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Fernand Coevoet

Personal data

NameCoevoet
InitialsF.
Christian nameFernand
Date and place of birthPoperinge; 08.08.1910
AddressGasthuisstraat/Rue de l'Hôpital 35, Poperinge
FamilyYounger son of Maurice Coevoet and Alida Camerlynck

Extra information

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His parents let their mansion to the British Army in Nov. 1915
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Died in 1992

Other information

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Become crippled by polio in 1919 and would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He became a meritorious painter of mainly flowers and still lifes, and also a number of interiors, including the Chapel of Talbot House.
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Picture below: Children of Maurice and Alida: from left to right: Yvonne (1906), Roger (1908), Marie-Madeleine (1904) and Fernand (1910)

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Sources

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Louagie, J. & Nolf, K., De Eerste Halte na de Hel
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Louagie, J., Talbot House in the interwar period - The Pilgrim's Way