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Ancestor # 31

Sophia De Vriese (1818-1857)

Sophiia De Vriese was born in Kaprijke, Oost Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Belgium on 10 Jun 1818¹ and died in Eeklo, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium on 1 January 1857². She was the daughter of Joannes Franciscus and Joanna Livinia (De Beir) De Vriese. She married on 6 May 1846 in Eeklo Jan Baptiste Cobert³ born on 19 May 1817 in Eeklo, and died in Lembeke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium on 30 Apr 1890.

At her marriage in 1846, Sophie gave her occupation as a maid servant and Jan was listed as a workman. This couple was married 9 years and had 4 children only one of whom outlived them. Life was very precarious for children in the mid nineteenth century.

Sophie is listed in the 1847 population register for Eeklo⁴. She is living with her husband Jan Cobert and her children. The children’s births and deaths are enumerated here as is Sophie’s death in 1857.

Sophie is in my direct female line. Therefore her mitochondrial haplogroup is J1c2c2.

Children of Jan Baptiste and Sophie (De Vriese) Cobert, all born in Eeklo:

i. Florence Cobert. b. 27 Mar 1847, d. 29 May 1929 in Kaprijke, m. on 19 Apr 1876 in Kaprijke Bruno Dobbelaere b. 11 Mar 1849 in Kaprijke, d. 16 Nov 1926 in Kaprijke.

ii. Maria Victoria Cobert b. 8 Oct 1850, d. 23 Apr 1851.

iii. Charles Louis Cobert b. 9 Jul 1852, d. 16 May 1856.

iv. Petrus Bernardus. Cobert b. 9 Jul 1852, d. 11 Jul 1852.

1 “Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1796-1870 (Kaprijke)”certificate 36 dated 10 Jun 1818, birth of Sophia De Vriese, digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 Aug 2018), FHL film #785074, DGS #4774508, image 217.

2“ Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1796-1870 (Eeklo)”certificate 2 dated 1 Jan 1857, death of Sophia De Vriese, digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 Aug 2018), FHL film #771954, DGS #4187174, image 410.

3 “Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1795-1870, Eeklo”, certificate 15, dated 6 May 1846, Cobert - De Vriese marriage, digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 15 Aug 2018), FHL film # 786554, DGS # 4785191, image #361.

4 “Bevolkingsregisters, 1847-1910, Eeklo”, Jan Baptiste family,1847 Book 7, digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 15 Aug 2018), FHL film #1784058, DGS # 8374298, image #726.