The Dewulfs of Torhout

Hooglede, 16 September 1761: death of Petronilla De Wulf, widow of Guilielmus Geldof, aged 93

Hooglede, Sint-Amandus, burials 1732-1780 (AGATHA 76387, volume 516_1079_000_00240_000, image 0_0083_r). Image: Rijksarchief in Belgie, AGATHA. · see it in the archive

Transcription

16a Septembris 1761 hora 6a matutina obiit Petronilla De Wulf vidua Guilielmi Geldof. Sepulta est 17a in coemeterio versus occidentem cum officio sex lectionum, aetatis 93 annorum.

Translation

On 16 September 1761, at six in the morning, died Petronilla De Wulf, widow of Guilielmus Geldof. She was buried on the 17th in the churchyard on the west side, with the office of six lessons, aged 93. This is the date of death that the index of the estate inventories prints against Pieter Dewulf of Handzame (no. 1063); it belongs to Petronilla, whose own inventory is the next number, 1064 (grade A).