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INFORMATION This booklet of the familly history and genealogy of the DeSutter family is compiled for my friends in Manito-IL. Research of the family started in 1996 after a visit to Clarence L. Palmer in Manito-IL who was married to Betty Lou DeSutter and remarried as widower to my ex sister in law Ardith L.Smit. They introduced me, at the DeSutter family reunion, to their DeSutter relatives and they told me that they were all of Dutch origin. Clarence grandfather was born in Isendieka -IJzendijke- . It was Engle Bert Palmer (van Pamelen) who brought the first of the DeSutter's to Manito-IL, namely his spouse Nathalia de Zutter in 1885. The DeSutter families in the Manito-area are descendants from Belgian ancestors, but the ones who came to America lived in . Those DeSutter's took an active part in the growth and development of the Village of Manito-Illinois, USA. Aardenburg is a small city close to the Dutch border with . It is part of the Municipality, located in the of in the Netherlands. Its medieval name was Rodenburgh (Red Castle). Until July 1,1966, Aardenburg was a separate municipality. The town was walled at the end of the thirteenth century: the present Kaaipoort at the old town's western entrance dates only from the sixteenth century. The name of the gate recalls Aardenburg's former harbour, the site of which is now dominated by a bank.

Augustus de Zutter lived at the address 'Oudestad S220', later at S385 from where he emigrate to Manito-IL.

I started my research in the archives of the City Council of in 1996. In 1997 Clarence came over to the Netherlands and touring in Zeeland we found a de Sutter desent, Herman de Sutter, who's sister was married to Fons De Milliano. This Herman de Sutter is a descent of DeSutter from Lembeke-Belgium and not related. Descents of the Lembeke de Sutter's are immigrants in , Atkinson and Geneseo, Illinois. The book "It's good to remember", Volume-I, of the 'Manito Historical Society' is a book with family stories written by desendants up to the year 1989. Volume-II is issued in 2010. In Volume-I are complete stories of the Palmer's and the DeSutter's which I used to complete the genealogy of both families, compiled with Dutch information which I found in several archives. With help of Marilyn Huffman-Palmer from Scapoosse-OR I was able to find American files, like ship manifests and federal census's. The United States Federal Census gave a lot of information of the DeSutter families in the USA. Also source citations, such as marriage and death indexes, civilian draft registrations and naturalisation records, Civil Registration Netherlands and Belgium and many websites of digitilised records were searched for over 15 years to make this booklet as it is today. I took the opportunity to dig up the past, to ensure your children know their ancestors. With thanks to all persons whom were involved. -LS-

CIVIL REGISTRATION The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats, congressional apportionment, electoral votes, and government program funding. Decennial U.S. Census figures are based on actual counts of persons dwelling in U.S. residential structures. They include citizens, non-citizen legal residents, non-citizen long-term visitors and illegal immigrants. The Census Bureau bases its decision about whom to count on the concept of usual residence. Usual residence, a principle established by the Census Act of 1790, is defined as the place a person lives and sleeps most of the time. For the first six censuses (1790–1840), enumerators recorded only the names of the heads of household and a general demographic accounting of the remaining members of the household. Beginning in 1850, all members of the household were named on the census. The census enumerators were typically from the village or neighborhood and often knew the residents. The first cencus was taken on August 2,1790.

In Europe, Napoleon, as the emperor of France, maybe, heard of this actual counts of inhabitants and launched his plan in 1796. Registration of baptising, marriages and funerals in Belgium and Zeeland before 1796, was done by Roman Catholic priests and written in . After the annexation of the -Zeeland-, by the France Empire, the french law including the ‘Code Civil’ --the French Civil Code-- came into force on January 1,1811. Part from the Code Civil was the ‘Etat Civil’, the civil registration. Some areas in the Netherlands started earlier with civil registration. In the Southern province of Zeeland these were - (Zeeuws Vlaanderen) and , which were annexated in 1796 and 1808 by the french. The civil servant, who became the specialised official was appointed in every municipality with registration of the births, marriages and deceased inhabitants. Most of them could not read and write so this servant wrote the names down as they were spoken in french. Who was a born de Zutter was registrated as Dezuttere, Sutters or de Sutter, Franciscus as Francois or Francies, Petrus as Pierre, Jacobus as Jacques or Jean. All certificates were written in the untill 1806 and who married after as Francois de Zutter became Franciscus de Zutter or de Sutter, Laureyns as Laurentius, Jacques as Jacobus. Official registration in the whole Kingdom of The Netherlands began in 1811. The Republican calender was introduced by the french in 1792. Civil Register of Certificates 1796 - 1806 (22 June 4th year - 21 July, 14th and last year of the Republican calender, were written in the french language. End of annexation by the France Empire came in 1814.

