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Personal data John Tuit 

• He was born on August 23, 1890 in Veendijk, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland.
• Profession: Painter & Interior Decorator.
• He died on January 29, 1979 in Paterson, NJ, USA, he was 88 years old.Source 1
• He is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Fairlawn, NJ (USA).
• A child of Jan Tuit and Aaltje Oosterhof
• This information was last updated on September 11, 1999.

Household of John Tuit

(1) He is married to Wendelena van het Loo.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Wendell L. Tuit  1910-1993 

(2) He is married to Gertrude Glas.

They got married on August 22, 1912 at Paterson, NJ, USA, he was 21 years old.

From: Aroundabout Prospect Park; by Bert Nawyn ; Paterson News, aug. 2, 1977 .
... "The Tuit's moved into the North Sixth Street house right after they were married. Here they raised a large family and John Tuit for years conducted a painting business under the slogan "Let Tuit do it".The house on the corner of Fairview Avenue and North Sixth Street is an historic house in the borough of Prospect Park. Before the Tuit's lived there, the house was the home of Frank Breen. And it was there, in this house, one morning in late 1900 that three men met to discuss the creation of the borough of Prospect Park out of Manchester Township. They were Frank Breen, Cornelius van Noort, Andrew Hopper, Kryne Hook and Adrian Struyk, who at that time conducted a grocery store with his brothers Arie and Peter at the corner of North Bridge and Watson Streets. It was also here in this house that the boundaries for the borough were first laid and spelled out by the act of the legislature which created the
borough on March 13, 1901."....
"For years the Tuit home also served as the First District polling place and it was only after they sold the house that the polling place was changed to the American Legion Hall on North Eight Street."

John Tuit ; United States Census, 1940
Name: John Tuit ; Birthplace: Holland ; Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
Event Type: Census ; Event Date: 1940 ; Event Place: Prospect Park Borough, Passaic, New Jersey, United States
Gender: Male ; Age: 49 ; Marital Status: Married ; Race (Original): White ; Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Birthplace
John Tuit Head M 49 Holland
Gertrude Tuit Wife F 52 Holland
Neil Tuit Son M 25 New Jersey
Hilda Tuit Daughter F 19 New Jersey
Agnes Tuit Daughter F 17 New Jersey
Nicholas Tuit Son M 16 New Jersey
August Tuit Son M 9 New JerseySource citation: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4TB-VHR : accessed 13 May 2017), John Tuit, Prospect Park Borough, Passaic, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-146, sheet 3A, line 8, family 60, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and
Records Administration, 2012, roll 2379.

Child(ren):

1. John Jr. Tuit  1913-2004 
2. Neil Tuit  1914-1995 
3. Nicholas Tuit  1924-2003 
4. Gus Tuit  1931-2023 
5. Gertrude Tuit  1916-1982 
6. Hilda Tuit  1921-1993
7. Alice Tuit  1918-2006 
8. Agnes Tuit  1923-2014 

Notes about John Tuit

Bron: Burgerlijke stand - Geboorte ; Archieflocatie: Drents Archief
Algemeen: Toegangnr: 0165.013 ; Inventarisnr: 1890
Gemeente: Havelte ; Soort akte: geboorte ; Aktenummer: 83 ; Aangiftedatum: 25-08-1890
Kind: Johannes Tuit ; Geslacht: M ; Vondeling: N ; Geboortedatum: 23-08-1890 ; Geboorteplaats: Havelterberg (Havelte)
Vader: Jan Tuit
Moeder: Aaltje Oosterhof
Nadere informatie: beroep vader: arbeider; leeftijd vader: 33; beroep moeder: zonder

John Tuit ; United States World War I Draft Registration Cards
Name: John Tuit
Event Type: Draft Registration ; Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Passaic County no 1, New Jersey, United States
Gender: Male ; Birth Date: 23 Aug 1890 ; Birthplace: Havelthe, , NetherlandsSurce citation: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJB-J4G : 12 December 2014), John Tuit, 1917-1918; citing Passaic County no 1, New
Jersey, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,754,428.

John Tuit ; United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: John Tuit
Event Type: Draft Registration ; Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Prospect Park, Passaic, New Jersey, United States
Residence Place: Prospect Park, Passaic, New Jersey
Gender: Male ; Employer: John/Tuit ; Birth Date: 23 Aug 1890Source citation: "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3J-1JC : 7 April 2016), John Tuit, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1
937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Schreef brief (4 nov. 1956) aan Klaas Tuit. Vertelde dat ie met een Hollandse vrouw uit Hindeloopen getrouwd (44 jaar) was, en dat ze 8 kinderen hadden. 7 kinderen waren inmiddels getrouwd; de achtste (de "Babie") is bij de Amerikaanse luch
tmacht.
Schrijft dat zijn broer Klaas dicht bij hem woont en zijn twee zusters die Hilligje en Fijgje heten.
Informeerde of Jan Oosterhof nog leefde en nog op de boerderij woonde.
Zegt dat ie het ouderlijk huis aan de Busselterweg nog goed kende en vroeg wie nu machinist was bij de waterfabriek.
Volgens brief aan Wendell Tuit van John Tuit Jr.:
" Came to the USA, oct. 17,1905 at Hoboken, NJ. Naturalised dec. 28, 1911 at Common Plea Court, Paterson, NJ by his fathers papers # 229806"Johannes Tuit (85) family grew up in Prospect Park, New Jersey on the corner of Fairview Avenue and North Sixth Street. The family moved here in 1933 or 1934 & rented the 2nd floor. The house was purchased about 1945 & they lived there unti
l moving to the Holland Christian Home around 1973. From the article enclosed you can see the home has some history as the spot where the idea for the village & bounaries were created in 1900.
The article states that the Tuits moved here right after they were married but that is not quite correct, since all of the children were born elsewhere in Paterson or Prospect Park.

Citaat uit kerkbode van North Haledon:
"John Tuit Sr. , 88, of the borough, died Monday at the Holland Christian Home.
Born in Holland, Tuit came to the United States in 1905. He has lived in Prospect Park for 67 years before moving to the Holland Home six years ago.
He was a self-employed painting contractor before retiring 15 years ago.
He was a member of the Berean Bible Church in Midland Park where he served as elder, deacon and custodian. His wife the former Gertrude Glas, died in 1977.He leaves his five sons, Wendell of Little Falls, John Jr. of Oakland, Cornelius of Clifton, Nicholas of Prospect Park and August of Palatine, Ill.; four daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Palatucci of Parsippany, Mrs. Alice Bartholf of Phoenix City,
Ala., Mrs. Hilda Jonkman of Prospect Park, and Mrs. Agnes Covello of Hawthorne; 23 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are by the Vander Plaat Funeral Home of Wyckoff."

John Tuit
United States Social Security Death Index
Age: 89
Given Name: John
Surname: Tuit
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1890
State: New Jersey
Last Place of Residence: Passaic, New Jersey
Previous Residence Postal Code: 07508
Event Date: Jan 1979Source citation: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR7D-56L : 20 May 2014), John Tuit, Jan 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, datab
ase (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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