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View Tree for Amandus ThooftAmandus Thooft (b. July 07, 1841, d. June 26, 1930)

Amandus Thooft (son of Philipolus Thooft and Joanna Theresia Cocquyt) was born July 07, 1841 in Sijsele, Belgium, and died June 26, 1930 in Moerkerke, Belgium. He married (1) Marie Versnick. He married (2) Emma Duthoy on May 11, 1880 in Moerkerke, Begium, daughter of Jan Bernard Duthoy and Clementina Isabelle Ruscart.

 Includes NotesNotes for Amandus Thooft:
Amandus Thooft was the widower of Marie Versnick

With his second wife, Emma Duthoy, he had 14 children. Three of their children died as an infant or very young child. The remaing children reached adulthood. The five sons, Camille, Alois, Hector, Ernest and Octavis (Octaaf) emigrated to the United States around 1920. The sisters remained in Belgium.

The brothers who came to the United States settled in and around Ghent, Minnesota.


This information was obtained from a translation of a "Copy of the Wedding Book" of Amandus Thooft and Emma Duthoy. Written by one of Amandus & Emma's daughters and passed down through the family.

More About Amandus Thooft:
Burial: Unknown, Belgium.
Religion: Roman Catholic.

More About Amandus Thooft and Emma Duthoy:
Marriage: May 11, 1880, Moerkerke, Begium.

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Amandus Thooft and Emma Duthoy:
This information was obtained from a translation of a "Copy of the Wedding Book" of Amandus Thooft and Emma Duthoy. Written by one of Amandus & Emma's daughters and passed down through the family.

"op heden door hat huwelijk vereenigd den 11 mei 1880"
translated to mean: "Joined together through marriage, may 11, 1880."


Children of Amandus Thooft and Emma Duthoy are:
  1. Camiel Thooft, b. October 10, 1881, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. December 01, 1961, Minnesota.
  2. Elodie Ludovica Thooft, b. March 18, 1883, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. date unknown.
  3. Clementina Clemence Thooft, b. March 23, 1884, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. date unknown.
  4. Alois Thooft, b. August 15, 1885, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. date unknown.
  5. Pharailde Marie Thooft, b. October 26, 1886, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. November 03, 1886, Moerkerke, Belgium.
  6. Pharailde Marie Lodevica Thooft, b. January 20, 1888, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. 1924.
  7. +Hector Joseph Thooft, b. March 19, 1889, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. September 02, 1970, Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota.
  8. Lodevica Marie Thooft, b. April 15, 1890, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. date unknown, Belgium.
  9. Ernest Joseph Thooft, b. October 15, 1891, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. date unknown.
  10. Gaston Adolf Thooft, b. March 02, 1893, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. 1897, Moerkerke, Belgium.
  11. Emiliana Octavie Thooft, b. February 24, 1895, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. February 02, 1923.
  12. Octaaf Thooft, b. July 11, 1896, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. date unknown.
  13. +Henriette Ernestina Thooft, b. October 04, 1898, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. date unknown, Belgium.
  14. Henricus Sebastian Thooft, b. February 12, 1900, Moerkerke, Belgium, d. 1901, Moerkerke, Belgium.
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