CONTENTS

B.2.1.a. = first child of B.2.1. -- grandchild of B.2. -- greatgrandchild of B.

Dutch and history. Page 1. The - Belgica. Dutch and Flemish History. Flemish farmhands.

De Zutter family history. Page 2. De Zutter - Manito-IL immigrants.

Family Tree DeSutter -de Zutter-. Page 3. Pedigree DeSutter -de Zutter- ancestors.

Ancestors de Zutter - from Flanders. Page 4. Ancestor A. Corneel de Zutter, 1679 -1724. Children of A.2. Thomas Ignaas de Zutter. Children of A.2.5. Franciscus Jacobus de Zutter.

Ancestors de Zutter - from Flanders. Page 5. Children of A.2.5.4. Petrus Johannes de Zutter.

Ancestor: B. Ludovicus de Zutter. Page 6. Children B.1. - B.8. of B. (A.2.5.4.3.) Ludovicus de Zutter.

Dutch ancestor: B.1. Augustus de Zutter. Page 7. Children B.1.1. - B.1.3. of Grandpa August.

B.3. Franciscus Bernardus de Zutter. Page 8. Children born B.3.1. - B.3.5. and grandchildren.

B.5. Nathalia de Zutter - Palmer. Page 9. Children born B.5.1. - B.5.3. and grandchildren.

B.1.1. Ludovicus L. DeSutter. Page 10 - 11. Parentage of descendants Louis.

B.1.2. Augustinus A. DeSutter. Page 12 - 15. Parentage of descendants August Sr.

B.1.3. Christophorus J. DeSutter. Page 16. Parentage of descendants Chris J.

DeSutter - Martens family relation. Page 17. Pedigree family relation.

© www.timsview.nl -- Issue November 10, 2011, update February 5, 2013. 1

The Low Countries - Belgica The low Countries - Netherlands. In Latin: Belgica. 52 BC: The southern region was the Roman Province , the northern region was in the Province Germania. The border between the two regions was the river Rhine. 1384 to 1482: . The area comprised large parts of present-day and the, as well as, parts of northern France. Justus Lipsius (1547 - 1606) described the Bourgondian Duke Philippe le Bon as the "Conditor BELGII" (Creator of the Netherlands). By inheritances, purchases and influence, he United almost the whole future area of the Netherlands (Belgica). 1482 to 1581: , devided in seventeen . 1581: The southern region were reconquered by the Spanish and ruled by Philip, Duke of Parma. Including the County Flanders and Walloon Flanders. From 1713 it became Austrian Netherlands (Belgica Regia) under the Habsburg crown, in 1795 anexed by France . The northern region of Habsburg Netherlands formed the Federal Republic Holland ( of the Seven Provinces - Belgica Foederata), lead by the provinces Holland and Zeeland . 1815: Both regions formed The United Kingdom of the Netherlands, lead by the House of Orange-Nassau . 1839: Dutch King Willem I agreed to an independent Belgium . ----> Read further "Dutch and Flemish History", below.

The oldest of the doctrinal standards of the Christian Reformed Church is the Confession of Faith, popularly known as the Belgic Confession, following the seventeenth-century Latin designation "Confession Belgica". "Belgica" referred to the whole of the Netherlands, both north and south, which today is divided into the Netherlands and Belgium. The confession's chief author was Guido de Bräs, a preacher of the Reformed churches of the Netherlands, who died a martyr to the faith in the year 1567. Historically, Belgium, the Netherlands and were known as the Low Countries, which used to cover a somewhat larger area than the current Benelux group of states. The region was called Belgica in Latin because of the Roman province Gallia Belgica which covered more or less the same area. From the end of the Middle Ages until the 17th century, it was a prosperous centre of commerce and culture. From the until the Belgian Revolution in 1830, when Belgium seceded from the Netherlands, many battles between European powers were fought in the area of Belgica Regia, causing it to be dubbed the battleground of Europe, a reputation strengthened by both World Wars. In fact: All born -de Zutters- before 1830, are born in the low land Netherlands. By the Roman Empire known as the province Belgica, Latin word for Netherland (low land). 2011: Greater -Netherland, is the political movement to unite all Dutch-speaking people into a single state. Also known as Dietsland.

