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Content Stories on Lauwens &
Lauwers
1.Introduction - The “Laurentii” – How all
history turns out to be family history
2.Content
3.50 000 A.D. - Our far ancestors “out of
Africa” and the amazing story our DNA reveals
4.400 A.D. - What history
teaches us about our forefathers at the river Zenne and how they fought the
invading Roman armies
5.400 - Is our blood Latin-French or Flemish? How
we descend from Germanic and Celtic people.
6.900-1200 - Danish Vikings in the Low
Countries (present day Flanders and the Netherlands).
7.1200 - The origin of the family name
8.Saint Laurent –
from martyr to saint
9.1250 - Lauwensdries, an independent enclave at
Tildonk
10.1288 - Simon and John Lauwaert, bailiffs of Bruges and Gand
11.1361 -
Michael Lauwers, a tile constructor, was summoned to pay a debt (Bruges)
12.1382 - Mary Lauwers collects rent on a house from
Peter Blauvoet at Damme (vicinity of Bruges)
13.1383 - No
conviction for Coppin Lauwers who alledgedly stole cows from the widow
Goyers (Bruges)
14.1389-1425 - Lauwers
mentioned as "burghers" of the city of Bruges
15.1394 - Lauwers and Lauwaerts in the North of France
16.1395-1441 - Family members mentioned as
burghers of the city of Antwerp
17.1411 - The
tragic death of Catherine Lauwers (Gistel)
18.1434 - John Lauwers
acts as guarantee at Gand
19.1434-1481 - Family members mentioned as
burghers of the city of Gand
20.1436 - John
Lauwens emigrated to England, departing from Zierikzee, Netherlands
21.1453 - Hieronymus Lauweryns and his dream of turning the site of
Watervliet into a second Bruges
22.1462 - Paul and Aart Lauwers act as guarantees for Peter De Bruyne [“Peter Brown”], who was convicted of manslaughter (Stabroek)
23.1469 - Lauwers at
the census of West-Ieper-Ambacht
24.1470 - Geert Lauwers, superintendent for the dukes of Brabant at
Kapelle-op-den-Bos [“Chapel-in-the-Woods”], took care of
a dispute at Zemst
25.1477 - Lauwens and Lauwers at Haacht (Duchy of
Brabant)
26.1477 - Colson Lauwereys, deceased in Bruges
27.1480 - One Lauwers mentioned at the armed
guard in the country of Waas
28.1482 - "Freemasonries blood"
29.1500 - Oldest known family arms of Lauwers
30.1510-1595 - Lauwers in the Guild books of Aardenburg
(Zeeland, NL)
31.1520 - Family arms
of Lauwers at Bruges
32.16e
eeuw - Family arms of Lauwens and Lauwers from Holland
33.16e
eeuw - Family arms of Lauwens and Lauwers from Gand
34.1525 - The maried couple Lauwers – Steekers of Diest
and Bruges
35.1534 - The marriage of John Van Eck and May Lauwers
at Bruges
36.1545 - Henry Lauwers, the smith of Humbeek
37.1558 - John Lauwers, a Flemish knight in the order
of the Holy Grave
38.1559 - Sales of
Lauwers at Londerzeel
39.1561 -
Lauwers-Lauwerey(n)s victimized during the inquisition in Flanders
40.1564 - Lauwens
en Lauwers at Werchter (Rotselaar)
41.1567 - Henry Persoons, sexton in the church province
of Malines
42.1570 - A scuffle
between Peter Lauwers and the pastor of Sint-Martens-Leerne
43.1576 - Jos Lauwers bears witness to the Spanish Fury
at Antwerp
44.1577 - William Lauwens transports goods to the house "De Drie
Kroonkens" [“The three Crowns”] (Antwerp)
45.1577 - Peter
Lauwers is summoned to pay taxes on his farm at Wingene
46.1580-1800 - Lauwers at Bruges (from the cadastre research
at Bruges)
47.1580 - Mary Lauwers marries Don Juan de Peralta,
lordship of Bruges
48.Historically known family members of don
Juan de Peralta who set foot in New Spain (Mexico, US of A) an the
Philippines
49.1583 - Lauwers became a
fugitive in Zeeland (Nederbrakel)
50.1583 - John
Lauwers, tenant of the Court of Lint at Grimbergen
51.1584 -
The Antwerp census of 1584
52.1586 - Magdalen Lauwers
moves from Arnemuiden, NL (Antwerp)
53.1587 - Gillis Lauwers and his wife Fyken Mertens a
house with land at Aartselaar
54.1587 - Hubert Lauwers and Mary Piggen own estate at
Kapellen
55.1587 -
Anton Lauwers became the sworn deacon of the guild of ship tractors (Werchter)
56.1589 - The
sale of a farm to Cornelius Verbeeck and Lucy Lauwers (Werchter)
