Belgian Laces Kerkakkerstraat in Hansbeke (Nevele) By Rudy Dhoore http://www.flickr.com/photos/erfgoed/2356383812/ Volume 31 - #121 September 2009 Our principal BELGIAN LACES: Official Quarterly Bulletin of objective is: THE BELGIAN RESEARCHERS Keep the Belgian Belgian American Heritage Association Heritage alive Dear Members! Once again it was a special treat to listen to the in our hearts and in Where has the year gone by? And WHEN did it Queen Elisabeth Competition on the internet the hearts of our happen? It’s hard to believe we are once again coming and this year I can even say I was there to hear the posterity to the last quarter of the year. crowd roar when Hugo De Pril, announced Ray Earlier this summer Guy and I revamped our web page CHEN, the winner of the 2009 Violin nd THE BELGIAN and added some features that you should find Competition. Belgian Lorenzo GATTO took 2 interesting. prize which also came with a standing ovation RESEARCHERS from the crowd. 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Russia fee includes a Enjoy! - Yoon Soyoung (City of Brussels Prize) - Korea subscription to the Régine quarterly Table of Contents BELGIAN LACES Letter from the Editor/News Inside Cover President-Editor: Books in Review p73 Régine Brindle Hansbeke Emigratie Naar Amerika: 1830 – 1930 p74 Kroniek van Hansbeke: Emigratie naar Amerika p75 Treasurer/Secretary: Belgians in the US Army 1830-1859 p76 Melanie Reynolds The passengers of the Garland and Peter Godfrey p81 Past Presidents: Belgians on the WWI Draft Cards p83 Micheline Gaudette The Ancestors of Jean Arthur DETHIERE p85 Pierre Inghels Pennsylvania and West Virginia Obituaries p87 Co-Founders: Belgians on the 1900 Census: Cook Co, IL – Chicago (part 1 of 13) p89 Micheline Gaudette & Obituaries from Canada and Michigan p91 Belgians in 1906 Saskatchewan p94 Ardiena Stegen Joseph SCHMETZ: 1891-1944 p95 Deadline for Belgian passengers listed on the “Scotian” p99 submission of Articles A sip of history: Beer in the Middle Ages p100 to Belgian Laces: Researching Online: Links of interest/FamilySearch indexing Update p101 March 1 – June 1 Belgian Glassworkers and the Founding of South Charleston 1907-1928 p102 Index p103 September 1 - December 1 Paper: $20 (US/Can) $30 Overseas Contact Information: THE BELGIAN RESEARCHERS - 495 East 5th Street - Peru IN 46970 ISSN: 1046-0462 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 Content of the articles is the sole responsibility of their authors - All Rights Reserved ISSN: 1554-2432 (anywhere) Content Can Not Be Reproduced or Redistributed without Prior Authorization from The Belgian Researchers, Inc Belgian Laces Vol#31 -121 Hansbeekse Emigratie naar Amerika 1830 – 1930 (Emigration from Hansbeke to the USA between 1830 and 1930) By Willy Quintyn and Marc Van Ooteghem, Published by “Oud-Hansbeke” In Dutch, 204 pages, more than 50 photos A cultural history of the village of “Hansbeke” near Gent, East Flanders, Belgium. Hansbeke is a small village, meanly 2000 and 2200 habitants, 700 of them emigrated between 1830 and 1930. The authors did research on this phenomena and published the results. Books will be available end of June 2009. Price 12 euro, shipping and handling NOT included. http://landvannevele.com/index.htm Contact via e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected] Retrouver Ses Ancêtres Belges (Finding your Belgian Ancestors) By Christophe DRUGY After giving some advice on how to begin researching, this book (in French) gives an overview of the public archives, focusing most especially on Brussels and Luxemburg and the Germanic Region. Other records more specific to these regions are also discussed. Were your ancestors in the military, were they protestants, nobles, miners or migrants far from their native land? This book should give you practical advice to find them. Services offered by the many genealogical societies and the new technology are also covered. And finally appendices provide historical timelines, a French-Dutch word list, addresses on the Benelux and northern France as well as many other bibliographical clues. http://boutique.geneanet.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=105455&osCsid=84fc56e5b69f4ca27b0bf9feebdb04df Hardbound book Published 2009 - ISBN : 978-2-35077-115-1 - Format : 17 X 24 cm – 152 pages 73 Belgian Laces Vol#31 -121 HANSBEEKSE EMIGRATIE NAAR AMERIKA 1830 – 1930 By Marc Van Ooteghem, submitted by Gwen DeMaegd Contact Info: [email protected] The great wave of emigration from Europe, mainly to the United States of America and in much lesser extent to Canada and even Argentina, which took place from the end of the 19th century and beginning 20th century did not leave Hansbeke untouched. On the contrary, numerous citizens of OUD-HANSBEKE Hansbeke decided to leave their town in the hope to build a better life in their new homeland. We may assume that the story of the emigration out of Hansbeke started around 170 years ago, between 1830 and 1930 the majority of the citizen left. The crisis of the 1930's and the outbreak of the Second World War put an end to the massive emigration. After the Second World War only a few still took their chance. In three parts we bring you a remarkable story about residents of Hansbeke who, due to mainly economical reasons and the urge to build up a better and decent living, left their town to seek fortune and luck in the Unites States of America. In the first part we analyze the causes and consequences of this massive emigration. We look in to the different crisis which hit the 19th century population and which undoubtedly made a large number of them decide to escape their hopeless situation by making the radical decision to emigrate. The story starts with the departure from Hansbeke, the crossing by ship from Antwerp to New York, until finally reaching their new home - what preparations had to be South Bend Tribune, South Bend, IN made, how the voyage went, the arrival in New York and the places where the emigrants finally settled down. The reader will notice that the State of Indiana and in particular the town of Mishawaka will play a significant role in this tale of emigration. We will go herein further into detail. In the second part we describe the history of a few families of emigrants. Where have they settled down and how successful was their life. In the third part the reader will find an extensive source description followed by a chronologic list of more than 700 emigrants of Hansbeke. During our research and even when contacting the family members of the emigrants of Hansbeke, it became evident that to this day, little is known of this remarkable chapter in our town's history. We bring the story on 204 pages, more than 50 photos, some of them in color. This book is intended to increase understanding about the Hansbeke emigration phenomena. It is up to the reader to judge this. Photo by Rudi Dhoore - http://www.flickr.com/photos/erfgoed/154924549/ 74 Belgian Laces Vol#31 -121 Kroniek van Hansbeke: Emigratie naar Amerika http://users.skynet.be/oud-hansbeke/web/OH-KroniekFramPageE.htm 1. 1833 – 1890: Between 1833 and 1890 only 50 “Hansbekenaren” (people from Hansbeke) emigrated to America. Name Age Status Occupation Address Left Ship Destination Reyniers, Frederick 22y S smith Dorp 28 5 Nov 1833 Groton Mishawaka Reyniers, Désire 23y S clog maker Dorp 28