Family tree Jacobs » Peter Smits (1793-1869)

Personal data Peter Smits 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Peter Smits

He is married to Godefrida Gruijters.

They got married on November 3, 1816 at Stiphout, he was 23 years old.


Notes about Peter Smits

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Sources

  1. Nederland, Doopregister Kerken, 1580-1811, via https://www.myheritage.nl/research/colle...
    Petrus SmitsGeslacht: ManDoop: 8 mei 1793 - Aarle, North Brabant, NetherlandsVader: Jacobus SmitsMoeder: Maria Croymans  Getuigen/Familieleden:
    Relatie Naam
    Witness Mechtilda
    Witness Wilhelmus JoriusBron: Collectie:Doop-, trouw- en begraafboek AarleInstelling:Regionaal Historisch Centrum EindhovenArchief:10225Register #:59.3Bronplaats:Aarle, North Brabant, NederlandBrondatum:8 mei 1793Datum boekdeel:8 mei 1793Bron:Bekijk alle gegevens op archieven.nl
    Church records are extremely important because they are the primary source of vital information prior to the institution of civil registration. In the Netherlands, most people attended either the Dutch Reformed or Catholic churches, but other denominations existed as well. Please see the archive list below for locality coverage. The majority of the records date between 1580 and 1811, though the extent of year coverage can vary by locality.

    Records included in this collection come from the following archives:

    Drenthe

    • Drenthe Archive (Drents Archief)

    Flevoland

    • Nieuw Land Heritage (Nieuw Land Erfgoedcentrum)

    Friesland

    • Tresoar (AlleFriezen)

    Gelderland

    • Gelders Archive (Gelders Archief)
    • Regional Archives Nijmegen (Regionaal Archief Nijmegen)
    • Regional Archives Rivierenland (Regionaal Archief Rivierenland)

    Groningen

    • AlleGroningers (AlleGroningers)

    Limburg

    • Municipal Archive Venray (Gemeente Venray, gemeentearchief)

    North Brabant

    • Brabant Historical Information Centre (Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum)
    • City Archive Breda (Stadsarchief Breda)
    • Regional Historic Centre Eindhoven (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven)
    • West-Brabant Archive (West Brabants Archief)
    • Regional Archive Tilburg (Regionaal Archief Tilburg)

    North Holland

    • Amsterdam City Archives (Stadsarchief Amsterdam)
    • Regional Archive Alkmaar (Regionaal Archief Alkmaar)

    Overijssel

    • City Archive Deventer (Stadsarchief Deventer)

    South Holland

    • Archive Delft (Archief Delft)
    • Heritage Leiden and Environs (Erfgoed Leiden en omstreken)
    • Municipal Archive Wassenaar (Gemeentearchief Wassenaar)
    • Provincial Archives South Holland (Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland)
    • Regional Archives Dordrecht (Regional Archives Dordrecht)

    Utrecht

    • The Utrecht Archives (Het Utrechts Archief)
    • Regional History Center Vecht and Venen (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Vecht en Venen)

    Zeeland

    • Municipal Archive Noord-Beveland (Gemeentearchief Noord-Beveland)
    • Municipal Archive Tholen (Gemeentearchief Tholen)
  2. Nederland, Overlijdensregister (Burgerlijke Stand), 1811-1965, via https://www.myheritage.nl/research/colle...
    Petrus SmitsGeslacht: ManOverlijden: 30 mei 1869 - Aarle-Rixtel, North Brabant, NetherlandsVader: Jacobus SmitsMoeder: Maria Croijmans  Getuigen/Familieleden:
    Relatie Naam
    Relative Godefrida GruijtersBron:
    Boek: Overlijdensregister 1869
    Instelling: Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum
    Archief: 50
    Document #: 9
    Bronplaats: Aarle-Rixtel, North Brabant, Netherlands
    Brondatum: 30 mei 1869
    Datum boekdeel: 30 mei 1869
    Civil registration—the recording of births, marriages, and deaths by civil authorities—was officially instituted in the Netherlands on 1 March 1811. However, in some areas of the Netherlands civil records were kept as early as 1795. Please see the archive list below for locality coverage. The majority of the records date between 1811 and 1965, though the extent of year coverage can vary by locality.

    Records included in this collection come from the following archives:

    Drenthe

    • Drenthe Archive (Drents Archief)

    Flevoland

    • Nieuw Land Heritage (Nieuw Land Erfgoedcentrum)

    Friesland

    • Tresoar (AlleFriezen)
    • Historic Centre Leeuwarden (Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden)

    Gelderland

    • Gelders Archive (Gelders Archief)
    • Municipal Archives Ede (Gemeentearchief Ede)
    • Regional Archives Rivierenland (Regionaal Archief Rivierenland)

    Groningen

    • AlleGroningers (AlleGroningers)

    Limburg

    • Municipal Archive Kerkrade (Gemeentearchief Kerkrade)
    • Municipal Archive Venray (Gemeente Venray, gemeentearchief)
    • Municipal Archives of Venlo (Gemeentearchief Venlo)
    • Regional Historic Centre Limburg (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg)
    • Rijckheyt, Center for Regional History (Rijckheyt, centrum voor regionale geschiedenis)

    North Brabant

    • Brabant Historical Information Centre (Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum)
    • City Archive Breda (Stadsarchief Breda)
    • Regional Historic Centre Eindhoven (Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven)
    • West-Brabant Archive (West Brabants Archief)
    • Regional Archive Tilburg (Regionaal Archief Tilburg)

    North Holland

    • Regional Archive Alkmaar (Regionaal Archief Alkmaar)

    Overijssel

    • City Archives Enschede (Stadsarchief Enschede)
    • Historical Center Overijssel (Historisch Centrum Overijssel)
    • Municipal Archive Hengelo (Gemeentearchief Hengelo)

    South Holland

    • Archive Delft (Archief Delft)
    • Heritage Leiden and Environs (Erfgoed Leiden en omstreken)
    • Municipality Lisse (Gemeente Lisse)
    • Municipal Archive Schiedam (Gemeentearchief Schiedam)
    • Municipal Archive Wassenaar (Gemeentearchief Wassenaar)
    • Regional Archives Dordrecht (Regional Archives Dordrecht)
    • Provincial Archives South Holland (Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland)
    • City Archives Rotterdam (Stadsarchief Rotterdam)

    Utrecht

    • Eemland Archive (Archief Eemland)
    • The Utrecht Archives (Het Utrechts Archief)

    Zeeland

    • Municipal Archive Borsele (Gemeentearchief Borsele)
    • Municipal Archive Schouwen-Duiveland (Gemeentearchief Schouwen-Duiveland)
    • Zeeland Archives (Zeeuws Archief)

Historical events

Birthday May 8, 1793

  • The temperature on May 8, 1793 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
    • February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
    • March 18 » The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
    • May 15 » Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
    • July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
    • October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.

Day of death May 30, 1869

  • The temperature on May 30, 1869 was about 13.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
    • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
    • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
    • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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