RENIER, Marie Venerande

1845 - 1918  (73 years)

• Name	RENIER, Marie Venerande
  Nickname	Mary
  Birth	30 Jan 1845	Ottignies, Brabant Wallon, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	29 Sep 1856  [1]
  Death	8 Oct 1918	Door, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  	Brussels Mrs. Mary Rouer, widow of the late Joseph Rouer, passed away shortly after midnight on Tuesday. In the death of Mrs. Rouer this town loses one of lts oldest citizens in the point of residence, she having made her bome in this town for the past 61 years. She was born in Belgium, Jan. 23, 1845, her maiden name being Mary Renier, and came to this county with her parents in 1857, when a girl of 12 years, and has made her home here continuously ever since. At that time it was only a primitive wilderness, there being no highways lald out in that part of the county. Her husband was a vetoran of the civil war. He died about eight years ago. Seven children survive to mourn the loss of a good, kind and dutlful mother. These are Frank, Fred, Mrs.Joseph (Mary) Vandertie, Joseph, Jule, Henry. Mrs. Chas. (Lucy) Vandertie of Lena, Wis, All the others are residents of this town with the exception of Fred, who makes his home at Green Bay. The funeral was held on Thursday morning from St. Michael's church, Misierro,' Rev. J. Schmidt officiating. The pallbearers were Louis Vandertie, Sr .: Victor Colaman, Emil Colsman, Alex Flemal, William and Zeraphine Delforge. A large number of friends and neighbors paid thelr last respect by attending the obsequios. Door County News 1918-10-17 Volume: 5 Issue: 15 Date published: 1918-10-17
  Burial	Rosiere, Door, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  	Address: Saint Michaels Cemetery
  Person ID	I2085	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	ROUER, John Joseph,   b. 15 Mar 1833, Namur, Belgium d. 23 Aug 1910, Door, Wisconsin, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1869
  Children	+ 1. ROUER, Francois Xavier,   b. 2 Dec 1870, Brussels, Door, Wisconsin, United States d. 10 Jul 1935, Door, Wisconsin, United States (Age 64 years) > 2. ROUER, Alfred Joseph,   b. 21 Apr 1872, Brussels, Door, Wisconsin, United States d. 4 Oct 1962, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States (Age 90 years) > 3. ROUER, Mary Adele,   b. 1874   d. 1960 (Age 86 years) + 4. ROUER, Joseph Eugene,   b. 2 Apr 1879, Brussels, Door, Wisconsin, United States d. 23 Nov 1969, Algoma, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States (Age 90 years)   5. ROUER, Jule Joseph,   b. 1881   d. 1953 (Age 72 years)   6. ROUER, Henry Joseph,   b. 1881   d. 1969 (Age 88 years) + 7. ROUER, Lucy Mary,   b. 30 Mar 1883, Brussels, Door, Wisconsin, United States d. 27 May 1984, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States (Age 101 years)
  Family ID	F745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Website - FindAGrave, viewed online; 19 November 2023; Marie Venerante "Mary" Renier Rouer; memorial ID 107551235; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107551235/marie-venerante-rouer. Marie Venerante “Mary” Renier Rouer BIRTH 30 Jan 1845 Walloon Brabant, Belgium DEATH 8 Oct 1918 (aged 73) Door County, Wisconsin, USA BURIAL Saint Michaels Cemetery Rosiere, Door County, Wisconsin, USA MEMORIAL ID 107551235 Marie Venerante was born 30 January 1845 in the small Belgian village of Ottignies, Brabant Wallon Province, to farm laborer Barthélémi Renier and his wife Marie Elizabeth/Isabell Leblicque. Eleven-year-old Marie Venerante, with her parents and seven siblings, undertook the seven-week journey across the Atlantic aboard the ship Richard Morse, arriving at New York on 29 September 1856. The family proceeded west to join the Belgian-American community then taking root in the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin. There Marie Venerante met and married fellow Belgian immigrant and neighbor John Joseph Rouer. Together the couple farmed and raised a family of seven children: Francois Xavier (Frank) Rouer (1870- ) Alfred Joseph (Fred)Rouer (1872-1962) Mary Adele Rouer (1874-1960) Joseph Eugene Rouer (1879-1969) Henry Joseph Rouer (1881-1969) Jules Joseph Rouer (1881-1953) Lucy Mary Rouer (1883-1984) Marie Venerante died on 8 October 1918. She was buried in the cemetery of the family church, St Michaels, at Misiere, Wisconsin.