Daems, August

1846 - 1916  (70 years)    Has no ancestors but 10 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Daems, August
  Born	19 Feb 1846	Langdorp, Brabant, Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	12 Aug 1882
  Name: Aug Daems Arrival Date: 12 Aug 1882 Birth Date: abt 1846 Age: 36 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: Prussian (German) Place of Origin: Prussia Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium Destination: United States of America Port of Arrival: New York Port Arrival State: New York Port Arrival Country: United States Ship Name: Nederland
  1900 Census	1900	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  August Daum 54 Eugine Daum 56 Theodore Daum 25 Celina Daum 20 Adam Spilbauer 17
  International Arrival/Departure	23 Mar 1905
  Name: August Daems Arrival Date: 23 Mar 1905 Birth Date: abt 1847 Age: 58 Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Vaderland
  1910 Census	1910	Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  August Daems 64 Eugunia Daems 66 Celina Daems 30
  Biography	1913
  The History of Brown County Wisconsin Past and Present Page 288 and 289
  The success which crowns persistent effort and careful management has come to August Daems, who for many years was engaged in the bakery business and is now living retired at Green Bay, for the rewards of his former labor are such as supply him with all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life without recourse to further business activity. He was born in Langdorp, Brabant, Belgium, February 19, 1846, and is a cousin of the celebrated priest, Father Damien. He comes of an old Belgium family, his parents being Jacobus and Patronella (De Kock) Daems. The father was a merchant in his native country, owned and operated a ferry boat and also engaged in various other business enterprises. He died in 1853 at the age of sixty years, while his wife, who was born in 1801, passed away in 1884. Among their children a daughter died at the age of ninety-four, and a son passed away in 1910 at the venerable age of eighty-eight. August Daems is the only surviving one of a family of seven children. He attended school until seventeen years of age and later engaged in the bakery business in connection with a sister. He was afterward employed for four years in a bakery in Brussels and he followed his trade in the employ of others until his marriage. lie afterward engaged in the bakery business on his own account in Belgium until 1882, when he came to Green Bay with a Belgian colony. In this country he was first employed as cook in the lumber camps but in 1883 opened a bakery on Main street and is now the oldest living representative of his trade in Green Bay. A year after establishing his business in this city he removed to Adams street and rented another bakery on Main street, where he built his first oven. He continued to occupy rented property until he erected his own building, to which he removed his business. Subsequently he built the bakery which is now occupied by his son-in-law. He remained an active factor in the trade circles of the city until 1904, when he retired, having invested his money largely in real estate. From the outset his bakery business grew, for the excellence of the output and his reasonable prices commended him to the public patronage. As the years passed by, his success increased and he came in time to be reckoned with the more prosperous and representative business men of his adopted city. Mr. Daems was married to Regine Bekaert, who was born in Belgium in 1843 and a daughter of Norbert and Sophia (Van der Zicker) Bekaert, the latter a representative of Flemish nobility. Mrs. Daems was one of a family of five children and has a brother, Benjamin, still living. By her marriage she has become the mother of four children : Theodore, of Oconto Falls, who married Vina Schuetzle and has two children : Emma, the wife of D. Willart ; Celina, at home ; and one deceased, also named Emma. August Daems was reared in the Catholic faith and he is one of the charter members of the Knights of Wisconsin. For the past eight years he has been president of St. Joseph's Society and is deeply and helpfully interested in the various lines of church work. He started out in life emptyhanded and, while possessing laudable ambition, he never took unwarranted risks but with sound judgment directed his efforts until his labors brought him prosperity.
  Reference Number	4327
  Died	26 Apr 1916	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Fort Howard Memorial Park Cemetery, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  	Daems, August Fort Howard Memorial Park Cemetery, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  	Daems, August Fort Howard Memorial Park Cemetery, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I316254	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Bekaert, Regine,   b. 15 Sep 1843, , , , Belgium ,   d. 26 Apr 1919, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Aft 1864
  Children	+ 1. Daems, Theodore,   b. 8 Jul 1873, , , , Belgium ,   d. Abt 1926  (Age 52 years) + 2. Daems, Irma,   b. 31 Mar 1876, Brussels, , Brabant, Belgium ,   d. 25 Mar 1940, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 63 years)   3. Daems, Emma,   b. 16 Nov 1877,   d. 24 Jul 1899  (Age 21 years)   4. Daems, Celina,   b. Abt 1879, , , , Belgium ,   d. Abt Jul 1919, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F205854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 19 Feb 1846 - Langdorp, Brabant, Belgium 1900 Census - 1900 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Died - 26 Apr 1916 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Fort Howard Memorial Park Cemetery, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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