Birth:
    1/8/1823
     St Jan-In-Eremo, East Flanders, Belgium.
a day labourer :   
    1/1/1847
    Aagtekerke, Netherlands
Sailed on the ship GEORG , arrived the first time in the US in 1851:   
    11/20/1855
    Antwerpen, Belgium
arrived in New Orleans:   
    1/16/1856
    
settled in Sterling, Macomb County:   
    1/1/1857
    
married to Catherine Curley:   
    11/25/1857
     Saint Clements Church, Chenterline
he was enrolled:   
    10/8/1864
    Pontiac, MI
was assigned to G Company of the Michigan 12th Infantry:   
    11/11/1864
    
Remainded several weeks in Washington:   
    7/1/1865
    Washington DC
Discharged:   
    10/1/1865
     Little Rock, AR
buried:   
    12/20/1908
    Mount Hope Cemetery, Sterling Mt.Clemens, Saint Clair Co., MI