Portrait in possession of John Van Essen, Brainerd, MN. His son Anton emigrated to Oconto, Wisconsin in 1875 with his wife and four children and brought this portrait of his father with him.

From the Dutch archives civil records database at http://www.genlias.nl/ :

Municipality: Maastricht
Type of record: Geboorteakte
Record number: 183
Registration date: 02-04-1810
Gender: M
Date of birth: 01-04-1810
Child: Charles De France
Father: Charles De France
Mother: Catherine Gerardu

Death info from mortuary card in possession of Lucille Gibson and son Don, in Green Bay, WI

1835 Maastricht marriage record gives his birth info as 01 Apr 1810 in Maastricht. It gives the name of his father, Charles De France, and documents his death in Givet, France, on 27 Jan 1832. It also gives the name of his mother, Catherina Gerardu, who was living in Givet at the time of the marriage.

The following obituary from the Zwolle newspaper was sent to me in e-mail by Frans P. de Vries who also sent the rest of the info related hereafter.

[begin quote Provinciale Overijsselche en Zwolsche Courant januari 22, 1894]

Heden overleed ten onzen huize, na voorzien te zijn van de H. Sacramenten der stervenden, onze geliefde vader en behuwdvader, de Wel.Ed. Heer CHARLES DE FRANCE, Gep. Adj. Kapelmeester, weuwnaar van Mejuffrouw HELENA GEELKENS, in den ouderom van bijna 84 jaar.

                                                              Uit aller naam,
                                                              A. Togni
                                                              H. Togni-De France
Zwolle, 21 januari 1894
Strekkende deze tot eenige en algemeene kennisgeving

[end quote]

[begin translation Province of Overijssel and (City of) Zwolle Courant January 22, 1894]

Today died at our house, after being served with the H(oly) Sacrament of the dying, our beloved father and father-in-law, the Dear Sir CHARLES DE FRANCE, Retired Adjudant Bandmaster, widower of Miss HELENA GEELKENS, at the great age of nearly 84 years.

                                                              In everyone's name,
                                                              A(nton) Togni
                                                              H(ubertine) Togni-De France
Zwolle, 21 January 1894
Running this as the only and general notice

[end translation]

Charles was a retired non-commissioned officer in the Dutch military (army?).

He is buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Zwolle in a class 3 grave (range 1-5 1 = most expensive), grave number 372, for Dfl. 7.30.

The records in Zwolle showed that on August 1, 1890, Charles moved from Wijhe to Zwolle to live with his daughter, Anna Maria Hubertine de France and her husband, Anton Albertus Felix Simonius Togni. Togni is a well-known name in Zwolle to this day.

His first name, Jean, was never present in any records, so it must be his baptismal name?

• Married: 12 Jan 1835 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.

1. Antone Lambert "Anthony" De France b: 09 Jun 1835 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
2. Anna Maria Hubertine De France b: 19 Dec 1837 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
3. Maria Anna Catharina Hubertina De France b: 1840 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
4. Charles Guillaume Marcel De France b: 22 Oct 1841 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Neth.
5. Maria Catharina Geertruida De France b: Aug 1846 in Groningen, Groningen, Neth.
6. Maria Johanna Carolina Rosalia De France b: 1850 in Groningen, Groningen, Neth.