GIELEN Jean Baptiste

Jean Baptiste GIELEN (senior), was born in Brussels in 1838. In 1861 he married Françoise VINCENT, born in Belgium in 1839. GIELEN’s occupation was lampiste.
The couple resided first in Brussels, then in Arlon and came to Pétange around 1878. GIELEN’s occupation was chaudronnier (Kupferschmied).

In 1865 they had a son, born in Arlon, whom they named Jean Baptiste, after his father.
In 1891 Jean Baptiste GIELEN (junior) married Anna ZIMMER, born in Bettembourg. His occupation was Hufschmied.
The couple GIELEN-ZIMMMER settled in Pétange. In 1899 GIELEN advertised the setup of his business in the following terms:

Unterzeichneter beehrt sich einem geehrten Publikum mitzuteilen, daß er sich in Petingen etabliert hat und zur Ausführung nachfolgender Arbeiten empfiehlt:
Kupfer- und Kesselschmiederei, Klempnerei, Reparaturen von Pumpen und Maschinen aller Art, Reparaturen von Lampen aller Systeme, Reparaturen an Velocipeden.
Kunstschlosserei, wie: Anfertigung von Ornamenten, Eisengittern, sowie Bauschlosserei.
Anfertigung und Reparaturen von Küchenutensilien.
Spezialist für Arbeiten in Brennereien und Brauereien. Ausführung von Wasserleitungen.
Mäßige Preise.
J. B. GIELEN-ZIMMER in Petingen (Großh. Luxbg.).

In 1903 GIELEN had financial problems and obtained a “Preventivfallimentskonkordat” from the Handelsgericht.
It is not known when and where he died.

FamilySearch database (GR4R-Y8H)