July 18 1864

Birth at Meerbeke of my father's maternal grandmother, Joanna Maria (call name Leontien) De Schepper. She married Petrus Joannes Ravijst (1861 -1944) and had, to the best of my present knowledge, six children. Her mother, Antonia De Vidts, formed the link between my father's family and my mother's family. This link has been addressed earlier in : "Een oude foto en een mysterie opgelost", June 7th.

Joanna Maria passed way at Meerbeke on December 11 1926.

In this blog I use the ortograph Ravijst - other recent ortographs are Ravijts, Ravyts, Ravyst and even Ravats.