Questions asked by Sam Nielsen:
Does an ant that falls from a skyscraper get hurt?
Do (?) the trees in "The Two Towers" get hurt?
Why is it that the biggest whale [the blue whale] eats the smallest thing? (June 2004)
What is the difference between mind and brain?
Are caves made by earthquakes? (July 2004)
A few months before his death Dave was diagnosed with a metastatic recurrence of a prostate cancer that had been successfully operated 9 years earlier. He spent the last few months of his life at home, with the assistance of the Hospice organization. He died in his sleep in the early morning hours of 1 Dec 2001.
Jean ROLIN was born 6 rue Clémentine, Ixelles, Belgium (Bruxelles 5). He and Esther CLADEL first lived on rue Saint Georges in Ixelles (number unknown; the house was one of a twin pair with facades made of glazed bricks). All three children were born there. In about 1919 they moved to 71 rue Beauséjour in Uccle (Bruxelles 18). Then in September 1925 they moved to the house they had built at 114 chaussée de Boitsfort in Watermael-Boitsfort (Bruxelles 17). Esther and Jean lived at the 114 until they died. Esther died at the Hôpital Sainte Elizabeth in Uccle. Jean died at the Hôpital d'Ixelles in Ixelles. The house was later occupied by daughter Françoise ROLIN.
Nom officiel Pierrine Esther CLADEL; nom usuel Esther. At time of Esther's birth the CLADELs lived rue Brongniart No 9 in Sèvres; Leon CLADEL was 46, Julia MULLEM was 38. Witnesses were Louis Hector GRILLET, 53, huissier, demeurant a Sèvres, Grande rue No 61, and François Pierre FLAVIER, 39, employé, demeurant a Sèvres, Grande rue No 23.
Came to Paris in 1857. Address of the Cladels in Sèvres was rue Brongniart (no number).
In 1899 (after Léon Cladel's death) Julia Cladel lived 24 rue Pavée in Paris (in the Marais district).
From Julia's age as reported on the birth records of children Rachel, Eve, Esther, and Marius one can conclude that she was born between 14 Jun 1842 and 20 Nov 1842; however the tumbstone in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris shows her birth year as 1843. The tumbstone shows the year of death as 1923.
In her novel "L'infini chez soi" Dominique Rolin mentions that Julia MULHEIM had ancestors named POZNANCKI who had emigrated from Lodz to settle in Rotterdam. In that connection the LDS archives (IGI Continental Europe) mention the birth of Nanette MULHEIM on 29 Sep 1812 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, daughter of Elias MULHEIM and Sara Jacob POSNANKY. Given the dates one wonders if Julia MULHEIM's father might also have been born to that couple. (The source of the birth record for Nanette MULHEIM is Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand 1811-1940, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, LDS Film 0113484; the entire Registers are contained in 2533 rolls of film.)
Julia a obtenu un premier accessit de piano à l'Académie Impériale de Lille.
Sarah Marianne est morte à l'âge de cinq ans.
At time of Rachel's birth the CLADELs lived rue Emile No 20 in Sèvres. Leon CLADEL was 43, Julia MULLEM 36; witnesses were François Victor LEFEVRE, 49, marchand charcutier, demeurant a Sèvres, Grande rue No 64, and Pierre Alexandre Célestin PLAIRE, 33, débitant de tabac, demeurant a Sèvres, Grande rue No 60.
Marie LAGRANGE had no descendant, according to Thierry LAGRANGE.
Charles-Henri LAGRANGE had no descendant according to Thierry LAGRANGE.
On 18 Sep 1884 Léon Augustin LAGRANGE was "employé" and a resident of Ixelles; this information is from birth record of his nephew Jean ROLIN for which he was a witness.
Although Thierry LAGRANGE does not indicate that Léon left no descendance, family tradition suggests he remained a bachelor.
Nicolas Joseph ROLIN was born Nicolas Joseph BORLON and entered under this name on the register of births on 7 May 1811, because his parents were not married. An act of legitimation was carried out on 22 Jul 1829 in Ciney in which Nicolas Joseph was recognized as legitimate by Arrêté Royal of 28 juin 1829, No 85 "par le marriage subséquent de leur père et mère". Witnesses were Lambert ETIENNE, secrétaire de l'administration municipale, 28 ans, and François Joseph NAÔMÉ, boucher (or bourrelier), 22 ans, of Ciney.