Dutch and Flemish History During the 18th century, the Netherlands (Belgica Foederata) experienced a long period of decline and the country was embroiled in several wars, mostly involving England and France, as the nations fought for supremacy on the sea. Gradually, the Netherlands declined in importance, as the economic and colonial power of England and France grew. The French army was ready to march into the Netherlands in 1794 but the end of the republic came in 1795 when Dutch rebels, unhappy with their leader William V, formed the Batavian (Dutch) Republic with the help of revolutionary French. The French had forbidden the puppet Dutch ("Batavian") Republic to trade with Britain, and the Dutch economy had suffered greatly. In reality, the Netherlands became a French protectorate. An Anglo- Russian force of 32,000 men landed in Den Helder a town in North-Holland on August 27,1799, captured the Dutch fleet on August 30 and the city of Alkmaar on October 3. Following a series of smaller battles at Bergen on September 19 and other towns, they faced the French and Dutch armies in the dunes of Castricum on October 6. The 'Battle of Castricum' saw a France-Dutch force defeat an Anglo-Russian force near Castricum. The battle was fought during the War of the Second Coalition against Revolutionary France between French-Dutch forces and British-Russian forces. The town of Castricum passed from British- Russian to Batavian-French hands several times until the former finally fled, losing 2536 men and 11 guns; the Batavian-French losses stood at 1382. This was one of the bloodiest wars on Dutch soil. After a chaotic retreat, in which two field hospitals were "forgotten", the parties signed the Convention of Alkmaar on October 10,1799. There is still a house in Castricum which shows a cannonball which striked into the outer wall on Sunday October 6,1799. Napoleon became the emperor of the France Empire in 1806 and declared his brother, Louis Bonaparte, King of the Netherlands (former Batavian, Dutch, republic). Louis Bonaparte abdicated in 1810 and the Netherlands became part of the French Empire. "France" Flanders consists out of three counties, West-, East- and Zeelandic-Flanders and became part of 'The United Kingdom of The Netherlands' formed by the first king of the Kingdom, King William I, known as Willem VI of Orange. He brought the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg together in 1815. It was a barrier against the french occupation. After the year 1814 a lot of Flemish farmers from moved closer to 'Holland'. Still 'running' for the french influence in the South. These people were all farm-hands and during the winter there was no work and no pay. For living in this time, they had to save money during the summer. After the , Belgium's borders with France were settled in 1830, and in 1839 Dutch King William I agreed to an independent Belgium, including West- and . Zeelandic-Flanders became part of the Dutch Province Zeeland, named Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.

Flemish farmhands Most of the farmhands who immigrate in America came from West- and Zeelandic Flanders. One of the reasons for emigration was the seperation of Protestants from the Netherdeutch Reformed Church, they felt hinderd in practising their religion. They're surging for freedom of religion in America. An other reason was principally the 'Potato Blight' in 1845 and the fail of the harvest in 1846. In the whole of Flanders was famine which continued till 1854. There was starvation by more then one-third of the Flemish people. They were poor and lived on the edge of poverty for years. If somebody got ill, there was no money to pay a doctor or medicines. There where family’s were many children died and in other families a few. Life was hard in those days and it was a naturaly selection. They eat mainly potatoes, if there were enough, two times a day often without meat or vagetables. Baked their bread themselves because there was no money to buy. It was the poverty and the insecurety and the change for a better life who did the people came to decide to emigrate. They sold everything they had to pay the voyage and after they left they couldn‘t come back. Most immigrants in Atkinson-IL came from Zeelandic Flanders, from the Villages Eede, St.Kruis, Aardenburg and IJzendijke (Isendieka) and from villages in East Flanders, Lembeke and Eeklo. They got land in homestead from the American government and it became their property after they reclaimed the land for agriculture by 'untree' it. Build themselves a house from the timber, baked bread from the flour which came in by sloe or horses. 2

