Belia Hellegers, 1820–1916?> (aged 95 years)
- Name
- Belia /Hellegers/
- Given names
- Belia
- Surname
- Hellegers
- Name
- Bella /Hellegers/
- Given names
- Bella
- Surname
- Hellegers
- Type of name
- also known as
Birth
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Death of a paternal grandmother
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Birth of a brother
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City: Ouddorp State: Zuid-Holland Country: Netherlands |
Death of a brother
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City: Ouddorp State: Zuid-Holland Country: Netherlands |
Birth of a brother
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Death of a brother
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Birth of a brother
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City: Ouddorp State: Zuid-Holland Country: Netherlands |
Death of a father
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City: Ouddorp State: Zuid-Holland Country: Netherlands |
Birth of a brother
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City: Ouddorp State: Zuid-Holland Country: Netherlands |
MARRIAGE OF HELLEGERS, BELIA
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Annulment
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Note: Terry Wells says: "This marriage was annulled by Thomas Van Husen's parents on the basis of religion. The Van Husen's were Roman Catholics whereas the Hellegers were Dutch Reformed Protestants" |
Birth of a son
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Note: Thomas Anthony was born after his mother and father had been forced by their families to have their marriage annulled. For this reason it is not surprising that sources do not agree as to his birth date. The 1900 US Census asked for month and year of birth. That source shows December 1848. Netherlands archival indexes give 10 June 1850. The Wells family tree on ancestry.com maintained by Terri Wells cites six reputable sources for 17 December 1848 as date of birth. |
MARRIAGE OF BRUGGEMAN, HENDRIK CHRISTIAAN AND HELLEGERS, BELIA
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Birth of a daughter
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Death of a husband
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Birth of a daughter
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MARRIAGE OF VAN DEN BERG, JOHANNES AND HELLEGERS, BELIA
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City: Ouddorp State: Zuid-Holland Country: Netherlands |
Birth of a son
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City: Ouddorp State: Zuid-Holland Country: Netherlands |
Birth of a daughter
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Death of a daughter
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Birth of a son
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Birth of a daughter
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City: Ouddorp State: Zuid-Holland Country: Netherlands |
Death of a brother
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Emigration
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City: Passaic State: New Jersey Country: United States of America |
Death of a brother
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Death of a mother
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Death
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City: Passaic State: New Jersey Country: United States of America |
father |
1789–1831
Birth: about 1789
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37
Death: December 12, 1831 — Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
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mother | |
MARRIAGE OF HELLEGERS, THOMAS AND MOIJSES, TEZINA | MARRIAGE OF HELLEGERS, THOMAS AND MOIJSES, TEZINA — March 5, 1812 — Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
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1812–
Birth: March 7, 1812
23
23
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
14 years
younger brother |
1825–1825
Birth: June 22, 1825
36
36
— Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: October 3, 1825 — Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
7 years
younger brother |
1831–
Birth: December 21, 1831
42
42
— Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
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1818–1819
Birth: November 12, 1818
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29
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: October 3, 1819 — Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
23 months
herself |
1820–1916
Birth: October 3, 1820
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31
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: about 1916 — Passaic, New Jersey |
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1815–1816
Birth: March 22, 1815
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26
Death: December 7, 1816 — Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
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1814–1867
Birth: February 17, 1814
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25
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: March 14, 1867 — Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands |
16 years
younger brother |
1830–1878
Birth: February 25, 1830
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41
— Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: about 1878 |
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1817–1817
Birth: August 12, 1817
28
28
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: October 3, 1817 — Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
12 years
younger brother |
1828–1828
Birth: 1828
39
39
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: August 30, 1828 — Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
husband |
1817–1855
Birth: April 25, 1817
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16
— Herkingen, South Holland, Netherlands Death: November 30, 1855 — Dirksland, South Holland, Netherlands |
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herself |
1820–1916
Birth: October 3, 1820
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31
