August 27 1812

On that day, Jacobus Antonius Van de Perre died in Okegem, where he had been born on March 11 1740. He married twice and had 15 children, of which four with his second wife Joanna Maria Wellekens (Denderleeuw 1780 - Okegem 1839).

The eldest child in the second marriage was Joannes Van de Perre (Okegem 1801 - 1875), who had a daughter Joanna Catharina (Okegem 1838 - 1914). She was the grandmother of my grandfather.

Indeed, her daughter was Clementina Broeckaert (Okegem 1858 - 1939), and Manse was the mother of my grandfather Joannes Franciscus Neukermans (Okegem 1886 - 1961) for whom see "Peter Okegem".