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From: "Andre Bodart" <>
Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Glass Worker Desendents
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 00:31:42 +0200


Hello Dave,
glad to hear from you.
If I can help, let me know.
André
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From: McKay <>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 2:45 AM
Subject: [BEL-R] Glass Worker Desendents


> To all interested who have Belgian glass worker descendants.
>
> As I was reading a query from Margaret Gatto of New Canaan, CT looking
> for information on her glass worker descendent I was struck by the
> fact that there are many of us, both in Belgium and the US, who have
> descendants from the same towns in Belgium who came to the US around
> 1890 to 1910. These folks came from the Charleroi Belgium, Hainaut
> and Walloon area (Jumet, Roux, Souvret, Gilly, Dampremy, Courcelles,
> Lodelinsart, Marchienne-au-Pont, Ransart, and other towns). It seems
> to me that we all may have bits of information worth sharing. I for
> one would like to develop an E-mail address list of folks interested
> in this. It may be that this has already been established, but I am
> not aware of it. I would also like to see a list of the towns our
> descendants went to. I know mine went to Charleroi, and Jeannette PA;
> Hartford City , Matthews, and Gas City IN; Mt. Vernon, OH; Charlotte
> and Clarksburg W.VA. and Berkshire MA.
>
> When did they come and where did they go? What were the family
> names? What information is out there that may be helpful to others.
> Could we have a short essay written which explains something about
> Belgium glass workers to the US; so that folks like Margaret Gatto
> and others could get an E-mail list , and a short write up about our
> Belgian glass worker descendants? I know that Father Jean Ducat of
> the Belgium/American Heritage Society has a lot of this information,
> but I bet there are not many new to the list in the US who know of his
> wonderful resource. .
>
> I would be willing to help with such a project. May be we could start
> with an E-mail address list and the names of the families being
> researched who are from the Hainaut Region.
>
> Is there any interest out there in such a project? Has it been done
> already?
>
> David McKay
>
>
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