgium. One, Schoemacher, told me that if we offered him 20,000 francs and free passage, he would not return. The wife of Calyaer, said in Flemish: Och, mijnheer, wij zijn hier in den hemel. (Oh ! Sir, we are here in heaven!). 44

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A daughter of Mr. Fifils married the son of one of the largest French-Canadian farmer from Saint-Alphonse, Mr. Bernardin, whom I also met during an informative and friendly visit. Everybody marries very young. The families of ten and eleven children are common. The Canadians have been perfect in respect of our compatriots. When the first shipment of Belgians came down to Cypress River, two or three years ago, all the French Canadians were there to receive them. Mr. Bernardin has housed 45 of them for several weeks. As for the parish priest, Campeau, he is the founder of the colony. Living on little, he is ready to help everyone, he is both priest and colon, unofficial agent for the land, the arbiter of his parishioners; farmer himself, he knows everything about agronomy in Manitoba and his councils are invaluable.

Belgian colonists of Grande-Clairiere After a few days of rest to gather notes and checking more information, I resolved to push to the Rocky Mountains. But precisely on my trip were the colonies of Oak Lake and Grande-Clairiere. I spent three days visiting Grande-Clairiere, near Oak Lake. I was indicated that this colony was prosperous and partly composed of Belgian, the one of Grande-Clairiere is flourishing, but mostly French and English. In a break drawn by two horses, it takes six hours to make the road from Oak Lake to Grande-Clairiere. The appearance of the country reminds me of the Kempen in Belgium, the priest (R. M. Gaire) is preaching his sermons in French, his whole colony being French or Belgian. When the Mass end, the cure is invaded by worshipers coming, as at St. Alphonse, to consult the priest on their business, withdraw their letters, etc.

Here the list of Belgian colonists established, many with their families, at Grande-Clairiere. (This colony is only two or three years old). Billy, his wife are four children, from Luxemburg ; Gathain and his daughter (married to a French Canadian) from Luxemburg ; another Gathain, his sister, his wife and two children (id.); Colignon (id.) ; Colaux, his wife and some children (id.) ; Renard, , his wife and some children (id.) ; Dumonceaux (id.) ; Jacmart, Uncle and nephew (id.); J. Flick and his wife and four children (id.) ; Poncelet, his wife and three children, (id.) ; Edm. Delaitte, his wife and four children (from Redu, Luxemburg) ; Alp. Coppet and his daughter (id.) ; Cyr. Libert (id.); Monie, his wife and six children, from Vonêche (id.) ; Dupont, his wife and children, from Charleroi ; Edm. Fasseaux from Binche (Hainaut) ; J. Charles, his wife and four children (Hainaut) ; A. Charles, from Monceaux- sur-Sambre (id.) ; Jules Louis, his wife and children (Hainaut) ; Fr. Wodon, his wife and ten children, from Vonêche (Luxemburg) ; Damien Lamotte, his wife and four children, de Daverdisse (Luxemburg) ; a Flemish M. Moerenhout is established at Hartney (nearby station served by a new branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway), Finally a Belgian, Mr. Cuvilier, also a Flemish is based in Oak Lake. A settler of French origin, Mr. Stringer, who came from Neufchâteau (Luxemburg) married to a Belgian, gave me the most gracious hospitality. Mr. Stringer currently has about 20 ha in grain. Joseph Charles tells me that medical care is expensive. The English physician at 8 miles, ask for 5 fr. per mile. Mr. Flick, who came from Somethone (Luxemburg) was in Belgium, a communal teacher. The situation of Mr. Fasseaux of Binche, associated with a French, M. Chazal, is good. He received me in his house and we chatted amicably for an hour. Mr. Fasseaux, devoted to colonization, has his father in Binche. [note from Louis Hacault in 1892: Mr. Edm. Fasseaux made since several trips to Belgium. He came back each time having with him excellent settlers. He came again in March 1892 from Belgium with a hundred settlers]

[ This was published in the 1890 letters. In the book edition of 1892, Louis Hacault adds as a note ]: We see that the Belgian colony of "Grande Clairiere" is numbering a hundred people. The prosperity of "Grande Clairiere" is such that it is now talk of creating a new Belgian parish 35 km further west. This parish to be named "Leopold". Grande Clairiere had received Belgian families in the spring of 1891 including: Vinck, his wife and children from Vonêche (Namur); Arnould Eug. (Lux.) Hardy, his wife and five children, from Brussels, Van Humbeck, also from Brussels, G. Honoré from Haut Pont (Luxemburg). We Can estimate at 150 families or heads of families, the French and Belgian immigrants established in the spring of 1891 in the provinces of Manitoba and the Assiniboine, including seven Swiss families established in N.-D. de Lourdes, near St. Alphonse and thirteen French families established in St. Louis l'Angevin (Saskatchewan).

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The French colonies south-east of Winnipeg. July 29 ... the letter is the last of my letters from Manitoba ... I made an interesting excursion to the French Canadian colonies of Sainte-Anne, La Broquerie - which is referred to as a future place for Belgian emigrants - and Sainte-Agathe. We headed to Loreto where the Belgian, Mr. Constant Paulus settled. At Sainte-Anne des Chenes, I found lodging at Mr. Desautels, a great landowner. Near his farm-house, I visited a widow of German origin, coming from Verviers, Ms. Toffenbach, whose only son is serving the family Desautels. The widow Toffenbach told me the trials of the early years, followed by a fire that burned her house and nearly all her furniture. Fires are fairly common, the wooden houses being a naturally high risk. Fortunately her son is brave. They have farming land as well as land for livestock. At La Broquerie, a few miles from the parish church, we stopped at a Belgian farm, owned by Mr. Pierson, from Gros- Fays (province of Namur, Canton of Gedinne). Pierson was a former police officer in Verviers. The welcome we received was really touching. The Pierson family celebrated the visit of the Belgian journalist and his worthy leader who put together a complete history from its beginnings in Canada. It is most interesting, but it would be too long to recount it here. When he started, he was in such need that he had to buy flour on credit to feed his family, at the time made up of eight people.

Last notes on the Manitoba colonies. These regions (about Winnipeg) are ideal for Belgians. Many at least, settled there, including Otterburn, Saint-Pierre, etc. - Saint-Pierre (Otterburn): The province has several Belgian families, including families Menu, Bossuyt (Ypres) [quoted above], and so on. - La Brocquerie: a Belgian family, the family Pierson [listed above] - Saint-Alphonse: main Belgian colony with Grande Clairière - Saint-Léon (adjacent parish of Saint-Alphonse): several Belgian families are established - Notre-Dame de Lourdes: several Belgians

Louis Hacault and Léontine Tilmont

Bibliography and further reading : Louis Hacault : arbre généalogique de François Ripart – geneanet Leontine Tilmont : arbre généalogique de François Ripart – geneanet Louis Hacault « Colonies Belges et Française du Manitoba » French text available on-line at the University of Alberta Gustave Vekeman « Lettres d’un émigrant, ou Voyage au Canada » French text available on-line at the University of Alberta Les Belges au Manitoba: « lettres authentiques de colons belges au Manitoba, … » French text available on-line at the University of Alberta Louis Hacault Homestead Picasa Album Web of Stephanie Tack Serge Jaumain « Les immigrants preferés » Google Book « Encyclopedia of Canada » : Belgians in general. Louis Hacault is referenced in : Arrival and Settlement ; Education ; Migration Les Belges au Manitoba : la société historique de Saint-Boniface

The Belgians in Manitoba (Excerpts) Authentic Letters from Belgians who have been settled in Manitoba for several years send news on the status of their farming progress and show appreciation for some of the advantages their new country offers them.

Joseph Julien Henrard - from Belgium +/- 1889 Do not believe everything is bad, or it's heaven on earth. Here as elsewhere it takes work and intelligence.... For four years I've been here, I'm not rich yet but I live without thought of the morrow.

Alphonse Baccus - from Grand Mesnil, Luxemburg 1888 Leaving Grand Mesnil, Luxembourg, March 14, 1888, I arrived in Canada on 2 April ... entered the service of many people in the country, I gained enough to make the first buildings on the homestead that the government had given me and in the meantime I was made aware of habits and works of the country. 46

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Joseph Massoz - from Grand Mesnil, Belgium 1888 My family consists of seven people. I left Grand Mesnil March 14, 1888 March 1888 and I came here on 2 April ... Canadians stand out for the hospitality they exercise to strangers

Hector Le Roy - From Villers devant Orval, Luxemburg 1888 I left Villers devant Orval, le 13 March 1888 and arrived in Saint-Alphonse April 3 of that year. I'm 40, my wife, Clemence Dropsy, 33 years, I have four children, Rache 19 years, Carmen 7 years, both born in Belgium. Karl 3 years and Bertha 5 months, the last two born in Canada. I have two workers, Désiré Van Hoorbeck and François Guist.

François Deschouwer - from Everbecq, Saint-Joseph 1888 I left Everbecq March 19, 1888; My job there was carpenter. We had five children. I went alone to Manitoba, I sent the money earned here, and in April 1889, my wife and children followed me.

Henri Dekelver - from Belgium 1888 I arrived in Saint-Alphonse April 3, 1888. I am one of the first Belgians who emigrated to St. Alphonse. I traveled a lot the first year not only to make money, but to visit the places.

Victor Richet - Houdeng-Goegnies, Hainaut 1888 I left Houdeng-Goegnies, Hainaut, Belgium, March 18, 1888. I arrived in Manitoba on April 7 ... There is only one thing missing here: Someone would do well to send a regiment of girls in Manitoba, because here there are too many single men.

Théophile Dropsy - from Biesmes, Colonoine. 1888 I left Biesmes, Colonoise, September 24, 1888, and arrived in Saint-Alphonse on October 14 of that year. I'm 61 years old and my wife 55 years old; my land is high with clay subsoil.

Henri Allard (father) - from Villers-la-Loue 1888 I left Belgium, Villers-la-Loue, March 14, 1888, and arrived on April 2 at St. Alphonse. I worked as a daily laborer to feed my family. In winter, with the work of making cordwood, you win as much as in the season. We have a few lazy and arrogant few who came to do follies. Moreover, rolling stone gathers no moss, and the man who travel does not collect money.

Guillaume Dekelver, (aged 61) - from Mont-sur-Marchienne, near Charleroi 1888 I arrived April 5, 1888, from Mont-sur-Marchienne, near Charleroi. When in Manitoba, I took a homestead all in wood, no money, no support, just a 14 year old boy with me. I am a father of 10 children, including 5 children still at home.

Pierre Martin Lecomte 1888 I arrived April 3, 1888 with my son and daughter. We have worked to raise enough money to pay for our land. Then I sent 170 francs to my wife ... In 1889, I sent 150 francs to my wife ... In 1890, I sent 1.075 francs to my wife to join me in Canada. My family arrived on February 17, 1891.

Arnold Foidard - from Thier-à-Liège 1888 Arnold Foidard, his wife Catherine Barbier and their children Julien, Laurent and Julienne, living rue Grand Vinave n° 47 in Thier-à- Liège, left for Manitoba, Canada, September 4, 1888. We have taken the ship "Ahton" September 5, in Antwerp, at 6 pm. Arrived September 25 at 8 pm. at Cypress River, reached Saint-Alphonse the next day.

Jean Kergen - District of Messancy, Belgium 1889 Aged 43, went from Halanzy June 20, 1889, and arrived July 12 in St. Alphonse. Then I brought on my family on September 14. It arrived on October 4 of that year. The family consists of my wife, 41, three boys and two girls. The oldest boy is 17 years old, the second 14 and the third a year old ... It is a country very healthy, because it never rains in winter; it's a dry wind, and in winter it is a pleasure because we travel with the sled on the snow, and we move on lakes as well as on the roads.

Joseph Barten – Dochamp, Luxemburg 1889 We left the town of Dochamps, District Erzee on March 19, 1889. Arrived in Saint-Alphonse 6 April 1889. I was employed on the second day of my arrival by a farmer to sow his wheat, and thank God, work was plenty. I received my homestead May 29, same year.

E. Lebrun - from Marcinelle 1891 I left Marcinelle on April 18, 1891 with Eugene, my son 16 years old. We arrived on May 10 We worked with farmers ... and both of us received a homestead ... two of my other son came to join us on April 2, 1892, Auguste, 23 years old and Albert, aged 14. My wife came to join us on February 7, 1893 with my two other sons Edmund aged 17 and 7 year old Oscar ...

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Jules François - from Meix-le-Tige, Luxembourg 1891 I left Europe March 14, 1891, to go to Winnipeg. Arrived in Winnipeg on April 5, I had to work, and that for eleven months, after which I went to St. Alphonse ... On July 7 of this year, my wife joined me with my three children, Alphonse eight years old, Ivone, aged five, and Auguste, two years old ... In the intervals, I worked for several employers.