De Zutter - Family History Based on stories written by immigrants, compiled with Dutch info by author. The big rush of emigrants to America started in 1845, course the potato famine, it was the greatest movement of people in history. Between 1820 and 1949; 39,076,000 people came to the USA as immigrant, they came from different countries in Europe. Till 1891 they arrived at Castle Garden -New York and from 1892 on Ellis Island. Between 1845 and 1930, 250,000 flemish people immigrated into the USA. A top was the year 1882, accepted were 9,519 Dutch people, most from East Flanders and Zeelandic Flanders. Washington DC opened Ellis Island at New York in 1892. It was a facility designed to process 500,000 new Americans a year. In one 24-hour period in 1902 the crush of arrivals reached 12,000. During the peak year of 1907, 750,000 were known to have come to America. It was during this period that the DeSutter's came to the USA. Nathalia de Zutter (B.5.) who was married to Engelbertus van Pamelen, now Palmer , in May 1885, immigrated in 1888 to join his parents and his two younger brothers. Their seven months old baby Augustinus died after arrival in Manito-IL, before Mrs. Hendrika van Palmer, who came to the Manito-area early 1885, could come for them. At that time, Engle's father Leo van Palmer and his brothers Petrus and August Palmer were working, west of Manito -IL for John Cunningham. Augustus de Zutter (B.1.), Nathalia's brother, lived in Aardenburg-Holland with his spouse Ludovica de Bruijne. He and his two oldest sons Augustinus (B.1.2.) and Ludovicus (B.1.1.) flay the wheat by hand all winter and it led the boys to their dissatisfaction. The boys deciding they would like to leave Aardenburg and come where aunt Nathalia and uncle Engle Palmer were engaged in farming on the old Ben Schenck farm, now Timberlane Terrace, Mason County, Illinois-USA. Ludovicus send a letter to the Palmer's and received a letter back dated October 1st.1904. They wrote: "Dearest Brother, Sister Ludovica and Nephew Louis we received your letter and was glad to hear Nephew Louis would like to come over if we would send a ticket. We will be glad to help you all we can. I will send you the ticket and you can pay me back by working for me. Good hands get $18 to 20 a month, because you have to learn everything I will give you $15. Answer this letter right away, it will be a month before you get this letter. You will be here by New Years. Before you come you must go to my brother Venantius and ask him the size of his wooden shoes and bring me two pair with flowers carved in them, also some cabbage seed, pure and clean, and a flask of wiskey. You will be here at New Years, the longer you wait the colder it will be. We hope to see each other soon". Signed: E. B. van Pamelen, Manito -IL. In March 1905, Augustinus, his wife Irma Maria Leers and ten months old daughter Maria arrived in Manito-IL. Ludovicus arrived a week later, he was heldup in New York on arrival at Ellis Island. The boys wrote to their parents and brother Christophorus (B.1.3.) in Holland, late 1905 to buy tickets for them if they would come over. They arrived in Manito-IL May 1906, and they had nothing else then three outfits of clothing on the boat. After working for the Palmers and the Wiedmar Chemical Company, August and Louis bought a lot of land and started farming for themselfs and at their death owned their own farm in Mason and Tazewell County -Illinois. Youngster Chris married in Manito -IL and his hobby of photography was developed into a successful business in his own Photo Studio in 1926 which he extend in 1931 with a grocery and supply store.

State of Minnesota The state of Minnesota had a lot of ground to develop around the railroad of the Winona & St.Peter Railroad to the Dakota territory round 1872. The bisshop of St.Paul, John Ireland, tried to get a lot of catholic immigrants to work and live there. A rich farmer from West Flanders, Angelus Hee, got 125 acre of land and reclaimed it for agriculture. After he succeded he returned to Flanders-Belgium to get his family and making propaganda for a good life in Minnesota. He left Belgium March 1881 with an other 350 colonist's to Grandview-MN, the only place in Lyon County with a station on the railroad. Most of the colonists settled in the Moline -IL area and only 12 families arrived in Grandview-MN which became a village in 1878. Later in 1883 Grandview changed her name into Ghent, named after the Belgium town Gent. One of those families are Karel Franciscus and Maria Francisca DeSutter from Lembeke-Belgium, he ended up in Grandview-MN. Two sons of them went to America in 1881-82. The family came over December 1882. They found each other back two miles NW of Grandview (Ghent)-MN. The first winter 1882 -83 was cold, snowstorms and frost during weeks. There was not enough food and they hunt for ducks, fazants and rabits. July 2,1890 a tornado blowed all buildings down. Some family members were badly wounded. After 10 years hard work son Camile Francies DeSutter bought more and more land and called it "DeSutter Farmstead".

Village of Atkinson - Illinois As fieldworker you only earn payment in summertime, work on different farms, sleep on the farm in a seperate barn without heating, water and light. Most people were not strong and were hungry. Reason for emigration was principally the potato-famine in the Flemish Region which started in 1845 with an illness in the potatofields and last till 1854. A lot of poor fieldworkers and small farmers, settled East of Moline-IL in Atkinson-IL, Geneseo and Kewanee-IL around 1880, also in Grandview (now Ghent), Minnesota. They got forest-grounds in homestead, it became their property after they had the land reclaimed for agriculture. They build sawing-mills and the pine logs were used to build houses. On the red clay they sow wheat and corn. A part of the land became grassland for their live-stock. They did it the Dutch-way, the farmer sold his grain and straw, his wife took care of their lifestock by selling the milk, eggs, fruit and vegetables to the shops in the Villages. The Village of Atkinson -IL was founded in 1856 by Charles Atkinson, a railroad man. The few inhabitants that time were mostly catholics from Lembeke-Belgium, the families Martens and DeSutter. One of them was Petrus Clementius and Emma DeSutter who immigrated in May 1892. They had 11 children. He bought his own farm in 1906 and he became the oldest DeSutter, 101 years. He died in Moline-IL in 1992. Other immigrants came from the Dutch County of Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (Zeelandic Flanders), the Villages Aardenburg, Eede, and St.Kruis-Holland. One of them was Franciscus Bernardus de Zutter (B.3.) who immigrated in Atkinson-IL in 1907. The DeSutter families from Lembeke-Belgium and Aardenburg-Holland living in the Atkinson and Geneseo-IL area, are not related but know each other well.

