Individual Details

Felix WOUTERS

(2 Aug 1848 - 3 Jul 1907)

Nettie Wauters, age 20 at the time, was living with the family of Joseph and Justine Lurquin at the time of the 1905 Wisconsin State Census. She was listed as Joseph's sister-in-law. The birth record of Mary Elisabeth Lurquin, the first child of Joseph and Justine, indicates that Justine's maiden name was Wauters. We can therefore reasonably conclude that Netty was Justine's sister. On the 1900 census, we see Joseph and Justine living among a number of Flemish Belgian families (many of them working as gardeners) and quite close to the family of Felix Wouters, a widower. Among the children enumerated with him is Nettie Wouters, age 15 -- presumable the same Nettie who would be residing with Joseph and Justine in 1905. Also, another child of Felix's listed on the 1900 census was Julius Wouters, age 10. The 1910 census shows a Jules Wouters, age 20, boarding with the family of Joseph and Justine Lurquin -- showing another link between Justine Wouters Lurquin and the family of Felix Wouters. He was still living with them in 1920 and 1930, according to those censuses, on which he was explicitly described as Joseph's brother-in-law. Therefore, the evidence leads me to conclude that Felix Wouters was the father of Justine Wouters Lurquin.

Events

Birth2 Aug 1848Oud-Heverlee, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Marriage23 Jun 1870Oud-Heverlee, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium - Pauline MALLIET
Immigration26 Jul 1883New York, New York, New York, United States
Death3 Jul 1907Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
BurialFort Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States

Families

SpousePauline MALLIET ( - 1897)
ChildJustine WOUTERS (1872 - 1937)
ChildMarie WOUTERS (1874 - )
ChildJustin WOUTERS (1878 - )
ChildAntoinette "Annie" WOUTERS (1882 - )
ChildDavid WOUTERS (1880 - )
ChildMaria Virginia "Jennie" WOUTERS ( - )
ChildLucille "Lucy" WOUTERS ( - )
ChildNettie WOUTERS (1885 - )
ChildJulius "Jules" WOUTERS (1890 - )
ChildJoseph WOUTERS (1891 - 1891)

Notes

Birth

Enumerated with this family were:
-- Felix Wouters, widower, a gardener, age 51, born Aug 1849 in Belgium. Immigrated in 1883; naturalization pending. Owned farm mortgage free.
And children:
-- Annie Wouters, age 21, born Nov 1878 in Belgium
-- Jennie Wouters, age 19, born March 1881 in Belgium
-- Lucy Wouters, age 16, born Sep 1883 in Wisconsin
-- Nettie Wouters, age 15, born March 1885 in Wisconsin
-- Julius Wouters, age 10, born April 1890 in Wisconsin

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Immigration

Arriving in New York on 26 July 1883 aboard the "Waesland": Felix Wouters, a farmer, age 34; his wife, Pauline, age 38; and their children: Marie, age 9, Justine, age 5; David, age 3; Antoinette, age 1; and Virginie, an infant. They intended to continue on to Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Endnotes

1. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Green Bay, Ward 6, e.d. 17, sheet 16B (Ancestry image 32), dwelling 301, family 306, lines 61-66: Felix Wouters and children.

2. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 5 September 2013), Felix Wouters (created by Daniel Allen).

3. "Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914," digital images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 21 March 2017), Marriage of Felix Wouters and Pauline Malliet; Archives De L'Etat À Bruxelles and Rijksarchief te Leuven ; Oud-Heverlee; huwelijken, overlijdens 1861-1910 (film #004718212), image 305.

4. "Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914," digital images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 21 March 2017), marriage of Felix Wouters and Pauline Malliet; Archives De L'Etat À Bruxelles and Rijksarchief te Leuven ; Oud-Heverlee; huwelijken, overlijdens 1861-1910 (film #004718212), image 305.

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 (1820-1897), Roll 468, image 620: Felix Wouters and family.

6. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 5 September 2013), Felix Wouters (created by Daniel Allen).

7. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 5 September 2013), Felix Wouters (created by Daniel Allen).