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Jan H. “John” Smit

Birth
Doornspijk, Elburg Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death
26 Mar 1885 (aged 46)
Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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A Life Remembered ~ Jan H. Smit "John Smith"

The following information was contributed by Vicko O # 47088510 and Carole Nurmi Cummings, a Dutch descendant from the 1600s.

Netherlands Birth Index

▪ Name: Jan Smit
▪ Residence Age: 0
▪ Birth Date: 14 November 1838
▪ Birth Place: Doornspijk
▪ Residence Year: 1838
▪ Father: Hendrik Smit
▪ Mother: Aartje Uitvlugt

▪ Source: Gelders Archief; Den Haag, Nederland; Burgerlijke stand - Ancestry.com. Netherlands, Birth Index, 1784-1917

Marriage Record

▪ Name: Jan Smit
▪ Gender: Male
▪ Age: 25
▪ Birth Date: 1839
▪ Marriage Date: 26 mrt 1864 (26 Mar 1864)
▪ Marriage Place Elburg,Gelderland,Netherlands
▪ Father: Hendrik Smit
▪ Mother: Aartje Uitvlugt
▪ Spouse: Dirkje Bosch
▪ Gender: Female
▪ Age: 25
▪ Birth Date: 1839
▪ Father: Hendrikus Bosch
▪ Mother: Alberta Van Doesburg

▪ Source: Ancestry.com. Netherlands, Select Marriages, 1565-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Summary of Death Record ~ John Smith

▪ Name: John Smith
▪ Place of Birth: Holland
▪ Age at Death: 48 years
▪ Date of Death: March 26, 1885
▪ Place of Death: Ridgewood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States
▪ Male – Married
▪ Occupation: Farmer
▪ Residence in State: 34 months
▪ Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
▪ Duration of Illness: 6 months
▪ Parents Place of Birth: Holland

▪ Source: Index Register of Deaths in Bergen County, New Jersey – 1884-1885 – Page 36 – No. 76
A Life Remembered ~ Jan H. Smit "John Smith"

The following information was contributed by Vicko O # 47088510 and Carole Nurmi Cummings, a Dutch descendant from the 1600s.

Netherlands Birth Index

▪ Name: Jan Smit
▪ Residence Age: 0
▪ Birth Date: 14 November 1838
▪ Birth Place: Doornspijk
▪ Residence Year: 1838
▪ Father: Hendrik Smit
▪ Mother: Aartje Uitvlugt

▪ Source: Gelders Archief; Den Haag, Nederland; Burgerlijke stand - Ancestry.com. Netherlands, Birth Index, 1784-1917

Marriage Record

▪ Name: Jan Smit
▪ Gender: Male
▪ Age: 25
▪ Birth Date: 1839
▪ Marriage Date: 26 mrt 1864 (26 Mar 1864)
▪ Marriage Place Elburg,Gelderland,Netherlands
▪ Father: Hendrik Smit
▪ Mother: Aartje Uitvlugt
▪ Spouse: Dirkje Bosch
▪ Gender: Female
▪ Age: 25
▪ Birth Date: 1839
▪ Father: Hendrikus Bosch
▪ Mother: Alberta Van Doesburg

▪ Source: Ancestry.com. Netherlands, Select Marriages, 1565-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Summary of Death Record ~ John Smith

▪ Name: John Smith
▪ Place of Birth: Holland
▪ Age at Death: 48 years
▪ Date of Death: March 26, 1885
▪ Place of Death: Ridgewood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States
▪ Male – Married
▪ Occupation: Farmer
▪ Residence in State: 34 months
▪ Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
▪ Duration of Illness: 6 months
▪ Parents Place of Birth: Holland

▪ Source: Index Register of Deaths in Bergen County, New Jersey – 1884-1885 – Page 36 – No. 76

Gravesite Details

On the 7th of January 1949, several bodies were disinterred from the Old Paramus Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery and reinterred to the George Washington Memorial Cemetery in Paramus, NJ. Out of 531, 503 bodies were moved to George Washington



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