Heerke Smit

Abt 1791 -

• Name	Heerke Smit
  Born	Abt 1791
  	I have not found his birth record in Tresoar.
  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 1812
  Person ID	I88	Terug in de Tijd
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Tjitte Heerkes Smit,   b. 15 Sep 1765, Doniaga, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 15 Aug 1826, Joure, Friesland, Netherlands  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Geertje Bonnes (no surname),   b. 23 May 1774, Idskenhuizen, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 12 Aug 1828, Joure, Friesland, Netherlands  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	9 Jun 1799	Joure, Friesland, Netherlands
  		Tjitte Heerkes Smit and Geertje Bonnes - Marriage, Children Birth, Family Surname Taking, Death Records
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  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

  
  

  Histories

  Tjitte Heerkes Smit and Geertje Bonnes - Marriage, Children Birth, Family Surname Taking, Death Records