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Meulemans : Pioneers Belgium to America

Family 1

Meulemans, Guillielmus Franciscus

Bierbeek (BEL) Aug 31, 1818

Bellevue (USA) Feb 10, 1900

Married

Anna Catharina Vanneck

Bierbeek (BEL) Aug 14, 1821

Bellevue (USA) May 10, 1904

Parents

Guilielmus Meulemans (1774-1840) and Joanna Verheyden (1778-1832) born and deceased at Bierbeek (BEL)

Children

Joannes Josephus (1844-1855)!, Joannes Stephanus (1845-1846)!, Anna Maria Philippina (1848-1876), Maria Theresia (1851-1931), Rosina Philippina (1853-), Julia (1856-1865)!, Anna Maria Carolina (1860-), Peter (1865-) and Caroline (1866-1942), first six born in Bierbeek and the last three born in Little Chute (USA)

Family 2

Meulemans, Dominicus Bernardus

Vaalbeek (BEL) Sep 16, 1828

Wrightstown (USA) Apr 3, 1905

Married to

Anna Catharina Buys

Bierbeek (BEL) Feb 24, 1825

Wrightstown (USA) Feb 15, 1906

Parents

Joannes Baptista Meulemans (Bierbeek (BEL) 1805-Blanden (BEL) 1857) and Maria Elisabeth Neerdaels (1803-1877), born and deceased in Blanden (BEL)

Children

Anna Maria (1828-1905), Andrew Lewis (1858-1928), Victoria Rosalie (1861-1909), Peter (1865-1957) and Louis C. (1868-1945), the last three born in Wrightstown (USA)

Family 3

Meulemans, Guilielmus Josephus

Vaalbeek (BEL) Oct 11, 1831

Green Bay (USA) Mar 24, 1904

Married to

Barbara Verboomen

Blanden (BEL) Oct 6, 1831

Parents

Joannes Baptista Meulemans (Bierbeek (BEL) 1805-Blanden (BEL) 1857) and Maria Elisabeth Neerdaels (1803-1877), born and deceased in Blanden (BEL)

Children

Antonius (1857-), Joannes Philippus (1860-), Alexander Josephus (1862-) and Carolus Franciscus (1863), all born in Blanden (BEL)

Family 4

Meulemans, Philippus Franciscus

Blanden (BEL) Apr 16, 1842

Wrightstown (USA) Jan 20, 1933

Married to

Lucia Goethuysen

Bierbeek (BEL) Oct 3, 1939

Wrightstown (USA) Apr 14, 1920

Parents

Joannes Baptista Meulemans (Bierbeek (BEL) 1805-Blanden (BEL) 1857) and Maria Elisabeth Neerdaels (1803-1877), born and deceased in Blanden (BEL)

Children

Maria Elisabeth (1865-), Anna Catherina (1867-1867)!, Anna Catharina (1868-), Philomena (1870-1871)!, Joanna Maria Elisabeth (1873-), Carolus Eduardus (1875-), and Maria Regina (1878-), all born in Blanden (BEL)

(Further below family 5 to 7)

Family 5

Meulemans, Michael

Blanden (BEL) Jul 20, 1855

(USA)

Married to

Maria Catharina Van Kelf

Meerbeek (BEL) Oct 3, 1861

Glenwood City (USA) Mar 19, 1947

Parents

Philippus Josephus Meulemans (Vaalbeek (BEL) 1826-Leuven (BEL) 1902) and Philippina Vanderveren (1821-1865), born and deceased in Blanden (BEL)

Children

Dominicus Philippus (Meerbeek (BEL) 1881- Everett (USA) 1964

Married at

Carrie Evelyn Smathers  (Pennsylvania, USA (1894)-Everett (USA) (1963)

Family 6

Meulemans, Joannes Josephus

Blanden (BEL) Dec 28, 1858

Appleton (USA) Feb 10, 1938

Married to

Isabella Sidonia Holemans

Betekom (BEL) Jun 20, 1866

Kaukauna (USA) May 6, 1937

Parents

Alexander Meulemans (Vaalbeek (BEL) 1832-Wilsele-Putkapel (BEL) 1907) and Paulina Catharina Philippina Cumps (Blanden 1834- Wilsele-Putkapel (BEL) 1891)

Children

Evarist (1889-1939), Anna Maria Lucia (1894-1925), Catherine Anna (1896-1986), Frans Dominic (1898-1974), Felix Anthony (1899-1971), August Dominic (1901-1979), Charles Andrew (1903-1992), Leona Regina (1905-1988) and Theodore Alexander 1908-1994), only the first one is born in Belgium.

Family 7

Meulemans, Josephus Theophilius

Sint-Joris-Weert (BEL) Sep 25, 1871

Wrightstown (USA) Nov 19, 1950

Married to

Maria Veronica Schodts

Wilsele (BEL) Nov 8, 1874

(USA)

Alexander Meulemans (Vaalbeek (BEL) 1832-Wilsele-Putkapel (BEL) 1907) and Paulina Catharina Philippina Cumps (Blanden 1834- Wilsele-Putkapel (BEL) 1891)

Children

Poldina (USA)- Wrightstown, (USA) 1985

Family 8

Steeno, Guilielmus

Bierbeek (BEL) May 23, 1819

Howard Town (USA) Sep 26, 1898

Married to

Anna Maria Meulemans

Bierbeek (BEL) Sep 29, 1830

Howard Town (USA) Apr 18, 1917

Parents

Guilielmus Meulemans (1795-1860) and Elisabeth Deckers (1802-1841), both born and deceased in Bierbeek (BEL)

Children

Guilielmus Franciscus (1853-1939), Joannes Franciscus (1854-1935), Peter (1856-1928), Henry (1862-1942), Ferdinand (1864-), Fredrich (1866-1928), Charles (1869-1936), Elisabeth Rosalin (1870-1891), Mary Elizabeth (1873-1961) and William (1874-1956)

Below are SOME (7) emigrants of the Meulemans family who moved from Belgium to Wisconsin in America and left Belgium behind for good.

The parents were born in Belgium and died there. The children may or may not have been born in Belgium.

 © Lode Mommaerts

Bierbeek in Belgium

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 © Lode Mommaerts