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From: Francois Nielsen <>
Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Pangier
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:16:18 -0400
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Paula:
The Patrom project at
http://patrom.fltr.ucl.ac.be/contemporain/contemporain.cfm
does not find any Pangier among all people living in Belgium, which is a
strong hint that the spelling of the name has been mangled somewhere. I
would second Jos Smits' idea of looking for the possibility of PEIGNEUR
as the original name.
Francois.

Jos Smits wrote:
>
> >
> > I have hit a brick wall in my search for my relatives in Belgium. I have
> > not been able to find any immigration records for Joseph Pangier born in
> > Belgium Sept. 12, 1835. According to the Wisconsin Federal census he
> > immigrated to the USA 1855. I have contact the University of Green Bay for
> > his declaration of intent and they have none for him. I have all searched
> > WI, NY, PA, MI and IL Federal Census index for 1860 for him to no avail.
> >
> > I have a copy of his marriage record from 1861, all his children's birth
> > certificates, his death certificate and obituary notice and none make
> > mention to a specific local in Belgium. Does anyone have any suggestions
> > as to where to look now? Any and all help, comments or suggestions would
> > be most grateful.
> >
> > Thanks for your time,
>
> Hi Paula,
>
> in his book "The Flemish in Wisconsin" Les and Jeanne Rentmeester (page
> 274) talk about a family called PANURE, the original Belgian name being
> PEIGNEUR at Oud-Heverlee. His wife Joanna Detrie was from Vertrijk. They
> settled in Humboldt. From the dates one can conclude it is not exactly
> the family you look for but maybe you should check your sources again
> for alternative spellings or go directly to the civil records of both
> Oud-Heverlee and Vertrijk.
> Do you know the maiden name of Joseph Pangier's wife?
>
> Jos

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