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Henri-Chapelle is now a section of the municipality of Welkenraedt<\/strong>in province of Li\u00e8ge (Wallonia)<\/strong>, close to: the German border, the Netherlands and Aachen\u00a0<\/span> The name comes from : \u00abHenrici Capella\u00bb = Henry's chapel Duchy of Limburg :<\/span><\/strong><\/span> In 1288 :<\/span><\/strong> <\/span> 1795: Annexed by France<\/strong> (like the whole region).<\/span> Henri-Chapelle is: a medieval village of Duchy of Limburg<\/strong>, became Brabant, a land border and strategic,<\/strong>a typical agricultural region of the Pays de Herve, <\/strong>a place strongly marked by the two world wars, <\/strong>a major memorial site with the American cemetery<\/span><\/p>\n List of surnames extracted from baptismal records from 1615-1746, marriage records from 1640-1794 & death records from 1639-1794<\/span><\/p>\n ABRAHEM, A CAMPO, AEN, ALDENHOF, ARETS, ARENTS<\/span> Photo credit : Henri-Chapelle est aujourd\u2019hui une section de la commune de Welkenraedt, en province de Li\u00e8ge (Wallonie), tout pr\u00e8s : de la fronti\u00e8re allemande, des Pays-Bas et d\u2019Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen)\u00a0 C\u2019est donc […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogie","category-nos-pistes","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228118"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228125,"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228118\/revisions\/228125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geniwal.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt's a village of strategic border zone<\/strong>, This explains its history, which has been marked by conflict and changes in sovereignty.<\/span><\/p>\nOrigin of the name<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>It would refer either to a local lord called Henry, or to the emperor Henry II or Henry III<\/strong> (hypothesis linked to the Holy Roman Empire).<\/span>
\nThe village grew up around a medieval chapel<\/strong>, which later became Saint-Georges church.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n A principality of Holy Roman Empire
\n<\/strong>Partly Germanic and Thiois culture and institutions<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAfter the Battle of Worringen<\/strong>, the Duchy of Limburg came under the control of the Duchy of Brabant<\/strong>. So Henri-Chapelle becomes braban\u00e7on<\/strong> for several centuries.<\/span>
\nThen, like all of Brabant, there was Burgundian, Spanish and Austrian domination.
\n<\/span><\/p>\nRevolutionary period and XIX\u1d49 century<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n1815: Switches to Kingdom of the Netherlands<\/strong>.<\/span>
\n1830: Becomes Belgian These changes explain : <\/span>
\ndifferent administrative languages in archives<\/span>
\nmixed cultural influences (Romanic and Germanic).<\/span><\/p>\nIn a nutshell<\/span><\/h2>\n
\nBAGETTE, BAGUETTE, BAILLY, BALTES, BALTHES, BALTUS, BARVAUX, BASTAPREZ, BASTIN, BAUR, BAWENS, BAUWENS, BAYAR, BEBRONNE, BECKER, BEGASSE, BEITEL, BEITELT, BERTRAND,BERTRAN, BERTRANG, BEUVEN, BEYER, BIBAX, BIBAUX, BIRVEN, BLUM, BONGARTS, BORBOUX, BOURBOUX, BORN, BOUCHMO, BOUCHMON, BOUCHTAY, BOUHA, BOUR, BOURGUIGNON, BRAGARD, BRANDT, BRASSEUR, BRAWERS, BRENDER, BREVER, BREWER, BROWERS, BROUWERS, BRUNFELDT, BURGERS.<\/span>
\nCAMP, CAMPO, CHAINEUX, CHANTRAINE, CHARLIER, CLAES, CLAES, CLAESSENS, CLEEN, CLEYN, CLOOT, CLOSSET, COLIN, COLINS, COLLA, COLLAS, COLLARD, COLLARDT, COLLAU, COLLAUX, COLLETTE, CONINGS, CONRARD, COOL, CORDONNIER, CORMAN, CORNELIS, COUDRON, COUNHAYE, CREMER, CRONENBERG, CROQUET, CRUSTIN, CRUTZEN, CRUYDEN, CRUYTEN, CUYPER.<\/span>
