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Family History Beginners Board / Belgian refugees WW1 Op de Beeck
« on: Wednesday 22 November 23 09:39 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I am a Belgian woman living in France trying to trace my ancestors.
I am wondering if you could help me or point me in the right direction to search.
I am looking for the whereabouts of my Belgian grandmother and great-grandmother and their family who were Belgian refugees from the Antwerp region during WW1 and came to England in August 1917. They were given a number by the Belgian consulate in London on the 30th of August 1917.
Their names are:
Joanna SCHEPERS (born 17 April 1883) number 23222 (my great-grandmother)
Maria Adelia OP DE BEECK ( born 25 December 1889) number 23223 (my great-aunt)
Maria Joanna OP DE BEECK (born 7 April 1901) number 23224 (my grandmother)
+ 3 younger sisters and a brother
I strongly suspect they were in the Yorkshire region and that it was there that my grandmother Maria Joanna (called Marie) met my unknown grandfather. I have a strong DNA connection to Yorkshire.
I would like to find out where they stayed and when they came back to Belgium.
I know that the University of Leeds was working on a project on Belgian Refugees but I can’t find any records online. Nor anywhere else.
Any help would be very appreciated.
I am a Belgian woman living in France trying to trace my ancestors.
I am wondering if you could help me or point me in the right direction to search.
I am looking for the whereabouts of my Belgian grandmother and great-grandmother and their family who were Belgian refugees from the Antwerp region during WW1 and came to England in August 1917. They were given a number by the Belgian consulate in London on the 30th of August 1917.
Their names are:
Joanna SCHEPERS (born 17 April 1883) number 23222 (my great-grandmother)
Maria Adelia OP DE BEECK ( born 25 December 1889) number 23223 (my great-aunt)
Maria Joanna OP DE BEECK (born 7 April 1901) number 23224 (my grandmother)
+ 3 younger sisters and a brother
I strongly suspect they were in the Yorkshire region and that it was there that my grandmother Maria Joanna (called Marie) met my unknown grandfather. I have a strong DNA connection to Yorkshire.
I would like to find out where they stayed and when they came back to Belgium.
I know that the University of Leeds was working on a project on Belgian Refugees but I can’t find any records online. Nor anywhere else.
Any help would be very appreciated.