Karel Bernardus Broeckaert, a railroad worker, died in Okegem, where he was buried on January 12. He was born in Wetteren on January 18 1832 and lived for almost 96 years.In 1858, he married Joanna Catharina Van de Perre (Okegem 1838 - 1914).
They had 12 children, of which Clementina Broeckaert (Okegem 1859 - 1939) was the eldest.
Clementina was the mother of my maternal grandfather Joannes Franciscus Neukermans (Okegem 1886 - Aalst 1961).
The picture of the elderly couple in the left column of my blog represents Karel and his wife. It is one of the oldest family pictures I possess.
My mother has known her great-grandfather for almost 14 years - a not very common occurrence I think.
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