Q: I am trying to find information about my ancestors that came here from Belgium. My Great Grandfather Vetalis Van Puymbroeck moved to Baker City Oregon from Vrasene Belgium. He was born on January 26 1870 in Westmunster Belgium and came to the US around 1887. He then went back to Belgium and married a Dorthea Irena De Ridder (born 24 Feb. 1885 in Vrasene) in 1906. Her parents are Karel Lodewyk De Ridder and Rosalia Francisca De Clereg. Dorthea then died after there third child and he soon married Margerite De Maere from Belgium. I know Vetalis father is Carolus Ludoviens Van Puymbroeck and mother Freelina Melania Meersman living in Beveran, Waas. All this information has come from marriage certificates handed down to me. I can't seem to find any information from belgium however and have no idea where to start. Can someone please help me find records from Belgium.
A: Some names might be spelled differently: - Dorthea => Dorothea - De Clereq => De Clercq - Beveran => Beveren - Ludoviens => Ludovicus - Vetalis => Vitalis * I find a Carolus Van Puymbroeck: http://users.belgacom.net/gc942648/Abc/Van.htm#VAN PUYMBROECK (some more names on http://users.belgacom.net/gc942648/genea.htm, but I don't find any more of your names there) * on geneanet.org I found Karel De Ridder & Rosalia De Clercq son: Theophile Frans De Ridder & Maria Ludovica Hofkens son: Robert De Ridder * via geneanet: http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=eddylenjou http://www.lenjou.be/meersman_melanie_1044647090.html Carolus Van Puymbroeck & Melanie Meersman The Lenjou family descends from another marriage of Meersman http://www.gencircles.com/users/waasland/1/data/1729 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~episkopi/waasland/WC03_271.HTM Karel Lodewijk De Ridder & Rosalia Francisca De Clercq daughter: Maria Leonie De Ridder You might want to contact the town administration of Beveren (see beveren.be), or their archive: Gemeentearchief Beveren-Waas Stationsstraat 2 B-9120 Beveren +32 (0)3 750 15 11 +32 (0)3 755 26 23 Another idea: see http://www.vvfovl.be/en/indexen.htm and contact the chairman of VVF Land van Waas. He may have links to people that can help you further.
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