57.1592 - Gillis Lauwers and Catherine De Mul and the
heritage of John De Mul at Liezele
58.1597 -
Henry Van den Dijcke and Elisabeth Lauwers acquire a house and land at
Winbraken
(Werchter)
59.1599 - Jos Lauwens, a market vendor from Vilvoorde,
emigrates to Amsterdam, NL
60.1601 - Walther Lauwers, the sexton who would better not be singing (Rijmenam)
61.1602 - Elisabeth Lauwers, convicted of being a witch
at Eppegem, dies a horrible death at the pyre
62.1609 - Courtmartialed for “serving meat on a Holy
Day”
63.1615 - Lauwers at the census of Passendale in May 1615 (Ieper)
64.1617 - Jos Verbeke and Amand Lauwens sell land at the Merhertbeke
(Londerzeel)
65.1619 - The
son of the superintendent of the duke, godfather to John Lauwers (Werchter)
66.1620 - John Lauwers and Anna Verborcht, ancestors
to the Hombeek-Leests lineage
67.1625 -
Lauwers and an inheritance at Bexembroeck (Rotselaar)
68.1631 - Christian Lauwers, soldier of the Lord
Commander at Axel, Netherlands
69.1636 - Adrian Lauwers sells the forge of Humbeek at
Antony Vleeracker
70.1636 - Adrian Lauwens and Elisabeth Braes, and the
socks maker of Hever
71.1640 - Michael Laureinsens
deceased at Bruges
72.1644 - Louis Van Keer and Mary De Mayer, ancestors to the Van Keer
lineage
73.1645 -
Maillard Lauwers, soldier of the chancery of Ieper
74.1650 - "A soldier raped the mother while she
was crippled in bed”
75.1651 - Act of emanicipation of Peter Lauwens
76.1652 - Family arms of the families Lauwers in Bruges
and West-Flanders
77.1655 - Peter Lauwers and Jeanne
Persoons, ancestors to the Leest Lauwens and Lauwers lineage
78.1657 - Foundation of the brewery Lauwers - Van
Eijcke (Werchter)
79.1658 - "Killed by a canon ball" at Zemst
80.1659 - Hubert Lauwers, "coachman of the
king" from Zemst
81.1659 - The disputed heritage of Barbara Lauwers at
Werchter
82.1661 - William Lauwers, the miller of Beigem
83.1668 - Henry Lauwers and his reputation as the
sexton of Humbeek
84.1672 - A premariage contract with the young (?)
bride (Werchter)
85.1674 - Mary Van Eycke, the wife of Peter Lauwens,
drowns on the second Christmas Day in the river Demer (Werchter)
86.1677 - Antony Lauwers and Gillis Lauwens on the
damage list of the war (Londerzeel)
87.1678 - Cornelus Lauwers returned home deadly sick
after doing service with the Bataves [“Dutch”]
88.1680 - Rumoldus Lauwens from Leest
89.1682 - Lauwers draw a remarkable declaration
"out of love and compassion with each other" (Rotselaar)
90.1682 - John Lauwers, born in 1657 at Leest
91.1684 - Marriage of Simon Lauwens
and Petronelle Geerts
92.1693 - Census of Wijnegem (Vicinity of
Antwerp)
93.1694 - Cornelius Lauwers, lordship of Hemiksem
94.1694 - Michael Lauwers a tailor at Gand
95.1695 - One Lauwers Lauwers family at the census
96.1695 - Dismas Rochtus and Jeanne Lauwers, tenants at
Lippelo
97.1698 – The
second wedding of Antony De Buijser, widower of Mary Lauwers
98.1698 - Peter Lauwers marries the daughter of the
lordship-brewer of Rotselaar John Van den Panhuijsen
99.1699 - Sale of land at the farm Meysselaershoeve to
Steven Lauwers
100.1700 - Peter Lauwens and Peter Reyers sell land in Rotselaar
101.1700 - Sale of a farm opposite
to den Hert [location
named “The deer”] at Eppegem
102.1702 - Jack Lauwers, the
Smith of Londerzeel
103.1702 - A story on the related Rochtus family about a rebel without a
course
104.1708 - The mysterious
inheritance of a sea navigator
105.1710 - Gaspar Lauwens, "surgeon" (Malines)
106.1713 - John Lauwens at Leest (1684-1766)
107.1714 - Catherine De Boeck
and Peter Lauwers bear witness as "close neighbors" (Liezele)
108.1716 - John Lauwers and
Cecilia De Wilder sell a farm at Weerde at the Heerestraat [“Main street”]
109.1717 - Jos Lauwens, smith at Brussel
110.1718 - Death of John Amand
Lauwen, pastor of Liezele
111.1722 - Sale of the land
"de Cleempoel" by Cornelius Lauwers to François Wels (Zemst)
112.1722 - Ann Mary Lauwers marries
the son of squire De Persy, the superintendent of Rotselaar
113.1723 - Where did the
families Lauwens live at Leest?
