ENSOR, James Sidney

1860 - 1949  (89 years)   Has 14 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

ENSOR, James Frederic

1833 - 1887  (53 years)

Birth	27 Oct 1833	Brussels, Belgium
Died	14 Apr 1887	Ostend, Belgium
Father	ENSOR, James Rainford,   b. 6 Mar 1804, Wallasey, Cheshire, England
Mother	ANDREW, Ann,   b. Between 1815 and 1816, Finchley, Middlesex
Married	16 Jul 1833	Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England
Family	HAEGHEMAN, Maria Catharina Lodewijke,   b. 24 Apr 1835, Ostend, Belgium
Married	4 May 1859	Ostend, Belgium
Children	1. ENSOR, James Sidney,   b. 13 Apr 1860, Ostend, Belgium   2. ENSOR, Mariette,   b. 29 Aug 1861, Ostend, Belgium

HAEGHEMAN, Maria Catharina Lodewijke

1835 - 1915  (79 years)

Birth	24 Apr 1835	Ostend, Belgium
Died	1915	Ostend, Belgium
Family	ENSOR, James Frederic,   b. 27 Oct 1833, Brussels, Belgium
Married	4 May 1859	Ostend, Belgium
Children	1. ENSOR, James Sidney,   b. 13 Apr 1860, Ostend, Belgium   2. ENSOR, Mariette,   b. 29 Aug 1861, Ostend, Belgium

• Name	ENSOR, James Sidney
  Birth	13 Apr 1860	Ostend, Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Nov 1949	Ostend, Belgium
  Person ID	I6381	Edgoose
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	ENSOR, James Frederic,   b. 27 Oct 1833, Brussels, Belgium d. 14 Apr 1887, Ostend, Belgium (Age 53 years)
  Mother	HAEGHEMAN, Maria Catharina Lodewijke,   b. 24 Apr 1835, Ostend, Belgium d. 1915, Ostend, Belgium (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	4 May 1859	Ostend, Belgium
  Family ID	F2434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JAMES SIDNEY EDOUARD, BARON ENSOR 1860-1949 Born: Ostend, Belgium; 13 April 1860 Died: Ostend, Belgium; 19 November 1949 Ensor's father, James Frederic Ensor, born in Brussels of English parents, was a cultivated man who studied engineering in England and Germany. Ensor's mother, Maria Catherina Haegheman, was from Ostend, Belgium. Ostend was a small seaside resort town. His mother supported the family by running a souvenir and gift shop. The shop sold Chinese goods, seashells, and Carnival masks, elements that played a strong part in Ensor's art. Ensor's sister, Mariette, was born on 29 August 1861. She died on 27 12 1945. At Sixteen Ensor was already showing his talent for art. He painted in oil paint on cardboard packing from his mother's gift shop, in Ostend, Belgium. In 1876, he moved to Brussels to study at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. When Ensor, age 20, returned to Ostend, he was already a master painter. (TVM 2nd Floor: 19th C. Post Impressionism) (Wikipedia) He died in 1949 after a short illness and is buried in a cemetery in Mariakerke, not far from Ostend, Belgium. (revised 15.10.2011)