Village of Manito - Illinois Leonardus van Pamelen immigrate in 1883 in the State New York with his wife Hendrika and three of his four sons, and start farming in Manito-IL, 1885. Son Venantius stayed in Holland and his oldest son Engelbertus returned to Holland to marry and came back to his parents in Manito-IL October 1888 with his wife Nathalia de Zutter (B.5.). Nathalia was the first of the DeSutter family in the Manito area. Her nephews Louis and August de Zutter came over in 1905 and start working for Engle Bert van Palmer. One year later, in May 1906, Nathalia's brother Augustus de Zutter (B.1.) came over with his wife Ludovica and youngest son Chris, to join his sons Louis and August de Zutter, who were farming for Engle Bert van Palmer, west of Manito-IL since March 1905. Youngest son Chris J. DeSutter took an active part in Manito's growth and development.

Children of August DeSutter Sr.(B.1.2.) July 2000. From L to R: Top: John Elmer, Mabel Teresa, Louie Paul. Front: Charles Roy and Ervina.

Pioneers of Manito-IL. Chris J. DeSutter Front L > R: Grandma Vicky and Augustus (Grandpa August) - B.1. (B.1.3.) Top L > R: Christophorus (Chris), Augustinus Achillis (August Sr.) and Ludovicus Leopoldus (Louis) DeSutter. 3

LEGEND B.1.2.2.a. = first child of the second child of his grandfather B.1.2. who is the second grandchild of his grandfather B.1.

Elisabeth van Hoogheweghe X A. Corneel de Zutter 1679 - 1724 1682-1736 6 children

Thomas Ignaas de Zutter A.2. X Petronella Adriana Spae 1713 - 1757 1710-1759 5 children

Franciscus Jacobus de Zutter Rosa Jacoba Hilaut A.2.5. X 1753 - 1803 1754-1796 6 children

Petrus Johannes de Zutter Ludovica Sophia de Vos A.2.5.4. X 1789 - 1840 1796-1883 11 children

Ludovicus de Zutter Maria Theresia de Weerdt A.2.5.4.3. = B. X 1821 - 1869 1820-1907 8 children

B.1. B.3. B.5. Augustus Christina Amelia Franciscus Nathalia -August Sr- B.2. 1848 - 1888 Bernardus -Nettie- 1847 - 1926 X Jacobus Dhondt 1850 - 1909 1853 - 1949 Melania B.4. 1852 - 1864 X Rosalia X X Ludovica 1856 - 1902 Virginia Sophia Engelbertus B. B.6. de Bruijne X Carton van Pamelen 1847 - 1917 Petrus de Cock 1860 - 1941 1849 - 1921 Maria F. Sabina B.7. 1859 - 1863 B.3.5. Petrus Bernardus B.8. 1861 - 1861 Camile Theophile 1900 - 1921

B.1.1. B.1.2. B.1.3. B.3.3. B.5.3. Ludovicus Augustinus Christophorus Augustus Francis C. Leopoldus Achillis Josephus Camile Palmer 1880 - 1955 1881 -1948 1892 - 1962 1895 - 1961 1890 - 1964 X X X X X Maria Louise Irma Maria Bessie Josephine Augusta Marie Louisa Katherine de Milliano Leers Tackman Martens Jackson

B.1.1.4. B.1.2.4. August Louis Paul Engle Ben Palmer 1910 - 1991 1911 - 2002 1922 - 2011 B.1.1.6. B.1.2.5. Nelson Louis Rudolph Tony Ross 1916 - 1993 1912 - 1987 Palmer 1954

B.1.1.8. B.1.2.7. B.3.3.a.

Ernest Francis Charles Roy Russell F. 1920 - 1991 1916 - 2005 1936 B.1.2.10. B.3.3.c. Frank Joseph Eugene J.

1921 - 1997 1944 B.1.2.11. John Elmer 1923

Number of living children in the USA are based on the Fifteenth Census of the United States, April 4,1930. © www.timsview.nl 4

Ancestors de Zutter - from Flanders Zutter: occupational name for a cobbler or tailor, from Middle Dutch sutter: 'one who sews’, from Latin: sutor- 'shoemaker’, ‘cobbler’.

A. Corneel de Zutter and Elisabeth Baptised in -East Flanders- May 1,1679 buried in Maldegem-East Flanders-Austrian Netherlands June 11,1724 at age 44. Married in Maldegem May 1,1711 to Elisabeth van Hoogheweghe, baptised in Maldegem March 4,1682 buried in Maldegem December 23,1736. Children born: 6, one son of them was A.2. Thomas Ignaas.