André Choque - from Battincourt, Luxembourg 1891 Left Battincourt March 12, 1891. We were five, my mother, a widow, and four children

Julien Fifi - from Belgium, 1891 I'm in Manitoba since April 17, 1891 and I have traveled much of the country from north to south and from east to west, and I could not find a more advantageous place here, Bruxelles in Manitoba

Joseph Hutlet - from Halanzy, Belgique 1891 I left Halanzy, Province of Luxemburg, February 19, 1891 with my family consisting in my wife and nine children, and arrived March 10 in Manitoba

L. Hacault 1892 I have no regret for coming with my family (wife and six children) to Bruxelles, Manitoba. My health, shattered by 20 years of hard work and mental fatigue, has benefited from this radical change, my children and my wife adapted quickly to their new outdoor life and active occupations. They are in full health, and my family, recently increased again, consider the future with confidence, despite the trials and difficulties of the present hour.

Joseph Nicloux - from Halanzy, Luxembourg 1892 I arrived here June 22, 1892 with my family, consisting of my wife and three children, the eldest being three and a half, the second two years old, and the last three months .. It was a very bad year, crops were thin, and there was very little work.

Frédéric Deurbrouck - from Couillet, Hainaut 1892 We come from Couillet. We left March 12, 1892 ... We are seven, myself, my wife and five children.

Jean Baptiste Poncelet - from Halanzy 1892 I left Halanzy April 8, 1892 with my wife and four children, two son and two daughters. On May 3, we arrived in the parish of Brussels.

Prosper Bedier - from Moutiers, Ile-et-Vilaine, France 1892 I left, with my family consisting in two son and two daughters, from Moutiers, Ile-et-Vilaine, France, on April 19, 1892, and arrived in Canada on May 12.

Victor Van Humbeek - from Nederockerzeel, Brabant province 1892 We started from Belgium, Brabant province, village Nederockerzeel on June 7, 1892 and arrived in Manitoba, Canada, June 25. We were two, myself and my wife. I'm 37 years old and my wife 29: Since we are here a little girl is born and is 7 months old and so healthy.

Auguste De Pape - from Lembeke-lez-Eecloo, East Flanders 1893 While discouraged by the bad situation and agriculture is in Belgium ... in advance of my parents, I left Lembeke-lez-Eecloo April 12, 1893 and arrived in Manitoba on 3 May ... It's without hesitation that I advise my parents to join me as soon as possible with all our family ... The country very suitable for young people who arrive here without parents and without a family because many of them eat in the winter what they have won in summer, or engage in other excesses, or many travel from place to place and instead of becoming serious settlers, are just nomads and drunkards.

Louis Tessier - From Domalain, Ile-et-Vilaine, France 1893 Leaving Domalain March 27, 1893, we arrived in Winnipeg on April 14. We had to stay 35 days in quarantine because of smallpox imported by Russian emigrants.

Auguste Godard - De Meix-le-Tige 1893 Left Meix-le-Tige March 24 via Liverpool on ship Sarnia and arrived April 12 at Cypress River ... as to the country, I find it quite well, but they are little setbacks like everywhere ... Auguste Godard, single.

Désiré Van Hoorebeke - Waarschoot, Flandre Orientale 1893 I left Waarschoot on March 11, and I arrived in Manitoba on the 28th of the same month ... You need to have good hands and not to be lazy. One who does not work here is poorer than in Belgium, because everything is expensive.

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Belgians in 1906 Alberta Extracted by Régine Brindle

Name Relation Sex Status Age From Emigrated Residence Sub District 1, Alberta, Alberta 25/49 Mulliner, Octave Head M M 43 Belgium 1904 26/49 Mulliner, Alexie Wife F M 35 Belgium 1904 27/49 Mulliner, Louis Son M S 7 Belgium 1904 28/49 Mulliner, Joseph brother M S 36 1904 29/49 Mulliner, Hulda Daughter F S 3 Belgium 1904

30/50 Mulliner, Octave Head M S 1904

31/51 Deloye, Richer Head M M 50 Belgium 1904 32/51 Deloye, Mary Daughter F S 19 Belgium 1904 33/51 Deloye, Edmon Brother M S 49 Belgium 1904

Sub District 3B, Cardston, Alberta 1/ Dieu, Leon Lodger M S 20 Belgium 1906 Margrath?

Sub District 5, Alberta, Alberta 14/ Roels, Louis Servant M S 35 Belgium 1904 Cardston

Sub District 7, Alberta, Alberta 35/131 Desagher, John Head M S 48 Belgium 1888 Gilligham

Sub District 8, Alberta, Alberta 17/285 Robinson, William Head M M 37 Ireland 1886 Vancher 18/285 Robinson, Paulmera Wife F M 25 Belgium 1903 Vancher 19/285 Robinson, Olga daughter F S 2 Alberta 20/285 Robinson, Sarah daughter F S 5 Alberta 21/285 Duman, Hector Hired Man M M 25 Belgium 1900 Vancher 22/285 Duman, Emil Wife F M 23 Belgium 1906 Vancher 27/285 VanDerberg, Armand Brother-in-law M S 13 Belgium 1905 Vancher

Sub District 16, Alberta, Alberta 33/187 Decook, Lenard Head M M 38 Belgium 1905 Lethbridge 34/187 Decook, Philamena Wife F M 36 Belgium 1905 Lethbridge 35/187 Decook, Mary Daughter F S 11 Belgium 1905 Lethbridge 36/187 Decook, Peter Son M S 9 Belgium 1905 Lethbridge 37/187 Decook, Bertha Daughter F S 7 Belgium 1905 Lethbridge 38/187 Decook, Emily Daughter F S 6 Belgium 1905 Lethbridge 39/187 Decook, Arthur Son M S 4 Belgium 1905 Lethbridge 40/187 Decook, Frank Son M S 2 Belgium 1905 Lethbridge

Sub District 17, Alberta, Alberta 10/57 Demare, Adolph Head M M 30 Belgium 1903 Leavings 11/57 Demare, Florence Wife F M 26 Belgium 1903 Leavings 12/57 Demare, Margaret daughter F S 4 US 1903 Leavings 13/57 Demare, John son M S 2 Alberta Leavings 14/57 Demare, Fedellia daughter F S 4m Alberta Leavings

34/155 Decook, Joseph Head M S 37 Belgium 1903 Leavings

35/156 DePorter, Lizzie Head F W 37 Belgium 1903 Leavings 36/156 DePorter, German Daughter F S 6 Belgium 1906 Leavings 37/156 DePorter, Arthur son M S 4 US 1906 Leavings

38/157 Decook, Lenard Head M M 37 Belgium 1906 Leavings 39/157 Decook, Mary Daughter F S 10 Belgium 1906 Leavings

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40/157 Decook, Peter Son M S 9 Belgium 1906 Leavings 1/157 Decook, Emily Daughter F S 6 Belgium 1906 Leavings 2/157 Decook, Arthur Son M S 3 US 1906 Leavings 3/157 Decook, Frank Son M S 7 US 1906 Leavings 4/157 Decook, Bertha Daughter F S 7 Belgium 1906 Leavings

6/158 Demoor, Frank Head M S 24 US 1903 Leavings

7/159 DeMan, Sophia Head F W 63 Belgium 1904 Leavings

8/160 DeMan, Peter Head M S 27 Belgium 1903 Leavings

9/161 DeMan, Adolph Head M S 22 US 1904 Leavings

10/162 DeMan, Joseph Head M S 21 US 1904 Leavings

2/222 Deman, Isadore Head M M 32 Belgium 1903 Leavings 3/222 Deman, Alma wife F M 24 Sweden 1903 Leavings 4/222 Deman, Alice daughter F S 4 Alaska 1903 Leavings 5/222 Deman, Blanche daughter F S 3 Alaska 1903 Leavings 6/222 Deman, Edward son M S 1 Alberta Leavings 7/222 Deman, Raymond son M S 1m Alberta Leavings 8/222 Sandman, Mary sister F S 14 US NY? Leavings 9/222 Sandman, Thomas brother M S 11 US NY? Leavings 10/222 Sandman, John brother M S 8 Alaska NY? Leavings

18/224 Demare, Philip Head M M 35 Belgium 1902 Leavings 19/224 Demare, Hortence Wife F M 30 Belgium 1902 Leavings 20/224 Demare, Mary daughter F S 11 US 1902 Leavings 21/224 Demare, Florence daughter F S 9 US 1902 Leavings 22/224 Demare, Frederick son M S 8 US 1902 Leavings 23/224 Demare, August son M S 6 US 1902 Leavings 24/224 Demare, Frank son M S 3 Alberta Leavings 25/224 Demare, Lenard son M S 1 Alberta Leavings

26/225 Venne, Frank Head M M 39 Belgium NY? Leavings 27/225 Venne, Johanna Wife F M 30 Belgium NY? Leavings 28/225 Venne, Annie daughter F S 9 US NY? Leavings 29/225 Venne, baby daughter F S 1day Alberta Leavings

19/342 Brusceia, Anthony Head M M 55 Belgium Lethbridge

38/357 Buyck, Mary Head F W 28 Belgium Leavings

Sub District 19, Alberta, Alberta 29/19 Firstraud, Edmond Head M S 28 Belgium 1906 Cowley

30/20 Collard, Theo Head M S 29 Belgium 1904 Cowley

31/21 Collard, Joe Head M S 26 Belgium 1904 Cowley

24/47 Duquesne2, Leopold Head M M 45 Belgium 1892 Cowley 25/47 Duquesne, Alice B Wife F M 44 Belgium 1892 Cowley 27/47 Duquesne, Gustave son M S 18 Canada - on CPR train Cowley 28/47 Duquesne, Louise daughter F S 13 Alberta Cowley 29/47 Duquesne, Cyril son M S 10 Alberta Cowley 30/47 Duquesne, Isabel daughter F S 8 Alberta Cowley 31/47 Duquesne, Marie daughter F S 6 Alberta Cowley 32/47 Duquesne, Leon son M S 20 Belgium 1892 Cowley

30/76 Gois, Albine Boarder M S 27 Belgium 1904 Gillingham

31/77 Gois, Joseph Head M M 62 Belgium 1905 Gillingham 32/77 Gois, Octavy Wife F M 61 Belgium 1905 Gillingham 33/77 Gois, Immanuel Boarder M S 32 Belgium 1904 Gillingham

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Canadian Obituaries: Manitoba Extracted from Newspaperarchive.com by Régine Brindle

One June 14, 1987 at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer, Irene Agarand, aged 74 yers, late of Winnipeg. She is survived by loving sons and daughters, Robert Leishman and wife Hazel of Winnipeg, Barry Brooking and wife Betty of Calgary, Elizabeth Gates (nee Leishman) of Treherne, June Cummer (nee Brooking) and husband Dave of Winnipeg, Shelley Chapman (nee Chubinski) and husband Adrian of Winnipeg; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Predeceased by parents, Paul and Albertine Agarand and brother Sylvain (Slim); son Kenneth Leishman, who died in a tragic plane crash in 1979. Funeral services will be held at St. Marks Anglican Church at Treherne on Wednesday, June 17 at 2:00pm. Active pallbearers are grandsons, Larry, Grant and Brad Gates, Shayne Brooking, great-grandsons, Kevin and Darren Gates. Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba - 16 Jun 1987

Mrs Josephine ROSSIGNON, 76, died Friday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Feline BAUDRU, 206 Despin Street, ST. Boniface. She came from Belgium. Funeral services under the auspices of the International Bible Students’ association will be held Monday at 2:30pm. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery. Coutu’s are in charge of arrangements. The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba - 5 Sept 1936

A double Funeral service will be held for the two drowning victims Christian VERCAMMEN and Dennis Van Den BUSSCHE Accidentally on April 20, 1964 Dennis Van Den BUSSCHE, aged ten years, of 157 Aubert St. Requiem High Mass will be Wednesday, May 27, 1964 at 10:00am in the Belgium Sacred Heart Church. Interment will follow in the family plot, Sacred Heart Cemetery. Dennis is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T Van Den Bussche; two brothers, Camille, Ivan; two sisters, Eveline, Brenda. Dennis was a student of the Provencher School. Philip Coutu Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements. Accidentally on April 20, 1964, Christian VERCAMMEN, aged ten years, of 172 Bertrand St. Requiem High Mass will be suing Wednesday May 27, 1964 at 10:00am in the Belgium Sacred Heart Church. Interment will follow in the family plot Sacred Heart Church Cemetery. Christian is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Rene Vercammen; two sisters, Suzanne, Beatrice; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eloise Claeys from Belgium. Christian was a student of the Provencher School. Philip Coutu Funeral Chapel, 156 Marion St., in care of arrangements. - The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba – 26 May 1964

After being taken with a sudden illness, Roger Alfred Victor EUSTACHE died on May 9, 1980 at the St. Boniface Hospital at the age of 59 years. Mr. Eustache arrived in Canada in 1951 from Belgium and later obtained his Canadian citizenship. He was a Belgian Veteran and an active community member. He will be well remembered and deeply missed by all his friends and those he worked for an the many people he knew and helped. Surviving are his beloved wife Marion, his four children Lucille, Yvonne, Nancy and Victor, also he leaves behind many relatives in Belgium. Funeral service was held in the Thomson Funeral Chapels, Broadway at Furby on Monday May 12 at 11:00am with Father Leo Baert of the Sacred Heart Church, ST. Boniface officiating. Interment followed in the Belgian Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a favorite charity. Thomson Funeral Chapels in care of arrangements. Phone 783-7211 - The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba – 12 May 1980

