Individual Details

John Baptiste LURQUIN

(10 Nov 1836 - 27 Jul 1915)

Events

Birth	10 Nov 1836	Oud-Heverlee, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Marriage	Abt 1876	Belgium - Louise DEVOLDER
Immigration	18 Dec 1891	New York, New York, New York, United States
Declaration of Intent (Citizenship)	28 Mar 1893	Brown County, Wisconsin, United States
Occupation	1896 - 1905	gardener - Elmore Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Residence (family)	1898 - 1915	1511 Elmore Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Louise DEVOLDER
Census (family)	1 Jun 1900	Elmore Street, Green Bay Twp., Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Louise DEVOLDER
Naturalization	1 Nov 1904	Circuit Court, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States
Census	15 Apr 1910	1511 Elmore Street, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Death	27 Jul 1915	Wisconsin, United States
Alt name		Joannes Baptista LURQUIN

Families

Spouse	Louise DEVOLDER (1853 - 1904)
Child	Louise LURQUIN (1880 - )
Child	Mary or Marie LURQUIN (1891 - 1900)
Child	Rose LURQUIN (1892 - 1980)

Father	Joseph LURQUIN (1807 - 1892)
Mother	Maria Anna HAESENDONCK (1809 - 1892)
Sibling	Coleta LURQUIN (1839 - )
Sibling	Felix LURQUIN (1842 - )
Sibling	Augustus LURQUIN (1845 - 1900)
Sibling	Paulina Leonia "Leonie" LURQUIN (1847 - )
Sibling	Florentina Maria LURQUIN (1852 - )

Webtags

Arrival in New York: J. B. Lurquin, age 56

Photographs of the "S. S. Friesland"

1900 Census: John Lurquin, age 63

1905 City Directory: John B. Lurquin

1909 City Directory: John B. Lurquin

1914 City Directory: John B. Lurquin

Naturalization/Declaration of Intent: John B. Lurquin

Naturalization of John B. Lurquin

1910 Census: John B. Lurquin, age 84 (sic)

birth record of Joannes Baptista Lurquin

Notes

Marriage

Married 24 years in 1900.

Immigration

J. B. Lurquin, age 56, a farmer from Belgium; his wife, Louise, age 40; his daughter, Louise, age 11; and infant daughter, Marie, age 3 months -- all arrived at New York aboard the Friesland (compartment 3D). They had embarked to Antwerp, and intended to continue on to Green Bay, Wisconsin.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/nym237_580-0001?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7488%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=NYM237_580-0686

Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were:
-- John Lurquin, age 63, born Nov 1836 in Belgium
-- Louisa Lurquin, age 47, born May 1853 in Belgium
-- Rosa Lurquin, age 8, born May 1892 in Wisconsin
John and Louisa had been married for 24 years. She had had two children, one of whom was still living.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120617_00796?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7602%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=004120617_00826

Naturalization

Vol. F, p. 66.

Immigrated from Belgium to New York, arriving December of 1891.

Witnesses were Peter Basteyne and Francis Verstoppen.

Census

John B. Lurquin is listed as a widow, age 84 (although the second digit is questionable) -- his actual age was 73. Rose Lurquin listed as single, is mistakenly identified as his wife. Rose was working in the pickle factory.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/4455053_00372?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7884%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4455053_00408

Photographs of the "S. S. Friesland"

This was the ship which carried John Baptiste and his family from Antwerp to New York.

Endnotes

1. National Archives and Records Administration, "U.S. Naturalization Record Index, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), John B. Lurquin; 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); L550 Magdalena through L625 Peter, image 7375.

2. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, e.d. 17, sheet 16A (Ancestry image 31), dw. 293, fam. 298, lines 17-19: John Lurquin and family.

3. "Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914," digital images, FamilySearch ( : downloaded 23 February 2017), birth of Joannes Baptista Lurquin; Archives De L'Etat À Bruxelles and Rijksarchief te Leuven ; Oud-Heverlee; Geboorten 1795-1842 Huwelijken, overlijden 1796-1860; image 130, 1836 record 24.

4. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, e.d. 17, sheet 16A (Ancestry image 31), dw. 293, fam. 298, lines 17-19: John Lurquin and family.

5. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7488 : accessed 5 September 2013), Roll, M237(1880-1897), roll 580, image 686: J. B. Lurquin and family.

6. National Archives and Records Administration, "U.S. Naturalization Record Index, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), John B. Lurquin; 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); L550 Magdalena through L625 Peter, image 7375.

7. "Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 September 2013), Brown Co.: Petitions for naturalization and petition evidence 1903-1906 Vol. F, image 169: John B. Lurquin.

8. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1905, image 127, John B. Lurquin; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), p. 255.

9. , Commemorative Biographical Record of the West Shore of Green Bay: Including the Counties of Brown, Oconto, Marinette, and Florence (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1896), pp. 140-141; digital images, Google , Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 5 September 2013; Felix Lurquin, Fort Howard.

10. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1905, image 127, John B. Lurquin; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), p. 255.

11. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1898, image 100, John B. Lurquin; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), p. 187.

12. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, e.d. 17, sheet 16A (Ancestry image 31), dw. 293, fam. 298, lines 17-19: John Lurquin and family.

13. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1909, image 146, John B. Lurquin; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), p. 271.

14. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1914, image 188, John B. Lurquin; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), p. 368.

15. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1915, image 173, John B. Lurquin (died July 27, 1915); online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), p. 334.

16. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, e.d. 17, sheet 16A (Ancestry image 31), dw. 293, fam. 298, lines 17-19: John Lurquin and family.

17. National Archives and Records Administration, "U.S. Naturalization Record Index, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), John B. Lurquin; 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); L550 Magdalena through L625 Peter, image 7375.

18. "Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 September 2013), Brown Co.: Petitions for naturalization and petition evidence 1903-1906 Vol. F, image 169-170: John B. Lurquin.

19. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 19A, image 37, dwelling 360, family 39, line 22, John B. Lurquin; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884 : accessed 3 November 2013); National Archives Records Administration.

20. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1915, image 173, John B. Lurquin (died July 27, 1915); online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 September 2013), p. 334.