8Appendix F
Ancestry of Mary Elizabeth Bull
Generation One
1. Mary Elizabeth Bull was born on 2 August 1854 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri. She died on 22 September 1933 in Maud, Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma.[1] She was buried on 25 September 1933 at Sacred Heart Catholic in Maud, Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma.[2]
After the death of her second husband Mary Elizabeth made her home with her daughter Amanda and her husband Charles Robert Hall.[3] Mary Elizabeth was a Master Quilter and several articles over the years appeared in the local (Maud) newspaper and also in the Daily Oklahoman News of her quilts. One article which appeared in the local newspaper drew attention was a quilt that she displayed in her son‑in‑laws cleaning shop. At the time the quilt was displayed Mary Elizabeth was seventy‑nine years old. The quilt contained 35 squares with 204 pieces to the square making 7,140 pieces to the whole and a big job. She estimated that it took 128,500 stitches before this masterpiece of quilting was complete. Mary Elizabeth's hobby was quilt making and she made many lovely quilts for her family and friends, she did both applique and piece quilting. She past the art of quilting on to her daughter, Hattie and several members of the family have some of these quilts today. At the time Auntie (Hattie) was quilting she told this writer that quilting was pictorial needle art that reflected a great deal about the quilter=s life, politics, religion, social activities or even various moods. Some of the quilt patterns that are in this writers possession are: "Indian Trail, Lincoln's Platform, Double Wedding Ring, Arkansas Traveler, Flower Garden, Spider Webb, Prairie Queen and Morning Star".
Generation Two
2. George Jacob Bull [4], [5] was born on 13 August 1824 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland.[6] He was married to Albertine Veulemans on 18 September 1852 in Cooper Co., Missouri.[7] He died on 13 December 1903 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.[8]
The following article appeared in the History of Howard & Cooper Counties, Missouri.[9]
George Jacob Bull, One of the time honored, substantial and worthy citizens of Palestine Township is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and was born August 13, 1824. Mr. George Jacob Bull is a twin brother of Thomas H. Bull, of Clark's Fork Township, this county, and two with their families always celebrate their anniversaries together at the residence of one or the other. They were sons of John and Jane (Phillips) Bull who settled in this county in 1836, when George J. and Thomas H. were lads but twelve years of age. The first two years of his residence in Cooper County the father was engaged in mechanizing, but he then improved a farm in Palestine and Clark's Fork Township, where he lived until his death. Their mother is still living (1883) at the advanced age of eighty‑seven. Both parents were natives of the Old Dominion. George J., after he grew up, was married September 9, 1852, to Miss Albertine, daughter of John F. Veulemans, of Cooper County. She is a native of Belgium, where she is a versatile linguist, being able to speak fluently three languages. Mr. and Mrs. Bull have three children: John M., Mary, wife of John Whittaker, and James Jefferson. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Bull settled on the farm where he now lives, where he followed farming and stock raising with success until his retirement form the active duties of the farm a short time ago. He takes an active interest in public affairs and particularly in politics. He has been twice a delegate to the county convention, and enjoys the entire confidence of his party (the democratic) and of the whole community. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church.
The children of George Jacob Bull and Albertine Veulemans were as follows:
a. John Martin Bull was born on 15 June 1853 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.[10] He died on 16 March 1903 in Cooper Co., Missouri.[11]
b. Mary Elizabeth Bull. [see #1 above]
c. Thomas Henry Bull was born on 15 June 1855 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri. He died on 8 June 1870 in Missouri.
d. Virginia Theresa Bull was born on 15 February 1857 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri. She died on 20 March 1860 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.
e. James Jefferson Bull was born on 15 September 1861 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri. He died on 28 March 1899 in Gooch's Mill, Cooper Co., Missouri.
3. Albertine Veulemans [12] was born on 18 May 1826 in Kersbeck, Belgium. She and her family were members of the Catholic Church in Tipton, Missouri. She died on 28 February 1884 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri. She was buried on 29 February 1884 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.[13] Albertine was nine years old at the time she immigrated to America, entering at the Port of New York, in 1835. She told her daughter Mary Elizabeth Bull about how hard the boat trip was and how sea sick she and her family were, wondering at times if they would ever see land again.
Albertine was a versatile linguist, being able to read, write and speak fluently three languages (French, German and English).
