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BELGIANS IN AMERICA:    Biographies of Belgian settlers  

Paul LEFEVRE P O. Center Line, son of John and Amelia (Vandamme) Lefevre, was born in Passchendaele, Belgium; was educated in the township schools until 1863, when he entered the college of Trelinghien; in 1864, he entered the high school at Zoucbeke, Belgium In 1865, he came to the United States with his parents, at Grosse Point, Wayne Co., Mich.; there his father died in 1867. Paul remained on the homestead until 1872, when he moved to Warren Township. He was married to Miss Elisabeth Tremble, daughter of Eustache and Cecilia (Rivard) Tremble, of Wayne County, July 15, 1873; they are the parents of four children, viz. : Edmund E., Amelia E., Alfonso D. and Delia R. Mr Lefevre was elected Clerk of Warren in 1874, and served until 1878, when he was elected member of Supervisors' Board from that township; he has been repeatedly reelected and holds the office at present. Mr. Lefevre and family belong to the Catholic Church. Politically, he is a Democrat.

Source : (collective work) : History of Macomb County, Michigan : containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources, an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories, churches, schools and societies, its war record, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers : the whole preceded by a history of Michigan, statistics of the state and an abstract of its laws and constitution and of the Constitution of the United States.; Chicago: M.A. Leeson & Co., 1882, 935 pgs.