Belgian Laces

Volume 26 - #98 January 2004

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Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 - 1 - Dear Members, We hope your holiday season was a memorable one and send you all our best wishes for 2004.

Guy Gallez and Kathleen Race are continuing their work on the 1870 census and shiplists. The result of their work is being loaded at http://web.wanadoo.be/gallez.nic/index.htm Ancestry.com is extracting the shiplists from 1851 to 1891 and publishing them online. Considering the human factor that makes extraction work less than perfect (illegible names on the shiplists added to the fact that these names were sometimes just written according to how the names sounded rather than the actual spelling), they are going to have to be double-checked against the originals. If you have a subscription to Ancestry.com we would appreciate hearing from you. If you are interested in helping but are not subscribed to Ancestry.com, you might be able to check with your local FHC and veify the extracted work there. I am including an example of this work here so that you will get an idea of how wonderful this new tool is. BUT as with every tool, remember to remain flexible in your use of the information you have and the one you find. For example, Guy asked me to do a look-up for a friend. His friend was looking for “Joseph Fournier, his wife and children, who arrived in New York on April 20, 1854, aboard the ship "Ann Washburn." The information was not quite correct, so I didn’t find the passengers right away. The “Ann Washburn” did not dock in New York on April 20th, 1854. It arrived on May 23rd, 1854. Then the entry found that ‘had to be’ the FOURNIER family was actually listed as FOURINA. A closer look at the original document on Ancestry.com images shows that it was easy to mistake FOURNIER into FOURINA and so there was the correct information. More about this further in this issue. This is the Gargantuan task laid before us. So your help would be most welcomed. If this is something you feel you can devote some time to, please contact us ASAP. Thank You!!! Régine

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the Editor/Belgian News p1 Books In Review p2 The Luck of a Belgian Horse Merchant p3 Flanders, a Self Portrait p4 Gas & Glass p6 Birth Records of Strepy-Bracquegnies p9 Pennsylvania & West Virginia Obituaries p11 Boneffe p13 Belgian Emigrants who arrived in 1865 p14 Obituaries Online p17 Researching Online: Ancestry.com Images and Databases p20 Internet Links of Interest p22 The King Baudouin Foundation p23 Issue’s Surname Index p24-25

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Saints and Soldiers By Jeffrey Scott

Hunker down with Captain Winley and the others in the snowyforests of Belgium during the winter of 1944. The Saints of War is an action packed story based on thehorrifying historical event known as the "Malmedy Massacre."In mid-December 1944 Hitler's Army blitzkriegs through theArdennes Forest into Belgium creating the colossal wintertimeoffensive known as the Battle of the Bulge. Sergeant DanielEpstein and close friend, Nathan Greer, find themselves heldcaptive with over seventy other American Soldiers in a snow-covered field. Without warning German soldiers open fire onthe American Prisoners. Epstein, Greer and a handful of othersoldiers are able to escape the massacre by hiding in the nearbywoods. Without weapons or food they take on the unforgivingwinter trying to find their way back to allied occupied territory.

You will learn as much about the battles, historical events and the outcome of that great war as youwill about human suffering, rebirth and spiritual growth. Based on the Ryan Little movie - The Film's Web Site: www.saintsandsoldiers.com softcover, 280 pages

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The Titanic http://www.skarr.com/titanic

THE LUCK OF A BELGIAN HORSE MERCHANT Submitted and translated by Micheline GAUDETTE

Many thanks to the Societe Historique de la Saskatchewan and their coordinator, Mr. Rémy Lapointe for granting permission to use their internet publication “Titanic et chevaux belges” as a base for this story, and to further identify for us the Southeastern part of Saskatchewan and Bellegarde as places where numerous Belgians settled. http://www.societehisto.org/Musee/Recits/Titanic.html

It was around 1909, when a friend of Hector DELANOY, convinced him to abandon his life as a farmer in Belgium,

and start a business exporting Belgian draft horses to the United States and Canada.

Soon, Hector’s business activities brought him to Nebraska, to Deloraine, Brandon, Sainte Amelie in Manitoba and Estevan in Saskatchewan. He traveled back in forth between Belgium and Canada, using New York as a port of transit and is recorded in the 1910, 1912, 1913 New York passenger lists.

In 1911, or is it at the beginning of 1912, Hector DELANOY went back to Belgium for unspecified business, but it must have been an urgent matter, since he had to leave before selling all his horses. The unsold horses were left with a businessman in Brandon, Manitoba. Well, the businessman sold Hector's horses and pocketed the money. It’s easy to imagine how upset Hector DELANOY must have been, he hired a lawyer in Brandon, who advised him to return immediately for an appearance in court. It was Hector DELANOY’s lucky day, but he didn’t know it at the time.

Hector DELANOY had already made plans to travel back to Brandon, but the ship he had selected was leaving too late for him to make it on time for the court appearance. So, Hector cancelled his reservation on the TITANIC and instead boarded the Mauretania in Liverpool, England on March 23, 1912, arriving safely in NY on March 29, 1912!

On the Mauretania passenger list of 29 March 1912, Hector DELANOY is described as 5’6, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, he is 38 years old, his residence in Belgium is in Hooglede where his wife Mary lives, his place of birth is hard to read, but it might be Torhout – a place not far from Hooglede in West Flanders. Many Flemish emigrants from West Flanders to Manitoba can also be found listed on the Mauretania.

Hector never recovered his horses or his money. He settled for a while with his family in Sainte-Amelie in Manitoba, but it’s only after the end of World War I that he was able to resume his business activities. In 1928, Hector and his family settled in Sainte Colette, Saskatchewan.

We don’t know much about the composition of the Saskatchewan DELANOY family, but from the obituary of Germaine DELANOY, one of his children born in Belgium on April 6, 1909, who passed away in Winnipeg on April 6, 1999, we learned that the name of Hector’s wife was Marie VAN EXEM, that they had at least 7 children: George, Germaine (in religious life Sister Benedicte), Marie, Josephine, Marcel, Jules and Gerard.

Sources: LAPOINTE, Richard, La Saskatchewan de A à Z, Régina, La Société historique de la Saskatchewan, 1987, pp. 294-296. New York Passenger Lists at: www.ellisisland.org Obituaries in the Weyburn Review. www.weyburnreview.com/obituaries/1999/9916.html

The Mauretania http://www.liv.ac.uk/~archives/cunard/ships/mauret1.htm - Cunard Archives

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" The Houses were poor, unhealthy and over populated"

" Flanders a Self Portrait " Extra "Knack" Magazine 3 July 2002

Reprinted with permission from Jos De Vuyst on behalf of the Magazine “Knack“editors and author Misjoe Verleyen Submitted by Ed Blomme, mokke@sympatico.ca

p. 88-... "... The downtrend really began in 1830, when the new Belgium was created. In one blow the country lost the markets of The Netherlands and the Dutch colonies. And although the new constitution looked like the most liberal of its time, the liberal ideas in reality were an economic disaster. Belgium contracted business agreements whereby custom duties were reduced or eliminated. England, at that time the leading industrial nation, through far reaching mechanization produced much cheaper and took over the Flemish markets. That meant unemployment and of assistance other than charity, there was no discussion... The beginning mechanization eliminated many home workers. In 1833 the first rural flax spinning factories made a half million unemployed. Ten years later one small

steam machine of 100 hp employed 750 workers. But they spun as much thread as 200,000 home spinners... The life expectancy at birth was 35 years, or lower than

today in Sierra Leone. Of a thousand children, twenty died before age five.... Eight out of a hundred women giving birth died delivering, that is higher than today in Tadzhikstan. Such numbers are indicative of bad nutrition, bad housing and bad medical care. And it could not be otherwise: almost half the work population- and they were counted from age 10 - were regularly unemployed. Those who did work, put in 70 hours. A workers family of six had to make do for a year with 780 francs. Equated on the basis of food prices that amounts to 464 modern euros of some 9 euros per week ($13.5 Can. or $10 US). That is for 6 people, in a family where the children worked. The figures for child labor are very incomplete, but from other statistics we know that not 45% of children under 10 ever went to school. For men 20 percent could read and write and for women that was 1o percent. Those figures are lower than Afghanistan after the Taliban were driven out. No wonder all medical reports speak of labor children who are " thin and shrunk, Show chlorosis, swollen glands and rickets. The muscles are hardly developed, the belly is swollen, digestion is difficult and is accompanied by sour regurgitations. The child complains about headaches, bellyaches and intestinal colic. It grows slowly and irregularly and the final height is below average."...Children and adults were short on calcium, eggwhite and vitamin D. Lung diseases were daily occurrences and epidemics like typhus and cholera regularly wiped out the weakest. ...Communities demanded police reinforcements to control the mass of beggars and vagrants, because the citizenry was scared, because the "scum" regularly revolted against the protectionist measures demanded by the factory owners. Working conditions demanded investigation. There were investigations that now give us a view of the terrible work conditions. Ironic detail: many of these reports were made by the owner himself "on his word of honor". Thus we read that " the workplace is warmed because cotton requires a temperature of eighteen degrees" and that" accidents only happen to drunk or inattentive workers". The reports and descriptions paint a picture of disturbing hard labor, noisy workplaces, many accidents, punishments and fines "having eaten a sandwich, was laughing, was looking". Workdays of 14 hours were not exceptional. Sunday rest only meant that for that day no pay was given. The unpaid midday break was short and many a time non-existent.

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 - 5 - WET CONTINUS About one thing everyone agreed: the treatment of flax was especially unhealthy. Carding produced an enormous amount of dust so "many people got dustlung". Spinning occurred in a hellish temperature. The raw flaw was pulled through a bath of seventy degrees to remove the pectin to make the thread thinner. The new machines, the so-called "wet continus" had not stolen their name. Through ingenious techniques they were capable to do all work between raw cottonwick and thread continuously, as long as the thread remained springy and wet enough. The hot water produced clouds of steam and the female workers were sprayed by the condensed water, that leaked from the ceilings. After work they went home soaking wet. Women especially were chosen for work because they were handier and had to be paid less. That this increased the mortality of women and babies everyone knew. The song "The Continu Girl" of the Ghent singer Henri van Daele (1877-1957) describes it this way : " We spinners of the flax factory/ Are quickly cripple, pale and sick/We're only slaves/ By stinking water overrun/ Often cancer gets us/ A glowing child we don't expect/ More often just a little corpse." Everyone also knew that wages were reduced. Workers were played out against each other. Each spinner had three or four helpers. They had to retie broken thread, sweep up the dust from under the machines, remove the full spools and replace them with empty ones (see photo). The spinner had to pay them herself/himself and it was thus important to keep their wages as low as possible. Preferably a child that did not have to be paid much than an adult. Catholic and liberal politicians thus were right to claim that parents wanted their children to go to the factory. That was the only way to survive. The nineteenth century stayed a century of crises: between 1830 and 1900 one year in four was a year of crisis. Catholics and liberals supported one another to maintain the status quo and that meant that the labor force were surrendered to wage cuts, lock-outs, dirty and underpaid work and hunger. Only at the end of the century would there be slow change. The emergence of unions, co-operatives, credit unions... brought a beginning to a better life. Each famine produced a revolt, each revolt required social change. There came an end to the crudest abuses: wages were no longer permitted to be paid out in the pubs, workers could no longer be forced to shop (expensively) only in owners stores. And specially the "truck system" was prohibited. Under that system the worker was partially paid in useless goods, that he sold back immediately to the boss at reduced prices. Only to get them back the next week as part of his (her) wages.... The introduction of the general right to vote brought workers as representatives to parliament and they would introduce social legislation. That would take almost twenty years... The caption above the street picture reads and the one that interests you is from a popular singer Henri Van Daele: "Our pregnant good ones never hope for a rosy baby..." The whole song is worth quoting for you : "We spinners of the flax fabric Are quickly cripple, pale and sick. We are but slaves By stinking water always soaked And cancer often does us in. Our pregnant good ones never hope To see a rosy baby cope Most often one find a little corpse" There are few folk literatures that express themselves so tragically, I think.

