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Ancestor #51

Maria Teirlinck (1773-1846)

Maria Teirlinck was born in Kaprijke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium on 16 February 1773ⁱ and died there on 10 March 1846ⁱⁱ. She was the daughter of Judocus and Judoca (DeKuyper) Teirlinck. She married on 2 May 1792ⁱⁱⁱ Joseph Hecke who was born in Kaprijke on 9 September 1765 and died there on 28 May 1825.

When I looked for Maria’s baptismal date, I could not find any baptisms for a baby named Maria whose parents were Judocus and Judoca DeKuyper in the 1773 time period. Judocus and Judoca did have a daughter baptized in 1773 but her listed name was Joanna Francisca. Maria has never been called anything other than Maria. She married as Maria Teirlinck. When her children were baptized, she was identified as their mother, Maria Teirlinck. In her husband’s death registration, his wife is listed as Maria Francisca Teirlinck. And in her own death registration, she is identified as Maria Teirlinck. Additionally, one of the sponsors at her baptism was Maria Francisca De Gutter. It was common to name a child after her baptismal sponsor in this time period. I also looked through deaths and marriages in the church tables and did not find any Joanna listed consistent with her 1773 birth. I think when the priest entered this information, he recorded an incorrect name for the infant and this is the baptismal record for Maria.

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 Joanna Francisca Teirlinck; digital images FamilySearch.org (http://familysearch.org : accessed 26 Mar 2018), FHL film # 4,454,459, image 198.

ii “Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1796-1870”, death of Maria Teirlinck, 1846, No. 10;digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Oct 2018), FHL film # 784,187.

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.