Wittouck family


The Wittouck family is a noble Belgian family, that descends from the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, established in Brussels since the 18th century.
This family has distinguished itself in the high magistracy and high industry.

Members

I) Josse Wittouck, administrator of the domain of the Duke of Arenberg at Drogenbos, baptised on 29 January 1710 in Saint-Nicolas, died probably in 1785 in Uccle, married in Drogenbos on December 1, 1745, Maria Anna van Haelen, baptized in Uccle on 8 February 1721, died in Drogenbos on April 23, 1796, daughter of François van Haelen and Marie Anne Vandiest. The couple Wittouck-van Haelen had eight children.
On May 26, 1751 the couple Josse Wittouck-van Haelen bought to Louis-Engelbert, Duke of Arenberg a parcel of land at the place called "Horeken", in the bend of the Senne where are now established the Papeteries Catala-Ondulium.

Issue of Guillaume Wittouck, Counselor at the Supreme Court of Brabant

II. Guillaume Wittouck, born in Drogenbos on October 30, 1749 and died in Brussels on June 12, 1829, lawyer at the Brabant Council, became Counselor at the Supreme Court of Brabant in 1791. During the Brabant Revolution, he sided with the Vonckists, who were in favor of new ideas. When Belgium joined France, he became substitute for the commissioner of the Directory at the Civil Court of the Department of the Dyle, then under the consulate, in 1800, judge at the Brussels Court of Appeal, then from 1804 to 1814, under the Empire, counselor at the Court of Appeal of Brussels, then advisor to the Superior Court of Brussels. He married in Brussels on June 29, 1778, Anne Marie Cools, born in Gooik on January 25, 1754, died in Brussels on April 11, 1824, daughter of Jean Cools and Adrienne Galmaert descendants of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.
Guillaume Wittouck acquired on 28th Floreal of the year VIII the castle of Petit-Bigard in Leeuw-Saint-Pierre with a field of one hundred hectares. Petit-Bigard will remain the home of the elder branch until its sale in 1941. Issue:

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Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at :fr:Famille Wittouck; see its history for attribution.