Generation Three
4. John Bull was born in November 1793 in Virginia.[14] He appeared on the census in 1860 in Cooper Co., Missouri. Occupation listed as Shoemaker. He was married to Jane Phillips on 13 August 1812 in Virginia.[15] He signed a will on 22 February 1865 in Cooper Co., Missouri.[16] He died on 30 August 1872 in Cooper Co., Missouri.[17] He was buried on 1 September 1872 in Cooper Co., Missouri.[18] In the southwest corner of the Greenbaigh Cemetery, located one‑half mile west of Route B on the Fred Bail farm, is the burial place of the John Bull Family. (There is a monument that states John was born in November 1793 and died 30 August 1872 being 77 years and 10 months of age.)
The Will of John Bull
Cooper County, Missouri
Probate Court Book B, p. 52.
I, John Bull, of the County of Cooper and State of Missouri, being of sound and disposing mind, but in feeble health and knowing the uncertainty of life and not having a large amount of property and with a view to prevent any distribution of the same during my wife's life time, except as hereinafter mentioned, do make and declare this my Last Will and Testament, that, First pay funeral expense and all just debts, Second, I bequeath to my beloved wife Jane Bull, all my property that may remain, consisting of household and kitchen furniture, farming implements, stock of horses, mules, cattle or any other stock that may belong to me at my death, all monies and debts due or to become due, in fact all property of any description to be disposed of or used in any way she may think proper to make distribution any one or all of our children during her life time as she may think proper and at her death the balance of any shall be equally divided between our children that may be living, or their bodily heirs, to wit, John W. M. Bull; George J. Bull; Thomas H. Bull; Jane Kirton; Virginia McLain and Levonia Oglesby. I do hereby appoint my beloved wife Jane Bull as Executrix to carry out the provisions of this Will should it be necessary to take out letters testamentary to enable her to collect debts due me.
In Testimony whereby, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd Day of February 1865.
John Bull
{(Seal)}
Signed in the presence of and at the request of the testator, John Bull
Witnesses:
James H. Baker, Ruben Carnal, Joseph W. Wilson
5. Jane Phillips was born on 10 June 1797 in Accomack Co., Virginia.[19] She appeared on the census on 2 June 1880 in Clarks Fork Twp., Cooper Co., Missouri.[20] She died on 11 February 1892 in Cooper Co., Missouri.[21] She was buried on 12 February 1892 in Cooper Co., Missouri.[22]
The children of John Bull and Jane Phillips were as follows:[23]
a. John W. M. Bull was born in 1820 in Virginia. He died in February 1882 in Cooper Co., Missouri.
b. Elizabeth Jane Bull was born in 1822 in Virginia. She died on 15 March 1907 in Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri. She was buried on 17 March 1907 in Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri.[24]
c. George Jacob Bull. [see #2 above]
d. Thomas Henry Bull was born on 13 August 1824 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland. He died in 1913 at Morgan Co., Missouri.[25]
e. Virginia M. Bull was born in 1826 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland.
f. Levenia Bull was born on 16 November 1838 in Cooper Co., Missouri. She died on 7 May 1863 in Cooper Co., Missouri.
6. Jean Francois "John Francis" Veulemans [26] was born on 24 February 1802 in Cappelen, Belgium. He was married to Mary Theresa Van Den Poel on 24 May 1824 in Brussels, Belgium. He died on 23 January 1853 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.[27] John died of pleurisy. He was buried on 25 January 1853 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.[28] He is buried in the old part of Saint Andrew's Catholic Cemetery.
The Veulemans family sailed to America in 1835 aboard "The Brig Caroline" from Anwerp, Belgium to New York, USA ‑ Number 359 arrival 11 June 1835.
