BELGIUM-ROOTS Project Prov. Walloon Brabant (BEL) Municipality Grez-Doiceau Outline related to Belgian Emigration

Description

The municipality of GREZ-DOICEAU (GRAVEN in dutch) is situated 7,5 km NE of Wavre. The administrative language is French. The District is Nivelles, the current province Walloon Brabant and the region Wallonia. The surrounding municipalities are Wavre, Huldenberg, Oud-Heverlee, Beauvechain, Incourt and Chaumont-Gistoux.

Photos of the churches, cemeteries,... of this municipality for the towns Archenne, Bossut-Gotechain, and Florival, collected by WWWalloons (World Wide Walloons), are displayed here on our site,

Territorial Subdivisions

• In 1948 Grez-Doiceau did have 2,565 inhabitants, 829 houses, ... and was at that time composed of the following:

  Village:

  Grez Centre.

  Hamlets (Cadastrial section):

  Bayamont, Centry, Doiceau, Gastuche, Heze, Horsaint, Royenne.

  Hamlets (other):

  Bercuit, Brumagne, Champ de la Queue, Chauffour, Fontenelle, Lambais, La Motte, Laurensart, les Grands Prés, les Lois, Les Prés, L'hospice, Longchamps, Sartage, Stampiat.

  Castles:

  Chateau de la Motte, Chateau de Laurensart.

  Farms:

  Ferme Sartage.

  Woods:

  Bois de Bercuit, Bois du Book, Bois de Laurensart, Bois de Vallée.

• In 1963 part of the municipality was attached to Wavre.
• In 1977 the municipality Grez-Doiceau incorporated the municipalities of Bossut-Gottechain, Archennes, Nethen and Biez.

Short History with Bibliography

• Images
  • Grez-DoiceauTown by André Bodart (RR Pages)
  • Grez-Doiceau Church by André Bodart (RR Pages)
  • Grez-Doiceau Town Hall by André Bodart (RR Pages)
  • Grez-Doiceau Emigration Stone by André Bodart (RR Pages)

Sources

• Original sources

  • Sources for the 19th and 20th centuries

    • The population registers
      • Grez-Doiceau: Population Register 1830 (Full transcript)

Repositories

Societies

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

• Emigration Monument

  Grez-Doiceau Emigration Stone by André Bodart (RR Pages)

• Bibliography

  • Mary A. Defnet, Jean Ducat, ... [e.a.]:

    "From Grez-Doiceau to Wisconsin: contribution à l'étude de l'émigration wallonne vers les Etats-Unis d'Amérique au XIXe siècle"

    Bruxelles, Editions De Boeck-Wesmael Université, 1986, 175 p., ill, maps, ports, ISBN 2804109151

    text in French and English; includes information about +1000 people whose patronyms are widely knwon in NE Winconsin.

    Abstract: see site of GeniWal

    Language: English, ...

    Lookup: GeniWal,

    Lookup: FHL US/CAN book - call number 977.5 F2f

Families and Family Histories

Sciences

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