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Jan Jans Smilde

Male 1878 - 1935  (56 years)


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  • Name Jan Jans Smilde 
    Birth 08 Dec 1878  't Meer, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1881  [2
    Birth 1887 
    Immigration 1898  [3
    Emigration 12 Apr 1902  Harlingen, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • by himself. first booked on the Teutonic from Liverpool on 9 Apr 1902 but actually sailed on the Cymric 3 days later
    Immigration 22 Apr 1902  Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • on the Cyrmic out of Liverpool to nephew D. Baur (or Baul?) at 484 New Prospect St. Grand Rapids
    Naturalization 02 Dec 1910  Superior Court, Chicago, Cook, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Living 1911  Mt. Greenwood, Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1911  [4
    farmer 
    Event-Misc 17 Mar 1911  Lusitania, New York, NY, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • return from a trip to The Netherlands, with a stop in Liverpool; children accompanying were John 7y, Henriette 6y, Christina 4y, Johanna 1y1mo
    Occupation butcher 
    Reference Number 2266 
    Death 1935  Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2266  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2006 

    Father Jan Jans Smilde,   b. 01 Jan 1846, Nijehaske, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1927, Heerenveen, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Christina Reinskes Brouwer,   b. 28 Sep 1844, Heerenveen, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Feb 1927, Heerenveen, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 20 Aug 1876  Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • #89
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louwina Buiter,   b. Between 1878 and 1879, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1903 
    Children 
     1. Jan C. Smilde,   b. 01 Feb 1903, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1991, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     2. Henriette Smilde,   b. Abt 1905, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Christina Smilde,   b. Abt 1907, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1929, Oak Lawn, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 22 years)
     4. Johanna Smilde,   b. Feb 1910, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1929, Oak Lawn, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 19 years)
     5. Matthew R. Smilde,   b. 05 Jun 1913, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1995 (Age 81 years)
     6. A. Smilde
     7. A. Smilde
    Family ID F1439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • brother in law Hendrik Ipema (37y, carpenter in Grootegast but last from Oldekerk, with wife Anna, and other Ipema folks came with this family
    • arrived from Rotterdam by himself on the Rijndam
    • Children Hannie and Zilla??

  • Sources 
    1. [S49] Akker, Frans van den, Smilde file, 25 May 2001 email.

    2. [S87] Dirk Smilde, Smilde History, (Oranjewoude, 18 Oct 1999), p21, A-VII-f-2, p28, A-VIII-k.

    3. [S57] Census, American, 1930 IL.

    4. [S52] Ellis Island Ship Manifests.


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