A.2. Thomas Ignaas de Zutter and Petronella Baptised in Maldegem-Austrian Netherlands December 22,1713 buried in Lapscheure-Austrian Netherlands on June 3,1757. Thomas married in Lapscheure October 13,1743 to Petronella Adriana Theresia Spae, widow of Guilielmus Rijcquaert who died on August 12,1743. Earlier she was the widow of Petrus Derouck, who was the father of Maria Derouck who married in Lapscheure May 9,1745 Laurentius van Paemel, ancestor (C.) of the Manito-IL Palmers. In the marriage with Petrus Derouck she gave birth to 3 sons. Petronella is baptised in Lapscheure January 21,1710 buried in Lapscheure October 31,1759. Children born: 1. Pieter Joannes, baptised in Lapscheure-Austrian Netherlands as Pierre Jean de Zutter September 11,1744, died in Eede February 8,1809. Part of his death certificate in French - 1809 ------> Married in Middelburg August 8,1773 to Anna Marie Cornelia Verhuijst, baptised in Maldegem October 24,1740 died in Eede January 16,1801. Children born: Registraton at Middelburg-East Flanders. 1. Philip Jacob, born in Eede (Biesenpolder) January 21,1777 buried in Eede April 1,1786. 2. Marie Therese, born in Eede January 16,1779 died in Eede October 6,1808. Married in Eede December 20,1800 to Pierre Jacques Teirlinck, born in St.Laureins July 24,1771 died in Eede October 26,1807. 2. Joannis Franciscus, baptised in Lapscheure on January 30,1746 buried in Lapscheure October 11,1746.

3. Joanna Cornelia, baptised in Lapscheure on April 2,1748 died ?? Married to Joannes Van den Brielen, born in Lapscheure ~1746 buried in Lapscheure April 17,1781. Children born: 2.

4. Philippus Jacobus, baptised in Lapscheure on November 9,1749 buried in Lapscheure September 14,1751.

5. Franciscus Jacobus de Zutter and Rosa Baptised in Lapscheure-Austrian Netherlands as Francois Jaques March 16,1753 died in Middelburg May 15,1803 (French year 25 Floreal XI). Married in Middelburg on June 29,1783 to Rosa Jacoba Helaut (Hullehout), baptised in Moerkerke January 1,1752 died in Middelburg April 14,1796 widow of Phillippe Danneels who died December 24,1781. Witnesses at the wedding were his brother Pieter Jan (A.2.1.) living in De Biesenpolder-Eede-Austrian Netherlands and Anna Cornelia van Beveren from Eede. Below an extract of the death certificate of Franciscus (Francois) De Zutter by the City Mayor of Middelburg-East Flanders, informer of his dead was his brother Pierre Jean De Zutter (A.2.1.) of the Biesenpolder at Eede -Holland in 1803 (France Empire). His son Petrus (4.) needed documents with information of his parents for his marriage in Eede September 19,1817 - in French.

Children born: registration at Middelburg-East Flanders-Austrian Netherlands. 1. Joanna Theresia, baptised at Parish Heille on July 20,1784 witness was Pieter Jan (A.2.1.) living in De Biesenpolder-Eede -Austrian Netherlands. She is buried in Eede September 26,1784 two months old.

2. Maria Cornelia, baptised iat Parish Heille on September 24,1785 buried in Eede-France Empire September 14,1792.

3. Franciscus Bernardus, baptised at Parish Heille on December 18,1787 buried in Eede -Austrian Netherlands February 9,1789.

4. Petrus Johannes de Zutter Next page.

5. Joannes (Jan), baptised at Parish Heille on February 2,1793 buried in Eede-Austrian Netherlands February 25,1793.

6. Joanna Cornelia, baptised at Parish Heille on September 21,1795 witnesses were Pieter Jan (A.2.1.) living in De Biesenpolder -Eede-France Empire and Cornelia de Wandel from Moerkerke-France Empire. Continue next page 5

