Wallonia, Belgium Deaths, 1559-1984

This database contains death information extracted by the Belgian genealogical association, A.S.B.L. Geniwal, for the Walloon region of Belgium and covers the years 1559-1984. The Walloon region accounts for approximately one-third of the population of Belgium and represents the entire French-speaking portion of the country. It encompasses the provinces of:

• Brabant


• Namur


• Hainaut


• Liège


• Luxembourg (not to be confused with the country of Luxembourg)

The fields listed in the database include:

• Name of deceased


• Death place (city and province)


• Death date (according to the French Republican Calendar)


• Place of origin


• Gender


• Age


• Occupation


• Spouse’s name


• Father’s name


• Mother’s name


• Witnesses' names


• Document source (parish registers (registre paroissiaux), or civil vital records (état civil)


• Page number


• Record number


• Comments

For more information about this data and the society that extracted it, please visit the Geniwal website at http://www.geniwal.info