VanDamme Deeds In Wayne County, Michigan

From Early land transfers, Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan / Michigan Works Progress Administration, Vital Records Project:

109-617

Peter VanDamme and wife Malinda of Detroit  

To

Mary DeSmit of Grosse Pte Twp

30 Jany 1865

41 acres on border of Lake St Clair and corner of Gibson Vernier....

[Was Peter's wife Matilda rather than Malinda?  The VanDamme family in Detroit in 1860?]

Fold3.com has a biography of Theophilus Van Damme, a son of Peter and Matilda.

110-574

Bruno Vandamme (also Vandam) of Detroit

Quit Claim To

Laeo Lafevre of Detroit

Recorded: 25 Sept 1865

20 acres off north part of tract known as Back concession to a tract confirmed to Joseph Trumble by Plat 386 containing 44.41 acres in Grosse Pointe Twp

Witnesses: W E Warner and John Buckley Warner

City of Detroit Directory 1879
Van Damme, Camille, organ maker, Louis Van Dinter & Co., h s s Marion between St. Antoine & Beaubien
", Charles L., cooper, Darrah & Chesebrough, h 135 5th
", Felix, bds 425 Michigan ave
", Gustavus J., organ maker, Louis Van Dinter & Co.,, bds 145 Elizabeth e
", John, bartender, bds 681 Jefferson
", Peter, saloon, 681 Jefferson, h same

City of Detroit Directory 1887
Van Damme, Bruno, removed to Grosse Pointe, Mich
", Camille, carp, A Posselius & Bros., h n s Forest ave 2 w of Moran
", Charles L., gardener, S B Grummond, h 486 Macomb
", Charles L., jr., machine hand, Peter Dingemans, bds 486 Macomb
", Edward L., grainer, bds 295 Maybury Grand Ave
", Gustave J., patternmkr, Michigan Stove Co., h 171 Jos Campeau
", John, died 5 Apr 1887
", Matilda (wid Peter) h 681 Jefferson
", Theophilus, architect, bds 681 Jefferson

Researching the WIRTH family; Mary Wirth married Camille Van Damme.