Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Dewaele, Henry
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
New Britain Township


   HENRY DEWAELE merchant and manufacturer, P.O. Doylestown, 
was born December 18, 1829, in Belgium. Joseph Dewaele, his 
father, married Catherine Van Croyenest, by whom he had 
eleven children, of whom Henry was the tenth.  At the age of 
15 years he left school to engage in the active pursuits of 
life.  He served an apprenticeship at the watch trade, after 
which he continued for seven years in that business and 
wine-growing.  In 1884 he married Natalie Valcke, and they 
had five children:  Silva, born in 1855; Rosa, born 1860; 
Julius, born 1864; Adolph and Charles, who were twins, in 
1870.   The mother of these children died in 1885.  For 
thirty years previously to engaging in his present business, 
Mr. Dewaele carried on the manufacture of linen goods in 
this and his native country.  In 1872 he immigrated to 
Philadelphia and in 1885 moved to Bucks county, where he has 
since been engaged in the general merchandise business, 
fruit-growing, and the manufacture of grape wine.  Mr. 
Dewaele has always been an active business man, and though 
his declining years will not permit of his personal 
participation in the various branches of industry, yet under 
his supervision they are successfully carried on.