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Jacob Emanuel Smits

Male 1849 - 1929  (80 years)


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  • Name Jacob Emanuel Smits 
    Born 28 Jan 1849  Venraij, Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 07 Oct 1929  DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, De Pere, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I48287  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2010 

    Father Martin Smits,   b. 21 Apr 1818, Venraij, Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1863, Swolgen, Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Johanna Korvers,   b. 05 Aug 1821, Wetten, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1868, Venraij, Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1844  North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Gertrude Cuene,   b. 10 Apr 1860, Horst, Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jan 1931  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 07 May 1878  DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Martin Jacob Smits,   b. 26 Apr 1879, Town of Rockland, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Jun 1972, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     2. Anna Smits,   b. 18 Dec 1880, Town of Rockland, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Aug 1929  (Age 48 years)
     3. John Jacob Smits,   b. 24 Feb 1882,   d. 29 Aug 1964  (Age 82 years)
     4. Katherine Smits,   b. 15 Dec 1883, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1952, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     5. William Smits,   b. 1885,   d. 1886  (Age 1 years)
     6. Frank Smits,   b. 06 Mar 1886, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Apr 1967, Bakersfield, Kern Co, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     7. Henry Smits,   b. 30 Jan 1888,   d. 20 Jan 1941  (Age 52 years)
     8. Louis L Smits,   b. 10 Feb 1890, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1974, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     9. William Smits,   b. 05 May 1893,   d. 10 Dec 1909  (Age 16 years)
     10. Sophia A Smits,   b. 25 Jan 1895, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Jun 1955  (Age 60 years)
     11. Sylvester W Smits,   b. 06 Dec 1896,   d. 29 Apr 1952  (Age 55 years)
     12. Mary Madalen Smits,   b. 10 May 1899,   d. 04 Mar 1920  (Age 20 years)
     13. Josephine Antoinette Smits,   b. 15 Sep 1901,   d. 23 Aug 1917  (Age 15 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F17087  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Mr. and Mrs. Jac. Smis Celebrate Golden Wedding
      May 1928

      Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smits, 645 S. Michigan street, well known and highly respected pioneer residents of De Pere and vicinity, will observe the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage next Monday, having been united in wedlock in St. Mary's church by the late Rev. Father Van Grotel, on May 7, 1878. To observe the occasion, a mass of thanksgiving will be sung by Rev. Father Peters next Monday, during which the couple will renew their marital vows.

      On next Sunday, the golden wedding will be celebrated with a family reunion at the home of one of their daughters, Mrs. Frank Van Vonderen of Lawrence, where the children, grandchildren and other relatives will offer congratulations.

      Mr. Smits was born at Venraal, Holland, Jan. 28, 1849; his wife, former Gertrude Cuene, is eleven years his junior, having been born at Horst, Holland, April 16, 1860. They came to this country in 1869. After their marriage in 1878, they settled on a farm in Rockland, where they resided until 1919, when they retired from active life and moved into the city. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smits are hale and hearty and bid fair to live for many years to enjoy a well earned rest.

      Their union was blessed with thirteen children, nine of whom are living to enjoy the privilege of attending their parents' golden wedding. There are also 42 grandchildren. The children are: Anna (Mrs. F. Van Vonderen), Lawrence; Martin, De Pere; John, West De Pere; Frank, at home; Kate (Mrs. Jos. Oskens), Rockland; Sophie (Mrs. And. Terrien), Morrison; Sylvester, manager of the West De Pere branch of the State Bank of De Pere.

      The Journal-Democrat joins with the jubilarians' hosts of friends in extending sincere felicitations!