Like everyone on this list, I am looking for names and dates to my Belgian ancestors. I have a great-grandmother, Emmerence “Emma” Wauters that came over on the ship “Zeeland” on Oct 17, 1905. The birth date that I have for her was Jun 1882. My great-grandfather was Martin Saelens, no noted birth date for him. It seems that he immigrated on the same ship with their daughter Julia (date of birth was May 4 1903). Martin had a brother named Emiel and their parents were James Baptista Saelens and Catherine Theresa Vanoverbeke. I had another note that Martin had a daughter from a previous wife that stayed behind in Belgium with her maternal grandmother when her mother passed away. I would welcome any additional info.
Thanks so much!