The ancestor, Gerard Josef Hubert Stokbroekx.
He was born in 1873 in Stevensweert.
In 1900 he married Gertruda Bours (1874) from Susteren.
Soon they moved to Maastricht and had their 8 children.
He was a blacksmith at the Sphinx factory.
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The 5 youngest children were born in Maastricht. The city the family calls home'.
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'Hubert and Gertruda Stokbroekx with their 4 oldest,
most likely they are Toine, Pol, Mai and Iet. Picture dates from 1910.
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One of the rare family photos consisting of a large group.
The occasion is the marriage of Sjef Stokbroekx with Lisa Voorjans in 19??
Who is who??

Grandma Stokbroekx-Bours in front of her cottage
9 G.van Wermweg in Maastricht.
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Brothers and sisters together on November 21st, 1954.
Toine and Harie unfortunately died earlier, Leo was in Canada by then.
From left to right Sjef, Iet, Lieske, Mai and Sjeng.

Two daughters, Iet and Mai, and at the right Lisa, Sjef's wife.


The three sisters on holyday, 1949.
From left to right Iet, Mai and Lieske
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  The family proudly presents her Family Arms and accompanying Charter
The dark blue bend indicates the family's decendence of an illegitimate child of one of the counts of 'Heinsberg-Loon".

September 14, 1985 - Family Reunion in Kessenich
Present are members from Germany, Belgium, Canada and The Netherlands.
At that time the correspondence address in Belgium was:

L. Stockbroekx - Molenwegske 6 - Kinrooi (B)

Different writing of the family name

The first known writing of the name is on the charter (see above) and reads Stockbroeck.
In the marriage certificate of Hubert the family name reads Stokbroex.
Some Dutch members write Stockbroekx and probably the German branch has yet another
variant. The Maastricht branch write their name as Stokbroekx but children of Pol (who
emigrated to Canada) call themselves Stockbrocks or Stockbrooks.
That's how it always starts, when you move abroad the registrars interfere.