Lievens in East Moline Illinois
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Re: Lievens in East Moline Illinois
| zaxdbd (View posts) | Posted: 14 Feb 2009 4:22PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Hello Rita -
I searched on the Ellis Island website for your ancestor. I found this entry - I hope it is him
Camille Lievens age 25 and single arrived at Ellis Island on 24 April 1913 on board the SS Potsdam from Rotterdam, Holland. He was born in Uitkerke, Belgium and his mother's name was Mathilda Lievens. The ships manifest has his final destination as St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada and he was going to a friend who lived there named Alfons Kroms.
I know many Flemish men went there about that time. My own grandfather and 3 great uncles went from Ruddervoorde, Belgium to St. Boniface in 1911. They all eventually ended up in the United States (Michigan).
I live in the Quad Cities area (Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, Illinois and Bettendorf, Davenport, Iowa). I have looked in the the local phone book and there are over a dozen people listed with the last name Lievens. If you send me your e-mail address, I could scan that page of the phone book and send it to you.
There is also the Center for Belgian Culture in Moline, Illinois that may be able to help you. Their website is www.belgianmuseumquadcities.org
Also the Ellis Island website is www.ellisisland.org
Hope some of this helps you
Barb
I searched on the Ellis Island website for your ancestor. I found this entry - I hope it is him
Camille Lievens age 25 and single arrived at Ellis Island on 24 April 1913 on board the SS Potsdam from Rotterdam, Holland. He was born in Uitkerke, Belgium and his mother's name was Mathilda Lievens. The ships manifest has his final destination as St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada and he was going to a friend who lived there named Alfons Kroms.
I know many Flemish men went there about that time. My own grandfather and 3 great uncles went from Ruddervoorde, Belgium to St. Boniface in 1911. They all eventually ended up in the United States (Michigan).
I live in the Quad Cities area (Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, Illinois and Bettendorf, Davenport, Iowa). I have looked in the the local phone book and there are over a dozen people listed with the last name Lievens. If you send me your e-mail address, I could scan that page of the phone book and send it to you.
There is also the Center for Belgian Culture in Moline, Illinois that may be able to help you. Their website is www.belgianmuseumquadcities.org
Also the Ellis Island website is www.ellisisland.org
Hope some of this helps you
Barb