Priester Petrus (Frans) Verstreken uit Gelrode

Frans was the son of Michael Verstreken and Elisabeth De Smet. He was born in Gelrode on 27.12.1881. He was ordained a priest in Mechelen on 22.04.1906. Frans gave his honorable mass on 24.04.1906 in the Sint-Corneliuskerk in Gelrode. Afterwards he was appointed teacher at the St-Stanislas Institute in Berchem. At the outbreak of the First World War he returned to his native village Gelrode. 2 day…