114.1724 - Lauwens
household in the tax declaration (Land van Waas)
115.1725 - Sale of the domain
Hulshocht to Antoyn Van Steenwinckel and Cecilia Lauwers
116.1726 - Sale of the domain
Hulshocht to two beguines
117.1727 - The widow Josiane
Lauwers takes cares of her means of living
118.1728 - Rombout Lauwers sells
a house and brewery (Merchtem)
119.1730 - Sale to Henry Tersago
and Jos Lauwers at the Chruchyard at Galgenberg (Zemst)
120.1731 - John Lauwers sculpts
Saint-Victor in the Notre Dame cathedral of Antwerp
121.1731 - "A pagan...
still innocent in feelings and judgement when she died" (Ruisbroek)
122.1732 - Lauwers Jeanne marries
Jonckers Rochus, notary and lordship of Buken
123.1738 - When Antony Daems
married Florentia Lauwers, it was his third marriage
124.1739 - Ann Lauwens, widow of
Peter Reyers (Werchter)
125.1739 - Difficult years at
Hombeek: bad harvest, very cold winter, dysentery
126.1739 - About the fellowship
of the ring and what it ment (Deurne)
127.1746 - Antony Lauwers,
soldier of the garrison of Bergen-op-Zoom, NL
128.1747 - A tale of
superstition and withcraft: the ghost of Christian Lauwens (Leest)
129.1747 - A
family Lauwens-Lauwens in Leest
130.1748 - Antony Lauwens married at
Blaasveld (1717-1776)
131.1749 - Notary
Peter Jacob Lauwers (Oostvleteren)
132.1749 - Jack
Lauwers, lordship at Gottem (Deinze): Lauwers en Lauwaert(s)
133.1755 - Andreas Lauwers,
guardian of the children of Catherine Lauwers (Kalfort)
134.1756 - Petronelle-Therese
Lauwens and the inheritance of the Tersago family (Puurs)
135.1759 - John-Baptist Lauwens marries at
Blaasveld to Jeanne Mertens (1724-1776)
136.1761 - Gert Lauwers, the
deacon of the guild of coopers and his son Jacques, a painter (Brugge/Amsterdam)
137.1763 - Jos Lauwers, mayor
and lordship of Aarsele (Tielt)
138.1766 - Antony Lauwers,
father to three twins (Bornem)
139.1768 - Van
"Rillor"? (Mechelen)
140.1770 - Lauwens and Lauwers,
smiths of Klein-Brabant [region named “Small Brabant”] (Bornem/Puurs/Sint-Amands)
141.1774 - Sales of land at the
Gulden Boom [place
named “The Golden Tree”], the Sittervelt and the Mouille (Zemst)
142.1775 - Anna Barbara Lauwens
opposing the marriage of Henry Van Der Borght (Langdorp)
143.1775 - The death of Isabelle
Clara Lauwers at the Convent of Angels (Gand)
144.1776 - A call on the inheritants of Petronille
Lauwens (Brussels)
145.1776 - August Lauwens, merchand at the Haverwerf [place named “Oats Yard” at the harbor] (Mechelen)
146.1779 - Death of Stephan Lauwens (Amsterdam)
147.1782 - John-Baptist, Mary-Therese and Elisabeth
Lauwers sell a farm at Londerzeel
148.1786 - Lauwers mentioned in
the court records at Malines
149.1787 - John Rombouts,
foundling from Malines, staying with Math Lauwers
150.1787 - (the) Kerkstoel [“church
chair”] – about names given to foundlings
151.1787 - A
supplication of nuns begging to be allowed to return to their convent
(Leuven)
152.1788 - Jack Lauwers rented
land close to the convent of Leliëndale
153.1791 - Peter Lauwens, a remarcable
bearing of witness in Leest
154.1793 - John Pessendorfer, an
Austrian soldier-field marshal, married Mary Therese Lauwers
155.1796 - The census
of Humbeek
156.1796 - John Franciscus
Lauwens, police officer wearing the red coat at Malines
157.1796 - Jack Lauwens, expelled from the French republic (Antwerp)
158.1798 - Ben Ferdinand
Lauwers, leader of the farmers revolt against the French, is killed at
Sint-Niklaas
159.1798 - John and Peter John
Lauwers, rebels against the French (Kapelle-op-den-Bos)
160.1798 - Five different rulers in one lifetime (Tielt)