Entered into rest at the Treherne District Hospital, Treherne, Man., on Thursday, September 26, 1974. Mr. Arthur Gustave HAEGEMAN, aged 82 years dearly beloved husband of Judith Haegeman of Holland, Man. And loving father of Marcel of Swan Lake, Man., John of Espagnola, Ont. Mrs Walter Vanlier (Estelle), of Vancouver, BC, Mrs. Gerard DePape (Angele) of Winnipeg, Man. And grandfather of 13 children. Mr. Haegeman is also survived by one brother Joseph of Belgium and three sisters, Mrs. Marie Papegnies of Holland, Man., Irma and Clara both of Belgium. Mr. Haegeman came to Canada from Belgium in 1914, and married Judith De Schouwer in 1922. Together they farmed in the Bruxelles, Man. District until retiring in 1952, when they moved to reside in Holland, Man. Prayers will be said on Sunday, September 29, 1974 at 3:00pm in the St. John’s Berchmans Roman Catholic Church, Holland, Man., with funeral mass following. The Rev. Father Botsfoli will officiate. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those wishing may make contributions to the Cancer Research Foundation, 700 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg, Man. Or leave donations at the Cancer Foundation Box in the church of the funeral service. Scharff’s Funeral Home of Holland, in case of arrangements. - The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba – 28 September 1974

On Saturday, February 25, 1995, Constant WYNDELS passed away after a brief illness at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital. Born November 20, 1918 to the late Firmin Wyndels who emigrated from Belgium in 1912 and Marie Bossuyt, whose parents had also come from Belgium to Manitoba. He leaves to mourn his loving wife, Therese COUTU, whom he married in 1944. Connie was a loving father to Jim (Ottawa), Caroline (Larry) Maydonik, Anita Kusie, Philip (predeceased in 1979) and Marie-Zoe; a dear grandfather to John Wyndels (Sioux Lookout), James, Jennifer and Constance Kusie, and to Jon Maydonik and his sister Lauren who passed away in 1982. He was the brother of Jeanne Dykes (Toronto), Raymonde Loudfoot and Denis Wundels, also of Firmin Wyndels and Zoe Touhey, both deceased. He was educated at St. Boniface College, Norwood Collegiate and St Paul’s. During World War II Connie served as a navigator with the RAF in England and the RCAF in Comox, BC. Following a lengthy career with 51

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Canada Post, he retired in 1979 from the position of Postmaster of St. Boniface to enjoy summers at Grand Beach and winters in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was a life member of the Belgian Club, former member of the Knights of Columbus and active in civic politics during his working like. He was an excellent player of Chess and Bridge, both were lifelong pastimes. A funeral mass in the memory of the late Constant Wyndels will be held Wednesday, March 1 at 2:00pm in St. Ignatius Church, corner of Stafford St and Corydon Ave. Interment of ashes will be in the family plot of the St. Boniface Basilica grounds. The family would like to extend special thanks to the Riverview Health Centre for their caring attention. Arrangements in care of Bardal Funeral Home, 843 Sherbrook St., 774-7474 - The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba – 27 February 1995

Peacefully on Wednesday January 25, 1989 at the Lorne Memorial Hospital, Swan Lake, Man., Anna HEIREMANN, aged 87 years, of Swan Lake, Man. Prayers will be said at the Budz Funeral Chapel, Holland, Man., on Friday, January 27 at 8:00pm. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated by the Rev. Fr Maurice Jeanneau in the St. Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church, Swan Lake, Man. on Saturday January 28 at 11:00am. Interment will follow at the Swan Lake Catholic Parish Cemetery. Mrs. Heirman leaves to mourn her passing and to cherish her memory one daughter Germaine and son-in-law Elaine Heirman, all of Swan Lake; five grandchildren, Darya, Jana, Cory, Kelly and Jason; two sisters-in-law and numerous nieces and nephews in Belgium. She was predeceased by her dearly beloved husband Ferdinand in 1984; by two sons, Arthur in 1953 and Julien in 1988 and by her only brother Andre Van Petegham. As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made to the Memorial Fund at the Lorne Memorial Hospital, Swan Lake, Man. R0G 2S0 or to a charity of choice. Arrangements are in care of E L Budz Funeral Service of Holland., Man. - The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba – 26 Jan 1989

On January 24, 1989, Desire VanDORPE, aged 95 years, passed away after a lengthy illness at King Edward Hospital. Prayers will be said on Friday, January 27 at 7pm at Green Acres Funeral Chapel, Hwy No1 East at Navin Road. Funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday, January 28 at 1:00 pm at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, 252 Dubuc St., Rev. Fr. Jim Gray celebrant. Interment to follow at Green Acres Memorial Gardens. Desire was born in Yper, Belgium on July 16, 1893. He immigrated to Canada from Belgium with his parents n the early 1900’s. He farmed most of his life in the Swan Lake, Altamont and Ste Anne districts of Manitoba, later retiring in Winnipeg. He is survived by his loving wife Julia Florence and son Jules and wife Laura of Detroi, Mich.; sister-in-law Mary VanDorpe of Windsor, Ont.; six stepchildren, erma Castle of Edmonton, Alta;, Freda and husband Joe Tomchuk of Rosssendale, man., Dave Vanachte and wife Marlene of Dugald, Man.; Audrey and husband Joe Krizak of Dufresne, Man., Cleada and husband Joe Vairt of Transcona, man., Roxanne Pust of Brandon, Man.; 18 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Desire was predeceased by his first wife; brother Henry and two sisters. The family requests that friends who wish to donate may, to Sister Clermont Health Plan, 210 Kenny St., Winnipeg, Man. R2H 2H4. Special thanks to the doctors and nurses at the King Edward Hospital and to the Sister Clermont Health Plan. Arrangements n care of Green Acres Funeral chapel 222-3241 The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba – 26 January 1989

John DE VOS, beloved husband of Marie De Vos of Swan Lake, Man., passed away on Sunday, June 18,1978 at the Home Memorial Hospital, Swan Lake, Man. John was born in Brussels, Belgium on November 1, 1899 and in 1904, John, his mother, and sister arrived in Manitoba settling in Bruxelles. He married Marie Schumacher in 1930 and farmed in the Swan Lake district until retiring to the Village of Swan Lake in 1954. Surviving besides his loving wife Marie, are two sons, George and daughter-in-law Gerarda of Swan Lake, Camille and daughter-in-law Evelyn of Winnipeg; six grandchildren; Linda, Noreeri, Perry, Kelly, Alison, and Mark, and one great-grandson Shaun Godard. He is also survived by one brother Edward of Bruxelles. He was predeceased by two brothers, Felix in 1935, and John in 1963, and one sister Bertha De Vos in 1978. Friends may pay their last respects prior to the funeral service. Prayers followed by the Mass of the Resurrection celebrated by the Rev. Father V. Beaulieu will be at 7:30p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 in the St. Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church, Swan Lake, Man. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery. In lieu of flowers, friends, so wishing, may make donations to the Manitoba Heart Foundation, 313 - 352 Donald St., Winnipeg, Man. R3B 2H8. Arrangements are in care of Scharff's Funeral Home of Holland, Man. - The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba - 19 Jun 1978

Irma Louise DE VOS - At the Victoria General Hospital on Wednesday, October 24, 1979 Irma, aged 88 years of the St. Norbert Nursing Home, formerly of Lot 101 Waverley St. Mrs. Irma De Vos was born in Wevelahem, Belgium in 1891 and came to Canada in 1903. She was predeceased by her husband Victor on October 25, 1968. She is survived by three sons, George and wife Agnes of Fort Garry, Joseph of Fort Garry, Robert and wife Madeline of La Salle; two daughters, Mary of Fort Garry, Mrs. Joseph (Irene) Sternastek of St. Norbert, also ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 27, at 11:09 a.m. in the St. Norbert Roman Catholic Church with Father Bernard Belanger officiating. Pallbearers will be her six grandsons, David, Ronald, Randall and Rodney De Vos, and Richard and Mark Ster. The family wishes to thank the staff of both the St. Norbert Nursing Home and the Victoria General Hospital for the care given to our mother. The Desjardins Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements. - The Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba – 25 Oct 1979

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Belgians on the WWI Draft Cards Transcribed by Micheline Gaudette Massachusetts (pt2)

Name Birth Date Birthplace Registration Place (City, County, State) Boereweirt, Edmund Alexander 31 Jul 1894 Zwijndrecht?? Holyoke Bottelberge, Osari Mary 22 Apr 1892 Eecloo, Belgium Lawrence Bottelberghe, Julien 28 Apr 1887 Eeckoo, East Vlaanderen,Belgium Lawrence Bottelberghe, Richard 16 Dec 1889 Eecloo, Belgium Lawrence Bottelberghe, Julien 28 Apr 1887 Eecloo, Belgium Lawrence Breugelmans, Louis Daniel 23 Dec 1887 Antwerp, Belgium South Boston Breynaert, Philogene 19 Jul 1892 Onkerzele, Belgium Medford Brockhoven, Frank 26 Oct 1896 Antwerp, Belgium Dorchester Brown, Henri 27 Jan 1887 Grammont, EF, Belgium South Boston Bruin, Emiel 4 Jun 1889 Antwerp, Belgium Springfield Bulens, Andrew 14 May 1894 Brussels, Belgium South Boston Bulens, Peter 3 Feb 1897 Antwerp, Belgium South Boston Bultot, Jean Baptiste Jan 20 1895 Brussels, Belgium New Bedford Buyck, Charles 15 Jan 1888 Oost Rozebecke, Belgium Lawrence Buyens, Louis 23 Jul 1887 Ghent, EF, Belgium East Boston Caeytant, Julius 13 Sep 1887 Roulers, Belgium Lowell Calurevaerto, (Calwaerts?) Robert 28 Jan 1893 Brussels, Belgium Monterey Capiau, Victor 2 Jun 1889 Grammont, EF, Belgium South Boston Claessens, Oscar May 4 1891 Grammont, EF, Belgium Medford Cleijman, Leon 22 Mar 1893 St. Nicolas, East Flanders Lawrence Cleyman, Leon 23 Feb 1888 St. Nicolas, East Flanders Lawrence Cleyman, Louis 28 Feb 1893 St. Nicolas, East Flanders Lawrence Collin, Lucien 6 Feb 1888 Luxembourg???Belgium Natick Collins, Ramy 11 May 1899 Belgium South Boston Collyns, Gustaff 9 Apr 1896 Onkerzele?, Belgium Malden Coolens, Leon G. 18 Jul 1897 Wetteren, Belgium Lowell Coppens , Leon 9 Apr 1894 Belgium Waltham Coppez, Camille 05 Aug 1891 Grammont, EF, Belgium Boston Cornelis, Albert 1 Aug 1887 Belgium Chelsea Corsijn, Edmond Joseph Nov 13 1887 Brugge, Belgium New Bedford Daese, Richard Clement 26 Jan 1890 Ghent, Belgium Waltham Daniels, Maurice August 21 Nov 1887 Dunkercke? Belgium Boston Darmand, Victor Gustave Borghmans 10 Feb 1887 Brussels, Belgium Boston Dath, August 6 Sep 1892 Brussels, Belgium Newton De Bie, Leon Sep 18 1890 Zomergem, East Flanders,Belgium New Bedford De Block, Emile 30 Jan 1887 Overboelare, EF South Boston De Boey, Cornelius 6 Feb 1888 Antwerp, Belgium Boston De Clerco (De Clercq?), Richard 25 Nov 1887 Ghent, Belgium Lawrence De Clercq, Louis 21 May 1889 Gent, Belgium Lowell De Decker, Alphonse 2 Mar 1891 Warschot, Belgium Lowell De Deurwaerder, Karel 23 May 1894 Antwerp, Belgium Holyoke De Deurwaerder, Henri 28 Jul 1884 Belgium Holyoke De Deurwaerder, Adolf 14 Jul 1887 Argentina Holyoke De Keyser, Richard Oct 1 1888 Waarschoot, Belgium New Bedford De Lauw, Frank 7 Aug 1887 Grammont, EF, Belgium South Boston De Meyer, Louis Oct 26 1886 Grammont, EF, Belgium Medford De Middelaer, Edward Jul 12 1891 St. Nicholas, Belgium New Bedford De Nauw, Camiel 27 Jan 1893 Grammont, EF, Belgium South Boston De Neve, Gustave 8 Sep 1887 Lede, Belgium Warwick, MA De Nutte, Hubert Charles 24 Sep 1886 Grammont, EF, Belgium Malden De Nutte, Charles 5 Jun 1892 Grammont, EF, Belgium Chelsea De Nutte, Peter P. 16 Sep 1896 Grammont, EF, Belgium Chelsea 53

