February 2 1806

Cornelius Van der Speeten died in Okegem, where he had been born on June 12 1772. A short life span, but not unusually short in those times. He was an agricultural hand (landbouwer, werkman) and lived in the Fonteinstraat. He was the first husband of Alexandrina De Schepper Okegem 1775 - 1853). They married in 1795, and at the beginning of their marriage they lived with Alexandrina's parents.

They had six children of which Alexandrina Van der Speeten was the eldest (Okegem 1795 - 1835). Like her father and unlike her mother she died young. Her mother had another three children with her second husband (see the post : "February 17 1786").

Cornelius and Alexandrina were the great-grandparents of one of my maternal great-grandparent, Hermilianus Neukermans (Okegem 1855 - 1932).