Christian Peter "Alphons" Maria Joseph Bellesheim (December 16, 1839 Monschau, Germany - February 5, 1912 Aachen, Germany) was a church historian. He also reviewed and collected books.
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Alphons was the son of Heinrich "Wilhelm" Ludwig Joseph Bellesheim (December 26, 1802 Essen, Germany - ?) and Maria Anna "Margaretha" Dumesnil (March 15, 1797 Aachen, Germany - ?). His parents were married June 27, 1838 in Monschau, Germany. Alphons' paternal grandparents were Carl Anton Bellesheim and Maria Josepha Helena Hennekes. His maternal grandparents were Carl Dumesnil and Christina Windhagen.
Alphons had one known brother, Hugo Franz Julius Bellesheim. Hugo was born Ferbruary 03, 1841 in Monschau and married to Hulda Caecilia Kelsch October 04, 1866 in Aachen. A Hugo Bellesheim, aged 27 years, arrived at the Port of New York August 30, 1867 having departed from Hamburg, Germany on the ship Germanic. It is unknown, but assumed that the two are the same.
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The last name Bellesheim is French and German, meaning "Beautiful Home" (Belle: Beautiful in French, and Heim: Home in German). There is one known branch in the Americas. The immigrant was Joseph Bellesheim. He was born April 2, 1829 in Stromberg, Germany.
Joseph is first found in America in 1859 when he married Anna Zibelin of Bad Dürkheim, Germany. Joseph and Anna had ten children.