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De Pauw, Cyril 18 Aug 1890 Wetteren, Belgium Lowell De Pauw, Marinus 24 Oct 1894 St. Nicholas, Belgium Chelsea De Pauw, Victor 19 Feb 1889 Grammont, EF, Belgium Chelsea De Poorter, Alphonse 25 Oct 1891 Wetteren, Belgium East Boston De Pratere, George Charles 30 Jan 1889 Courtrai, Belgium Concord Junction De Roeck, Frank 22 Feb 1895 Grammont, EF, Belgium Chelsea De Schuyteneer, Gustave 15 Dec 1890 Grammont, EF, Belgium Chelsea De Smet, Alphons 29 Oct 1887 Gent, Belgium Lowell De Vincke, Omer 7 Oct 1894 Schedevelde, Belgium South Boston Debaere, Victor 24 Apr 1887 Roulers, Belgium Lowell Debels, Richard Polydoor 28 Jul 1889 Belgium Belmont Debels, John Baptiste 19 Jul 1895 Courtrai, Belgium Boston Deceuninck, Cyriel 12 Nov 1889 Beveren lez Roulers, Belgium Lawrence Decock, Camille Joseph 20 Feb 1890 Rollegem, West Flanders;Belgium Lawrence Degrendele, Maurice 22 Apr 1890 Roeselare, Belgium Holyoke Degryse, Alberic 17 Feb 1888 Roulers, Belgium Lowell Dehullu or Dehully, August 30 Apr 1890 Roeselare, Belgium Oxford Dekeukeleare, Jean Delar 29 Oct 1886 Termonde, Belgium Lawrence Delanoy, Louis 23 Jun 1897 Beveren, Belgium Dorchester Delmotte, Julian Louis 27 Nov 1888 Menin, Belgium Methuen Deom, Edouard 27 Mar 1892 Neufchateau, Belgium New Bedford Deschacht, Albert 18 Dec 1890 Mouscron, Belgium Bellingham Desmedt, Adolf 24 Aug 1889 Roulers?Belgium Lawrence Dethier, Jean Vincent 22 Jan 1891 Liege, Belgium Boston Devers, Albert Fernand Eugene 9 Feb 1891 Brussels, Belgium Boston Dhondt, Omer 6 May 1888 Ronse, Belgium Lawrence Dhondt, Peter 18 Nov 1895 St. Nicholas, Belgium Lowell Dhondt, Arthur 10 Jan 1897 St. Nicholas, Belgium Lowell D'Hondt, Peter 04 Jan 1877 Lowell D'Hondt, Adriaan 17 Oct 1895 Kiel, Belgium Boston Dockx, Eugene 20 Feb 1892 Antwerp, Belgium Dorchester Dockx, Frank 3 Feb 1888 Antwerp, Belgium Dorchester Dozot, Marcel 20 Apr 1890 Liege, Belgium Boston Dumalin, Lucien 26 Oct 1897 Brugge, Belgium Lawrence Dupont, Emile 11 Jun 1887 Ghent??? Fall River Eleys, Arthur 23 Feb 1895 Meenen, Belgium Lawrence Faster, Victor Joeane 16 Jul 1892 Antwerp, Belgium Dorchester Faux, Leon Lambert 27 Mar 1892 Belgium ??? Faux, Robert 12 Feb 1896 Lodelinsart, Belgium Hanson? Fay, Cyrus Noel 24 Dec 1888 Watermael-Boisfort, Belgium Boston Fay, James Malcom George 12 Apr 1887 Ixelles, Belgium Boston Fernandes, Joaquin 6 Apr 1896 Brussels, Belgium North Easton Frans, Goris Mar 12 1888 Antwerp, Belgium Medford Fruytier, Serafien 9 Aug 1890 Ghent, Belgium Gloucester Gernonprez, Albert Gerard 17 May 1894 Reckem, Belgium Brookline Geysen, Thomas 14 Oct 1889 Antwerp, Belgium Boston Gillet, Joseph Eugene 1 Aug 1888 Hasselt, Belgium Winthrop Gillissen, Albert Joseph 31 May 1891 Dison, Liege, Belgium Arlington Goeme, Arthur 15 Nov 1890 Ghent, Belgium Lowell Goffart, Jules Joseph 4 Jun 1887 Namur, Belgium Worcester Gregoire, Gaston 25 Dec 1891 Menin, Belgium Lawrence Guerin, Hubert 17 Aug 1888 Liege, Belgium Bellingham Guerin, Louis Joseph 12 Jan 1892 Liege, Belgium Bellingham Haerens, Julius 28 Nov 1887 Roulers, Belgium Boston Haesbrouck, Emil Joseph 3 Jan 1891 Beveren, Belgium Lowell Hailliez, Leon 27 May 1887 Mechlen, Belgium Boston

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Halbardier, Joseph 11 Feb 1896 Florenville, Belgium Fall River Halin, Jules Emile Mar 28 1890 Lambermont, Lux., Belgium New Bedford Hans, Egbert 6 Dec 1887 Roulers, Belgium Bellerica Hardy, Joseph 3 Apr 1888 Primbeck? Flanders, Belgium Lawrence Hauterman, Jules 30 Apr 1894 Zomergem, East Flanders,Belgium South Hadley Henry, Gaston Jun 21 1890 Fontenoille?Luxembourg;Belgium New Bedford Heusschen, Louis 13 Feb 1887 Antwerp, Belgium Boston Heyndrickx, Ceasar 8 Jun 1892 Grammont, EF, Belgium Chelsea Hoebeke , Arthur 3 Nov 1887 Grammont, EF, Belgium South Boston Hoppenbrouwe, Edward 16 Dec 1888 Turnhout, Belgium South Boston Hoste, Frans 27 Feb 1891 St. Nicolas, East Flanders Lawrence Houbregs, John 21 Jun 1887 Brussels, Belgium Cambridge Huyck, Achille 4 Sep 1888 Ne??Belgium Boston Huyge, Maurice Joseph 19 Jan 1895 Ghent, Belgium South Boston Jansen, Cornelis 14 Mar 1887 Rijkevorsel? Woburn Jansen, Cornelis 14 Mar 1887 Ruyckvorzel? Woburn Jebali, Joseph 24 May 1896 Antwerp, Belgium Cambridge Joos, Vital Oct 25 1887 Waarschoot, Belgium New Bedford Joos, Leopold 31 Mar 1890 Belgium Boston Karp, Joseph 2 Jul 1894 Russia, lived in Belgium Boston Kolton, Albert 25 May 1888 Antwerp, Belgium Haverhill Kuba, Martin 25 Mar 1893 Belgium Webster Lancke, Hector 27 Nov 1894 Geraardsbergen, Belgium South Boston Lancke, William G 17 Jun 1896 Grammont, EF, Belgium South Boston Laurent, Germain Hector 29 Dec 1889 Vincent, Belgium Taunton Laurent, Jean Joseph May 11 1887 Antwerp, Belgium Medford Le Fort, Leo J 24 Nov 1886 Antwerp, Belgium South Boston Leboeuf, Isidore 03 Nov 1894 Wittem, Belgium Lowell Legley, Camille 25 Sep 1893 Belgium Blackstone Lievens, Jules G. (Gislain?) 9 May 1893 Geraardsbergen, Belgium Wrentham Lievens, Edward 11 Mar 1895 Grammont, EF, Belgium South Boston Linart, Victor 26 May 1889 Floreffe, Namur, Belgium Revere Luyckx, John 12 Apr 1891 Antwerp, Belgium Boston Maertens, Edward 27 Jun 1886 Ghent, Oost Flanders,Belgium New Bedford Malfroot , Omer 15 Apr 1893 Grammont, EF, Belgium Boston Maras, Leopold 26 Aug 1892 St. Nicolas, East Flanders Lawrence Martens, Joan Achiel 15 Feb 1891 Ghent, Oost Flanders,Belgium New Bedford Martens, Alfons Oct 17 1896 Cent (Ghent?)Belgium New Bedford Martens, Oscar 22 Jun 1888 Gand, Belgium Holyoke Martens, Alfons 04 Aug 1890 Waarschoot, Belgium Lowell Martens, Henry 22 Mar 1889 Belgium Chelsea Martin, William Guillaume Aug 11 1894 Gent, Belgium New Bedford Masson, Charles 17 Dec 1890 Belgium New Bedford Meersman, Amede 22 Dec 1890 St. Nicholas, Belgium Malden Metzemaekers, Desire Ferdinand 27 Jan 1890 Antwerp, Belgium Lawrence Moerloos, Henrie 21 Apr 1887 St. Nicholas-Waas Belgium Lawrence Moerloos, Leonard 16 Nov 1892 St. Nicolas, Belgium Lawrence Molderez, Oscar 20 Apr 1894 Grammont, EF, Belgium South Boston Monseur , Frank 10 Jul 1890 Belgium South Boston Mylle, Charles 17 Jan 1889 Ipiers, W.F, Belgium Boston Nardone, Ernest 18 Jun 1897 Verviers, Belgium Newtonville Noppe, Petrus 08 Apr 1887 St. Nicholas, Belgium Lowell Noterman, Emile 21 Jan 1889 Grammont, EF, Belgium Malden Nunez, John Apr 1890 Brussels, Belgium North Easton

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Pennsylvania and West Virginia Obituaries Extracted from Newspaper Archives by Régine Brindle

Word has been received here of the death of Jules MICHAUX, formerly a resident of South Charleston. He died at Jumet, Belgium, where he had Deserted on Visit Abroad, Says Wife resided since his departure from Charleston, six years ago. Woman Sues For Division of Property Owned By Her Husband Surviving are two sons, Jules Michaux, Jr of Mt Jewett, PA and Edgar Uniontown, PA, Nov 17 – Point Marion was given a Michaux of South Charleston and a daughter, Mrs. Julia Henchon also of shock when, through a court proceeding it became South Charleston. The Charleston Gazette – Thursday March 16, 1933 known that Mrs. Emile S QUERTINMONT, wife of

Mrs. Marie Cherri COLLARD, 89, of 135 ½ Third Ave., South John B Quertinmont, one of the wealthy men of that place, had been deserted while on a visit to relatives Charleston, former owner and operator of the old COLLARD’s in France and Belgium. Mrs. Quertinmont has Confectionery, South Charleston, died today at Thomas Memorial Hospital instituted injunction proceedings to restrain the after a three week illness. Mrs. COLLARD and her husband Leon came to People’s National Bank of Point Marion from Charleston about 60 years ago from Jumet, Belgium, where they were delivering to her husband stocks, bonds and other glass cutters. They had established several glass plants in the Kanawha securities valued at $50,000 to $75,000. Mrs. Valley, including the Banner Window Glass Plant across from the Mound, Quertinmont alleges that while in France she South Charleston, the Dunkirk Glass Plant at the present Carbide site, and deposited 4,000 francs in the Credit Lyonnais Bank. the Charleston Window Glass Plant on Patrick Street, Charleston. She was Under the custom of the country she had to make the about 12 years old when she began working in a glass plant in Belgium. deposit in her husband’s name. On account of her husband’s desertion, she says she is unable, without After coming to the Kanawha Valley she served as an interpreter for the court procedure to obtain the money. Belgians who came to the Charleston area to work in the glass plants. She Mrs. Quertinmont declares that she and her husband was well known by students who attended the old South Charleston Junior left Point Marion on June 5 for France and Belgium to High School. Her store was across the street from the school. Before the visit friends and relatives they had not seen since the hot lunch program in the school system Mrs. COLLARD served the war. Shortly after their arrival in France, Mrs. students hot soup and sandwiches. She was a member of Blessed Quertinmont says her husband disappeared and she Sacrament Church in South Charleston. Surviving son, Sylvian Collard had not seen him since. She returned to Point of California; sister, Mrs. Victoria Englebert of Brussels, Belgium. Marion alone on September 10, expecting that Mr. Scripture service will be held Wednesday at 7:30pm at Snodgrass Funeral Quertinmont would appear. When he did not do so she brought suit not only for the return of the 4,000 Home, South Charleston. Friends may call Wednesday from 1 to 9pm at francs, but also for a division of her husband’s the funeral home. Charleston Daily Mail – Tuesday April 2, 1974 property to provide for her support. New Castle News, New Castle, PA 17 Nov 1920 Arthur Francis HAUTEM, 68, long a resident of Charleston and a widely-known real estate dealer for many years, died early Tuesday in a Three libels in divorce were filed : Charleston hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Hautem was born in Victoria Quertinmont of Point Marion against Jumet, Belgium, and came to this country with his parents when he was Gustave J Quertinmont of Buckhannon, WVa. They but five years old. He settled with them in the Charleston area and had were married August 19, 1897 at Indianapolis, Ind. lived here ever since. For many years he was affiliated with the Valley He deserted her October 19, 1905 as is set forth. The Weekly Courrier, Connellsville, PA - 5 Nov 1925 Real Estate Co., and later with the FW Smith real estate Co. He had been inactive in recent months. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Irene Lott of Mrs. Victoria Quertinmont of Point Marion was freed South Charleston; a son Francis A Hautem of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, from Gustave J Quertinmont, who deserted her 21 Mrs. Anna Lachapelle, of South Charleston and two grandchildren. He years ago this coming October, she says. They were married at Indianapolis, Ind. August 19, 1897. At was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic church. The body is at Snodgrass present he would be 75 years old and she 47. mortuary in South Charleston. The Morning Herald, Uniontown, PA – 13 Apr 1926 The Charleston Daily Mail – Tuesday evening, August 22, 1950

