Family tree Kaper » Jan Smit (1864-????)
Personal data Jan Smit
- He was born on November 7, 1864 in Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland.
- Occupations:
- on November 7, 1884 voerman.
- on May 15, 1885 voerman.
- on July 19, 1886 voerman.
- on January 30, 1888 voerman.
- on April 23, 1889 voerman.
- on September 15, 1890 voerman.
- on July 29, 1892 arbeider.
- on March 26, 1894 arbeider.
- on August 24, 1896 arbeider.
- on January 17, 1898 arbeider.
- on March 6, 1900 arbeider.
- on June 29, 1903 arbeider.
- on July 22, 1904 arbeider.
- A child of Pieter Smit and Elisabet Oosterhuis
Household of Jan Smit
He is married to Harmke Drenth.
They got married on November 7, 1884 at Midwolda, GR, NLD, he was 20 years old.
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Smit 1885-????
- Harmke Smit 1888-????
- Pieter Smit 1889-????
- Jakob Smit 1890-????
- Swier Smit 1892-????
- Jantje Smit 1894-????
- Smit 1896-1896
- Harm Smit 1898-????
- Tonnis Smit 1900-
- Imke Smit 1903-
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Historical events
Birthday November 7, 1864
- The temperature on November 7, 1864 was about -3.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
- May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
- June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
- July 30 » American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
- October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
- November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.
Day of marriage November 7, 1884
- The temperature on November 7, 1884 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
- May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
- July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
- October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
Same birth/death day
- 1858 » Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist († 1932)
- 1860 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer († 1936)
- 1860 » Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic († 1892)
- 1861 » Jeff Milton, American police officer († 1947)
- 1867 » Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
- 1872 » Lucille La Verne, American actress († 1945)
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Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I59902.php : accessed March 6, 2026), "Jan Smit (1864-????)".
Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I59902.php : accessed March 6, 2026), "Jan Smit (1864-????)".