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Smit family history

The Smit (also spelled Smith) family in the Dylan Slagh family tree: 3 deceased and historical people born or recorded between 1770 and 1832, in Zwolle, Overijssel; Holland, United States of America; Ottawa County, Michigan. The earliest recorded is Jan Smit (1770–1830).

Also spelled Smith. Records often spell the same family name differently, so people under these spellings may be related.

People named Smit

1700s

• Jan Smit (1770–1830)

1800s

• Coenraad Smit (1804–1876) — Zwolle, Overijssel
• Hendrikje Smit (1832–1910) — Zwolle, Overijssel

Original records

Saved copies of records that mention Smit people:

• 1848: Handwritten Zwolle emigrant list page (heads of households), Netherlands, emigrating to Michigan
• 1848: Handwritten Zwolle emigrant list page, signed by the Zwolle city officials, dated 10 January 1848
• 1900: 1900 US census sheet, Holland City, Michigan, with the Slag/Slagh household of Bartel and Hendrikje
• 1934: Michigan death certificate of Hubertha Wabeke, Holland, Ottawa County
• 1938: Michigan death certificate of John Slagh, Holland Township, Ottawa County

Connected families

Smit people married into, or descend from, these families: Gorter, Mooij, Slag.

Source: the Dylan Slagh family tree, built from an Ancestry tree and checked against original records where possible. Details can be wrong, especially older ones. Living people and people without verified dates are not shown on this site.