Henry L DuChateau, a former resident of Morganstown and Point Jules Quertinmont, of Point Marion, is made defendant in a $10,000 damage suit filed in common Marion, now living in Baltimore, died yesterday at age 77. A native of pleas court today by Attorney L G Cherpeaning(?) for Jumet, Belgium, he was born July 3, 1884, coming to the United States in Henry Legros, of Point Marion, who asked that 1894. He was a glass blower in Morganstown and Point Marion for the amount for injuries received June 2, 1927 in a wreck past 45 years. His wife is Clara Collett DuChateau. Other survivors of the defendant’s car a half mile south of Smithfield. include two daughters, Mrs. Hale B Andrews of Baltimore and Mrs. Quertinmont was hauling passengers from Point Howard Sparrow Sr. of Smock, Pa; one son Armand H DuChateau of Marion to the Fairchance window glass works at the Baltimore; three grandchildren and one great-granchild. Friends may call time and he, Legros, was a passenger. Legros at the Conn Funeral Home in Point Marion where services will be held at charges that because of a high and dangerous 2:30 Wednesday. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park. speed, the defendant’s car crashed into a beam along the road. The Morganstown Post, Sept 18, 1961 Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA – 19 Dec 1928

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Requiem high mass will be said at 9am Friday in Sacred Heart church for Mrs. Pauline DeRoy, 91, who died Wednesday at her home, 1569 Washington St., East. She was the widow of Gabriel DeRoy. A native of Jumet, Belgium, Mrs. DeRoy came to the United States about 40 years ago, making her home with her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. August Schmidt of Buckhannon. She came to Charleston with them in 1922. Until recently Mrs. DeRoy continued to be active and able to do sewing, knitting and light housework. Surviving are three grandchildren, George C Schmidt, a Charleston attorney; Miss Georgette Schmidt of San Francisco and Mrs. Yvonne Kiel of Charleston. Father Boniface Weckman will officiate at the services and burial will be in Sunset Memorial park, with the Owen and Barth mortuary in charge. - Charleston Daily Mail – 27 Jan 1949

Emir Frank BRISON, Collins Ferry Road, died yesterday at his home after a long illness. He was 73 years of age. A native of Charleroi, Belgium, he was born on July 9, 1887, a son of Frank and Matilda Jemmens Brison. The deceased was a member if the Drummond Chapel Methodist Glass Workers Union. He was a Church and American Flint GlassWorkers Union. He was a former employee of the Quality Glassworks at Van Vhorris. His wife Ana Belle died July 20, 1958, Surviving are the following: one son, Harry F of Morgantown, two daughters, Mrs. Sherwood (Elizabeth) Duliere of Morgantown, and Mrs. Anna Belle Toborg of San Bernardino, Calif.; seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren. The Morgantown Post, April 29, 1960, Morgantown, West Virginia

Joseph Henri QUINET, 92, died Wednesday at Monongalia General Hospital. He resided at 948 Stewart St. A native of Jumet, Belgium, he was the son of the late Henri and Antoinette Quinet. His wife Maria Labenne preceded him in death. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Roy C Cooper of Morgantown, Mrs. H R Hart of Erie, Pa and Mrs. Ethel Kendall of Richmond, Va; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was a retired window glass cutter and had worked for Libby-Owens in Charleston for 35 years. Funeral services are incomplete and Davidson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The Morgantown Post, Morgantown, WVa – 1 Oct 1959

John J HIERSOUX, Sr. 76, retired glass manufacturer, died early yesterday morning of a heart attack soon after he was admitted to a local hospital. The family resides at 909 Central Ave. Mr. Hiersoux was one of the organizers in 1910 of the Old Charleston Window Glass CO. and with a group of persons of Belgian descent he pioneered the glass manufacturing industry in the Kanawha valley. He was born in Roux, Belgium on April 16, 1870. He retired in 1939. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Hiersoux, two sons, John J Hiersoux Jr. widely known pianist3 and Roger Hiersoux, both of Charleston, and three grandsons. The body is at the Owen and Barth mortuary chapel and will be removed to the residence at 3pm today. Requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9am tomorrow. Fr. Cuthbert will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Parl. The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WVa – Friday Dec 20, 1946

3 The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WVa, 7 Jun 1961 – OF ALL THINGS by Sol Padlibsky A most welcome visitor is John Hiersoux, the former Charlestonian sporting an enviable desert tan. He lives in an adobe ranch house near the Isleta Indian pueblo, not too far from Albuquerque, NM. Hiersoux, the founder of the Charleston Chamber Music Society, has been conductor of the Ro Grande Symphony Orchestra in Santa Fe, NM for five years. THE BIRTH OF AN ORCHESTRA The orchestra was born with a scant eight players,” he said. “A few months after its founding we had 24 and today there are between 60 and 65 musicians in our group.” In 1936, Hiersoux brought his new bride, the former Josephine (Jose) BULENS, of Belgium to Charleston. They met at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. Hiersoux studied in Brussels for five years under the widely known instructor Arthur de Greef, who was the Belgian royal court pianist. Hiersoux’s initial study was in Cologne, Germany. “I remember my first big public appearance,” said Hiersoux. “It was after I completed my study at the Royal Conservatory. There were 300 persons out front in the recital hall, many of them expert musicians. I played Lizst and Chopin and in the second half of the program I was joined by a violinist Stefan Karam, who was of Syrian and Armenian parentage. We played Schubert, Mozart and 7 Nov 1908, Beethoven sonatas.” ORGANIZER OF CHAMBER MUSIC Belgium – The Hiersouxes set up house-keeping and opened a piano studio on Central Avenue here when she arrived from Belgium. It 15 Jun 1974, was not long afterwards that Hiersoux started a door-to-door campaign for a chamber music group. “I used a door-to-door Berkeley, CA campaign in Santa Fe to organize our symphony too”, said Hiersoux, “it was hard work but the reward has been great and pleasing.” The father was a prominent member of the Belgian glass blowing colony in South Charleston before the turn of the century. The elder Hiersoux was associated with the old Charleston Window Glass Co. Hiersoux, now 52 was 10 months old when he was brought to Charleston by his parents. “I was born in a little place in Belgium called Fontaine l’Eveque, while Jose is a native of big city Brussels.” Said Hiersoux. “It may sound corny, but when we first met we knew we could make such beautiful music together.” Today, Jose Hiersoux makes such beautiful music alone concertizing. She and her husband also appear on the concert stage as a duo-piano team. SON NOW A COLLEGE STUDENT “I’m a grandpa now,” said Hiersoux. “My older son, Arne, and his wife are living in Berkeley, California, with their one year old son Mark. Arne is majoring in art at U of C. “Our younger son, Glenn, will be 16 soon. He was on a ski team representing New Mexico at Sun Valley. That just about wraps up the Hiersoux family doings.” Hiersoux checked his notebook. He said “I’ve got a flock of friends I have to see.” 57

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Belgians on the 1940 Census: Rhode Island By Régine Brindle

Name Relationship Sex/Age/Status/Naturalization Birth Place profession Cranston Ward 4, Providence, Rhode Island China, August J inmate M 63 S Al Belgium patient at State Hospital for Mental Disease

Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island Dolobbe, John H Head M 80 S Na Belgium farmer at farm Dolobbe, Clina sister F 75 S Na Belgium

Degraid, Emile Head M 51 M Na Belgium fireman at Cotton Mill Degraid, Mary wife F 42 M Rhode Island Garver, Emma sister-in-law F 36 S Rhode Island

Degraide, Joseph J Jr Head M 43 M Na Belgium Locomotive Fireman for the Railroad Degraide, Corona A wife F 41 M Rhode Island Degraide, Jeanne daughter F 17 S Rhode Island Degraide, Armand son M 11 S Rhode Island Degraide, Anna daughter F 8 S Rhode Island

Degraide, Joseph J Sr Head M 79 Wd Na Belgium farmer Degraide, Jules son M 36 S Rhode Island farm laborer Charbonneau, Joseph hired man M 64 S Canada - French farm laborer

Degraide, Justin Head M 55 M Na Belgium proprietor of Dairy Farm Degraide, Sophie wife F 53 M Na Belgium Degraide, Emile son M 22 S Rhode Island farm laborer on farm Degraide, Maria daughter F 19 S Rhode Island Degraide, Ida daughter F 15 S Rhode Island

Pignolet, Edward P Head M 55 M Na Belgium bus driver for bus company Pignolet, Aly M wife F 50 M Rhode Island Pignolet, Howard S son M 18 S Rhode Island Pignolet, Robert E son M 24 M Rhode Island Pignolet, Irma B daughter-in-law F 20 M Rhode Island Pignolet, Robert E Jr. nephew M 4m S Rhode Island

Hanouille, Joseph Head M 59 M Na Belgium weaver at woolen mill Hanouille, Lucy wife F 57 M Na Belgium

Dufour, Emil Head M 37 M Na Belgium night watchman at silk mill Dufour, Doris wife F 33 M Rhode Island Dufour, Norman son M 8 S Rhode Island Dufour, Florence daughter F 4 S Rhode Island Bonin, Delia mother-in-law F 59 Wd Rhode Island

Meunier, Leon J Head M 29 M Na Belgium slasher tender at cotton mill Meunier, Jeannette wife F 28 M Rhode Island Meunier, Roland son M 9m S Rhode Island

Pierson, John Head M 49 M Na Belgium Loom fixer at Cotton Mill Pierson, Georgiana wife F 47 M Rhode Island Pierson, Dorothy daughter F 23 S Rhode Island Cloth inspector @ Cotton Mill Pierson, Norbert son M 19 S Rhode Island Laborer @ Cotton Mill Pierson, Richard son M 17 S Rhode Island Pierson, Edgar son M 12 S Rhode Island

Kirchmayer, Marie P Head F 47 Wd Belgium janitress at Public School Kirchmayer, Richard son M 21 S Rhode Island calender man at book cloth finish works

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Name Relationship Sex/Age/Status/Naturalization Birth Place profession Meunier, Julien F son M 26 S Na Belgium doffer at cotton mill Meunier, Maurice E son M 24 S Massachusetts roping packer at cotton mill Meunier, Germaine L daughter F 22 S Rhode Island clothes inspector at cotton mill Meunier, Albert A son M 18 S Rhode Island lapping machine operator at cotton mill Meunier, Alice I daughter F 13 S Rhode Island Meunier, Marguerite I daughter F 12 S Rhode Island

Sante, Germain Head M 32 M Na Belgium general clerk at Retail Lumber Sante, Barbara wife F 32 M Rhode Island Sante, Patty N daughter F 1 S Rhode Island

Providence City, Providence, Rhode Island Vengermeersh, Henry Head M 45 M Na Belgium weaver at Textile Mill Vengermeersh, Mary wife F 44 M Na Belgium Vengermeersh, Rosetta daughter M 10 S Rhode Island

Vanloo, Daniel Head M 35 M Pa Belgium dyer at Dye house Vanloo, Mary wife F 32 M Al Belgium Vanloo, George D son M 4 S Vanloo, Shirley E daughter F 3m S

Neirinckx, Jerome Head M 53 M Na Belgium weaver at Woolen and Worsted Neirinckx, Mary wife F 46 M Na Belgium weaver at Woolen and Worsted

Vandenwusche, Octave Head M 57 M Na Belgium weaver at Woolen and Worsted Vandenwusche, Rose wife F 49 M Na France weaver at Woolen and Worsted

Dhondt, Arthur Head M 43 M Na Belgium warp twister at Textil Mill Dhondt, Angele wife F 40 M Na Belgium Neirinckz, Yvonne daughter F 12 S Rhode Island

Degrisi, Alberick Head M 52 M Na Belgium weaver at Textile Mill Degrisi, Elodie wife F 50 S Na Belgium weaver at Textile Mill

Neirinckz, Gustave Head M 48 M Na Belgium loom firer at Textile mill Neirinckz, Marie wife F 46 F Na Belgium Neirinckz, Roland son M 9 M Rhode Island Neirinckz, Raymond son M 3 M Rhode Island

Vandergheynst, Ivon Head M 45 M Na Belgium loom fixer at Woolen Vandergheynst, Vilarie wife F 42 M Pa Belgium weaver at Woolen Vandergheynst, Doris daughter F 7 S Rhode Island

Andruszkiewicz, Frank C Head M 31 M Rhode island engineer in Bleachery Andruszkiewicz , Gay wife F 28 M Belgium doubler at a rayon mill

