A family history, 1628 to 1977

The Dewulfs of Torhout

Eight generations of one family, father to son: from Joos Dewulf, married at Kortemark in 1665, through Torhout and Lichtervelde, to Sidon Dewulf, born in 1913. Every fact rests on a record, and most of the key records can be seen: click a date to open the register page, or a name to see that person.

Contents

1. How to read this account
2. Chapter 1. Joos Dewulf and Maiken Pateel, Kortemark, 1628 to 1718
3. Chapter 2. Loonis Dewulf and Maria vande Casteele, Torhout, about 1670 to 1751
4. Chapter 3. Adrianus Dewulf and Joanna Theresia de Vuldere, Torhout, 1718 to 1796
5. Chapter 4. Jan Dewulf and Anna Theresia De Corte, Handzame and Torhout, 1758 to 1834
6. Chapter 5. Carel Dewulf and Eugenia Borra, Torhout, 1805 to 1878
7. Chapter 6. Desiré Dewulf and Barbara Hillewaere, Lichtervelde and Torhout, 1841 to about 1900
8. Chapter 7. Victor Dewulf and Flavie Muylle, Torhout, 1879 to 1962
9. Chapter 8. Sidon Dewulf and Godelieva Deschacht, 1913 to 2004
10. Chapter 9. The other Dewulf families of Hooglede, Gits and Kortemark
11. Chapter 10. How we know, and what is still open
12. Chapter 11. The Deschachts, from Tielt to Zedelgem, 1660 to 1916

The line

1. Joos (Judocus) Dewulf 1628–1705
2. Loonis Dewulf 1670–1720
3. Adrianus Dewulf 1718–1796
4. Joannes Baptiste (Jan) Dewulf 1758–1834
5. Carel Dewulf 1805–1878
6. Desiderius (Desire) Dewulf 1841–1894
7. Victor Dewulf 1879–1956
8. Sidon Gerard Dewulf 1913–1977