Zij is getrouwd met Baron Frederic Eugene Francois DeBeelen Bertholff.
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Found on Ancestry.com, and noted gratefully here this day...7/18/13
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information from Guido Enni Mission
The first Beelen in America, Frederic Eugene, Baron de Beelen Bertholff was an Austrian
married to Jeanne Marie Therese de Castro y Toledo. He was Lord of Bertholff,
Villebringen, Velp, Neervelp, Hontzem and was the Representative of the Emperor at the
US Congress in Philadelphia.
When
Joseph II. attempted to open the River Scheldt, he designed to establish
commerce between Belgium and the United States, and to promote this end he sent
the Baron de Beelen Bertholf to reside in Philadelphia, not as an accredited
minister, but as an observer and correspondent. When the Continental Congress
adjourned its sessions to York, the Baron also removed there, and made that his
home pretty much until his death. Local tradition says that he lived there in
great style. The Conewago Jesuits were well acquainted with the family. His
son, Anthony, lived in Pittsburgh (see Lambing). He had another son who died
East, and a death record at Conewago of a Francis Beelen may be the same....The
Baron and his wife are buried at Conewago. When the new part was built, in
1850, it covered their graves, and the marble slab was laid in the floor in the
aisle near the Blessed Virgin's altar. It reads: "In memory of Frederick E. F.
Brn. De Beelen Bertholf, who departed this life the 5th of April, 1805, aged 76
years. Joanna Maria Theresia, his wife, who departed this life the 11th of
September, 1804, aged 72 years. May they rest in peace." It is said that a
contagious disease prevailed when the Baron died. The man who brought the body
from York left the coffin standing in front of the church and hurried away.
There it stood all day, everyone in dread of the disease. Towards evening
Father De Barth sent over to the Lilly farm for help, and two colored men came
and assisted him in the last sad duty in the burial of the once distinguished
man." (Reily's Conewago Collections, p. 158.)
Linda_Newbroughadded this on 23 Jun 2012
rachelkacprzykharveyoriginally submitted this to Gazzam and other families (Tree by
Rachel Kacprzyk Harvey) on 30 Nov 2011
The remains of the Fathers who died at Conewago, were placed in the vault
prepared for that purpose, before the altar. The tombstone of one of those
buried under the new part of the church, is laid in the floor in the left transept,
and bears this inscription: "In memory of Frederick Ben. De Beelen Bertholf, who
departed this life the 5th day of April, 1805, aged 76 years." He was the Belgium
ambassador at Washington, but how he came to be buried at Conewago is not
known. He was married to a Jenkins, and some of the Fathers at Conewago at
that time may have been of his nationality. His wife, Joanna Maria Theresa, died
in 1804, and is also buried here. This old graveyard is indeed a "City of the
Dead," for they who rest here in their graves are counted by thousands.
Some Additional Information:
From research done online, I have found some very interesting information
regarding the early history of the Bertholfs...I add it here as general interest, with
the hope of adding more as I find it available.
From Lee Family History (vanarsdaleleefamilyhistory.blogspot.com)
"Excerpts"...
The Bertholff family of Aachen (Aix la Chappelle)
Aachen, also known in English by its French name Aix-la-Chapelle, has historically been a spa
town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favored residence of Charlemagne,
and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the
westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands,
65 km (40 mi) west of Cologne.
Charlemagne spent most winters between 792 and his death in 814 in Aachen, which
became the focus of his court and the political center of his empire.
In 936, Otto I was crowned king of the kingdom in the collegiate church built by
Charlemagne. Over the next 500 years, most kings of Germany destined to reign over the
Holy Roman Empire were crowned "King of the Germans" in Aachen.
The last king to be crowned here was Ferdinand I in 1531. During the Middle Ages,
Aachen remained a city of regional importance, due to its proximity to Flanders, achieving
a modest position in the trade in woollen cloths, favoured by imperial privilege.
The city remained a Free Imperial City, subject to the Emperor only, but was politically
too weak to influence the policies of any of its neighbors.
From the early 16th century, Aachen lost power. A fire devastated the city in 1656.
Aachen became attractive as a spa by the middle of the 17th century, not so much because of
the effects of the hot springs on the health of its visitors but because Aachen was then — and
remained well into the 19th century — a place of high-level prostitution in Europe.
Traces of this hidden agenda of the city's history is found in the 18th century guidebooks to
Aachen as well as to the other spas; the main indication for visiting patients, ironically, was
syphilis. This explains why Aachen was chosen as site of several important congresses and
peace treaties: the first congress of Aachen (often referred to as Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle
in English) in 1668, leading to the First Treaty of Aachen in the same year which ended the
War of Devolution.