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Jentje Tjittes Smit
1806 - 1865 (58 years)
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Name Jentje Tjittes Smit Born 12 Sep 1806 Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands 
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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 1812Died 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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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
Histories Tjitte Heerkes Smit and Geertje Bonnes - Marriage, Children Birth, Family Surname Taking, Death Records