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Belgian Laces http://www.steamshippostcards.org/redStar.htm Red Starline Volume 34 - #131 March 2012 BELGIAN LACES: Official Quarterly Bulletin of Our principal THE BELGIAN RESEARCHERS objective is: Belgian American Heritage Association Keep the Belgian Dear Members, After being in limbo for 541 days, Heritage alive We may entering a new era of our society soon as Belgium finally got a new the IRS played an unexpected card. In early in our hearts and in government as King Albert II February I received notification that our non-profit stepped in to name Elio di Rupo the hearts of our status had been revoked due to our not filing a report for three consecutive years. We had only Prime Minister posterity http://www.dailymail.co.uk.news been required to file a report with the state, which I adapted from Lee Moran’s article did dutifully every year. It turns out they changed Dec 6, 11 that a few years back and the letter they sent THE BELGIAN On December 6th, 2011, King Albert II regarding this was ambiguous at best, saying on named Elio Di Rupo as the first French- RESEARCHERS one hand that thing had changed but not for us, so speaking Prime Minister to hold office I failed to file for three consecutive years and had Belgian American since Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1979 – to restart the process all over again. This could not as politicians bridged the divide between the country's Heritage Association have come at a better time really since I won’t linguistic groups. Our organization was have to worry about the cost of mailing Belgian Political paralysis had gripped Belgium since June 2010 due to Laces. However, this also created a problem founded in 1976 and enmity between the Dutch-speaking Flemings in the north of the because we had been receiving a grant that was country and the French-speaking Walloons in the south. welcomes as members keeping us going thanks to Chuck VandenEeden Elio Di Rupo is the first Belgian Prime Minister of non- and his extraordinary work pulling the Belgians Any person of Belgian Walloon or Flemish descent as well as the only leader of a from so many census records. I have received descent interested in Eurozone country to be openly gay. notification from the IRS that they have received Genealogy, History, the reinstatement request and will be contacting WHY WAS BELGIUM LEFT IN LIMBO FOR SO LONG? me later on this year. I’m crossing my fingers Biography or Heraldry, because I always get nervous when it comes to The deadlock between Belgium's political parties came because either amateur or dealing with them, although in the past I have been the country is split into two ethnic groups - the French-speaking professional. very grateful to find helpful people who walked Walloons in the south and the Dutch-speaking Flemish in the me through the procedures. This time was no north. You are invited to different. They were requiring a $400 application Also, the capital Brussels is within the Dutch-speaking Flanders become a member and fee which I was able to reduce to $100 thanks to geographical area, but is mainly French-speaking. Brussels has its own regional government, as does Flanders and to participate actively the lady I spoke with when I called them. So… Never been a better time for everyone to Wallonia. Belgium also has a small German speaking in the work of the start using our webpage at Rootsweb either. Guy community located along part of the border with Germany. society. Gallez has uploaded a whole lot more of Chuck’s Because of this, the country is split federally into three separate transcription. We also plan on dedicating space in states: Flanders, Wallonia and Greater Brussels. The annual Belgian Laces to help you make the most of the The German community forms part of Wallonia, although it is membership fee different pages we are working with, starting with autonomous over some issues. includes a subscription MyFamily.com so you may know how to Flemish and Dutch speakers have their own separate political download the current issues and archived ones. parties - with Flanders veering towards conservative/liberal to the quarterly Hope you enjoy this issue… more changes coming political tones, and Wallonia more socialist. BELGIAN LACES as we transition to online only It all made it extremely difficult to create a coalition at national level - but the federal structure meant the country could more or Régine less continue to function. President-Editor: Régine Brindle Table of Contents Treasurer/Secretary: Inside Cover Melanie Reynolds Books in Review p3 Past Presidents: Louis Joseph Barthold Le Hardy de Beaulieu p4 Micheline Gaudette Belgians on the WWI Draft Cards