Notes:

The 1930 Census gives his age as 60 years old, and this would probablyput his birth year as 1859-1860. This matches the informationprovided by the unknown contributor to www.Ancestry.com as far as theyear of his birth.

*Desire married Emma Roelandt Roeland on 31 Dec 1896 in Henry County, Illinois Per Www.Ancestry.Com Source. Emma (daughter of Joannes Roelandt and Theresa Marie Verheecke) was born on 29 Oct 1877 in Saint Laureins, Ef, Belgium; died on 22 May 1964 in Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Emma was 19 years old and Desire was 27 years old when they marriedper 1930 Federal Census Record for Henry County. By the 1930 censusthey had four sons, Walker, Virgil E., Walter J., Ralph L., and onedaughter Anna G. Van De Woestyne. A five year old grandson wasliving with them in 1930 also, Kenneth R. Van De Woestyne. He wasborn in Illinois and so were both of his parents.

Notes:

The "unknown" source at www.Ancestry.com lists an Edward Stiner b. 01Dec 1892 in Belgium with this family.

Obtained the Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945 Record:
The family arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 29th ofFebruary 1876 from Antwerp, Belgium on the ship Vaderland, The RedStar Line, Internation Navigation Company; microfim roll: M425__94.it is not mentioned as to whom the captain is of the ship. Per theships manifest these members of the family were aboard:
Seraphien van den Woestyne -- 38 years old, occupation farm laborer
Prilam van den Woestyne -- 34 years old
Auguste van den Woestyne -- 8 years old
Desire (Disere) van den Woestyne -- 6 years old
Edward van den Woestyne -- 3 years old
Marie Louise van den Woestyne -- 1 year old
Source: www.Ancestry.com. Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945[database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Originaldata:
--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving atPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 1883-1945. Micropublication T840. RGo85.Rolls # 1-181; Micropublication M425. RGo36. Rolls # 1-108.National Archives, Washington, D.C. [08 Jun 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]

*Seraphien married Philomena Prilam Safein about 1867 in Belgium - Dutch - Flemmish Language. Philomena was born on 1 Mar 1845 in Adegem, East Flanders, Belgium; died on 7 Jul 1926 in Atkinson Township, Henry County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joannes + Theresa Marie Verheecke. Theresa and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information on the Van De Woestyne Family was obtained 07 Jun 2006from http://www.Ancestry.com web site, OneWorldTree.
The submitter of the information was not listed to be able to contactthem. On going research has been done for this family to verifyinformation given other than that one resource, and will continue. Idid get a 1930's census record on Desire van den Woestyne's family andthe ships manifest record of the Seraphien Peter van den Woestynefamily when they immigrated to the U.S. which does include Desire vanden Woestyne. So far, everything checks out; Although, the sourcedid not have anything about the ships records.
I can tie the families together because in the marriage announcementof Dorothy DeKezel (Charles's daughter) when she married C.M.Netolicky, "guests were seated by Ronald VanDeWoestyne", and in herobituary, Ron & Gerald VanDeWoestyne are mentioned as her nephews.Having said that, if you should find mistakes please inform thecompiler so that they may be verified and corrected. SLJuhl,sljuhl1234@yahoo.com, 07 Jun 2006.

*Anthony married Catherina Dejager about 1838 in Probably In Belgium. Catherina was born about 1818 in Probably In Belgium; died after 1843 in Probably In Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]