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 Gas and Glass: While Natural Fuel Lasted Indiana Industry Prospered

(Excerpt) By Herbert R. Hill, Editor of Outdoor Indiana

In 1880 Indiana had four glass factories, employing 862 men, women and boys. In 1890 there were 21 Hoosier glass plants, employing 3,010. The U.S. Census shows that the peak was around 1900, when 110 factories employed 13,454. By 1910, when the gas supply was rapidly failing, the factories were down to 44, employing 9,544. These statistics reflect also the absorption of many small plants by the two principal glass manufacturing combines which operated in Indiana, as well as the substitution of mechanized processes for manpower.

The Ohio gas fields, having been worked longer, started failing even before 1900. The Indiana glass factories, farther away from Lake Erie white sand than the Buckeyes, were turning to the making of flint glass and container articles instead of concentrating on window and plate glass. There had been no strikes originally despite the use of child labor, the replacement of glass pots by continuous melting tanks, and individual piecework quotas. But in 1893, with “hard times” reducing the income of most families, a strike began against the United States Glass Company, which had units largely in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Of the 62 glass plants operating in Indiana in 1896, records show that 15 bottle-making factories and six fruit jar factories were unionized. The American Flint Glass Workers Union, organized in New York in 1862, had moved Westward to Pittsburgh by 1878. In 1881 it helped to form the American Federation of Labor. By 1899 the AFGWU had 14 Indiana locals—at Albany, Alexandria, Anderson, Elwood, Frankton, Gas City, Marion, Matthews, Muncie and Upland. Membership totaled 393 in Indiana. This union claimed jurisdiction over all pressed glass and bottle glass operators. The younger United Green Glass Workers Association was reorganized in 1896 as the Glass Bottle Blowers Association. It was a practice of the National Manufacturers Association, which included the largest operators in the glass industry, to attempt to play off one union against its rival. In Indiana the Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company negotiated contracts with both the AFGWU and the GBBA. The former held its 1897 national convention in Indianapolis. The latter held national conventions at Marion in 1893 and at Muncie in 1899. Indianapolis for a time was the national or international headquarters for such large unions as the Carpenters, Mine Workers, Teamsters and Typographers. In addition there were numerous smaller unions, many of them also joining the American Federation of Labor. Elwood (later to become widely known as the birthplace of Wendell Willkie) was a town of 400 when it was incorporated in Madison County in 1872. But the discovery of natural gas in 1887 more than doubled the population in one year, and in 1890 it was more than tripled. In 1893 it was 9,031 and in 1899 Elwood had grown to 15,289. The flexibility of gas as a fuel made Elwood a leading manufacturer of tinplate (sheet iron coated with tin), which was widely used in the food canning industry. But in 1898, in addition to the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, Elwood also had five glass factories, and ~although the gas boom faded at the town after 1903 there is still some glass making there. The George A. Macbeth Glass Company started operations at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1874. In 1891 it became a foremost manufacturer of optical glass, not only for individual wearers but for such advanced instruments as telescopes and microscopes. In 1898 Macbeth merged with the Thomas Evans Company. Subsequently Macbeth-Evans operated several plants around Pittsburgh and in Ohio, and also at Elwood and Marion in Indiana. Of Baden ancestry, John J. Klumpp began working for Macbeth just four years after it started Pittsburgh operations. He was only age 12, but child labor was common in numerous American factories at the time. The bright and ambitious lad became so skilled that he was one of the experts who presented a glass-blowing exhibition at the World Fair in Chicago in 1893. In 1898 Klumpp became a Macbeth-Evans plant superintendent in Pittsburgh. In July of 1902 he was transferred to Indiana as superintendent of his company’s operation at Elwood and Marion and also at Toledo, Ohio. The Elwood factory made lampshades, lamp chimneys and lantern globes that were sold throughout the World. In 1910 John Klumpp, Jr., became Elwood superintendent. Only the decline of the natural gas supply interrupted Elwood’s industrial progress. Napoleon Bonaparte had offered a prize of 12,000 francs (a considerable sum then) for a way by which food could be preserved and transported for his armies. In 1810 Nicholas Appert discovered food preserved by sterilization. Then on November 30, 1858, an American tinsmith named John Landis Mason patented a way to seal a glass jar hermetically by screwing a tin lid down on a rubber band around the threaded neck of the jar. Another form of sealing was to pour melted wax in the groove around a tin lid inserted at the top of a glass jar. In 1880 five brothers in upstate New York borrowed $200 from an uncle to organize the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company at Buffalo. They started making stamped tinware, and also glass containers fortified by wooden jackets for the marketing of oil, kerosene, varnish and other household liquids. In 1884 Mason’s patent expired, and the Balls adapted his threaded neck design to produce glass jars with lids made of zinc and lined with glass. But the enlarged Buffalo factory they had built in 1882 burned to the ground in 1886. At the time Muncie, Indiana, had a population of only 6,000. Then the series of gas well drillings inspired town officials to offer a six-acre tract, five years of free gas, and $7,500 for moving expense if the Ball Brothers Would come to Muncie. Accordingly George A., Lucius L., Frank C., Edmund B. and William C. Ball built a new factory in the Southeastern

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 - 7 - part of Muncie. It started manufacturing glass on March 1, 1888, utilizing gas from a big well drilled the preceding September. This glass operation continued until 1962, and the far-reaching Ball operations are still headquartered at Muncie. Charles E. Blue had invented a hand-operated semi-automatic glass-blowing machine at Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1894. The Balls utilized this type of apparatus so extensively that by 1897 they were making 65% of all American glass fruit jars and also had developed foreign markets. They were sold at 5 cents each and shipped in one dozen lots in Michigan pine boxes beginning in 1894. The jars were packaged in corrugated paper cartons beginning in 1902. Ball Brothers absorbed the Fort Wayne Glass Works at Upland in 1898, and the Windfall Glass Company in 1901. Now a major manufacturer, Ball in 1904 bought glass companies at Marion, Fairmount, Converse, Loogootee and Swayzee in Indiana, and at Belleville in Illinois and Coffeyville in Kansas. The year before Michael J. Owens had come out with an improved glass blowing machine in 1903. This and every other manufacturing and fuel improvement was utilized by the Ball Brothers as they continued to expand. From 1902 to 1962 they shipped their fruit jars all over North America in their own freight cars. In 1909 they bought the fruit jar business of the Root Glass Company at Terre Haute. Root thereafter devoted its full time to making Coca Cola bottles. Also acquired by the Balls in 1909 was the Greenfield (Indiana) Fruit Jar and Bottle Company and another plant at Coffeyville. A third factory at Coffeyville was bought in 1912, and as the gas well drillings advanced Southwestward so did Ball, with a new factory at Wichita Falls, Texas. After World War I Ball glass factories were extended into Oklahoma, and then after World War II into Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida and California. These long years of continuous production made Ball glass fruit jars outstanding objects in millions of home canning operations. What might seem more unusual is the way the various versions of the Muncie glass have become “collectible”. Ball jars were made not only in flint (clear), but blue, green, aqua, amber and even pink. Exact color control could not be consistent, so there are varying shades of these colors, and also there have been various designs for the Ball trademark. To help promote the fruit jars the company began in 1909 to issue an annual edition of recipe books that were printed by the thousands. Frank C. Ball also began making regular weather and crop forecasts. As the company prospered, the closely-knit Ball family members were able to support numerous philanthropies throughout the Nation, including Ball State University at Muncie. A more detailed account of Ball family activities was published in the September 1973 issue of Outdoor Indiana. There were at least six other glass manufacturers in Muncie during the gas era. Nearby Albany, Dunkirk, In-galls, Yorktown and Redkey had factories, as did most of the other communities in the Indiana gas belt Counties. [An account of glass manufacturing at New Albany, which is a city on the Ohio River a considerable distance from the town of Albany in Delaware County, was published in the March 1975 issue of Outdoor Indiana.] Increasingly sought by collectors are examples of glass made by the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company at Greentown, to the East of Kokomo where Highway 22 forms a T with State Highway 213. The seemingly unexhausted supply of natural gas in Howard County prompted organization of the company on March 2, 1894. Promoters of the village offered not only free gas but also free water, as well as a free site and siding on the Cloverleaf Railroad (which later became the Nickle Plate and now is part of the Norfolk & Western. The proprietor—and also the pot room boss—was David C. Jenkins, Jr., an immigrant from the iron furnace country in Wales. He was an apprentice at the McKee & Brothers glass factory at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then a superintendent for the Columbia Glass Company at Findlay, Ohio. When that factory was sold to the newly organized United States Glass Company in 1891, Jenkins began scouting for a site for his own operation. He was joined at Greentown by several relatives from Jonesboro, in nearby Grant County. A freight car full of fruit glass cullet was obtained from Findlay. Machinery was moved to Greentown from Cincinnati early in April, and a big new gas well “came in on April 28. From 1894 to 1898 the Green-town factory made flint glass tumblers, jugs, stemmed glassware, bar goods, packer’s goods, jelly jars and tableware. The first product, a stemmed wine glass, was made on June 11, 1894. It resembled McKee’s “Champion” pattern. Soon the factory included five buildings, with eight new pots added to the 10 original pots in the Summer of 1896. It employed 250 men and boys. Charles Miller, Jr. and then Charles E. Beau had the important function of pattern designer at Green-town. Clear, bright blue, amber, canary, clear green, opaque nile green and a form of milk glass was produced from 1896 to 1900. These included cordial, wine, claret, and champagne glasses, ranging from one ounce capacity to 5½ ounces, as well as 8-inch and 9-inch goblets and 9-inch buttermilk goblets. The Spanish-American War brought introduction of patterns honoring Admiral Dewey and Admiral Sampson. When housewives showed they could prefer a food product packed in a decorative or unusual glass container, Greentown began making snuff, honey, mustard and pickle jars. This was expanded into a complete “novelty line” that included all sorts of unusual glass articles sold to food processors, to peddlers, and at County Fairs. Greentown glass attracted such attention at the famed Pittsburgh Exhibit in January of 1898 that in 1899 the Jenkins company was among the 1 8 flint glass factories merged to form the new National Glass Company. The National merger made it the principal rival of the United States Glass Company in the production of American pressed glass tableware. It was an era of corporate amalgamations and the smaller companies must either join or be ruined. Jenkins sold his stock in National in 1900 to organize the Kokomo Glass Manufacturing Company. Thus he continued to be a friend and neighbor of Elwood Haynes, the Hoosier-born automobile inventor who had come to Greentown in 1890 as

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an official of the Indiana Natural Gas Company and then moved to Kokomo in 1892. Two years later he made an historic test run with his gasoline-powered “horseless carriage” at the edge of Kokomo. (See Outdoor Indiana, May, 1976.) When the Kokomo glass factory burned in 1905, it was rebuilt the next year as the D. C. Jenkins Glass Company. A new building was erected to the west of the first Greentown factory in the middle of 1899, with six-ring continuous tanks and three leers (annealing ovens). When Jenkins departed in 1900 William Barns was transferred from Pittsburgh to be Greentown’s superintendent. Also transferred from Lancaster, Ohio, in September of 1900 was Jacob Rosenthal, an innovative research chemist who had learned the glass business in his native Pittsburgh. The Greentown line of transparent and opaque packers receptacles and novelties was again broadened. Rosenthal designed pattern glass, lamps, etc. in unusual colors ranging from deep chocolate to light caramel.

