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Tjitte Heerkes Smit
1765 - 1826 (60 years)
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Name Tjitte Heerkes Smit Born 15 Sep 1765 Doniaga, Friesland, Netherlands 
- His death record says he was born at Groote Gaast, but his birth is record at Doniaga (Frysk Duneaga) when he was born. The death record is in error: his younger sibs were born at Tjerkgaast = Groote Gaast but not him.
Heerke Hylkes and Janke Tjittes - Family Records - Marriage, Children, Death Gender Male Surname Taking 15 Mar 1812 Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands Tjitte Heerkes family taking surname SMIT under 1811 decree
In 1811, when the Netherlands was under the domain of France, Napoleon, emperor of France, decreed that all the Frieslanders should have surnames. This is the page in the registry (29_05 Joure - folio 69 verso) for Joure on which Tjitte Heerkes officially takes the surname SMIT. The page then lists his children (his wife would have had a different surname): Heerke, age 20; Janke, 12; Bontje, 9; Jentje, 5 - all living at Joure; the record is dated 15 Mar 1812Died 15 Aug 1826 Joure, Friesland, Netherlands Tjitte Heerkes Smit and Geertje Bonnes - Marriage, Children Birth, Family Surname Taking, Death Records 
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reported 15 Aug 1826; "Tjitte Heerkes Smit, oud zestig jaren, van beroep Scheepstimmerman geboren op de Groote Gaast, laatst woonachtig te Joure, echtgenoot van Geertje Bonnes wonende aldaar en zoon van Heerke ..... in leven Scheepstimmerman en van wijlen Janke .... op de veertiende dag der maand Augustus des avonds ten vijf uren in het Huis geq(uoteerd) N~(umero) 129 te Joure" +++++ TRANSLATION +++++ Tjitte Heerkes Smit, age sixty yeears, of occupation Ship Carpenter, born at Groote Gaast [=Tjerkgaast], lately living at Joure, spouse of Geertje Bonnes living there and son of Heerke ..... in life Ship Carpenter and of the late Janke .... on the fourteenth day of the month of August in the evening at 5 o'clock in the House quoted number 129 at Joure [image from www.allefriezen.nl] ----- Thanks to Sibbele Postma for help with the transcription and translation [NOTE: His death record says he was born at Groote Gaast, but his birth is record at Doniaga (Frysk Duneaga) when he was born. The death record is in error: his younger sibs were born at Tjerkgaast = Groote Gaast but not him or his older sister Antje.]Person ID I86 Terug in de Tijd Last Modified 30 May 2023
Father Heerke Hylkes, b. 7 Apr 1738, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 1786 (Age 47 years) Relationship natural Mother Janke Tjittes, b. Abt 1740, d. 1788 (Age 48 years) Relationship natural Married 25 Apr 1762 Woudsend, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands - Bevestiging huwelijk op 25 april 1762 in Woudsend-Heerke Hylkes afkomstig van Woudsend-Janke Tjittes afkomstig van Ypecolsga-Bron: Collectie Doop-, Trouw-, Begraaf- en Lidmatenboeken(DTBL) Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Woudsend Ypecolsga Indijk Smallebr
Heerke Hylkes and Janke Tjittes - Family Records - Marriage, Children, Death Family ID F330 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Geertje Bonnes (no surname), b. 23 May 1774, Idskenhuizen, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 12 Aug 1828, Joure, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 54 years) Married 9 Jun 1799 Joure, Friesland, Netherlands Tjitte Heerkes Smit and Geertje Bonnes - Marriage, Children Birth, Family Surname Taking, Death Records Children 1. Heerke Smit, b. Abt 1791 [natural] + 2. Janke Tjittes Smit, b. 2 Feb 1800, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 12 Aug 1878, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 78 years) [natural]3. Bontje Tjittes Smit, b. 10 Apr 1802, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 9 Jun 1816, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 14 years) [natural]+ 4. Jentje Tjittes Smit, b. 12 Sep 1806, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 16 May 1865, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 58 years) [natural]Last Modified 30 May 2023 Family ID F30 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Tjitte Heerkes family taking surname SMIT under 1811 decree
In 1811, when the Netherlands was under the domain of France, Napoleon, emperor of France, decreed that all the Frieslanders should have surnames. This is the page in the registry (29_05 Joure - folio 69 verso) for Joure on which Tjitte Heerkes officially takes the surname SMIT. The page then lists his children (his wife would have had a different surname): Heerke, age 20; Janke, 12; Bontje, 9; Jentje, 5 - all living at Joure; the record is dated 15 Mar 1812
Gerrit van Wijk's Consent for his son Jannes van Wijk second marriage to Janke Tjittes Smit
Consent ... De Heer Gerrit van Wyk ... woonenede ... hoogte van de kadyk, No. 99 ... -- Zynen Zoon Jannes van Wyk ... wonende op de Joure in Friesland ... Gezina Leendert ... is aantegaan met Janke Tjittes Smidt ... dogter van Tjitt Herkes Smidt ... en Geertje Bonnes.... ---------- Translation ---------- Mr. Gerrit van Wijk ... living ... at Hoogte Kadijk #99 ... -- His Son Jannes van Wijk ... living at Joure in Friesland ... Geezina Leendert ... is [aantegaan] with Janke Tjittes Smidt ... daughter of Tjitte Heerkes Smidt ... and Geertje Bonnes [Note that the spellings are variants of usual spellings -- e.g. Wyk and Kadyk for Wijk and Kadijk; dogter for dochter -- the different spellings are spoken the same way and mean the same things.]Tjitte Heerkes Smit-Death-1826-08-14-detail
reported 15 Aug 1826; "Tjitte Heerkes Smit, oud zestig jaren, van beroep Scheepstimmerman geboren op de Groote Gaast, laatst woonachtig te Joure, echtgenoot van Geertje Bonnes wonende aldaar en zoon van Heerke ..... in leven Scheepstimmerman en van wijlen Janke .... op de veertiende dag der maand Augustus des avonds ten vijf uren in het Huis geq(uoteerd) N~(umero) 129 te Joure" +++++ TRANSLATION +++++ Tjitte Heerkes Smit, age sixty yeears, of occupation Ship Carpenter, born at Groote Gaast [=Tjerkgaast], lately living at Joure, spouse of Geertje Bonnes living there and son of Heerke ..... in life Ship Carpenter and of the late Janke .... on the fourteenth day of the month of August in the evening at 5 o'clock in the House quoted number 129 at Joure [image from www.allefriezen.nl] ----- Thanks to Sibbele Postma for help with the transcription and translation [NOTE: His death record says he was born at Groote Gaast, but his birth is record at Doniaga (Frysk Duneaga) when he was born. The death record is in error: his younger sibs were born at Tjerkgaast = Groote Gaast but not him or his older sister Antje.]
Histories Heerke Hylkes and Janke Tjittes - Family Records - Marriage, Children, Death Tjitte Heerkes Smit and Geertje Bonnes - Marriage, Children Birth, Family Surname Taking, Death Records