p10 Pennsylvania and West Virginia Obituaries p13 Pierre Inghels Miners Memorial, Pittsburg KS p15 Co-Founders: True Stories p16 Micheline Gaudette & Belgians in 1906 Alberta p18 Ardiena Stegen Canadian Obituaries p21 Belgians on the 1900 Census: Cook Co, IL – Chicago p23 A Murder in Ghent, MN p26 Deadline for Paul Van Landschoot p29 submission of Articles Using MyFamily.com p30 to Belgian Laces: Did You Know? p33 March 1 – June 1 Index p34 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#34‐131 The Walloons in Wisconsin By Françoise Lempereur and Xavier Istasse This book describes the journey in the middle of the 19th century when approximately 10,000 Walloon farmers left and sold their Belgian lands to immigrate to the States, many of them to Door County, Wisconsin. Here is a recap of the awful obstacles the immigrants faced in that journey including a long boat-trip with lots of risks (many of them died on board) followed by settlement in a rough area with large forests full of wild bears and wolves, very hot summers and very cold and icy winters, diseases and sometimes, hunger. Read how the Wisconsin Walloon Community impacted Northeastern, Wisconsin, contributed to the development of the State of Wisconsin. For example, a descendant of a Walloon immigrant, Earl Lambeau, established one of the best teams in American football. The celebrated stadium of Green Bay which today numbers 73,000 seats, assumed the name Lambeau Field in his memory. Bilingual (French-English) - 224 pages (10” x 10”) includes a DVD with the 52 minute-documentary "Namur-Wisconsin", with some old "bonus" photographs and sound archives. Available in bookstores in Belgium and at Night and Day Press. Cost: Book with video is $35 for Belgian-American Club and Namur Belgian Heritage Foundation members; $40 for non-members ISBN 978-2-9540045-1-8 Find the Peninsula Belgian American Club on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/91388218610/ The CLAVIER Family in Belgium and in America Compiled and edited by Jeanne Hamer [email protected] 393pages, many illustrations Not for retail A beautifully illustrated well researched family history book. Although and also because she designed the book to be more specifically for the private use of her own family members, Jeanne will be happy to share pertinent information with other researchers who contact her directly. The book contains a short history of Belgium, of glassmaking, copies of church and civil records, family pictures, post cards, maps, obituaries and other newspaper clippings. In short, this book is chockfull of wonderful information that is bound to come in handy to those looking for the CLAVIER family, their ancestors and descendants. 3 Belgian Laces Vol#34‐131 Louis Joseph Barthold Le Hardy de Beaulieu Submitted by Micheline Gaudette Many thanks to Christiane Leva-Crickx, Hubert Nivard, Guy Depauw, Claude Van Hoorebeeck, Vicomte Le Hardy de Beaulieu, Mme. L. Massard, their much-appreciated help made the following article possible. Please note, this is but a glimpse at the tumultuous life of a retired general who immigrated to the United States in 1849. At the age of 67, Viscount Louis Joseph Barthold Le Hardy de Beaulieu, retired general, recruited and financed a small group of Belgians to start a settlement in the Tennessee Valley. In August 1849, he and his 20 or so recruits, mostly family members and friends, boarded the Ship Uncas in Antwerp, and left for the US. Louis Le Hardy de Beaulieu was undaunted by such task, during his long military career, he had led men on much more perilous journeys than crossing the ocean. In fact, it wasn’t even his first crossing; at the age of 20 he was sent on a military expedition to Saint-Domingue (Haiti). He could also count on his son Camille who was with him and who had previously traveled the US around 1839, probably with his cousin Adolphe. 1 The group arrived in New York, on 28 Sept. 1849, and proceeded to “Subdivision 30” near Rome, Floyd Co., Georgia. UNCAS BELGIAN PASSENGERS. Arriving in N.Y. 28 Sept. 1849. ROBERTS John, 48, Albertine, 38, Antoine,11, Selina, 4, Louisa.., Charles, 9mos. TABEREAUX, Sylva (Sylvere?) 41, Julianne, 16, John,11, Maria, 40, Adelina, 7, Joseph, 9, Maria, 13, Euphresia 4, Elisabeth 12, According to Guy Gallez, the mother Anne-Marie GILLE, Julienne and Marie Therese died at sea 2.; DE LANNOY Felix, 23; DE BEAULIEU Eugene (nephew of the General), 30; DE BEAULIEU, Jules, 31 (nephew of the General); CORPUT Gustave, 23; Portrait du Vicomte General LE HARDY, Viscount de BEAULIEU, 68; Louis le Hardÿ de Beaulieu (1782-1870) DE BEAULIEU Camille, 36 (son of the General), Madame, 32, Collection du Vicomte le Hardÿ de Beaulieu (Belgique), published with his permission.