My Maternal 3rd. Great Luxembourger Grandmother, Anna-Catherina (Pletschette) Palen

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Neunhausen, Wiltz, Diekirch, Luxembourg

Name: Anna-Catherina Pletschette (aka Pletschet) Palen

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Canton of Wiltz, Luxembourg

Birth: Feb. 6, 1801 in Neunhausen, Canton de Wiltz, Diekirch, Luxembourg

Harlange (Harlingen), Luxembourg

Her Father was Jean-Pierre Pletschette (aka Pletschet) and Anna Maria (Asselborn) Pletschette from Neunhausen, Canton of Wiltz, Luxembourg.

Married: Josef Palen, Sr. on 4 April 1820 in Neunhausen, Canton de Wiltz, Diekirch, Luxembourg.

Children: (15) (five of whom died in infancy, among them twins, that died before they left Luxembourg) Mary (Schrup), Dominque (Dominick), Marie-Josephine (Talbott), Peter Joseph Sr, Nickolas Gregorie, Marie-Francois Christine (Boem), Joseph Pierre, Anne-Marie Francois, Leopold Frank, Marguerite, Julien, and Christine (Krier) Palen.

Harlange is a small town in the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre, in north-western Luxembourg. As of 2005, the town has a population of 358. Harlange was a commune in the canton of Wiltz until 1 January 1979, when it was merged with the commune of Mecher to form the new commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre. Wikipedia

Death: 17 March 1855 in Harlange, Canton de Wiltz, Diekirch, Luxembourg

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OLD PALEN HOUSE IS AT ‘MRS BODE–KOEUNE GEORGETTE 25, RUE MGR FALLIZE, L-9655, HARLANGE, LUXEMBOURG, EUROPE, photo courtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Jim Birdsall, June 2019

The old Pletschette/Palen homeplace is about 100 feet across the street from the Saint Servatius Catholic Church.

This is the Palen Homestead that was bombed in WWII (with the X), but was restored. The woman in the foreground is the Grand Duchess Charlotte.

This is the Palen Homestead that was bombed in WWII (with the X), but was restored. The woman in the foreground is the Grand Duchess Charlotte. This is directly across the road from St. Servatius Catholic Church in Harlange. photo courtesy: Stephen Roy Palen, June 25, 2000

Colmar – Berg – Grand Duke’s castle – Luxembourg

Saint Servatius (Dutch: Sint Servaas; French: Saint Servais) (died in Maastricht, traditionally in 384) was bishop of Tongeren —Latin: Atuatuca Tungrorum the capital of the Tungri— and is revered as a Roman Catholic saint. Servatius is patron saint of the city of Maastricht, Schijndel and Grimbergen, and is venerated on May 13. He is one of the Ice Saints. source: Wikipedia

Pletschette and PalenFamily

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pletschette/index.htm

Europe trip-March 1980, Palen's emigrated from Luxembourg in 1862 to Caledonia, Minnesota

My Europe trip postcard-March 1980

PALEN’s emigrated from Luxembourg in 1862 to Caledonia, Houston, Minnesota, USA

Family links:
Spouse:
Josef Palen, Sr. (1778 – 1864)

Children:
  Marie Palen (Schrup) (1821 – 1897)
  Peter Joseph Palen (1826 – 1875)
  Nikolas Gregorie Palen (1828 – 1902)
  Joseph Pierre Palen (1832 – 1892)
  Leopold Frank Palen (1839 – 1909)

Anna-Catherina Pletschette Palen Anna Maria Pletschette Palen

Inscription:
At this place rests Anna-Catherina (Pletschette) Palen, the Wife of Josef Palen, Sr. Deceased on 17 March 1855 at the age of 54 years.
Note: Buried beside each other.