January 30 1810

Ferdinandus Van der Sleyen died in Pamel where he had been born on April 29 1724. He had been married to Joanna Vernaillen (Impegem 1725 - Pamel 1791). They had five children and were farmers in de Koestraat. "van Fernantes" remained a well known nickname in Pamel deep into the twentieth century.

Michael Van der Sleyen was their third child (Pamel 1758 - 1827). He married Petronella Van Eeckhoudt (Pamel 1771 - 1829), who was a close neighbor.

Maria Elisabeth Van der Sleyen (Pamel 1811 - 1860) was the youngest of their six children. As stated often enough before, she was my great-great-grandmother on my mother's side and my great-great-great-grandmother on my father's side. See : "January 20 1670" and many other posts.