Alphons Bellesheim
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Christian Peter "Alphons" Maria Joseph Bellesheim (16 December 1839 Monschau, Germany - 5 February 1912 Aachen, Germany) was a church historian. He also reviewed and collected books.
Alphons was the son of Heinrich "Wilhelm" Ludwig Joseph Bellesheim (26 December 1801 Essen, Germany - 1867 Aachen, Germany) and Maria Anna "Margaretha" Dumesnil (15 March 1797 Aachen, Germany - 1866 Aachen, Germany). His parents were married on 27 June 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 on 3 February 1841 in Monschau and married to Hulda Caecilia Kelsch on 4 October 1866 in Aachen. A Hugo Bellesheim, aged 27 years, arrived at the Port of New York on 30 August 1867 having departed from Hamburg, Germany on the ship Germanic. It is unknown, but assumed that the two are the same.