Hi Rebecca:
I don’t have an answer for you, just advice. The below-link has, I believe, the address in Evergem where you can write to request Gustave Damien SCHOONE who was born on 23 February 1883. I found his birthdate in Ancestry.com in the U.S. World War I Draft Registration Card, Serial No. 1371, Order No. 225, which gives us the birth date but not the place - but you have it as being Evergem. He worked for Allegheny Steel Co. at Brockenridge, PA as a mill worker. His nearest relative was Margaret SCHOONE. He was naturalized citizen. He was blond and had hazel eyes. The card was signed on 12 September 1918 at Tarentum, PA.
http://belgium.rootsweb.ancestry.com/bel/_places/bel_pla_eu....Look-up the following links - see wikipedia also.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergemhttp://belgium.rootsweb.ancestry.com/bel/4ovl/44/index.html#...http://belgium.rootsweb.ancestry.com/rep/bel/muni/write_muni...Good luck.
Lucie