The Dewulfs of Torhout

Baptism of Petronella, daughter of Joannes de Wulf (son of Joris) and Margareta van Overschelde, Hooglede, 17 April 1629; godmother Maria de Wulf, daughter of Georgius

Hooglede, Sint-Amandus, baptisms 1627-1631 (Latin). Image: FamilySearch, film DGS 7944201 (film 1143330), image 103, copied from the author's own FamilySearch login (standing permission 2026-09-23). · see it in the archive

Transcription

17 Aprilis / Petronella f[ili]a Joannis de Wulf / f[ilii] Jo[o]ris et Margrete v[an] / Overschelde Coniugum / P[atrinus] Andreas Craeye / M[atrina] Maria de Wulf f[ili]a Georgij

Translation

17 April 1629 (the page is headed 1629, folio 99): Petronella, daughter of Joannes de Wulf, son of Joris, and Margareta van Overschelde, a married couple. Godfather Andreas Craeye(?); godmother Maria de Wulf, daughter of Georgius - the father's sister. Nine months earlier, on 13 July 1628, a Judocus son of Jan Dewulf and Joanna Verhelst was baptised at Kortemark: two different men named Jan.