Dekeulenare, Jenn Head M 55 M Na Belgium solderer at Jewelry Mfg Dekeulenare, Leonie wife F 54 M Na France

Vanbost, Richard J Head M 37 M Na Belgium weaver at Worsted Mill Vanbost, Marie wife F 30 M Rhode Island

Peferoen, Gene Head M 63 M Belgium Weaver at Worsted Mill Peferoen, Emily wife F 67 M Belgium Anderson, Arthur son-in-law M 31 M Rhode Island Filler at Paint Mfg Anderson, Julia daughter F 32 M Rhode Island weaver at Cotton Textile Mill

Forrest, George W Head M 46 M Rhode Island weaver at Cotton Textile Mill Forrest, Martha M wife F 36 M Belgium Forrest, Norma M daughter F 17 S Rhode Island salesgirl at Dept Store Forrest, James W son M 15 S Rhode Island Forrest, Robert J son M 14 S Rhode Island 59

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Name Relationship Sex/Age/Status/Naturalization Birth Place profession Forrest, George W son M 11 S Rhode Island Forrest, Edward A son M 1 S Rhode Island

Sante, Alfred A Head M 79 M Na Belgium Sante, Claire M wife F 57 M Na France Sante, Alfred E son M 24 S Rhode Island counter clerk at grocery Sante, Albert C son M 22 S Rhode Island spool worker at Worsted Mill

Gerard, Jerry Head M 52 M France loom fixer at woolen mfg Gerard, Malvina wife F 39 M Belgium weaver at woolen mfg Gerard, George son M 17 S Rhode Island filling carrier at woolen mfg

Torcq, Jerome Head M 63 M Pa Belgium Weaver at Cotton Torcq, Bertha wife F 59 M Al Belgium Torcq, Romanie daughter F 38 S Na Belgium Weaver at Cotton

Van Houche, Edmund Head M 58 M Belgium Loom fixer at Woolen Van Houche, Maria wife F 49 M Na Belgium Van Houche, Michael son M 21 S Pa Belgium Fill in Boy at Woolen

Van Houche, Roger Head M 31 M Pennsylvania Colorer at Woolen Van Houche, Mary wife F 31 M Rhode Island Inspector at Rubber Van Houche, Barbara daughter F 6 S Rhode Island McCoy, John brother-in-law M 22 S Rhode Island --- at Jewelry

Conde, Francois Head M 54 M Na Belgium molder at Iron Foundry Conde, Anna Wife F 54 M Connecticut Conde, Blanche daughter F 26 S Rhode Island Conde, Albert son M 24 S Rhode Island clerk at Rubber Co Conde, Anna M daughter F 17 S Rhode Island

Boucher, Arthur Head M 27 M Rhode Island Boucher, Elsie wife F 25 M Rhode Island Boucher, Lucy Head F 59 Wd Na Belgium Boucher, Violet daughter F 17 S Rhode Island Clerk Office School NY

Sinicke, Archie or Achiel Head M 57 M Belgium loom freer at woolen and worsted Sinicke, Malvina wife F 56 M Belgium Sinicke , Madeline daughter F 33 S Belgium weaver at Worsted

Van Dorpe, Maurice Head M 44 M Belgium loom freer at woolen and worsted Vandorpe, Mary wife F 43 M France

1940 US Census Indexing UPDATE As of May 30, a total of 16 states, part of another one and the District of Columbia are searchable. Here are the states you can search at each site:

- Ancestry.com: Delaware, Maine, Nevada and Washington, DC.

- FamilySearch.org: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Kansas, Utah and Wyoming. FamilySearch.org's indexing progress map colors searchable states orange. To search, click the state on the map.

- Archives.com: same states available at FamilySearch. To access the unindexed portion of the census, this site sends you to the National Archives' 1940 census site (which Archives.com designed and hosts).

- FindMyPast.com: same states indexed as FamilySearch (Alaska, a territory in 1940, is missing from the color-coded map on the home page).

- MyHeritage: name index for Rhode Island, and a partial name index for New York. The 1940 census records also are available on FamilyLink.com, which MyHeritage purchased last year. You'll need to register for a free account on the site (if you don't already have an account there) to view the records. 60

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TITANIC’s Orchestra Based on the radio series4 published by Musiq’3 and Philippe DELAUNOY’s articles

One of TITANIC’s legendary musicians was George Alexandre KRINS who was born in Paris on March 18th, 1889, the son of Auguste Rodolphe KRINS5 and Louise Clémentine PETIT. He was Belgian however and he grew up in Spa on the Place Pierre Legrand, where his father ran a haberdashery, flourishing business at the time.

KRINS Grave stone, George learned to play the violin at the Academie de Musique of Spa, in Spa, mentions then then in 1902 the whole family moved to Liège and George studied George’s death – under Oscar DOSSIN, disciple of Eugène YSAÏE, at the Conservatoire courtesy of Joseph Royal de Musique in Liege where in 1908, he won first prize with BEAUJEAN highest distinction. The Conservatoire Royal de Musique still owns http://www.lescimetieres. com/Photos/ailleurs/Spa/ Oscar Dossin’s comments about Georges Krins’ work in 1906: ‘Model http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe KRINS%20Georges.htm student, he now has a solid technique’. dia/commons/thumb/4/42/Titanic_ As a young man he dreamed of joining the army, however his parents Band.jpg/220px-Titanic_Band.jpg talked him out of it. He worked in his father's shop and played in La Grande Symphonie, Spa. In 1910, he moved to Paris to be first violin at Le Trianon Lyrique. He subsequently moved to London and played for two years at the Ritz Hotel until in March 1912. He lived at 10 Villa Road, Brixton, London and became bandmaster of the Trio String Orchestra which played near the Café Français. This led to him being recruited by CW & FN Black, Liverpool to play on the Titanic. He boarded the Titanic on Wednesday 10 April 1912 in Southampton, UK. His ticket number was 250654, the same as for all the members of Wallace Hartley's orchestra. His cabin was in 2nd class. He was the only Belgian musician aboard the Titanic. After Titanic hit the iceberg and began to sink, Krins and his fellow band members assembled in the first class lounge and started playing music to help keep the passengers calm. They later moved to the forward half of the boat deck, where they continued to play as the crew loaded the lifeboats. Krins was 23 years old when he died. His body was never recovered.

Testimony of Lawrence BEESLEY, 2nd class passenger: "Many acts of bravery took place that night but none equaled that of these few men who continued to play minute after minute while the ship sank deeper into the ocean bringing the water level closer and closer to where they were playing – the music they played becoming their unforgettable requiem and earning them the inalienable right to be forever engraved on the tablets of eternal glory."

Shortly after the tragedy, a committee was formed to raise money and select one out of 7 proposals to build a memorial6 in the honor of George Krins. On November 1st, 1913 the “Cri de Liege” published the results: Architect Fritz HALLEN of Liege was given the job. The future memorial would be made from a 3m high block of stone, crowned with foliage and the effigy if George KRINS. At the bottom, the http://www.encyclopedia- titanica.org/images/clip_im waves roll over the body of a musician, still holding on to his violin. Philippe DELAUNOY and Olivier age022.jpg CESARETTI found the original blueprints at the CHIROUX library, in Liège.

The First World War would rob Fritz HALLEN from his task however and after it was all said and done, nobody knew what became of the monies collected and the project would never see completion. Instead, years later, on September 14, 2002, a plaque was dedicated to the memory of George KRINS, at the Hotel Cardinal in Spa, where he resided from June 1910 to January 1911. The only existing Krins memorial is the Krins family http://img376.imag tombstone in Spa cemetery where an epitaph has been added some time after the Titanic disaster : ‘To the eshack.us/img376/ 2333/memorialkri memory of Georges Krins, died on the Titanic in April 1912’. ns11fr8.gif

The Krins family still exists but returned to France, living near Paris. Eric Krins, Georges’ great-nephew, knows in fact very little about his famous uncle. Georges’ parents always kept silence about the loss of their child and it became a taboo topic within the Krins family. Last April 2012, Eric Krins came to Spa and Liège for the very first time. The RMS Titanic centenary was a perfect opportunity for him, his wife and his children to learn about one of the famous Titanic violinist!

4 Mini series written by Mireille Moons, narrated by Frédéric Dussenne and produced by Thierry Lequeux: http://www.rtbf.be/musiq3/article_les-musiciens-du-titanic-le-nouveau-feuilleton-de-musiq-3?id=7743688 5 http://gw2.geneanet.org/katiamarliere?lang=en;pz=jean+francois+fabienne+micha;nz=marliere;ocz=0;p=anne+suzanne+lia;n=krins 6 More information at the links below: http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/krins_lost_memorial.html http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/georges-krins.html 61

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Researching Online: BIBLIOTHECA ANDANA http://andana.virtuelle.be/

On March 28, 2012, a new site was officially announced which enables researchers to access at present about 75,000 beautifully digitized records for the most part presented for the first time, from private collections, from the Museum, the Library or the Archives of the city of Andenne. The site is the product of many years of hard work supported by the Echevinat de la Culture and the city of Andenne, Belgium. I introduce to you Bibliotheca Andana

Among the images you will find post cards, books, old local newspapers, funeral cards and notices, and last but by far not least, the images of Civil Registers for the towns of Andenne, Bonneville, Coutisse, Landenne, Maizeret, Namêche, Sclayn, Seilles (work still in progress), Thon- Samson, Vezin.

Also Passports of two kinds: some used for travel within the country, some used to travel abroad. These also provide a physical description of the bearer, like the WWI Draft Registration Cards in the US.

I will attempt to translate pertinent information here below:

Civil Register Records Today the Civil Registry is now made up of records of birth, marriage and death kept pursuant to the "Civil Code". It is into the hands of the College of Aldermen that section 125 of the New Law expressly commends the duty of keeping such records. The Mayor acts as the officer of the Civil Register and is "specifically instructed to observe all that concerns the records and record keeping." The New Municipal Act succeeded the Municipal Law of March 30, 1836, from which Article 93 derived similar provisions. Article 131 ordered the city council to account annually for the cost of maintaining the Civil Registry, as outlined in Article L 01/01/1321 ° of the code of local democracy and decentralization. The Municipal Law of 30 March 1836 confirmed, with respect to the registrar of civil status, a principle enshrined in Article 109 of the Belgian Constitution of February 7, 1831 as currently in section 164 of the revised Constitution February 17, 1994: "The drafting of civil register records and record keeping are exclusively within the competence of municipal authorities." The Belgian Constitution and Municipal Law of 30 March 1836 thus secularized the Civil Registry born out of the French decree of 20 September 1792, applied in Belgium by the Executive Directory decree of 29 Prairial, Year IV (17 June 1796), Belgium having been annexed to France by the decree of 9 Vendémiaire IV (October 1, 1795). This marks the moment when local secular authorities really began to take charge of the Civil Registry. The decree of September 20, 1792 is basic: it determines the mode of recognition of the civil status of citizens, mode of observation which was previously in the hands of ecclesiastics. The separation of Belgium from France, brought by the treaty of May 31, 1814, did not significantly change things except for changing the words for Mayor to Burgmeister and the Deputy Mayor became known as the alderman or the assessor. The matter was settled, during the short lived Dutch period, by Article 59 of Regulation of 19 January 1824 for the administration of cities and by Articles 77 and 95 of the Regulation of 23 July 1825 for the administration of "low country" (rural municipalities).

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To access the images of the available registers, go to http://www.bibliotheca-andana.be/ In the black Menu Bar, hover over "Etat Civil" then choose a town among those available:

Click on the town's name of your choice. I picked Maizeret:

Choose between the type of record you want to examine:

Naissances = Births Mariages = Marriages Décès = Deaths Tables annuelles = annual indexes Tables décennales = 10y tables = indexes of names

Let's say I want to look at the births I click on "Naissances" and a list of years available comes up on the next page, like this:

Click on the year of your choice and you will come to the record images which you will have to open one at a time. They are in pdf format so make sure your computer has Adobe Reader. If you need to download it, go to www.adobe.com and download the free Adobe Reader.

To view the record image, click on the red link "Telechargez ..."

At the bottom of the page the zoom in and out option that come in pdf format will enable you to better look at the record and save it too. Under the other headings you will find local postcards, photos as the titles indicate.

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- funeral announcements/cards

Under "Livres" you will find a variety of local history books in review. They are not downloadable unfortunately.

Under "Journaux" you will find 9 old local newspapers that you can read online or save.

Under "Registres" hides a series of decisions and minutes from local authorities' meetings.

Under "Dossiers" expect an amalgam of papers pertaining to a particular topic.

