DeDECKER, Sleidhinge, Belgium

[Lindyloowho]

Looking for a birth of Emile Joseph DeDecker, born 1889, Sleidhinge, nr, Ghent.

He “married” my great aunt in England, but I suspect he may already have had a wife in Belgium.

Thank you, Linda

[Zefiro]

He was born 14th of March 1889.
https://search.arch.be/nl/zoeken-naar-archieven/zoekresultaat/inventaris/rabscan/eadid/BE-A0514_112306_110917_DUT/inventarisnr/IBLGC9940D102061/level/file/scans-inventarispagina/5/scan-index/36
Nr 31
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[Zefiro]

useful information extracted:

father: Henri De Decker, 35 years, mill-hand, living in Sleidinge
mother: Clementia Waldack, 36 years, worker
child: Emile-Joseph, born 14th of march at 11 PM

[Lindyloowho]

Thank you both so much.
He was in England when living with my great aunt and they had three children together, one named Clementia.  The children took their mothers maiden name and I cannot find a marriage for them.

Any ideas as to why he might have been in England?  Something to do with WW1?

He didn’t go back to Belgium.

Linda

[TreeSpirit]

He “married” my great aunt in England, but I suspect he may already have had a wife in Belgium.

Here is Emiel with his family in the 1891-1900 Sleidinge Bevolkingsregister (like a census, but a living document instead of a snapshot): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-T3G4-FX29?i=756
I believe Emiel (#7) is a landbouwknecht (farmhand). Mum Clementia (#2) dies in 1896 and dad Henri (#1) remarries within 5 months (#10).

This is the 1901-1910 Sleidinge BR: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-T3G4-NGXB?i=377
So your Emiel is still living in Sleidinge in 1910. What’s more, he seems to have been the only “Emiel Joseph DeDecker” in the Sleidinge indices for the years 1891-1910.

Finally the 10 year marriage table for Sleidinge (an index only) mentions the marriage between an “Emile Joseph DeDecker” and a Marie Madgalena DeMeyer”  in 1913 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77T8-L672?i=169).
Unfortunately the 1913 certificates don’t seem to be online (yet). Currently 1912 is online, so hopefully 1913 won't take too long to become available as well.

FYI Only:
There was only one Maria Magdalena DeMeyer (b 1894) in the 1901-1910 Sleidinge BR: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-Y3G4-8S7Z?i=804  First with her probable father and sibling, but eventually she can be found as a “nicht”(niece) after returning from Gent to Sleidinge in 1910: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-T3G4-NG3R?i=382

[TreeSpirit]

But with a bit of luck, confirmation that that 1913 marriage is for your guy:

[TreeSpirit]

I’m wondering whether Emile might have felt forced to marry:
On 1 Aug 1913 Emile-Joseph De Decker registered a son called Hendrik De Decker, born 31 July 1913
i.e. only 3 months after his marriage!

Update:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C56X-Z8MM
France, Indice de décès de la sécurité sociale de l'Insee, 1970-2019
Name: Hendrik de Decker
Sex: Male
Death Date: 15 May 1997
Death Place: Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1913
Birthplace: Sleidinge, Belgique

[Lindyloowho]

Wow, you are amazing!  Now it makes sense!  Thank you so much.
Let me digest all this and I may come back with some questions😁😁

Linda