Our cousin in the Netherlands, Urbain Boerjan, made a trip to the registry office in Ghent, Belgium, and looked up these records for me. He had some difficulty finding the records because Nathalie's last name was actually Gaelens, not Schalenz. The name was probably misspelled when Nathalie entered the United States because the pronunciation of Gaelens sounds more like "Schalenz", as the "g" or "gh" in Flemish is pronounced as an 'h'.

Nathalie was born on July 27, 1870, at 7:00 in the evening. Her father registered her birth on July 28, 1870, at the registry office.

Nathalie's parents were Virginie Hollebosch, 27 years old at the time of Nathalie's birth, and Eduard Gaelens, 34 years. They lived in Stroomstraete at Oost-Eeclo, Belgium. Virginie and Eduard were married on August 12, 1864, at 17:00 hours. He was 27 and she was 20.

Eduard Gaelens, a labourer, was born on August 23, 1836, at Oost-Eeclo, Belgium. His father was Pieter Franciest Gaelens, a labourer. Eduard's mother was Marie Theresia van Hocke.

Virginie Hollebosch, a field worker, was born at Oost-Eeclo on October 19, 1843. Her father was Livinus Hollebosch, and her mother was Livinne Marie Lippens.

To see more photos of Nathalie, see the Boerjan Photos.