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Belgian Laces http://www.steamshippostcards.org/redStar.htm Red Starline 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 while. Guy Gallez and I have spent countless Belgian American hours reorganizing the obits and feel pretty good Heritage Association about what you will find online. Check the page at Our organization was http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inbr/servicesAmVar 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 NFP status reinstated. The IRS told me we were special school trip at the Val d'Anniviers. 52 society. passengers (including 4 teachers and 2 drivers) eligible for a reduced fee but it turned out we 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 Régine di Rupo called for a national day of mourning. 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 Tel/Fax:765-473-5667 OR e-mail [email protected] Electronic ONLY: $10 All subscriptions are for the calendar year-*New subscribers receive the four issues of the current year, regardless when paid ISSN: 1554-2432 Content of the articles is the sole responsibility of their authors - All Rights Reserved (anywhere) Content Can Not Be Reproduced or Redistributed without Prior Authorization from The Belgian Researchers, Inc Belgian Laces Vol#34‐132 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 Format 24 cm X 17 cm; 160 pages, all in color Price: 19,00 € Contact : tél. 0497 305 429 mail : [email protected] In French - ISBN 978-2-9303-2715-0 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 39 Belgian Laces Vol#34‐132 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.