The Van Hootegem / Van Ooteg(h)em family from St-Laureins in East-Flanders, Belgium

VIII Charles Louis Van Hootegem

fs. Pieter Jan Van Hootegem and Seraphina Accoe

° Lembeke 1.4.1852
x Lembeke 21.4.1876 Marie Mathilde De Sutter
xx Lembeke op 29.11.1893 Melanie Pieters
† Lembeke 7.1.1924

Marie Mathilde was the daughter of Angelus De Sutter and Sophia De Sutter. She was born in Lembeke on 31.3.1855 and died there on 15.4.1893.

Charles remarried in Lembeke on 29 November 1893. His new bride, Melanie Pieters was born in Eeklo on 28 February 1862 and she passed away there on 5 June 1932.
Here is her funeral card.

The children of Charles Louis Van Hootegem and Marie Mathilde De Sutter :

Henri Van Hootegem
° Lembeke 19.7.1877
x Lembeke 6.9.1899 Leontine Van Zele
Leontine was born in Lembeke on 11.4.1882; she passed away there on 12.4.1941.
Their address was Aveschoot 30, Lembeke.
† Oostakker 2.11.1962
Their son:
- René Van Hootegem
  ° Lembeke 22.6.1903
  x Clara Van de Velde
  † Gent (St.-Vincentius) 24.2.1980
Raymond Van Hootegem
° Lembeke 31.8.1878
x Lembeke 31.5.1904 Elodie De Baets
† Eeklo 11.3.1949
Elodie was born in Lembeke on 19.9.1880 and she died in Kaprijke on 30.5.1961.
The children of Raymond and Elodie De Baets:
- Magdalena Van Hootegem
  ° Lembeke 12.3.1905
  † Lembeke 16.1.1906
- Gerardus Van Hootegem
  ° Lembeke 21.11.1906
  x Kaprijke 3.10.1929 Rachel Pots
  Their children:
  - Maria Raymonda Van Hootegem
    ° Kaprijke 19.1.1931
    x Kaprijke 18.5.1953 Prosper Van Damme
    Prosper was born in Sint-Laureins on 25.5.1922. He died in Sijsele on 6.2.2001.
    † Eeklo 27.9.2021.
  - Jeanette Van Hootegem
    ° Kaprijke 15.2.1935
    x Kaprijke 12.7.1960 Carlos De Veirman
  - Bertrand Van Hootegem
    ° Kaprijke 16.3.1938
- Medard Van Hootegem
  ° Lembeke 6.5.1908
  † Lembeke 14.12.1929
- Rachel Van Hootegem
  ° Lembeke 14.2.1910
  x Lembeke 6.5.1931 Robert De Vos (° Kaprijke 12.11.1905 - † Antwerp 16.8.1944)
  xx Robert De Langhe
- Anna Van Hootegem
  ° Lembeke 18.4.1913
  x Lembeke 2.5.1936 Prosper Lippens (° Kaprijke 17.1.1911 - † Ghent 12.5.1969)
Edward Van Hootegem
° Lembeke 20.9.1880
x Zoë Vermeersch (° Zwevezele 20.10.1880 - † Lembeke 5.3.1971)
† Lembeke 15.11.1964
Two daughters:
- Maria-José Van Hootegem
  ° Zwevezele 15.8.1914
  † Zwevezele 21.4.1915
- Marie-José Van Hootegem
  ° Westkapelle 22.8.1919
  Teacher.
  † Lembeke 22.6.2000
René Van Hootegem
° Lembeke 26.8.1882
x Lembeke 15.3.1911 Clara Roegiers
† Chicago 9.5.1947
Clara was the daughter of Louis Roegiers and Elodie Willems. She was born in Lembeke op 27.10.1889.
They have children and grandchildren in the U.S.A.
Marie Louise Van Hootegem
° Lembeke 5.2.1886
x Lembeke 17.3.1909 August De Meyer
August De Meyer was born in Lembeke on 5.2.1862. He was first married to Louise Buysse. He passed away in Lembeke on 30.8.1946.
† Lembeke 16.5.1942
The children of August De Meyer and Marie Louise Van Hootegem:
- Michel De Meyer
- Irène De Meyer
- Albert De Meyer

Helena Van Hootegem
° Lembeke 23.11.1888
x Lembeke 11.6.1913 Raymond Van De Velde
† Lembeke 24.5.1952
Raymond was born in Lembeke on 9.9.1880 and passed away there on 22.4.1952.
The children of Helena Van Hootegem and Raymond Van de Velde :

Maria Van de Velde
° Lembeke 12.2.1916
x Lembeke 25.1.1939 Alfons Bruyninckx
† Lembeke 18.1.1991
Alfons was born in Hoeleden on 20.1.1911. He passed away in Eeklo on 12.10.2006.
The children of Maria Van de Velde and Alfons Bruyninckx:

Helène Bruyninckx
Fernand Bruyninckx
Gabriëlle Bruyninckx
Christiane Bruyninckx
Albertine Bruyninckx
Bea Bruyninckx
Marc Bruyninckx
Clement Van de Velde
° Lembeke 23.2.1920
x Lembeke 28.10.1941 Marina De Vlaeminck (° Lembeke 27.8.1919)
† Lembeke 12.10.1982
Kinderen van Clement Van de Velde and Marina De Vlaeminck:
- Godelieve Van de Velde
- Michel Van de Velde (†)
- Armand Van de Velde
- Firmin Van de Velde
- Paul Van de Velde
Clara Van Hootegem
° Lembeke 1.9.1891
x Lembeke 15.3.1911 Louis Willems
† Lembeke 16.1.1924
Louis was born in Lembeke op 19.7.1873 and died there op 28.1.1950.
The children of Clara and Louis Willems:
- Emiel Willems
- Maurice Willems
- Maria Willems
- Alma Willems
- Andrea Willems
Emiel Van Hootegem
° Lembeke 21.1.1885
† Lembeke 27.1.1885

Many thanks to Mr. Guy Van Holsbeke for the funeral card of Melanie Pieters. Guy tells us more: Melanie's mother was Amelia Verstraete who had a brother, Charles Verstraete, married to Amelia Van Holsbeke, the sister of Edward Van Holsbeke, Guy's greatgrandfather.

Source:
«The Van Hootegem / Van Ooteg(h)em family
from St.-Laureins in the Meetjesland in Belgium»,
by Mr. Jozef Dobbelaere
with important additions by Mr. Aloïs van den Oever,
an article published in «De Levensboom» (The Tree of Life),
2007, 20th year, # 1.
De Levensboom is the quarterly periodical of the V.V.F. Meetjesland
(Flemish Association for Genealogy, Meetjesland Section).

Charles Louis's parents, Pieter Jan Van Hootegem and Seraphina Accoe

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