Henricus Vanderschaeghe and Philomena DeCorte

Married 16-Apr-1875

Child 1:   Elodie Marie Vanderschaeghe Born: 7-Oct-1875 Died: Oct-1966 Spouse: Children: Elodie-Marie Vanderschaeghe never married. The following is from a newspaper article... Headline: ORCHARD MAN'S SISTER HIDES FLYER AFTER HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER BELGIUM An Orchard Lake farmer and his brother of Minneapolis, MN, got first hand information last week of the effectiveness of the underground fighting the Nazis, when they heard that a Minneapolis flyer who bailed out of a plane, stayed for 17 days at the home of their sister in Ruddervoorde, Belgium, their old home town. The letter was received by Leo Vanderschaegen, Orchard Lake, from his brother, G. Paul Vanderschaegen, a former importer in New York and Los Angeles, now a realestate dealer in Minneapolis. The letter, which is self-explanatory, follows: Dear Folks,      I hope you are all well and I suppose working hard. Here is a story that you will hardly believe: My oil station man had a neighbor, a flyer, who came home a few days ago. He was shot down over Belgium, was taken up by the underground and had stayed in Ruddervoorde, at Elodie's (our sister) for three weeks.      The plane was shot down by flak over Gent. They bailed out and were brought to Elodie's. It happened just as the Canadians arrived there. The flyer was hidden 17 days and then as the Canadians came, he could go around in the town for four days. He left after that. He said Elodie and Adolph were very much in the underground. They are all well and there was no fighting in the town. I guess they all came through pretty well; the people in the country always have enough to eat.      It sure was nerve for Elodie. If they had found it out, the Germans might have shot her.      I saw the flyer, night before last, and he said they had plenty to eat and Elodie looked after them real well. As he could not talk to them they used a Flemish-English dictionary, so he really didn't kow much about them.      I thought I would write you right away as it is so nice to know they are all right.      How it happened: My oil man saw Elodie's name written on a thousand frank note. All the people who helped him had written their names on it and when he saw the name "Vanderschaegen", he said, "I bet I know her brother and he telephoned me. The flyer said Elodie had said "California" before but he didn't understand well and of course she didn't know I had moved over here. She had given him your address and he would have written you if I had not come to see him.

Child 2:   Arthur Vanderschaeghe Born: 14-Jun-1877 Died: 14-Mar-1956 Spouse: Irma Martha DeDuytsche Children: Omer Valere Vanderschaeghe, Cecile Maria Philomena Vanderschaeghe The following is from Johan Verplancke: In the cemetery of Ruddervoorde I found the grave of Arthur Vanderschaeghe. According to the text on his tombstone he was born 14/06/1877 and died 14/03/1956 and he was, as his father before him, "oud-gemeenteraadslid" (former member of the local council).

Child 3:   August VanDerSchaegen Born: 4-Apr-1879 Died: 17-May-1964 Spouse: Eugenie DeVos Children: Valere Joseph VanDerSchaegen, Zulma Maria Godelieva VanDerSchaegen, Martha Maria Madeleine Vanderschaeghe, Michael VanDerSchaegen, Rudolph "Rudy" Maurice VanDerSchaegen, Mary (Marge) Magdalene Sofia VanDerSchaegen, Wilbert (Bill) (Sippy) Leo VanDerSchaegen, Philomena (Minnie) Agnes VanDerSchaegen, Lily Eugenie VanDerSchaegen August and his wife, Eugenie DeVos, accompanied by their son Valere and their daughter Selma Marie came to America in 1905. Three additional children, Sarah, Martha and Flora were born to this union but died as babies. The following is from Johan Verplancke of Belgium: He was the first of the Vanderschaeghe-familymembers who emigrated. He travelled with his family : his wife Eugenie De Vos and their son Valère and their daughters Zulma and Martha.  They travelled on board of the Kroonland, a ship of the Red Star Line.  The ship departed from Antwerpen (Belgium) on 10/06/1905 and arrived at New York on 20/06/1905.  As destination for his passage he gave : friend Alphonse Vervalle, Hurley WI. AD 1879 April, 4th, 10:00 AM, before us Bernardus Devisschere, "alderman", civil servant charged to take care of the registry office of the village of Ruddervoorde, district of Bruges, province of West-Flanders, has appeared : Henri Vanderschaeghe, nurseryman, 30 years old, born in Wingene and living in Ruddervoorde, who has shown us a baby male, born here today at 04:00 AM, a child of him and of Philomena De Corte, his wife, housekeeper, 27 years old, born and living in Ruddervoorde. He declares he want to give the baby as first name Auguste.  The declaration and presentation mentioned above happened in the presence of Henri Deneweth, "town clerk", 28 years old and René Devriese, policeman, 42 years old. Both witnesses aren't relatives of the father, and both live in Ruddervoorde. The father and the two witnesses did sign this certificate after it has been read to them.

