Jentje Tjittes Smit

1806 - 1865  (58 years)

• Name	Jentje Tjittes Smit
  Born	12 Sep 1806	Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
  	see details in "story"
  		Tjitte Heerkes Smit and Geertje Bonnes - Marriage, Children Birth, Family Surname Taking, Death Records
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	12 Oct 1806	Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
  	Gedoopt op 12 oktober 1806 in Joure/Westermeer/Snikzwaag
  		Tjitte Heerkes Smit and Geertje Bonnes - Marriage, Children Birth, Family Surname Taking, Death Records
  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
  Died	16 May 1865	Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
  	Overlijdensakte Haskerland, 1865 Aangiftedatum 18 mei 1865, akte nr. 65 Jentje Tjittes Smit, overleden 16 mei 1865, 58 jaar, man Weduwnaar
  Person ID	I90	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

  
  

  Family	Afke Geerts Schoonhoven,   b. Abt 1806, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
  Married	21 Feb 1830	Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
  	Jentje Tjittes Smit, oud 23 jaar, geboren te Joure - Tjitte Hetzes Smit en Geertje Bonnes - Afke Geerts Schoonhoven, oud 23 jaar, geboren te Joure - Geert Jans Schoonhoven en Gepke Jans Mulder - 21 februari 1830, akte nr. 6
  Children	1. Geertje Jentjes Smit,   b. 31 Oct 1830, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands  [natural]   2. Gepke Jentjes Smit,   b. 4 Jun 1832, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands  [natural]   3. Tjitte Jentjes Smit,   b. 30 Sep 1833, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands  [natural]   4. Bontje Jentjes Smit,   b. 29 Jan 1837, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 9 Mar 1913, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   5. Geert Jentjes Smit,   b. 22 Dec 1838, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands  [natural]   6. Janke Jentjes Smit,   b. 3 Mar 1841, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands  [natural]   7. Bauken Jentjes Smit,   b. 12 May 1844, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands  [natural]   8. Afke Jentjes Smit,   b. 5 Feb 1846, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands  [natural]
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F31	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

  
  

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