Printed: 2024-04-25
De Geest, Jan
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
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Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Lebbeke, 1856 - Ghent, 1915
Activity
1909 - 1911 / Gand, Quai Saint-Antoine, 4
Predecessor: Thiéry Ferdinand
Jan Baptist, ° 23.7.1856; + 29.11.1915. Manufacturer of photographic plates and papers. Initials "J.B." in Leuchs' "Adressbuch aller Länder der Erde" in 1911. A fire destroyed his entire operation at this address in March 1911. "The exterminating element [fire] was powerfully fed by the chemicals, paper, etc. used in making photographic plates and flames were soon sweeping heavenwards throughout the building" (Vooruit, 11.3.1911).
1911 * - 1915 + Gand, Rue de Wondelghem, 75
Moved here on 29.8.1911. Sometimes spelled "Degeest". Still recorded at this address when he died.
Predecessor: Thiéry Ferdinand
Jan Baptist, ° 23.7.1856; + 29.11.1915. Manufacturer of photographic plates and papers. Initials "J.B." in Leuchs' "Adressbuch aller Länder der Erde" in 1911. A fire destroyed his entire operation at this address in March 1911. "The exterminating element [fire] was powerfully fed by the chemicals, paper, etc. used in making photographic plates and flames were soon sweeping heavenwards throughout the building" (Vooruit, 11.3.1911).
1911 * - 1915 + Gand, Rue de Wondelghem, 75
Moved here on 29.8.1911. Sometimes spelled "Degeest". Still recorded at this address when he died.
Locations
1909 - 1911 / Gand, Quai Saint-Antoine, 4
1911 * - 1915 + Gand, Rue de Wondelghem, 75
1911 * - 1915 + Gand, Rue de Wondelghem, 75
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Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#0385
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 17.10.2017; SFJ revised 3.4.2018 & 31.5.2022; MD revised 12.7.2021, 23.5.2023, 5.6.2023 & 19.10.2023