Christian Peter "Alphons" Maria Joseph Bellesheim (December 16, 1839 Monschau, Germany

Monschau

Monschau is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the district Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Geography:The town is located in the hills of the North Eifel, within the Hohes Venn – Eifel Nature Park in the narrow valley of the Rur river.The historic town center...

 - February 5, 1912 Aachen, Germany) was a church historian. He also reviewed and collected books.

Family

Alphons was the son of Heinrich "Wilhelm" Ludwig Joseph Bellesheim (December 26, 1802 Essen, Germany - ?) and Maria Anna "Margaretha" Dumesnil (March 15, 1797 Aachen, Germany - ?). His parents were married June 27, 1838 in Monschau, Germany. Alphons' paternal grandparents were Carl Anton Bellesheim and Maria Josepha Helena Hennekes. His maternal grandparents were Carl Dumesnil and Christina Windhagen.

Alphons had one known brother, Hugo Franz Julius Bellesheim. Hugo was born Ferbruary 03, 1841 in Monschau and married to Hulda Caecilia Kelsch October 04, 1866 in Aachen. A Hugo Bellesheim, aged 27 years, arrived at the Port of New York August 30, 1867 having departed from Hamburg, Germany on the ship Germanic. It is unknown, but assumed that the two are the same.

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About The Name

The last name Bellesheim is French and German, meaning "Beautiful Home" (Belle: Beautiful in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, and Heim: Home in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

). There is one known branch in the Americas. The immigrant was Joseph Bellesheim. He was born April 2, 1829 in Stromberg, Germany

Stromberg (Hunsrück)

Stromberg is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the eastern edge of the Hunsrück, approx. 10 km west of Bingen....

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Joseph is first found in America

United States

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 in 1859 when he married Anna Zibelin of Bad Dürkheim, Germany

Bad Dürkheim

Bad Dürkheim is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration, and is the seat of the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...

. Joseph and Anna had ten children.

Literature

• Alphons Bellesheim. History of the Catholic Church of Scotland: From the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Day. Clarke Press. February 2008. ISBN 978-1-4086-4257-3

External links

• Genealogy of the Weitz and Bellesheim Family (Archived 2009-10-25)