Ronsman

 Q.  Know my great grandparents, Fred & Isabel Ronsman, but would like to know more.

Note: the story that my uncle jerry tells us is that the Ronsmans actually at some point lived in Germany but got in trouble for hunting in the black forest so they left for Belgium

Clues from 1920 Census (Ancestry.com)

- Fred, Isabelle & Philip D. were born in Belguim; native tongue is Flemish 

- Daughter, Mary born in 1904 in Wisconsin

- Fred naturalized in 1910

Ellis Island Records (https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/)

-SS Vaderland

-Departure Antwerp

-$30 to pay to view ship record

Clues from Ship Records (Familysearch.org)

- Ferdinand, Isabelle & Philip last resided in Oud-Heverlee, Belguim

- Planning on residing in Green Bay, WI; meeting relative Francis Albert Tuyls 

- Had $5 in cash (about $151 in 2020 dollars)

- Arrived on 16 Jun 1902 via SS Vaderland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Vaderland_(1900)

Clues from Manifest of Alien Immigrants (Familysearch.org)

-Isabella Vau Es

-easier to read than above ship records

Clues from BelgianLaces72Binder (google search)

-immigrants from Oud-Heverlee, Belgium

-potential family

-Francois Tuyls, b. 29 Aug 1855, Oud-Heverlee, son of Petrus & Joanna Bisschop (relative listed on ship record?)

Fred Ronsmans' Petition for Naturalization (familysearch.org)

-current address is 1634 Dousmann Ave

-occupation is cement contractor

-born 26 Dec 1882 in Heverlee, Belguim 

-left Antwerp, Belgium on 7 Jun 1902 for the US (New York) on Vaderland

-declared his intention to become a US citizen on 5 Apr 1904

-wife, Isabel "Vaness", age 27, born Oud-Heverlee, Belgium

-3 children - Philip born 8 Jul 1901 in Oud-Heverlee, Belguim, Mary born 6 Sep 1904 in Green Bay, WI & Lizzie born 31 Jul 1905 in Green Bay, WI.

Ferdinandus Ronsmans Birth Registration (familysearch.org) - Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914 - Oud-Heverlee

-birthdate is ? Dec 1882 in Oud-Heverlee

-father is Guillaume Francis, born and lives in Oud-Heverlee, day laborer 

-mother is Mathilde Vandermotten, born in Leuven 

Isabella Van Es Birth Registration (familysearch.org)  - Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914 - Oud-Heverlee

-birthdate is 26 Nov 1881 in Oud-Heverlee

-father is Felix Van Es, age 34, born and lives in Oud-Heverlee, day laborer 

-mother is Virginia Coopmans, calf keeper

Ronsmans/Van Es Marriage Record (familysearch.org)  - Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914 - Oud-Heverlee

-married on 20? August 1901 in Oud-Heverlee

-Ferdinandus, day laborer, born 27 Dec 1882, son of Guiliminus Francis Ronsmans & Mathilde Vandermotten

-paternal grandparents - Guiliminus Ronsmans & Maria Therese Poels

-maternal grandparents - Felix Vandermotten & Joanna Bisschop

***at the end I think it says they are declaring their son legal who was born earlier that year on July 8th

Vanes/Coopmans Marriage Record (familysearch.org)  - Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914 - Oud-Heverlee

-married on 28 Jul 1881 in Oud-Heverlee

Felix, day laborer, born 16 May 1847, son of Antoon Joseph Vanes & Marie Therese Dewever