52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

Ancestor # 50

Joseph Hecke (1765-1825)

Joseph Hecke or Eecke was born in Kaprijke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium on 9 September 1765ⁱ and died there on 28 May 1825ⁱⁱ. He was the son of Petrus and Joanna Agatha (Debouver) Hecke. He married on 2 May 1792 Maria Teirlinckⁱⁱⁱ who was born in Kaprijke on 16 February 1773 and died there on 10 March 1846.

I have been identifying children for each couple using the table of baptisms for the church in each community. Most of these tables, which can be found on FamilySearch.org, list the child’s name, the father’s name and the mother’s maiden name. These tables were constructed by town officials in the 1870’s. Like any finding aid, there are going to be errors. Additionally, these church records start when the local church began keeping records and end when civil birth records were instituted in 1796. So this list of children may not include all of them. For instance, Petrus Joannes Hecke was born in 1801. His baptism is listed in the baptismal table but the actual clerical record was not filmed by FamilySearch and I could not locate a civil registration for him in Kaprijke. However, I did locate a civil death registration for him.

Children of Joseph and Maria (Teirlinck) Hecke, all born in Kaprijke:

1. Francisca Hecke, b. 7 Feb 1793, bap. 15 Feb 1793, d. 17 Feb 1853. She never married but had a long term relationship with Jan Francis Van De Veire.
2. Isabella Theresia Hecke, bap. 15 Oct 1795.
3. Joannes Baptista Hecke, bap. 25 Sep 1797.
4. Maria Christina Hecke, bap. 8 Sep 1798.
5. Petrus Joannes Hecke, bap. 5 Apr 1801 and d. 5 Oct 1803.

i “Catholic Church of Kaprijke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium, Kerkelijke Registers, 1618-1802”, Dopen 1749-1775 Baptism of Joseph Eecke,; FamilySearch.org (http://familysearch.org : accessed 26 Mar 2018), FHL film # 4,454,578, image 138.

ii “Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1796-1870 ”, death of Joseph Hecke, 28 May 1825, No. 38, index and images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 13 Oct 2018), FHL film # 784,186.

iii “Catholic Church of Kaprijke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium, Kerkelijke Registers, 1618-1802”, Huwelijken 1787-1796, Hecke – Teirlinck marriage, 1792, p. 1916, film 4,454,558.