The Dewulfs of Torhout

Handzame baptism table, Plateel (left page): Maria, daughter of Jan and Elisabeth, 1637; the twins of Petrus and Maria Degoe, 1644

Handzame, Sint-Jan-Baptist, alphabetical tables of baptisms, marriages and burials 1628-1796 (made from the old registers; the originals of before 1752 are not online). Image: FamilySearch, film 8412628 (film 291040), image 113, copied from the author's own FamilySearch login (standing permission 2026-09-23). The last column is the page of the original register. · see it in the archive

Transcription

Plateel | Maria | Jan | (naamloos) Elisabeth | 15 9bre 1637 | 13 -- Jan | Petrus | Degoe Maria | 4 aug. 1644 | 21 -- Joanna | Petrus | Degoe Maria | 4 aug. 1644 | 20 -- Joos | Jan | Declercq Elisabeth | 6 7bre 1645 | 23 -- Jacobus | Erasmus | Clercq Elisabeth | 27 Xbre 1643 | 19 -- Jacoba | Jan | Vermuelen Maria | 27 aug. 1651 | 33 -- Cornelia | Petrus | Vermuelen Maria | 7 mei 1656 | 40 -- Judoca | Jan | (naamloos) Maria | 1 july 1649 | 29 (and later Plateels of the 1760s-1770s)

Translation

Baptisms at Handzame: Maria, daughter of Jan Plateel and Elisabeth [Declercq], 15 November 1637 - a second candidate for Joos's wife; Jan and Joanna, twins of Petrus Plateel and Maria Degoe, 4 August 1644; Joos, son of Jan and Elisabeth Declercq, 1645.