Bridge across the Atlantic
CAROLINE (1833)
WILHELMINE (1845)
The
Caroline was built on the Mediterranean island of Malta in 1833. She was
later refurbished in 1845 and renamed the Wilhelmine. Additional notes on the
ship can be found at the Palmer List of Merchant Vessels. [29]
The Palmer list identifies that the
Caroline appears in Lloyd's Register for the years 1835‑1841. The Caroline was described with a "Tonnage:
181, Master: Holmes, Owner: Abrahams, Port of Registry: Malta (1835‑1836),
Liverpool (1836‑‑1841), Port of Survey: London (1834‑‑1836)
Liverpool (1836‑1841)."[30]
"Pen and watercolor of the Hamburg brig WILHELMINE ex CAROLINE (British), signed J. Böttger, Altona, [1849]. Inscription: "Wilhelmine von Hamburg, geführt durch Capitain C. C. Hansen. / Auf seiner Reise von Hamburg nach Montevidio 1849. / Die Ansicht v. Helgoland." 52,7 x 73,6 cm. Altonaer Museum in Hamburg - Norddeutsches Landesmuseum, Hamburg,[31] Inv. Nr. AB 5366. Source: Gerhard Kaufmann, Henrik Lungagnini, and Jürgen Meyer, Die Sammlung der Schiffsporträts, Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, Schausammlungen des Altonaer Museums, Heft 6 (Hamburg: Altonaer Museum, [n.d.]), p. 29, no. 11. For a copy of this picture, contact the Altonaer Museum directly. "[32]
The Veulemans brought from Belgium two wooden chests in which they kept their most valuable possessions. These chest with the year "1814" engraved on the top were used as an altar on which to say Mass at Round Hill, before the existence of Saint Andrew's Catholic Church. Ever so often, a priest would come through on horseback and say Mass at the Veulemans home. These chests were made of lumber (as information was passed down through the family) that was taken from the timber in Belgium of Andreas Van den Poel, the grandfather of Theresa Van den Poel. The maker of these chests was Martin Van den Poel, born 13 March 1789, died 13 January 1865 in 1835.
John Veulemans and family came up the Hudson River, thru the Erie Canal to the Ohio River, where he constructed a flat boat. Thence on it, he and his family floated down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the mouth of the Red River, Louisiana (near Shreveport, Louisiana). Here he ascended the Red River, to Natchitoches, where they stopped and settled. It was their home until 1841 when due to the unhealthy climate (after the death of three of their youngest children) they moved North with two horse teams to Versailles, Missouri, and then to Round Hill, Cooper County, near Tipton, Missouri. John became a successful livestock farmer in this area, marketing his livestock by foot to the market in St. Louis, Missouri. They had a Negro slave by the name of "Larry", after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, he was free to leave but stayed with the Veulemans family for sometime; they tried to educate him as best they could. He became a Baptist preacher, using the name of "Larry Veulemans" and his name is on record at the Negro Baptist Church in Tipton, Missouri.
The known children of Jean Francois "John Francis" Veulemans and Mary Theresa Van Den Poel were as follows:
a. Joannes Veulemans was born about 1824 in Antnerp, Belgium. He married a lady named Sarah and reared a family.
b. Albertine Veulemans. [see #3 above]
c. Dominicus Veulemans was born on 5 February 1828 in Kersbeck, Belgium. He died on 18 March 1913 in Gravois Mills, Missouri.
d. Norbertus Veulemans was born about 1829 in Cappelen, Belgium.
e. Josephina Veulemans was born on 17 May 1831 in Cappelen, Belgium. She died on 15 August 1903 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.
f. Maria Phillipina Veulemans was born about 1833 in Cappelen, Belgium.
g. Maria Carolina Veulemans was born about 1834 in Cappelen, Belgium.
h. Carolina Veulemans was born on 20 May 1838 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. She died on 14 July 1926 in Lincoln, Lincoln Co., Nebraska.
i. Mary C. Veulemans was born on 25 November 1839 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. She died on 2 April 1922 in Lincoln, Lincoln Co., Nebraska.
7. Mary Theresa Van Den Poel was born on 16 November 1797 in Kersbeck, Belgium. She immigrated in 1835 to Port of New York.[33] She signed a will on 13 November 1874 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.[34] She died on 12 July 1876 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri. She was buried on 13 July 1876 in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.[35] She is buried in the old part of Saint Andrew's Catholic Cemetery.
Generation Four
8. George W. Bull Sr. was born about 1771. He was married about 1792 in Virginia. We find on 4 September 1843, George W. Bull purchased land in the southwest quarter of Section 2 and in the southeast quarter of Section 3 + 47 R17, and that he was a resident of Baltimore, Maryland.[36]
The known children of George W. Bull Sr. and unknown spouse were as follows:
a. John Bull. [see #4 above]
b. George W. Bull Jr. was born after 1794. He died after 1898. He Land Deed on 7 May 1898 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.[37] We find a Quitclaim Deed from George W. Bull and wife Lorraine P. Bull of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, conveying all right, title and interest to the heirs of John Bull deceased, to the extent they would have inherit from said George W. Bull deceased as heirs under Missouri law.
