DeCoster Family Archive - 1

Victor Felix and Martha E (Conroy) DeCoster with their children Jules, Lottie (Virginia), Cora, Renee and Mary.
Victor moved from Belgium to Missouri with his father Charles in the 1850s. During the Civil War Victor served as
a lieutenant in Company A, 121st Illinois Volunteers from 1862-4.

Isidotius Maria Jules DeCoster b. 1845 Heverlee, Belgium, d. 1917 St. Charles, Missouri.
Brother of Victor Felix. Moved to Missouri with his father and 3 siblings. Ran a dry goods store in La Grange, Mo. Later moved to St. Charles. Not pictured are two siblings Marie Elizabeth (Eliza) and Johannes Augustas.
(Photo courtesy Vic DeCoster)

Labeled: Lottie, Jules, Victor, Lizzie, Mrs. Barnes, Driver, Dick, Frank, Bernard. (not necessarily in order)

Jules DeCoster, born Feb. 11, 1880 (inscribed to Lottie)

Detail of above photo

Jules and Charles DeCoster, Lewis County Missouri circa 1900

Jules DeCoster and Frank ?

Jules DeCoster and John ?