Child 4:   Richard Vanderschaegen Born: 18-Mar-1881 Died: 16-Jun-1927 Spouse: Hortense Maria Algoet Children: Andrew Vanderschaegen, Arthur Vanderschaegen, Bertha Vanderschaegen, Yvonne Vanderschaegen The following is from Johan Verplancke of Belgium: Richard and his wife Hortense Algoet emigrated aboard the Zeeland, probably a ship chartered by the Red Star Line.  They departed from  Antwerpen (Belgium) on 02/06/1906 and arrived at New York on 12/06/1906.  His final destination was his brother Auguste Vanderschaeghe, who lived in the Iron Belt WI, worked there for a year in a factory and earned there $2.50 per day.  I found the information about the emigration of Richard in the Venesoen reports but there are slight differences with the information on your website "Richard Vanderschaegen came to America in 1907" and his marriage on 16/03/1907.

Child 5:   Leon Vanderschaegen Born: 18-Jun-1882 Died: 7-Oct-1967 Spouse: Euphrasie Caerels Children: Philomena Vanderschaegen, Phyllis Vanderschaegen, Grace Leona Vanderschaegen The following is from Johan Verplancke of Belgium: Leon travelled aboard the Lusitania, a ship of the Cunard Line.  Departure : Liverpool 10/06/1911.  Arrival : New York 16/06/1911.  According to the ship manifest his final destination was : "brother" with a reference to the destination of person on the line before : "friend Gustave Van der Schaeghe ...... St Paul Minn", which means that the destination of Leon, was his brother Gustaf H. I found the information about the emigration of Leon on the Ellis Island records. He returned to Belgium in March, 1914 to marry and accompany Euphrasie to America". Three days later, i.e. on 28/03/1914 both took the Mauretanie from Liverpool (Great-Britain).  They arrived at New York on 04/04/1914. The following is from the Kulstad Family: Leo came from Belgium to the Savage, Minnesota area where, at first, he lived with his brother August.  His first job was in the Savage flour mills, which he said was a good place to learn English. Sometime thereafter, he worked with a Mr. Hunt on the land survey of Orchard Gardens, which he then knew "better than anyone."  He bought his land in Orchard Gardens, which had a Savage, MN mailing address.  He and his buddy, Ener, built the "shack," the first little house on the property.  He then returned to Belgium, married Euphrasie, and they returned to his land in Orchard Gardens, Savage, MN.

Child 6:   Julius Vanderschaegen Born: 7-Mar-1884 Died: 15-Oct-1959 Spouse: Hortensia Augustina Vannieuwenhuyse Children: Laura Maria Vanderschaegen, Mary Vanderschaegen, Palma Vanderschaegen, Martha Vanderschaegen, Irene Geraldine Vanderschaegen, Clarence (Chibs) Paul Vanderschaegen, Albert Vanderschaegen He was also known as Jules and Chick. The following is from Johan Verplancke of Belgium: Julius made his passage aboard the Zeeland, probably a ship chartered by the Red Star Line. Departure : Antwerpen 05/05/1906.  Arrival : New York 15/05/1906.  His final destination was : "brother  A. Vanderschaege Iron Belt, Wisc".  According to the Venesoen reports Julius declared that his brother Auguste worked for a year on a farm in the Iron Belt WI and earned there $2.00 per day.  These records about the statement of Julius (May, 1906) are very remarkable because they aren't consistent with the statement of his brother Richard (Jun, 1906) and with the statements of the brothers De Vos (Apr, 1906 - brothers in law to Auguste Vanderschaeghe - who both declared that Auguste worked for a year in a factory and earned $2.50 per day) ...

