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BELGIANS IN PERRY COUNTY, INDIANA :    Biographies of Belgian families 

Perry County: Albert, Allard, Bel(l), Belva, Bigonville, Bodart, Boly, Claise/clesse, Collignon, Collin, Damin, Dauby, Delaisse, Deom, Devillez, Ducat, Duparque, Dupont, Etienne, Evrard, Fanard, Fays, Flamion, Foury, Francois, Genet, Genlain, Georges, Gillardin, Goffinet, Grave, Gringoire, Guillaume, Hanouille, Harbaville, Houlmont, Hubert, Jacob, Jacques, Kergen, Lagrange, Lambert, Lamquin(lampkin), Lanotte, Laurent, Leclere, Lemaire, Marchal, Masson, Marciliat, Massut, Meunier, Morse, Naviaux, Nicolay, Pierrard, Pierre, Ponsard, Remy, Richard, Rogier, Spirlet, Tassin, Thi(e)ry, Tibessart

GENLAIN

GENLAIN François Adolphe

Ducat list him, as Father Dion added a note in the baptismal records of Louisa Amelia: "Louis is a Belgian family"
Genlain François Adolphe born Belgium
Emilie (Louis) born Belgium
a girl born Leopold August 9, 1861: Louisa Amelia
 
Some researches at Ancestry and FamilySearch add the following information: two girls born New Orleans, Louisiana.
Leonie born December 26, 1856; Marie Aline born September 24, 1858. Parents: Adolphe Francois Genlain and Emilie Louis
 
Adolphus Francis Genlain married Emily Louis on August 12, 1856 at Jefferson, Kentucky. The father of Adolphus Francis was Louis Joseph Genlain^[2] and the mother of Emily was Theresa. There Emily Louis got very sick and died and is buried in an unmarked grave^[3]. Adolphe Francois Jenlain went to England with his daughters and married in Kensington in 1863 but the name of the bride was not given, it was an "Emma "
 
They are listed in the 1871 England census at St Mary Paddington sub-district, London County:
Adolphe F Genlain 34 born Paris, France occupation "teacher"; Emma Genlain 32 born London; Leonie Genlain 14 born America New Orleans;
Aline Genlain 12 born America New Orleans; Louisa Genlain 9 State of Indiana
In the 1881 census Adolphe, Emma and Louise had moved to Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and Adolphe occupation was "photographer"
Adolph death occured on March 17, 1899, Wimbledon, Surrey
Leonie death occured in 1878 at Bath, Somerset
Emma Mary Genlain was still living in Wimbledon in the 1901 census, a widow, with Aline and Louise her "stepdaughters"; the two listed as single.
 
The sister of Adolphe Genlain is listed in Leopold, Louisa daughter of Louis Genlain and Franciscoe Herboukonen: birth October 21, 1837 France; she married John Goffinet on October 25, 1854; death December 13, 1917, she stated in the 1900 census that her father was born Belgium and her mother was born France; in the 1910 census she stated that both her parents were born Belgium