November 12 1780

On that day, Maria Anna (De) Colins was born in Lieferinge in a family of recently ruined landed gentry. See "August 11 1777".

The De Colins descended from some famous families : van Leefdaal, van Gavere, and probably from van Heetvelde, van Massemen (de Masmines), van Zottegem ... and may have had roots in a natural branch of the counts of Flanders.

Anna Maria married Philippus Van den Houte (Lieferinge 1779 - 1849), a farmer. She died in Lieferinge on July 11 1839.

Their daughter Maria Anna Van den Houte, born in Lieferinge in 1825) was the second spouse of Charles Timmermans (Meerbeke 1812 - 1883), my great-great-grandfather - see "September 13 1812".