Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith

Male Abt 1902 -

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Smith was born Abt 1902, Iowa, USA (son of Hendrik Smith and Seijerdina Romberg).

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Residence: 1910, Floyd, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Age: 8; Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hendrik Smith was born 29 Jun 1860, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands (son of Tonjes Korte Smit and Anna Obbes Stikker); died 13 Jan 1945, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; was buried 17 Jan 1945, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find A Grave Memorial Number: 161039402
    • Race: White
    • Name: Henry Smith
    • Arrival: 1885; Age: 25
    • Residence: 1900, Floyd, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • _FUN: 17 Jan 1945, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Central Reformed Church; Rev. R.D. Meengs officiating

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Sioux Center Community Cemtery aks Memory Gardens

    Died:
    at home

    Hendrik married Seijerdina Romberg Aug 1886, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. Seijerdina (daughter of Roelof Romberg and Hendrikje Koster) was born 28 May 1869, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died May 1953, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; was buried 26 May 1953, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Seijerdina Romberg was born 28 May 1869, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands (daughter of Roelof Romberg and Hendrikje Koster); died May 1953, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; was buried 26 May 1953, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find A Grave Memorial Number: 161039412
    • Race: White
    • Name: Dena
    • Arrival: 1885; Age: 16
    • Residence: 1900, Floyd, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Age: 31; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1910, Floyd, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Age: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • _FUN: 26 May 1953, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Central Reformed Church with Rev. Marion Klaaren and Rev H. Eggink officiation

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Sioux Center Community Cemtery aks Memory Gardens

    Children:
    1. Hattie Smith was born 15 Jan 1894, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; died 6 Jan 1947, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA; was buried 9 Jan 1947, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA.
    2. John Henry Smith, Sr was born 10 Mar 1890, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; died 25 Jan 1964, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; was buried 28 Jan 1964, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA.
    3. Tennis Smith was born Mar 1893, Iowa, USA.
    4. Hendrik Smith was born Apr 1896, Iowa, USA.
    5. 1. Benjamin Smith was born Abt 1902, Iowa, USA.
    6. Dena Smith was born Abt 1904, Iowa, USA.
    7. Anna Smith was born 12 May 1887, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; died 19 Jun 1971, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; was buried 21 Jun 1971, Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa, USA.
    8. Rudolph Smith was born Oct 1888, Iowa, USA.
    9. Alice Smith


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Tonjes Korte Smit was born 20 Feb 1830, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands (son of Zweer Jans Smith and Grietje Hindriks Korte); died 20 Jan 1863, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 1860, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; journeyman miller

    Tonjes married Anna Obbes Stikker 4 Jun 1860, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands. Anna (daughter of Ubbo Gerrits Stikker and Antje Jans Buiskool) was born 16 Apr 1824, Midwolde, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands; died 1 Aug 1864, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Anna Obbes Stikker was born 16 Apr 1824, Midwolde, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands (daughter of Ubbo Gerrits Stikker and Antje Jans Buiskool); died 1 Aug 1864, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.
    Children:
    1. 2. Hendrik Smith was born 29 Jun 1860, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; died 13 Jan 1945, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; was buried 17 Jan 1945, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA.
    2. Grietje Smit was born 4 Jul 1861, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; died 31 Aug 1861, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.

  3. 6.  Roelof Romberg was born 19 Sep 1831, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands (son of Jan Romberg and Sijerdina Nieuwenhuis Semple); died , USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Occupation: 1831, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1858, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1869, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; carpenter
    • Arrival: 1885; Age: 54
    • Residence: 1900, Nassau, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Age: 68; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Roelof married Hendrikje Koster 4 Dec 1858, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands. Hendrikje (daughter of Jan Jans Koster and Roelofje Klass) was born 20 May 1833, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died , USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Hendrikje Koster was born 20 May 1833, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands (daughter of Jan Jans Koster and Roelofje Klass); died , USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Arrival: 1885; Age: 52
    • Residence: 1900, Nassau, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Age: 27; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 3. Seijerdina Romberg was born 28 May 1869, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died May 1953, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; was buried 26 May 1953, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA.
    2. Jan Romberg was born 2 Jul 1859, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died 30 May 1882, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    3. Roelofje Romberg was born 7 Nov 1862, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died 28 Aug 1863, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    4. Jan Romberg was born 23 Jun 1864, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    5. Berend Romberg was born 15 Dec 1866, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died 7 Jul 1868, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    6. Niesje Romberg was born 13 Jan 1872, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    7. Aaltje Romberg was born 23 Feb 1874, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    8. Hendrik Romberg was born 22 Apr 1877, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    9. Roelofje Romberg was born 20 Feb 1861, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died 14 Jan 1862, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    10. Roelof Romberg was born 6 Sep 1855, Zuidwolde, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands; died , USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Zweer Jans Smith was born Abt 1790.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Dec 1832, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; school master
    • Occupation: Jun 1860, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; school teacher

