Death certificate of Henricus Coppens, my 3rd great-grandfather: On the 25th of the Month December of the year 1852 in this municipality [Aardenburg], at 8 o’clock in the evening, passed away Henricus Coppens, 62, born in Moerkerke (Belgium), laboring man, resident of Aardenburg, spouse of Barbara Theresia van Cauwenberghe, laboring woman, resident of Aardenburg, and son of Josephus Coppens and Isabella Versluijs, spouses, both deceased in Moerkerke.