Wallonia, Belgium Marriages, 1559-1934

This database contains marriage information extracted by the Belgian genealogical association, A.S.B.L. Geniwal, for the Walloon region of Belgium and covers the years 1559-1934. The Walloon region accounts for approximately one-third of the population of Belgium and represents the entire French-speaking portion of the country. It encompasses the provinces of:

• Brabant


• Namur


• Hainaut


• Liège


• Luxembourg (not to be confused with the country of Luxembourg)

The fields listed in the database include:

• Marriage place (city and province)


• Marriage date (according to the French Republican Calendar)


• Names of husband and wife


• Places of origin


• Birth dates


• Ages


• Occupations


• Former spouse names


• Parents’ names


• Fathers’ occupations


• Names of witnesses


• Document source (parish registers (registre paroissiaux), or civil vital records (état civil)


• Page number


• Record number


• Comments

For more information about this data and the society that extracted it, please visit the Geniwal website at http://www.geniwal.info