\nDAEL, DAELEN, DANTZ, DARDENNE, DAUTZENBERG, DAVIPONT, DEBYE, DEBOUXHON, DEBY, DECHAMPS, DECLOUX, DECOUVE,<\/span>
\nDE FROMANTEAU, DEHESELLE, DELCOUR, DELHAES, DELHEZ, DELWIGGE, DEMOULIN, DENYS, DERICHS, DERUYF, DESONAIS, DETHIER, DETI\u00d4GE, DE CRIPS DE BERG, DOBBELSTEIN, DOCK, DOEL, DOHM, DOOM, DRESEN, DRESSEN, DRIESEN, DRIESSENS, DUMOULIN.<\/span>
\nELSEN, ERKENS, ERNST, EVENS, ESSER.<\/span>
\nFIEFF, FISCHER, FISENNE, FLUCHART, FRAMBACH, FRANCK, FRANSSEN, FREDERICH, FRERICH.<\/span>
\nGADROLLE, GAUDERS, GENSTERBLOEM, GER(C)KENS, GERON, GERONO, GEURDEN, GIELEN, GI(E)RKENS, GIERKENS, GILLES, GILLET, GILLIS, GOBLET, GOBBELS, GODEFROID, GODIN, GOOR, GOESSENS, GOIR, GOIRS, GORDEN, GRANDJEAN, GRATEROLE, GRIGNARD, GRIGNEN, GROMLET, GROSJEAN, GOCTEAES, GUILIS, GULPEN.<\/span>
\nHANOTTE, HANNOTTE, HANS, HAUSMAN, HENDRICHS, HENNEN, HENINGH, HENRI, HENROTTE, HENRY, HENRYMENTS. HAGELSTEIN, HALLEUX, HAMEL, HAN(N)S, HENNAN, HENS, HER(R)OTTE, HERROTTE, HERENS, HERZET, HESELLE, HEUSCH, HEYENDAEL, HICK, HODIAMONT, HOEN, HOFMAN, HOMPESCH, HUBERT, HUBERTI, HUNDS, HUNDTS, HUNGERS.<\/span>
\nIMROTH.<\/span>
\nJENNENS, JACOBI, JACOBY, JACOBS, JACQUEMIN, JACQUES, JACQUINET, JAMART, JAMINET, JANSEN, JASPAR, JEGHERS, JOHA, JOIR, JONAS.<\/span>
\nKAIRIS, KEREN, KERRIS, KEVER, KLEIN, KLEINEN, KLINCKENBERG, KNORS, KOCH, KOEL, KOHL, KOMATEN, KONIGS, KREMER, KRISCHER, KUTTGENS, KUTTINGEN, KUYTS.<\/span>
\nLABES, LABERS, LACROIX, LAMBERT, LAMBERTS, LANGHOOR, LAUREUX, LAPLANCHE, LARON-DELLE, LASCHET, LAURENT, LAUREUX, LAUTERMAN, LAWENS, LEGRAND, LEJEUNE, LEKEU, LEKISTE, LENERS, LENNERTS, LENOIR, LONARD, LEUCHTENNACHT, LINA, LINSEN, LINTZEN, LONGHAYE, LONGUEHAYE, LONNEUX, LOOP, LOUSBERGH, LOUVEN, LOUVENS, LUCKES.<\/span>
\nMAGER, MAGHER, MALMENDIER, MALVAUX, MASSION, MATHAUS, MATHIAS, MATHONET, MAWET, MEESS, MEESSEN, MERCKOFF, MERTENS, MESTERTS, MEURENS, MICHELS, MICHY, MOMMERS, MONAR, MULLENDER.<\/span>
\nNAGELSCHMIDT, NAVEAU, NEISSENS, NEULENS, NICOLAI, NICOLET, NOLENS, NOLS, NUELENS, NUTTEBORN, NYSSEN.<\/span>
\nOLIVIER, OTTEN.<\/span>
\nPACOT, PALM, PANQUART, PANTZER, PAQUAY, PAULI, PAUWELS, PELZER, PETERKEN, PETERS, PETIT, PETITHOMME, PETITJEAN, PETRI, PHILIPS, PIKRE, PIRLOT, PIRNAY, PIRON, PISTORIS, PLAIRE, PLAYR, PLEER, PLUMACHER, PLUNUS, POLINAR, POMAY, POMMAY, PORT, POTTAY, POTTAYE, PROST, PROEST, PROUMENS, PROYST.<\/span>
\nQUODBACH.<\/span>
\nRADERMCKER, RADERMECKER, RAPHA\u00d3L, RASQUIN, REINARDS, REINARDERTS, REIP, REUL, REYNARS, REYNAERDS, ROBERT, ROBLOT, ROCKX, ROMENS, ROMMENS, ROMPEN, ROUET, ROWET, ROUWET.<\/span>
\nSARTENER, SCHARES, SCHEEN, SCHEFFER, SCHENEN, SCHILLINGS, SCHIRVEL, SCHLOTMECKER, SCHLUTER, SCHMETZ, SCHMITZ, SCHNOECK, SCHOENMAECKER, SCHONBROODT, SCHONMACKER, SCHROER, SCHUMACHER, SCHWARTZ, SCHYNS, SERVAIS, SIMENS, SMETS, SOGLET, SOIRON, SPROETEN, STEINMETZER, STEIN, STRAET, STRAETEN. TALMA, TALMASE, TATER, TEIFF, THEISSEN, THIELEN, THIMISTER, THISKEN, THISQUEN, THOMAS, TIMMERMAN, TIXHON, TOSSAINT, TOUSSAINT, TOSSEN, TOSSINGH, TRAMM, TRAMP.<\/span>
\nVANDERHEYDEN, VAUME, VEQRAI, VECQUERAI, VEQRAI, VECQUERAI, VECRAY, VECKRAY, VERVIER, VIEL-VOE, VILVORDE, VINCENT, VINCKEN, VIVARIO, VOES, VOOSS, VOSQUEN, VOSS, VROEGOP, VYFF.<\/span>
\nWALRAFF, WALTHERI, WARRIMONT, WATTELER, WEBER, WELTER, WERTZ, WILLEMS, WINAND, WINDMUHLEN, WINGENS, WIRTZ.<\/span>
\nXHONNEUX.<\/span>
\nZANDERS, ZARTNER, ZEVAER.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.geneanet.org\/cartes-postales\/view\/6152476#0
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