Rosa Clémentine Spelle

Female15 April 1906–28 October 1985

Brief Life History of Rosa Clémentine

When Rosa Clémentine Spelle was born on 15 April 1906, in Roubaix, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, her father, Georges Jean Louis Spelle, was 27 and her mother, Hortense Francois, was 23. She married Robert Auguste Jonckheere on 20 July 1926, in Marne, Süderdithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany. She died on 28 October 1985, in Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 79.

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Robert Auguste Jonckheere
1887–1966
Rosa Clémentine Spelle
1906–1985
Marriage: 20 July 1926

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    Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 July 1926Marne, Süderdithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany
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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1914

    Age 8

    Germany invades. The Belgian army holds position behind Yser river until 1918.

    1914 · World War I

    Age 8

    On July 31, 1914 French socialist leader, Jean Jaurés was murdered. A few days later Germany starts plans to invade France. Britain then started to occupy France. The battles that took place in France were First Battle of the Marne, Gallipoli, Jutland, Battle of Verdun, Battle of the Somme, and the Brusilov Offensive. 25 percent of the allied military deaths that happened in World War I were from France. Between civilian and military deaths France lost 1,697,800 people and 4,266,000 were wounded.

    1939

    Age 33

    Second World War. Defeat and occupation by Germany. General de Gaulle leads the Resistance from London and Algiers. Allied victory came on May 8, 1945.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin.

    North German: metonymic occupational name for a spindle maker, from Middle Low German spinele, spille ‘spindle’. In some cases the surname may have arisen from a nickname for a very thin person or someone with spindly legs.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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