René Corneille DEBOECK

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Firstnames: René Corneille. Profession: Industrialist, Entrepreneur, Knight of the Order of Leopold II, 10 May 1954
Producer of mechanical lace. Deboeck Gebroeders, PVBA Vilvoorde 1941-1972 

My father was born on August 25, 1913; he was the fourth child of Guillaume and Joanna.  Their first child, Josephine, was born on  May 20,  1897 (five months after the wedding). My father's elder brother Joseph was born a year later on December 6, 1898; his younger brother Pieter (called Pierre) was born two years later on October 5, 1900. Thus, my father was 16 years younger than his sister, Josephine; 15 years younger than his elder brother, Joseph; and 13 years younger than his brother Pierre. 
Some time after the birth of their third child, Guillaume and Joanna left the factory, where they had met each other. Joanne  probably left right before the birth of Josephine. In four years time she delivered three children! Maybe Guillaume stayed working for the factory until he had the money and opportunity to set up his own small family business at home. 
When my father was born my father's grandfather, Everard, had already passed away; he  died in 1881 (seven years after Guillaume was born). My father's grandmother, Gertrude Verhaegen,  died in 1917,  only four years after my father was born. So my father grew up without paternal grandparents (and he lost his father when he was barely 12 years old). The impact of growing up without grandparents and loosing your father early in life) will be discussed later in this book.
In 1913, the year my father was born,  Belgium was soon to be occupied by the Germans. The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign. The Belgian government announced it would uphold its historic neutrality in case of war. On August 2, 1914 the German government sent an ultimatum to Belgium demanding its armies could obtain passage through the country to invade France. The Belgian government refused and in consequence on August 4, 1914 Germany declared war and troops crossed into Belgium.  Fighting in World War I went on until water of the IJzer River flooded the low lands; the war ended on November 11, 1918 . This was a year or two before my father entered primary school. The childhood years of my father  will be discussed in Section 2.
When my father had barely finished the first half of secondary school, his father died of a severe illness in Ukkel, a suburb of Brussels.  Guillaume died a month before reaching his 51th birthday.  This was in 1925, seven years after the end of World War I and six years before my father performed his military service.  Since military service was mandatory my father probably started his military service in 1932. More on the military service of my father and the period of the Second World War will follow later in this book.   
Around the turn of the century, Guillaume  had started a small business for winding  thread onto bobbins ("afwinding van draad op spoelen"). After  Guillaume's death in 1925, his widow Joanna together with her four children continued the family business under the name of "De Boeck Widow" (from 1936 onwards under the name "De Boeck Widow and Children"). 
This small family business evolved into an embroidery workplace. In a letter written in 1906 Guillaume asked the authorities  in Vilvoorde for permission to setup an embroidery workplace. Many years later in 1941 this small family business was transformed into a company  for the production of mechanical lace. 
In January 1941 the Deboeck Gebroeders PVBA ("Personen Vennootshap met Beperkte Aansprakelijkheid" or company with limited responsibilities) was established. This company was setup with an original capital of 440,000 Belgian francs (about the equivalent of $15,000 US$ in 2016). Joanna, who was not a founding partner, contributed days after she became 65 in February 1941, an additional 240,000 Belgian francs (or $8,000 US$) to the capital of this company. One year later Johanna died on May 4, 1942 
My father, who was in his late twenties at that time, met Marie Louise Girardin on a dance evening in Pajotteland. He fell in love with her, he proposed to her, she accepted,  and they married on August 25, 1943. 
From 1941 till 1972 my father managed the Deboeck Gebroeders PVBA making mechanical lace for Belgium and several countries in Europe. For more read

Source: Oh Meine Papa: René Corneille Deboeck 1913-1985, by Guido Deboeck, 2016, www.blurb.com

René trouwt Marie-Louise GIRARDIN 25 aug 1943, Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle; gescheiden 11 dec 1979, Brussel. Marie-Louise (dochter van Jean GIRARDIN en Josephine DE MASENEER) geboren 17 feb 1918, Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle; overleden 6 feb 2001, Brussel (Jette). [Gezinsblad]

1. Guido DEBOECK geboren 6 jan 1946, Etterbeek; overleden 1 apr 2022, Arlington (Virginia, USA); begraven 22 apr 2022, Arlington (Virginia, USA).
2. Marc DEBOECK

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Oh Meine Papa: René Corneille Deboeck 1913-1985, by Guido Deboeck, 2016, www.blurb.com

Guillaume trouwt Joanna NOBELS 20 dec 1896, Vilvoorde. Joanna (dochter van Guillaume NOBELS en Joséphine MOENS) geboren 29 jan 1876; overleden 4 mei 1942, Vilvoorde. [Gezinsblad]

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Huwelijk - 18-1-1897 Vilvoorde ?

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Everard DE BOECK, oldest son of Jean-Baptist and Anna Maria Jacobs, was the first to be born in Vilvoorde. He was born on December 12th 1838. He died on September 10th, 1881 in Vilvoorde. He married with Gertrude Verhaegen on May 2nd, 1864 in Vilvoorde. Gertrude was the daughter of Guillaume Verhaegen and Josine Hoedemaekers. Gertrude was born in Vilvoorde on February 1, 1840. At the time of the wedding Everard could not write; he signed with a cross. The newly weds lived at Quai du canal (“Kanaal kaai”) number 3. They had five children.

Everard trouwt Gertrude VERHAEGEN 2 mei 1864, Vilvoorde. Gertrude (dochter van Guillaume VERHAEGEN en Josine HOEDEMAEKERS) geboren 1 feb 1840, Vilvoorde; overleden 30 jan 1917. [Gezinsblad]

Guillaume trouwt Joséphine MOENS 14 nov 1864, Vilvoorde. Joséphine (dochter van Mathias MOENS en Theresia WEREMANS) geboren 20 mrt 1843, Vilvoorde. [Gezinsblad]

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Joannes
Source: Klappers op de huwelijken in Groot-Grimbergen 1577-1900 ( VII0, 8 blad 148)

Jean-Baptiste trouwt Anne Maria Francisca VAN HERP 8 nov 1837, Grimbergen. Anne (dochter van Michaël VAN HERP en Joanna LAUWERS) geboren 1 jul 1810, Humbeek; overleden 23 jun 1886, Vilvoorde. [Gezinsblad]

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Marie-Francoise

Guillaume trouwt Josine HOEDEMAEKERS 17 jun 1835, Grimbergen. Josine (dochter van Ludovicus HOEDEMAEKERS en Anna Catharina VERHELPEN) geboren 2 aug 1800, Borgt. [Gezinsblad]

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Josine / Judoca HOEDMAEKERS

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Joannes Franciscus NOBELS

Jean trouwt Marie Cécile DESMET 15 jun 1825, Vilvoorde. Marie (dochter van Petrus DESMET en Elisabeth WANGUYT) geboren 3 mei 1801, Grimbergen. [Gezinsblad]

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Marie Cécile DESMETH

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Matthieu mOENS

Mathias trouwt Theresia WEREMANS 2 aug 1827, Vilvoorde. Theresia (dochter van Gerardus WEREMANS en Anna Maria BERCHMANS) geboren 15 mei 1807, Vilvoorde. [Gezinsblad]

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