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Name: Bernard Benedekdus Saelens
Sex: M
Birth: 18 MAR 1879 in Oedelem,Belgium
Death: 27 FEB 1955 in Mason,MIchigan,USA
Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery,Mason.
Person Id: I2147
Tree Id: 237525

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Parents

Father:

Joannes Baptiste Saelens: Birth: 19 APR 1840 in Oedelem,Belgium.

Mother:

Maria Ludovicus Denys: Birth: 1849 in Ruddervoorde,Belgium.

Family
Marriage:

Married: Maria Lucile Van Steelandt on 30 OCT 1916 at Clyde,Ohio.
Maria Lucile Van Steelandt: Birth: 24 OCT 1894 in Roeselare,Belgium. Death: 27 APR 1986 in Charlotte,Michigan,USA

Children:

Bertha Laura Saelens: Birth: 15 DEC 1913 in Freemont,Ohio,USA. Death: 15 DEC 2000 in Eaton Rapids,Michigan,USA
Leroy Leon Saelens: Birth: 16 AUG 1919 in Aurelius Township,Michigan,USA. Death: 11 SEP 1999 in Traverse City,Michigan,USA

Notes

Note: Found in the 1920 census Bernard and Maria in Mason (Vevay Twp.) Michigan
Children:
Bertha 6 years b. MI
Leroy 4 mons. old b. MI
Info from obit.
Bernard did coal mining and farming in Belgium and France. He embaarked at Amsterdam 29 May 1913, arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia June 17. He resided in Fremont, Ohio before coming to Michigan in 1915.
Info from naturalization papers
He imigrated to the United States from Rotterdam, Holland on the vessel Rotterdam.
He landed in Halifax 14 June 1913. He entered the United States from Windsor, Ontario.
He arrived at the port of Detroit, Michigan via Halifax on or about the 19th day of June 1913.
He came by 3rd cabin and did not know any one on board as he was the only Belgian on board.

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