Ancestors de Zutter - from Flanders

A.2.5.4. Petrus Johannes de Zutter and Ludovica ----> Extract of his birth certificate, needed for permission to marry. In french it says: born October 10,1789, father is Franciscus de Zutter who is baptised in Lapscheure. Petrus is a citizen of Moerkerke. Pieter, registrated in Middelburg-Austrian Netherlands as Pierre Jean baptised October 10,1789 died in Eede-Netherlands March 3,1840. Pieter married in Eede September 19,1817 Ludovica Sophia (Louise Sophie) de Vos, born in Eede on March 27,1796 daughter of Johannis Franciscus de Vos, born in Oedelem-Flanders died in Eede and Maria Jacoba Vercraeije, born in Middelburg on November 18,1759 remarried to Francies Bernard Versluijs, died in Eede November 26,1822. Witnesses at the wedding were Johannis Adriaan Verstringhe age 38 brother in-law of Pieter (married to a sister of Ludovica, Barbera Theresia de Vos), Francies Versluijs age 39, stephfather of Ludovica and Pieter de Vos age 29, brother of Ludovica. Pieter and Ludovica made their home in Moerkerke-East Flanders-Kingdom of the Netherlands. After Pieter's death Ludovica married March 15,1843 in Eede to Franciscus Leopoldus Le Fevere. They lived in Retranchement-Netherlands and after her second husband passed away in 1877 at her daughter Filisita's place (11.). Ludovica died in Retrancement on November 11,1883.

Children born: 1. Jeanne Marie (Joanna Maria), born in Moerkerke-East Flanders-Netherlands on August 24,1819 died in Eede August 8,1854. Married in Eede on February 1,1844 to Ferdinand Josephus Buijck, born in Maldegem-East Flanders November 11,1813. Ferdinand remarried March 28,1855 as widower Maria Carolina van de Velde, born in IJzendijke-Netherlands on January 13,1823 died in Eede January 20,1883. Ferdinand died a week earlier in Eede January 13,1883 they got 6 children. Children born: 5.

2. Franciscus Bernardus, born in Moerkerke-East Flanders-Netherlands August 24,1820 died in Eede June 28,1834 at age 13.

3. Ludovicus de Zutter See B. next page. Born in Moerkerke-East Flanders on October 4,1821. Married in Moerkerke April 22,1846 to Maria Theresia de Weerdt, born in Moerkerke on March 9,1819 daughter of Jacobus Bernardus de Weerdt, Innkeeper, and Petronella Clara Bogaert. Ludovicus died in Aardenburg-Netherlands on August 7,1869. Maria Theresia died in Eede October 29,1907 at age 87. Children born: See ancestor B. - next page.

4. Eduardus, born in Moerkerke-Netherlands on October 7,1822, died in Eede June 28,1838 at age 15.

5. Petrus Bernardus, born in Eede on September 17,1824 died in Retrancement June 18,1840.

6. Ferdinandus, born in Eede on April 15,1827. Lived in Retrancement. Emigrate September 8,1855 to America

8. Jacobus, born in Eede December 17,1831, witness Pieter de Vos brother of mother Ludovica. Jacobus died September 5,1853.

9. Sabina, born in Eede-Holland on April 14,1834 died in Aardenburg-Holland December 6,1912. Married September 6,1855 in Retranchement to Johannes Pieter Cammaert, born in Groede-Holland on April 4,1834 died in Eede on May 9,1875. They lived in Oostburg-Holland, off 1860 at Aardenburg. Extract conform her birthcertificate: fourteen April 1834.-----> Children born: Two sons and eight daughters, the first son and four daughters died infancy. One of her daughters was: e. Johanna Sabina Cammaert, born in Aardenburg-Holland November 29,1864 died in Aardenburg January 24,1951. Married in Aardenburg January 21,1898 widower Johannes Jacobus Lampo, born September 25,1856 died in Aardenburg January 14,1931. Children born: 12, 4 died infancy.

10. Bernardus, stillborn in Eede-Holland on April 21,1836.

11. Filisita, born in Eede -Holland on December 22,1837 died in Aardenburg-Holland on December 5,1921. She married May 23,1884 in Retranchement-Holland to Carolus Johannes Jacques, born in Heille-Holland on December 17,1839 son of Jacobus Johannes Jacques from Heille and Sophia Anthonia Offreij from Middelburg-Belgium, died in Oostburg-Holland March 4,1930.

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Ancestor B. Ludovicus de Zutter and Maria After they marry in 1846 they made their home just over the border in Eede -Holland where eight children were born. He was a tavern keeper and a horse trader. They lived in Eede-Holland till 1858 and moved to St.Kruis-Holland. In 1861 they moved to Aardenburg. Ludovicus died in Aardenburg-Holland on August 7,1869. Maria Theresia died in Eede-Holland on October 29,1907. Children born:

B.1. Augustus de Zutter and Ludovica ----> Grandpa August and August Sr. for his family. Born in Eede-Holland on February 15,1847. Married in Aardenburg on October 30,1879 to Ludovica de Bruijne (Vicky), born in Aardenburg-Holland November 1st,1847, daughter of Ludovicus De Bruijne from Knesselare-Belgium, born September 16,1809, died in Aardenburg March 4,1880 and Frederica Vermeire from Knesselare, born June 1,1819, died in Aardenburg January 7,1891.

