Registered 8 Nov 1878
In May 1881, a large group of relatives, consisting of three families, went to North America. They left Rotterdam on the steamship Maas of the Holland-America Line. The ship arrived in New York on May 17 and the group continued to Muskegon.
The three families were:
Evert Alles Smit (1844 - 1920) with his wife Edske Diephuis (1846 - 1924)
Sietje Alles Smit (1841 - 1913), her husband Sebe Diephuis (1847 - 1932) and their four young children Klaassien (1873 - 1897), Anje (1875 - 1894), Eiso "Isaac" (1877 - 1958) and Alje Evert (1880 - 1947)
Sebe's brother Derk Diephuis (1857 - 1954), his wife Hillechien Ploeger (1853-) and their children, Eise (1876- )and Trijntje (1878-).
Find-a-grave also notes notes 10 children:
Hilda Bont Vermeulen, 1898·Äì1983
Anna Bont McCormick, 1900·Äì1992
Richard H. Bont, 1903·Äì1984
John Bont, 1905·Äì1991
Isaac Henry Bont, 1907·Äì1987
Jessie E. Bont Henricks, 1908·Äì1987
Alice J. Bont Wells, 1911·Äì1969
Katherine J. Bont Nelson, 1912·Äì1996
Henry Bont, 1914·Äì2012
Jennie Bont Ellis, 1916·Äì1998
Plot 10-A-2
He is married to Hendrik Bont.
They got married in the year 1898 at Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, United States
, he was 19 years old.