Johannes Peckelbeen


Johannes Peckelbeen (St. Kruis, 1734 - Koolkerke, June 30, 1819) was Mayor of the Belgian municipality of Koolkerke from 1814 to 1819.

Lifecycle

The farmer Johannes Peckelbeen was the son of Jan Peckelbeen and Veronique De Groote. He himself was married to the forty years younger Reine De Backere. A week after his death Reine Peckelbeen, 22, married. Mayor

He had reached a high age when he followed Philippe De Neve in 1814 as mayor of the rural municipality of Koolkerke. It seems likely that the eighty-year-old man no longer actively farmed. After his death, he was succeeded by Johannes Strubbe. Sources Literature

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