12. Joannes Baptiste Veulemans was born on 17 April 1783 in Zuurbemde, Belgium. He was married to Anne Marie Boeckx\Bockx about 1800 in Kersbeck, Belgium.
The known children of Joannes Baptiste Veulemans and Anne Marie Boeckx\Bockx were as follows:
a. Jean Francois "John Francis" Veulemans. [see #6 above]
b. Jeanne Veulemans was born about 1805 in Belgium. She married Henry Van Schoubrook.
c. Pierre Albert Peter Veulemans was born circa 1811 in Glabbeck, Belgium. He died on 2 October 1881 in Kingdom of Tirelemont, Belgium. Pierre came over on the boat "Caroline" in 1835 to America and then sometime later returned to Europe. When he died he left a will and named Joseph "Jeff" Veulemans as administrator of his estate.
13. Anne Marie Boeckx\Bockx was born about 1786 in Kersbeck, Belgium. She died on 29 June 1815 in Glabbeck, Belgium.
14. Gerald Van Den Poel was born about 1772 in Belgium. He was married about 1795 in Belgium.
The known children of Gerald Van Den Poel and unknown spouse were as follows:
a. Martin Van Den Poel. He died in Tipton, Moniteau Co., Missouri.
b. Mary Theresa Van Den Poel. [see #7 above]
Generation Five
24. Jan Baptist Veulemans was born about 1757 in Glabbeck, Belgium. He died on 7 March 1805 in Glabbeck, Belgium. He was married to Maria Catharina Degeest on 26 May 1782 in Glabbeck, Belgium.
The name Voelemans was in existance during the 16th century, until about 1640 as Volemans and finally in 1720 as Veulemans. It is a fact that this relates to the same family name.
In 1493 in Halmaal, South of Sint‑Truiden, two Gielis Veulemans are noted, one at Sint‑Truiden, and one is registered in genealogical register of the University at Leuven. In Straven the name Veulemans appears regularly in the period 1571‑1720 and from the parish registers of this city: par. O.L.V. 1581‑1705: 34 baptisms, par. O.L.V., St. Mart. in St. Gangulf. 1600‑1684: 14 marriages and for the same parish 1632‑1757: 23 deaths. (Please note O.L.V. may mean "Onze Lieve Vrouwe" ‑ Our Lady, that's stricly my opinion, not part of the documents!) in "Hagelands Nieuws" (News) we read that in Kapellen‑Brab. in the period 1606‑1639 and 1706‑1797, 26 Veulemans were baptized and in the cemetery are gravestones with birth dates as of 1786.
In Auurbemede we note for the period 1704‑1792, 63 baptisms (starting with 1711), for the period 1706‑1792, 12 marriages (starting in 1743) and for the period 1705‑1792, 11 death.
Further announcements in Kersbeek in 1613, 1659 and for the remainder from 1720 to 1793, in Diest in 1731, in Halen in 1747‑1801, in Scherpenheuvel from about 1665 until after 1818, in Bertem in 1767, in Budingen in 1772, in Geetbets in 1790, in Tienen, Brussel and Antwerpen respectively in 1806, 1816 and before 1876.
In view of some of the summarized information we would be inclined to say that the cradle of the Veulemans originated in Hageland, or maybe Sint‑Truiden and why not in Veulen, or a stone's throw from there?
There appears to be a strong connection between the name of the town Veulen and the "Veulensche beek", "Vaulbeek" (Voolbeek?), "Veulembeeck" or Volmanbeek", all meaning creek. The existance of the name of the river "Vologne" next to the name of the town "Fologne", this means Veulen, shows us that no more doubts exist.
Source: http://www.club.innet.be/~pub02312/Veulemans/ from the internet which is a page of Veulemans lineage by Dirk and Piet Veulemans.
The known children of Jan Baptist Veulemans and Maria Catharina Degeest were as follows:
a. Joannes Baptiste Veulemans. [see #12 above]
b. Rev. Father Joanes Josephus Veulemans was born on 11 March 1795 in Glabbeck, Belgium. He died on 7 February 1881 in Tienen, Belgium. He was a Roman Catholic priest and head of the Parish at Diegem.
25. Maria Catharina Degeest was born on 6 September 1758 in Glabbeck, Belgium. She died after 1817 in Belgium.
28. Andreas Van Den Poel was born about 1747 in Belgium. He was married about 1771 in Belgium.
The known child of Andreas Van Den Poel and unknown spouse was as follows:
a. Gerald Van Den Poel. [see #14 above]
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