Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman, and many others, are in this book “Liège Gunmakers through their Work. 1800 - 1950”.
For more detail see: LIEGE GUNMAKERS
Janssen
The patronym of "JANSSEN" is rather widespread in arms manufacture inhabitant of Liège of 19th and 20th centuries without for that which it acts either of the same family or of the same company. Thus we count the following arms manufacturers:
Individually we notice JANSSEN, Albert, manufacturer of weapons (1888/1896) who was the manager of company JANSSEN Fils & Co. This last deposited two patents in 1888 and 1896 for an apparatus of closing for barrels taking care by the cylinder head and the other for improvements with tilting gun rifles.
We also meet JANSSEN, Joseph, manufacturer of weapons, street Lambert Le bègue, 4. The founder, who deposited two patents in Belgium in 1871 for a system of rocker of shotgun undertaking by the cylinder head and in 1889 for a system shotgun Hammerless.
JANSSEN, Maurice, arms manufacturer less known, domiciled street Lambert Le bègue, 4 was to also form part of the company but we do not have other information about it.
Others.
We also meet JANSSEN, Hubert, controller of weapons, LIEGE 1864 - 1865 whose possible family tie with the other JANSSEN is unknown for us.
It was announced by the deposit of four patents of 1864 to 1868 concerning applications to the systems of closing of the weapons taking care by the cylinder head.
G.G & M.D.
The Jansen Dynasty (Genealogy)
1. Adolphe Jérome Victor JANSEN
Born on July 20, 1816, in Brussels, and died on April 11,
1878, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, at the age of 61.
He was able to bear the title of arquebusier to the King
of the Belgians.
Married on December 12, 1843, in Brussels, to Anne-Marie
CAMMAERTS (1826-1884). They had one daughter: Marie-Livine JANSEN (1850-1909).
He had two brothers and one sister:
Marie-Françoise JANSEN (1808-1878)
François-Joseph JANSEN (1809-1892)
Henri Constantin Joseph JANSEN (1813-1813)
He filed nine patents in Belgium, between 1843 and 1867,
bearing on pistols that load without powder, improvements to revolvers and
LEFAUCHEUX rifles, etc.
2. François-Joseph Jansen
Born on December 11, 1809 in Brussels and died on January
21, 1892 in Brussels (Saint Josse), at the age of 82.
He was both director of the Lier military hospital and
arms supplier to His Majesty the King.
He was the nephew of Adolphe Jérome Victor Jansen.
Married in 1832 to Sophie Catherine de Reusme
(1817-1906). They had eight children:
Désiré Jansen (1831-1835)
Bernard François Ignace Jansen (1832-1840)
Joseph Adolphe Jansen (1833-1908)
Benjamin Auguste Jansen (1839-1884)
Ferdinand Jean Jansen (1841-1841)
Emile Adolphe Jansen 1849-1932
Clothilde Augustine Jansen 1851-1851
François Marie Oscar Jansen 1858-1934
3. Emile Adolphe Jansen
Born on November 10, 1849, in Louvain, and died on
November 13, 1932, at the age of 83.
He was a gunsmith and purveyor to the Court and president
of the Belgian gunsmiths.
Married in 1877 to Marie Léopoldine Caroline Payot
(1852-1906). They had 9 children:
Eugène Joseph Adolphe Jansen 1878-1917
Sophie Marie Georgine Jansen 1879-1939
Henriette Françoise Florence Jansen 1880-1885
Jenny Georgine Augusta Jansen 1883-1907
Florence Jansen 1885-1961
Florence Mélanie Clotilde Jansen 1885-1961
Georges Auguste Jansen 1886-1907
Benjamin Louis Jansen, M.p.l.F. 1887-1918
Ernest Henri Jansen 1888-1958
4. Ernest Henri Jansen
Born in 1888 and died in 1958, at the age of 70.
He was a civil engineer at UCL, gunsmith to Leopold III
and Baudouin I, and president of the Belgian gunsmiths.
Childless, his estate was bequeathed, with the consent of
his sister Florence, to the heirs of his sister Sophie.
The following addresses:
1. Rue de la Montagne 32, Brussels (circa 1843)
2. Rue de la Montagne 5, Brussels (circa 1854-1858)
It should be noted that in 1856, the surname was spelled
JANSSENS in an almanac.
3. Rue de la Madeleine 27, Brussels (between 1859 and
1934)
4. Montagne de la Cour, 85 Brussels (between 1934 and
1958)
Notes:
In 1840, we find a "Jansens A.", established at Rue de Laeken 68, Brussels, but was he the initiator of the Jansen saga?
The records of the LIEGE proof house indicate its
registration on several successive dates: from 1859 to 1884, from 1885 to 1890,
from 1891 to 1931 and, finally, from 1939 to 1958.