Representatives from Neder-Over-Hembeek, 1830-1921

The list of the representatives from Neder-Over-Hembeek is based on the information extracted from the Almanachs royaux, and also from the municipal administrative archives as Council’s minutes or ledgers of Neder-Over-Hembeek. The personal data come from parish registers, civil status records and population census records.

Mayors

Josse BRION

farmer

° NOH 24.11.1766

† NOH 13.03.1826

? (terminus post quem : April 1821) – March 1826

Sebastiaan Joseph VAN BENEDEN

(see section « aldermen »)

March 1826 – June 1826 (« acting as alderman »)

Pierre Joseph MEEUS-VANDERMAELEN

manufacturer

° Brussels 29.07.1793

† Brussels 09.05.1873

June 1826 – Oct. 1830 (« mayor »)

Henri François CAMMAERT

merchant/cabaret owner

° Huizingen 11.02.1787

† NOH 10.10.1866

Oct. 1830 – Oct. 1848 (« mayor »)

Pierre Joseph VANDERHAEGEN

farmer

° NOH 19.08.1811

† NOH 15.04.1875

Oct. 1848 – April 1868 (« mayor »)

Jean-François DE COTTIGNIES

farmer/cabaret owner

° NOH 17.03.1804 (26 ventôse year 12)

† NOH 03.06.1877

Oct. 1868 – Sept. 1872 (« mayor »)

Charles PEETERS

master mason/entrepreneur

° NOH 07.07.1826

† NOH 27.06.1882

April 1868 – Oct. 1868 (« acting as alderman »)

Sept. 1872 – June 1882 (« mayor »)

François POLSPOEL

(see section « aldermen »)

June 1882 – Dec. 1883 (« acting as alderman »)

Charles Jean CAMMAERT

merchant/farmer

° NOH 26.06.1826

† NOH 20.11.1888

Dec. 1883 – Oct. 1888 (« mayor »)

Philippe VANDER ELST

cabaret owner/owner

° Laeken 08.04.1831

† NOH 07.11.1903

Oct. 1888 – Jan. 1889 (« acting as alderman »)

Jan. 1889 – Nov. 1903 (« mayor »)

Georges Jean Joseph DE RO

lawyer

° Saint-Josse 19.02.1854

† NOH 15.07.1921

Nov. 1903 – Oct. 1907 (« mayor »)

Jean-Baptiste STORY

(see section « aldermen »)

Oct. 1907 – Dec. 1909 (« acting as alderman »)

Victor Chrétien Joseph BRION

horticulturist/florist

° NOH, 25.04.1865

† NOH 01.02.1943

Dec. 1909 – May 1921 (« mayor »)

Aldermen

Sebastiaan Joseph VAN BENEDEN

farmer

° NOH 12.09.1762

† ?

? (terminus post quem : April 1821) – 1828

Jean François BEULLENS

farmer

° Vilvorde 23.11.1767

† Brussels 01.10.1841

? (terminus post quem : April 1821) – 1825

Jean-Baptiste DEKEMPENEER

farmer

° NOH 18.03.1799

† NOH 15.08.1849

1825-1830

Joseph Josse VAN LAETHEM

farmer

° NOH 11.01.1781

† NOH 30.01.1849

1828-1830

Pierre Joseph VANDERHAEGEN

(see section « mayors »)

1830-1831

François DE GREVE

farmer

° Huizingen 11.03.1792

† NOH 17.03.1842

1830-1839

Jean-François DE COTTIGNIES

(see section « mayors »)

1831-1839 et 1841-1848

Antoine SERVAS

farmer/innkeeper

° NOH 27.01.1780

† NOH 08.06.1855

1840-1848

François BRION

farmer

° NOH 17.08.1811

† NOH 22.01.1879

1848

Henri VAN LAETHEM

farmer

° NOH 02.12.1793

† NOH 06.03.1858

1848-1857

Pierre VANDEN BORREN

farmer

° NOH 17.07.1797 (29 messidor year 5)

† NOH 18.05.1867

1848-1854

Jean-Baptiste NEES

farmer

° Eppegem 25.04.1820

† NOH 05.12.1871

1855-1860

François RAMPELBERG

farmer/cabaret owner

° NOH 24.05.1816

† NOH 20.11.1886

1858-1863

Philippe VANDER ELST

(see section « mayors »)

1861-1866

Jean-François DE COTTIGNIES

(see section « mayors »)

1842-1846 et 1864-1868

Charles PEETERS

(see section « mayors »)

1867-1872

Jean-Baptiste WYNS

farmer

° Vilvorde 03.03.1831

† ?

