November 29 1805

Catharina Theresia Van Cauwelaert died in Pamel, where she was born on February 14 1729.

She had two children with her first husband Judocus De Vidts (Pamel 1703 - 1750) and thirteen with her second husband Joannes Josephus Kestens (Pamel 1719 - 1778).

Catharina Theresia became a meisenier in 1751 ; her first husband was a meisenier in 1715 (at the age of ten ?).

The De Vidts line which I have used up to now comes from a very reliable source but I haven't checked it out personally.
However, mistakes do happen and at that time, even on the very same day, another Judocus (Joos) De Vidts became a meisenier. If the two have been swapped in the line, the previous generations would be different.
However, a quick check shows that the possible swap would not be all bad news.
The other Judocus was born in 1691 and disappeared in the mists of time : no marriage, no death reported, at least not in Pamel, so the "exchange" cannot be excluded. But even if he were the "correct one", nothing drastic would happen in the male line, because both were grandchildren of Judocus De Vidts (Pamel 1627 - 1694) : the first one by Petrus (Pamel 1655 - 1726), the second one by Martinus (Pamel 1652 - 1735) ; the female line would be different.

To be examined further : once more the importance of reconstructing the entire families becomes apparent.

Back to the subject of the post : Catharina Theresia Van Cauwelaert. Her eldest son was Petrus Joannes De Vidts (Pamel 1749 - 1793).

He had 10 children, of which Joannes Franciscus (Pamel 1784 - 1839) was the seventh.

For the further descendance : see the post on "November 24 1741".