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Arthur Andrisse and Louise Lebrun
What we know about the LEBRUN line from Tom's visit to Belgium
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Louise Lebrun |
I have in my genealogy folder, and I don't know for sure where it came from,
an official looking document, handwritten in French, which is signed: "Certifié
conforme aux règistres de l L'Employé de l'Etat Cioil." The
signature is nearly impossible to decipher, but looks like it might be "Louis
Levy," or "Louis Lewy." This document shows the pedigree of Arthur
Louis Nicholas Andris(se), my paternal grandfather and also carries the family
tree of my paternal grandmother, Louise Lebrun, back three more generations.
According to this document,
- Ursmer Lebrun and Henriette Dumont were married in Binche, BE, 7/31/1811.
- Ursmer Lebrun was the eldest of three brothers, Jean Charles Lebrun,
born at Binche on 5/6/1791, and Louis Lebrun, born at Binche on 7/23/1796.
- The final digit of the date of Ursmer Lebrun's birth is obscure, and
could be a '4' instead of a '1'
I also have a document, handwritten in French, in my possession titled "Les
3 Genération de la famille Lebrun Everbee." This document was
given to my brother, Tom, by Camille Lebrun, who as you can see below
is a nephew of Louise Lebrun, my paternal great grandmother. By studying
this document I have these comments:
- My grandfather's name was probably spelled "Artur."
- It may be that Louise Lebrun's father's name was "Louis,"
not "Léon."
- The document also lists the children of M. et Mad. Jules Durink Lebrun,
the children of M. et Mad. D. Durink Machard and the children of M. et Mad.
J. Durink Derave. I cannot determine what relationship these people bear
to the chart below.
Finally, I wish to include the transcription of a part of another interview
I did of my brother, Tom around 1980 concerning his visit to Binche. You
may also find this third diagram helpful, for it lays out another network
of family relationships which he crossed.
Tom says:
Octave Andrisse, Diane's father, told me to contact Camille Lebrun regarding
the family tree. Octave Andris is Artur Andrisse's brother Octave's son.
Camille was 91 years old and lived in Chaussee, Charleroi near the Passage
a Niveau. He gave me the list entitled "Les 3 Genération de
la famille Lebrun Everbee."
I had pictures of our great-grandfather (named "Arthur Andrisse"
as well, married to Louisa Lebrun, but dad [Fernand] gave them away to Cyrille
Navez, who used to own the Cafe Folklore. He now lives across from that
cafe in the Grande Place. Anyway, they had the following children:
- Arthur, our grandfather
- Margueritte
- Louis. His nickname was Broze because he was so brown or strong. His
specialty was short, wide cannons and glass. He made numerous objects for
the home such as trumpets, canes, etc. He married Marie Garelmand, the had
two children, Marie Louise (known as Yvonne) and Octave. I met Octave and
Yvonne at the Carnival du Binche in 1971 on my birthday. They invited me
to their home, 18 Avenue du Lisas, Waterloo, Belgium. My landlord, Charles,
drove me from my hotel in Brussels to this place, where I met them as they
had invited me to do. They were elderly then, and I made several visits
down there. There was the monument to the Battle of Waterloo there. Yvonne
wanted me to stay, but I never did. She had not talked to Ermeline (her
first cousin) but invited her over, and Ermiline ended up taking care of
Yvonne until she died in 1973.
- Aïda. [Alphonse's input: She married Louis Thirion and they had
two children, Laurie and Agusta.] I [Tom] had pictures, but dad [Fernand]
gave them away.
- Octave. Father of the boy, Octave, who sent me to Camille.
- Daniel. Married Eva Thies (Tesse) He was born in the hotel Pigeon
Bleu in Batingy. I was told this by his daughter, Ermilienne, her maiden
name was Andrisse. She lived with a man named Maurice Lantierre and did
get married eventually. She still corresponds with Alphonse.
- Hermeliene. In 1971 she was in an old-ladies convalescent home in
Con, France. Her daughter married Jules Forten, and they had a daughter
Christianne, who married a man named Guillotine.
I think that great grandfather, Artur, may have been eccentric. Yvonne told
me stories that I promised not to repeat. He may have been in Tournais,
France. Dad [Fernand] went over in 1926, Alphonse went over in 1927 with
Arthur [dad's brother and half brother].
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