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Belgian Ancestors

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Linda

Linda Report 23 Apr 2014 12:43

Really struggling to find my Belgian ancestors in Antwerp when I am in England. Any suggestions please?

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 23 Apr 2014 13:19

care to give us details in case any of us can help you?

Linda

Linda Report 23 Apr 2014 16:08

Hi,
I am looking for the parents of Bertha Maria Louisa Van Den Broeck. I know her father was Cornelius a timber merchant in Antwerp, possibly Borgerhout area,
Regards Linda

Gee

Gee Report 23 Apr 2014 16:20

Hi Linda

What dates are we looking at for Bertha?


This may be a connection?



Belgium, Select Marriages, 1563-1890


Name:Anna Maria Van Den Broeck

Gender:Female

Marriage Date:21 mai 1824 (21 May 1824)

Marriage Place:Walem, Antwerpen, Belgium

Father:
Cornelis Van Den Broeck +20nov1807 Walem

Mother:
Maria Anna Marien

Spouse:
Joannes Feremans

FHL Film Number:771435

Reference ID:1824/3

Yvonne

Yvonne Report 23 Apr 2014 16:27


There's a marriage for a Maria L. B. Van Den Broeck in Hammersmith, London, for 1915 to someone called Royer.

Gee

Gee Report 23 Apr 2014 16:58

Yvonne

The marriage ref has three women and two men, note the name difference' between the two Van Den Broeck '



England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915


Name:Henri J Royer

Spouse Surname:Van Den Broeck

Date of Registration:Jul-Aug-Sep 1915

Registration district:Hammersmith

Inferred County:London

Volume Number:1a

Page Number:120


Name

Kathorna Egg
Henri J Royer
Henry G, Traglio
Bertha Van Den Broeck <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Maria L B Van Den Broeck<<<<<<<<<<<<<


Linda

Linda Report 23 Apr 2014 17:32

Hi,
the one in Hammersmith was my grandmother when she came to England as a refugee. Bertha was born in Belgium 25th April 1882,
thanks

Linda

Linda Report 23 Apr 2014 17:54

Bertha, was Bertha Maria, Louisa Van Den Broeck, mostly known as Bertha, but occasionally known as Maria. She married Henri Royer.

Gee

Gee Report 23 Apr 2014 18:47

OK, so Yvonne found the correct family?

What else do you know about her and her family please?

Linda

Linda Report 24 Apr 2014 09:37

She was born in Borgerhout Antwerp.