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Egbert Jans Smilde

Male 1866 - 1948  (81 years)


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  • Name Egbert Jans Smilde 
    Birth 03 Dec 1866  Nieuweschoot, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • vader (Jan) was afwezig
    Gender Male 
    Moved to May 1889  Nijehaske, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Moved to 02 Jul 1894  Engwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Religion 1896  Heerenveen, Engwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christelijk Gereformeerd 
    Occupation 1897  Heerenveen, Engwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    handelaar 
    Moved to 22 Oct 1897  Nijehaske, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • from Heerenveen Angwirden
    Religion 1898  Nijehaske, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gereformeerd 
    Moved to 30 Jun 1899  't Meer, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1904  huis 101, Heerenveen, Engwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    verkoopman, later huis 15k, 2n 
    Occupation 1911 
    farmer 
    Emigration 04 Mar 1911  Heerenveen, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • with whole family to "Noord Amerika"
    Immigration 17 Mar 1911  Mt. Greenwood, Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 44y, 5'6", fair complexion, brown hair, brown eyes
    Death 23 Feb 1948  7101 S. Aberdeen St., Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 24 Feb 1948  [3
    Name Evert  [2
    Reference Number 417 
    Person ID I417  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2006 

    Father Jan Egberts Smilde,   b. 16 Nov 1821, Nyehaske, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1905, Heerenveen, Engwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Sjoukje Aukes Bos,   b. 28 Sep 1834, Het Meer, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1879, Nieuweschoot, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1865  Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • CM1865
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Trijntje Wouters Dijkstra,   b. 03 Jan 1866, Nijehaske, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1949, 2101 S. Aberdeen St., Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 02 Jun 1894  Aengwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Jan Egberts Smilde,   b. 28 Mar 1896, Heerenveen, Aengwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1976, Bellflower, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Baukje Egberts Smilde,   b. 07 Aug 1898, Nijehaske, Haskerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Dec 1980, Manhattan Beach, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. Sjoukje Egberts Smilde,   b. 12 Aug 1900, 't Meer, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1981 (Age 80 years)
     4. Wouter Willem Smilde,   b. 21 Jul 1904, Heerenveen, Engwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Mar 1994 (Age 89 years)
     5. Ynze Smilde,   b. 03 Nov 1905, Heerenveen, Engwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1987, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     6. Anna Egberts Smilde,   b. 02 Aug 1910, Heerenveen, Engwirden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Feb 1987, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Lusitania came from Liverpool, built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland, 1907. 31550 groos tons, 787 feet long, 87 feet wide. Steam turbine engines, quadruple screw. Service speed 25 knots. 2165 passengers (563 first class, 464 second class, 1138 third class). Built for Cunard Line, British flag, in 1907 and named Lusitania for Liverpool-New York service. Torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast: 1198 lives lost in 1915.

  • Sources 
    1. [S52] Ellis Island Ship Manifests, Lusitania.

    2. [S101] Banner, The, Obituary 9 Apr 1948.

    3. [S28] Sieta Ribbens, Compiler: Sieta Ribbens, Smilde Family - Sieta Ribbens, (1998).


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