1869-1870

Charles Jean CAMMAERT

(see section « mayors »)

1871-1882

François POLSPOEL

shopkeeper/farmer/grocer

° NOH 18.04.1827

† NOH 17.01.1890

1872-1886

Pierre TRULLEMANS

marshal/farmer

° Vilvorde 20.05.1814

† NOH 26.01.1889

1883-1888

Charles BRION

cabaret owner/entrepreneur/rentier

° NOH 23.08.1839

† NOH 29.10.1901

1887-1888 et 1891-1895

Jacques STRYFHALS

butcher

° NOH 07.08.1822

† NOH 23.10.1901

1889-1900

(Jean) François HUMBEEK

farmer

° NOH 02.08.1836

† NOH 09.07.1905

1889-1891

Jean-François VERBESSELT

blacksmith

° NOH 08.11.1830

† NOH 06.02.1899

1896-1899

Jean-Baptiste STORY

gardener/florist/horticulturist

° NOH 17.01.1857

† NOH 27.11.1944

1899-1911

Joseph JACOBS

carpenter

° NOH 07.04.1878

† NOH 30.04.1975

1901-1903

François PEETERS

entrepreneur mason/rentier

° Dieghem 26.07.1833

† NOH 01.07.1921

1903-1907

Corneille KIEKENS

carpenter/entrepreneur/wooden merchant

° NOH 07.01.1864

† NOH 15.06.1940

1907-1920

Jean-Baptiste COOMANS

carpenter

° NOH 30.08.1855

† NOH 23.12.1942

janv. – avril 1912

François-Rémi MERCKAERT

commercial employee/accounting cashier

° Overboelare 29.01.1868

† ?

1912-1921

Jan WILLEMS

cabinetmaker/carpenter

° NOH 02.06.1884

† ?

1920-1921

Secretaries

Winand VAN HAMME

? (terminus post quem : April 1821) – Oct. 1829

Joseph François GOTEMANS (secretary of Haren, temporary position)

Oct. 1829 – Oct. 1830

Jean-Baptiste CLAES

Oct. 1830 – 1849

J. GOOSSENS

1850-1897

Guillaume PEETERS

1898-1917

Chrétien PEETERS

1917-1921

Collectors

Adolphe EYCKOLT

? (terminus post quem : April 1821) – 1830

C. H. LEROY

1841-1859

Jean-François PEETERS

1860-1877

Josse DE JONGHE

1878-1920

Charles POLSPOEL

1921

Paul DE CLERCQ

Feb. – March 1921

Brussels, State Archives of Belgium (in Forest) :

  • Registers of birth records, wedding records and death records of Brussels (years 1793, 1841 and 1873), Laeken (year 1831) and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (year 1854)

Brussels, Archives of the City of Brussels (ACB) :

  • Royal Almanacs (years 1840-1921, library R 208)
  • Parish registers of Neder-Over-Heembeek, registers 508-511 (years 1762-1811)
  • Associated municipalities collection – Neder-Over-Heembeek :
    • Registers 7-8 (Accounts and Budget, years 1837-1910)
    • Registers 24-32 (Town Council sessions, years 1821-1921)
    • Boxes 4 and 6 (accounts’ supporting documents, years 1906 and 1921)
    • Box 12 (composition of the Town Council, years 1900-1920)
    • Population census registers (years 1827-1921)
    • Registers of birth records, wedding records and death records (years 1792-1921)

Ghent, State Archives of Belgium :

  • Registers of birth records, wedding records and death records of Overboelare (year 1868)

Leuven, State Archives of Belgium :

  • Registers of birth records, wedding records and death records of Dieghem (year 1833), Eppegem (year 1820) and Vilvorde (years 1814 and 1831)
  • Parish registers of Huizingen (years 1787 and 1792) and Vilvorde (year 1767)