Quickly imitators tried to match the new color. Then, in January of 1903, Rosenthal introduced the golden agate ware, which gave the little Indiana plant world-wide fame. “Greentown daisy”, “wild rose” and “Indiana Feather” were augmented by “holly amber”, an opaque layer making it a fine quality bi-textured sensation. Day and night shifts were kept busy around the clock six days each week, the payroll increasing to 300. The orders poured in but bad weather slowed shipments. Articles made during the Winter were stored in sawdust and excelsior at adjoining packing sheds. Greentown was booming! Then, at noon on Saturday, June 13, 1903, a bag of nitrate of soda exploded in the newer part of the factory. A high West wind quickly ignited the entire plant. The factory whistle brought the town’s new Oberchain chemical fire engine. But within minutes all was lost, only the furnace stacks standing above the charred rubble and iron junk. All molds were destroyed. The loss was put at $170,000 (and the U.S. dollar had a much higher real value then). The Indiana Natural gas fields were beginning to yield less. National’s factory at Marietta, Ohio, burned in 1904. The Greentown operation was ended, even though the dying community offered $5,000 to help rebuild the works along West Uncle Tom Street. Rosenthal went to Evansville, Indiana, and then to the Fenton Art Glass Company at Williamstown, West Virginia. But he did not make any of his golden agate glass there in his final years. His career began when he was an 11-year-old apprentice at the Pittsburgh plant of Campbell, Jones & Co., and which had brought him to Anderson, Indiana, in 1880, and then transferred him to Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, in 1890. It had reached its zenith in the three exciting years at Greentown. Some representative pieces of Greentown glass have survived, many in private collections. The biggest and most representative exhibit available to the public is at the Greentown Glass Museum, which was dedicated on June 13, 1970. More than 700 pieces are on display. The museum is open from 10 A.M. to Noon, and from 1 to 5 P.M. Tuesday through Sunday between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The remaining weeks it is open from 1 to 5 P.M. on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Museum is small but outstanding.

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Birth Records Strepy-Bracquegnies, Province of Hainaut: 1899 (part 2) Extracted by Gene Jenkins

Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of spelling of the names on this extraction. However because the original documents are written in various handwritings and clearly some mistakes may have occurred. Name Birth Father Mother Flore Leonie CHEVALIER 1-Jul Benomi Chevalier Marie Laurent Gustave Albert ROSIER 6-Jul Louis Jules Rosier Charlotte Angelique Verset Mathilde Marie CACCINE 13-Jul Geremie Caccine Elise Celeste Lemoine Fernand Francois Gailliez 14-Jul Ferdinand Leon Joseph Gailliez Julia Marie Ronsain Hector BAUWENS 15-Jul Florimond Bauwens Aline Alphonsine Rosier Augustin Francois BLECQ 17-Jul Oscar Blecq Julie Augustine Rienfait Locadie Charlotte VANMELLO 17-Jul Emmanuel Henri Vanmello Florine Palmyer Dainville Julia Desiree MANDERLIER 17-Jul Jules Jean Baptiste Manderlier Josephine Hautier Francois BAUWENS 17-Jul Francois Bauwens Fidleline Solbreud Marie SAVOIE 24-Jul Oscar Jean Baptiste Savoie Clementine, dite Josephine Foucart Arthur BURION 24-Jul Hubert Burion Elise Flan Julia Pauline MONOYER 27-Jul Desire Gregoire Monoyer Aimie Baudwin Henri Elie Oscar Louis DELTENRE 27-Jul Ephrem Deltenre Leonie Francoise Thesasse Elmire Rosalie DEBAUQUE 30-Jul Oscar Debauque Julia Desiree Deltenre Irma REGNART 1-Aug Modeste Regnart Marie Emilie Ghislain Hector Joseph GREUSE 1-Aug Leon Desire Greuse Rosa Flamanq Emile Fernand STAQUET 6-Aug Alfred Fernand Staquet Louise Emilie Juliette Marie Pauliau Emile Felicien BARBIOT 8-Aug Albert Alexandre Barbiot Adeline Desiree Waterloo Marie Constnce Louise DEGAUQUE 8-Aug Jules Paul Degauque Virginie Emilie Mainil Leopold TUMILAIRE 10-May Arthur Francois Tumilaire Euphrasie Gaudier Henri Jules AUVERLAU 10-Aug Desire Joseph Auverlau Flore Isabelle Dainville Hector Albert MANDERLIER 16-Aug Pauline Manderlier Eugene Francois Theodore LEENAERS 18-Aug Eugene Leenaers Louisa Roland Hector Adelson CAMART 18-Aug Ameder Joseph Camart Eugenie Legre Magdeleine Leonie Louisa DEMEUTRE 21-Aug Leon Hubert Demeutre Rosine Ferdinande Gailliez Martial Louis DURIAU 22-Aug Gustave Duriau Alenie Augustine Declercq Sylvie Louise SPRINGAL 24-Aug Victor Joseph Ghislain Springal Louisa Julia Bouret Stephanie Julia PAVOT 28-Aug Jules Pavot Marie Louisa Ramay Jules Louis Hubert GODART 29-Aug Benoit Hubert Godart Adolphine Josephine Deragel Helene Rosalie HUREZ 30-Aug Nelere Joseph Louis Hurez Roina Pirez Adolphine Josephine MARTINELLO 31-Aug Antoine Elisie Martinello Maria Louisa Castiau Paula Odile Josephe Ghislaine BECQ 2-Sep Leopold Joseph Becq Eugenie Debliu Marguerite Aline LAGNEAU 3-Sep Camille Lagneau Elmire Eugenie Cousin Hilaire URBAIN 7-Sep Victor Urbain Pauline Piergiun Aimable PAMART 8-Sep Francois Pamart Miranda Marie Mary Marie Pauline POULET 9-Sep Charles Louis Poulet Julia Dubois Maria Firma HUBERT 11-Sep Fernand Leon Hubert Julia Jeanne Josephine Crousse Jules Francois BRICKMANNE 11-Sep Louisa Brickmanne Francois DONFUT 12-Sep Francois Donfut Felicie Hudin Albert Leon TOURPE 13-Sep Jules Albert Tourpe Flore Delahge Henri Emile CLERBOIS 13-Sep Simon Clerbois Adolphine Alexandre Lendud Albertine Henriette SIMON 14-Sep Vital Nicolas Simon Clara Marie Durogoise Adeline Louise LHOIR 14-Sep Jean Baptiste Lhoir Julia Manderlier Esther Josephine CLERBOIS 15-Sep Auguste Joseph Clerbois Angelique Coeie Alice Maria SAUDOYEZ 16-Sep Francois Adolphe Saudeyez Virginie Alida Andre Victorine Alice HARVENT 25-Sep Oscar Harvent Virginie Aurelie Hanm Gabriella Heloise Marie SOUPART 25-Sep Jules Soupart Obeline Marie Lescaux Germaine Simmone Seraphine MONSTRUL 2-Oct Pierre Leon Joseph Monstrul Seraphine Desiree Charniau Alphonse Leopold DEMIESTER 3-Oct Desire Alphonse Demiester Adolphine Desire Delabre Francois Fernand EVRARD 4-Oct Francois Joseph Evrard Aline Josephine Deramaux Edouward PIETERS 4-Oct Pierre Francois Pieters Leontine Demerez Raymond Augustin LEJEUNE 5-Oct Leon Lejeune Elise Marie Rosalie Fanquet Alice Bertha HENROT 6-Oct Gustave Emile Joseph Henrot Elmire Duriau

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 Name Birth Father Mother Esther Silva DAUGE 6-Oct Jules Dauge Marie Claire Clemence Barboit Madeline Felicie TISON 8-Oct Philippe Tison Helene Josephine Victorine Noel Bertha Aline GREUSE 9-Oct Marcel Greuse Lydie Dainville Eugene HERMAL 16-Oct Louis Hermal Louise Josephine Hoyas Aline GRIFFON 18-Oct Emile Groffon Charlotte Dievivier Louise Josephine CALIN 18-Oct Georges Calin Clementine Finet George Alexandre Ghislain MAINIL 20-Oct Alphonse Nicolas Mainil Irma Marceline Drugmand Charles Marius LICOPPE 20-Oct Domiteier Joseph Licoppe Maria Zelia mathiu Gustavie Margeurite HUT 21-Oct Camille Hut Adele Marie Hicq Louisa Josephine Ghislaine DESTAERKE 23-Oct Andre Destaerke Desiree Nathalie Haquet Paul Emile Jules Gaston Joseph MARBAIX 24-Oct Emile Harbaix Elisa Maria Lechien Hermine Marie LIXEN 25-Oct Augustin Lexin Hermance Rousseau Adolphine Josephine DAUCHOT 28-Oct Jean Baptiste Joseph Dauchot Ferdinande Adele Delterne Julia Emilia Marie Ghislaine EMPEIN 2-Nov Camille Francois Empein Elise Debaize Victoria Odile SOUPART 4-Nov Josephine Soupart Alphonsine Oscarine VANDERMOTEN 5-Nov Victorien Vandermoten Palmyre Francoise Daniel Gustave Domietien COPPEE 6-Nov Domitien dit Jules Coppee Josephine Hunnecart Albert Louis DEWINTE 9-Nov Louis Dewinte Flore Melanie Finet Leonard Leon THIRY 11-Nov Leon Augustin Thiry Franidine Laurent Julia Evariste WATTIER 17-Nov Jules Adelson Wattier Marie Leonie Jadot Flore Emilie CASMANS 18-Nov Francois Joseph Casmans Florine Marie Lemoine Martha Mariette Leonce MENIN 19-Nov Charles Menin Sidonie Overtus Alice Leonie TIERCET 23-Nov Augustin Victorien Tiercet Juliette Adelaude Tantot Sidonie Marie COMMERCE 23-Nov Victor Ernest Commerce Louisa Soupart Flore Josephine PAREE 24-Nov Eugene Paree Josephine Bouillez Odile Marie DUBOIS 24-Nov Honore Dubois Eugenie Damay Georges Oscar DUMONT 27-Nov Jules Dumont Marie Clemence Evrard Nestor Ghislain LEVECQ 28-Nov Leon Joseph Levecq Marie Adolphine Quertinmont Julia FLAMANG 30-Nov Frameries Flamang Hippolyte Alfred ROOSENS 5-Dec Polydore Roosens Rosalie Thiebaut Augusta Philomene CRESSANT 7-Dec Auguste Joseph Cressant Marie Florence Duby Henri Victor SIMON 8-Dec Augustin Simon Josephine Degadinne Henri Paul Emile MARTINELLE 9-Dec Emile Percenaere Julia Henriette Martinelle Edgard SAVOIE 9-Dec Modeste Savoie Denise Chavepierre Louise Zoe BOUYERE 15-Dec Jules Bouyere Clotilde Molbrecq Victorine Julia LOIST 15-Dec Victor Leopold Loist Ana Augusta Debecq Hector Arthur SOLBREUX 15-Dec Edmond Joseph Solbreux Marie Anna Bermils Felix Auguste HOUDART 15-Dec Charles Louis Houdart Victoire Hecquet Jeanne SCAUFLAIRE 15-Dec Augustin Scauflaire Marie Liebin Marthe Louise Josephine FINET 18-Dec Adele Finet Maurice Fernand DUBOIS 19-Dec Jules Dubois Anna Marie Therese Flament Gaston Joseph OLIVIER 20-Dec Henri Olivier Marie Catherine Robert Josephine Amelie Virginie DERSIN 22-Dec Leopold Alfred Dersin Elisa Marie Therese Leveque Helene TIS 23-Dec Aimalbe Tis Marie Postiana Olga Victoria THIEBAUT 26-Dec Victor Jule Thiebaut Ernestine Francois Victor MANDERLIER 28-Dec Desire Francois Joseph Manderlier Justine Donfert Laure Zelie DEGRE 29-Dec Oscar Joseph Degre Marie Colet Achille Emile HUBERT 29-Dec Alexandre Joseph Hubert Marie Therese Descamps Leon Victor DESCHUYTENER 30-Dec Etienne Deschuytener Evelina Ghislaine Broyarst Eugene LAURENT 31-Dec Gustave Pierre Joseph Laurent Marie Francoise Moreau