    Zweer — Grietje Hindriks Korte. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Grietje Hindriks Korte
    Children:
    1. 4. Tonjes Korte Smit was born 20 Feb 1830, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; died 20 Jan 1863, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.
    2. Tonnis Zweers Smit was born 7 Mar 1829, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; died 20 Apr 1829, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.
    3. Gerard Smit was born 3 Dec 1832, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; died 7 Nov 1857, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.
    4. Tonjes Smith was born 22 Jun 1828, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.
    5. Hindrik Zweers Smith was born 27 Jul 1819, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; died 9 May 1857, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.
    6. Trientje Smith was born 14 Mar 1826, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands; died 12 Aug 1866, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.

  3. 10.  Ubbo Gerrits Stikker was born 18 Feb 1795, Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands (son of Gerrit Ubbo Stikker and Bune Pieters); died 11 Feb 1832, Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands; was buried 13 Feb 1832.

    Other Events:

    • Alternate Spelling of First Name: Obbes
    • Baptism: 8 Mar 1795, Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
    • Occupation: Oct 1822, Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands; baker
    • Occupation: 1824, Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands; baker

    Ubbo married Antje Jans Buiskool 27 Oct 1822, Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands. Antje (daughter of Jan Alberts and Wupke Hendriks) was born Abt 1794, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Antje Jans Buiskool was born Abt 1794, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands (daughter of Jan Alberts and Wupke Hendriks).

    Other Events:

    • Fact 1: On her son's death certificate it says her last name was Meijer

    Children:
    1. Gerrit Ubbes Stikker was born 9 Nov 1822, Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands; died 27 Nov 1893, Beerta, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.
    2. 5. Anna Obbes Stikker was born 16 Apr 1824, Midwolde, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands; died 1 Aug 1864, Finsterwolde, Reiderland, Groningen, Netherlands.

  5. 12.  Jan Romberg was born 1797, Hardenberg, Netherlands (son of Berend Romberg and Maria Croese); died 29 Jun 1866, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 1 Jan 1798, Hardenbergh, Netherland
    • Alternate Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1798
    • Occupation: 1838, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; carpenter

    Jan married Sijerdina Nieuwenhuis Semple 28 Nov 1830, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands. Sijerdina (daughter of Roelof Jacobs Nieuwenhuis and Aaltje Harms Van Nuil) was born 14 Jul 1799, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died 31 Mar 1855, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Sijerdina Nieuwenhuis Semple was born 14 Jul 1799, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands (daughter of Roelof Jacobs Nieuwenhuis and Aaltje Harms Van Nuil); died 31 Mar 1855, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 14 Jul 1799, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands

    Notes:

    Translation of her death certificate: (To the best of my ability)

    "On the 31st of March, 1855, appeared before me, Albert Zeyser, Chief of the town of Hoogeveen, Englebrent Ebert, 56 years old, scale maker by profession (this could also be shoemaker. The certificate looks like it says 'schaenmaker' which would be scale maker, but if it is really 'schoenmaker', he would be a shoemaker.) living in Hoogeveen and Jan Harms Koster, age 55 years, scale maker by profession (once again it could be 'schoenmaker' which is 'shoemaker.") living in Hoogeveen, the first and the second neighbors of the post to call deceased which declared that Sijerkina Nieuwenhuis Semple, late spouse of Jan Romberg, resident of the town of Hoogeveen, no profession, daughter of Roelof Jacobs Nieuwenhuis Semple and an Aaltje Harms of Nuil, both deceased, of which she was born in the town of Hoogeveen, the 14th of July, 1799; on the 31st of the month of March 1855 in the afternoon at her house at the age of 55 years is deceased."

    Children:
    1. 6. Roelof Romberg was born 19 Sep 1831, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died , USA.
    2. Aaltje Romberg was born 13 May 1836, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died 24 Mar 1875, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.

  7. 14.  Jan Jans Koster

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 1838, Drenthe, Netherlands; skipper ("schipper")

    Jan — Roelofje Klass. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Roelofje Klass
    Children:
    1. 7. Hendrikje Koster was born 20 May 1833, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands; died , USA.