More explanations on how records were kept:

Parish Registers The decree of September 20, 1792 provides that "municipalities will receive and retain from here on, records intended to witness births, marriages and deaths"; it treats, under Title VI, the fate of the old parish registers: "... Within a week after the publication of this decree, the mayor or a municipal officer ... shall be required ... to go to clerks of the Parish churches, presbyteries and deposit records of all religions, where they will develop an inventory of all existing records in the hands of priests and other stakeholders. Current records will be closed and approved by the mayor or municipal officer "; under Article 2, "all books, both old and new, will be taken to and deposited at the town hall"; Finally, under section 4: "... Within two months from the publication of this decree, an inventory of all registers of baptisms, marriages and burials existing in the court registries will be created. Within one month after that, records and inventory will be entrusted to the attorney generals ...for transport and deposit in the department’s archives " While the Civil Registry (Births, Marriages, Deaths) has been kept by the secular administration since 1792, Parish Registers were kept by clergymen who recorded baptisms, marriages and burials. These church records, at the time, carried as much legal weight as the Civil Registry, which is no longer the case. The keeping of these church records originated with legislation in part secular and in part religious in origin, which can easily be traced back to the Ordinance of Villers-Coterets, and is actually older. The order, which was enacted by Francois I, King of France, on August 25, 1539, is the work of Chancellor William POYET, hence the name of Guillelmine or Guillemine that it was sometimes given. it covers the registrers of burials (Article 50) and baptisms (Article 51). Section 53 requires the Chapters, convents and cures to file annually with the registry records of the headquarters of "bailiff" or "royal seneschal" for preservation and to use it when needed.

Other texts of interest - The proceedings of the Council of Trent (24th session of November 11, 1563), by which Parish priests were ordered to record the names of godparents in the baptismal register. These annotations were based on purely religious grounds, indeed, at the time, the spiritual relationship created at baptism, translated into marriage impediments. The Council of Trent circumscribed it so as to avoid the disadvantages arising from the multiplicity of spiritual alliances, contracted only by godparents. - The order called "of Blois", work of Chancellor Hurault Cheverny, which dated back to May 1579. Under Article 40, we can not marry without "prior proclamations made by three different holidays, with appropriate intervals" and, in order to show that proper form was observed for these weddings, at least four trustworthy people will, attend, which will be written into the record. - The order called "Saint-Germain-en-Laye" also called "Code Louis," of April 1667. This ordinance standardizes the preparation of records. It requires signature of the godparents on baptismal records; of spouses and witnesses on marriage records; of both parents, or friends present on burial records, confirming what was already done in many areas. - A royal decree of Louis XV dated April 9, 1736: there will be kept in every Parish in the kingdom two copies of registers, both considered authentic before the courts, to record baptisms, marriages and burials which would be used through the course of year. These registers would be provided at the expense of the Fabrique. All records of baptism, marriage and burial would be kept in these registers, chronologically with no blanks, and would be signed by those who must. Both registers would have to be signed by the officiator, contracting parties and witnesses. - The order and perpetual edict of sovereign princes and archdukes of July 12, 1611: given the frequent difficulty in proving one’s age "when getting married or at someone’s death, magistrates and other legal representatives, for towns as well as villages, are directed to collect an authentic copy of the registers of baptism, marriages, and burials that every priest has held in his parish. This duplicate register should be sent to the clerks of the City Registry… for preservation.

What a wonderful site for us to use! If you have a minute, click on "remerciements" to discover those who made the site possible for us! And share with your friends on Facebook! And at the bottom right of the page, sign up for updates. ("S'inscrire au flux RSS")

Have fun!

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Using Billion Graves Website By Regine Brindle

Move over Find-a-Grave, there is a new site collecting and indexing images of grave stones! You may ask… why do we need another one? Find-a-Grave gives free access to pictures of grave sites. What’s the difference? Find-a-Grave is a worldwide project just as Billion Graves is. Let me tell you my experience with both.

About a month ago I received an email message from FamilySearch updating consultants on the different projects in Indexing. I had been indexing/arbitrating the 1940 US Census and this came at a time when I needed a break from the census.

BillionGraves is a website dedicated to photographing and transcribing information from gravestones in cemeteries around the world. It uses a free downloadable App which enables anyone with an Apple iPhone or Google Android smart phone to use their phone to capture images of gravestones and upload those images to the BillionGraves website via the internet. These images are then transcribed either by those who took the pictures or by anyone who wants to help index them. Through the use of GPS coordinates and satellite technology, BillionGraves makes it possible to locate any gravestone that has been photographed and indexed. With an Apple iPhone or Android smart phone in hand, finding a person’s gravestone is a breeze.

You can do a surname search or a cemetery search. I tried some Belgian glassworkers names of course and here is one who passed away in Hartford City Indiana: Arthur Wittebort.

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Here is a map of the cemetery where Arthur is buried. You can see all the graves that have been photographed. Of course to pick a grave better through this feature, you need to zoom in.

My GPS is not the most accurate and I have found that the map of the pictures I took is not exactly accurate but it does locate the grave in the general area and makes it easier to find the graves even if it may require looking a bit if/when you actually visit the cemetery. When my daughter-in-law last visited I had her try her phone (not an Iphone or an Android). She downloaded the application without any trouble and was able to use it to take some pictures and upload them correctly. I am so very excited about this wonderful new tool. Some people still prefer Find-A-Grave and that’s fine but personally I really enjoy the simplicity of BillionGraves.com and feel really good too about having access to many volunteers ready to help index the pictures I take. I don’t relinquish my ability to correct their work but they do make a difference for me.

Go to BillionGraves.com to see if the tombstone you are looking for has been photographed and indexed. If it hasn’t, download the free App from BillionGraves.com, so you can start taking pictures yourself.

Depending on my phone’s battery life I have been able to take upwards of 500 pictures in one setting. Usually I wait till I get home to upload them using my Home network rather than my phone’s internet connection. We don’t live in a 3G area… )=

The latest news on FamilySearch and BillionGraves is that the index is now available on FamilySearch.org.

If you have never taken pictures of graves you will soon discover that there is a better time of day for some

and you may decide to retake some. Also watch your shadow and watch your toes… I have had my toes in several pictures, or my reflection in a stone or a funny Chinese shadow figure in one corner or another…

I hope some people in Belgium will be able to do the same for us here… That would sure be nice!!!

In any case HAVE FUN!!!

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DID YOU KNOW?

About Le Creuset® In 1924, two Belgian industrialists, Armand Desaegner (a casting specialist) and Octave Aubecq (an enameling specialist), met at the Brussels Fair. The innovative pair decided to create a foundry that would enamel various cookware items. In 1925, Desaegner and Aubecq launched Le Creuset, French for "the crucible." The men chose to locate the company in Fresnoy- le-Grand, Aisne, France, at the crossroads of transportation routes for the raw materials of coke, iron, and sand. This same year, the start-up foundry produced the first cocotte. Le Creuset began to develop its product range: cookers, charcoal stoves, hot plates for electric cookers, and kitchen utensils. The company concentrated on its range of enameled cast-iron after World War II and became a major innovator of the time, becoming an international name in 1952. As the world sped toward the close of the 20th century, Le Creuset further advanced in refined cookware introducing fondue sets, barbecues, and woks, as well as trendy and unusual cookware colors. http://www.chefscatalog.com/catalog/product-large- Today, after nearly a century of quality, Le Creuset is recognized image.aspx?item=25161&sku=CBLT by chefs worldwide for excellence in enameled cookware, plus its Screwpull® line of quality corkscrews and wine openers.

The Origins of Belgium Independance’s Day It is a law decreed on May 27th, 1890 that declared the 21st of July the official National holiday celebrating Belgium’s independence aka Belgium’s Independence Day of celebration. The day was set apart for Belgians to commemorate the oath taken by King Leopold I, the first King of the Belgians, on the 21st of July 1831, to uphold the Constitution. This Constitution guarantees the individual freedom of Belgian citizens and is founded on the separation of the three powers: the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary. The oath taken by King Leopold I was the end result of long talks that made independent Belgium a parliamentary and constitutional monarchy. st On The 21 of July, public buildings are decorated to http://static.skynetblogs.be/media/157121/dyn009_original_500_ honor the National Day and the day is filled with 454_pjpeg_2586341_13631f9e7df32d73f9f0194c131035d2.jpg celebrations, dances, parades and of course fireworks. 67

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For Our West Virginian/Pennsylvanian friends:

Vickie Bowden forwarded directions to their annual Belgian Independence Day Picnic

The Quiet Dell United Methodist Church will be the location of the West Virginia Belgian picnic on July 22, 2012. Registration begins at noon and dinner begins at 1 pm. Bring a covered dish and a white elephant gift for each person (you can re- gift !!!). Drinks will be provided. The picnic will be held at the shelter behind the church. In the event of inclement weather, the picnic will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the church.

Here are directions: From the North (Pittsburgh, Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg) - Take I-79 South to exit 115 (Stonewood/Nutter Fort). Take this exit; turn left at the light at the bottom of the exit. Travel south on Route 20 about 1/4 of a mile (you will go under I-79 bridge). Look to the left and you will see a white church, location of the picnic. At the BP/7-11 station turn left onto a lane that will take you to the church.

From the South (Weston, Charleston) Take I-79 North to exit 115 (Stonewood/Nutter Fort). Take this exit. As you exit you will see a white church directly ahead. This is the location of the picnic. Turn right off the exit and travel a short distance where the BP/7-11 station is on the left. Turn left onto a lane that will take you to the church. Hope you have fun at the picnic !!! Contact person: Roberta Bastin - [email protected]

For our South-West friends Stefaan Vermeulen writes:

“Dear Belgians, We will have our second picnic at Washington Park (Portland) on Saturday, July 21st. I have reserved a shelter (in case it rains) with 5 picnic tables. Restrooms inside and a children's playground nearby. The location is Washington Park. The picnic shelter is on Sherwood Blvd just down the hill from The Rose Garden (Rose test garden) and Japanese Garden. The picnic Shelter is called Elephant House and has a little lawn on both sides of it. Right next to it is the Rose Garden Children's Park (playground). Please plan on attending with your children, spouses, significant others. Here is the map: http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?a=298059&c=38301 I would encourage everyone to bring whatever they think will do for a picnic (blankets, lawn chairs, etc.) Parking is all along Sherwood Blvd or around and people can first drop off their stuff and then find a place to park. The shelter is reserved from 2:30PM till 9PM. I think we should make this a potluck picnic and would like to ask if we can all bring some kind of dish (appetizer, main or dessert) About alcohol in the park. Beer and wine are okay, so feel free to bring your own drinks and soft drinks. Also I would like to ask if everyone can bring their own plates, cups, utensils and that we all take our garbage home. If anyone has a few extra plates, utensils etc. (and I will bring a few extras) it would be greatly appreciated. People that want to bring a BBQ: OK as long as it is at least 6 inches from the ground. There was a fee associated with reserving the picnic shelter, so donations of $5 per family/couple would be much appreciated to cover our costs. Please drop me a line if you plan to attend.

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Delaere, Achiel p39, 40 Charles, Joseph p45 De Nauw, Camiel p53 Agarand, Irene p51 Chazal p45 De Neve, Gustave p53 Agarand, J p44 China, August J p58 De Nutte, Charles p53 Allard, H p44 Choque, Andre p48 De Nutte, Hubert Charles p53 Allard, Henri p47 Claessens, Oscar p53 De Nutte, Peter P. p54 Allard, J p44 Cleijman, Leon p53 De Pape, Auguste p48 Anderson, Arthur p59 Cleyman, Leon p53 De Pauw, Cyril p54 Anderson, Julia p59 Cleyman, Louis p53 De Pauw, Marinus p54 Andruszkiewicz , Gay p59 Clinquant p44 De Pauw, Victor p54 Andruszkiewicz, Frank C p59 Cloutier, Gabriel p43 De Poorter, Alphonse p54 Arnould, J p44 Colaux p45 De Pratere, George Charles p54 Aubecq, Octave p67 Colignon p45 De Roeck, Frank p54 Baccus p44 Collard, Joe p50 De Schuyteneer, Gustave p54 Baccus, Alphonse p46 Collard, Marie Cherri p56 De Smet, Alphons p54 Barbier, J p44 Collard, Theo p50 De Vincke, Omer p54 Barten, Joseph p47 Collin, Lucien p53 Debaere, Victor p54 Barthelemy, J p44 Collins, Ramy p53 Debels, John Baptiste p54 Bedier, Prosper p48 Collyns, Gustaff p53 Debels, Richard Polydoor p54 Beesley, Lawrence p61 Conde, Albert p60 Deceuninck, Cyriel p54 Boereweirt, Edmund Alexander p53 Conde, Anna p60 Decock, Camille Joseph p54 Bonin, Delia p58 Conde, Anna M p60 Decook, Arthur p49, 50 Bossut, M p44 Conde, Blanche p60 Decook, Bertha p49, 50 Bossuyt, Marie p51 Conde, Francois p60 Decook, Emily p49, 50 Bottelberge, Osari Mary p53 Coolens, Leon G. p53 Decook, Frank p49, 50 Bottelberghe, Julien p53 Coppens p53 Decook, Joseph p49 Bottelberghe, Richard p53 Coppet, Alp p45 Decook, Lenard p49 Boucher, Arthur p60 Coppez, Camille p53 Decook, Mary p49 Boucher, Elsie p60 Cornelis, Albert p53 Decook, Peter p49, 50 Boucher, Lucy p60 Corsijn, Edmond Joseph p53 Decook, Philamena p49 Boucher, Violet p60 Cunard, Mr. p44 Defnet, Janet p42 Breugelmans, Louis Daniel p53 Custer, George A p67 Defnet, MaryAnn p42 Breynaert, Philogene p53 Cuvilier, p45 Degraid, Emile p58 Brison, Emir Franl p57 Daese, Richard Clement p53 Degraid, Mary p58 Brison, Frank p57 Daniels, Maurice August p53 Degraide, Anna p58 Brockhoven, Frank p53 Darmand, Victor Gustave Borghmans p53 Degraide, Armand p58 Brown, Henri p53 Dath, August p53 Degraide, Corona A p58 Bruin, Emiel p53 De Bie, Leon p53 Degraide, Emile p58 Brusceia, Anthony p50 De Block, Emile p53 Degraide, Ida p58 Bulens, Andrew p53 De Boey, Cornelius p53 Degraide, Jeanne p58 Bulens, Peter p53 De Calvaer p44 Degraide, Joseph J Jr p58 Bultot, Jean Baptiste p53 De Clerco (De Clercq?), Richard p53 Degraide, Joseph J Sr p58 Buyck, Charles p53 De Clercq, Louis p53 Degraide, Jules p58 Buyck, Mary p50 De Decker, Alphonse p53 Degraide, Justin p58 Buyens, Louis p53 De Deurwaerder, Adolf p53 Degraide, Maria p58 Caeytant, Julius p53 De Deurwaerder, Henri p53 Degraide, Sophie p58 Calurevaerto, (Calwaerts?) p53 De Deurwaerder, Karel p53 Degrendele, Maurice p54 Cambron, M p44 De Keuster, X p44 Degrisi, Alberick p59 Capiau, Victor p53 De Keyser, Richard p53 Degrisi, Elodie p59 Cesaretti, Olivier p61 De Lauw, Frank p53 Degryse, Alberic p54 Charbonneau, Joseph p58 De Meyer, Louis p53 Dehullu or Dehully, August p54 Charles, J p45 De Middelaer, Edward p53 Dekelver, Guillaume p47 69

