A IX d Carolus CLAEYS
fs. Engelbertus Claeys (A VIII a)
and Maria Theresia De Smet
° Kaprijke 25-7-1844
x Kaprijke 27-1-1869 Clementia Antheunis
† Lembeke 7-3-1937
After the death of their second son Carolus at age 5 Engelbert
and Marie-Thérèse wanted to give their newborn also the first name Carolus.
He was born on 25-7-1844 and according to the military records he was the
tallest of the family: 1.655 meters (5.4'). He had an oval face, small
forehed, blue eyes, a small nose, a small mouth, a round chin and blond hair.
On 27 January 1869 he was married in Kaprijke to Clementia Antheunis who was born
there on 16 December 1842 and whose job at that time was maid servant. For about
5 years they lived in with Carolus' mother but on 6-6-1874 they moved to the Vrouwstraat,
48. (Vrouw = woman.) In 1880 we find them back in the Wauterstraat 11: that's the
first house on the left if we come from the Beekstraat ("beek" = stream) to
go to the Fortjen (small fortress). Carolus was then farm labourer. Later
they moved to the Beekstraat in Kaprijke, where now the widow Inghels lives (now
house number 3) and in 1919 they went to live in Lembeke. Clementia died in
Kaprijke on 15-2-1917 and Carolus survived her for 20 more years. Hij was 92
when he passed away in Lembeke on 7 March 1937.
Clementia gave birth to a total of 12 children:
- Jules Claeys
° Kaprijke 20-8-1869
x St-Laureins 6-2-1897 Marie-Louise Bruggeman
Labourer.
Jules married Marie-Louise Bruggeman, who was born in St-Laureins
on 21-4-1873, the daughter of Macharius Bruggeman and Sophia Sierens.
Jules left about 1899 for Illinois and his wife and two children disembarked
from the SS Southwark in the Summer of 1900. They farmed in Henry County,
Illinois for many years and they lived in Geneseo, Illinois for the last
twenty years.
Jules Claeys died there on 24-10-1943.
After his death Marie-Louise went to live in with her daughter, Mrs. Julius Williams in Cambridge,
the seat of Henry County. She died in St-Francis Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois on 26-1-1944.
They had 7 children. Two of them had passed away before their parents. Here follow the name
and place of residence of their five surviving children.
- Mrs. Phil Cauwels, Cambridge
- Mrs. Julius Williams, Cambridge
- Mrs. Fred VanVooren, Annawan
- Mr. Leo Claeys, Geneseo
- Mr. Charles Claeys, Atkinson.
When they died there were also 17 grandchildren and 2 greatgrandchildren.
Here
we have Julius' funeral card and your find Louise's funeral card
here.
We wish to thank Martine Bruggeman and especially Hans Van Landschoot
for most of the information on Jules and Marie-Louise.
Here and
here
on his website "Find a Grave"
we found the information that had been published in The Geneseo Republic Newspaper of 29 October
1943 and of 4 February 1944, after the death of Marie-Louise. We would also like to thank Mrs.
Judi McDowell, a RAOGK volunteer who found these
newspaper clippings for Hans (and of course thanks to Hans also for us).
- Petrus Claeys
° Kaprijke 8-2-1871
† Kaprijke 7-2-1911, unmarried farm labourer.
- Marie Louise Claeys
° Kaprijke 7-3-1872
She was married in Kaprijke on 12-10-1898 to Eduard De Vrieze who was born in Bassevelde on
4-2-1866 and who died there on Boxing Day 1934. Louise died in the
convent in Bassevelde on 7 November 1957.
They had 3 sons and 1 daughter. One of their sons, Achiel who was married to Elodie De
Rijcke celebrated his diamant wedding jubilee in Bassevelde in March 1986.
- Julie Claeys
° Kaprijke 5-6-1874
She was married in Anneurin, Illinois on 6-6-1899 to Petrus Antheunis, who was born in
Kaprijke on 12-1-1865. Upon their return from Amerika at the beginning of the XXth
Century they went to live in Waarschoot (Damstraat 7) and on 2-11-1919 they started farming
in the Lekestraat 27 in Eeklo. Petrus was also active in the cattle trade. Julie
(Aunt Lietje) died childless in Eeklo on 10-11-1956.
- Maria Claeys
° Kaprijke 25-1-1876
She married Victor Van de Voorde in Kaprijke on 21 November 1900. They called him "Boer
Lybaert". He was born in Oosteeklo on 5 March 1871. They farmed in the Ledestraat
in Lembeke, on the first farm on the right in the direction of Oosteeklo.
Victor died in Lembeke on 2 October 1940 and his widow passed on Christmas Eve 1943,
at her son Edmond's place in Lovendegem. They also had a daughter.
- Edmond Claeys
° Kaprijke 21-7-1878
† Kaprijke 2-8-1878
- Eduard Claeys (A X f)
° Kaprijke 8-6-1879
x Clara Forré
- Elodie Sofie Claeys
° Kaprijke 7-6-1881
† Kaprijke 10-1-1882
- Ivo Claeys
° Kaprijke 12-10-1882
He left for America aboard the SS Kroonland on 3-3-1906. He had paid
for the crossing himself and he had $22.00 in his pockets. As his
destination he gave the address of his brother Jules: adres: 11th Street 606, Kewanee, Illinois.
When his son Elmer C. Claeys passed away an obit was published i.a. in the
Star Courier. Below we give you from this obit some information about
the family.
Ivo was married to Clara "DeWhisplaere". That was no doubt
more like De
Wispelaere.
Ivo and Clara had two children:
Elmer C. Claeys
He was born in Cornwall Township, Atkinson, Illinois on 7 June 1918.
He was married on 12 August 1942 in Atkinson to Rhoda Eeckhout.
He was a WW II war veteran.
Elmer and Rhoda farmed for 35 years in Cornwall Township and retired in 1979.
He was an avid rolle bolle player.
Elmer was a resident of the Hillcrest Home in Geneseo, IL but died in the Cottage Hospital, Galesburg, IL on 22
February 2009.
He is survived by his wife Rhoda.
Rhoda and Elmer have a daughter Gay who married Larry Hines; they live in Geneseo.
They also have a son called Gary who lives in Milledgeville, IL.
Elmer and Rhoda have six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
At the time of Elmer's death his sister Irene had already passed away.
She was married to a Mr VanDeRostyne. We have no further information
on Irene.
- Emiel Claeys
° Kaprijke 27-4-1884
He was married in Kaprijke on 25-9-1912 to Sofie Catharina Van De Veire, who
was registered as maid servant. She was born in Wondelgem on 24 November
1891 and died in the convent in Kaprijke on her wedding anniversary in 1966.
Emiel had already left this world on 17 February 1962.
They were married for almost 50 years. They lived for a long time with
his brother Eduard in the Vroenhoek before moving into the convent home for
senior citizens. They had no children.
- Leopold Joseph Claeys
° Kaprijke 6-3-1885
† Kaprijke 4-5-1885
- Leonie Marie Claeys
° Kaprijke 27-2-1887
† Kaprijke 20-3-1887.
We would dearly love to hear from some of the descendants of Jules Claeys and
Marie-Louise Bruggeman for an update on the family. We'll be happy to translate more
of these pages if we may get some feedback. We promise we will respect the privacy of the
living and only publish the things they want us to publish. Please
contact us.
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