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Vitalia DeBacker

F, #35, (1868 - 1940)
Vitalia DeBacker|b. May 1868\nd. 1940|p35.htm|Vital Eugene Louis DeBacker|b. 28 Nov 1835\nd. 2 Jan 1918|p32.htm|Hortence DeDonder|b. 31 Mar 1840\nd. 25 Jan 1923|p33.htm|Arnauld F. De Backer|b. 19 May 1794\nd. 1870|p448.htm|Sophie F. Callewaert|b. 17 Oct 1802\nd. 4 Feb 1854|p449.htm|Philippe A. DeDonder|b. 17 Jul 1800\nd. 16 Apr 1869|p451.htm|Rosalie Derodere|b. 1805\nd. 20 Sep 1879|p452.htm|

Relationship=Aunt of Leopold Joseph DeBacker.
Last Edited=24 Nov 2003

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Vitalia DeBacker was born in May, 1868. She was the daughter of Vital Eugene Louis DeBacker and Hortence DeDonder. She died in 1940 in St Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. She was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetary, St Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.1

She was found on a passenger list with Vital Eugene Louis DeBacker on October 29, 1883 in New York City, New York; The family arrived aboard the SS Nederland from Antwerp, Belgium on October 29, 1883 in at New York City, New York. Their place of origin is shown as France – a mistake made by the Dutch captain probably because the parents and the children all spoke French. From New York, the DeBacker’s next destination was the remote corner of northeast Kansas some 1400 miles away. There is little doubt that in 1883 that they would have traveled by any other means than by way of the railroads.2 She witnessed the baptism of Vital Gervaise DeBacker on August 14, 1892 in Immaculate Conception Church, St Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.3 She was a nun.

Census

1900St Marys, Pottawatomie County, KansasVitalia DeBacker appeared on the census of 1900 in the household of Vital Eugene Louis DeBacker and Hortence DeBacker in St Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.4
1910St Marys, Pottawatomie County, KansasShe appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Vital Eugene Louis DeBacker and Hortence DeBacker in St Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.5
1920St Marys, Pottawatomie County, KansasShe appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Hortence DeDonder in St Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.6
Family Background
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Descendants of Adrianus DeBacker
Descendants of Pierre Haustraete

Citations

  1. [S3] Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery Listing (1998, http://169.147.169.151/genweb/pottawat/potcem7.html) ,.
  2. [S270] New York. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Micropublication T715. Rolls # 5592-6267. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  3. [S2] Immaculate Conception Parish Records (Immaculate Conception Parish, St. Marys, Kansas) ,.
  4. [S1] 1900 Census, St. Marys, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, Washington: National Archives And Records Administration, ED 148 sheet 8 (pg 16).
  5. [S9] 1910 United States Census, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas (Washington: National Archives And Records Administration) ,.
  6. [S197] 1920 United States Census, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas (Washington: National Archives And Records Administration) ,.
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