--In most certificates the surname was spelled as de Sutter. They all signed as: de Zutter--

He worked for 35 years (1870 -1906) on one farm for Mr.van der Zein in Aardenburg-Holland. The farm was rented from a French Landlord and they paid them cash rent per acre. It was farmed with 4 horses and one plow. Augustus was the gardener and responsible for raising sugar beets and paid $12 cents a day. Vicky was an Inn- keeper and her father Ludovicus de Bruijne was a carriage-driver in Aardenburg. From May 14,1881 till March 4,1887 the family lived in Sluis-Holland and moved later to Aardenburg at the address 'Oudestad S220', later at S385. August's sister Nathalia (B.5.) left the family with her spouse Engelbertus van Pamelen for Manito-IL in November 1888. His sons Ludovicus (B.1.1.) and Augustinus (B.1.2.) emigrate in February 1905 to uncle Engle Palmer and aunt Nathalia in Manito-IL -page 9-. Augustus's sons in Manito-IL paid for the tickets for Augustus and Ludovica to come over to Manito -IL, they sold everything and left Holland April 1906, on the first ship they could get, from -Belgium on the vessel SS Finland, with their youngest son Christophorus (B.1.3.). They arrived in Manito-IL in May 1906. Ludovica, Vicky, died in Manito-IL on January 18,1917 two days after her youngest son Chris's marriage with Bessie Tackman. The young couple took care of father August till he passed away on December 15,1926 a few months after his son Chris acquired the 1926 site for his own photography studio at State St. Manito-IL. Both are buried at St.Frederick's Catholic Cemetery, Manito-IL. Children born: page 7.

B.2. Christina Amelia de Zutter Born in Eede-Holland on June 20,1848. She married in Sluis-Holland on May 4,1881 Jacobus Bernardus Dhondt, born in Heille-Holland on May 19,1852 son of Jacobus Bernardus Dhondt and Angelina Christina de Sutter, died in Sluis-Holland July 28,1928 at age 76. Jacobus B. D'hondt was a witness of his sister in law Nathalia de Zutter's (B.5.) wedding with Engelbertus van Pamelen on May 7,1885 at Aardenburg-Holland. Christina Amelia died May 4,1888 in Sluis-Holland at age 39. Jacobus B. Dhondt remarried in Sluis-Holland on February 13,1889 Louisa van Maldegem, born in Aardenburg -Holland March 16,1860 died in Oostburg-Holland November 20,1949 widow at age 89. Children born: 2, both died infancy.

B.3. Fanciscus Bernardus de Zutter ----> Francis in the USA. Born in Eede-Holland on March 26,1850. Franciscus married in Sluis-Holland on May 18,1892 to Virginia Sophia Carton, born in Heille-Holland on September 7,1860 daughter of Frederik Willem Carton and Genoveva Blomme. They left home from Antwerp on the SS Zeeland with 3 children on February 10,1906 to New York and made their home in the Geneseo area Illinois were relatives of his sister Christina (B.2.) were settled. Francis died in Atkinson-IL on February 11,1909. Virginia died in Peoria-IL on November 2,1941. Children born: page 8.

B.4. Melania de Zutter Born in Eede-Holland on April 18,1852. Died at Aardenburg -Holland on July 6,1864, at age 12.

B.5. Nathalia de Zutter ----> Aunt Nettie in the Palmer and DeSutter family. Born in Eede-Holland on July 10,1853. She was not married but gave birth to 2 children who died in infancy, the father is not known. Nathalia met Engelbertus Bernardus van Pamelen born in Biervliet-Holland on October 21,1849 after he returned from Manito-IL early 1885 and married him in Aardenburg-Holland on May 7,1885. Engle van Palmer brought the first DeSutter to Manito-IL in 1888. Children born: page 9.

B.6. Rosalia de Zutter Born in Eede-Holland on October 17,1856. Married in Aardenburg-Holland on October 24,1900 to Petrus de Cock, born in Eede November 5,1852, widower of Philomena Sophia Dhooge. Rosalia died in Eede-Holland on January 11,1902 ten days after her son was born. Petrus remarried May 23,1902 in Eede-Holland Rosalia Vanhecke, born in Maldegem-Belgium in 1866. Petrus died in Eede on January 4,1937 at age 84. Rosalia left her husband and son each 351,- guilders by notary act dated May 7,1902. Inventory Nr. 911. Children born. 1. Louis Leopoldus, born in Eede-Holland January 1,1902. Died in Aardenburg-Holland May 16,1924 at age 22.

B.7. Martha Francisca Sabina de Zutter Born in St.Kruis-Holland on March 11,1859. Died there on February 25,1863.

B.8. Petrus Bernardus de Zutter Born in Aardenburg-Holland on April 22,1861. Died there on September 12,1861.

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