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His Life

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July 1, 2015

Peter and Ida's children were Martha, John, Cyril, Lucien, Gaston [Dad], Louis, Jerome, Paul, and Andrew.  The names are in no particular order, just as I remembered them.
Dad had ten kids in order of birth they are Thomas, James, William, Patrick, Ronald, Bonnie, Joanne, Judy, Michael, and Richard.  The first born in 1949, the last born in 1967!

July 1, 2015

Gaston was born to Peter and Ida Vleminck in Eidsvold, now Minneota, Minnesota.  His parents were farmers who had been born in Belgium.  His birth certificate spelled the family name with an E, not an A.  He had one sister and six brothers.  He served in WWII as a driver for a Catholic priest mainly in Japan.  He married Dorothy Wambeke in April, 1948 and had his first child, a son, Thomas, in March of 1949.  He had ten children and four miscarriages.  His wife's mother, Margaret Wambeke, is shown in the picture I have posted.