Linda, I will definitely post your email at the reunion. Michiels are certainly in our tree: Let's stay in touch. Ben Mertens [email protected] Descendants of Catherina "Sofia" Theresia Michiels 1 Catherina "Sofia" Theresia Michiels b: 1800 in Belgium d: Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Elmer, Louisiana .. +Mark Vits b: 1800 in Belgium m: 1825 d: 1860 in Alexandria, Louisiana 2 Sofia" Mary (Maria) Teresia Vits b: 1835 in Belgium d: 1873 in Alexandria, Louisiana Burial: Rapides Cemetery (Treadway Plot), La. .... +William Louis Guillielmus Ludovicus Verheyden b: May 17, 1828 in Winghe, Belgium m: 1855 d: 1915 in Alexandria, Louisiana Burial: Rapides Cemetery, Pineville, La. ... 3 Mary Catherine Verheyden b: April 05, 1879 in Elmer, Rapides Parish, Louisiana d: October 03, 1963 in Alexandria, Louisiana Burial: Forest Lawn, Pineville, La. ....... +Henry "Henricus"2 Mertens b: February 08, 1868 in Zichem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium m: November 15, 1893 in Alexandria, Louisiana d: October 12, 1945 in Elkhart, Texas Burial: Methodist Cemetery, Elkhart, Tx. Descendants of Lawrence Daniel Michiels 1 Lawrence Daniel Michiels b: June 26, 1900 in Alexandria, Louisiana d: July 12, 1991 in Alexandria, Louisiana Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pineville, La. .. +Rosie M. Godderviendt Godfrey b: December 19, 1899 in Alexandria, Louisiana d: February 17, 1985 in Alexandria, Louisiana Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pineville, La. 2 Lloyd Lawrence Michiels b: July 1925 in Alexandria, Louisiana d: August 13, 1989 in Pineville, Louisiana Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pineville, La. .... +Jo Ann Cook m: in Alexandria, Louisiana 2 Gloria Rosea Michiels b: March 19, 1928 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana .... +Martin J. Thiels I b: August 27, 1924 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana m: August 15, 1948 in Alexandria, Louisiana d: January 05, 1996 in Pineville, Louisiana ... 3 Marty Thiels ... 3 Martin J. Thiels II b: June 21 ....... +Trudy Reed ... 3 Pamela Thiels b: November 17, 1950 ....... +Robert Bruce Wallace, M. D. 2 Wallace F. Michiels b: April 28, 1931 in Alexandria, Louisiana d: November 03, 1990 in Pineville, Louisiana Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pineville, La. 2 Patsy Michiels b: April 29, 1940 in Alexandria, Louisiana .... +Carlton Eugene Drishell b: August 31, 1938 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia m: December 14, 1959 ... 3 Rhonda Lynn Driskell b: July 25, 1960 ....... +Scott Edward Dawson Descendants of Frank Michiels 1 Frank Michiels b: 1897 in Alexandria, Louisiana d: January 21, 1962 in Alexandria, Louisiana .. +Mary Lillie Mertens b: February 20, 1904 in Louisiana m: December 17, 1919 in Alexandria, Louisiana d: January 08, 1998 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Burial: Lake Charles Hwy, Alexandria, La. 2 Doris Michiels .... +Norman Unknown 2 Elaine Frances Elaine Michiels .... +[1] Brown ... 3 [2] Linda Brown ....... +[3] Unknown Matthews 2 Mabel Michiels .... +[1] Brown ... 3 Barbara Brown *2nd Husband of Mabel Michiels: .... +Brown ... 3 [2] Linda Brown ....... +[3] Unknown Matthews 2 Joan Michiels .... +Floyd Edward "Pat" Patton m: Abt. 1970 ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda H Haen <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 5:56 PM Subject: RE: [LARAPIDE] Mertens Reunion Sept 30 > > Ben: > > My name is Linda Haen, I am one of many grandchildren of Lelia Michiels > Bacon, wife of Joseph Leo Bacon, daughter of Edward Michiels and Irene > Loden. > Edward was born in Belgium. They lived in Alexandria. My grandmother, Lelia > and grandfather, Leo were married October 25, 1911 in Alexandria, they moved > to Houston, TX soon after that. I have been trying to get more information, > without success, on the Michiels and Loden for quite some time now. > > Unfortunately I cannot make the Reunion, I live in Florida and be out west > on business at that time. > > Is it possible to post this E-Mail at the reunion? > > If anyone has any information on my family, I will share what I have and > reimburse any expenses for copies etc. > I