The Van Hootegem / Van Ooteg(h)em family from St. Laureins in East-Flanders, Belgium

IV b Peter Van Ootegem

fs. Peter (III) and Anthonette De Vos

° St. Laureins 15/3/1708
x St. Laureins 19/5/1736 Elisabeth Luijntiens (Leuntjens)
† St. Laureins 19/6/1741

To avoid all possible confusion: this here Elisabeth Leuntjens (° St. Laureins 20/6/1714) was the daughter of Judocus Leuntjens and Apollonia Beuselinck. Mother Apollonia was one of the witnesses at the wedding of her daughter to Petrus Van Ootegem in St. Laureins on 19/5/1736.

Petrus passed away in St. Laureins on 19/6/1741. He was 31 years old. Elisabeth remarried in St. Laureins with Jan Caussijn on 27/9/1741. She died in St. Laureins on 2 March 1742. She was 28 yrs old. Jan Caussijn remarried with Maria Vernaet. He died in St. Laureins on 3/3/1747 (30 yrs), no doubt without descendancy. Mother Appolonia remarried with Peter Raepsaet.

The estate reckonings of Peter Van Ootegem fs Pieter dates from 26/9/1741 (Ambacht Maldegem). There is only one child alive: Francies Bernard, 4 years old. The paternal ward is Jacob Van Ootegem and the maternal ward is Francies Leuntjens.
The children of Peter Van Ootegem and Elisabeth Leuntjens : Frans Bernard, Carel, Peter Jan, Judocus.
Son Frans Bernard married Petronella Theresia Brandt. And their children were: Joanna Cornelia (x Pierre Hovelinck), Maria Petronella and Peter Jacob.
When Joanna Cornelia Van Ooteghem died in St. Laureins on 21 December 1799 she was registered as "un-Catholic" and she was buried with the lowest service in Sint-Jan-in-Eremo.

The children of Peter Van Ootegem and Elisabeth Leuntjens :

Franciscus Bernardus van Ooteghem (V b)
º St. Laureins 13/2/1737
x St. Laureins 13 mei 1765 Petronella Theresia Brandt (° St. Laureins 15/6/1739 - † St. Laureins 12/2/1774), daughter of Petrus Brandt and Livina de Bruijcker
xx St. Laureins 17/5/1774 Joanna Catharina Steijaert (º Kaprijke ca 1735 - † St. Laureins 3/8/1818)
† St. Laureins 27/5/1781.
The children of Franciscus Bernardus:
- Joanna Cornelia van Hootegem (VI d)
  º St. Laureins 12 mrt 1766
  x St. Laureins 23 jul 1793 Petrus Hoveling (º St. Laureins 12/2/1752 - † St. Laureins 25/10/1811), fs. Petrus Hovelinck and Elisabeth Desprie.
  When Joanna Cornelia died in St. Laureins on 11 December 1799 she was deemed ‘un-catholic’ and she was burried with the lowest (religious) service in St-Jan-in-Eremo.
  The children of Joanna and Petrus:
  - Ferdinand Hoveling
    º St. Laureins 12/10/1794
    † St. Laureins 12/11/1794
  - Jacob Bernard Hoveling
    º St. Laureins 6/10/1795
    † St. Laureins 27/12/1795
  - Joannes Frans Hoveling
    º St. Laureins 7/4/1797
    † St. Laureins 10/6/1800
  - Franciscus Bernardus Hoveling
    º St. Laureins 27/2/1799
    † St. Laureins 11/12/1799
- Maria Petronella van Hootegem
  º St. Laureins 11/2/1768
- Peter Jacob van Hootegem
  º St. Laureins 29/3/1770
  † St. Laureins 8/1/1774
- NN (stillborn) º St. Laureins 25/1/1774
Carel van Ootegem
º St. Laureins 26/7/1738
† St. Laureins 22/11/1738
Petrus Joannes van Ootegem
º St. Laureins 28/8/1739
† St. Laureins 19/11/1739
Judocus van Hotegem
º St. Laureins 6/10/1740
† St. Laureins 16/12/1740

Source:
«The Van Hootegem / Van Ooteg(h)em family
from St.-Laureins in the Meetjesland in Belgium»,
by Mr. Jozef Dobbelaere
with important additions by Mr. Aloïs van den Oever,
an article published in «De Levensboom» (The Tree of Life),
2007, 20th year, # 1.
De Levensboom is the quarterly periodical of the V.V.F. Meetjesland
(Flemish Association for Genealogy, Meetjesland Section).

The parents of Peter (IV b),
Peter (III) and Anthonette De Vos

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