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

IX b Raymond Van Hootegem

fs. Alois Van Hootegem (VIII) and Marie Louise Tramont

° Kaprijke 7.6.1891
x Sint-Laureins, Marie Mortier.
† Wingene 9.11.1967

He was legalized when Marie-Louise was married to Alois.

His wife Marie was born in Aalter on 20.7.1881. She died in Wingene on 14.1.1965.
Raymond was a merchant.

And now a family photograph of about 1932:

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The familie of Raymond and Marie of about 1932

From left to right: Robert, father Raymond, Frans, Alice, mother Marie and Cecile.

They had four children:

Alice Van Hootegem
° Wingene 17.12.1921
† (Tielt ?) 24.4.1965. No children.
Frans Van Hootegem
° Wingene 13.2.1923
Frans was CEO of the Self Employed Education Institute (Middenstandsopleiding), the forerunner of SYNTRA Flanders).
On 4.2.1953 he married Georgette De Langhe (° Ruiselede 12.4.1930)
He died in Asse on 21.8.2010.
They had two children:
- Philippe Van Hootegem
  ° Kortrijk 4.6.1955
  Prof. Dr. Ph. Van Hootegem was gastroenterologist at the AZ (General Hospital) Saint-Lucas, Bruges from 1986 until 2021. He was in charge of the service of Internal Medecine in that same hospital and also visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Medecine of the Catholic University of Leuven and apprentice master gastroenterology at the K.U.L.
  Married on 27.9.1980 to Maria Van Hoey (° 10.8.1956)
  Three children:
  - Anneleen Van Hootegem
    ° 2.8.1983
  - Peter Van Hootegem
    ° 1.10.1989
  - Joris Van Hootegem
    ° 22.11.1992
- Sabine Van Hootegem
  ° Kortrijk 1.4.1958
  Married to Patrick Noyens
Robert Van Hootegem
° Wingene 1.7.1924
He was Wingene's town administrator.
He was married in Hertsberge on 11.5.1955 to Judith Pyfferoen (° Hertsberge 6.11.1929)
Robert passed away in Tielt on 9.3.1998.
They have five children:
- Henk Van Hootegem
  ° Tielt 6.7.1956
  He is a Medical Doctor.
  Henk and Fausta Dominika Ott (° Basel, Switserland 6.12.1953) are the parents of
  Joris Ott (according to Swiss law) / Joris Van Hootegem (according to Belgian law).
  Joris was born in Basel on 18.1.1991. He has dual nationality.
- Wim Van Hootegem
  ° Tielt 26.9.1957
  married in Denderleeuw on 30.7.1982 to Rita Redant (° Denderleeuw 18.4.1958)
  Wim and Rita have three children:
  1. Ann-Katrijn Van Hootegem
    ° Brugge 13.10.1984
    Married in Wingene on 8.9.2010 to Fenja Dezutter (° Brugge 26.4.1979).
  2. Karel Van Hootegem
    ° Brugge 16.6.1987
  3. Anouk Van Hootegem
    ° Brugge 19.5.1991
- Jan Van Hootegem
  ° Tielt 15.10.1959
  Married in Pittem on 8.8.1980 to Riet Desmet (° Tielt 13.11.1959).
  Two daughters:
  - An-Sofie ° Tielt 2.5.1984
  - Josefien ° Tielt 4.8.1986
- Mieke Van Hootegem
  ° Tielt 5.3.1962
  married in Wingene on 7.10.1989 to Christiaan Delafontaine (° Roeselare 9.6.1962).
  Two children:
  - Gilles Delafontaine ° Roeselare 10.6.1992
  - Felix Delafontaine ° Roeselare 1.9.1994
- Anneke Van Hootegem
  ° Tielt 9.4.1966
  Married in Wingene on 22.5.1992 to Piet Hoens (° Temse 13.6.1966)
  Two daughters:
  - Clementine Hoens ° Gent 9.6.1995
  - Isabelle Hoens ° Gent 5.2.1999
Cecile Van Hootegem
° Wingene 25.10.1925
† Wingene 3.6.2003. No children.

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).

Many thanks to dr. Philippe Van Hootegem and to dr. Henk Van Hootegem for extra information added to this page.

Raymond's father, Alois (VIII) Van Hootegem

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