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Originally Posted by masraum
I'm guessing the family on the bottom had a lot more money and skill than the family on the top. I wonder how many people left the cities to go west and have their own land and were happy for the chance and how many wish they'd never left. I'm sure that life was tough either way.
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I'm guessing she marrried well and young to this old guy here , and took it all when he kicked the bucket.
Then buggered off with the money to the Colonies
Her brother remained in Belgium, There may have been some actual gold digging involved, or she rode the old guy to a smiling death and had to escape the family with all his wealth.
House building is an important thing in Flanders, they say we are born with a brick in our stomach..Belgium has one of the highest % of home ownership vs renters, 77% .
Some eastbloc countries have higher percentage, but that's kinda a dud since those houses are crap, former state, and poverity in those regions.
So they move out and come to places like Belgium to bring our stats down