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: about 1916 — Passaic, New Jersey |
MARRIAGE OF BRUGGEMAN, HENDRIK CHRISTIAAN AND HELLEGERS, BELIA | MARRIAGE OF BRUGGEMAN, HENDRIK CHRISTIAAN AND HELLEGERS, BELIA — April 21, 1853 — Herkingen, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
1 year
daughter |
1854–1930
Birth: April 1, 1854
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33
— Overflaken, Goree, Zeeland Death: May 17, 1930 |
21 months
daughter |
1855–
Birth: December 10, 1855
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35
— Herkingen, South Holland, Netherlands |
ex-husband | |
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herself |
1820–1916
Birth: October 3, 1820
31
31
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: about 1916 — Passaic, New Jersey |
MARRIAGE OF HELLEGERS, BELIA | MARRIAGE OF HELLEGERS, BELIA — about 1846 — Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
Annulment | Annulment — about 1846 — |
3 years
son |
1848–1922
Birth: December 17, 1848
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28
Death: October 27, 1922 |
husband |
1830–
Birth: April 17, 1830
57
34
— Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
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herself |
1820–1916
Birth: October 3, 1820
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31
— Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands Death: about 1916 — Passaic, New Jersey |
MARRIAGE OF VAN DEN BERG, JOHANNES AND HELLEGERS, BELIA | MARRIAGE OF VAN DEN BERG, JOHANNES AND HELLEGERS, BELIA — April 16, 1857 — Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
8 years
daughter |
1864–
Birth: August 28, 1864
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— Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
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1862–
Birth: June 11, 1862
32
41
— Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
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1858–
Birth: April 20, 1858
28
37
— Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, Netherlands |
2 years
daughter |
1860–1860
Birth: April 17, 1860
30
39
Death: April 17, 1860 |
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MARRIAGE OF HELLEGERS, BELIA | |
Annulment | |
MARRIAGE OF BRUGGEMAN, HENDRIK CHRISTIAAN AND HELLEGERS, BELIA | |
Name |
Annulment |
Terry Wells says: "This marriage was annulled by Thomas Van Husen's parents on the basis of religion. The Van Husen's were Roman Catholics whereas the Hellegers were Dutch Reformed Protestants" |
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Name |
The given name Belia appears in the Dutch birth registration. |
Shared note
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Geboorteakte gemeente = Goedereede kind = Hellegers, Belia Nadere informatie = -- Genlias |
Shared note
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Bron Burgerlijke stand - Geboorte -- Genlias |
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By all accounts Belia was a difficult person. Some years after her arrival in America, after the death of her third husband, she decided to live with Thomas and Dena because, as she said, she couldn't stand her other relatives. She descended up on Thomas despite her having put him to live with her mother rather than raising him herself. Family members said she was tyrannical and unstable and, when in her 90s, she killed herself by jumping into a cistern. |
Shared note
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Belia Hellegers was the fourth of this name in her family and the first to survive beyond childhood. Her name is given as "Bella" in family documents. She lived to be nearly 100 years old and was somewhat senile in her late years. When she forgot where she was, her son would humor her. "Tom, take me home now," she would say, and he hitch up the horse and take his mother for a ride around the block. After that she would be content again. |
Shared note
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She died dramatically about 1916 in Passaic, NJ. As one source relates: 'Grandpa's mother committed suicide early one summer morning. My father told me that she was sitting in a rocking chair on the back porch. His mother sent him on an errand and he passed her going out and wished her a good morning. She replied "Good morning, George," and he went his way. My father was about 10 or 12 years old then. Upon his return, he saw a rather large gathering of people in the yard and learned that his grandmother had committed suicide by jumping down the cistern that was a short way from the house.' |
Shared note
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Name: Henry Hellegers "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9N7-NJF : accessed 16 July 2012), Henry Hellegers in household of Thos A Hellegers, ED 101 Passaic city Ward 3, Passaic, New Jersey, United States. |
Shared note
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Gemeente = Herkingen Bruidegom = Hendrik Christiaan Bruggeman -- Genlias |
Shared note
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Bron Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk -- Genlias |
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Belia's first husband was a man named Thomas. One family source says his surname was van Houston. This information may be mistaken. There are no entries for a Thomas van Houston (or any similar name) in Dutch genealogical sites. |
Shared note
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Geboorteakte gemeente = Ouddorp kind = Hellegers, Thomas Anthonie -- Genlias |
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Family sources agree that Belia and Thomas married without their parents' consent. Because his family was Roman Catholic and hers was Dutch Calvinist, the parents had the marriage annulled. It's unclear whether the annulment was forced by one side or the other, or both. The issue of religious affiliation is murky. My grandmother said that Belia's grandfather was a Roman Catholic. Another family member believes that the Hellegers family were historically Protestant -- Huguenot refugees from Catholic France. All Belia's descendants appear to have been staunch members of the Reformed Dutch Church. |