Child 7:   Gustaf  (G. Paul) Hippolyte Vanderschaege Born: 3-Oct-1887 Died: Sep-1966 Spouse: Children: Paul was an importer of linen and laces.  He began his business in the late 1920's or early 1930's and continued in the business until World War II intervened.  Ruddervoorde, was near the lace centers of Bruges  and Brussels and he had some help from the oldest child, and only girl in his family, Elodie.  He began his business in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and then later moved to New York City.  He always felt that was a mistake because many wealthy New Yorkers traveled to Europe between the two World Wars and bought laces on their trips. "Sometimes, not true, handmade, laces" he said. When safe shipping of merchandise ended at the beginning of  World War II, Paul had begun working in the Los Angeles area and  began buying houses.  He moved to L.A. because a number of his customers were in the movie business. He remodeled and decorated his first houses and sold them at a good profit.  Later, he built his own house on Redcliff Avenue in Los Angeles and had a rental unit on the second floor to provide income.  It was here he spent his last years and died at the age of 79. Paul always spelled his name - Vanderschaege. He could never understand why it was changed to "gen" instead of "ge", which he felt was very much closer to the original, Vanderschaeghe. He never married. The following is from Johan Verplancke of Belgium: Gustaf travelled aboard the Campania, a ship of the Cunard Line.  Departure : Liverpool 26/03/1910.  Arrival : New York 02/04/1910.  According to the ship manifest his final destination was : "friend Camille De Cuyper   207 White Str   Detroit Mich".  As address of relative in Belgium was given : "Sister Edolie Van der Schaeve - Oostcamp I recently did find out that, after the Great War, he was several times back in Europe : -         1925 à In August 1925, he traveled back from Cherbourg (France) to New York on board of the Homeric. -         1926 à In August 1926, he traveled back from Cherbourg (France) to New York on board of the Majestic. -         1928 à In August 1928, he traveled back from Southampton (Great Britain) to New York on board of the Majestic. -         1930 à In May 1930, he traveled back from Cherbourg (France) to New York on board of the Berengaria. -         1931 à In November 1931, he traveled back from Cherbourg (France) to New York on board of the Olympic. -         1932 à In October 1932, he traveled back from Le Havre (France) to New York on board of the Ile de France. -         1933 à In October 1933, he traveled back from Cherbourg (France) to New York on board of the Bremen. -         1934 à In September 1934, he traveled back from Le Havre (France) to New York on board of the Ile de France. -         1935 à In September 1935, he traveled back from Cherbourg (France) to New York on board of the Europa. -         1936 à In September 1936, he traveled back from Cherbourg (France) to New York on board of the Bremen. -         1937 à In September 1937, he traveled back from Cherbourg (France) to New York on board of the Queen Mary. I also did find out that he lived in Minneapolis from 1925 until 1937.  He became an American citizen on May 19th, 1927 (Nat. District Court Minneapolis, Minn.).  His 1928 Minneapolis address was : “609 E. 37th Str Minneapolis, Minn.”  From 1930 until 1937 his address was : “3524 Lyndale Ave., South Minneapolis Minn.”

Child 8:   Alphonse Vanderschaeghe Born: 9-Oct-1889 Died: 7-Sep-1891 Spouse: Children:

Child 9:   Adolf Vanderschaeghe Born: 25-Sep-1891 Died: Jun-1970 Spouse: Zoë Maria Verhelst Children: Maria Vanderschaeghe Adolf and his wife Zoe lived in the Vanderschaeghe family home until 1970. This house was built in 1847 by a nobleman.  A provision was made that it would be rented to the family, (originally Decorte), as long as someone in the family wanted it. The following is from Grace Hall... Adolph died a few months before our arrival but his wife was still living in the house.  He was given a patriot's funeral for his activities in the WWII underground. He also served in WWI and suffered through life from injuries from being gassed. While in the Vanderschaeghe house, we were shown the room where they had contrived a concealed wall that made a sizeable closet that was accessible by ladder from the 3rd floor, where they hid downed pilots. This wall was an extension of the fireplace that had made a jog in the room and they had matching wallpaper. On the 3rd floor they kept a box of collected dust that would be sprinkled to cover any footprints. I was told by one of the cousins of a particular episode when a flier had used a short wave radio to call England to indicate his position. The Gestapo had picked up the call and appeared at the house. Adolph had been digging potatoes and just had time to dig another hole in which he threw the radio equipment and covered it. If the radio had been discovered, Adolph would have been killed immediately. The following is from Roel Struyve: I was reading a book on World War II in the region Brugge and I stumbled upon this quote: "A regular meeting point between A. Coppieters 't Wallant and Van Poucke was the house of plantgrower Adolphe Vanderschaeghe in the neighbourhood De Schare in Ruddervoorde close to the hidingplace of "Boris" namely the castle "De Akker" of Adhémar de Boesinghe" (notes: Col. Van Poucke was the leader of the "Secret Army" resistance group for the sector Brugge-Oostende.  Coppieters 't Wallant was his close assistant.  "Boris" was the alias of Van Poucke) He served as a private in the 4th lineregiment.  He got 4 frontstripes (2 years of frontline duty) and would have gotten three medals: the Fire Cross, the WWI Commemorative Medal and the WWI Victory medal.  If you want to see (and read, the site's in English) what the medals are all about you can check this here:  http://users.skynet.be/hendrik/index.html