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 - 11 - Pennsylvania and West Virginia Obituaries

Extracted for the PA-SW-OBITS list of Rootsweb by Victoria Hospodar Valentine

Mar. 2, 1917 McDonald PA Record Maurice Jules MASQUELIER, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jules E. MASQUELIER, died at ten o'clock Monday morning, February 26, 1917, at the home of his parents in Valley street. Death was due to pneumonia. The boy had been sick only two days. Besides his parents one sister, Aline Elizabeth, survives. Funeral services were held at the French church Wednesday afternoon in charge of the Rev. Dr. Alexandre MAGE. Interment was in Hilldale cemetery. Henry CHIFF dies at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, March 25, 1934, of complications, in the home of his daughter Mrs. Charles LIEBERT in Primrose, where he had made his home the past eight months. Mr. CHIFF was born in Belgium, December 7, 1860, the son of Joseph and Virginia CHIFF. He came to the United States 52 years ago, locating in McDonald. Four years later he moved to Primrose where he had since resided. He was united in marriage in 1885 with Octavie DEBLANDER, who died January 6, 1923. To this union were born five children: August of Primrose, Gustave, who died May 4, 1924, Flora the wife of Maurice MANSON of St.Albans, N. Y., Joseph of Primrose, and Lena the wife of Charles LIEBERT of Primrose. A sister Mrs. Frances BUREAU resides in Belgium. There are nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the home of his daughter Mrs. Charles CHIFF (sic, but I think it should be LIEBERT), conducted by the Rev. D. O. E. GARDNER of the First Presbyterian church. Burial was in the Center cemetery, Midway. Dominick SCHEERS, 74, died at one o'clock Thursday morning, March 15, 1934, in his home in Sturgeon. Mr. SCHEERS was born April 16, 1860, in Belgium, and came to the United States twenty-eight years ago, locating in Sturgeon, where he had resided ever since. He was a coal miner by occupation, retiring several years ago. He is survived by his wife and a brother Paul SCHEERS, who resides next door. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in charge of the Rev. A. R. ARMSTRONG of the Robinson's Run U. P. church, McDonald. Burial will be in the Robinson's Run cemetery. Charles CHOME, a resident of Sturgeon the past fifty years, died at 7:35 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 1943, following a lingering illness. He was born June 20, 1852, in Belgium and had been a resident of Sturgeon since coming to the United States with his wife Anatalie DEVAULKANIER CHOME, who died November 3, 1940. Mr. CHOME is survived by three daughters: Julia, the wife of George TOWARD of McDonald; Emma, the wife of Oscar BYKENS of Sturgeon, and Laura, the wife of Emile MEUTE of Florence; a grandson, Charles CHOME, whom they adopted. There are eight grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held February 10 in the CHOME, conducted by the Rev.O. E. GARDNER, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church, McDonald. Burial was in Robinson's Run cemetery. Peter J. BELOT, 64, died in his home, 781 Freeport road, Creighton at 3:30a.m. Tuesday, February 16, 1943. Having been a resident of Creighton for 28 years, he was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Belgian club of McDonald and Sturgeon. He resided in McDonald before moving to Creighton. He leaves his wife, Alphonsine; two sons, George BELOT of New Kensington, and Raymond BELOT of Springdale; two sisters, Mrs. Marie MENGES of Glassmere and Mrs. Georgiana STENUIT of Belgium, and four grandchildren. Mrs. Alphonse DUCARME of Sturgeon is a sister. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, February 18, with the Rev.Mr. STEWART of Creighton and the Rev. Mr. HARRIS of Indiana, Pa., officiating. Burial was in Prospect cemetery at Creighton. Among those from McDonald who called at the BELOT home or attended the funeral were Joseph LAURENT of Valley street, Mr. and Mrs. A. CHARLIER of East Lincoln avenue. Former residents of McDonald but who now reside in Indianola were Mr. and Mrs. William YAATES and daughter Laura and Mr. And Mrs. William YATES, Jr. Mrs. Juliette MORIN MONSEAU VERNET, 83, of Weirton, W. Va., died Saturday, February 20, 1943, in the Gill hospital, Steubenville, Ohio, of heart trouble, which was of seventeen weeks duration. She was born August 10, 1860, in Belgium, came to the United States in 1891, and resided in Cecil until 1920, when she moved to Weirton. Mrs. VERNET was twice married. Her first husband was Hubert MONSEAU. She was married to Maurice VERNET in 1909. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons: Albert MONSEAU of Warren, Ohio, and Sidney MONSEAU of Weirton, W. Va.; two daughters: Mrs.Richard BRONWER of Canonsburg and Mrs. James FENARK of Weirton. There are 21 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Venice U. P. church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. C. T. LITTELL, D. D. Burial was in the Venice cemetery.

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 Mrs. VERNET was the aunt of Peter and Ernest VANDALE and Mrs. August DEVOS, Sr., of McDonald, and Mrs. Philip CHAUSSARD of Farrell. Amie DELESTINE, 51, died at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 9, 1943, in his home in Cecil, following a two-week illness. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Louie DELESTINE, he was born January 28, 192 in Belgium and had resided in the Cecil community for a number of years and was engaged in the carpenter trade. He was a member of the French club, Cecil. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Julia DELESTINE of Charleroi; two daughters, Mrs. Palmer STARY and Mrs. Harold RICHTER, both of Charleroi; a son, Arnie DELESTINE of Charleroi, and a sister, Mrs. Pauline GOSSETT of Cecil. There are five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the GOSSETT home in Cecil, conducted by the Rev. W. L. STEWART. Burial was in the Venice cemetery. Alexander GLAUTHIER, 77, died at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, 1943, in his home, 360 Barr street, McDonald, following a two-year illness. A son of the late Lucien and Kathryn CHAPPELL GLAUTHIER, he was born April 2, 1865, in Belgium and came to the United States with his parents at the age of 16 years. He and Louise LEPREUX were married December 4, 1890, in McDonald by Squire Graham S. CAMPBELL. Mr. GLAUTHIER was a retired coal miner. Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons: Eugene and Louis GLAUTHIER, both of Akron, Ohio, and Lt. Theodore GLAUTHIER, stationed at the army finance school, Durham, N. C.; two daughters: Mrs. Flora EMPLET of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and Mrs. Mary STAMPFIELD of Los Angeles, Calif. There are eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the GLAUTHIER home, conducted by the Rev. Alexandre MAGE, D. D. pastor of the Irons Memorial French U. P. church, McDonald. Burial will be in Robinson's Run cemetery. Joseph LEGRAND, 70, died at 2:05 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, 1943, in his home in North street, McDonald, Following a brief illness of pneumonia. A son of August and Jennie VONBEL LEGRAND, he was born June 18, 1872, in Charleroi, Belgium, and came to the United States 40 years ago. He had been a resident of McDonald for 30 years and was employed at the Miller Col Co. mine at Sturgeon. Mr. LEGRAND was a member of La Solidarite association, McDonald. He is survived by a son, Joseph LEGRAND of Valley street, McDonald, and a daughter, Mrs. Archie PALAMARAS of East Lincoln avenue, McDonald. There are five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. this Friday in the Hamel Funeral home conducted by the Rev. A. MAGE, pastor of the Irons Memorial French U. P. church, McDonald. Burial will be in Hilldale cemetery, Valley street, McDonald. David S. BORZEE, 60, died suddenly at 12:30 noon Wednesday, April 22, 1943, in his home 131 Third street, McDonald, of a heart attack. His health had been impaired for several years but he had continued about his duties as usual. Born September 24, 1882, in Rue, Belgium, his parents Louis and Matilda BORZEE came to the United States when he was three years of age. He was united in marriage with Marie M. WILSON, June 30, 1914. Mrs. BORZEE survives him. He had been employed with the Manufacturers Light & Heat Co. at McDonald for 24 years and had been foreman the last 14 years. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday in the late home. Burial will be in the Robinson's Run cemetery. Louis GERMAIN, 78, of Sturgeon died at noon, Thursday, April 28, 1943, in the Woodville hospital following a lingering illness. He was born April 23, 1865, in Belgium. He was united in marriage with Aline VERHAEGEN in Belgium and accompanied by his wife and two children came to America. A daughter, Augustine, died on board ship and was buried at sea, and the son, Jules, died several years later in Sturgeon. Mrs. GERMAIN died on February 8, 1938. Mr. GERMAIN is survived by several brothers still living in Belgium, by a niece, Mrs. Jules DELAHURT of Sturgeon, and two nephews: S/Sgt. Victor CAPELLE of For Jackson, S. C., and Herman CAPELLE of Sturgeon. Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Oscar E. GARDNER, D. D., of the first Presbyterian church of McDonald, were held Monday afternoon. Burial was in the Robinson's Run cemetery. A brief French service was conducted at the grave by Mr. J. LA PLANCE of Champion hill, Sturgeon. Frank LEONARD, 78, died at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, 1943, in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jules E. MASQUELIER, 205 Valley street, McDonald, following a brief illness of pneumonia. A son of Theodore and Philomene BURRY LEONARD, he was born November 21, 1864, in Charleroi, Belgium. He and Maria CENIS were married 53 years ago in Belgium, and came to the United States with their family in 1900, locating in McDonald. He is survived by one daughter, Helen, the wife of Jules E. MASQUELIER, and five grandchildren; Colletta LEONARD, and Aline, Morris, Leonard and Jack MASQUELIER. A daughter, Yvonne, died in infancy and a son, Herman, died October 19, 1942. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 this Friday in the MASQUELIER home, conducted by the Rev. Grant M. MCKNIGHT, D. D., pastor of the Robinson's Run church, McDonald. Burial will be in Hilldale cemetery.

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Boneffe http://www.eghezee.org/patr/bninf.htm

Ethymology: the name Boneffe could be of Roman origins, BONA and A VA, meaning "good water" or of Celtic origins BON and A VA, "village near the water".

Boneffe covers an area of 609 ha and is divided into 2 almost equal parts by the Mehaigne river.

