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Ancestor # 58

Engelbert Vermussche (Circa 1767-After 1847)

Engelbert Vermussche (Vermissche) was born about 1768ⁱ in Kaprijke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium and died after 1847ⁱⁱ. He was the son of Joannes and Maria Jacoba (Vleeschouwers) Vermussche. He married on 2 May 1795ⁱⁱⁱ in Kaprijke Joanna Theresia De Vos born 5 May 1769^iv in Lembecke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium and died in Kaprijke on 8 January 1821^v. Engelbert was a thatcher, a roofer who used straw to roof houses.

It is likely that we are missing some of the children of this couple. Angelina was born in 1796 and the next child, Petronella, was born in 1803. This is a 7 year gap which spans the initiation of civil birth, death and marriage registrations in Belgium. There very well may be 1 or more children in these records that I have not found. Angelina’s birth was recorded in the parish baptismal register. Her sponsors were listed as Simon De Vos, her mother’s father and Jacoba de Vleeschouwers, her father’s mother.

Children of Engelbert and Joanna Theresia (De Vos) Vermussche, all born in Kaprijke:

1. Angelina Vermussche. b. 21 Feb 1796.
2. Petronella Theresia Vermussche. b. 8 Feb 1803.
3. Charles Bernard Vermussche b. 10 Feb 1805, m on 9 Apr 1838 in Kaprijke Florentina Van Laere, b. 17 Mar 1811 in Sint Laureins, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium.
4. Jan Bernard Vermussche b. 24 Sep 1807.
5. Marie Caroline Vermussche b. 13 Dec 1810, d. 12 Feb 1885, m. on 17 Nov 1847 Carolus Franciscus Dobbelaere, b. 18 Dec 1809 and d, 21 Apr 1890.
6. Rosalia Vermussche, b. 5 Feb 1816.

i I have been unable to locate a baptismal record for Engelbert. His marriage record states that he was baptized in Kaprijke and he was 26 years old. At the baptism of his daughter Angelina he was 28 years old and at the death of his wife, he was 52 years old. This puts his birth year at 1768 or 1769. Since he is always said to be 1 – 2 years older than his wife and we do have a baptismal record for her, I have settled on 1768 as a reasonable birth date for him.

ii He was living and present at the marriage of his daughter Marie Caroline to Carolus Dobbelaere on 17 Nov 1847.

iii Catholic Church of Kaprijke Parochial Registers, 1618-1802, “Dopen, huwelijken, overlijdens, 1794-1796”, Vermussche – De Vos marriage 1795; digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 Dec 2018), film 4,454,571.

iv Catholic Church of Lembeke Parochial Registers, 1628-1802, “Dopen, trouwen, begraven, 1722-1778, baptism of Joanna Theresia De Vos, 1769; digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Dec 2018), film 798,389, item 4.

v “Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1796-1870”, death of Joanna Theresia De Vos, 1821, entry #2; digital images, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 18 Jul 2014), film 784,185.