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Female Maria Emerence (Emma) Gaethofs Click to view Maria Emerence (Emma) Gaethofs in the family tree View timeline for this person's branch of the family tree Display a map showing geo-tagged places associated with this person

Maria Emerence, known as Emma, was born on May 8th, 1914 in Lummen.  Emma's father was Alphonse Gaethofs and her mother was Maria Paulina Nolmans.  Her paternal grandparents were Carolus-Ludovicus L Gaethofs and Maria Antonetta Smets; her maternal grandparents were Joannis Henricus Augustus Nolmans and Maria Caels. She had five brothers and five sisters, named Frans, Emiel, Jozef, Louis, Johannes Ludovicus, Maria Irma, Maria-Louisa, Bertha, Mathilde and Irma.  She was the second oldest of the eleven children.  She died at the age of 76 on December 17th, 1990 in Houthalen.1 



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‌Emma and Joannes Wilhelmus were married in a religious ceremony on November 16th, 1935 in Houthalen.2   They had nine sons and five daughters, named Frans Jozef, Antoon Jozef, Leon Emiel, René Jozef, Eugeen Petrus, Alfons Marcel, Eugeen, Jozef, André Jozef Louis, Maria Alphonsina, Irma Alfonsia, Hilde, Leonarda Louisa Maria and Irène Marcellina.

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