Boneffe’s population counted In 1784 : 348 inhabitants In 1846 : 503 inhabitants In 1910 : 409 inhabitants In 1961 : 313 inhabitants In 1976 : 289 inhabitants In 1988 : 309 inhabitants In 1992 : 331 inhabitants In 2000 : 340 inhabitants History. At the beginning of the 11th century, Wasseiges and its its neighboring villages (Ambresin, Ambresineau, Boneffe and Bonisoul) belonged to the Bishop of Liège. In 1035, Bishop Réginard gave the land to the St Laurent Abbey in Liège while the avouerie is entrusted to Albert II, count of Namur. In 1289, the Count of Namur owned all estate rights and all rights of justice. Well before 1265, the courthouse of Wasseiges with its domain, among which Boneffe and Bonisoul, had been freed from the rights of Namur. During the 14th century, conflicts arose between the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Namur over concerning Boneffe. In 1333, the Count of Namur collected yaxes from Boneffe from the Duke of Brabant, but this was not again after that. In the middle of the 14th century, the Count of Namur gives up the castle of Boneffe to Baudouin Bureal of Juppleu considered in 1372, as "lord of the castle of Boneffe". During the first half of the 13th century, a Cistercian abbey, first destined for women, was founded on the land of Boneffe. The nuns occpied the abbey until the 15th century. However their circumstances were rather uncomfortable as the monastery, located on the edge of the Duchy of Brabant and the County of Namur, sustained the cost of all the wars: the abbey was destroyed in 1355 and the sisters were scattered. When they returned to Boneffe, their situation is desperate, so the Chapter decides in 1413, that men would from then on reside in the monastery. This decision was enacted in 1461, when the monks from the Abbey of Moulins (Anhée) and the Abbey of Jardinet (Walcourt) were sent to Boneffe where only the abbess and 3 sisters were still living. The monks were not any luckier than the nuns: scattered by war and by the plague in the 15th century, it is interesting to note that a form of collective apostasy struck the monastery when 9 monks and 10 parishioners retreated to Holland and became calvinists; those who remained witnessed the Gueux set fire to the monastery in 1568 and one of the monks was killed. The 17th century brought more ravages first at the hands of the Dutch then of the French. The abbey was closed at the Revolution. Its buildings were remodelled into 3 farms that to this day preserve 18th and 19th century constructions. In 1815, The Prussian General Blücher reviewed his troops in Boneffe shortly before the Battle of Waterloo. An orphanage, located at the entrance of the village, on the way to Taviers, was opened in 1875 and entrusted to the care of nuns until 1964. The building belongs today to private individuals. La paroisse.

The old church (16th) erected where the current cemetery is located, was destroyed in 1870 because the Boneffois considered it to be too small. Part of the old building was used when the new one was built. It was finished in 1878 and is in new-gothic architecture. It includes 3 naves covered with brick archways. The great clock tower, was destroyed in 1971 because it showed signs of being unstable. A smaller one replaced it. The rectory and its windows date to 1752.

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004

Cistercian Abbey

Great abbey after the Revolution.

The big abbey was nationalized and sold at the time of the French Revolution. André Joseph Ackerman purchased it. He had 4 children. One of his daughters, Agnès, married, in 1805, a Frenchman, Pierre Drainage. He was one of the founders of the Val St-Lambert rystal Works and inherited of the Boneffe domain by marriage. He died in 1836. In 1808, his son Jules was born, whose daughter, Céline, married the Count Paul of Meeûs. He inherited the old abbey. He is the great-grand-father of the current owners. The big domain is still surrounded by its old wall and regroups 3 farms. It is made up of an important building complex mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries with large vaulted stables and a barn with circular columns.

Raphaël de Meeûs has resided in one of the 3 farms since 1967. The other two were used by his brother Baudouin and his cousin Gérard Dumont de Chassart.

The organs and the main altars in the old church that were originally in the the abbey were bought by the Woelmont family and are now in the church of Soiron. The mill once located along the Méhaigne was in ruin, and was taken down in the 1970s. As for the nearby castle, it once belonged to the de Meeûs family too. Abandonned for several years it was sold and remodelled beautifully by a private owner. Les Bouvier, originally from Hottomont, have had an interest in the small abbey since 1706. Paul Bouvier died in 1803. He was also the owner os a larger property not too far from the real abbey. His nephew Hubert bought it back in 1810 from the last monks of the Order. During the last century, four bachelor brothers resided in the farm (Edouard, Pol, Hubert and Louis Bouvier). It was then about 400 ha large. The domain was then passed to Joseph Lefèvre through marriage. He was also the owner of the castle of Branchon. The small abbey, which was once burnt down, was totally remodelled. The manor dates back to 1872. Some remnants of the old farm remain, such as a stone bearing the coat of arms of Durieu, the Abbot. Another branch of the Bouvier family lives in the farm called St-Pierre since 1881. One of the buildings was built as a fortified redoute, which is rare in Hesbaye. It was the farm that belonged to Paul Bouvier, author and former mayor of Boneffe. His brother Bouvier edited 3 important works on Hesbaye.

The above information was published in the 4th issue (March 1989) of the magazine "Éghezée et Vous".

Belgian Emigrants who arrived in 1865 through New York Name Arrival Date Age Gender Port of Departure Ship Name Mathew Amy 02 May 1865 36 M Liverpool, England Scotia Joseph Balens 14 Jan 1865 34 M Liverpool, England Great Western Jean Ballens 04 Aug 1865 25 M Le Havre and London Bellona Phillip Bamberg 19 Jun 1865 42 M London, England Liverpool Therese Bamberg 19 Jun 1865 28 F London, England Liverpool Johann Bast 10 Jul 1865 21 M Liverpool, England Energy Catherine Bast 10 Jul 1865 22 F Liverpool, England Energy Anna Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 43 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Anna Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 7 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Barbara Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 5 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jacob Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 4 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Maria Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 16 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Mathias Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 17 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Mathias Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 49 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Mathias Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 3 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Margeritta Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 13 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Me Colain Beitzel 26 Aug 1865 23 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Elisabeth Bernlard 27 Feb 1865 28 F Antwerp, Belgium Adele Pet. Bloome 18 Sep 1865 26 M London, England Cella Elizabeth Braun 26 Aug 1865 24 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jacob Buckler 04 Aug 1865 20 M Le Havre and London Bellona Eliza Burgenheiner 26 Aug 1865 43 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Frederick Burgenheiner 26 Aug 1865 13 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jacob Burgenheiner 26 Aug 1865 17 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 - 15 - Johanne Burgenheiner 26 Aug 1865 12 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley John Y Burgenheiner 26 Aug 1865 45 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Peter Burgenheiner 26 Aug 1865 6 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Sophia Burgenheiner 26 Aug 1865 19 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Mr. Carlot 24 Nov 1865 34 M Havana, Cuba and Nassau, Bahamas Corsica Vital Castere 06 Sep 1865 35 M Liverpool, England Scotia Mathias Claussen 26 Aug 1865 22 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley August Clese 03 Apr 1865 30 M Goree W C A Startlect Faron J M Conran 27 Feb 1865 43 M Antwerp, Belgium Adele Sophan Dahn 26 Aug 1865 31 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Mr. H Dareun 30 Jul 1865 42 M Liverpool, England & Queenstown, England Persia Mad. L de Gove 21 Sep 1865 35 F Liverpool, England Australian Mr De Peres 05 Oct 1865 22 F Le Havre, France Lafayette Hubert Desmith 28 Sep 1865 24 M Le Havre, France Mercury Mr J Deyoung 02 Jun 1865 25 M Liverpool, England & Queenstown, England Persia Benoit Dorchain 29 Nov 1865 31 M Le Havre, France Hermann Marie Dorchain 29 Nov 1865 26 F Le Havre, France Hermann Philip Duell 26 Aug 1865 30 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Johan Durn 26 Aug 1865 26 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Johann Eiden 26 Aug 1865 27 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Walberge Einzig 26 Aug 1865 44 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Gaspar Einzig 26 Aug 1865 24 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Regina Einzig 26 Aug 1865 19 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Elisa Fahrendonck 14 Aug 1865 28 F Antwerp via Shields Adele Johann Fermenich 26 Aug 1865 19 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Cornelius Fernambaer 04 Aug 1865 37 M Le Havre and London Bellona Cornelius Fernambaer 04 Aug 1865 21 M Le Havre and London Bellona Johanna Fernambaer 04 Aug 1865 45 F Le Havre and London Bellona Leon Froment 28 Sep 1865 30 M Le Havre, France Mercury Wilhelm Geib 26 Aug 1865 22 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Regina Geiger 26 Aug 1865 19 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Geiger 26 Aug 1865 24 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jane Georges 26 Aug 1865 6m Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Joseph Georges 26 Aug 1865 29 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Lucia Georges 26 Aug 1865 23 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Herm Geroder 25 Nov 1865 32 M Bremen, Germany Hansa Senia Geroder 25 Nov 1865 22 F Bremen, Germany Hansa Johann Hamler 26 Aug 1865 6m Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Nicolas Helges 26 Aug 1865 32 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley George Hellerbrandt 11 Sep 1865 22 M Liverpool, England Isaac Webb Joseph Hildermann 26 Aug 1865 23 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jacob Hochstrasser 26 Aug 1865 19 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Johann Hochstrasser 26 Aug 1865 19 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Johann Hochstrasser 26 Aug 1865 21 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Miss. D Hoffy 03 Nov 1865 26 F Liverpool, England Java Wilhelmina Huck 26 Aug 1865 24 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Carl Hugler 26 Aug 1865 29 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Carl Hund 26 Aug 1865 26 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Wm Jensens 21 Sep 1865 27 M Liverpool, England Australian George Jent 26 Aug 1865 42 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Lewy Joas 10 Jul 1865 30 M Liverpool, England Energy Sebastien John 26 Aug 1865 36 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Eva Ketter 26 Aug 1865 25 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jacob Ketter 26 Aug 1865 27 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Mathias Ketter 26 Aug 1865 13 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Peter Ketter 26 Aug 1865 7 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley George Kraus 26 Aug 1865 21 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Nicolas Krier 07 Jun 1865 26 M Le Havre, France Jacob A Stamler Anna Kuster 26 Aug 1865 21 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 Elisabeth Kutzler 26 Aug 1865 6m Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Fredrick Kutzler 26 Aug 1865 12 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Johann Kutzler 26 Aug 1865 5 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Maria Kutzler 26 Aug 1865 7 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Theresia Kutzler 26 Aug 1865 42 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Wm Lee 28 Jun 1865 30 F Liverpool, England Cuba Berthe Lehambic 04 Aug 1865 29 F Le Havre and London Bellona Jules Lehambic 04 Aug 1865 31 M Le Havre and London Bellona Max Leroy 05 Oct 1865 38 M Le Havre, France Lafayette Era Ludwig 26 Aug 1865 58 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Joseph Ludwig 26 Aug 1865 23 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Johann Lunn 26 Aug 1865 27 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Joseph Luppins 10 Jul 1865 18 M Liverpool, England Energy John Luppins 10 Jul 1865 46 M Liverpool, England Energy Mary Luppins 10 Jul 1865 46 F Liverpool, England Energy Peter Luppins 10 Jul 1865 21 M Liverpool, England Energy Michael Majeras 04 Aug 1865 23 M Le Havre and London Bellona Margaretta Marien 26 Aug 1865 27 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Louis Marniers 04 Aug 1865 37 M Le Havre and London Bellona Aldath Martin 10 Jul 1865 17 M Liverpool, England Energy Jacob Merten 26 Aug 1865 27 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Olon Muller 26 Aug 1865 25 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Johann Noel 26 Aug 1865 15 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Mathias Noel 26 Aug 1865 23 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Wilhelm Oeschle 26 Aug 1865 24 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Casimir Pere 05 Dec 1865 39 M Brest and Le Havre Lafayette Fredericke Pfeifer 26 Aug 1865 27 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Reinold Pfeifer 26 Aug 1865 24 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Ferdinand Prakenheiner 26 Aug 1865 40 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Capt Geo Preter 30 Jul 1865 32 M Liverpool, England & Queenstown, England Persia Conrad Puchner 26 Aug 1865 32 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Gaspar Rathennd 26 Aug 1865 25 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jaque Ratriska 27 Feb 1865 22 M Antwerp, Belgium Adele Ludwig Rist 26 Aug 1865 20 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Casper Rohner 26 Aug 1865 25 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Rosalia Ruf 26 Aug 1865 22 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Wilhelm Saam 26 Aug 1865 38 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley T Schafler 19 Dec 1865 50 M London, England Bellona Peter Schaper 26 Aug 1865 36 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Hugh Schern 19 Aug 1865 32 M Liverpool, England Escort Eliza Schern 26 Aug 1865 22 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Gaspar Schern 26 Aug 1865 58 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Henriette Schern 26 Aug 1865 23 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Carl Schern 26 Aug 1865 31 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Catharina Schmidt 26 Aug 1865 6m Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Cathrina Schmidt 26 Aug 1865 42 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Heinrich Schmidt 26 Aug 1865 7 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jacob Schmidt 26 Aug 1865 6 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jacob Schmidt 26 Aug 1865 41 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Laudelina Schmidt 26 Aug 1865 19 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Louise Schmidt 26 Aug 1865 4 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Wilhelm Schmidt 26 Aug 1865 3 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Julien Schmitz 26 Aug 1865 30 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Carl Schumer 26 Aug 1865 26 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Martin Selter 26 Aug 1865 20 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley T Severin 19 Dec 1865 40 M London, England Bellona Friedrich Steimd 26 Aug 1865 29 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jules Stretcher 30 Dec 1865 31 M Liverpool, England Australia Edward Strytas 09 May 1865 M Tampico and Vera Cruz Margarita Quinters

