January 1

None of my known ancestors were born on Christmas day. Up to now I have found two who were born on New Year day.

Petrus Guns was born on January 1 1595 in Denderhoutem. He was an ancestor of my mother's maternal grandmother.

Petrus Joannes Ravijst was born in Nieuwenhove on January 1 1861. The joy may have been slightly mitigated as Petrus was a natural child. He was my father's maternal grandfather.

More about them later.