161.1800-1815 - Men who served
drafted in the Grand Army of Napoleon
162.1800-1815 - Census at
Antwerp, district 2
163.1803 - The case of the
alimony to the pastor of Everberg
164.1813 - Peter John Diddens, deserter
of Napoleons Russian army, who’s dairy has been preserved (Leest)
165.1815 - Ann Catherine Lauwers
married the son of the first mayor of Wechelderzande (and the brother of
the second)
166.1818 - John Francis Lauwers,
lordship at Beigem
167.1825 - John-Baptist Lauwers
had gone missing at Gottem (Deinze)
168.1828 - John-Baptist Lauwens, subsitute of the King in a court case on
the Antwerp castle Het Steen [the castle was
names “The Stone”]
169.1830 - How some got involved
in the battle for independence in Belgium
170.1831 - Jack Lauwers became a
fugitive at Baarle-Hertog, Belgian enclave in the Netherlands
171.1833 – Victims to the cholera epidemic at Louvain
172.1834 - John Lauwens, army trumpeter, but not for the Prince of Orange (Malines)
173.1841 - Antony Lauwens and the foiled
conspiracy of the pro-Dutch forces after the independence of Belgium
174.1842 - John Baptist Lauwens, lawyer-counselor
at the Court of Appeals (Brussels)
175.1848 - John Francis Lauwers,
the fishmonger of Kontich
176.1855 - John-Baptist Lauwers,
the vicar-general to cardinal Sterckx
177.1856 - Lauwers at the census of Malines
178.1858 - John-Louis Lauwers,
the pastor shepard of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (Brussels)
179.1863 - The wedding of artist painter Florent
Crabeels to Catherine Lauwers at Antwerp
180.1866 - Leopold Lauwers’
contribution as a brother of good Works at the Abbey of Saint-Bernard (Bornem)
181.1867 - Zouaves in service of the pope: Belgians and Dutch men serving in
the pope’s army in Italy
182.1869 - Peter Lauwers managed to marry three times with a spouse named
Verbruggen (Malines)
183.1871 - Lauwers in the England
Census
184.1873 - Around the same time, two times a marriage of
John-Baptist and Lucy Lauwers-Meysmans… a mystery solved
185.1877 - John Lauwens,
the unfortunate three time widower (Malines)
186.1878 - Mary Elisabeth
Lauwers and the world famous Peter Zimmer, watchmaker (Lierre)
187.1880 - Ann Mary Lauwens was rushed to the
hospital after a serious working accident (Brussels)
188.1886 - Antony Lauwens
drowned in the canal Leuvensevaart [canal connecting Malines with Louvain] (Malines)
189.1886 - Charles Lauwers’ unanswered love for the mother of his future
to-be daughter-in-law (Pittem)
190.1890 - Jack Louis Lauwens, also known as “den Taar”
of Leest
191.1891 - Descendency of my great grandmother Jeanne Moortgat of the brewers
family, married to my great grandfather John Francis Lauwens (Londerzeel)
192.1891 - Lauwers in the London
Census, Great-Brittain
193.1893 - Ferdinans
Lauwens, the king of “de Gulle” in Neervelp
194.1895 - The story of “The Star”
and “The New Star” (Putte)
195.1895-1947 - Arrivals of Lauwers
& Lauwens, by ship, immigrating in the US of A
196.1896 - Philip-Louis Lauwens,
the field marshal of Molenbeek-Wersbeek
197.1898 - Peter Jan Lauwers
causing troubles at the yearly fair of Saint-Joseph (Londerzeel)
198.1898 - Florent Lauwers, a
catholic missionary to Mongolia
199.1898 - A stephfather and
stephmother became in-laws to the children of their first marriage
(Aarschot)
200.1900 - Antonia
Lauwens & Corneel Verdoodt at Leest
201.1902
- Bon Lauwers, the miller of Leest
202.1906 - Census at
Hombeek
203.1907 - Alfons Lauwers,
winner of the “Tour of Belgium” [cycling event] at Sint-Truiden
204.1908 - My grandmother Mary
