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Ancestor # 63

Joanna Livina De Beir (1778-1846)

Joanne Livina De Beir was born in Eeklo, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium on 19 May 1778ⁱ and died there on 8 Nov 1846ⁱⁱ. She married Jan Francis De Vriese about 1805 born about 1778 in Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium, d. on 16 September 1820ⁱⁱⁱ in Kaprijke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium. She was the daughter of Petrus Jacobus and Joanna Livina (De Pauw) De Beir.

She was a spinner. Her husband died in 1820, 2 months before her daughter Antonia was born. At this time she had 4 other children to raise, Maria 14, Victoria 7, Jan Baptist 5, and Sophia 2. It is likely that Maria was already working outside the home and helping to support the family. My grandfather brought this idea with him when he moved to New Jersey. As soon as the children completed 8^th grade, they were expected to get a job and contribute to the family finances. My aunts, Mary and Martha, went to work in the silk mills in Paterson. By the time my mother and her sister Margreth came along, my grandfather was doing well enough that they both were allowed to finish high school before finding a job. My mother went on to post-graduate education in nursing and became an RN.

Children of Jan Francis and Joanna Livinia (De Beir) De Vriese, all born in Kaprijke:

1. Maria Theresa De Vriese. b. 1 Apr 1806, d. 24 Nov 1846 in Eeklo, m. on 11 May 1838 in Kaprijke, Jacobus Francis Van Den Berge, b. 6 Jan 1803 in Eeklo.
2. Jan Baptiste De Vriese, b. 23 Jan 1811, d. 23 Oct 1812.
3. Victoria De Vriese, b. 13 Mar 1813.
4. Jan Baptiste De Vriese, b. 22 Aug 1815.
5. Sophie De Vriese, b. 10 Jun 1818 and d. 1 Jan 1857 in Eeklo, m. 6 May 1846 in Eeklo, Jan Baptist Cobert, b. 19 May 1817 in Eeklo and d. 30 Apr 1890 in Lembeke, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium.
6. Antonia Francisca De Vriese, b. 3 Dec 1820.

i Eeklo Parochial Registers, 1609-1875, "Dopen,1755-1778, Begraven 1759-1770"; Baptism of Joanne Livina De Beir, 1778, p. 1785; FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 10 Jan 2019), FHL film #290,081.

ii Eeklo Municipal Records, 1796-1870; "Overlijden 1842-1850", death of Joanne Livina De Beir, 1846, entry #254; FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Jan 2019), FHL film #771,953.

iii Kaprijke Municipal Records, 1796-1870, “Overlijdens 1802-1822”. Death of Joannes Franciscus De Vriese, 1820, entry #66; FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Jan 2019), FHL film #784,185.