Our Family Roots in The Netherlands
A Study of the Haasdijk, Scheffer, Benner and Neering families in The Netherlands
Jan Geerts Smedema
1834 - 1912 (77 years)
Generation: 1
1. Jan Geerts Smedema was born on 14 Aug 1834 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD (son of Geert Johannes Smedema and Trijntje Jans van der Veen); died on 08 Jun 1912. Jan married Aaltje Johannes Sekema on 16 May 1863 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD. Aaltje (daughter of Johannes Jans Sekema and Saapke Ulbes Buwalda) was born on 11 Jan 1836 in Lioessens, Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Geert Jans Smedema was born on 11 Feb 1864 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD.
- Kornelis Jans Smedema was born on 01 Dec 1865; died before 1867.
- Kornelis Jans Smedema was born on 12 Jan 1867 in Morra, Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 13 May 1901 in Randolph, Columbia, WI, USA.
- Johannes Jans Smedema was born on 11 Nov 1869 in Lioessens, Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD.
- Trijntje Jans Smedema was born on 02 Aug 1872 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD; died before 1874.
- Trijntje Jans Smedema was born on 03 Jul 1874 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD.
- Jan Jans Smedema was born on 20 Apr 1877 in Paesens, Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD; died in 1958.
2. Geert Johannes Smedema was born in 1806; died in 1840. Geert married Trijntje Jans van der Veen on 17 May 1830 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD. Trijntje was born in 1802; died in 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Trijntje Jans van der Veen was born in 1802; died in 1873. Children:
- Johannes Geerts Smedema was born on 11 Nov 1831 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 08 May 1887 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD.
- 1. Jan Geerts Smedema was born on 14 Aug 1834 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 08 Jun 1912.
- Geertje Geerts Smedema was born on 22 Feb 1841 in Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 26 Aug 1915 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.