{"id":228106,"date":"2026-02-15T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/?p=228106"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:00:07","slug":"les-familles-souche-de-mont-sainte-aldegonde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/nos-pistes\/genealogie\/les-familles-souche-de-mont-sainte-aldegonde\/","title":{"rendered":"The founding families of Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-228112 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-1080x673.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-600x374.jpg 600w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-96x60.jpg 96w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I-145x90.jpg 145w, https:\/\/geniwal.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MONT-SAINTE-ALDEGONDE-I.jpg 1092w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/638;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde is today a <strong data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"184\">section of the municipality of Anderlues<\/strong>in <strong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"221\">Hainaut (Wallonia, Belgium)<\/strong>, in the Centre region, between <strong data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"292\">Binche, Morlanwelz and La Louvi\u00e8re<\/strong>. Before the merger of the communes (1977), it was an independent commune.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"401\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Origins and the Middle Ages<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"799\">\n<li data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"505\">\n<p data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"505\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The name comes from <strong data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"454\">Saint Aldegonde (VII\u1d49 century)<\/strong>, the abbess of Maubeuge, who is highly venerated in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"623\">\n<p data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"623\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The village is built around a <strong data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"568\">old country estate<\/strong> dependent on the feudal structures of the county of Hainaut.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"713\">\n<p data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"713\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The parish has a long history: it was the heart of local life for centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"799\">\n<p data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"799\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The territory is divided between <strong data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"798\">farmland, woods and a few seigneuries<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"918\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The \u00abMont\u00bb probably refers to a <strong data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"862\">ground elevation<\/strong> (local relief), common in medieval place names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"949\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Seigniorial system<\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"950\" data-end=\"972\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Under the Ancien R\u00e9gime :<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1288\">\n<li data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1102\">\n<p data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"1050\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The village depends on the <strong data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1016\">Hainaut County<\/strong>, successively under domination: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Burgundy, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Spanish, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Austria.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1192\">\n<p data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1192\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">There are <strong data-start=\"1119\" data-end=\"1153\">local seigneurial families<\/strong> (linked to land, cens, tithes, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1193\" data-end=\"1288\">\n<p data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1288\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The company is essentially <strong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1251\">rural and parish<\/strong> (ploughmen, labourers, craftsmen).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1608\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">XIX\u1d49 - early XX\u1d49 century: mining period<\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1642\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Like the entire Centre region :<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1919\">\n<li data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1726\">\n<p data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1726\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The transition from a farming village to an area marked by the\u2019<strong data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"1725\">coal extraction<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1820\">\n<p data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1747\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Development of : <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">collieries, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">glassworks and related industries, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">working-class housing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"1861\">\n<p data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"1861\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Strong <strong data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"1860\">population growth<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1862\" data-end=\"1919\">\n<p data-start=\"1864\" data-end=\"1919\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Workers arrived from other regions and then from abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"918\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">List of names extracted from the tables of the old parish registers of births from 1608 to 1802, marriages from 1608 to 1802 &amp; deaths from 1676 to 1802\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">ADAM, ANSELME.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">BAQUERLOT, BARDIAU, BAUDET, BAUDOU, BEAUME, BEAUMETZ, BEAUTRIX, BERNARD,BLAIRON, BOUGARD, BREDA, BRONIER, BROUNET, BRUE, BRUX, BUGHIN.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">CAMBIER, CARLIER, CARLOT, CHARLIER, CLARA, CLAUTRIA, CLOLIART, COL, COLINOT, CORNEUR, CORBEAU CORDIER, COUPIN.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">DARTEVELLE, DEBLANDRE, DELATOUR, DELIVI\u00c8RE, DELVAL, DEMAREZ, DEMOULIN, DESMOULIN, DERCQ, DESENEFE, DUBREUCQ, DUMONT, DUPIRE, DUVIVIER.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">FRANCQ.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">EMPAIN, ETIENNE.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">FAVRY, FONDU, FONTAINE, FOSSELART, FOULET, FOURNU.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">GEUSE, GHILAIN, GHISLAIN, GILSON, GODAUX, GUILLAIN.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">HACARDIAU, HARDAS, HARPIGNY, HECQ, HELIN, HOUSSIER, HULIN.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">JACQUEMIN, JASMAIN, JONART, JOQUET.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">LACROIX, LALOYAUX, LAURENT, LAVENDHOMME, LEBRUN, LEKEUX, LELONG, LEPAGE, LEROY, LESPAGNE, LIARD, LIBERT.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">LOSSON.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">MAIRESSE, MALENGREZ, MARTIN, MEURANT, MICHY, MOISET, MOISES, MOUTON, MUYAU, MUYAUX. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">PAGE, PAR\u00c9E, PELET, PIERON, PORTOIS, POTTEAU, POTTIAU, POURBAIX, POURTOIS.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">REISOULET, RENARD, RENART, RENSON.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">SADIN, SCHMITZ, SERET.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">TRIFTET.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">VALENDUC.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">WASTELAIN, WESPE, WESSE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Photo credit :<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geneanet.org\/cartes-postales\/view\/32885#0\">https:\/\/www.geneanet.org\/cartes-postales\/view\/32885#0<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geneanet.org\/cartes-postales\/view\/119834#0\">https:\/\/www.geneanet.org\/cartes-postales\/view\/119834#0<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> BIB-GEN-INT- 271<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde est aujourd\u2019hui une section de la commune d\u2019Anderlues, en Hainaut (Wallonie, Belgique), dans la r\u00e9gion du Centre, entre Binche, Morlanwelz et La Louvi\u00e8re. 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