Belgians in Michigan

Index

103 Index A Aalst, 20 Ajax Bolt and Screw Company, 73 Almont, 24 American Belgian Draft Horse Association, 28 American College, Leuven, 14–15, 26 Americanization, 41, 44 American Legion, 49 American Prestressed Concrete Corporation, 42 Anchor Bay, 24 Antwerp, 9, 18, 24, 67 Apers, Charles, 56 Apers, John, 56 Apers, Joseph, 56 Apers, Leo, 56 Archery, 35, 45, 46 Ardooie, 42 Armada, 23 Artz, Joseph, 38 Assimilation, 41, 58, 72 Autonomy, regional in Belgium, 9 B Bands, 56, 57 Basketball, 27 Bathing, 32 Battle of the Golden Spurs, 65 Baudouin, King, 34, 74 Bauwens, Charles, 13, 20 Bay City, 23 Beer, 51–52, 53. See also Saloons Beerts, Eugene, 43 Belga, 25 Belgian-American Association, 54 Belgian-American Bowling Tournament, 55 Belgian American Business Men’s Association, 34 104 B ernard A. Cook Belgian American Card Players Club, 55 Belgian-American Century Club #1, 45, 54 Belgian American Cycle Drome, 52 Belgian American Dramatic Club “Kunst en Vermaak,” 58 Belgian American Krugbowlers Club, 52 Belgian colony, Delta and Marquette counties, 26–29 Belgian flag, 37 Belgian national anthem, 6–7 Belgian national holiday, 37 Belgian organizations in Michigan, 87 Belgian press, 43 Belgian Press Company, 43 Belgians, immigration statistics, 3, 23–24 Belgians in America, 1 Belgians in Michigan, statistics, 3 Belgian Town, 25 Belgische Soldaten Kring, 49 Belgium, 4–9, 18–20 Beneficial societies, 45–47 Berchem, 20 Berville, 24 Bicycle racing, 33, 52 Bien, 55, 83–86 Blomme, Clemence, 33 Bodnar, John, 72 Bokrijk, 17 Boudewijn, King, 34, 74 Bourgeois, Remi, 56 Bowling, 52–55 Bowling, feather, 52–53 Brickyards, 30–31 Brogniez, Frantz Hector, 52 Broucksou, Henry, 58 Bruyne, Jean de, 12 “Buffalo,” 32, 33 Businesses, early, 33 Buyse, Leon, 1 Buyse, Mariette, 57 Buyse, Robert, 1 Buyse, Theophilus, 24, 29 C Cadieux Café, 36, 53, 54–55, 76 Cadieux Café Feather Bowlers, 52, 53 Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe, 11 Capelle, Alidor, 46 Carney, 25 Carpac, 24 Catholic faith, 18 Census map, 4 Center Line, 20 Christiaaens, Mariette, 2 Civil War (American), 20–21 Claeys, John, 46 Claire, Alexis de, 21 Clerk, Edward de, 42 Clerk, Felix de, 30 Cleymans-De Doncker, Leen, 76 Cobbaert, Frank, 42, 44 Cold Heading Company, 72 Coninck, Camiel de, 30 Conscience, Henri, 37 Cools, Achiel, 56 Cools and Company Furniture, 45 Cools, Camille, 42–43, 45 Cools, Ernest, 46, 56 Cools, Florent, 56 Cortrai, 69 Costenoble, Julia, 35 Coster, Peter de, 23, 46, 91, 94 BELGIANS IN MICHIGAN 105 Couchez family, 20 Courtville, Peter, 43 Cucumber Lane, 30–33 Cycling, 33, 34, 52 D Daldine, Joe, 37 Danneels, Joseph, 56 DeBusschere, Dave, 2, 7 Decraene, Jeanette, 43 Decraene, Paul, 43 De Detroitenaar, 43 DeFauw, Caroline, 76 DeFever, Germaine, 57 Delta County, 19, 25 Denderwindeke, 14 Denys, Karel, 2, 76, 88 DeRonne, August, 46 DeSchryver, August, 56 Deseille, Louis, 13 Detroit: Belgian church in, 29–30; diocese of, 13; founding of, 11 Detroit Center of the American Racing Pigeon Union of the United States, 37 DeVos, Bob, 36 Devos, Clara (Schultz), 43 Devos, Fritz, 43 Devos, Gabrielle, 43 Devos Millinery and Dry Goods, 43 D’Hondt, Bernard, 35, 47 Dickinson, 25 Doornik, 11 Dramatic Clubs, 2, 57–59; Belgian American Dramatic Club “Kunst en Vermaak,” 58; Hooger Op, 58; Moedertall en Volkvermaak, 58; ’t Roosje Bloeit in ’t Wilde, 2, 58 Dumon, Z., 46 E East Detroit Band, 56, 57 Ecorse, 23 Eendracht maakt Macht Band, 57 Embo, Albert, 33 Empire, 25 Erie Canal, 12 Escanaba, 25 F Farceur, 28 Farmington, 20 Fauw, Henri de, 33 Flandria-America, 58, 64 “Flandria-America” Soccer Club, 2 Flemish, 3, 5, 8 Flemish American Heritage, 76 Flemish American League, 58, 65 Flemish anthem, 63 Flemish Community, 9 Flemish culture, 17, 61–65 Flemish lion, 63 Flemish movement, 61–65 Flemish rights, 45 Fletcher, Ben, 46, 94 Food, 53, 77–82 Fr. Taillieu Residence, 2 Frontbeweging, 58 G Galan, Frank De, 56 Gazette van Detroit, 1, 42–45, 75–76 106 B ernard A. Cook Gazette van Moline, 42 Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans, 1, 2, 76 Gezelle, Guido, 62–64 Ghent, 15 Ginst, Alida, 33 Gladstone, 25 Goddeeris, Charles, 29–30, 34, 46, 55, 56, 67, 91, 112 Goddeeris, Henry, 56 Gohir, Edward, 21 Gohir, Joseph, 21 Gratiot Road, 30–34 Great Depression, 58 Green Bay, 25 Green Bay Packers, 25, 27 Grosse Point, 20 H Happy Floor Bowlers Club, 55 Heirman, Alphonse, 26 Hendrickx, William A. J., 29–30 Hennaert...