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 - 17 - Jos Thomas 26 Aug 1865 25 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Jacob Trey 26 Aug 1865 23 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Virginia Van Skydoven 27 Feb 1865 19 F Antwerp, Belgium Adele Miss. Clara Vandermoore 07 Sep 1865 30 F Le Havre, France Europe Mr. Constantin Vandermoore07 Sep 1865 54 M Le Havre, France Europe Miss. Josephine Vandermoore 07 Sep 1865 31 F Le Havre, France Europe Seraphin Vennumm 28 Sep 1865 24 M Le Havre, France Mercury Chas Verconter 02 Sep 1865 24 M Glasgow, Scotland Caledonia Johann Vie 04 Aug 1865 21 M Le Havre and London Bellona Mr. Paul Volck 09 Mar 1865 21 M Liverpool, England & Queenstown, England Cuba Eugene VonNaskardt 29 Nov 1865 25 F Hamburg, Germany Allemannia Joseph Wagner 26 Aug 1865 20 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Ludwig Wagner 26 Aug 1865 17 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Maria Wagner 26 Aug 1865 21 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Margaretha Weber 26 Aug 1865 23 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Maria Weber 26 Aug 1865 27 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley C Wimar 17 May 1865 29 M Havana, Cuba Creole Alvina Winkelman 26 Aug 1865 25 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Christian Winkelman 26 Aug 1865 31 Antwerp, Belgium Loreley Christian Winkelman 26 Aug 1865 6m Antwerp, Belgium Loreley a white 05 Oct 1865 27 F Le Havre, France Lafayette

Obituaries Online: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goertzen/obits.htm Compiled by Helena GOERTZEN

CLAES, Rene; of RR 3, Langton, Ont., Canada; born Nov 14,1931 Bourgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium; died Nov 4,1995; wife Marie Therese(BUYCK); son of Albert CLAER & Martha DEBAERE

CLOET, Maria; born Middelkerke, Belgium; died Jan 17,1983; 77th yr; daughter of Camiel VANWELSENAERE & Rosalie VERCOULIE

CNOCKAERT, Andrew Honore, born Ghent, Belgium, died Jan 22,1990

CNUDDE, Marguerite; born May 18,1903 Pittem, West Flanders, Belgium; died May 13,1983; daughter of Cyriel DEVOS & Sylvia VERHOYE

COEMAN, Joseph E; Delhi, ON, Canada; born Kuurne, W.F. Belgium; came to Canada in 1926; died Dec 3,1994; age 81st year; wife Paula GOUDSWILDERS; son of Florimond COEMAN & Irma SABBE

COLIGNON, Frank R; Tillsonburg, ON, Canada; born Nov 13,1929 Jumet, Belgium; came to Canada in 1957; died Feb 14,1987; son of Edmond COLIGNON & Evelyne NEEDUSSART

COLPAERT, Achiel Cyril; RR 1, Vienna, ON, Canada; born Adinkerke, W. E., Belgium; died Aug 16,1992; age 92nd year; son of Edward COLPAERT & Leonie BILLIAN

COLPAERT, Clotilde M. "Tillie," age 100, of Cloquet, MN, died March 20, 1999, in Cloquet Community Memorial Nursing Home, Cloquet, MN. Born June 4, 1898, in Oostrosebeke, Belgium, daughter of Honore and Marie (Gekiere) Anraed, she came to America as a young bride in ther early twenties and settled farming in Wrenshall, MN. Preceded by husband of 51 years Julius Colpaert; a daughter, Josephine Loisel of Brainerd, MN; infant sons Joseph and Ronald; four sisters and two brothers. Survived by daughters Bernice (Lloyd) Reed, Rachel (Alvin) Landro, and Bettie (Kenneth) Nagurski, all of Cloquet; 19 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial March 24 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Cloquet, with interment in New Calvary Cemetery, Cloquet. Arrangements by Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet.

COOREMAN, Gaston; Aylmer, ON, Canada; born Belgium; came to Canada in 1927; died Feb 21,1987; age 83rd year

COPPENS, Gabriel Stephaan; of RR 1, Simcoe, ON, Canada; born Oct 7,1938 Vlierzele, Belgium; died Aug 24,1993; wife Simone VANTHUYNE; son of Germain COPPENS & Mathilde DECOESEL

COSYNS, Joseph; RR#1, Delhi ON; born June 20,1894 Appelterre, East Flanders, Belgium; died May 19,1984; son of Frederich COSYNS & Theresa VANDAELE

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DAELMAN, Henri; RR #1 Otterville ON Canada; born St. Kruis Brugge, Belgium; came to Canada 1954; died Feb 8,1985; age 70th year; son of Leon Daelman & Emma FLOORIZONE

DAMMAN, Andre M; born Torhout, Belgium; died July 6,1983; 56th yr; son of Raymond DAMMAN & Julia Marie DESCHEPPER

DAMME, Cyriel Achiel, born Apr 22,1909 Aartryke, West Flanders, Belgium died Mar 16,1989 s/o Jan Damme & Eledie DeSante *Tillsonburg News Obits*

DAMMON, Margaret Marie; Delhi ON; born Thornhout, Belgium; died Oct 27,1984; 90th year; daughter of Francis NAEYAERT & Edalie VANDIERENDONCK

DEBACKERE, Germaine; of RR 1, Langton, ON, Canada; born Jun 18,1892 Beveren-Roselaere, West Flanders, Belgium; died May 16,1993; husband Victor DEBACKERE Jun 9,1972

DEBACKERE, Lucia "Lucy"; of Delhi, Ont, Canada; born St.Gilles, Waas, Belgium; came to Canada in 1930; died Nov 28,1995; age 68th year; husband Frans "Fran" DEBACKERE; daughter of Edward DEELEN (1979) & Rachel C.F. RAES (1994) DEBACKERE, Paul Henri; RR #1 Courtland ON Canada; born Apr 17,1927 Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium; died Jun 14,1985; son of Omer DEBACKERE & Ivonna Elza VANDERSTRAETEN

DEBEER, Valere Cornelius; RR#2, New Lowell ON; born Dec 27,1911 Rening, West Flanders, Belgium; died Mar 16,1984; son of Florimond DEBEER & Maria WULLEMAN DE BEIR, PAUL Rene 58, Solon Springs, Wisconsin, died Dec. 25, 1999 in St. Luke's Hospital, Duluth, MN of injuries in a car accident. Born July 8, 1941 in Duluth, lived in Holyoke, Minn. until 1951 before moving to Superior, Wis. Business manager for Laborers Union Local 1050. Parents: Rene and Marie DeBier (deceased); sons Scott (Kathy) DeBeir of Superior, Mike of Superior, and Rene of Duluth; daughter Andre DeBeir of Delta, Wis.; grandchildren Brennon, Chandra and Ceaira; brother Denis (Ellen) of Charles City, Iowa; sister Elizabeth (Marcus) Harding of Marino Valley, Calif; many nieces and nephews. Burial St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Allouez, Superior, interment in Holyoke Cemetery. Lenrrot-Maetzold Funeral Home.

DEBOCK, Agnes; of RR 1, Delhi, ON, Canada; born Bambrugge, Belgium; came to Canada in 1932; died Sep 2,1993; age 95th yr; husband Robert DEBOCK; daughter of Constant VANVAERENBERG & Leontine DEJONGE

DEBOEY, Celestina; Tillsonburg ON; born Aug 13,1901 CeClinge, Belgium; came to Canada in 1926; died Oct 10,1984; former BOGAERT

DEBOEY, Edward; Tillsonburg ON Canada; born Sep 15,1901 Mierdouck, Belgium; came to Canada in 1926; died Mar 4,1985; son of Leonard DEBOEY & Rosalie VAEREWIJCK

DEBRUYNE, Maurice; Bothwell, ON, Canada; born Sept 22,1905 Vliezele Oost, Flanders, Belgium; died Jul 12,1987; son of Felix & Rozalie DEBRUYNE

DECAESTEKER, Wilfred "Pappy": Mr. Wilfred "Pappy" DeCaesteker a longtime resident of Wallaceburg passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2001 at Fairfield Park, Wallaceburg at the age of 89 years. Wilfred was born in Belgium and was a son of the late Charles DeCaesteker and Mary DeSnyder. He was a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Wallaceburg and for many years had owned and operated Big Chief Drive In. Beloved husband of the late Mildred (Fick) DeCaesketer (1998). Dear father and father-in-law of Mary and Keith Howard of Caledon, Charles and Nelly DeCaesteker of Port Lambton, Roger and Marie DeCaesteker of Australia and Rudy and Linda DeCaesketer of Florida. Sadly missed by 9 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Also surviviung is his sister Estella DeCaesteker of Wallaceburg. The late Mr. Wilfred "Pappy" DeCaesteker rested at the ERIC F. NICHOLLS FUNERAL HOME 639 Elgin Street, Wallaceburg until Tuesday, April 3, 2001 when funeral services were conducted at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. with Fr. John Pirt, Officiating. Pall Bearers were Todd Brown, Chris Byrne, Charles DeCaeseker Jr., Rick DeCaesteker, Scott Toles and Chad Bentley. Interment was in Riverview Cemetery, Wallaceburg. As an expression of sympathy donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation may be left at the funeral home. As a living memorial a tree will be planted in Nicholls Memorial Forest in memory of Wilfred "Pappy" DeCaesteker. * Wallaceburg Courier Press *

DE CAIGNY, Larry John, 50, of Sawyer, Minnesota, died Nov. 13, 2001 at home of cancer. Born July 9, 1951 in Duluth, MN to George and Juine Shonyo De Caigny, attended school in Wrenshall, Minn., graduate of Carlton Minn. High School. Married Susie Jaskari Sept. 23, 1972 in sawyer. Graduate of University of Minnesota-Duluth 1973. Taught industrial arts in Barnum and Aitkin Minn. and was appointed postmaster of Sawyer in 1980. He owned and operated the Sawyer Store. Member of Sts. Mary and Joseph Catholic Church of Sawyer. Survived by wife Susie, sons Matt (Amy), Ross, and Nathan (Amy), all of Sawyer, daughter Sarah of Sawyer; mother June D. Galatz of Carlton; sisters Linda (Steve) Tierney of Excelsion, Janet (Bill) Adkins of Barnam, Cindy (Jon) Ketola of New