The birth certificate of Nicolas Joseph BORLON/ROLIN has a note added in red ink in the left margin which records the legitimization, the same note that was added to the marriage certificate of Jean Hubert ROLIN and Anne Marie Joseph BORLON. The note reads: "Par acte en date du 22 juillet 1829, inscrit sur les registres aux actes de mariages de la Commune de Ciney, de la dite année 1829. f 5 No (?) Jean Hubert ROLIN et Marie Joseph BORLON, son épouse, à ce autorisés par l'arrêté Royal du 28 juin de cette année, No 85, ont reconnu et légitimé leur fils Nicolas Joseph. Pour copie conforme. Le Commis Greffier du Tribunal de Dinant. [signé] Balleux."
At the time of his marriage in Namur in 1838 Nicolas Joseph lived rue de l'Arsenal (no No specified). At the time of birth of Achille (1839) Nicolas Joseph ROLIN and Elisabeth WÉRY lived rue du Pont, No 992; at the time of Léopoldine's birth (1841) they lived rue Bas de la Place, No 919; when Nicolas Joseph died on 21 Apr 1854 they lived rue du Président, No 343.
The declaration of Nicolas's death was made by Charles BUYDENS, notaire, 48, friend of the deceased, and Louis HAUT (?), étudiant (?) notaire, 35, friend of the deceased, both domiciliated in Namur. Charles BUYDENS must be the son of Nicolas François BUYDENS, and therefore the uncle of Elise LAURILLARD-FALLOT (married name Elise LAGRANGE), the mother of Henriette LAGRANGE, Achille's future wife. Thus this a a conduit through which Achille may have met Henriette in Bruxelles.
The 2 witnesses for Léopoldine's birth on 25 Mar 1941 were Léopold WERY, boucher, 35, and Théodore BRAIBANT (or BRAIBAUT), 31, perhaps "constructeur des ponts et chaussées" (?), both domiciliated in Namur.
Charles Guillaume Antoine LAURILLARD-FALLOT
Charles Guillaume Antoine L-F published several books, including:
[1839] 1850. Cours d'art militaire, ou Leçons sur l'art militaire et les fortifications, données à l'Ecole militaire, à Bruxelles. (2me ed. revue et augmentée par le capitaine du génie E. Lagrange.) Bruxelles, Belgium: A. Wahlen et Cie.
1839. De la neutralité de la Belgique, et de l'armée. Bruxelles, Belgium: J. De Mat.
On 14 Jan 1836 he made a declaration to retain Belgian citizenship, after Paragraph1 of Article 1 of the Law of 22 Sep 1835.
Carl NIELSEN's Certified Record of Birth spells his last name (and that of his parents) as NELSON and omits the middle name John. The Social Security Death Index also lists him as Carl NELSON (SSN 551-10-4818). Carl NIELSEN died in the Veterans' Hospital in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California. His death certificate says that he died of "an ischemia in the carotid artery" (at the age of 72).
Place of birth may also have been Detroit, Michigan.
Certificate of Death for Estelle BEERS, at the age of 61, says that she died of a Convulsive Seizure which was caused by a cerebral embolism and by Rheumatic Heart Disease. David NIELSEN (email to Francois NIELSEN of 30 Aug 1997) added that the latter condition had persisted for 30 years.
Birth/Christening date also given as 17 Nov 1850, referring Kirkebøger film 0049169.
Søren NIELSEN died at the age of 80 of a cerebral hemorrhage, according to David NIELSEN (email to François NIELSEN of 30 Aug 1997).
The Danish emigration registration lists Søren NIELSEN on 17 Mar 1873, contract 8600; age 23; occupation Landmand; destination Chicago, Illinois; ship Franklin; last residence Frederikshavn, Frederikshavn, Hjørring; ID code D7181N1020.
Martine was registered with Danish emigration on 9 Apr 1883. Last residence is listed as Moesberg (?), parish of last residence as Mosbjerg, Hjørring. She is registered as contract #105800; destination Michigan; ship Indirekte (?). Her occupation is Tyende (m/k land).
Never married. Oscar is seen in 1942 pictures with sisters Mela and Tela NIELSEN, and nephew Howard FACCOU, at Søren NIELSEN's old home in Grant, Michigan.
Never married; lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Never married; lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan;