The custom of using obituary cards (also san(c)ties or deathpictures
called) when a loved one died dates from around 1630. In the
beginning one wrote on the backside some text.
The intention of the card was to be a memory to the deceased one, but certainly an indication to the
transitoriness of this earthly life also.
In addition it was used to be an incentive for the people to praying.
Changes in later days emphasized this.
So do we know of so-called ‘indulgence-cards’, ‘charnel-cards’, ‘cross-cards’ and ‘cemetary-cards’.
The indulgence-cards contained a prayer with what you could earn an indulgence.
The charnel-, cross- and cemetary-cards pointed to the inevitable: The Death.
Begin 1900 did the first picture-cards appear,
later followed by separate children-cards.
The idea was that children, innocent as they were, did not need any prayers.
In the last 30 years many different forms have developed.
We see now cards with nature photos, abstract drawings and of course with a photograph of the deceased person.
BRANDTS, Anna Theresia (1888-) -
BRANDTS, Frans (1929-1981) -
BRANDTS, (Maria) Gertruda (1915-1999) -
BRANDTS, Jo (1926-2000) -
BRANDTS, Johan Gerard (1885-1965) -
BRANDTS, Maria Elisabeth (1874-1944) -
BRANDTS, Maria Gertruda (1873-1948) -
BRANDTS, Maria Sophie (1876-1924) -
BRANDTS, Petrus Jozef (1879-1960) -
DE WOLF, Gerardus Egidius (1879-1960) -
DE WOLF, Joanna Cornelia (1903-1977) -
HELLEMONS, Adriana Johanna (1879-1955) -
HELLEMONS, Adriana Johanna (1922-2011) -
HELLEMONS, Adriana Maria (1903-1954) -
HELLEMONS, Adriana Maria (1914-1997) -
HELLEMONS, Adrianus (1891-1965) -
HELLEMONS, Adrianus (1928-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Adrianus (ca. 1928-2019) -
HELLEMONS, Adrianus Johannes (1926-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Adrianus Martinus Johannes (1929-1977) -
HELLEMONS, Adrianus Martinus Johannes (1908-1979) -
HELLEMONS, Aloijsius (Louis) (1907-1990) -
HELLEMONS, Anna (1913-1990) -
HELLEMONS, Anna Catharina (1852-1942) -
HELLEMONS, Anna Cornelia (1944-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Anna Lucia (1943-2018) -
HELLEMONS, Antonia Petronella (1918-1980) -
HELLEMONS, Antonius (Toon) (ca. 1928-2017) -
HELLEMONS, Antonius (Toon) (ca. 1929-2013) -
HELLEMONS, Antonius Cornelis (1904-1968) - rouwbrief -
HELLEMONS, Arnold (1933-1999) -
HELLEMONS, Bernardus Adrianus (1927-2005) -
HELLEMONS, Catharina (1902-1996) -
HELLEMONS, Catharina Louisa (Toos) (1935-2005) -
HELLEMONS, Christina (els) Margaretha (1929-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Clemens (ca. 1938-2019) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelia (1928-2010) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelia Anna (1945-2009) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelia Juliana (1889-1954) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelis (1896-1974) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelis Adrianus (1929-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelis Henricus (1918-2008) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelis Johannes (1935-2012) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelis Martinus (1910-1979) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelis Nicolaas (1907-1975) -
HELLEMONS, Cornelis Wilhelmus (1921-2010) -
HELLEMONS, Dymphina (Dini) (1923-2006) -