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004 - 19 - Brightonl and Julie Galatz of Carlton; brother Greg of Excelsion; granddaughter Olivia Grace DeCagny. Mass of Christian Burial in Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Cloquet, Minn., interment in Sawyer Cemetery, arrangements by Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet. www.northlandfuneralhome.com

DECLERCK, Achille; Delhi ON; born St Joseph's, Hooghlede, Belgium; came to Canada 1926; died May 19,1984; 83rd year; son of Henri DECLERCK & Louise DEKONINCK

DECLERCQ, Maurice; born Sept 8,1904 Moorslede, Belgium; died Apr 29,1983; son of Cyrille DECLERCQ & Stephanie HUYGHEBAERT

DECOOPMAN, Gerard Anton; RR 4, Aylmer, ON, Canada; born Gullegem, WF, Belgium; died Aug 7,1992; age 83rd year; son of Henry DECOOPMAN & Pauline OPSOMER

DECOUTERE, Maurice; Delhi ON Canada; born Gullegem, Belgium; came to Canada 1920; died Sept 29,1985; age 90th year; son of Zacharias DECOUTERE & Pauline DESMET

DEDECKER, Roger Theophil; of Tillsonburg, ON, Canada; born Jan 25,1944 Belgium; died Feb 12,1994; wife Angela McDOWELL; son of Alfons & Paula DEDECKER

DEDOBBELAER, Frank; St Thomas, ON, Canada; born Aug 2,1908 Beveren Waes, East Flanders, Belgium; came to Canada in 1947; died Feb 17,1992; son of Stanislas DEDOBBELAER & Elodie BUYL

DEELEN, Rachel Celeste Florentine.; of Delhi, ON, Canada; born Sint Gillis, Waas, Belgium; came to Canada in 1930; died sep 9,1994; age 89th year; husband Edward DEELEN 1979; daughter of August RAES & Stefanie

DeGRAND, Alphonse, 79, died in the family home, 1925 South Fifth Avenue Sunday morning shortly after 10 o'clock following an illness of three years duration due to a complication of diseases and disabilities of old age. Mr. DeGrand, who was widely and favorably know in this city and vicinity was born in Bolen (Bolinnes) Belgium September 8, 1850 and came to this country with his parents when a child of five years. The family settled in Brussels, Wisconsin where he attended the public schools and worked on a farm. He was married at Brussels and about forty years ago the family came to this city to make their home. He purchased a tract of land on the west side of the city known at that time as the "Marshlands" where he engaged in truck farming, which occupation he had held for forty years. The family attended services at St. Anne's Church. At that time houses were few and far apart in that section of the city and the distance to church seemed far but regardless of weather conditions Mr. DeGrand and his family never missed the church services. Several years ago he became the senior member of the firm of DeGrand Flour & Feed Co. and later merged into the automobile business as stockholder in the DeGrand Motor Co. He retired from active business several years ago when his health failed and remained on the farm home where he continued his truck garden work. Mr. DeGrand is survived by his wife and the following sons and daughters: Jules DeGrand and Mrs. Charles Herson, twins, John DeGrand, Louise DeGrand, the Misses Rose and Florence DeGrand, city; Victor DeGrand, St. Nicholas, Mrs. Joseph DeMense, Perkins, twenty eight grandchildren and four great granchildren. The body was removed from the Allo Funeral Home Monday afternoon to the family residence where it will remain until Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock when a solemn requiem high mass will be offered at St. Anne's church with Very Rev. R.G. Jacques as celebrant. Mr. DeGrand was a member of St. Anne's branch of the Holy Name Society and fraternally affiliated with the Institut Jacques Cartier. Burial will be in the family lot in St. Anne's Cemetery. (note: Death date changed from obituary to actual death date; Alphonse's wife's name was Catherine (Kate) Maccoux; Burial was actually in Holy Cross Cemetery, Escanaba). *July 16, 1929 Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan*For more information please contact Trina Rabida

DeGRAND, Edward J. 1913-1987 ESCANABA--Edward J. (Slim) DeGrand, 74, of 1430 Lake Shore Drive, Escanaba, former owner of DeGrand Oil Co., died at 5:30pm Saturday, Oct. 31, at St. Francis Hospital. He was born June 4, 1913, in Escanaba, the son of Jules and Isabel (Cholette) DeGrand. He was raised in Escanaba and had lived here all his life. He married the former Mary Jeanette Blomstrom on June 6, 1959, at St. Joseph Church in Escanaba, and she preceded him in death. He was a veteran of the Army having served in Europe in World War II. He owned and operated the DeGrand Oil Co., for many years. He was a member of St. Joseph Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors include: six sons, Robert, Daniel, Thomas, James, John and Paul, all of Escanaba; five daughters, Mrs. Donald (Dorothy) Scott, Mrs. Frank (Jean) Berres, Mrs. Robert (Julie) Gasparick, and Mrs. David (Patti) Benetti, all of Escanaba, and Mrs. Pat (Vicki) DeGaynor , Menominee; four sisters, Mrs. H. George (Genevieve) Nelson, Escanaba, Ruth DeGrand, Marengo, Ill., Mrs. Clem (Bernice) Bushy, Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Joan Licken, Newberry Park, Calif; 26 grandchildren and two great-grandchldren. Besides his wife, he was also preceded in death by one brother and one sister. Friends may call at the Allo Funeral Home on Tuesday after 4pm with parish prayers being recited at 7:30pm. The Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10am Wednesday at St. Joseph Church with Rev. Sylvester Heppner officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. *Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan* For more information please contact Trina Rabida

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Researching Online: Ancestry.com Images and Databases By Régine Brindle

Ancestry.com is continuing to upload newly extracted lists to their paying website at www.ancestry.com They have currently made 1851-1870 available. (1888-1891 also ready) So, how do we use this database. First of all, you need to subscribe to their services. Ancestry.com offers a free trial If you have access to a Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, you should be able to test-drive this tool at no cost.

Say your information says that Joseph FOURNIER reached New York on April 20th, 1854, aboard the Ann Washburn. http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=List&dbid=7488&r=0

If you type FOURNIER in the “Last name”, then “1854” in the “Year of Arrival” and “Ann Washburn”, you will quickly find out there was no such passenger. So how do you find this person? Using the same screen, take out the Last name. This will bring up the whole shiplist for the “Ann Washburn” It carried 492 passengers and it did not land in NY on April 20th 1854 as was first thought. It reached New York on May 23rd, 1854. So is this still the right ship? The passenger listing up will be in alphabetical order, so you can skip pages till you find the Fs, in this case, on page 5. You could also just click on the Year 1854 in “please choose a year” and pick the “Ann Washburn” and check the list from there. The closest surname to FOURNIER is FOURINA. They are not listed as being from Belgium but from Holland… Is this too far fetched?

Name Arrival date Age Sex Port of Departure Destination Origins Ship Barbara fourina 23 May 1854 46 F Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Charlotte fourina 23 May 1854 15 M Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Dominic fourina 23 May 1854 3 M Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Henri fourina 23 May 1854 22 M Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Joseph fourina 23 May 1854 43 M Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Joseph fourina 23 May 1854 13 F Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Leopold fourina 23 May 1854 7 M Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Mathilde fourina 23 May 1854 11 M Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Melanie fourina 23 May 1854 5 M Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Petrus fourina 23 May 1854 9 M Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Rosalia fourina 23 May 1854 18 F Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn Virginia fourina 23 May 1854 20 F Antwerp, Belgium USA HOL Ann Washburn

A look at the original is necessary to double-check the name. Click on “Joseph fourina”. Then click on “View original image”. It will take you directly to Joseph FOURINA or is it Joseph FOURNIER?

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You decide: In this case, the page is really dark and had to be lightened up using Paperport.

I think I’ll apply what I learned to looking for the LETELLIER family I started to research last year. They supposedly arrived in 1868… Let’s see what we can find out. 5 returns on LETTELLIER (last name only) in 1868, but no Philip. 92 returns on Philip (first name only) in 1868, but nothing close to LETELLIER. 8 returns on LETELLIER with no dates with exact spelling; 119 returns with soundex. Mrs. Letellier 27 Sep 1866 36 Brest and Le Havre FRA Ville de Paris Barbara Letellier 22 Dec 1855 34 M Antwerp, Belgium USA DEU Catharine Clement Letellier 28 Apr 1851 30 M Le Havre, France NY FRA Rhine Gerard Letellier 12 Oct 1868 18 M Le Havre, France/London, England NY FRA Atlanta Henry Letellier 22 Dec 1855 34 M Antwerp, Belgium USA DEU Catharine Louis Emile Letellier 16 Oct 1867 16 M Falmouth, England/Le Havre, France USA FRA Fulton orele Letellier 11 Jan 1869 33 M Liverpool, England USA DEU China Prosper Letellier 12 Oct 1868 52 M Le Havre, France/London, England NY FRA Atlanta Mrs. letillier 28 Oct 1867 19 F Liverpool, England/Queenstown, England USA USA Hecla Mr. Letillier 28 Oct 1867 26 M Liverpool, England/Queenstown, England USA FRA Hecla Miss. Letillier 16 Nov 1869 30 F Liverpool, England NY FRA Russia Maybe they didn’t arrive via New York… especially since they settled in Wisconsin first… It was worth a look all the same…

But I tried LETELLIER in the ‘global search’ again and found ‘Anthune’ on the 1920 census in St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida. Nellie, his wife is with him. He is still an alien who arrived in this country in 1868. He speaks Dutch. Then on the 1930 census, in Bloomington, Monroe, IN, I find Phillip, son of the Belgian emigrants Philip and Pauline. He was born in 1880, in Nebraska. His family includes his IN-born wife of 23 years, Beatrice, and children: Nellie (21), Helen, James, Theodore, Martha who were all born in Indiana. He is a delivery man for a bakery. I also found an enrty for Anthony LETELLIER in the Ancestry world tree. This gave me an email address where to contact the researcher. This shows great promise…

It goes to show... Since Ancestry gets new databases all the time it is well worth going back periodically and doing the same searches.

Belgian Laces Vol#26-98 January 2004

Internet Links of Interest: If you have run out of microfilmed records and are looking in the Pays de Herve area, these books contain historical and genealogical information going back to 1400. If you need help I strongly advise you to subscribe to the HerveGeneNet list on Yahoogroups, by sending an email to HerveGeneNet-subscribe@yahoogroupes.fr Louis Vanblaere, louis.van.blaere@pandora.be, submitted the following links - Tombstomes and epitaphs of the Belgian Limburg: in French, images from the book “Pierres tombales et Epigrahes http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~mlcarl/Limbourg/Poswick%202/ with surname index - The Duchy of Limburg: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~mlcarl/Limbourg/Poswick in French, images from the book “Les délices du Duché de Limbourg”, includes historical information on the following localities: 00-Einleitung 00-Index-Familiennamen 01-Le-Chateau-fort-Limbourg 02-La-Porte-d-Ardenne-Limbourg 03-La-Louveterie-Limbourg 04-Vreuschemen-Baelen 05-Nereth-Baelen 06-Villers-Bilstain 07-Laverne-Bilstain 08-Stockem-Eupen 09-Goe-Goe 10-Ruyff-Henri-Chapelle 11-Baelen-Henri-Chapelle 12-Cour-Bibaus-Henri-Chapelle 13-Muetzhagen-Lontzen 14-Cortenbach-Membach 15-Crevecoeur-Battice 16-Rosmel-Battice 17-Xhenemont-Battice 18-Hameval-Charneux 19-Beauregard-Charneux 20-Val-Dieu-Charneux 21-Clermont-Clermont 22-Couves-Clermont 23-Crawhez-Clermont 24-Odart-Ondorpt-Clermont 25-L'Aguesse-Clermont 26-Sclassin-Cornesse 27-Asse-Julémont 28-Petit-Rechain-Petit-Rechain 29-Soiron-Soiron

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AREA NEWS: Wisconsin Corner: October 5 was a big day for the Peninsula Belgian-American Club. A celebration was held that day commemorating l50 years since the arrival of the first group of Belgian settlers in our northeast Wisconsin area.