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Dekelver, Henri p47 DeVos, John p52 Foidard, Arnold p47 Dekeukeleare, Jean Delar p54 D'Hondt, Adriaan p54 Foidort, A p44 Dekeulenare, Jenn p59 Dhondt, Angele p59 Forget p44 Dekeulenare, Leonie p59 Dhondt, Arthur p54, 59 Forrest, Edward A p60 Delaitte, Edm p45 Dhondt, Omer p54 Forrest, George W p59 Delanoy, Louis p54 Dhondt, Peter p54 Forrest, George W p60 Delaunoy, Philippe p61 D'Hondt, Peter p54 Forrest, James W p59 Delmotte, Julian Louis p54 Dieu, Leon p49 Forrest, Martha M p59 Deloye, Edmon p49 Dockx, Eugene p54 Forrest, Norma M p59 Deloye, Mary p49 Dockx, Frank p54 Forrest, Robert J p59 Deloye, Richer p49 Dolobbe, Clina p58 Francois, Jules p48 DeMan, Adolph p50 Dolobbe, John H p58 Frans, Goris p54 Deman, Alice p50 Dossin, Oscar p61 Fruytier, Serafien p54 Deman, Alma p50 Dozot, Marcel p54 Garver, Emma p58 Deman, Blanche p50 Dropsy, Th p44 Gathain p45 Deman, Edward p50 Dropsy, Theophile p47 Gerard, George p60 Deman, Isadore p50 DuChateau, Henry L p56 Gerard, Jerry p60 DeMan, Joseph p50 Dufour, Doris p58 Gerard, Malvina p60 DeMan, Peter p50 Dufour, Emil p58 Gernonprez, Albert Gerard p54 Deman, Raymond p50 Dufour, Florence p58 Geysen, Thomas p54 DeMan, Sophia p50 Dufour, Norman p58 Gillet, Joseph Eugene p54 Demare, Adolph p49 Dumalin, Lucien p54 Gillissen, Albert Joseph p54 Demare, August p50 Duman, Emil p49 Gobaux, MJ p44 Demare, Fedellia p49 Duman, Hector p49 Godard, Auguste p48 Demare, Florence p49, 50 Dumonceaux p45 Goeme, Arthur p54 Demare, Frank p50 Dupont p45 Goffart, Jules Joseph p54 Demare, Frederick p50 Dupont, Emile p54 Gois, Albine p50 Demare, Hortence p50 Duquesne, Alice B p50 Gois, Immanuel p50 Demare, John p49 Duquesne, Cyril p50 Gois, Joseph p50 Demare, Lenard p50 Duquesne, Gustave p50 Gois, Octavy p50 Demare, Margaret p49 Duquesne, Isabel p50 Gregoire, Gaston p54 Demare, Mary p50 Duquesne, Leon p50 Guerin, Hubert p54 Demare, Philip p50 Duquesne, Leopold p50 Guerin, Louis Joseph p54 Demoor, Frank p50 Duquesne, Louise p50 Guilmin, J p44 Deom, Edouard p54 Duquesne, Marie p50 Hacault, Louis p43, 45, 48 DePorter, Arthur p49 Dusenne, Frederic p61 Haegeman, Arthur Gustave p51 DePorter, German p49 Eleys, Arthur p54 Haerens, Julius p54 DePorter, Lizzie p49 Eustache, Roger Alfred Victor p51 Haesbrouck, Emil Joseph p54 Deraux p44 Fasseaux, Edm p45 Hailliez, Leon p55 Deraux, J-B p44 Faster, Victor Joeane p54 Halbardier, Joseph p55 Deroy, Pauline p57 Faux, Leon Lambert p54 Halin, Jules Emile p55 Desaegner, Armand p67 Faux, Robert p54 Hallen, Fritz p61 Desagher, John p49 Fay, Cyrus Noel p54 Hanouille, Joseph p58 Deschacht, Albert p54 Fay, James Malcom George p54 Hanouille, Lucy p58 Deschouver p44 Fernandes, Joaquin p54 Hans, Egbert p55 Deschouwer, Francois p47 Fifi, Julien p48 Hardy, Joseph p55 Desmedt, Adolf p54 Fifils, H p44 Hautem, Arthur Francis p56 Dethier, Jean Vincent p54 Fifils, J p44 Hauterman, Jules p55 Deurbrouck, Frederic p48 Fifils, Jul p44 Heiremann, Anna p52 Devers, Albert Fernand Eugene p54 Firstraud, Edmond p50 Henrard, J p44 DeVos, Irma Louise p52 Flick, J p45 Henrard, Joseph Julien p46 70

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Henry, Gaston p55 Linart, Victor p55 Neirinckx, Mary p59 Heusschen, Louis p55 Londoz, Felix p44 Neirinckz, Gustave p59 Heyndrickx, Ceasar p55 Louis, Jules p45 Neirinckz, Marie p59 Hiersoux, Bertha p57 Luyckx, John p55 Neirinckz, Raymond p59 Hiersoux, John J p57 Maertens, Edward p55 Neirinckz, Roland p59 Hoebeke p55 Malfroot p55 Neirinckz, Yvonne p59 Hoppenbrouwe, Edward p55 Maras, Leopold p55 Nicloux p44 Hoste, Frans p55 Martens, Alfons p55 Nicloux, Joseph p48 Houbregs, John p55 Martens, Henry p55 Noppe, Petrus p55 Hutlet, Joseph p48 Martens, Joan Achiel p55 Noterman, Emile p55 Huyck, Achille p55 Martens, Oscar p55 Nunez, John p55 Huyge, Maurice Joseph p55 Martin, P p44 Paulus, Constant p44 Jacmart p45 Martin, William Guillaume p55 Peferoen, Emily p59 Jacques p44 Masson, Charles p55 Peferoen, Gene p59 Jansen, Cornelis p55 Massoz, J p44 Petit, Louise Clementine p61 Jansen, Cornelis p55 Massoz, Joseph p47 Pierson, Dorothy p58 Jebali, Joseph p55 Mathot p44 Pierson, Edgar p58 Jemmens Brison, Matilda p57 Maurage, E p44 Pierson, Georgiana p58 Joos, Leopold p55 Maurage, O p44 Pierson, John p58 Joos, Vital p55 McCoy, John p60 Pierson, Norbert p58 Kaiser, Georges p43 McKeever, Sam p67 Pierson, Richard p58 Kaljen p44 Meersman, Amede p55 Pignolet, Aly M p58 Karp, Joseph p55 Metzemaekers, Desire Ferdinand p55 Pignolet, Edward P p58 Kergen, Jean p47 Meunier, Albert A p59 Pignolet, Howard S p58 Kirchmayer, Marie P p58 Meunier, Alice I p59 Pignolet, Irma B p58 Kirchmayer, Richard p58 Meunier, Elia p58 Pignolet, Robert E p58 Kolton, Albert p55 Meunier, Germaine L p59 Pignolet, Robert E Jr. p58 Krins, Auguste Rodolphe p61 Meunier, Jeannette p58 Poncelet, Jean Bapitste p48 Krins, Eric p61 Meunier, Jules J p58 Pontiau p44 Krins, George Alexander p61 Meunier, Julien F p59 Quertinmont, Emile S p56 Kuba, Martin p55 Meunier, Leon J p58 Quertinmont, Gustave J p56 Labelle, Antoine p43 Meunier, Marguerite I p59 Quertinmont, John B p56 Labenne, Maria p57 Meunier, Maurice E p59 Quertinmont, Jules p56 Lamotte, Damien p45 Meunier, Roland p58 Quertinmont, Vitoria p56 Lancke, Hector p55 Michaux, Jules p56 Quinet, Antoinette p57 Lancke, William G p55 Moerenhout, M p45 Quinet, Henri p57 Laurent, Germain Hector p55 Moerloos, Henrie p55 Quinet, Joseph Henri p57 Laurent, Jean Joseph p55 Moerloos, Leonard p55 Radelet p44 Laverdure, Paul p40 Molderez, Oscar p55 Renard p45 Le Fort, Leo J p55 Monie p45 Richet, Victor p47 Le Roy, Hector p47 Monseur p55 Ritchez p44 Leboeuf, Isidore p55 Moons, Mireille p61 Robinson, Olga p49 Lebrun, E p47 Mulliner, Alexie p49 Robinson, Paulmera p49 Lecomte, Pierre Martin p47 Mulliner, Hulda p49 Robinson, Sarah p49 Lecoq p44 Mulliner, Joseph p49 Robinson, William p49 Legley, Camille p55 Mulliner, Louis p49 Roels, Louis p49 Lequeux, Thierry p61 Mulliner, Octave p49 Rossignon, Josephine p51 Leroy, H p44 Mulliner, Octave p49 Sandman, John p50 Libert, Cyr p45 Mylle, Charles p55 Sandman, Mary p50 Lievens, Edward p55 Nardone, Ernest p55 Sandman, Thomas p50 Lievens, Jules G. (Gislain?) p55 Neirinckx, Jerome p59 Sante, Albert C p60 71

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Sante, Alfred A p60 Van Hoorebeke, Desire p48 Vanloo, Shirley E p59 Sante, Alfred E p60 Van Houche, Barbara p60 Vekeman, Gustaaf p43 Sante, Barbara p59 Van Houche, Edmund p60 Vekeman, Mr p44 Sante, Claire M p60 Van Houche, Maria p60 Vengermeersh, Henry p59 Sante, Germain p59 Van Houche, Mary p60 Vengermeersh, Mary p59 Sante, Patty N p59 Van Houche, Michael p60 Vengermeersh, Rosetta p59 Sauvelet p44 Van Houche, Roger p60 Venne, Annie p50 Schoemacher p44 Van Humbeek, Victor p48 Venne, baby p50 Sinicke , Madeline p60 Vanbost, Marie p59 Venne, Frank p50 Sinicke, Archie or Achiel p60 Vanbost, Richard J p59 Venne, Johanna p50 Sinicke, Malvina p60 Vandenwusche, Octave p59 Verbist, PJ p43 Stevaert p44 Vandenwusche, Rose p59 Vercammen, Christian p51 Tache, Alexandre-Antonin p43 VanDerberg, Armand p49 Volscher p44 Talon, Jean p43 Vandergheynst, Doris p59 Voz p44 Tessier, Louis p48 Vandergheynst, Ivon p59 Willems, G p43 Tilmont, Leontine p43 Vandergheynst, Vilarie p59 Wittebort, Arthur p65 Torcq, Bertha p60 VanDorpe, Desire p52 Wyndels, Constant p51 Torcq, Jerome p60 Vandorpe, Mary p60 Wyndels, Firmin p51 Torcq, Romanie p60 Vanloo, Daniel p59 Ysaie, Eugene p61 Van Den Bussche, Dennis p51 Vanloo, George D p59 Van Dorpe, Maurice p60 Vanloo, Mary p59

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