Cools was born at the “Turkenhof” [place named “Turkish Court”] at Liezele
205.1908 - Achiel Lauwers, the priest
of the "Blindekens" at Bruges
206.1909-1942 - Lauwers mentioned at
official border crossings between Canada and the US of A
207.1910 - Lauwens en Lauwers at
a census in the US of A
208.1913 - Mary-Jeanne Lauwers
lost her grandmother during a deadly incident with a steam train at
Londerzeel
209.1914 - Joseph Lauwers, "Jef van de
Koperen" [nickname “Jeff of the
cupper”]
210.1914 - Jules Lauwers was killed during the battle of
Aarschot at the beginning of the ‘Great War’
211.1914 - Fleeing the cruelty of war (Wielsbeke)
212.1914-1918 - Soldiers in the Great War [First
World War]
213.1914 - Mary Lauwers found the booty of the German
invaders of Hombeek
214.1915 - About small people in the Great War
215.1916 - “She suddenly
died when putting a chicken in the oven to roast” (Wielsbeke)
216.1918
- Isabelle Lauwens, born in Londen during the Great War
217.1919 - Belgian army
general Lauwens, chairman of the draftees commission (Brussels)
218.1919 - Isidoor Lauwers, a
pioneer of the cauliflower cultivation at Hombeek
219.1920 - Preacher A. Lauwers of the reformation churches (Brussels)
220.1920 - Lauwens en Lauwers at
the census of the US of A
221.1920 - Art Nouveau
buildings designed by architect Lauwens in Antwerp
222.1921 - Edward Lauwers, mayor
of Hombeek
223.1922 - Lieutenant-general Francis
Lauwens, who made a blitz carreer during the First World War
224.1923 - Mary-Josephine
Lauwens, sister-in-law to John-Baptist Van Aelst, miller of the
Heimolen
225.1923-1925 -
Lieutenant-generaal William Lauwers, commander of the Belgian Rhine army
(Ruhrgebied)
226.1924 - The villa
Lauwers-Dupret at Meerle (Hoogstraten)
227.1925 - Irma Lauwers married Lode Craeybeckx,
mayor of Antwerp between 1947 - 1976
228.1927 -
August John Lauwers, "De Rog" (Kontich)
229.1931 - The
children of Lauwens – Van den Heuvel from Leest
230.1934 - Louis Lauwers,
catholic father-missionary in China and priest-professor (Antwerp)
231.1932 –
My grandparents Lauwens-Van Keer from Nieuwenrode
232.1935 – The marriage of Joseph Francis Lauwens and Ann Mary Van Der Borght
233.1936 - Willy Lauwers, the cycling
champion "Rupske" [nickname meaning “caterpillar”] (Hemiksem)
234.1939 - Francis Lauwers,
"welcomed as a king" at Lourdes, FR
235.1940-1945 - Civilians who died
during the Second World War
236.1940-1945 - Soldiers of the Belgian
army who died during the Second World War
237.1939-1945 - Belgian-American
soldiers of the US forces who died during the Second World War
238.1940-1945 - Resistance fighters
who died during the Second World War
239.1940-1945 - Resistance fighters
who survived the camps during the Second World War
240.1941 - Henry Cuypers, spouse
to Mary Lauwens, was a war orphan
241.1945 - Barbara Lauwers was
awarded the Bronze Star Medallion for her work for the OSS (US of A)
242.1945 - Huub Lauwers, Dutch
secret agent for the SOE
243.1965 - August Lauwers, the last
mayor of Leest
244.1980 - Patrik Lauwens,
honorary citizen of the city of El Paso, Texas
245.1988 - Descendance of Rita
Colaers, married to Patrik Lauwens
246.1997 - Where do we
find the family name in Belgium today? A geographic presentation.
247.2004 - Lauwens in the
Marriage Index of England 1984-2005
248.2007 - Where do we
find the family name in the Netherlands today? A geographic presentation.
249.Afterword
Content Stories Van Praet
1.
Introduction
2.
Content
3.
906 - The foundation of
the Land of van Praet at Oedelem
4. 12e en 13e eeuw – Stories from the Flemish noble family van
Praet
5.