HELLEMONS, Dymphna Adriana (1900-1987) -
HELLEMONS, Elisa Maria Paulina (1921-2010) -
HELLEMONS, Elisabeth Maria (1908-1987) -
HELLEMONS, Franciscus (Sooi) Martinus (1937-2018) -
HELLEMONS, Helena Adriana (1912-1985) -
HELLEMONS, Helena Maria Catharina (1924-2012) -
HELLEMONS, Hetty (1952-1954) -
HELLEMONS, Ida Petronella Adriana (1927-2009) -
HELLEMONS, Jacobus (1875-1963) -
HELLEMONS, Jacobus (Sjaak) (ca. 1944-2009) -
HELLEMONS, Jeanny (1943-1976) -
HELLEMONS, Joannes (br. Cosmas) (1833-1898) -
HELLEMONS, Johanna (1882-1959) -
HELLEMONS, Johanna (1918-2006) -
HELLEMONS, Johanna (1933-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Johanna Cornelia Adriana (1940-1945) -
HELLEMONS, Johanna Maria (1906-1956) -
HELLEMONS, Johannes (1894-1987) -
HELLEMONS, Johannes (1947-2011) -
HELLEMONS, Johannes Leonardus (1910-1989) -
HELLEMONS, Joop (ca. 1935-2019) -
HELLEMONS, Jos (ca. 1950-2013) -
HELLEMONS, Josephus (1864-1944) -
HELLEMONS, Josephus Johannes (1929-1947) -
HELLEMONS, Lenie (1927-2008) -
HELLEMONS, Leonardus (1900-1976) -
HELLEMONS, Leonardus Adrianus (1898-1980) -
HELLEMONS, Lies (1931-2002) -
HELLEMONS, Maria (1892-1949) -
HELLEMONS, Maria (1922-1980) -
HELLEMONS, Maria (1923-2019) -
HELLEMONS, Maria (1938-1942) -
HELLEMONS, Maria Adriana Catharina (ca. 1922-2014) -
HELLEMONS, Maria Catharina (1897-1986) -
HELLEMONS, Maria Elisabeth (1939-2006) -
HELLEMONS, Maria Francisca (1903-1972) -
HELLEMONS, Maria Josephina (1851-1908) -
HELLEMONS, Marie (1923-2017) -
HELLEMONS, Marinus (1885-1971) -
HELLEMONS, Marinus Johannes (1917-2008) -
HELLEMONS, Martina (1926-2006) -
HELLEMONS, Martinus Cornelis (1912-1992) -
HELLEMONS, Matheus Johannes (1931-2008) -
HELLEMONS, Michiel Hendricus (ca. 1947-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Nico (1923-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Oscar Robert (1954-2013) -
HELLEMONS, Paul (1983-2003) -
HELLEMONS, Paulus (1927-2019) -
HELLEMONS, Paulus Cornelis Marinus (1913-1985) -
HELLEMONS, Petronella Adriana (1921-2007) -
HELLEMONS, Petrus (1858-1939) -
HELLEMONS, Petrus (1887-1977) -
HELLEMONS, Petrus (ca. 1941-2019) -
HELLEMONS, Petrus Antonius (Piet) (1932-2018) -
HELLEMONS, Pierre (1957-2011) -
HELLEMONS, Ria (1959-1995) -
HELLEMONS, Sonja (1945-1996) -
HELLEMONS, Theodorus (1902-1973) -
HELLEMONS, Theodorus (1930-1998) -
HELLEMONS, Theodorus Gerardus (1920-1940) -
HELLEMONS, Tiny Adriana L.A. (1929-1945) -
HELLEMONS, Wilhelmus (1911-1977) -
HELLEMONS, Wilhelmus pastoor (1810-1884) -
KOOLS, Maria Catharina (1859-1940) -
KOOLS, Petronella (1871-1938) -
O'BRIEN, Margaret (ca. 1876-1949) -
O'BRIEN, Patrick (ca. 1877-1951) -
PETERS, Anna Maria (1878-1956) -
PETERS, Jan Mathias (1882-1962) -
PETERS, Sybilla Anna Maria (1903-1933) -
PETERS, Wilhelm (1851-1936) -
SCHELLING, Hendrikus (1928-1985) -
SCHELLING, Petronella Catharina (1928-1987) -
VAN RIJSBERGEN, Johannes (1849-1924) -
VAN RIJSBERGEN, Nicolaas (1893-1963) -
WEIJS, Gertruda (1905-1997) -
WEIJS, Johanna Gertruda (1899-1995) -
WEIJS, Johanna Maria (1913-1980) -
WEIJS, Louis (1900-1992) -
WEIJS, Sjang (1904-1985) -
WEIJS, Wilhelmina Huberdina (1910-1984) -
WIJNEN, Dien (1940-1989) -
WIJNEN, Gerd (1942-1998) -
WIJNEN, Johanna (1901-1981) -
WIJNEN, Leonardus Hubertus (1902-1981) -
WIJNEN, Marieke (1904-1990) -
WIJNEN, Sjang (1906-2000) -