am the family researcher for my sisters and cousins. > > Please email me at: [email protected] > > Thank you in advance, > Linda Haen > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Mertens [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 4:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LARAPIDE] Mertens Reunion Sept 30 > > We welcome you to our reunion as a friend and genealogyist! We have a lot > of related and some unrelated surnames. > Ben Mertens [email protected] > > > MERTENS REUNION 2000 > > Peter Francis Mertens & Anna Marie Rosa Lee (Rosalia) VanGossum > > & 7 Children: Henry, Frank, Angelena, Leona, Gustav, Maria and Alfonse > > left Belgium by boat in 1887, arrived in New Orleans and traveled, probably > up the Mississippi and Red Rivers, to the area of Alexandria, Rapides > Parish, Louisiana Where: Kees Park Civic Center, 2450 Highway 28 East (near > Hwy 167 & I 59), Pineville, LA (over) When: Saturday, September 30, 2000; > all day, bring a covered dish &/or dessert. > > Contact persons: Tom & Lorraine Mertens, 937 325 3673 > > 2040 Sunset Avenue, Springfield, Ohio 45505; > > Jack & Carol Mertens, 409 985 7551 > > 2515 Date Street, Port Arthur, Texas 77642; > > Ben Mertens, 740 477 3830 > > 18418 Winchester Road, Ashville, Ohio 43103 Email [email protected];Karen > Mertens Wescott, 303 363 7092 > > 14214 East First Drive #A1, Aurora, Colorado 80011 > > No admission fee > > We will present genealogy of nearly 3,000 Mertens-related relatives from the > past 270 years. We will present genealogy of nearly 100 relatives Born in > Belgium. > > We will present hundreds of old photographs of Mertens relatives and SHARE > COPIES. > > We will have a high density (megapixels) Scanner & Printer. > > Let us copy, print & share your photographs (any size up to 8 1/21/2 by 11), > > Within minutes - on the spot. No charge; donations accepted to cover costs.. > > All set up at Best Western Alexandria Tuesday, Sept 26 thru Friday, Sept 29 > and at the reunion Saturday, Sept 30. > > Tell us about your branch of our family. Bring your old photographs and > share. > > You, all your friends and everyone related to these surnames are cordially > invited to join us and meet our multitude of descendants: > > Albertson Andries Antosie Arcangeli Atken Barnett Barnidge Bartholomew > Barton Beaubouf Berry Bishop Blackman Bringol Broach Brock Brown Bunner > Buquis Bushby Butchka Canales Cash Castillo Chaudoir Chagoyan Cheek Connell > Cook Coon Cooney Cooper Cresong Daenen Daniel Dauzat Day Descant Dess > Deville DiCola Dinkel Doiron DuFour Dupuy Dutra Eskew Farmer Ferguson > Fillette Fleming Fredericks Gagnard Gallent Glentz Godderviendt Godfrey > Grantham Guillot Gunnells Hilton Hines Holt Issa Johnson Jones Kidwell Kiels > Knoepke Kojis Krause Lamkin Lavin Lichtey Lindsay Loudermilk Lucus Luno > Luyten Maginnis Malensek Mann Mathews McCarty McCallahan McDaniel McIntire > McKaughan Mertens Michels Micochero Mihaly Milam Miller Milner Mitchel > Monroe Moore Monsey Montalbano Morel Molar Monsley Mosley Moulton Mullen > Murphy Nelson Newgord Nolan Nollen O''Neal Pardue Patton Paul Paulk Pearson > Pentecost Pertson Perry Peterman Peters Plemel Popejoy Posey Rebouche Reeves > Robinson Ryder Saucier Screpetis Seav! > ey Sisk Smith Sparkman Spaulding Stapleton Straka Strange St. Romain > Swearingen Tassin Taylor Thiels Thompson Thornhill Toomey Tutenel > Vanderhoeven VanDevelde VanGossum VanVeckhoven Verheyden Vits Viviano Warner > Watkins Weatherford Wegner Welch Wells Wescott White Wiley Wittenberg Wright > Zacharia > > Also being presented are 16 families that EMIGRATED TO RAPIDES PARISH and > central Louisiana around 1900 (some not related to Mertens) who were BORN IN > BELGIUM, whose ancestors go back to the early 1700's: Jammaer, > VanLangendonck, DeWit, Goddevriendt, VanMeldert, VanDegaer, Verzwyvelt, > Daenen, Tutenel, Stercux, Mues, Andries, VanGossum (J.C.), Michiels, Marien > and VanGossum (J.B.) > > Please pass this information on and give us any additional addresses for > mailing. We need volunteers to help us organize, speak & work, before and > during the reunion. Anyone who would like to come and share knowledge of our > Families: We welcome you! >