Jan Hermens Slag

Jan Hermens Slag was a ship's carpenter in Zwolle, listed on the city's 1847 emigrant list as a well-off Seceder leaving for Michigan. He sailed from Amsterdam on the bark Snelheid, reached New York in July 1847, and opened a general store in Holland, Michigan, in 1848. In 1849 he was granted a waterfront lot for a shipyard.

From Dylan Slagh's research. Treat details marked probable or unconfirmed as leads.

Born

4 Oct 1793, Zwolle, Zwolle Municipality, Overijssel, Netherlands

Died

6 Jan 1880, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America

Buried

Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America

Occupation

Scheepstimmerman (ship's carpenter) — 16 Dec 1831, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands

Emigrated

1847, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA

Father

Herman Jansen Slag (1760–1831)

Mother

Jansje Tugters (1775–1818)

Spouse

Elisabeth Cornelis' Thijssen (1796–1874)Married 13 May 1819, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands

Children

• Hermen Jan Slag (1821–1881)
• Barteld Slag (1825–1910)
• Johanna Margrieta Slag (1828–1898)
• Aaltje Lammertina Slag (1830–1889)
• Cornelia Slag (1831–1913)
• Jan Slag Jr. (1836–1907)
• Deeltje Slag (1839–1906)
• Frederik Slag (born 1833)
• Kornelis Slag (1823–1828)
• Stillborn son Slag (1820–1820)

Siblings

• Willem Slag (1820–1820) half
• Stillborn daughter Slag (1822–1822) half
• Engelina Johanna Slag (1823–1875) half
• Willemiena Slag (1826–1898) half

• 1848: Handwritten Zwolle emigrant list page (heads of households), Netherlands, emigrating to Michigan
• 1856: US federal land patent (bounty land warrant 13986) for Jan Slag, Michigan, signed by President Pierce
• 1907: Michigan death certificate of John Slag, Holland, Ottawa County, 1907

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