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                                               last updated: August 06, 2000
    Direct Descendants of Wilhelm Palen 
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    Back row   -- May,  Lucy, Emil, Johanna, Henry (with moustache),
                  Josephine, Frances, Frank Joseph (with moustache). 
    Middle row -- Leopold Frank (with beard), Mary Haupert.
    Front row  -- Nicolas F., Joseph F., Anne.
    
    
    
    
     1 Wilhelm ? Palen                    *Abt. 1674   +Unknown
       oo Wife Of Wilhelm Not Known Palen *Unknown     +Unknown
    
     2 Johann ?? Palen                    *Abt. 1692   +Unknown
       oo Catherine ? Welters             *Unknown     +Unknown
    
     3 Goedden ? Palen                    *Unknown     +Unknown
       oo Catherine ? Palen               *Aft. 1710   +Unknown
    
     4 Peter ? Palen                      *Abt. 1727   +Unknown
       oo Elizabeth ? Franken             *Abt. 1727   +Unknown
    
     5 Johann ? Palen (aka. Jean)         *1750        +1825
       oo Margaret ? Braack               *Unknown     +Abt. 1776
       m. Abt. 1777 Lived in Roodt, Des Ell, Grand Duchy
       of Luxembourg(was farmer)
    
       Below is 2nd wife of Johann ? Palen #5 above.
             oo Marie ? Muller            *Abt. 1760   +Aft. 1825
    
     6 Dominic(rev) ? Palen               *Abt. 1778   +Abt. 1858
    
    
    
     6 Joseph ? Palen                     *1778        +January 1864
       Born in Canton of Redange, Luxembourg, EUR
       oo Anna Catharina Pletschette *6FEB1801 - +17MAR1855
          (also known as Anne Marie Pletschette)
       Born Neunhausen, Canton of Wiltz, Luxembourg
       resided in Roodt, d'Ell, later at Harlange. Buried
       in Harlange(Harlingen). 
    
       Joseph & Anna were married April 04, 1820 in
       Baschleiden, Luxembourg, EUR and had 15 children,
       5 of whom died in infancy -- amoung them twins
       Old house still there in May 1998
       A headstone type cross showing the following readable data:
       1st line 'hier'
       2nd line 'ruhet'
       3rd line 'Anna-Catharina Pletschette,'
       4th line 'Ehegattin des Joseph Palen,'
       5th line 'gestorben den 17.Marz 1855,'
       6th line 'im Alter'
       7th line 'von'
       8th line '54 Jahren'
       Meaning in English 
         'at this place rests Anna-Catharina Pletschette
         Wife of Joseph Palen Deceased on March 17, 1855 
                                      at age of 54 years.
       The cross is on catholic church (St. Servatius) property
       close to the wall, but many years ago a new cemetery
       was built outside the village & some
       of the old crosses were put close to the wall of the church.
       The church is about 100 feet across the road from 
       the old 'Palen House'.
       Address on 5/20/1998  'Mrs Bode-Koeune Georgette
       25, Rue Mgr Fallize   L-9655 HARLANGE
    
     7 Marie ? Palen                  *January 28, 1821  +October 8, 1897
    
     7 Dominique ? Palen              *August 15, 1822   +Abt. 1896
    
     7 Marie-Josephine Palen          *May 12, 1824      +Unknown
    
     7 Joseph ? Palen                 *Abt. 1826         +Abt. 1875
    
     7 Nicholas Gregoire Palen *May 8, 1828              +November 13, 1902
    
     7 Marie Francois Christine Palen *April 9, 1830     +Unknown
    
     7 Pierre Joseph Palen	          *Abt. 1832         +Abt. 1892
    
     7 Anne Marie Francois Palen      *October 12, 1836  +Unknown
    
     7 Marie Josephine Palen          *October 20, 1838  +Unknown
    
     7 Leopold Frank Palen            *February 4, 1839  +November 2, 1909
       oo Mary ? Haupert              *April 11, 1844    +1937
    
     8 Frank Joseph Palen             *December 6, 1864  +December 1953
    
     8 Anne ? Palen                   *1865              +1945
    
     8 May ? Palen                    *1866              +1954
    
     8 Frances ? Palen                *1872              +1959
    
     8 Henry ? Palen                  *1873              +1959
    
     8 Nicolas F Palen                *December 6, 1873  +Abt. 1952
       oo Gertrude Antoinette Walser  *Abt. 1875         +January 31, 1919
    
     9 Vernon Walser Palen            *November 21, 1902 +April 23, 1994
       oo Bernice Gertrude Roy        *December 10, 1904 +September 9, 1981
    
    10 Patricia Ruth Palen            *March 14, 1927    +September 16, 1992
    
    10 Sue Ann Palen                  *August 13, 1930   +Alive
    
    10 Mary Joan Palen                *November 16, 1933 +Alive	
    
    10 Stephen Roy Palen-Pletschette  *June 22, 1937     +Alive
       oo (Dorothy) Jean McGowan      *December 2, 1944  +Alive
    
    11 Patrick Louis Palen            *March 17, 1967    +Alive
    
    11 Daniel Stephen Palen           *February 15, 1968 +Alive
    
    11 Douglas William Palen          *February 16, 1970 +Alive
       oo Sonja Wagner                *February 8, 1968  +Alive
    
    12 Joshua Stephen Palen           *November 17, 1994 +Alive	
    
    
    10 Michael Thomas Palen           *January 28, 1941  +Alive
    
       Below is 2nd wife of Nicolas F Palen #8 above.
       oo Bertha F Deitelhof          *May 9, 1897   +Sep 09, 1973
    
     9 Charles F Palen                *Jan 3, 1928   +Dec 26, 1972
    
     8 Johanna ? Palen                *Abt. 1875   +Abt. 1932
    
     8 Emil ? Palen                   *1881        +Unknown	
    
     8 Joseph F Palen                 *1888        +1952
    
     8 Josephine ? Palen              *Unknown     +Unknown
    
     8 Lucy ? Palen                   *Unknown     +Unknown
    
     7 Marguerite ? Palen             *Abt. 1840   +Unknown
    
     6 Anne Marie Palen               *Abt. 1783   +Unknown
    
     6 Catherine ? Palen              *Abt. 1788   +Unknown
    
     6 Nicolas(rev) ? Palen           *Abt. 1795   +Abt. 1864
    
    
    
    Palen Family Homestead ====================== This is the Palen Homestead that was bombed in WWII, but was restored. The woman in the foreground is the Grand Duchess Charlotte. This is directly across the road from St. Servetus Catholic Church in Harlange. _____________________________________________ Stephen Roy Palen-Pletschette June 25, 2000
    NB.. The abbreviations abt. & aft. are for about and after to indicate that the date is not necessarily accurate.
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