1127 - Gervais Van Praet was leading the armed expedition against the
murderers of Charles the Good
6.
1153 - Knight Baldwin I
van Praet, a crusader knight
7.
1183 - Friday
the 13th – About the templar knight Baldwin van Praet and how the
family was related to Saint-Omaar, the founders of the Templar Knights
8.
1224 - Baldwin II van
Praet handling a dispute (Kortrijk)
9. 1249 - Frank van Praet at Hannekenswerve (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen), expert in
poldering [gaining land from the see]
10.
1260 - (van) Praet and
the book of “Reinaard De Vos” [“Renard, the Fox”, a
famous medieval novel]
11.
1272 -
Marriage of knight Wolfert I of Borselen to Sybille van Praet
12.
1326 - The
castle of Moerkerke in possession of the family van Praet
13.
1341 - The
Lord van Praet, witness to the foundation of the convent “op de Wal” at
Gand
14.
1373 - Sale of the domain van Praet at Oedelem to
Louis of Male
15.
1410 -
Josine van Praet married Adrien Vilain I
16.
1421 - John Van Praet rides to war on the side of
king Philips the Good
17. 1424 - Knight Louis Van Praet, lord of
Mijnsheerenland, NL
18. 1458 - William van Praet, lordship of Kermt
(Hasselt)
19. 1463 - Damian Van Praet, land owner at
Camermansheide (Malderen)
20.
1489 - Daniel van Praet and the fire of Oostend
21.
1497 -
Knight Louis van Praet, Lord of Kernesse, married Catharine of Egmond
22.
1515 -
Marriage of Louis of Flanders with Josiane van Praet of Moerkerke
23.
1515 - Emigration of the
children of Catherine van Praet and Thomas van de Walle to the Canary
Isles, where they became part of the local nobility
24.
1532 -
Squire Charles of Saint-Omar, son of Jos of Sint-Omaars and Ann Van Praet
(Moerkerke)
25. 1544 -
Louis of Flanders, Lord van Praet, “stadhouder” of Holland, Zeeland and
Utrecht
26.
1556 -
John van Praet is allowed to conduct court proceedings (Malines)
27.
1565-1675 - Van
Praet at the Lordships councel of Londerzeel
28.
1573 - The price to pay
for unacceptable relationships (Gand)
29. 1580-1786 - Inhabitants Van Praet at Bruges
30.
1660 - Joos
Verpraet, falsely accused of withcraft and for being a werewolf
(Olsene/Gand)
31. 1668 - House “The Bible”, the family Van
Praet-Paternoster (Bruges)
32.
1672 - Jack Van Praet got a 100 pond fine for not
living up to his marriage vows (Gand)
33.
1702 - Francis Van Praet and Margreth De Wachter pay their taxes
(Kapelle-op-den-Bos)
34.
1710 - Martin Van Praet, superintendent of Buggenhout
35.
1717 - Van Praet at Antwerp
36. 1739 - The castle
Boeckenborg of Van Praet (Merksem)
37.
1741 - The unfortunate love life of Mary Van Praet (Antwerp/Lierre)
38.
1767 - Van Praet selling property at Buggenhout and
settling at the 'Brabant' shores of the river Scheld
39.
1772 - Francis Van Praet, member of the Guild of
Saint-Joris at Bruges
40.
1781 - Louis Van Praet, sheriff of Buggenhout, is
opposed to the marriage of his daughter
41.
1784 - Joseph-Basil Van Praet, conservator of the
National Library of Parijs, FR
42.
1822 - August Van Praet, actively involved in
bettering education (Bruges)
43.
1830 - Jules Van Praet, advisor the the first Belgian
kings (Brussel)
44.
1862 - Jan Joseph Van Praet at Geel
45.
1889 - Victor Van Praet, convicted of unlawful
hunting (Londerzeel)
46.
1890 - Werner van Praet, mayor of Schoten
47.
1894 - Laurent and Jules Francis Van Praet expelled
to France
48.
1908 - The mill of Leest
49.
1914 - The shipyards Van Praet-Dansaert at Baasrode
50.
1918 - Jeanne Van Praet is killed during the
explosion of an ammunition train convay at Kapelle-op-den-Bos
51.
1932 - My grandparents Van Praet-Cools at Liezele
52.
1999 - Reunion at the Van Praet bridge at Brussels
53.
2009 - Archeological findings at the ‘Court van Praet’ at Oedelem
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