Reverend Sam Jadin, O.Praem, Club Chaplain, and L'Abbé Jean Ducat from Biesme, Belgium, co-celebrated a l0:30 Mass at St. Joseph's Church, Champion. This was the site of the first settlement in l853. Following the Mass, a rededication ceremony was held at the Grez-Doiceau monument across from the Church. A festive dinner was enjoyed by l85 people at The Woods Country Club. Special guests for the event, in addition to Father Ducat, were Philippe DeClerck, Consul General of Belgium, Chicago; Honorary Consul Charles Mulcahy, Milwaukee; Walloon Trade Commissioner Bernard Geenan, Chicago; l4 members of the Wallonie-Wisconsin Society of Belgium; and other friends of the Club. The Wallonie-Wisconsin members made their biennial visit from October 2 to 28. Most of them enjoyed a 2-week bus tour to Lousiana, Texas, and Missouri. The Peninsula Belgian-American Club is beginning to plan their next trip to Belgium. Presently, it is scheduled for two weeks in September 2004. The P.B.A.C. annual Christmas dinner was held on December 7. Special honors were awarded to Harry Chaudoir, retired President, who held the office for 36 years. The first meeting for the New Year will be on the third Thursday of April.

Mary Ann DEFNET QUERIES: BL2004-01-03: From Christina REYNEN - kreynen@rcn.com , 312-335-0586 I am a scholar-in-residence at the Newberry Library in Chicago. For a research project on Belgian immigration to Chicago, I am seeking the following information. Material can be the original (which I will copy and return) or the originals themselves, if you think this is the right time to empty your attic or basement The material will be donated to the Newberry Library Archives.

BL2004-01: RETSIN – VAN EENAME – MAES - DEULING

John Retsin was one of the original Belgian immigrants to Chicago. He arrived in 1853 from St./ Denys. He became a very prominent carpenter contractor in Chicago. His third wife, Marie Van Eename (from Comines, East Flanders), married Julius Maes in 1912 after John Retsin’s death in 1910. Marie herself died in April 1953 in Fremont, Michigan. They adopted a daughter in the Twenties who died in 1988 as Rosemary C. Deuling in Sheridan, Newaygo, Michigan. I have as of yet no idea what happened to Julius Maes after he became a widower. I would like to hear from descendants or anyone who may have heard of these various family members.

BL2004-02: DE JONGHE The De Jonghe hotel was a famous gourmet restaurant in Chicago - on Monroe Street (1892- 1923) - frequented by the likes of Mrs. Potter Palmer. It was owned and managed by Henri/Charles/ Peter De Jonghe, Leonie De Jonghe-Hanause and Julie De Jonghe-Vanneste. I am looking for any anecdotes, documents (ex. menus), pictures etc. of the restaurant. Would love to hear from anyone who had relatives or friends who dined there. BL2004-03: VAN HECKE Gus van Heck was one of the founders of the Chicago Flat Janitors in Chicago in the early part of the 20th century. I am looking for any insight into the man that Gus van Hecke was, material that documents the Flat Janitors Unions (papers, pictures, diaires, etc. ) and the family history of those people whose ancestors were janitors before 1950.

ACKERMAN, Andre Joseph p14 ACKERMAN, Agnes p14 AMY, Mathew p14 ANDRE, Virginie Alida p9 ANRAED, Honore p17 APPERT, Nicolas p6 AUVERLAU, Henri Jules p9 AUVERLAU, Desire Joseph p9 BALENS, Joseph p14 BALLENS, Jean p14 BAMBERG, Phillip p14 BAMBERG, Therese p14 BARBIOT, Emile Felicien p9 BARBIOT, Albert Alexandre p9 BARBOIT,MarieClaire Clemence p10 BAST, Johann p14 BAST, Catherine p14 BAUDWIN, Aimie p9 BAUWENS, Hector p9 BAUWENS, Francois p9 BAUWENS, Florimond p9 BAUWENS, Francois p9 BECQ, Paula Odile Jos.Ghis p9 BECQ, Leopold Joseph p9 BEITZEL, Anna p14 BEITZEL, Anna p14 BEITZEL, Barbara p14 BEITZEL, Jacob p14 BEITZEL, Maria p14 BEITZEL, Mathias p14 BEITZEL, Margeritta p14 BEITZEL, Me Colain p14 BELCQ, Oscar p9 BELOT, Peter J. p11 BELOT, George p11 BELOT, Raymond p11 BERMILS, Marie Anna p10 BERNLARD, Elisabeth p14 BILLIAN, Leonie p17 BLECQ, Augustin Francois p9 BLOOME, Pet. p14 BORZEE, David S. p12 BORZEE, Louis p12 BORZEE, Matilda p12 BOUILLEZ, Josephine p10 BOURET, Louisa Julia p9 BOUVIER, Paul p14 BOUVIER, Hubert p14 BOUYERE, Louise Zoe p10 BOUYERE, Jules p10 BRAUN, Elizabeth p14 BRICKMANNE, Jules Francois p9 BRICKMANNE, Louisa p9 BRONWER, Richard p11 BROYARST, Evelina Ghislaine p10 BUCKLER , Jacob p14 BUREAU, Frances p11 BURGENHEINER, Eliza p14 BURGENHEINER, Frederick p14 BURGENHEINER, Jacob p14 BURGENHEINER, Johanne p15 BURGENHEINER, John Y p15 BURGENHEINER, Peter p15 BURGENHEINER, Sophia p15 BURION, Arthur p9 BURION, Hubert p9 BURRY, Philomene p12 BUYCK, Marie Therese p17 BUYL, Elodie p19 BYKENS, Oscar p11 CACCINE, Mathilde Marie p9

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DAMMON, Margaret Marie p18 DANIEL, Palmyre Francoise p10 DAREUN, H p15 DAUCHOT,Adolphine Josephine p10 DAUCHOT, Jean Bptiste Joseph p10 DAUGE, Esther Silva p10 DAUGE, Jules p10 DE BEIR, Paul Rene p18 DE CAIGNY, Larry John p18 DE CAIGNY, George p18 De GOVE, Mad. L p15 de Meeûs, Paul p14 de Meeûs, Raphaël p14 De PERES, Mr p15 DEBACKERE, Germaine p18 DEBACKERE, Paul Henri p18 DEBACKERE, Omer p18 DEBACKERE, Victor p18 DEBACKERE, Lucia p18 DEBACKERE, Fran p18 DEBAERE, Martha p17 DEBAIZE, Elise p10 DEBAUQUE, Elmire Rosalie p9 DEBAUQUE, Oscar p9 DEBECQ, Ana Augusta p10 DEBEER, Valere Cornelius p18 DEBEER, Florimond p18 DEBIER, Rene p18 DEBLANDER, Octavie p11 DEBLANDER, Auguste p11 DEBLANDER, Flora p11 DEBLANDER, Gustave p11 DEBLANDER, Lena p11 DEBLIU, Eugenie p9 DEBOCK, Agnes p18 DEBOCK, Robert p18 DEBOEY, Celestina p18 DEBOEY, Edward p18 DEBOEY, Leonard p18 DEBRUYNE, Maurice p18 DEBRUYNE, Felix p18 DEBRUYNE, Rozalie p18 DECAESTEKER, Wilfred p18 DECAESTEKER, Charles p18 DECLERCK, Achille p19 DECLERCK, Henri p19 DECLERCQ, Alenie Augustine p9 DECLERCQ, Maurice p19 DECLERCQ, Cyrille p19 DECOESEL, Mathilde p17 DECOOPMAN, Gerard Anton p19 DECOOPMAN, Henry p19 DECOUTERE, Maurice p19 DECOUTERE, Zacharias p19 DEDECKER, Roger Theophil p19 DEDECKER, Alfons p19 DEDOBBELAER, Frank p19 DEDOBBELAER, Stanislas p19 DEELEN, Edward p18 DEELEN, Rachel C Florentine p19 DEELEN, Edward p19 DEGADINNE, Josephine p10 DEGAUQUE, M Constance L p9 DEGAUQUE, Jules Paul p9 DEGRAND, Alphonse p19 DEGRAND, Edward J. p19 DEGRAND, Jules p19 DEGRE, Laure Zelie p10 DEGRE, Oscar Joseph p10 DEJONGE , Leontine p18 DEKONINCK, Louise p19

DELABRE, Adolphine Desire p9 DELAHGE, Flore p9 DELAHURT, Jules p12 DELANOY, Hector p3 DELESTINE, Amie p12 DELESTINE, Louie p12 DELESTINE, Julia p12 DELESTINE, Arnie p12 DELTENRE, Henri E O Louis p9 DELTENRE, Ephrem p9 DELTENRE, Julia Desiree p9 DELTERNE, Ferdinande Adele p10 DEMEREZ, Leontine p9 DEMEUTRE, Magdeleine L L p9 DEMEUTRE, Leon Hubert p9 DEMIESTER, Alphonse Leopold p9 DEMIESTER, Desire Alphonse p9 DERAGEL , Adolphine Jos p9 DERAMAUX, Aline Josephine p9 DERSIN, Josephine Amelie V p10 DERSIN, Leopold Alfred p10 DESANTE, Eledie p18 DESCAMPS, Marie Therese p10 DESCHEPPER, Julia Marie p18 DESCHUYTENER, Leon Victor p10 DESCHUYTENER, Etienne p10 DESMET, Pauline p19 DESMITH, Hubert p15 DESNYDER, Mary p18 DESTAERKE, Louisa Jos G p10 DESTAERKE, Andre p10 DEVAULKANIER, Anatalie p11 DEVOS, August p12 DEVOS, Cyriel p17 DEWINTE, Albert Louis p10 DEWINTE, Louis p10 DEYOUNG, J p15 DIEVIVIER, Charlotte p10 DONFERT, Justine p10 DONFUT, Francois p9 DORCHAIN, Benoit p15 DORCHAIN, Marie p15 DRAINAGE, Pierre p14 DRAINAGE, Celine p14 DRAINAGE, Jules p14 DRUGMAND, Irma Marceline p10 DUBOIS, Odile Marie p10 DUBOIS, Maurice Fernand p10 DUBOIS, Honore p10 DUBOIS, Jules p10 DUBOIS, Julia p9 DUBY, Marie Florence p10 DUCARME, Alphonse p11 DUELL, Philip p15 DUMONT, Georges Oscar p10 DUMONT, Jules p10 Dumont de Chassart, Gérard p14 Dumont de Chassart, Baudouin p14 DURIAU, Martial Louis p9 DURIAU, Gustave p9 DURIAU, Elmire p9 DURN, Johan p15 DUROGOISE, Clara Marie p9 EIDEN, Johann p15 EINZIG, Walberge p15 EINZIG, Gaspar p15 EINZIG, Regina p15 EMPEIN, Julia E M Ghislaine p10 EMPEIN, Camille Francois p10 EVRARD, Marie Clemence p10 EVRARD,Francois Fernand p9

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