Looking for Village
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Looking for Village
| spratter45 (View posts) | Posted: 14 Mar 2001 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: VandeSijpe, VandeSijpen, VanSipe, VanSype, Mortier
Looking for Ancestors Village in Belgium. Felix Van De Sijpe
b.abt 1810 in what is now Belgium, settled in Detroit, Michigan abt. 1844 with wife Julianne Mortier Van De Sijpe & children Rosalie b. August 1833, Augustus b. 1834-35, John b. abt 1837 & Louis b. March 19, 1838, all listed born Belgium. Name of place in Belgium lost. Felix was listed as a Wooden shoe maker in 1845-1846 Detroit Directory. If you were a wooden shoe maker is there a certain area you would come from? Any help out there? Vicki
b.abt 1810 in what is now Belgium, settled in Detroit, Michigan abt. 1844 with wife Julianne Mortier Van De Sijpe & children Rosalie b. August 1833, Augustus b. 1834-35, John b. abt 1837 & Louis b. March 19, 1838, all listed born Belgium. Name of place in Belgium lost. Felix was listed as a Wooden shoe maker in 1845-1846 Detroit Directory. If you were a wooden shoe maker is there a certain area you would come from? Any help out there? Vicki