URGENT search request
This is urgent as it is in behalf on my father, 88 years old in poor health. He is trying to locate the whereabouts of his father whose family was from Belgium
His father's name was Charles DePater.
He was born 1897, March 7 in Pennsylvania.
We found him signing a draft card in 1918, June 7th in Boston, MA.
**He listed the nearest living relative as Peter DePater in New Haven, Connecticut.** I believe this was his father and so my father's grandfather.
He had a sister, Pauline and a brother John, all born in PA.
My father is desperate to know what happened to him after 1918, no trace of him found. He wants to know where he is buried most likely in the United States, maybe in Massachusetts area or Pennsylvania, no idea.
I wish I had more information. But perhaps there are DePaters still in Belgium in his family line that know something of this. (or in Connecticut)
I know there were 2 mother's involved Jeannette and Philomena. Philomena is listed as the mother of the 3 children and Peter remarried after she died to a Jeannette. I don't know about Philomena except she came from Belgium.
The following on Jeannette, the stepmother, shows her leaving Belgium and she was already married and had been in states before as she gave birth to Charles and then went back for a time.
It says Ethnicity American but other records show she was from Belgium unless at some point she became a citizen.
First Name:Jeannette
Last Name:De Pater
Ethnicity:American
Last Place of Residence:Philsda.
Date of Arrival:Nov 29, 1899
Age at Arrival: 35y Gender: F Marital
Status: M
Ship of Travel:Noordland
Port of Departure:Antwerp
Manifest Line Number:0011
any help would be so appreciated.Just to clarify, my father is looking for where his father, Charles DePater is buried or any info on him after that 1918 date when he was in Boston.
Thank you so much
Hannah R Joseph
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