Individual Details
Ferdinand "Fred" DE VOLDER
(6 Aug 1861 - 19 May 1926)
Events
| Birth | 6 Aug 1861 | Heverlee, Brabant, Belgium |  | ||
| Immigration | 1889 | Antwerp to New York |  | | |
| Marriage | 25 Nov 1890 | Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Catherine Antoinette V. "Nettie" LURQUIN | | | |
| Occupation | 1891 - 1893 | Railroad employee - Fort Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | | | |
| Occupation | 1895 - 1921 | City Policeman - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1898 | n.s. Dousman, 13 w. Fink, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Catherine Antoinette V. "Nettie" LURQUIN | | | |
| Census (family) | 15 Apr 1910 | 1506 Dousman Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Catherine Antoinette V. "Nettie" LURQUIN | | | |
| Naturalization | 2 Jun 1913 | Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 Jan 1920 | Dousman Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Catherine Antoinette V. "Nettie" LURQUIN | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1921 | 156 N. Oakland Ave., Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Catherine Antoinette V. "Nettie" LURQUIN | |||
| Death | 19 May 1926 | Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Territory, United States | | | |
| Burial | Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Allouez, Brown, Wisconsin, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Antoinette V. "Nettie" LURQUIN (1868 - 1954) |
| Child | Felix DE VOLDER (1891 - 1894) |
| Child | Rose M. "Rosaline" DE VOLDER (1893 - 1989) |
| Child | Catherine Helen DE VOLDER (1895 - 1956) |
| Child | Joseph Henry DE VOLDER (1896 - 1964) |
| Child | Florence Julia DE VOLDER (1898 - 1987) |
| Child | Edward Charles "Anton" DE VOLDER (1899 - 1932) |
| Child | Marie Leonie DEVOLDER (1903 - 1972) |
| Child | Cecelia Margaret DE VOLDER ( - 1936) |
| Child | Beatrice C DE VOLDER (1912 - 1980) |
| Father | Philippe DEVOLDER ( - ) |
| Mother | Catherine MICHELS ( - ) |
| Sibling | Louise DEVOLDER (1853 - 1904) |
Notes
Immigration
Arrived in New York on 1 Mar 1889, aboard the Waesland.Felix Lurquin brought Ferdinand back with him from Belgium, where he had been visiting relatives. Fred was a naturalized citizen by 1910.
Marriage
Ferdinand's name is spelled "Duval" in this record.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRJH-X8T
Married 19 years at time of 1910 Census
Occupation
Occupation as railroad employee mentioned on birth records of first wo children, Felix and Rosa.Residence (family)
Occupation: policeCensus (family)
Enumerated with this family are Fred De Volder, a city policeman, age 47; his wife, Catherine, age 41; and children: Rosaline, a saleslady in a dry goods store, age 16; Catherine, age 15; Joseph, age 13; Florence, age 12; Edward, age 10; Marie, age 6; and Cecile, age 3.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/4455053_00420?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7884%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4455053_00447
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Ferdinand Devolver, age 57, a city policeman; hia wife, Catharine, age 53; and children: Rose N, age 26; Katharine, age 24; Florence, age 21; Edward, age 20; Marie, age 16; Cecellia, age 13; and Beatrice, age 7.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4391497_00818?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6061%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4391497_00840
Death
Listed in the 1925 Green Bay City Directory, but by 1927, the directory lists Catherine as a widow.Endnotes
1. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 3 November 2013), Ferdinand Devolder, memorial #88937076.
2. National Archives and Records Administration, "U.S. Naturalization Record Index, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 31 October 2015), Fred DeVolder; Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa: Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the U.S. District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950 (M1285); Green Bay; 2 June 1913.
3. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, ED 19, sheet 14B, dwelling 282, family 312, line 88.
4. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7488 : accessed 4 November 2013), Roll, M237, 1820-1897, Roll 530, image 281.
5. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, ED 19, sheet 14B, dwelling 282, family 312, lines 88-89.
6. , "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database online, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRJH-X8T : accessed 28 July 2013), marriage of Ferdinand Duval and Antonetta Lurquin.
7. Brown County, Wisconsin, FHL film 1306426, item 3, Births, Vol. 6: p. 197, #556/1506, Felix DeVolder.
8. Brown County, Wisconsin, FHL film 1306426, item 3, Births, Vol. 6: p. 445, #170/2986, (unnamed female) Devolder.
9. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, ED 19, sheet 14B, dwelling 282, family 312, line 88.
10. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), p. 245, image 127, DeVolder Fred; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Green Bay, Wisconsin City Directory, 1921.
11. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), p. 110, image 60, Devolder Fred; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Green Bay, Wisconsin City Directory, 1898.
12. Brown County, Wisconsin, FHL film 1306427, item 1, Births, Vol. 7: p. 263, #231/2322, (unnamed female) Devolder.
13. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), p. 110, image 60, Devolder, Fred; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Green Bay, Wisconsin City Directory, 1898.
14. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, ED 19, sheet 14B, dwelling 282, family 312, lines 88-96.
15. National Archives and Records Administration, "U.S. Naturalization Record Index, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 31 October 2015), Fred DeVolder; Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa: Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the U.S. District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950 (M1285); Green Bay; 2 June 1913.
16. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 12A, image 23, dwelling 402, family 130, lines 9-17, Ferdinand Devolver and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 October 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.
17. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Green Bay,Wisconsin City Directories: 1925, p. 153 and 1927, p. 168, Fred and Catherine DeVolder; online images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 9 September 2012).
18. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 3 November 2013), Ferdinand Devolder, memorial #88937076.
19. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 3 November 2013), Ferdinand Devolder, memorial #88937076.