Achille Desire Verhoeve, 18971981 (aged 83 years)

Name
Achille Desire /Verhoeve/
Given names
Achille Desire
Surname
Verhoeve
Birth
Death of a paternal grandmother
Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Death of a sister
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Military
Belgium Army
1914 (aged 16 years)
Note: He handled artillery and took ammunition to the front line with a horse and wagon. He stayed in army until Armistice Day (11 nov 1918) at 21 years old came home.
Occupation
Belgian Government
1918 (aged 20 years)
Note: Leveling land on the front where it was destroyed bu shells.
Occupation
Farmer
1920 (aged 22 years)
Note: He went to France and worked as a seasonal hired hand on a farm with his brother Hector until he reached 25 years of age.
Occupation
Electrician
1924 (aged 26 years)
Note: Worked in a factory as an electrician.
Occupation
Started different jobs in Canada
May 1928 (aged 30 years)
Note: They worked on a sugar beet farm in Essex Ontario for a couple summers also cutting down burley tobacco in the fall season with Oscar and Hector.
Note: For a couple of years they worked in harvest in the Cultus area for Mike Demaiter.
Occupation
Chrysler Plant
1930 (aged 32 years)
Note: Achille & Hector went to work at the Chrysler plant in the winter of 1929 or 30.
Death of a brother
Address: Simcoe Hospital
Death of a sister
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Property
Farm
1941 (aged 43 years)
Note: Achille bought a farm in the fall or winter of 1941. The whole family was involved in farming. Achille became a widower in 1952 and continued to farm until 1961. He then sold the farm to Daniel and Melanie.
Residence
1961 (aged 63 years)
Note: After selling his farm he moved next to Oscar from 1961 until 1979.
Death of a brother
Death of a brother
Residence
1979 (aged 81 years)
Note: Nursing Home
Death
Address: Simcoe Hospital
Burial
Cemetery: Delhi Cemetery
Family with parents
father
18701938
Birth: January 9, 1870 45 38 Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: September 30, 1938
mother
18731938
Birth: January 6, 1873 Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: October 17, 1938Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Marriage MarriageOctober 17, 1895Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
23 months
himself
18971981
Birth: August 31, 1897 27 24 Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: August 22, 1981Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
14 months
younger brother
18981931
Birth: November 1, 1898 28 25 Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: October 11, 1931Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
19 months
younger sister
19001904
Birth: June 4, 1900 30 27 Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: February 1, 1904Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
4 years
younger brother
19041973
Birth: May 26, 1904 34 31 Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: January 20, 1973Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
23 months
younger brother
19061988
Birth: April 11, 1906 36 33 Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: November 9, 1988Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
23 months
younger sister
19081938
Birth: February 17, 1908 38 35
Death: April 11, 1938Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
2 years
younger brother
19101970
Birth: May 17, 1910 40 37 Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: July 31, 1970Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
23 months
younger brother
19121986
Birth: April 7, 1912 42 39 Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Death: May 19, 1986Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Military

He handled artillery and took ammunition to the front line with a horse and wagon. He stayed in army until Armistice Day (11 nov 1918) at 21 years old came home.

Occupation

Leveling land on the front where it was destroyed bu shells.

Occupation

He went to France and worked as a seasonal hired hand on a farm with his brother Hector until he reached 25 years of age.

Occupation

Worked in a factory as an electrician.

Occupation

They worked on a sugar beet farm in Essex Ontario for a couple summers also cutting down burley tobacco in the fall season with Oscar and Hector.

For a couple of years they worked in harvest in the Cultus area for Mike Demaiter.

Occupation

Achille & Hector went to work at the Chrysler plant in the winter of 1929 or 30.

Property

Achille bought a farm in the fall or winter of 1941. The whole family was involved in farming. Achille became a widower in 1952 and continued to farm until 1961. He then sold the farm to Daniel and Melanie.

Residence

After selling his farm he moved next to Oscar from 1961 until 1979.

Residence

Nursing Home

Note

From the age of twelve years old he helped his parents (Justin and Stepanie) with their bakery by delivering bread in a wicker basket.

Note

Achille enjoyed gardening.